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22 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, June 3, 1986 Sports The Central Ontario' Junior C Hockey League will likely undergo some radical changes for the 1986-87 season. Ajax, Madoc, Brighton and Wellington new entries Four new teams are being added to the league, bringing the total to 12, and team officials will be deliberating June 10 on a proposal Don Orr of Port Perry hit a one-in-a-million golf shot last week, a hole in one on a par four at Summerlea. Needless to say, Don was delighted with the shot that travelled about 265 Yayds. (See story) Local golfer sinks tee shot on a par four! Most golfers would be thrilled to get a hole-in-one on a par three. How about an ace on a par four? That's what Don Orr of Port Perry did last Thursday while play- ing a round with his son Bob at the Summerlea Golf Course on the Shirley Road. On the par four 6th hole, Don hit a driver off the tee and the ball wound up in the hole, some 260 yards away. On the card, the hole measures 290 yards, but tee to green is actually some 260 yards. "I knew I had hit a good shot, nice and straight in the direction of the green. I had no idea the ball had gone in the cup," Don told the Star later. ace until three golfers standing on i a nearby tee pointed at the hole and told him the ball had gone in. "I couldn't believe it. I was thrill- ed, really thrilled," he said. It was the first round of golf for Don this summer, and the first ever hole-in-one. He said he gets in about five or six rounds each year. If knocking in a tee shot on a par four is a bit out of the ordinary, so is the way Don swings the golf club. He swings right but uses a cross- handed grip. *'I've been like that all my life," he said. Incidentally, his 16 year old son Bob hit a pretty good tee shot on the 6th that day. He was over the green The three golfers on the nearby tee area who witnessed the ace were He didn't find out he had made the ¥tuce Lake, Bob Blackburn and Gord Wagstaff. that could see the league split into three divisions. The four new teams that almost certainly will be in the league next season are Madoc, Brighton and Wellington from Eastern Ontario, and the Ajax Axemen. Ajax has already been approved by the OHA to join a Junior C league, and that team will becom > part of the Central Loop if there are no objections from existing teams at the general meeting June 10 in Port Hope. Port Perry MoJacks General Manager Murray Parliament told the Star last week that he doesn't anticipate there will be any strong objections to keep Ajax out of the league, but he wants to see Ajax limited to the Ajax-Pickering area to draw players. He said that of- ficials with the new Ajax entry ap- arently have agreed to this estriction. Mr. Parliament said that having Ajax in the league will be a *'distinct advantage" as it will bring the number of teams to an even dozen. At the up-coming meeting June 10, Mr. Parliament said he will submit a proposal which would split the league into three divisions: east, south and north, each with four teams. The teams in the east division would be Lakefield Chiefs, Madoc, Brighton and Wellington. Those in the south division would be Port Hope Panthers, Cobourg Cougars, Bowmanville Eagles and Ajax Ax- emen. The north division would con- - sist of Port Perry MoJacks, Ux- bridge Bruins, Little Britain Mer- chants and Lindsay Muskies. Mr. Parliament said he has discussed this proposal informally with officials with existing teams and it has "been fairly well received." If it is accepted at the league general meeting June 10, all teams in the league would play those out- side their division twice during the season (home and home) and would meet the three teams in their own division six times (three at home, three on the road). In all, each team would play a 34 game schedule. Mr. Parliament feels there are some obvious advantages to this kind of a format with the inter- locking schedule. In the first place, because the four teams in each divi- sion are fairly close geographical- ly, it would help cut down on travell- ing expenses next season. And just as important, it would maintain ex- isting rivalries in the league such as Port Perry - Uxbridge, Lindsay - Little Britain, Port Hope - Cobourg and so on. These rivalries that have evolved over the years boost fan support and also would make it easier for fans to travel to out of town games to watch their favourite team. If this new format is adopted, the playoff schedule likely would consist of a two round best of seven series to determine a division champion. Then, the three division champions might play a double round robin to determine an overall league champ. Mr. Parliament said that when the possibility of Madoc, Brighton and Wellington joining the Central League was first discussed seriously this spring, team officials were not too