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PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, June 1, 1993 - 25 The North Durham All Stars, a team of special olympics athletes, are preparing for a regional By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star A summer camp for children with cancer will be the winner of the second annual Lake Scugog Charity Poker Run to be held August 21. The poker run, which will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., will take in Scugog Island Marina, Port Perry Yacht Club, Goreski's Marina, Westshore Marine and Port Perry Marina. The money raised from the poker run will go to Camp Oo- chigeas, which offers a total camping experience for children with cancer. The camp is a non- profit organization which began in 1984. The cost for the poker run is $35 per vessel. It is open to houseboats, house cruisers and cruisers. Ld Pre-registration will be held up until August 7, with price in- cluding a captain, first mate and one child under 12 years of age. A fee of $5 will he charged for each additional passenger. A maximum of 75 boats will be allowed to participate in the poker run. At each marina the boaters receive a playing card and the captain with the best poker hand at the end of the day will win $100. The event attracted 50 boats inits first year last August. Pro- ceeds from the event were turned over to the Scugog An- glers Association. The last stop on the run is Go- reski's Marina, where a barbe- cue will be held toend the day. Sponsors for the event are as ball tournament in Ajax on July 10. This tournament will decide who will represent the region in a provincial tournament in August. Lake Scugog Poker Run August 21 follows: C.T.C. Port Perry, Loeb Foods of Ajax, Century Home Video, Coca-Cola Beverages of Uxbridge, Port Perry Star, Port Perry Auto Glass and Trim, Canada Dry Bottling Co. of Pe- terborough, Willy and Son Small Engines, Townline Press, Irwin Smith Music, Suzy & Sher's of Oshawa, Oshawa Bat- tery, Trax Personal Services, T.D. Bank, King and Simcoe Sts. in Oshawa, Lumsden Foods and Evergreen Florist. The five participating marinas are also sponsoring the event. Registration for the poker run must be completed by August 7 at 6 p.m. The registration fee is non-refundable and non- transferable. Forinformation or to register call Ron or Lin Perri- er at433-2190. The boys slo-pitch team from Cartwright High School can't wait to play ball on their new dia- mond which is being made. Pictured are members of the team (front, left) Jamie Wade, Kyle | Simms and Andy Avis. (Rear) Mike Costescu, coach, Scott Page, Jamie Lowe, Jay Costescu, | Jason Cliff, Chris Stevens, Mike Leach and Justin Hughes. Tough luck for Midget Merchants This week's Port Perry Mer- chant sports report is sponsored by Galley Fish and Seafood and Mike Tobin Photography. It is almost inconceivable that you could find 30 sports minded men out on a ball dia- mond last week while the To- ronto Maple Leafs were head to head with the L.A. Kings in their quest for the Stanley Cup. That is exactly what happened with the Port Merchant Mid- gets last Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Ball came first! How- ever, you can be sure that ar- rangements had been made to have the hockey scores deliv- ered to the bench regularly throughout the game. While the Merchants did not win either game against Oshawa Double B and Oshawa Weasels, the coaches and players are seeing an improve- ment in their level of competi- tion. Learning is not easy, espe- cially to a group of young men who are used to winning. On Tuesday night, Oshawa Double B was leading by a score of 4-2 at the end of the fourth in- ning, with the final score of 10-4 for the visiting team. Denis Smith and Jeff Card struck out 12 batters and allowed only one walk. On Thursday night, the Wea- sels were leading 3-0 at the end of the fourth inning, and even- tually won the game 8-1. Denis Smith and Chad Venning struck out four batters and al- lowed only two walks. ; It seems that the Merchants are now able to stay competitive for most of the game until the more experienced hitters in the men's league are catching on to their pitching. With a little en- couragement and extra effort with the bat on the part of each Merchant player, the team should make slow but steady gains over the next few games. Hitters for the week were: Jeff Card - single, RBI; Jason Cochrane - walk, single, RBI; Duane Empringham - single; Grant Kay - double; Steve Laird - single, RBI; Scott MacLennan - two singles; Jason McBride - walk; two singles; Brad Moase - walk, single; Darrell Vanders Slagt - walk, single. On Sunday afternoon, Port travelled to Woodville to play a men's fastball team, and the game ended in a 1-1 tie. Todd Smart had a walk and RBI, with singles going to Brad Moase, Darrell Vander Slagt and Chad Venning. The second half of this double header was a lob-ball game which ended in a 3-3 tie. Grant Kay hit two singles, Scott MacLennan, Brad Moase, De- nis Smith each got singles, and Todd Smart and Darrell Vander Slagt both hit doubles. Congrat- ulations to Scott on a well pitched game. Future games for the Mer- chants are against the Weasels at 8:30 p.m. in Port Perry on Tuesday, June 1, and then a run up to Greenbank for an 8 p.m. game on Thursday, June 3. Bowmanville visits the Port South Diamond on June 8 at 8:30 p.m. Upgrading to Blackstock diamonds is underway Early on the morning of Wednesday, May 26 Jim Wil- liams began excavating the baseball diamond at Cart- wright High School in Black- stock. What would have been a major cost item became a major donation to the Cartwright Mi- nor Ball program. Jim Wil- liams, owner of Jim's Excavat- ing, agreed to do the excavation part of the project on a volun- tary basis in support of Minor Ball and the community. By the time the project is completed, the diamond will have a com- pletely new infield and be ready for school and minor ball league play. The diamond improvement is a joint project between the Dur- ham Board of Education, the Township of Scugog and Cart- wright Minor Ball. The school property is used by both school and Cartwright Minor Ball teams. For this project, the Dur- ham Board agreed to the im- provements, and the township provided technical advice as well as diamond materials for the finished project. Cartwright Minor Ball was left with the task of removing the existing dirt in preparation for the new infield materials. Mr. Williams arrived on the site early May 26th and imme- diately began to pile up the dirt ready for removal. The town- ship diamond material was scheduled to arrive and be grad- ed as soon as the old material was removed. The local minor ball program has grown by over 25 per cent in each of the last two years. This year there are a total of 29 mi- nor ball teams playing out of Cartwright, six of which are playing hardball in the Scugog Baseball Association, 22 play- ing in the local softball house league, and one team is playing softball at the Rep level. With this kind of interest and growth, the need for coopera- tive ventures such as 'this is seen as essential to meet the de- mand for playing and practice areas. While there is a definite need for more diamonds in the area, the efforts of these groups must be heralded as a step in the right direction. Youth girls softball In this week's matchup be- tween South Port Gardens and Settlement Shops, Settlement claimed their first victory of the season. Credit has to be given to our pitching staff consisting of Tanya Wilson and Kim Lacha- pelle. Some fine defensive plays were made by Sonya Wiseman and Lauren Christie. Good at bats for Kristy Dal- ton, Sonya Wiseman and Jenny Hillier. Settlement Shops would like to welcome two new players to the league this year, Usila An- toine and Erin MacMaster. Both girls are showing great progress. Thanks for taking it for the team "Tiger Lily." Final score, Settlement Shops 9 - South Port Gardens 2. Great work girls on both teams and thanks parents for your support. Sy Ny Sy PT TE Ty Ty I Ty yy yy --m--y EE a, mm