Barrie Examiner, 2 Aug 1977, p. 9

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leieiiij IIioinpson is carried on the throne Monday after winning the Lieutenant mvernors Trophy in the Ontario Rifle Association provincial championships at Base Borden Ihoiiipson member of the Great Britain rifle shooting team shot 289 out of possible 2100 Lord Swansea front left captain of the Britiin shooting team along with other members of the team carried Thompson off the firing range after he on the trophy Ex aminer Ihotoi BASE BORDEN Staff Ontarios best rifle shot is Jeremy Thompson 26 of London England member of the Great Bri tain rifle team Thompson shooting at distance of 900 yards scored 289 out of possible 300 Sunday to win the LieutenantGovemors lrophy at the Ontario rifle Association provincial champion ships 218 Mullin of Mississauga was runnerup with score of Lord Swansea captain of the British team was third with 217 Thompson who shoots for the Central Bankers Rifle Club London was member of the British rifle team in 1975 and 1976 He will compete along with the rest of the British team at the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Canadian champion ships at the Connaught Range Ottawa later this week BASE BORDEN Staff Hitting the bullseye is the name of the game in match shooting bullseye hit is worth five points Next best is an inner worth four points then magpie worth three and an outer worth two The size of the bullseye varies with the distance from the shooter At 300 yards shooters are aiming for seveninch bull at 800 24inch target No handloaded or exotic am munition is allowed All shooters use the 762 mm NATO mund the standard shoulder arm load used by all NATO countries Ammunition for the Ontario Rifle Association champion ships last weekend was sup plied by the Canadian Depart ment of National Defence There is no standard rifle us ed but the rules says Rifles must have fourpound trigger pull and weigh no more than 10 pounds Competitors must keep their rifles at least four inches above ground which means since shooting in the ORA match was from the prone position the weight of the rifle rested on the shooters elbows Slings can be used to help support the rifle Most shooters were using them at Canadian Forces Base Bordens Mons Range which is very loose dirt and sand After repeated firing elbows start to slide out from the body Its eyeball shooting No sights are allowed just iron sights which are adjustable for factors such as wind and distance Spotting scopes are used by most shooters to spot the hits and help line up the target BUDDY SYSTEM buddy system is used to English shote best rier sho Before heading to Ottawa the British team faces another test today when it faces the Ontario cadet and Ontario Rifle Association team in 12man team match at Base Bordens Mons Range starting at am Thompson after receiving the traditional ride on the throne from teammates was presented with the Lieutenant Governors Trophy by BrigGen LE Beatty Base Borden commander In the ordinary class of shooters in the LieutenantGovernors Trophy Quick of Windsor was first with 215 WP Col lins Ottawa was second also with 215 and Kyle of Oakville who is attending an Armed Forces cadet summer training program at Borden was third with 214 total of 155 shooters from Ontario and Great Britain com peted in the threeday provincial championships The top junior shooter was Robin Pridham of Palmerston Its eyeball shooting keep score on the firing line Each competitor shoots with partner and partners keep track of shots for each other At the butts where the targets are located shots are marked with red squares of cardborrd on the target Another red square of card board is placed on the target in dicating the value bullseye inner magpie of the hit The target is then placed back in position Using his spotting scope the shooter calls out the value of his hit to his partner who marks it on the score sheet Shooting is done at 1100 300 800 and 900 yards Matches ODSISI of either to or l51Otltld series by shooters Time limit for 10 is 35 minutes for 15 45 minutes Shootoffs