The Sault Star from Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada • 8

3 THE SAULT STAR THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2 1978 'for fun' SPORTS -f' Tom Keenan i i Iwi i i Editor: BY ALEX MITCHELL Of The Star WOODBRIDGE Sheila Seltzer still claims that her curling rink isn't that good At least what she tried to tell a group of well-wishers and reporters here Wednesday afternoon after her London team captured the 1978 Ontario Lassies championship She even said the same thing after going undefeated through seven games to capture the southern Ontario Ladies Curling Association championship 13 days ago in Owen Sound have Seltzer explained moments after defeating Dawn Ventura of Ottawa 10-5 to clinch the title we know how to compensate for our limitations And our attitude for the game is great not the eighth end to break a 54 tie then stole another point in the ninth to end the dramatics and send her team to the Canadian championships in 'Sault Ste Marie Feb 26-March 3 Llewellyn of Thunder Bay who defeated Christine Bodoghof St Catharines 11-3 and Gaziuk who defeated Rita Evenden of Sault Ste Marie 9-5 in the other morning games finished tied for rni by Rob Stone draw Monday) we stop having Am We just kept playing one rock at a The Evenden foursome also played it one shot at a time but wasn't as fortunate After frustrating Gaziuk early with a combination of timely shots the Sault rink ran into trouble in the sixth when the Toronto rink buried a rock early in the end then added another point with Gaziuk's hammer In the next end Gaziuk tied game by burying another rock for a stolen counter Flustered the Evenden team then allowed stolen points of one two and one in the next three ends to fall out of contention just weren't consistent Evenden figured fell apart all of- us although my shots were the difference We were missing just enough to make a difference" Evenden said she was satisfied with the performance in three of the games including fairly close defeats to Seltzer Monday and Gaziuk Wednesday besides the victory over Bodogh Tuesday nobody can be happy with your game if you don't she added was a wonderful experience and I would recommend it to Evenden continued it clearly indicated to us that in order to win the teams have to curl together all of the time not just part of the second followed by Ventura and Bodogh each with 2-3 records and Evenden who finished in last place with a 1-4 record The Sault rink of Joyce Hall Jean McCrady Barbara Fillion and Evenden held a 5-2 lead after five ends but hold on had it made in the first half but fell Evenden admitted Seltzer have it as easy in the early part of her game against Ventura In fact when the Ottawa team scored two in the second and stole another point in the third to overcome a 1-0 deficit -overtime loomed large But a perfect hammer draw by Seltzer in the fourth produced two to tie and the teams played shot-for-shot for the next three ends until the London skip broke through in the eighth Holding hammer Seltzer used her first shot far a takeout raise That forced Ventura to freeze but she was 1 light and Seltzer easily chipped it out and stayed to count four was the key shot although it wasn't a difficult Seltzer stated "No I wasn't nervous before taking it In fact the entire team wasn't nervous before or during the entire game I think that is one of our strengths We (day this game for the fun of it Even when we lost to Bodogh on the opening North Bay curler feel the two Sault rinksJack MacFarlane from Tarentoru Sport Chib and Allan Har-nden from Soo Asaociation have a definite edge Over the other six rink in thil weekend' aecond leg of the British Oonsob Association playdowns at the Soo 4 According to Mike Umphrey of North Bay the ice at the Soo club has been much heavier this veer than usual and MacFarlane and Hamden are used to 1L iie The other six rinks in the playdowns which starts at £pm Friday include Ian McTavish and Gene Soulicre from North Bay Don Dumontdle and Don Harry from Sudbury Blake Roque from'Espanola and Clarence Gabors from Wawa Last weekend in Sudbury the Bob Coulter rink from vpopper Cliff Curling Club won the first segment of the Association playdowns knocking off McTavish Dumon-lelle and Gabora The victory makes Coulter the number one rep from the NOCA in the Provincial playdowns in £New Liskeard Feb 9-12 The second rep will be decided from the eight-rink modified doubleUmination playdown at the Soo dub JThe second draw will be Saturday at am the third at 2:30 pm the fourth at 9 pm and the fifth at 9 am Sunday If a sixth is needed it'll be played at 1:30 pm Sun-day Week's roundup The ladies Florrie Hipwell second Pearl will be in Timmins Friday Saturday