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Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-01-21, Page 10Pae be W`'i,R hams Advance -Tines, January 21, 1981 New clubs introduced cIu ring BRSA. meeting The Bruce Regional Snow- mobile Association (BRSA ) welcomed two new clubs to its organization during a meeting last week, hosted by the Wingham .and District Snowmobile Association. The Palmerston Snow Kings and the Cargill Easy Riders joined the group recently, increasing the number of BRSA clubs to 17. There are slightly more than 600 paid members in the regional organisation. In other. business, Lloyd Benninger, BRSA trails co- ordinator, reported that the 100 -mile Snowarama for Timmy will run counter- clockwise from Wingham through Teeswater, Mild- may, Neustadt, Hanover, Walkerton, Chepstow, Riversdale and back to Wingham. The other two starting points will be Walkerton and Mildmay. The •snowarama is sche- duled for Feb. 1, and will begin between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. at the Wingham Legion. During the meeting there was some discussion regard- ing the Snow 1 public trail, which was officially opened on Saturday. Jerry Ahrens, Ontario Federation of Snow- mobile Clubs director for this area, skid that the trail will be good for snow- mobilers and communities along the trail_ Mr. Ahrens explained that many municipalities support the trail because com- munities will benefit from it through. tourism. The 500 -mile trans -Ontario. snowmobile trail, which extends from Wingham to Alexandria, just east of Ot- Drop to fifth spot Royals lose to Goderich Ontario Hockey Associaa tion Intermediate 'C' action on the weekend saw the Royals drop to fifth place in the standings as a result of a 6-1 loss to the. Goderich Sailors. Goderich now oc- cupies fourth place, one point ahead of the Royals. Lacklustre play by the Royals resulted in Goderich taking a 3-0 lead by the 15 - minute mark of the first period before Rick Jacklin found the net ,for the Royals with his 17th goal of theyear. Bernie Haines assisted. The second period saw the Royals break out against Goderich and. cohtrol the play throughout the period. Although, they had several good scoring opportunities," Wingha'm marksmen were unable to beat Fleischauer in the Goderich net. In the third period, it was • the Goderich Sailors who scored first at 1:08 when Duncan deflected a shot past Keith Elston in the Royals' : et. The6Sailors added a powerplay, marker four rrinates later and an in- urance goal three minutes r fter that. The Rvyai meanwhile were unable .to find the net and lost 6-1. With fourti -lace still up for crabs, the Royals face ._-"God -ich' again ,on "riday nigh' at; the Lo-kridge Memorial Arena. Group two statistics show Harriston Blues leading the league with 26 points, 12 more than the Royals. Harriston leads the , goal- tending race with their tandem of Clark and Davidson having a 3.44 goals against average. The Royals' Nichol," Blackwell and Elston are third in the league at 4.80. In the scoring race, Lucknow's Carl Stanley leads with 37 points, followed by Jim 1ylaGee of Wingham at 15 goals and 13 assists for 28 'points. Rick Jacklin also has 28 points on 17 goals and 11 assists. Steve Caslick has nine goals and 18 assists for sixth place. " The Royals will be 'shooting to improve on their statistics Friday night as Goderich returns. Come out and enjoy fast hockey action. ;,Duplicate . bridge scores The Duplicate Bridge Club met Thursday evening in the fire hall. Placing first were Yvonne McPherson and Elaine Colvin; second were Marg Cruickshank and Jean Whitby; third were Mary Caslick 'and Norma Parker; " tying for fourth were Mae Porter and Omar Hasel- grove with Kay Forgie and Nan McKibbon. Recreational hockey scores STAINTON SPITFIRES 7 CRAWFORD DODGERS 4 The Stainton Spitfires up- set a short-handed Crawford squad to move into first place, ousting the Dodgers into second spot. Neil Bieman and Bob Armstrong scored twice each and Paul Cerson, ,Bill Tolton and Jon Bateson added singles -for the winners. John Hender- son, Murray Gardner, Steve McKay and Stan Stapleton scored for Crawfords. ADVANCE -TIMES 4 