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Trio carries 01
BY TED SPOONER
Goderich residents -Judy Watt, Tanya
MacCuspey and David Hollingworth, will
see to it that the Olympic Flame burns
bright in Calgary at the 1988 Winter Olym-
pic Games.
The trio will be among the over 2,000 peo-
ple from Ontario and 6,500 nationally, who
will be part of the Olympic torch relay.
The relay began Nov. 17 at Signal Hill in
Newfoundland and will pass through all 10
provinces and both territories before it will
be used to ignite the Olympic flame at
McMahon Stadium to officially open the
games.
Each participant will carry the 1.5
Kilogram (3.3 pounds) torch one
kilometer. They were selected regardless
of age or physical condition and can run,
walk or wheel the distance.
Nearly 2.5 million applications were sub-
mitted from Ontario.
Watt, who works at the Royal Bank, said
it is an honor to carry the torch and is a
once in a lifetime opportunity.
She will be running, along with Mac-
Cuspey, on January 3, on day 48 of the
relay, somewhere between Reeces Cor-
ners and London.
"I was so excited when I received the
(confirmation) package, I spread it out all
over the floor to look at it," said Watt.
Watt has some running experience, hav-
ing competed in the Goderich 10km run for
the past three years.
The Hollingworth family contributed 500
of the 2.5 million applications. Emma,
Melanie, David and father Dr. Jim Holl-
ingworth all applied, but David was
accepted.
Hollingworth,11, will be running the next
day on Jan. 4. "Somewhere near Kit-
chener," he said. He is a grade six student
at Victoria school. •
MacCuspey, who will be 12 in December,
sent in around 50 applications and could
not believe she had been chosen. "I just
• sent in the applications and sort of forgot
about it."
She said there will be 80 runners that
day. MacCuspey is a student at Robertson
Memorial school. While she is sports
minded, she is not a runner.
All three said they have been practicing
the run by carrying baseball bats. Also,
they were part of this year's Santa Claus
Parade and carried torch replicas to
publicize their run.
Although the participants were selected
at random, they had to answer a skill
testing question. Anyone who wins a con-
test must answer a skill testing question or
the contest is considered gambling.
Petro Canada is sponsoring the $5.5
million relay.
The torch will enter Ontario from Hull,
Quebec on Dec. 16 -day 30 and 1,951 On-
tario residents will carry it a kilometer
each. Runners from various Ontario
sports groups will carry the torch the re-
maining 2,500 kilometers.
Experienced runners will carry the
.. rch at night and the general public will
carry during the day, said Watt.
Each participant will receive a red and
white Olympic track suit on the day of
their run.
In its journey across Canada, by plane,
boat, helicopter, snowmobile and hand, the
torch will cover 18,000 kilometers -11,000
by land -for 88 days. It will be the longest
torch relay in history.
The identity of the final runner on Feb.
13 is the Calgary Olympic Organizing
Committee's best -kept secret, known only
to chairman Frank King and president Bill
Pratt.
The Lions Club of Canada is helping
organize the relay in each community.
The Lions will contact each runner in the
three months before the run as well as the
day before the participant is to run.
Each runner must make their way to the
meeting point but from there Petro -
Canada will provide transportation to the
run site. General Motors is supplying the
vehicles for the torch caravan, including:
nine, passenger vans, two, five -ton trucks,
and a dozen smaller vehicles.
Petro -Canada had 15 million applica-
tions in circulation, 10 million of them
mailed to Canadian households --
considered to be the largest mailing in
Canadian history.
Three Goderich residents will be carrying the Olympic torch on
part of its journey across Canada. David Hollingworth (from left to
right), Judy Watt and Tanya MacCuspey carry torch replicas in the
Santa Claus Parade. (photo by Pat Raftis)
DAY 48
January 3, 1988
REECES CORNERS TO LONDON
Stopover Point:. LONDON
Distance: 105 km
JOUR 48
3 janvier 1988
DE REECES CORNERS A LONDON
Point d'arrivee : LONDON
Distance : 105 km
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Ted Spooner y:
Hall of Fame
is needed
Why is it that people strive for success,
not only in the sports but in all fields of
endeavor? Is it for money? For fame and
recognition or is for certain intangibles
such as immortality. The knowledge that
your accomplishments will live beyond
you.