held if two or more shooters get the same score perfect for 15 is 75 for HiIIsdale tournament pitchers nightmare lIILISDLE Slessor and Ieriard Insurance luh defeated hurch Mobile Homes Monday to win the annual Hillsdale Soft hall Iournameiit It was quite game from the hitters point of View Church scored all tour of their runs on solo roundrtrippcrs starting with pair in the so cond inning by Don McIadden and Ken Bannerman and two more in the fourth by Iohii hurch and Terry King which tiedthe game There were 12 homers hit in the daylong tournament with the Slessor club collecting tiyc Bill lhurlow opened the final game with solo shot in the first inning The Slessor club was to collect another homer before the game ended Wyane Dusome had hot stick for the Barrie and District Senior Softball League club driying in three runs hurch made it to the final against Slessor and Periard after ousting Richmond Hill frl It was the second tournament of the weekend for hurch which captured top honors at tour nament in Orillia slcssor opened the tourna ment with 20 win over llillsdale then eliminated Beatrice Foods in the ab brcviat ed game later Monday With one out Bill Ihurlow and Mike Laycock cracked hack to back homers off Beatrice starter Leo Belcourt Neal larker drilled tworun shot in the second inning with Andy Browning driving two runs in the third inning The game was called at the end of three due to mercy rule of the tournament sports hall of fame Iro baseball sat back and watched this fireballer when he joined the Oakland Athletics in the early 70s In 1971 he won 21 games for the As and was named the lefthanded pitcher of the year by The Sporting News the American League pitcher of the year and most valuable player of the year in the AL as well as leading the American League in shutouts with eight If you think you recognize this pitcher then send your name address and phone number to Sports hall of fame The Examiner it Hayfield St Barrie Ont 14M 4T6 Elizabeth Fleury of 241 Wellington St Barrie was the winner of the luly 25 contest when she correctly identified Marlene Stewart Streit Weekly winner is determined by draw from all correct answers done publishing day before new weeklv contest starts oiitcst winners will receive an lit inch special pizza from Mr Tonys Iizzaria and Spaghetti House 47 Dunlop St In all it was busy holiday weekend for teams for the Bar rie and District Senior Softball League While Church and the Slessor and Periard Club were busy collecting tournament laurels Beatrice Foods was out adding another knot to the tightening league standings Beatrice blanked Elmvale 40 Saturday behind the threehit pitching of Butch Boyd The win moved Beatrice into two way tie for first place with Beatrice Foods heading into the last few games of the schedule Mark Vincer cracked three run triple in the fifth for Beatrice Top crowd at Raceway It was bid night for Barrie Raceway Saturdaythe big gest night in its history as record crowd of 2873 wagered $115786 on the 10race card The seventh race was the feature with seven horses entered Loma Lee with Bill Tass driv ing was the early favorite As the field left the wire Lomare Lee took command and was in charge to the head of the stretch results SATIRIY FIRST LM IAIE MILESItNi BLIIECItAIN 47 40 1190 620 BAYSIIORE DIAMONAR Ill 70 NORMWtMlDCIIIIS 600 Iime 20025 IIXAtTth 5and1$174 SECONIHOND lAtE MILE 8150 GEMINIIASS 450 40 250 Noltlllwtxili GAVIN IRlSll ENDEAVOUR 310 lnm 208 45 EXAITOR and 822 Ht THIRI IIIII IIIIYI MILII S500 PRINCE DEMON 1140 7t 50 LAWRENCE I130 150 MAIH PLAY 00 Tiiiic 20025 FXAIR Iland 631 70 FOIRIII UNII IAIE MILE $501 MARYLAND WAY 21 50 70 1130 KALILA KAY 2t 1100 SISTER 10 Time 208 EXACIOR and $86 70 ItllIll OND IIIOT MILE 8600 AIE IINE BONADIOS 520 40 240 DARN 111M 40 230 DUTtII SABBY 300 Time 2011 35 EXAtTIOR 3and SH 10 SIXTH OND IME MILE 8500 CANADIAN BYRI It 4t 40 COFFEE llll 60 290 WHIRLOH BYE BYE 550 Time 20535 EXACIOR 11 and $0140 SE NTII OND PACE MILE H000 LUMAR LEE 300 220 LATEST NEWS GB 460 250 ROB RON LOUIE IO Time 206 EXAtTOR 11 and $14 00 IIIGIIIII LMIII IAIE MILE 3800 ABBE