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ea RR ELEN NT Don Lawrence * Sports editor * The Midland Times Ladies softball - full action this week There was some good softball played this week in the Georgian Bay Women's Softball League, the first game being played Monday night between Christian Island and the home team, Penetanguishene Legion Branch 68, that game taking place in McGuire Park in they Penetanguishene. Branch 68 took that game by a score of 18-4, the mercy ruling ending that game after five innings of play. Also _ that Penetanguishene 'G& C forced the mercy ruling to come into effect as 1721. slaughtered Phelpston 21-1. Cindy King was the winning pitcher in that game for G & C. Tuesday night, G & C travelled to Sturgeon Bay where Michelle Lacroix was on the pitcher's mound as they downed Sturgeon Bay night, Wednesday night, Port McNicoll went to Phelpston for a game, Bunny White doing the pitching honours for Phelpston as_ they dumped Port MecNicoll 17-7. In McGuire Park in Penetanguishene Wednesday night, Nancy Bell led her team, Penetanguishene ways with their third Stoneleigh Pontiettes to game of the week as a 5-2 win over Midland Therrien's Ladies. Also, Wednesday nod gi thet en Penetanguishene, Penetanguishene G & C continued their winning they edged out Penetanguishene Legion Branch 68 20-18. At the bottom of the fourth inning, G & C were trailing by a score of 16-11 but came back to win the game with Cindy White doing the pitching for them. There was one game last Delogs Wits; Penetanguishene Stoneleigh Pontiettes at Port MeNicoll, the results coming too late for newstime. Indusmin bantams win three of five Midland Indusmin's Bantam Hardball team are riding on top of a Students to paint building Thanks to a Summer Canada Project grant, Midland's civic centreis - currently undergoing a face-lifting. The $11,800 grant has allowed the town to hire six students - four have already begun work - to paint the interior of the three and two season after Wednesday night's game against Orillia "B" held at Tiffin Park. Midland won their third game Wednesday quite easily, defeating Orillia 8-1. Shane Sallows was the winning pitcher for Midland as he threw a four-hitter, striking out 11 batters. Leading batters for Midland were Scott Lafreniere with a single, double and a triple and Tim Hayes with two singles and a double. The team also won their first game over Orillia '"'B" 13-6 at the beginning of the season. Other games for this season include an 8-4 loss to Collingwood, a 12-5 win over Alliston and an 8-4 win over Barrie. A game scheduled for Monday against Orillia "A"' was rained out and will be rescheduled. Midland Indusmin will be playing this coming Monday night in Collingwood when they will be trying to redeem their loss to that club earlier in the season. Volleyball courts tender awarded Midland Board of Park Management and Recreation an- That will include groups like the boy scouts and guides. former Midland Underground fastball? It may have looked like this uniden- tified Caswell's Antiques player was trying to go underground in Tuesday night's game against Penetang Sand and Gravel in McGuire Park in Penetanguishene but he was really trying to get to second base. Mean- while, John Dion of Penetang Sand and Gravel was having some problems keeping his eye on the ball with all the dust raised. Penetang Sand and Gravel won the game' 5-4. Armories as well as do some exterior trim painting. The 11 week program makes it possible to hire local high school students for the sum- mer. -Desroches hits golden putter shot at MGCC J. P. Desroches of Penetanguishene was a pretty happy man yesterday after sinking his first ever hole-in-one at Midland Golf and Country Club. Desroches was out golfing with Ove LeMesurier of Penetanguishene when they came to the seventh hole. J. P. chose to shoot the 199 yard, par three hole with his four iron and the ball went into the cup on his tee shot. Desroches' hole-in-one is special in that it is his first but it is doubly special because that hole is the one Rothman's Cigarettes has chosen to designate as their golden putter hole. That means Desroches will receive a gold putter from Rothman's for his hole-in-one. nounced the awarding of the contract for the building of outdoor volleyball courts'to Harvey Benoit Landscaping at its Wednesday night meeting. Benoit entered the lowest bid at $3,500, the highest bid being in the neighbourhood of $14,000. Altogether, seven tenders entered bids for the construction of the four sand-based volleyball courts. The courts will be situated behind the Huronia Museum in Little Lake Park and should be completed by the end of the month. Also on the agenda was the ap- plication of Midland Bay Sailing Club to build a dinghy shed, that ap- plication being approved. A new item for Midland will be bonfires in Little Lake Park, the details still being worked out on regulations. 