and Sunday for the Association playdowns a life and death thing for us If we lost it would not have been the end of the world" Had Seltzer lost it would have been the end of regular play but the start of a three-team playoff that would have been completed last night Three teams including Alva Llewellyn Elsi Gaziuk and Seltzer would have been 3-2 and in need of extra games to decide a champion But Seltzer scored four in represent the province in Northern Ontario" she said after defeating Ottawa's Dawn Ventura 10-5 to win the provincial title Only second Jane Chalmers was born and raised in southern Ontario She's from Grand Bend Third Louise Davison is from Saskatchewan and lead Marlene In comparison Sheila Seltzer's London foursome has only been together this year but they have tuned up for their performance here by competing in a men's league this season And Christine Bodogh's St Catharines entry plays in a competitive ladies league and has played several exhibition games against top men's teams In fact she said Monday that her team has defeated John Palmer and HBHircpBmBn (HD ISIUHSMB Ak i Lowden vice-skip Carl second Jim Carrey and lead Bob Bowman won the annual Associated Canadian twregrifl in JPttawa Lowden Whitfield and Bowman are from the Gault while Carrey is from Sudbury Rick Lang and Scott Hamilton of Thunder Bay are still rln the British Consols running be competing in the playdowns in the NWOCA this weekend in Atikokan Tom Fry of Fort Frances is one of the other two involved in the four-rink event The fourth is not links in Top skip Sheila Seltzer releases final rock of provincials North not entirely out Xnown WOODBRIDGE Although Rita Evenden's Sault Ste Marie rink failed to capture the 1978 Ontario Lassies title that mean that Northern Ontario will not be represented at the Canadian final later this month Sheila Seltzer has taken care of that 3rd Annual Don Soo VVrist-lVrostling Championships for flw Carifcig O'ltotfs Bm Soo Atmrik Registrations 10 am -330 pm Competitions 4 pjn-6 pm Men's Classifications Light Middle Light Heavy and Heavyweight Ladies' Classifications Light and Open Class Feb 478 Moose Lodge 384 on McNabb St Friday Feb 378 Fish Fry Reminder to Members about the pool shuffle-board darts and crib-bage Kids Day Feb 478 Strong league 'needed' Linton is from Quebec This is the first year the four have been together as a team I know about the Canadian final is what seen on film been told by other curlers and been told by Jane Chalmers She was the second for the Ontario team in added Seltzer tied Paul Savage two of the belter southern Ontario rinks this season only way you're going to improve is by consistently playing someone strong" said Evenden She would be in favor of a six or eight team female competitive curling league next season She would also like to see exhibition games scheduled against men's teams from the Labatt's Major Curling League WOODBRIDGE Sault Ste Marie female curlers need a competitive league in that city That was the opinion Monday of Bill Fraser a contributing editor for the Ontario Curling Report and Wednesday Rita Evenden was echoing the same sentiments we are going to get anywhere against southern Ontario teams in the future we have to get involved in a Hartsburg out for 3 weeks? Seltzer was born and raised in Iroquois Falls and was quick to point out Wednesday that she is from Northern Ontario despite the fact she has lived in southern Ontario for the past 21 years Seltzer's husband is a veterinarian in London "It's a big thrill for me to competitive league in the Sault and in Northern said Evenden the Northern Ontario representative in the 1978 Ontario Lassie's championships until we do we will not be competitive against the Evenden said her team was together for 18 games this year but never in bonspiels or never in events staged at the Sault Curlers Association Meanwhile the extend of an injury to Tim Rose is still not determined Rose another defenceman blocked a shot with his left leg during the same Windsor game coach Muzz MacPherson is now down to four defencemen Doug Boyd Greg DeFelice Ian Bedford and Duane Sprague "Rose has a badly bruised knee and it's not likely play before said Kimbell The Greyhounds will play host to Peterborough Petes Sunday On the forward lines MacPherson may have to continue without the services of centre Brian Gualazzi out with a knee injury he suffered a month ago and Dave Watson out with a hip-pointer lie suffered a week ago MacPherson is hopeful of getting Gualazzi back into action Innighl 'In action last night London Knights erupted for five -consecutive goals in the third period and handed Niagara Falls Flyers a 7-4 defeat at Niagara Falls The Flyers led 2-1 after the