20 - Southpoint Sun
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
French sports car all-time favourite
1972 Renault Gordini R17 The lineup was several cars deep during the pickup time for the Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation Wild Game Dinner. in the bottom photo, diners were entertained by the local band ‘No Drama’ under the gazebo on the south side of the road.
Miner game dinner big success KINGSVILLE — The Jack Miner Migratory Bird Sanctuary benefited last weekend from a wild game dinner hosted by the Jack Miner Foundation. About 250 meals were prepared which included Water Buffalo meatballs, Pheasant stir fry, Venison sausage, Pickerel chow-
der and all the trimmings necessary to enjoy a great takeout game dinner. Cars lined up down Road 3, reminiscent of past years when cars lined the road to see the geese. About $10,000 was raised for the event. Diners could eat in their vehicle or spend time on
picnic tables across from the sanctuary grounds, where the local band No Drama played live music at the gazebo. Cash and cheque donations are still being taken at the sanctuary, if you’d like to support the cause. Visit jackminer.ca for details.
Jamieson Junior golf report
By Bryce Evon REGIONAL — With rain threatening to shorten the second Jamieson event of the season, players and volunteers were happy to see the overcast skies hold off at Willow Ridge Golf and Country Club on Monday. Cooler weather and a slight breeze made for ideal scoring conditions, but the challenging course layout and undulating greens tested all facets of the competitors’ games. In the Junior Girls division, Pointe West’s Kyla Charlebois emerged victorious, edging out Maple City’s Karolyn Rombouts by two shots. Charlebois used nines of 40-35, for a total of threeover-par 75. Her back nine included two birdies and one bogey to go along with six pars. Rombouts fired nines of 38-39, and Kennedy Fremlin (Essex) finished in third with a score of 83.
In the Junior Boys division, there was a tie atop the leaderboard between Ridgetown’s Marcus Jones and Pointe West’s Tyler Hurtubise. Jones used three birdies and one bogey to fire a two-under-par 70, and Hurtubise matched him with five birdies and three bogeys on the card. In second place was Jax Sisson (Pointe West) with a 73, and Steven Hill (Essex) finished in third with a 76. In the Collegiate Men’s division, Josh DiCarlo (Pointe West) finished first with a score of two-under-par, besting Willow Ridge’s Aidan Webster by one shot. DiCarlo used five birdies to go along with three bogeys on route to nines of 34-36, while Webster’s round included five birdies and four bogeys for nines of 35-36. Full results can be found at www.jamiesonjuniortour.ca
Nature Journal Club offers new program KINGSVILLE – The Kingsville Nature Journal Club is a new program offered through Kingsville Click & Play that brings Adults 50+ together to explore nature through writing and sketching. Nature journaling deepens our observation, thinking and memory skills, and exposure to nature positively impacts health and well-being. Each Tuesday in August, from 10:30-11:30 a.m., registrants will meet at a designated area in the community to write, sketch, ask questions and connect meaningfully with the world around them. Cost is $20 to register. Develop a deepened sense of stewardship towards the environment and make lasting connections with like-minded individuals in the community. Register at www.kingsville.ca/clickandplay today.
said: ‘May I join you?’ So as Canadians, we said sure. After a few minutes, Bill Sherk this guy kind of laughs and home, and purchased says ‘I love talking to Ca- one for myself. These cars nadians and I really like were ahead of their time. talking about cars,’ then They had front-wheelintroduced himself. He drive, fuel injection, a was race car driver Bobby 5-speed box and only a Unser. What a shock! 95 cubic inch engine but “He had heard me pumped out 126 horses in talking about the Gordini a light weight body. I had and threw his keys over my car on a track at 150 and said: ‘My Gordini is mph and it could still go in the parking lot. Don’t faster. take it off the lot but have “I owned my first one a go with it!’ We found for two years. The second out later he and his broth- one pictured here was er were sponsored by Re- purchased new in 1972 nault at that time. and sold in 1989 and still “I could not believe it! had lots of go.” Only went around the Always looking for stolot once and quickly re- ries. Email billtsherk@symturned the keys, came patico.ca
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Leamington resident Bruce Peacock writes: “Hi Bill. My favourite sports car was the Renault R17 Gordini. Back in the ’60s, I read about them and was caught by the engineering in them, originally designed by race car designer Alex Gordini for Renault. They were called the pocket rocket. “The first time I drove one was in Indianapolis while down there for a course on turbine engines. A group of us were spending a night at a bar at the hotel across from the Brick Yard. It was a week before the Indy, trials were going on and we got talking about cars. Most of our group were Canadians. “Well, the table next to us partly cleared out and the guy still there
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