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The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-08-09, Page 7THE WNW APVII NE IMES Record holders...The town of Wingham has the distinction of being the home of the athletes who have the Ca- nadian junor men's and women's pole vault records. Doug Wood holds the junior men's record of 5.10 metres. He also has the Canadian men's senior indoor and outdoor records at 5.65 metres. Julie Lisle has the junior women's record of 3.10 metres, Bob Campbell of Wingham was Wood's former high school coach, and he continues to coach Lisle and other high school athletes at Madill. capture medals at Ontario meet Sisters Julie and Mary Lisle of the Wingham Optimist Track and Field Club competed in the Onta- rio Juvenile -Senior track and field championships held at Centennial Stadium in Kitchener on the week- end. Competing in the 17 -years and under juvenile division, Mary won a gold medal in the shot put with a put of 11.47 metres to edge out an American rival, Alarm Robinson, by three centimetres. In discus she threw 38.16 me- tres to win another gold, and leaped 5.10 metres in the long jump for a fourth place finish. The next meet for Mary will be the Canadian Legion champion- Colts fall to Palmerston in 10 innings Wingham Colts took on the Pal- merston Midget Imperials last Wednesday evening, in Bluewater Fastbal] League play, and were handed a 4-3 setback in 10 in- nings. Ryan Martin went the distance on the mound for the Imperials, al- , lowing four hits and three walks while striking out 15, Jason Daw hurled the complete game for the Colts, giving up eight hits and two walks and had seven strike outs. Third base player Joel Martin was 2 -for -4 at the plate for Pal- merston, with centre fielder Aaron Small getting two hits "in five at - bats. Catcher Ryan Fisk had one hit in three` plate appearances. Catcher Ben Blackwell was 1 - for -2 at the plate for the Colts. Second base player Mike MacKay and third base player Kyle Wheel- er both had one hit in four at -bats. Joel Martin drove in two runs in the top of the eighth inning, with a double, to give Palmerston a 3-0 lead. MacKay hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, and then centre fielder Ryan Deyell doubled. The Colts travelled to Belmore last Monday evening to tangle with the Stingers. Jeff Fischer and Chris Eadie combined for a five -hitter as the Stingers downed the Colts 8-5. Fischer lasted three innings before being relieved by Eadie. They al'-' lowed five walks and combined or 17 strike outs. Bill Haines started for the Colts ' and lasted seven innings before being relieved by Daw. They gave up eight hits and five walks and recorded two strike outs A Third base player Wheeler clouted a solo home run in the sec- ond inning to even the score at one. Left fielder Tom McDonald hit a bases -loaded single in the second to drive in three runs to give the Colts a 4-1 advantage. In the eighth inning, Belinore third base player Dave Deyell hit a bases -loaded triple to put the • Stingers in front 7-5. Second base player Shane Smith hit a sacrifice fly to score Deyell and reach the final 8-5 score. 2 -for -4 ight fielder r at the plate tian he Stingers and 'Eadie had one hit in two at - bats. Catcher Dan Busby was I - for -3 at the plate and Deyell had one hit in four plate appearances. Right fielder Brent Kavanaugh was 2 -for -2 at the plate for the Colts, and Wheeler had one hit in a - •four t bats. Belgrave Bantams lose to Wroxeter The Belgrave Bantams took on Wroxeter last Wednesday evening and were handed a 14-11 setback. Scoring for Belgrave in the first inning were Jami McCallum and Dean Walker . Mike Sanders, Rob McGee, McCallum and Adam Garniss crossed the plate in the second in- ning Rob Burkholder, Mike Barfoot, McGee and Jeremy Campbell scored in the third inning. McCal- lum crossed the plate in the fourth inning with Belgrave's final run. Wroxeter scored four times in the first inning, added two in the second, single runs in the fourth and fifth innings, and scored six times in the sixth inning to pull out the win. .Belgrave scored a 12-11 deci- sion over Varna in the first game of their best two of three WOAA series. The game was played in Belgrave last Sunday. Walker and Luke Lockridge crossed the plate for Belgrave in the first ihiting. McCallum and Walker scored in the third and McCallum, Garniss and Walker with %home run.scored in the fifth inning. Crossing the plate in the sixth inning were McCallum, Gar- niss, Walker