Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Talbot Trail Seniors winding down golf season
By Bob McLean On Tuesday, September 28 there were 66 seniors league participants who tackled the challenging layout at the Talbot Trail Golf Course. The somewhat cool morning proved to be a deterrent to low scores as shots often ended up short of their expected destination. The closest to the pin was won by Fred Michano’s miraculous shot to within two feet of #9 pin. Dave Dent drained a beauty on #2 to win the long putt. Seven birdies were achieved by the following players: #1 Shannon, #5 Dave LaBonte, #6 BW, #7 Tim Stevenson, #8 Carl Robinson, #9 Fred Michano and Rick Thompson. In the youth group, Arkey led the way with his excellent 41. Tim Stevenson and Shannon Wiper were one shot back with their own excellent 42s. Both Joe Drummond and Fred Michano played solidly to score commendable results of 44 and 45 respectively. Others who shot praiseworthy scores under 50 were Nasher, Fuzzy, Gerry and Len. Satisfying results went to Ed Fraser, Art Regehr and Dan Tymec. In the 86y+ Gold division, Carl Robinson played masterfully to achieve a 42. Dave La Bonte continued his inspiring play by shooting a terrific 44. Murray Cascadden, Gerry Becigneul and Erle Nash earned satisfying results.
In the 86y+ Silver grouping, Bob Freure wasn’t deterred by the weather as he fired a masterful 44. Tom Hyatt merited a solid nifty 50. Walter Balsam scored a commendable 51. Steady Ed Woelk produced a very praiseworthy 53, and long hitting Bill Edwards had a noteworthy 56. In the 80-85 year grouping, Ron McCracken led the way with his superb 47. Commendable scores of 48 were produced by Eugene and Tom Sasso. Both Henry Hildebrandt and Joe Vrtel received very praiseworthy nifty 50 results. Noteworthy scores were also merited by Neil Adamson, Andy Orsini, Terry Bee, Conrad Babkirk, Ken Womack and Gus Brown. In the 70-79 year division, both Pearcie and Dutchy achieved excellent 40s. Chopper was a mere one shot back with his terrific 41. Rick shot a brilliant 42. Long hitter Bill Ward earned a wellplayed 44. Other players with scores under 50: Bummy, Ray la Pierre, Dave Dent, Paul Harrison, Al Matthews, Al Zanuttini and OV. Five players received noteworthy nifty 50 scores: Larry, Doug, Mac, Richard and Nick. Ian Quirk and Gary Wilson achieved commendable 51s. Richard Humber and Jerry Paine scored satisfying 52 and 53 results respectively. Keep swinging and have fun!
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Lincoln Janzen, 6, points to some of the kites as sisters Chloe, 8, and Chassie, 2, of Leamington, take a peek. SUN photos by Deanna Bertrand
Kites fly high over soccer fields LEAMINGTON – Nearly two dozen professional kiters from Canada and the United States displayed nearly 50 different large kites throughout the weekend at the fourth annual Southpoint International Klite (kites and lights) Festival. The event took place at the Leamington soccer fields October 1-2. The festival is a family and community celebration of kites, ‘lites’ and art. According to festival organizer George Paisiovich, the festival originated in Wheatley but moved to Leamington its second year as the soccer fields provide
54 acres of unobstructed fly zone. “We wanted to create a safe environment for families to play together as a community,” he said. Youngsters received free bubbles to add to the fun as they walked around the grounds and viewed the kites. The festival ran Friday night and Saturday afternoon, with Friday night’s event lighting up the skyline. Unfortunately, festivities on Saturday night and all of Sunday were cancelled due to the weather.
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Jeff Falkenstein, 5, of Kitchener, flew a kite for the first time at his first kite festival on Saturday. He was attending with his uncle, who is an avid kite flyer.
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The skies above Leamington Soccer fields were full of colour as nearly four dozen kites took to the skies for the Southpoint International Klite Festival this past weekend.