4 Jim McLaren, head of the Parks and Recreation Board in Midland will be responsible for approval of permits for bonfires, the use of such being intended for "organized groups with adult supervision." To file an application, you must contact Jim McLaren or the Town Offices in Midland no less than seven days in advance. The bonfire issue could be finalized and acted upon within the month with those holding the bonfire responsible for bringing their wood. Other business attended to by the Board of Park Management and Recreation included the an- nouncement of a $33,800 grant for further development of Pete Pet- terson Park under the Parks Assistance Act, that work already having been completed, a proposed meeting between Midland Council, members of the Board of Park Management and members of the Ingram Homeowners Association on the fate of two yet undeveloped lots on Ingram Crescent and the awarding of tenders to H.H. Freeman for 300 wooden chairs at $10.36 apiece, Robert Walker for painting and Colour Works for printing materials. _ The board will meet again July 9 at 5 p.m. Gymnastics Corner PENETANG -- MIDLAND GYM CLUB Saxe" by Ken St.Amant What a way to end the regular season! Last Saturday, June 6 some 11 girls of the Huron's Pre-competitive section, travelled to an invitational gymnastics meet held in the Barrie Gymnastic Club. Gymnasts were entered not only according to ages but also by ability. Participants There were four age groupings and 2 ability levels. The youngest age group was the Tinies. This group was for gymnasts who were ages six, seven and eight as of, Jan. 1, 1981. Gymnasts who were ages nine and 10 as of Jan. 1, 1981, were placed in the cadet category. The next division was the Argo. This is for girls who are ages 11 and 12 as of Jan. 1, 1981. The oldest category in this meet was the Tyro divison. Gymnasts had to be ages 13 and 14 as of Jan. 1, 1981. As mentioned above, there was also a division by ability. The gage used for this was that of the amount of time practiced per week. Level I was for those gymnasts who received no more than 4 hours of gym time per week. Level II was for those gymnasts who received from five to 12 hours per week of gym practice. In Level I we sent five gymnasts. They were as follows: Tanya Moreau (Tiny); Kim Brown (Cadet); Jill Young (Argo); Corrine Kacmarscyk (Argo); and Wendy 'Puddicomb (Tyro) In the Level II category we had six gymnasts representing the Hurons. These girls were: Bernice Spencer and Chris Turner (Tiny); Norma Milligan and Arlene Merkley (Cadet) ; and Karen Green and Julie Merkley (Argo). Results _ I was extremely pleased with the girls' performances. When one considers that this was our first pre-competitive type gymnastic meet that our club has ever participated in, we did very well. Of the eleven girls who went down to compete, eight gymnasts won ribbons. In the Level I divison Tanya Moreau (Tiny) placed fourth on the beam and 5th on the vault. Kim Brown (Cadet) placed fifth in the vault. In the Level II division Bernice Spencer (Tiny) did extremely well. She placed 4th on the uneven bars, fifth on the balance beam and sixth in vaulting. Bernice placed sixth overall with a composite score of 27.77. Chris Turner (Tiny) placed sixth on the floor exercise and 4th on the balance beam. Another successful gymnast was Arlene Merkley (Cadet). Her impressive showing on the balance beam gave her first place. She also placed fifth on the floor and placed fifth overall in her division. Norma Milligan (Cadet) placed second in vault and sixth on the balance beam. Karen Green (Argo) did not leave empty handed. She managed to place sixth on the uneven bars. Julie Merkley (Argo) also won aribbon. Her score of 8.06 on the floor gave her sixth position. As one can see, the club did really well, especially when one takes into account that there were 180 girls competing from 10 different clubs. 3 Gymnasts came from places such as Etobicoke, Orangeville, Halton Hills and Owen Sound just to mention a few. Summer Camp This is just a brief up-date to inform, you that there are a few openings left in each session. If you missed registration and you want to inquire as to openings, please contact John Turner (526-6007) or Ken St. Amant (526-3992). Gymnastics Calendar Weekend of June 19-21 - exchange with North York Gyros Monday, June 29 - opening day of gym camp at Corpus Christi P.S. - adyanced 9 a.m., beginners 1 p.m. Wednesday July 1 - Curling Club - display. Wednesday July 8 - Balm Beach - display. Friday, June 12, 1981, Page 7