BRIDGE MOTORS 3 The Advance -Times win its third game in . a row, thanks to a super goal- tending effort by Ric Jacklin and a come -from -behind effort by the rest of the team. Steve. Stapleton, Murray Loutitt, Vaughn Passmore and John Cullen fired goals for, The Advance -Times. Bridge goal scorers were Ross Pole, with two, and Bob Young, with one. tawa, has been groomed and marked . by various snow- mobile clubs, many of which are federation members. The official opening of Snow 1 was held on Saturday at the Culross Community Centre in Teeswater. Bill Crump, past president of the Wingham club, invited all regional membes to par- ticipate in Wingham's Frostyfest, scheduled for Feb. 19 to the 22. Mr. Crump said the tentative list of events includes snow sculp- turing, dances; casino nights, a pancake breakfast, an amateur snowmobile drag race, a 100 -km. snow- arama for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ontario, and a torch light parade for snowmobilers. A nominating committee, headed by Laurence Gregg, RR 2, Cargill, was estab- lished to come up with a list of names for a new execu- tive, which will be installed at the mini convention in March. Bantams blast Brussels The Brussels and Wingham Bantams tangled last Tuesday at the Lock - ridge Memorial Arena, and Wingham came out on top of a 5-2 score. Without star player Darrin Watt, Brussels was no match for Wingham. Mark Foxton opened the scoring for the local team at 8:08 of the first period, assisted by Byron Thompson and Doug Stephenson. A minute and three seconds later, Brett Cameron widened the margin to a-0, assisted by Mike Houghton. Then Doug McFarlan went on a scoring spree for the locals with three straight goals. Tim Brown assisted on the first goal and the next two were solo efforts. Brussels scored its two goalsin the last"two minutes of the game. ICE CHIPS — If hard work makes a hockey player, Doug Stephenson should go a long way. He never stops skating and hustling every time he hits the ice. 4 Hockey spotlight By Peter Bauer Jay MacLaurin is in his last -year as an Ironman. He lives in Wingham but is presently taking courses at the . University of Western Ontario in London. Although he has very little time between working, his schooling and • hockey,, he still enjoys. getting- out and having a good 'time. Looking into the future, he has plans along the lines of business administration. Commenting on his hockey career here in Winghafn, he believes that it has been good for him. As for the team, he said it is "a together .and hard working team with a nucleus for the future and bright prospects, hopefully for this year". Jay has the job of team captain andhis`job is not always that easy. As captain he must be a leader and that responsibility is sometimes a greater burden than an honor. When a team plays well the job may appear easy, but even then there is great pressure to continue •to do well: When the team is losing, his work is that mueh harder, with the onus, being on his shoulders as well as the coach's: This year's team consists of a , number of rookies as well' as numerous players who are in their final year, and merging the *into into one urdt can be more than difficult. Ari . the ice Jay does his job efficiently. In 23gaaiies he has scored 13 goals and added 14 assists to his scoring total, to stand fifth in team scoring with"r27points and a plus five for goals for and against on an even man basis. '" T would like to commend Jay on his performance during this year's campaign and for the output he has contributed to the Ifonmen organization over the 'past four years. He has indeed been worthy of praise, which sometimes is very elusive to those who are humble. Many at Si1�w 1 opening About 150 snowmobilers gathered with their machines at the Culross- Teeswater Community•. Centre Saturday afternoon for ,the official opening of Snow 1, a 500 -mile trans - Ontario public trail. The trail extends from Wingham to Alexandria, which is just east of Ottawa, The ceremony was highlighted by short con- gratulatory speeches from Bob McKessock, MP for Grey; Dr. Gary Gurbin, MPP for Grey -Bruce; Bill Bortio, reeve ,of Culross Township, and Gordon 