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6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, June 8,1983 ( sp»rf-M 1 FLASHBACK -- 25 YEARS AGO - The winning girls' team in the mixed teen-age bowling league consists of Joan Allin, Linda Brooking, Doris- Stalker and Audrey Spicer, Carole Oke, Heather Bissonette and Elaine Bennett. Winning boys team members are Bob Richards, Ben Thompson, Larry Piper, Jim Moorcraft, Terry Black and Howard Bundle. FLASHBACK -- 10 YEARS AGO -- At the close of the Monday Night Ladies Bowling League banquet, Duaine Palmer presented the head table decoration to Beatrice Morgan, 74, the oldest oldest bowler in the league. SOCCER--Action in the Darlington Soccer League this week includes games tonight (Wednesday) Solina at Flying Dutchmen, Bowmanville at Zion. Saturday, June 11th Salem at Hampton, Orono at Courtice and Monday, June 13th, Hampton at Tyrone and Flying Dutchmen at Orono. BASEBALL -- The Bowmanville Merchants travel to Port Hope tonight (Wednesday) where they meet the Flyers at the Town Park. Game time 7 p.m. GOES TO BELLEVILLE - Darcy Huber, aged 17, has been chosen in the midget hockey draft by the Belleville Bulls in the Junior 'A' league. Friends and fans wish him all the best in the coming season. OOPS -- It seems in all the activities of celebrating celebrating Bowmanville's 125th anniversary we inadvertently inadvertently credited the "My Apothecary" Ladies ball team with a 6-5 victory in a recent game with King Gardens. It should have read exactly exactly opposite, with King Gardens the winners. Sorry. EOBA -- Standings including games of Sunday, May 29th in the E.O.B. Whitby Kingston Kendal Oshawa Belleville Bowmanville Peterborough Newcastle Ajax Port Hope Markham GP W L PCTGBL RF RA 2 2 0 1.000 - 21 5 2 2 0 1.000 - 15 8 1 1 0 1.000 Vz 18 4 3 2 1 .667 % 19 18 . 1 1 0 1.000 % 6 0 2 1 1 .500 1 20 20 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 3 1 2 .333 1% 25 21 2 0 2 .000 2 3 11 2 0 2 .000 2 8 14 2 0 2 .000 2 2 36 RESEARCH -- During June and July, the Ontario Ontario Charter Boat Association and several sport fishing groups in the New York State will spear- ; head a Salmon Search in Lake Ontario. Each Saturday Saturday and Sunday for the next seven weeks anyone anyone interested in joining in the search for salmon and recording their movements in Lake Ontario should phone Terry Peters at 623-3421 or 723-8413. Most of the fishing will be done 5-15 miles off shore, in boats of a minimum 20 feet. Boats and crews will be participating from Port Hope to St. Catharines on both sides of Lake Ontario. TRANS CANADA -- Radio Club will hold its yearly C.B. Fest, Convention and Coffee Break, at Blackstock, this Friday and Saturday, daily at 10 a.m. There will be a talent show, beauty contest, and tug of war tournament. Everyone welcome. GAMES -- The sixth annual Colgate Women's games will be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 18th and 19th at Etobicoke Centennial Stadium. This is the largest women's track meet held in Canada, and provides a unique and important opportunity for women athletes across the country. Diane Jones-Konihowski ; Canadian Gold Medalist, in the pentathalon will return to M.C. the games. The two day event will feature 12 events, including the 100m and 400m dash, long jump, high jump, shot put, hurdles and a 3,000m run. Girls ages 10-16 years are eligible to win Colgate's grants-in-aid of education ranging from $50 to $300. Also this year, all entrants can enter an essay contest with tote bags awarded to winners in each age group. Entry forms are available at school athletic offices and local track clubs. All events are sanctioned by the Ontario Track and Field Association. ZOOBOOSTER -- June is Zoobooster month, and the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo has named Tuesday, June 21, as its special day for Senior Citizens. Gates will be opened free to seniors. Free bus rides will be available to seniors, running on the hour from the Scarborough Town Centre beginning at 9:30 a.ih. There will be return rides as well. The Zoo's two rides, the Zoomobile and the Domain Ride, are to be free to seniors, and McDonalds is giving free tea and coffee. The Zoo is also offering a demonstration of fitness by a Metro seniors group and popular radio personality Ray Sonin is to provide entertainment. CAMSPORT TRAILERS BY SHASTA and TAYLOR COACH • large supply trailer parts & accessories • aluminum and fibreglass truck caps • all colours and sizes to fit standard and import import trucks • over one hundred in stock to choose from COMPLETE PROPANE REFILL CENTRE Hwy. 115 and 35 987-5174 Newcastle mm Merchants Make No Mistake on Attempted Squeeze Play njmirn» This is one play that Oshawa will have to practise catcher Scott Michelson took advantage of the a little more. This suicide squeeze play didn't miscue and tagged the runner at home to save a materialize when the