Every once in a while someone comes up
with an idea that makes you say to
yourself, why didn't I think of that? or why
hasn't that already been done. Jim
McDade, chairman of the Goderich
Recreation Board recently had such an
idea when he proposed a Goderich and
Area Sports Hall of Fame.
Why didn't I think of that?
There are youngsters playing hockey in
Goderich who don't know who Paul
Henderson is, much less that he scored the
winning goal for Canada in the first sum-
mit series in 1972 or that he played for the
Goderich Jr. B team. Ask them who Gary
Doak "is and they say, "Who?" Mention
Larry Jeffrey and they say, "never heard
of him."
Doak, when he was playing for the
Boston Bruins in the late 70's, came back
to Goderich in the off season. I used to
play a little tennis with him, and while his
tennis skills could use some refinement
his drive and will to win were overwhelm-
ing. The Montreal Canadians did not beat
the Bruins because Doak was not trying.
The Hall of Fame should not be limited
to hockey players. The great sulky driver
Ron Feagan deserves to be there, as does
Simon Langois who contributed to
Goderich baseball until his death this
summer.
I have bouncing around an idea for a
location for the hall in the cavernous ex-
pance of my mind and I have come up with
the perfect location. Dare I say it? The
terminally ill Aquatic and Community
Centre would be an ideal location.
However, any existing structure would be
fine. It is not necessarry that the hall cost
a great deal of money.
The hall might also provide the perfect
opportunity to clean out that attic or base-
ment. I am sure people have old photos
and momentos stashed away collecting
dust. That puck Henderson hit you with,
during a Leaf game, would make a fine
display.
I am also certain there are many sports
heroes I have overlooked who should be in
the Hall where they will be given the pro-
minence they deserve. This would be your
chance decide what people" have helped
shape Goderich sports the most. "
A Hall of Fame would serve two ptir-
poses: it would give people a chance to
relive great moments in Goderich sports
such as the incredible undefeated cham-
pionship season of the Louzon Flyers; it
would show the young athletes exactly
whose footsteps they are following in. •
David
Hollingworth Tanya MacCuspey
Judy Watt
Streaking Lakeland Jets
win two in industrial hockey
Petrie four. Paul Kelly held on to his lead
atop the scoring leaders by assisting on all
Sunset scores while Kevin Meriam was the
leading goal scorer with two markers.
Murphy's vs. Lakeland
Lakeland topped Murphy's 8-4 in other
Sunday action. Brad Armstrong netted
three goals, and Dave McDonald had two
for the winners. Murphy's were led by
Dave Graf with two marker while Tag
Sowerby and Dave JVloore scored once in a
losing cause.
Park House vs. Holmesville
Monday action saw the Park House
down Holmesville by a 10-7 margin. Steve
Siertsema was the top sniper with four
goals. Phil Petrie and Terry, Schoemaker
had three points each while Harold Peet
netted two markers for the winners. Craig
Nesbitt potted the hat trick for Holmesville
while Jamie Caldwell chipped in with two
goals.
Zilliax vs. Murphy's
In the second game Zilliax handed Mur-
phy's a 8-0 defeat. Dave Smith led the scor-
ing parade with five points while Jim
Fleming had two goals and an assist.
Bedford vs. Lakeland
Bedford Hotel outlasted a pesky
Lakeland squad by a 9-8 margin on Wed.
evening. Doug Smith, Brian Moody and
Jerry Rozendal counted two goal evenings.
Trevor Erb was the sparkplug in the
Lakeland attack with four goals and an
assist.