'Per- rott, reeve of Teeswater: The guest speakers stress- ed safe snowmobiling and praised the participating clubs for providing the trail, which they said will benefit involved communities through tourism and give the public the opportunity for snowmobiling across ,this Hart of Ontario. Dennis O'Malley, presi- dent of the Bruce Regional Snowmobile Association, said the clubs worked.hard to shape Snow 1. He maintained that it will generate interest in the snowmobile industry and dollars from it will be directed back into the small- er communities of Ontario. Snow 1 is the first, in a series of province -wide public trails. All 500 miles have been marked and groomed by participating clubs, with guidance from the Ontario Federation, of Snowmobile Clubs. Winghanm.'Lic.n dump Zurich.. Darryl Chalm11.era, . eellred -. two goals and add` one assist to I ii,, m Lions pasta Zurich the Mldoetai7- 3 on Monde night I,inemete Kevin Cotes scored once and assisted on three others, while Ron Schistad, Willie Rodger, Kurt Whitfielrand Bill Brophy scored a goal each to round out the scoring for Wingham. Brian Horner scored twice -,for Zurich and Mike Smith once. Last Thursday the Lions got goals from Kevin Coultes, Kurt Whitfield, Blaine Coultes, Darryl Chalmers and,_ Byron Thompson to tie Huron Park 5-5. Dennis Johnston had the, hat trick for Huron Park. Wingham travelled to Harriston on Tuesday for the first ,game of their best -of - three Ontario Minor Hockey Association playoffs. The teams meet in a return game Thursday in Wingham at 8 p.m. Team is still unbeaten The Wingham Senior Girls Ringette team kept its un- beaten streak alive Saturday night'by downing the visiting Howick team 6-1. Julaine Adams led the girls with four goals. Lori Gavreluk scored the other two for Wingham. Andrea Walker picked up four assists and Angela Walker and Michelle Cameron each -had one. . The - girls played a good game offensively and defensively, , and. also got . good .goaltending from. Vickie Belanger. The game was low, in penalties, with the 'Howick team being assessed ' two and Wingham one. The girls travel to Howick for a game Saturday and then play 'in Goderich on Sunday. 4 i WEDNESDAY LADIES Shirley Sallowk took the high single last week with a 293, while , Shirley Storey tallied 674 for the triple. The Blue jays have flown out to first place with 31 points, pushing the Jenny Wrens back to second spat with 28. The Humming Birds are next with 21points followed by the Arctic Eagles, 16; Hoot Owls, •13, and the Meadow Larks, 12. Those bowling games of 200 points or better were: Brenda Finley, 202; Shirley Storey, 217, 211 and 246; Jeannette Scott, 254 and 201; Margaret Pollock, 218; Jean King; 217; Mary Campbell, 208 and 217; Caroline Green- away, 204; Joanne Harrison, 206 and 230; Mary Lee, 225 and 205; Edna Mae Arm- strong, 225; Cathy Forsyth, 215; Catherine Campbell, 200; Shirley Safiows, 20 and 204; Elda Nethery, 207. Spares for the evening were Ruth Schefter and Margaret Pollock. THURSDAY MIXED Verna Haugh bowled a 274 for the ladies' top single, while Diane English tallied '669 for the triple. Keith Moffatt played the men's high single of 248 and George Skinn captured the triple with 639. Grant's Grand Prix'is way out in front with 34 points while Coree's Colts and Cathy's Clunkers fight for second spot with 24 points each. Diane's Trans Ams are next with 21 followed by Sharon's Rabbits, 20 and Marg's Monte Carlos, 18. Those bowling 200 -point games or better were: Verna Haugh, 274; Jo Ma .e Mc- Cormick;109 and 23 • ele Skelton, 216; Diane sh, 255 and 235; Brenda -ff, 233; Doris Burrows, 20 Keith Moffatt, 248; Bo Johnson, 207; George Ski 225, 200 and 214; B an Gibbons, 213. Spares for the evening were Helen Skelton, Ruth Snuth, Jerry Smith, Isobel Montgomery And Susan Foxton. SENIOR LADIES Ethel Holmes bowled a 250 for the high single, while Catherine Campbell tallied 340 for the double. In the team standings the. Aquamarines are in top spot with 46 points followed by Turquoise, 45; Diamonds, 44; Topaz, 35; Sapphires, 33, and Rubies, 22( • Those bowling doubles of 300 points or better ' were: Catherine Campbell, 340; Helen McBurney, 310, and