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Matthew Hartnagle had a home run for A & S while Brian Larocque made some smart moves in the field and Mark Wells was hot at the plate. Justin Brix was hot -- swat- ting two grand slam home runs as MacKenzie Chapman met Galvcast at Prospect Park re- cently Stephanie Baker showed great skills as back catcher and Danielle Recoskie showed some great fielding skills. Both Jessie Spurrell and John Jeffrey hits doubles for Galvcast while Devon Gaudet had a single. Tyke Ashley Uiterwyk, Dylan Lewis and Michael Hendry had t games as Direct Hit de- eated Rockwood 19-15 in Rockwood. A week earlier Acton dropped a home game 14- 9 to Rockwood #1. Steve Grant played well in that game, get- ting on base twice. Tyler Kruk extended his hitting streak and Brandyn McCarthy got on base oe HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES: A young soccer player takes a shot at an imaginary opponent during a recent team practice in the park. three times. Atom Meagan Masini muscled a grand slam home run but the Tri- County girls team had to settle for a 13-5 loss to a hot Rockwood squad at Robert Lit- tle on Thursday. Masini also struck out five batter, one of them when the bases were loaded. Carolyn Diegel made a great catch and put out at first. Rockwood pitcher Erin Thompson had great control while Claire Paller hit two sin- gles. Squirt Pitchers Kylie Kruk, Sam Mills and Caitlyn Atherton shared a no-hitter and allowed just four walks in Acton Bowl- ing Lane's 22-0 drubbing of Ponsonby last Thursday. Acton's bats were hot - Amanada Neilsen had four singles and Mills had a triple. Kory Lynn Allen had two singles while Kruk had two singles and a dou- ble. Dawn Stevenson got on base four times. The squirt squad dropped a 12-10 decision to Rockwood two weeks ago. Neilsen had two sin- gles, Kruk had a double and a single and Holly Wiscombe made a great throw to Neilsen at third who picked off a runner attempting to steal. Rookie Nick Glover and Braeden Halls both hit home runs as the Acton # 3 squad handed Brookville #1 a 25-16 loss at Prospect Park last Wednesday. The rookies are 6-1-0 on the sea- son and Eoying great ball. Tho- mas Wells made a great throw from third to Nick Glover at first for the out and Tyler McNiven had good control in the innings that he pitched. ya ae y '| 1998 Mazda B-Series Truck TIME TO START AGAIN: Organizers of the 14" the end of the day, just in time teers hope to meet last year's John Hoare, George McPhail, Ron Heller, Jon Hurst, annual Paul Murr Memorial Golf Tournament gather at to start the preparation fo r next years tournament. These hard working volun- $26,000 donation from the tournament for the Cancer Society. Left to right, John McNabb, and Allan Hall. -- Angela Tyler photo Annual Paul Murr tourney raises thousands for cancer research Organizers of Acton's 14th annual Paul Murr Me- morial golf tournament don't mind that they're too busy to swing a club on the day of the popular event. They know that making the Cana- dian Cancer Society fundraiser run smoothly is as satisfying as a good round. Each year the tournament raises approximately $25,000 for cancer research in the name of Paul Murr, a former Acton resident and businessman who died of cancer a decade ago. Organizer John Hoare started the tournament when his wife, a Cancer Society volunteer, said that they were looking for ways to raise money. "Being right into golf I said it would be no trouble to run tournament and big mouth me has been doing it ever since," Hoare laughed in an interview on Monday. "] asked Paul Murr, I was his mechanic and golfing buddy - to help me organize and run the first tournament in Guelph. We changed the name to honour Paul after he died and we moved to Blue Homers for Chappel, Waring in games Touch of Class doubled the Hosers 38-19 in 3-pitch action at Prospect Park last Thursday. Wayne Chappel and Steve Waring both smacked home runs while Sue Poulser made a big out in the 8th inning with a great foul ball catch. The Slopokes battled to a 28-23 win over the Screaming Beavers. Steve Pane had two home runs and Jeff Townsley and Mick Hillier each had homers. Stan Rhynold had a great night on the mound. The Purple Nurples edged the Polcats 21-20 last Wednes- day and the Renegades pummelled A.P. Tankers 24-11. Springs when it opened," Hoare said, adding that it takes about "30 meetings and 600 phone calls" for a very dedicated committee to pull it off each year. Hoare said that they won't have a final tally until all of the pledges and corporate donations are in hand. This year 115 corporate sponsors paid $150 each to have their company name displayed at the tournament. Individual golfers paid $135 for 18 rounds, dinner and tickets on the prize table. Galvcast employee Dave Luckett won the first prize of PROFES Len Dodds a set of gold clubs, donated by Plastics 80. Second prize, acedar chest donated by Lou Hilts of Rockwood, was won by a golfer from Toronto and Acton resident Tracey Fan- ning won third prize, a bar- becue donated by Acton Home Hardware. Canadian Cancer Society, Acton branch president Cathy Gerrow praised the tournament organizers as "very committed people." 'We really appreciate all of the hard work and dedica- tion that goes into this tour- nament and we appreciate their efforts on our behalf." SIONAL GOLF CLUB REPAIR 49> * repairs to all makes * custom fitting e new & used clubs for sale 519-853-9988 After days of rigorous testing, AJAC picked the very best... the 1998 Mazda B-Series Truck. Now it's time for your expert opinion. Test drive one today. 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