first and 3-2 after two The senior Provincial playdowns in North Bay last weekend were as exciting as the Junior playdopns and Jim Timiruski of Timmins came out a winner and earned the right to represent Northern Ontario at the National championships in St Thomas Ont Feb 19-25 Timiruski trailing 6-1 to Sturgeon Don Shearer after six ends came back to win 7-6 on the filial draw Both rinks were 3-1 jgoing into the final draw of the six-rink event Jerry Penny A1 Novakuske and Norm Graham all 3-2 Share the lead in A section of the Monday-Wednesday League at the Soo Club Vaughn Harris and Ron Bigras Qbth 4-1 lead section Dune Jenkins and Jack McDonald both 3-1 lead section and Joe McGoldrick and Bill Dane both 4-1 lead section A1 Hamden '3-0 leads A section of the Tuesday-Thursday League Pentti Tyynela and Mike Coulter are 3-1 In section Abbie Pihlaja leads with a 4-0 record Gary Latvanen and Jack Evenden are 3-1 In section Don Whitfield leads at 44 Pete Chanas and Art Pezzutto are 3-1 while in section Qord Bold leads at 3-0 Ron Degazio is 3-1 Doug Read leads the Legion League with a 10-1 racord followed by Jim Brawley at 10-2 Barry McMillan at 94 and Dave Prentice and Jack McDonald at 1-4 The Legion will be holding a bonspiel Feb 18 and 19 To date they have 17 rinks and would like 32 Going into the final event of the High School League Shari Mulroney of White Pines is' on top in the division with 130 points Behind Mulroney are Sue Fillion of Mount St Joseph and Jeanine Malta is of Sault Collegiate at 120 Patti Buchan of Lakeway at 115 Shari Scheifele of Sir James Dunn at 107 Rhonda McLeap of Lakeway at 103 and Terri Conway of Collegiate at 101 In the boys' division Dan Smith of White Pines leads with 120 points Mark Maki of Korah and Howard Rajala of Lakeway have 110 Gary Bonday of Alexander Henry 102 Paul Clulow of Bawating 100 Blair Schmalenberg of White Pines 96 and Ron Koprash of Collegiate 90 i In mixed play Walter Olinek at 11-3 leads the Algoma Steel Corporation (ASC) Sunday Night League Marv Kennedy is 94 In ASC Friday Night League Ron Bigras and Brian Scott share the lead in A section with 3-1 records while in section Chris Woods leads with a 3-0 mark Tom Watson is 3-1 Larry Evoy leads the Saturday Night League with a 2-0 record -In Challenge Shield Event Tuesday Sfrkka lynela defeated Irene Royle Betty Scheifele defeated Bsie Brunette and Anne Bold defeated Karen Kennedy Rive rinks remain in the running for the title Card Tyynela Scheifele Royle and Bold In Business Girls Karen Di Pasqusle and Betty-Ruth Ttekett both 3-1 lead A section Dorothy Perrier at 3-0 and Brenda Grant at 3-1 lead section while Evelyn Lewis at 54 and Jean Hay and Karen McFadden at 4-1 lead section The Tkrentorus Sports Chib will be hosting the Bon Soo bonspiel this weekend There are 70 rinks entered in the tfireeGay event which begins at 5 pm at Threntorus and concludes with the finals at 7:30 pm Sunday The Soo chib will also be used for some of the games The vice-skips events are on in the Monday and Thursday Leagues at Tarentorus Diane Sagle at 4-0 leads the Monday League followed by Eleanor Morrison Pauline Coyne Eva Heise and Donna Possamai all at 3-1 Jackie Huckson leads the Thursday League with a 4-0 record Jean Beauchamp Chambers and Perk Clark are 3-1 In the Wednesday Mixed League Denis Chateau leads group one with a 2-0 mark Bruce McDermid at 3-0 leads group two Gord Stone and Doug Leask both 2-1 are right behind McDermid Jn the Tuesday League Jack MacFarlane is on top in A section with a 5-1 record Mike Sagle is 5-2 In Motion Jim Maki leads with a 6-1 mark Dune McHardy is 53 while in section Fred Bullock leads with a 6-1 record Dnug Leask is 5-1 Torn Kelly Roger Thibeault and Doug Thompson all 2-0 lead the Thursday Men's League Soo Greyhounds have lost the services of Craig Hart-sburg for at least three weeks Angelo Bumbacco general manager of the Ontario Hockey Association Major Junior 'A club said Wednesday that the 18-year-old defenceman will have a cast on his left leg for two weeks and will take therapy for another week after the cast is removed before returning to the lineup Hartsburg who was out of action for two months at the start of the season because of an injury to his left knee reinjurod the knee during Tuesday's game against Windsor Spitfires here at the Memorial Gardens The Greyhounds play in Windsor tonight at 8 pm then in London Friday Bumbacco couldn't elaborate on the injury to Hartsbuig but did say there is no major ligament or cartilage damage Doug Kimbell "therapist said there was hemorrhaging in iiartsburg's knee and it needs lots of rest He didn't think it would be any more than three weeks before Hartsburg could get back into action i -rv-VC --5.