IURDUE 70 60 21 FULL Sttlll 240 10 HUNTING PRINCE 10 Time 04345 EXACTOR and 1312 20 NINTH LM IAIE MILE S860 THE GODL BANDIT 1330 740 310 McKLYO 40 270 IlAROLDS PRINCESS 290 Time 200 25 EXATilt 2am $4220 TENTH LM IAtE MILE $500 ROBUST WILL ll 20 860 490 NIGIIT FLASIIER 1621 540 DUANE RELDA 90 Exactor and $20240 AITENDANtE 2tm HANDLE 31157116 TRACK last 10 50i rounds Competing in the provincial championships on the weekend were 15 shooters both men and women from 14 to 78 years old Fortyfivc of the competitors were cadets from Ontario tak ing the adet Rifle Coach ourse as part of the adet Summer Training School still going on at liB Borden The Ontario championships are usually held at Winona near Hamilton This year was the first in several years the championship was held at FB Borden ompctitors were en thusiastic about the organiza tion of the event by Base of ficials and their treat ment Its very pleasant meeting very wellrun said Lord Swansea captain of the British shooting team are limited to five the examiner Tuesday August 1977 Ont who racked up perfect score of 75 in the event The 15yearold cadet lieutenant from the 1943 Artillery Corps in Palmerston also was top shot in the Captin Miles Morgan event for cadets with 422 aggregate from seven dif ferent events Pridham was top tym shot in the Gibson Presidents Satur day Aggregate and Mercer shooting events OTHER RESULTS Other results were GIBSON MATCH Jeremy Invermay Ont 75 senior Pridham Palmerston 75 tyro Collins Ottawa 73 ordinary BANKERS Comins British team 75 senior Rogers Forest Ont 73 ordinary Morgan 71 tyro PRESIDENTS resswcll Thornhill 73 senior Mullin Mississauga 71 ordinary Pridham 72 tyro JUNIOR TYRO Pridham 75 Jasiak Ottawa 74 Morris 72 SUNDAY AGGREGATE The Tait The Brassey The MacDonaldStewart Brick Mississauga 146 senior Mullin 145 ordinary Bissonnette Ottawa 142 tyro OLD TIMERS TROIIIY Aggregate scores for shooters 65 and over from Gibson Bankers Presidents Tait Brassey MacDonaldStewart Des Burke Morgan Etobicoke 421 Beckett Ancaster 418 II Hawes Don Mills 414 AITAIN MILES MORGAN Aggregate for Armed Forces cadets from Gibson Bankers Presidents Brassey MacDonaldStewart Des Burke lridhani 422 Jasiak 422 Bissonnette 414 SATURDAY AGGREGATE Gibson Bankers PresidentSi Brown British team 22 senior Mullin 218 ordinary Pridham 217 tyro TIIE TAIT Thompson British team 74 senior Kennedy Sud bury 74 ordinary Bissonnette 74 tyro BRASSEY Cox Scartnrough 72 senior Mullin 73 or dinary Morga 69 tyro ERER MEMORIAL Aggregate of Gibson Bankers Presidents Tait Brassey MaclonaldStewart Des Burki 11 Mullin 436 Lord Swansea British Team 436 Coiitts British team 430 Quick Windsor 427 ordinary Iridhaiii 422 tyro Shelbume wins New Lowell tournament Red Sox settle for consolation title NEW LOWELL Staff One loss two wins $50 and batting crown to the Barrie Red Sox now that the annual New Lowell Baseball tournament is history That one loss however shifted Barrie from the cham pionship rotmd into the con solation division which they won Monday following wins of to over Stayner midgets and tot against Everett in the final Sheltxmrne rudely greeted the South Simcoe Baseball League club with to win in the toumanient opener Sunday Shelbourne went on to collect the $125 grand prize money with at to win over the New Lowell Knights in the championship game But it was the hitting of Red Sox first baseman Bob Hepburn which raised the eyebrows of the Barrie boosters throught the twoday tournament Hepburn stoked six hits in seven attempts including pair of homers against Stayner for seven of the 11 Barrie runs in the eightteam tournament Hepburn was rewarded with the top batter trophy for his ef forts There were other awards presented at the end of the final game Monday Dave Little won not only the trophy as the top pitcher of the tournament but was selected as the most valuable player It was Little who beat the Red Sox Sunday He was on the mound chucking onehitter to curb New Lowell in the chain pionship game Hepburn tap man with bat NEW LOWELL Staff Bob Dears secondi nniig homer was all the firepower the Red Sox needed to