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For the first time in more than 30 years a hardball tournament was held at the Port Perry Fairgrounds. Hosted by the Scugog Baseball Association, there were six Select Bantam age teams playing last weekend. in the championship game Uxbridge defeated the Port Perry team 7-2. Both teams had been undefeated In the Round Robin. In the photo above the Uxbridge team, back from left: Joe Lopez and Bob Harrison, coaches; Trevor Merrick, Terry McKenzie (MVP), Colin Lopez, Austin Taylor, Philip Daley, Brad Gray, Byron Taylor (Mgr.). in the front: Alvin Norton, Dan Harris, Ryan Tanner, Rick Hunter and Shawn Heinl. In photo below, The Port Perry Selects front left: Coach Doug MacS Davidson, Bruce Foy, Adam Smith, Sean Roncettl and Don Walker (Mgr.). In the back: Ryan Diceman, John Babcock, Gavin Baxter, Drew Walker and Brian Bickmore. They defeated Oakwood, Woodville and Beaverton. , Trevor Mac$S , Adam The Greenbank Gamblers managed to cling to top spot in the Oshawa City & District fastball league even though they only managed a tie and a win last week On Monday night at Oshawa Durham Fields the Gamblers' Jim Chilvers and Oshawa Double B's Phil Yahn hooked up in a tight pitchers duel that ended in an eX¥ra inning 3-3 stalemate Chilvers sat down 17 Oshawa batters via the strikeout route and while Yahn only fanned 6 Gambler batters he was tough in the clutch. , " Oshawa Jumped into a commanding 3-0 lead in the fourth inning as Chilvers had his only bad inning of the game and it appeared that would be enough for a double "B* win. But in the top of the sixth inning Greenbank struck for four hits and a pair of runs and were back in the ball game. Steve Durham, Terry Till, Don Beaton and Chilvers all hit safely in the sixth. In the top of the seventh, Bill Buys was safe on an infield error and eventually scored the tying run on a crucial twe out base hit by Terry Till. The game went into extra innings but there was no more scoring before the 11:00 p.m. Sariew ended the game in a 3-3 Gamblers cling to first place Thursday night saw the Port Perry Antrim House club in Greenbank park and a good crowd saw an entertaining game with the Gamblers . finally winning by a 5-1 score Greenbank's Mark Goreski tossed a six hitter at the Port squad while the Gamblers touched Lawrie Williams and John Annis for a total of nine base hits Port Perry's downfall was failure to cash in runs as they left runners at third base in three consecutive innings as Goreski pitched himself out of run threatening situations. Gamblers catcher Paul Goreski was top man at the plate with a towering two run homer and a pair of walks for a solid night with the bat. Terry Till and Jim Chilvers each had a pair of Greenbank hits with Bill Buys, Steve Durham, Trevor Till and Mike Giroux all picking up a base hit. Larry Pilkey was Port Perry's top batter. The regular season is down to the final two weeks and this Wednesday night the Gamblers are in Stouffville and the next night host the second place Oshawa OTooles at Greenbank Park This 8:00 p.m. game with the Gamblers and O"Tooles could decide the pennant winners of the Oshawa City league. Under 7 team competes at the Durham Cup Under 7 - Durham Cup The games regularly scheduled for August 11 had to be cancelled due to lightning, but some of the under 7 children enjoyed playing in the Durham Cup Tournament on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, the team was just edged out of two close games against Whitby and Oshawa. On Sunday they tied with Uxbridge 2-2, with goals by Nelson Langmaid and Brent Wagg. Other players were Matthew Hertzberg, Wesley Cook, Celine Batterink, Caylie Gilmore, Brandon Hoskin and Kyle Geer, with help from young Troy Wagg. On Sunday Peter Dutka and Sean Murray came out to help fill in the ranks. Under 9 On August 10 the Under 9's played several exciting matches. Raglan Industries met with Manvers, and were edged out by a 3-1 score. It was 1-0 at the end of the first half for Raglan, thanks to a goal by Evan Powell, isted by Gabriel Bensch John Dutka made some nice saves to keep the first half scoreless, with help from good defense by Brook MacKenzie and Scott Symes. Manvers came back strong in the second half with two goals by Blair Bazley and one by Brandon Spearing, despite good goaltending by Scott Symes and Gabriel Benschop. Haugen's Heroes and Reach Park Motors played to a 3-3 tie. Kevin Robins scored two goals for the Heroes and Alex Nicoloau kicked in a great corner goal. Billy Britt and Michael Jehu each picked up an assist Kevin Hansen and Scott Honey provided fine goaltending. Ryan Hamelinck Meghan Smith and Julie-Ann Domik each notched one for Reach Park. Jordan Beelby and Erik Hertzberg made some terrific defensive plays. 1 loss, with goals by Justin Shinn, Ryan O'Leary and Matthew Kamminga. Darren Tapper and Scott Lennox were effective in net. Subbies fell to Mr Sub, also by a 3-1 margin. Nelson Langmaid had a super game and really used his head to stop some shots. Derek Goreski continues to show scoring proficiency with another goal. Good rushes came from Adam Smart, Christine Reader and Brett Meeking. Zach Pither scored twice for Mr. Sub, and Shawn Demaio also picked up a point. An excellent game was played by two evenly matched teams, Second Hand for Kids and Waterfront Cafe The Kids came out the winners, 3-2, thanks to three goals by Spencer Churchill and wonderful goaltending from Derek Young and Graeme McNab, Marta VanCamp and Jamie Geer also put in a great effort. Peter Konstantinopolous scored both goals for Waterfront Cafe, and honourable mention goes to Danny Halward. Under 13 On August 12, Trader Sam's easily handled Manvers 5-1. Goal scorers were Jon Chambers with two, Colin Mark, Lawrence Cook and Adam Hobbs.