Ethel Holmes, 336. COFFEE KLATCH Shirley Storey once again came up with the high total score and the high single. Other bowlers managing games more than 200 points were Jean King, Shirley Storey, Pat Aitcheson and Margaret Pollock. COMMERCIAL Jean Merkley was top lady bowler, capturing the high single and triple with 273 and 716 respectively. Jim Grif- fith did the same for the men, bowling a 307 for_the top single and totalling 723 for the triple. Frank's Feelers are still in first place with 78 points followed by Wes' Whistlers, 65; Jim's Jumpers, 61; Keith's Kissers, 55; Hickey's Hustlers, 50, and Bob's Bangers, 42. Those bowling games of 200 points or more were: Rod Hickey, 231 and 200; Keith Carson, 203; Gene Kruse, 210, 214 and 204; Bob Steffan, 211; Jim Griffith, 217 and 307; Bill Henderson, 226; Frank Burke, 245, 233 and 234; Leon Russell, 208 and 219; Mike Darling, 226; Bob Pegg, 249; Cathy Carson, 205; Jean Merkley, 263 and, 273; Verna Haugh, 233; Undo Hickey, 209. SI#aree for the evening were Lillian Riolan, Mike Darling, Wanda Leibol4 and Barb Pletch, . FORDWICH MIXED The ladies' high single and high triple, a 236 and 598, were recorded by Janice Behrns. Dave Dinsmore topped the men with hit 298 single and 649 triple. Gaines of 200 and over were bowled by Mike George 200; Bruce Kennedy 219; Ken Behrns 200; Dave Dinsmore 205; Millie Nixon 217; Ken Bender, 221, 207; . Janice Behrns 218; Gertie Lambkin 209; Bill Ginner 239. BLUEVALE MIXED Melodies' high single and triple was bowled by Marie Walker. with 269 and 602 respectively. Harold Johnston played a 253 and 606 for the men's top single and triple; Other scores of 200 pointe or better were managed by Paul Shaw, 200 and 205; Milt 'Boyd, 217; Carol Shaw, 202; Beta Ross, 224 and 208; Bill Greig, .205; Andy Adams, 238; Winnie Boyd, 212, and Marg Adams, 226. WROXETER MIXED Bob Sittler captured the men's top single of 285 while John Wheeler tallied 631 for the triple. Joan Allen was high lady bowler, playing a 260 for the single and 653 for the triple. Those bowling 200 -point - games or better were: Bob McCaughan, 229; Ethel McMichael, 202; John Wheeler, 221 arid 239; Bob Sittler, 285; Ron McMichael, 205; Wendel Stamper, 246; Joan Allen, 260 and 2Llj Donna Bennett, 219; Randy Hutchinson, 216 and 230; Mike Newton, 207 and 219; Len Hordyk, 215; Wes Ball, 203 and 201; Jerry Car- penter, 205, and Les Stalford, 200. THE OFFICIAL OPENING of Snow 1, a trans -Ontario snowmobile trail stretching from Wingham to Alexandria, was held at the CuI ross-Teeswater Community Centre Saturday afternoon. Taking part in the ribbon cutting ceremony were: (not In order), Mrs. Jerry Ahrens and Mrs. Chuck Mann, holding the ends of the ribbon; Chuck Mann, first vice president for the Ontario Federation of Sfl .wmobl le Clubs (OFSC); Gerry Ahrens, OFSC director; Dennis O'Malley, president of the Bruce Regional Snowmobile Association; Bill Borho, reeve of Culross Township; Gordon Peron, reeve of Tees - water; Bob McKessock, MP for. Grey; Dr. Gary Gurbin, MPP for Grey -Bruce; and Father Ted Slaman, Teeswater's Reran Catholic priest. 10441,, BOMBARDIER Trademark of Bombardier Limited. a�lle won't mention names, but there are certain snowmobile dealers in this area who might offer you a sled at an incredibly low price. At Ski -Doo, we'd like to say one thing: "Take a good look!' Before you give in to temptatio and buy a low priced snowmobile, ask yourself these four q estions: 1; Is there somebody to back up the guarantee? Better still, is there a guarantee? 2. Can you be sure of adequate service this year and in 'future years? - 3. What about spare parts? Think ahead. Will you always be able to get them? 4. What will your resale value be , .. tomorrow? Next year? In two years? If you're buying a snowmobile, don't snap at the first good price you see. Ask yourself if it's good value. You'll never regret buying good value: you'll find it at your Ski -Doo dealer's. The Ski -Doo Yellow Tag Sale is still on! And that means you still have time to get an amazing deal on a brand new Ski -Doo snowmobile plus many other specials! Lynn Hoy Enterprises Ltd, HIGHWAY 86, JUST EAST OF WINGHAM TEL. 357-3435