Holmesville vs. Zilliax
Standings After Nov. 29th Games
GAA
4.23
3.54
5.31
5.69
6.67
7.79
5.62
Park House
Zilliax
Bedford
Sunset
Murphy's
Lakeland
Holmesville
W L T PTS
9 2 2 20
8 4 1 17
8 5 — 16
7 5 1 15
4 7 1 9
4 10 — 8
2 8 3 7
Scoring Leaders
Paul Kelly, Sunset
Brad Armstrong, Lakeland
Jamie Caldwell, I•loirnes'j11e
Mark Fra e Bedfor'
•
G A TOTAL
18 17 35
14 20 34
16 13 29
13 12 25
GA
55
46
69
74
80
109
73
Holmesville downed Zilliax by a score of
6-5 in Clinton on Thur. night. Jamie
Caldwell climbed up the scoring ladder
with a four point night with Dean Scott ad-
ding a lone marker. Dean Armstron had
three points for the Zilliax squad.
Park House vs. Sunset
Sunday morning action saw Park House
run their undefeated string to five games
when they downed Sunset 11-3. Pete Bak-
ker and Terry Schoemaker had six points
each, while Harold Peet had five and Phil
Atom Orange tops Blue team
The Goderich Atom Orange team scored
three consecutive goals -two in the second
and one in the third- to steal a 5-3 win over
Goderich Blue, Nov. 28.
Billy Draper scored the only goal of the
first for the Blues from Lee Williamson.
Two quick goals by Darryl Fielder from
Ryan Million and Ste.'e Linklater from
Jason Campbell gave Orange a 2-1 lead
before Draper scored his second from
Williamson to tie.
Unassisted goals by Million and
Linklater and a marker by Campbell frail
Bryon Currie gave the Orange a 642 lead.
It �w, a matter of too little, too late as
Geoffry Gautreau scored for the Blues
from Trevor mcCauley with just 21
seconds left.
BELGRAVE 3 BLUES 1
Belgrave scored two third period goals
to snap a 1-1 ties against the Goderich
Atom Blues as they went on to win 3-1 in
Goderich Nov. 29.
Draper opened the scoring for the Blues.
Both the, Atom Orange and Bine teams
travel' to Howick for three games each at
the annual tournament Sat,, Dec. 5.
Pair wins
A.C.B.L. game
Dawna Sproul teamed with Marg Hall to
score 69 points in the East-West portion of
a seven table A.C.B.L.-wide charity bridge
game Nov. 24 and capture first overall in
Duplicate Bridge Club play at the Legion.
The average score was 50 points.
Betty Etue and Daphine Davidson were
second -in East-West play- with 55 points
followed by Cathy MacDonald and Pat Str-
inger with 49 and Penny Peters and Marie
Huff with 48.
In North-South play, Betty and Ray
Fisher took first with 60.5 points followed
by Pat Denstedt and Lorne Walters with
55, Aelian Weerasooriya and P.K.
Venkiteswaran with 57 and the team. of
Eleanor Erskine and Mary Donelly with 47
points.
Verna Worthy and Hall scored 49 points
to win the Monday afternoon game Nov.
23. Ralph Kingswell and Bill Duncan were
second with 39 points followed by Martina
Schneiker and Donelly with 38.5, the
Fishers with 35 and Ester Garrow and Bet-
ty Garland with 33.5.
Senior girls
lose two games
The GDCI Senior girls basketball team
lost both their games at the WOSSA tour-
nament Friday.
The girls lost by one point 35-34 to
Tillsonburg in the opening round and then
dropped a 40-29 decision to Stratford Nor-
thwestern in the quater finals.
Jenny Allen and Mary Katherine
Stapleton were the high scorers in the
Tillsonburg game with 10 points each.
Coach Phil Bugler blamed a pre-
occupation with exams for the losses.
The Junior girls lost their opening round
game at WOSSA 57-35 to Banting.
Tentland was the high scorer with 11
points.
Rumig scores
three in loss
Despite three goals by Trish Rumig the
Goderich Tween ringette team lost a home
game 5-4 to Exeter, Nov. 29.
Rumig scored the first three Goderich
goals to keep pace with the Exeter team,
who lead 2-1 after the first period. The
teams each scored three goals in the third
with Teri Duckworth scoring the final
Goderich goal, unassisted. Becky Har-
rison, Duckworth and Alesha Gloucher
picked up assists