Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Southpoint Sun - 19
Talbot Trail seniors attract 67 golfers By Bob McLean On September 1, there were 67 league members who challenged their golfing skills. For the third time this golfing season we’ve had the closest to the pin winner ending up a mere one foot from the hole. Tom Hyatt’s miraculous shot gave him the CP and an easy birdie on #9. Dave La Bonte drained a marvelous 21 footer to win the LP. In the 80-85y division Joe Vrtel earned
an excellent 44 to nip Vic Reynaert’s terrific 46. Walter Balsam, Conrad Babkirk and Ed Woelk all played superbly to finish at 51’s. Andy, Ken and Bill played well! In the Super Seniors, Tom Hyatt’s outstanding 46 edged Bob Freure’s brilliant 47. Our Gold SS had Carl Robinson’s masterful 44 nipping Dave la Bonte excellent 45. Gerry Becigneul scored a very gratifying 47. Scotty got a superb nifty fifty. Erle achieved a commendable 54.
In the under 70 division, Tom Dunn’s terrific play earned him a 37. Both Randy Nash and Shannon Wiper achieved excellent results of 41 and 42 respectively. Other well played results of 45 or less: Phil Humphries, Gerry van Deven 43’s; Arky and Tim Stevenson 44’s; Fred Michano 45. Dutchy continued his masterful golf in the 70-79y division by beating Chopper’s excellent 39. Three players who tied with terrific 42’s were Bill Ward,
Rick Thompson and Gus Brown. Al Matthews produced a solid 43. Mac Hyatt obtained the only nifty fifty of the day. We are looking in to having a scramble-barbecue with prizes in late September or early October. We believe we can do this in a very safe manner. Bummy, Wiz and Bobo will be finalizing details with our Club Manager, Jen Dawson, in the near future. Watch for updates! “Nobody asked how you looked.” “Just what you shot!“ — Sam Snead.
Erie Shores Thursday League has a month to go By Paul Bunnett-Jones With just a month to go in play, on a beautiful day for golf with less humidity and heat, it was a surprise to see overall gross scores in the Leamington Canadian Tire Men’s Thursday Night League at Erie Shores at their highest for the season. Not one player beat or matched par on the back 9 with Brian Humphreys, Greg Zimney and Matt Taouil all coming closest shooting one over par rounds of 37 to finish a stroke ahead of Wheaton Mouck, Kyle Humphreys, Derek Dimenna, Tim Tiessen and Kyle Kudroch who all tied with two over par 38’s. Also breaking 40 with three over par 39’s were Raoul Morin, Conor Chilvers and Ward Hutchins.
Badminton Club memories from 1972
By C. Scott Holland The sport of badminton has been around since Leamington’s early beginnings as a village and while it is not often covered, some dominating players have emerged from the Leamington Badminton Club. One of the best examples was in 1971-72 with the club’s “A” championships, which had several future stars for the club. The club’s president at the time was Ernie Jackiw, who was retiring with Doug Stephens becoming the new president. Jackiw’s hard work with the club was recognized, as Stephens gave Jackiw a parting gift on behalf of the group. The four “A” flight championships featured some good matches. In the Ladies singles, Doreen Bachmeier outlasted Jill Jackson, who in a few short years would dominate the category. In the men’s singles, another future star, Chris Frederick defeated Henry Kosempel, while in the men’s doubles, veteran member Prosser Moran teamed with Doug Stephens to beat the young duo of Chris Frederick and Gary Baker. In the ladies doubles, Jan Pearson and Mary Jane Barnet beat Linda Adams and Doreen Bachmeier.
Paul Bunnett-Jones led all players in the handicap division shooting a 6 under par net 30, while Kevin Kantati and Phil Cornies were just a stroke back with 5 under par net rounds of 31. Five golfers finishing tied at 4 under par net 32 included John Penner, Derrick Hutchins, Wayne Oehlerking, Joe Morin and Tim Leckie. A total of 7 skins were handed out with gross birdie winners going to Derek Dimenna with a 3 on the 12th hole, a 3 for Mike Harris on the 14th hole and another 3 for Tim Tiessen on the par 4 11th hole. In the handicapped skins, Paul Bunnett-Jones picked up a couple of net eagle skins with 2’s on both the 12th and 18th holes. Derek Horop had a double eagle net 2 on the 15th hole while Dave Dick had a net eagle 2 on the 17th hole. Derek Dimenna has jumped into the top spot overall with $105 in skins money while Derek Horop has dropped to second with $90. Neil Sawatzky is next with $75 and Ward Hutchins is in fourth with $71, while Hayden Hodgson sits in fifth at $67. Wayne Gil-
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Leamington Badminton club winners in 1971-72 were, left to right, Chris Frederick, Mary Jane Barnet, Prosser Moran, Jan Pearson, Doreen Bachmeier and Henry Kosepel. Doug Stephens was absent. Photo from the Scott Holland collection
lett, Greg Dunmore and Lucas Raffoul are all tied for sixth place with $54. In the Team Standings, The Bogey Men have stretched their first place lead to 207 points giving them an 11 point margin over second place Cinderella Story who have 196 points. Complete & Putter Madness are another two back at 194 while Mulligan Island continues falling with their 192 total that’s two better than the 190 points that the Foot Wedge Crew has to date. To follow the complete list of the League’s weekly results and find out more about upcoming matches, simply go to: www.erieshoresgolf.com and click on the “Official Thursday Night Men’s League Website”.
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