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J durhamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN ♦ July 5,2006 ♦ Page B9 A.J. Groen / Metroland Durham Region Media Group Oshawa Dodgers' catcher Pat Smith awaits the throw as Dana Duskocy of the Stratford Nationals slides safely into home during an Intercounty Baseball League doubleheader at Kinsmen Stadium Sunday. The Dodgers won this game 9-3 and completed the sweep with an 8-7 extra-inning victory in the second game. Dodgers take brooms to Stratford Nationals Oshawa appears headed for post-season again in IBL OSHAWA - With one swing of the bat, Greg Speed all but guaranteed another playoff spot for the Oshawa Dodgers this season. Speed singled home the winning run with two out in the bottom of the 12th inning as the Dodgers prevailed 8-7 over the Stratford Nationals to complete a doubleheader sweep in Intercounty Baseball League play Sunday at Kinsmen Kinsmen Stadium. The Dodgers improved to 10-18 and moved five-and-a-half games ahead of Stratford (3-22), who appear headed for last place again, and thus the lone entry in the nine-team league who will not make the post-season. Oshawa started the weekend with an 8-5 loss to the Brantford Red Sox on Canada Day at Kinsmen, but rebounded with a convincing 9-3 win over Stratford Stratford in the first half of Sunday's twin- bill: Junior call-up Andrew Bergman took the loss Saturday, allowing six runs on nine hits through 6-1/3 innings. Nick DeSanctis and Ryan Crotin had three hits each for Oshawa, including a 455- foot home run from Crotin, who also had four RBIs in the game. DeSanctis stayed hot all weekend, adding three hits and three RBIs in the opener of the doubleheader and two hits, two walks and two stolen bases in the second game. Matt Tosoni improved to 3-1 with a complete-game effort in Game 1. He allowed two earned runs on nine hits, while striking out five. Brad McCon- nachie and Tyler Curran helped the offence with two hits each, including a home run from McConnachie. Greg Byron earned the win in relief in Game 2, allowing one run - unearned - on four hits through six innings of work. The Nationals scored a run in the top of the 12th, but the Dodgers replied with a pair. Crotin and Ken Calway drove home two runs apiece. NOTES: Ryan Crotin and Matt Tosoni have been selected to play in the 2006 IBL All-Star game this Saturday in Barrie... The Dodgers have a difficult week ahead, with road games in Toronto Toronto tonight against the first-place Maple Leafs (19-6) and in Barrie tomorrow against the second-place Baycats (18- 6). Part adds to dart resume LAS VEGAS -- John Part of Oshawa is on top of the darts world once again. Part, 40, won his third major darts title of his career with a 6-3 win over Raymond van Bameveld in the final of the PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic Sunday. The Oshawa Sports Hall of Famer dropped just two legs in the last three sets against van Bameveld, who has four world titles to his name and recently registered back-to-back victories victories over the renowned Phil Taylor in major tournaments. Part, who defeated Taylor in the final of the 2003 World Championship, had to qualify for the main draw in Las Vegas after slipping out of the world's top 12 rankings. . "I had the terrific honour of being world champion in 2003, and I didn't think there was anything near that could follow it up," Part told reporters in Las Vegas. "But to beat a four-time world champion here in Vegas sure comes close, if not as good." A little patch of heaven in the heart of Durham Daily News durhemregkxi.com Oshawa Golf Club celebrates 100th annivesary BY BRIAN MCNAIR Staff Editor OSHAWA - Perhaps the most enchanting enchanting aspect of the Oshawa Golf Club is its location. While situated in the heart of Oshawa, and thus a short drive from just about , anywhere in Durham Region, those who play the course might feel as For more though they've on this story, entered another view ,he July 5 world, even webcastof heaven to those who love the game enough. A good part of its beauty can be attributed to history, which has allowed 100 years for designers to get it right. With the club celebrating its 100th anniversaiy this year, there have been several events planned to mark the occasion, occasion, most notably on the competitive front the GAO Men's Amateur Championship Championship July 11-14 and the CPGA Ladies' Championship Aug. 14-16. Those who come in and ipore its history history won't be doing themselves justice; those who underestimate its relatively short length - 6,591 yards from men's blue tees - will do so at their own peril. "I think it's a tremendous golf course," says Dave Mills, the executive director of the GAO and father of current PGA member Jon Mills. "This is a traditional course, a Stanley Thompson design, and it really puts a premium on your ability to manage your game, keep it in play and how you can deal with small, undulating, fast greens," Mills adds. "I think it's a throwback to the way golf was played and maybe the way golf should be played." The club's modest roots date back to 1906, when a group of about 30 local golf enthusiasts opened five or six holes in a pasture on Alexandra Street. More holes were gradually added until the course finally arrived at 18 around 1920 (it's believed only the 17th green remains intact from the original course). Having presumably been designed and laid out by the original members, it soon became apparent the course had its share of shortcomings. Enter Thompson, who was considered the foremost Canadian architect of his time. Although little is known about the specifics of his. re-design in the 1930s, it would likely have been significant and certainly left a legacy that remains strong to this day. In 1954, the club retained architect William Mitchell to carry out another significant makeover. Holes 12, 13 and 14 were added at that time, leading to the disappearance and rerouting of several several other holes. What was left is pretty much what you will see today, namely: • Narrow fairways with uneven lies; • Heavily treed parkland; • Small, heavily protected greens with subtle - and sometimes not-so-subtle - breaks; • A picturesque valley course split in the middle by the Oshawa Creek. "The thing I love about playing the golf course is it's never the same two days in a row," says Gord Zedic, a 25- year member and current coordinator of membership development. "You never get tired of playing it because it has its little idiosyncrasies to it. You just never get bored playing the golf course." Zedic says the signature hole is the 13th, a 452-yard par-4 that starts with an elevated tee and ends with an elevated, difficult green. In fact, he believes it to be one of the premier holes in the province. province. And Zedic knows of what he speaks. He estimates he's played Oshawa nearly 3,000 times and admits "there aren't too many places (on the course) I haven't been." "It'll test every facet of your golf game," he adds. "It plays a lot longer than what the yardage says. It's 6,600 yards, but there's a lot of risk-reward on the golf course. "There's probably seven or eight holes where you can bite off as much as you want, but you can be penalized pretty heavily if you try to overpower the golf course. That's what makes it challenging." challenging." One hundred years and going strong. Dr. Chia Molars take bite out of OPG CLARINGTON - The Dr. Chia Molars Mosquito girls' soccer team defeated Courtice OPG 4-1 to improve their season record to 4-1. 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