Oshawa batter failed to lay run. The Merchants lost both games of the doubledown doubledown a proper bunt. Bowmanville Merchants header however, 6-2 and 13-11. Horse Riding Competition in Orono All day Saturday, young area riders were trying trying out their mounts in various competitions at the fairgrounds in Orono where a series of gates had transformed the infield into a jumping VY in course. These photos show just a small part of the action and the riders who participated in the event, under ideal weather conditions. Darlington Soccer Pitch Is Now Open The first game was played on the new soccer pitch at the Darlington Sports Centre Centre Sunday, June 5. Director of Community Community Serivces Bud Fanning Fanning said in a report to the town's general purpose purpose committee Monday that the teams which played the first game were the Newcastle Wanderers and an Osh- awa-based soccer club. The Bowmanville United Senior Soccer Club will use the pitch alternately between Saturday Saturday evenings and Sunday Sunday afternoons while the Newcastle Wanderers will play Sundays at 6:30 p.m. Jones Still Undefeated In Foresters Ball League Hooper's Mosquitoes Win First Two Games The Hoopers soccer team won their first two games of the year. The first game was played against the Mary Brown's team and the score was 2 - 0. Scoring for Hoopers were Richard McCheyne and Douglas Lever. It was a tough contest with both teams having good chances. Steven McCullough, in goal for Mary Brown's, was very good, In the second game, Hoopers Hoopers beat Hampton 4 - 2 but had a 4 - 0 lead at one point. Scott Hanthorn, playing for Hampton, lead a strong effort late in the game, Scoring for Hooper's were John Slrike- werda, Chris Hilbom, Karl Wunderlich and Chris Foster. Setting up some good plays for Hooper's was Jeremy Snowden while Scott Aptcd playing in goal showed real improvement. "KRACQ JJ Registered Builder of HUtWC NEW HOME WARRANTY PROGRAM Carpentry & Contracting Newcastle 987-5400 Custom built homes, farm, home and cottage improvements. Owner William H.J. Kraayvanger (Licensed Carpenter) FRED'S AUTOBODY R.R. #1 Orono, On tho 115 (Hwy. 115 Truck & Auto) 983-9151-2 Froo Estimates Reasonable Rates BOATS 12'Alum $ 595. 14'Alum 795. 16'Alum. Pontoon 1,995. 15' Alum. Bass. 1,450. 14' Used Springbok 12' Fibreglass . 495. 495. 14'Sail Boat... 1,295. 16'Sail Boat... 3,295. 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Ajax won it in the tenth on a single, a stolen base and a Bowmanville error, Dan Miller pitched the whole game for the Merchants Merchants and had another strong game as he struck out fourteen while giving up seven hits. , On Sunday afternoon Bowmanville lost both games of a double header as they were beaten 6 - 2 and 13 - 11 by the Oshawa Legionnaires. In the first game Oshawa took the lead when they scored three runs on two singles, a double double and a Bowmanville error. The Merchants scored two in their half of the inning inning when Gibson lead off with a walk and Passant, Miller and Dadson singled. The visitors wrapped it up in the fourth when they scored three more runs. Scott Bate pitched for Bowmanville Bowmanville and despite taking the loss showed that he is not out of place in senior baseball. The second game started out all Oshawa as they scored 12 runs in the first four innings. Bowmanville got one in the first on a single by Gibson, a sacrifice bunt by Passant and a single by Miller. They , got one more in the second on Michelson's double and a fielder's choice. The Merchants started to put things together in the fourth when they scored three runs. Michelson reached first on a fielder's choice and scored on Scott Bate's double, then Mark Richard's hit Bowmanville's Bowmanville's first home run of the season, over the creek in left field. They got one more in the fifth on a double by Ross and Miller's single Oshawa scored in the seventh to make the score 13 to 6. The young Bowmanville Bowmanville team didn't give up and almost pulled the game out as they scored five runs in the last inning, A base on balls and four straight singles singles by Michelson, Scott, Bate, Conahan, and Richards combined with two Oshawa errors. With two runners on base Jody Ross was called out on a questionable third strike to end the game. The Merchants have another tough weekend coming up as they host the tough Kingston Ponies at Soper Creek in a double header on Saturday afternoon afternoon at 1:00 p.m. By Don Dakin The Canadian Foresters' Softball League finally had some nice weather for playing ball this past Sunday as the league's two undefeated teams met. Truax's team had won their first two games and Jones' has won their first game going into Sunday's game. A twelve run 4th inning gave Jones a 17-9 win to make them two and zero on the season. Mike Littleton went 4 - 6 with a double and a triple. Cliff Banks had three RBI's to lead Jones' team. Manager Grant Jones