with another home run, Campbell, and Sanders. Varna scored single runs in the first, second, third, and, fourth in- nings, two in the fifth, and added five more runs in the sixth inning. McCallum and Campbell shared pitching duties for Belgrave. Gar- niss handled the catching. Blue Jays...Members of the Wingham Squirts Blue Jays minor soccer team include (front) Adam O'Neil, Daniel Bibby, Jessica MacDonald, Kyle Vollmer, Derk Kochler, Laurie Vaughn, and Xavier O'Krafka; (back) coach Karen Stamper, Zachary Hall, Bridget Greb, Dennis Proctor, Lydia Matthews, Gavin Roberts, and Jamie Reaman. (Photo contributed) . Local People� LO cal Vews�Paper' Local ""bJixi��a2iiL abbanciceehltied Fax 6 Diagonal Road P.O. Box no Wingham, Ontario 0 ships in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Aug. 12-13. Competing ih the open -aged senior division, Julie won four medals. She out -distanced the field of competitors in shot put as she put 12.25 metres to win the gold. In pole vault, she cleared the bar at 2.85 metres to win another gold. She won the silver medal in the hurdles and had her best throw of the season in the discus, 40.68 metres to earn the bronze. Julie's next meet is Aug. 18-19 when she joins the Canadian team in the U.S. versus Canada com- bined events championship in Windsor, Ontario. LEGION EUCHRE Sixteen tables of euchre were in play last Monday evening at the Wingham Legion Hall. Helen Martin and Janet Mathers tied for top spot as high lady with Mrs. Martin the eventual winner. Shirley Hackett was second high. Bob Grasby was high man and Verna Currie (playing as a man) was second high. Six ladies tied for most lone hands with Irene Smyth being the eventual winner. Draw prizes went to Kay Rich, Catherine Wilson, Oscar Schefter and Edythe Coultes. The next Le- gion card party, a shoot, will be held on Monday, Aug. 14. Huron.Perth Injury Prevention Committee hires project co-ordinator BLYTH — The Huron -Perth Injury Prevention Committee has ah - flounced the hiring of Brenda Edgar as project co-ordinator for the first phase of "Living Safely: Creating an Injury Prevention Action Plan for Huron and Perth Counties". The Huron -Perth Injury Preven- tion Committee is a group of inter- ested service providers who first met in fall 1994 following an Injury Prevention Workshop held in the spring of 1994. This group applied for and received a Community Inju- ry Prevention grant from the Onta- rio Ministry of Health. The goals of the program are threefold: 'develop an injury prevention ac- tion program for Huron and Perth' counties to address the following issues: motor vehicle occupant injury in the 16-24 age group; -motor vehicle occupant injury for all age groups; -cyclist injury in the 5-15 age group -unintentional falls in the elderly; -farm injuries. f' 'develop a network of interested in- dividuals, groups agencies and or- ganizations into a working group. 'ensure co-ordination and advocacy for programs addressing drinking and •driving'in young adults. In Canada, more than 9,000 pea e per year lose their lives to inju- . M,any thousands more are ad- sted. Approximately 13.2 billion Ilars are spent each year in the atment of injuries. In Ontario, in- ry is the leading cause of death people under the age of 44 ars and the fourth leading cause death overall. The Huron -Perth ury Prevention Committee clari- d the above five points as key is - s for our counties. dgar, as project co-ordinator, 1 be involved in contacting citi- s, groups, agencies and organi- ons in the two counties to assist the development of the action and to provide information' of ant' injury prevention programs nitiatives. The development of action plan is a volunteer, time ed commitment. If you, or agency, are interested in par- ading in this process please et Brenna Edgar at 19.523 - as soon as possible or leave 4 age through the Red Cross at 561-1136. Pa ry ju do tre ju for ye of Inj fie sue E wil zen zati with plan Curr or i the limit your t►cip conta 4916 mess 1 -800 - Julie Lisle...was petition. gold medalist in the pole vault com- DRAW WINNERS Wingham & District Snowmobile Association lst Annual 50/50 Draw Saturday July 29,1995 1st Prize: Laura Higgins R.R.#5 Brussels 2nd Prize: Cheryl Baxter R.R.#2 Bluevale 3rd Prize: S. Bibby Wingham Proceeds towards RIDE SAFE - RIDE SOBER Program Thanks to everyone who supported us. Lunch is READy! DailyLuncheon Specials Homemade Soups Come out for lunch & bring a friend. 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