enthusiastic because of the ex- tra distance and travelling costs. But he said that if those three teams didn't join the Central League, they would have to fold their Junior LW franchises. "We would hate to see that hap- pen. It would have meant that 60 young players would have no place to play hockey this coming year," he stated. Even though the addition of four new teams will mean increased travelling costs for the 12 teams in the league, Mr. Parliament feels the divisional split will in fact make the league better and create larger gates because of the divisional rivalries, the extended schedule and the new playoff format. In other Junior C hockey news, it appears as if the OHA is going to ap- prove changes to allow teams to Junior C hockey loop could have 12 teams sign a limited number of 21-year olds to their rosters this coming season. Mr. Parliament said the Port Perry MoJacks have submitted a proposal to the OHA calling for teams to sign five 21 year olds who played the previous season with the same club. There has also been a proposal which would lift the age limit to 21 with no restrictions. The OHA is holding its annual meeting June 21 and these proposals will be on the agenda. Mr. Parlia- ment said that both Junior C and Junior B clubs in Ontario generally appear in favour of changes to allow at least some 21 year olds to play one season of Junior Hockey. Greenbank wins two, loses one During the past week the Green- bank Gamblers played three times ~ and picked up a pair of victories and suffered one loss. Last Monday night in Greenbank Park Russ Korbak went to the mound for the Gamblers and pitch- ed a masterful 6 hitter to down Port Perry Legion by an 8-2 count. Trevor Till led the Greenbank at- tack with 3 hits with Hugh Johnson and Neil Rodd, each having a pair of safeties. George Redshaw, Don Beaton, Brian Myers, Rodd Real, Brian Till, Ray Meisner and Dennis Romeril each contributed a hit to the 14 hit Gambler attack. Lawrie Williams started on the rubber for Port Perry and Paul Graham and Todd Wilbur also saw action on the Legion mound. Jay Williams was Port Perrys leading batter with a single and a home run. Other Port hits went to Larry Pilkey, Todd Wilbur, Lawrie Williams and Jack Bright. On Wednesday the Gamblers travelled to Durham fields and came home with a 3-2 win over the Oshawa Merchants. Ken Goreski tossed a 4 hitter at the Merchants and never gave up more than one hit in an inning. Hits were very scarce in this game as Jim Chilvers held the Greenbank team to only 5 hits in the game. The Gamblers won the game by good base running and Goreski's fine pitching effort. The Greenbank hits went to Hugh Johnston, Don Beaton, Greg Rodd, Brian Myers and John Foster. On Sunday afternoon the Gamblers hosted Oshawa M.C.L. Jrs. and were beaten by a score of 84. This was the poorest outing by the Greenbank squad this year and they showed little of their usual spark. Roland Osske started on the Gambler mound but this was not to be his day and he was chased by home runs by Mark Goreski and Barry McKenna, each with two men on base. Ken Goreski relieved Osske with 2 out in the second inning and held Oshawa to only 3 hits for the re- mainder of the game, but one of the hits was a long home run by Kevin Quinlan. The Gamblers picked up 10 hits in the game (the same hit total as the winners.) However they did not come up with the hits with men on base and this led to their down fall. Gambler hits went to Don Beaton (with three) Don Phinney had a pair and single hits went to George Red- shaw, Trevor Till, John Foster, Brian Till and Terry Till. The next two Monday nights see the Whitby Legions team as the visitors to Greenbank Park for 8:00 p.m. encounters with the Gamblers. Soccer team hot on home field The Scugog Kinsmen Pee Wee Soccer season is underway with two home game wins under their belts. Their first game of the season was on May 20 against the Bowmanville Blizzards. Kinsmen won 3-2 in an ex- cellent 2 way game. Scoring for Kinsmen were Jamie Brown scoring the first 2 goals and Craig Leask, sunk the winning goal. The team has a lot of potential and owe their win to the great defensive play of Jeff Parry, Ron Rankin, Jason Towns and Jason Clayton. The 2nd game of the season was on May 28 against Orono. The for- wards really started finding their mark in this game winning 5-0. First goal went to Jason Clayton assisted by Rory Bell, 2nd goal to Rory Bell assisted by Jason Clayton, 3rd goal to Jamie Brown unassisted, 4th goal to Alex Cranmer assisted by Jason Towns and Craig Leask and 5th goal to Ian Cobham unassisted. Along with some excellent forechecking we have a goalie Greg. Nive who is doing a fantastic job, and in this 2nd game Jeff Parry on defense played a real aggressive game. Next game is Tues. June 3, at 6:45 p.m. at Scugog fields against Newcastle, come out and support these boys. EB le Aaa ral TE mihi Sa