defeat Everett in the consolation final of the an nual New Lowell Fastball Tour nament Monday The Red Sox shortstop pounc ed on pitch by John Johnson to send it deep over the leftfield fence Earl Elliott preserved the onerun lead with two hitter while striking out six in the fiveinning game It was the third amc of the day for Everett an the second for Barrie Everett and Clarksburg finished the final three innings of game washed out by the violent rain and windstorm which rocked the area Sunday That same storm forced the cancellation of lateafternoon clash between Barrie and the Stayner midgets It was played early Monday morning Stayner was one of the younger clubs entered in the tournament The midget club was disappointed in the opening round after losing game to Ivy on tournament ruling after lvy tied the game in the last inning Stayner couldnt contain the bat of Hepburn or find the answer to Glen Laycocks pit ching when they went ainst the moreexperienced Re Sox Hepburn cracked threerun homer in the first inning then after Wayne Church strode home on hit by David lamp bell in the second inning Hep burn drove another ball well over the right centrefield fence His roundtrippr ignited three run rally Stayner managed one hit off Laycock who struck out nine Stayners lone run came in the second inning on erfectly executed sacrifice unt by Garry Forrester EARLY BLOW IIlRT Shelbume dealt the Red Sox blow early in the game from which they never fully recovered from Red Mass slammed homer in the first innin for three runs which wipefout pair of runs by Bar rie off single in the opening by Hepburn One inning later Shelburne made it to with Hepburn driving in his third run of the game in the third to cut the lead to one run Hepburn knocked home David Campell who had led off the inning with double Shelbume added an in surance run in the fourth and last inning of game shortened by tournament time rule Dave Little picked up the win for Shelbume with four hitter He also fanned five Barrie hit ters Duncan Cam bell was tagged for five hits ee in the first inning Shelburne collected $175 for defeating Nw Lowell in the championship game New Lowell collected $75 as the runnerup club with the Red Sox taking home $50 for winn ing the consolation division Collins hurls nohitter Stephen Collins pitched six inning nohitter Monday to lead Sunoco Car Wash to 50 win over Toke Motors in the peewee division of the Barrie Minor Baseball League Rick Orser took the loss for Toke Motors Sunoco Car Wash jumped in front 20 in the second inning and then added two more runs in the fifth and one in the sixth inning CORN BEEF WINS In the other peewee divisidn game Monday Mr Corn Beef edged PeterReine 119 to im rove its record to five wins six osses and one tie Steve Knowles started on the mound for the winners but had trouble finding the strike zone and was re laced by Greg Haverson strucl out 11 and went three for three at the plate Ken Emms was the losing pit cher for PeterReino and Andy Craig came on in the seventh inning to relieve him Sadlon beaten HUNSTVILLE The championship of the Huronia Minor Lacrosse Association peewee loop was won by Hunt sville Saturday following 12 to win over Paul Sadlon Motors of Barrie Ill the end it was an error which gave Sliclbournc the win Little who reached base on tieldcrs choice scored when long fly ball squirted out of the High and safe Red Sox second baseman Glen Laycock goes high after throw from home attempting to catch Shelbume runner Jim Gallinger stealing second lallinger was save and went on to score the fifth run in the opener of the annual New LoWell Fastball Tournament Sunday Slit xuriie glove ot Knights ceiitreticlder Wayncr Rowe in the third inn ing That was to be the only run of the fiveinning championship game defeated Barrie 51 and went on to win the tournament championship Barrie ended with the consolation prize Red Sox host the Orillia Majors in their secondlast game of the South Simcoe Baseball League schedule tonight at the Bar rie Fair Grounds Examinei Photo Randy McDonald

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