pitched a complete complete game, collecting nine strike-outs. Ted Alldread went 3 for 3 with two RBI's to lead Truax's offence. In the other game, Magee's team smashed out 23 hits to beat Buchanan 20 to 5. Keith Lee led the offence with six RBI's. That gives Keith 12 RBI's in two games. Mike Groneveld had two triples and Keith Lee and Ed Kowalski had one each. Barry Cullen went 5 for 6 with two doubles and Alvin Yeo went 3 for 4 with two doubles to help Magee's offence. Dan Kennedy pitched his first complete game for the win. Scott Zealand and Manager Manager Ted Buchanan both went 3 for 4 to lead Buchanan's offence. offence. Scott Yeo and Dave Magee both went 2 for 3. Milt Dakin went 2 for 4 for Buchanan. Barry Cullen now has five extra base hits in three games and 10 hits in 13 at bats for a .769 batting average. Grant Jones now has 16 strikeouts in his two games and Rick Truax has 16 strikeouts in three games. Dave Magee has 15 in three games. Next game will be Sunday, June 12th at 1:30 p.m. at Lord, Elgin. It will be Dakin vs. Truax, and Jones vs. Magee., Come out and enjoy the games! Junior 'C Hockey Nows Although the 82-83 Hockey Season officially ended for the Bowmanville Eagles Jr. C Hockey Team at the end of February 83, the business of keeping the team running goes on behind the scene all year around. The elected officers of the team for this coming season 83-84 are President Mrs. Pat Marshall; Vice President Don Wilcox; Secretary Mrs. Pat Forsey; and Treasurer Bud Chambers. These people are ably assisted by twelve more executive members. The team will again be coached by Paul Robinson back for his sixth season. The manager will again be Weldon Brown, the trainers will be John Cook and Scott Farrell. The contact man will again be Buck Janack. Janack. The Egles have acquired an assistant coach to assist coach Paul Robinson in the person of Joe Humenick who will be remembered by local fans when he played for the Eagles a few years ago. Joe is a local boy and will be a valuable addition to the hockey club. Duane Major, a product of Orono Minor Hockey and a stalwart on defence for the Eagles for the last two seasons, seasons, has been appointed captain captain for the coming hockey season. Representatives from all the teams in the league will be meeting in Port Hope, June 8 to set up the schedule for the coming season and also to discuss the financial straits of the O.H.A. The O.H.A. officers say to keep from going bankrupt bankrupt they must have from Jr. C teams: 1. A $30.00 per home game assessment. This assessment is a new feature and would cost the Eagles $540.00 just for their eighteen home league games. 2. A team entry fee of $500.00. Last year's entry fee was $75.00 This is an increase of $425.00. 3. The $5.00 fee per player's card for 30 cards for insurance will probably stay the same at $150.00 per team. This is a tremendous increase increase for teams that only draw between two and three hundred fans per game for their home games. Perhaps if this assessment does in fact happen there will be teams that just cannot stay operative. operative. There is a general meeting of the O.H.A. in the Kitchener Arena Sat. June 18, 1983 at which time the O.H.A. will know if they will stay solvent or not. This assessment will be decided by all the teams in the O.H.A. on the basis of one team, one vote. More will be reported on this subject after June 18th. Legionnaire Bantams Drop Season Opener to Kingston The Bowmanville Legionnaire Legionnaire Bantam baseball team dropped their season opener on Saturday, May 28th at Soper Creek Park to the Kingston Frontenacs by a 5 to 1 margin. The teams were scoreless for two innings, but Kingston Kingston collected 3 hits in the third in addition to a walk and Bowmanville error, to score 3 runs. Kingston scored again in the fourth on a walk, stolen base and a single to go ahead 4 to 0. Kingston scored their final run in the sixth on an error and single. Bowmanville Bowmanville got on the board in the sixth with back to back hits by Jay Kelly and Barry Oliver. The Legionnaires played well, but a few defensive lapses, and an inability to hit the offerings of the Kingston pitchers R. Cas- ford, and knuckleballer J. Cowan, were the difference. P. Anson led the Kingston attack with 4 hits and 3 RBI's. Phil Bird was the top Bowmanville batsman with 2 singles and a walk in 4 trips to the plate. Troy Foster pitched well for Bowmanville giving up 8 hits and 5 runs (2 unearned) unearned) while striking out 3 in 6 innings. Dave Aiken, in 3 innings of relief, allowed only 1 hit and struck out 5, including Kingston's Anson who got a hit in each of his previous 8 at bats in 2 games. The top defensive play was a strike from centrefiel- der Rick Vandermolen to third baseman Andrew Oliver, to cut down the runner runner and end Kingston's second second inning with 2 hits and no runs. 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