Good growing pains for youth ball hockey

There was more rain for the weekly ladies night at Cedar Glen last Wednesday, and with the majority of the women unable to get in play, prizes were awarded from the hat to Barb Phifer and Joan Findlay. Mary Whitteker was the closest to the line and the closest to the hole winner.

Weather conditions were somewhat better for the men on Thursday night, but still many golfers stayed off the course.

Kurtis Barkley shot an even par 36 on the Glen’s back nine to lead the field and win A flight’s low gross honours, while Grant McMillan was right on his heels with a 37 for the win in B flight. Tom Sloane shot a 52 to win C flight.

David Casselman won low net in A flight, and Billy Dejong had the longest dirve. Closest to the pin winners were Rick Barkley on 12 and Lonnie MacIntosh on 15.

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The 67 players in the 44th annual Ladies Valley League Golf Competition had to battle for every inch of roll they could get on the rain-drenched Summer Heights Golf Course on Sunday, and in the end it was the home team claiming a very healthy win.

The hosting Summer Heights team put up just 940 strokes to reclaim the Valley League title after losing it to Cedar Glen in Williamsburg last summer.

Finishing well back of this year’s champs in second place was Prescott with 988 strokes. Third spot went to Iroquois at 1006, Morrisburg was fourth at 1023 and Cedar Glen was last with 1042. 

The Ladies Valley League consists of 13-player teams, plus one spare. There are three players in each of A-B-C-D flight with the two best scores in each flight counted towards the team total. Also counting in the team total are the senior players’ scores.

Stephanie White led the Summer Heights team to victory with an 83, and Helen Greer-Doll counted the second A flight score with a 91.

Ann Leduc counted a 96 in B flight and Irma Tyrell added a 102, while in C flight, Elizabeth Marjerrison turned in a 100 and Denise Levac a 106. 

Alice Grant led D flight with a 127, and Kay Vallee had a 130. Gail Adams shot a 105 in the senior spot.

Also playing for the team, with their scores not counting were France Longtin in A flight, Nicole Landriault in B, Lynda Lafleche in C and Sheila Cadieux in D. June Eden played as their spare.

In individual play, the Summer  Heights team won three of the five low gross trophies

The low shooter of the day was Stephanie White of Summer Heights who posted an 83 to claim the Trudy Beavers Trophy for low gross in A flight.

Ann Leduc posted a 96 to win the Phyllis Locke B flight  Trophy and teammate Elizabeth Marjerrison won the Mildred and Dick Atchison C flight trophy with a 100. 

Preventing a Summer Heights sweep in the flights was Liz Asselin of Iroquois, who won  D low gross and the Bank of Montreal trophy with a 124.

Net wins went to  Helen Doll Greer (91-75 net) in A flight, Mary Jane Baker of Prescott (103-75 net) in B flight, Denis Levac of Summer Heights (106-73 net) in C flight and Sharon Landry of Prescott (73 net) in D flight.

Carole Parent of Cedar Glen posted a 94 to win the senior low gross Howard Wallace Trophy and Cathy Marston of Iroquois won the Jennie Clifford Memorial Trophy for low senior net with  a 106 for an 83 net.

Judy Eden of Summer Heights was the low spare with a 99 and  Anita Cooper, Morrisburg had the low net shooting a 108 for a 79 net.

Low gross shooters for each of the teams were: Carole Parent, 94, Cedar Glen; Nancy Barkley, 92 Iroquois; Lori-Anne Davies, 95, Morrisburg; Mia Henderson, 90, Prescott; Stephanie White, 83, Summer Heights.

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The Morrisburg and District Figure Skating Club was represented by three skaters at the Eastern Ontario Starskate Invitational Competition (EOSIC) in Belleville, February 25-26.

The three, Trina Dykstra-MacPherson, Kristyn VanHoof and Teisha Mullin all gained some valuable experience at this competition which sees the best skaters in Eastern Ontario on the ice.

Of the three skaters, Trina was the ‘new kid on the ice’, in her first trip to EOSIC, while it was Mullin’s second trip to EOSIC and VanHoof’s third.

Trina skated at the Pre-Preliminary Ladies level and according to her coach Louise Dimmick, “Tina’s great flow and springy jumps helped her to earn a third place finish in her flight to advance to the semi-finals where she also skated a solid, well-executed  program.”

Trina’s program included six jump elements and two spins.

“Her seventh place result in the semi-final, though not enough to move on to the final, was certainly a great accomplishment,” said Dimmick.

Of her first EOSIC experience, Trina says, “When I first got on the ice, I was nervous. But then I wasn’t too nervous. Since it was my first time, I thought I did really good.”

Also coached by Dimmick, Van Hoof moved up a level to skate in the Preliminary Ladies category in her third EOSIC competition.

“As one of the younger competitors at this competition, Kristyn skated a strong program in her flight to place third and move on to the semi-finals,” said Dimmick.

For the semi-final, Kristyn skated a personal best performance. “She landed six jump elements, including two single axels (1.5 rotations in the air), and executed two very nice spins with power and lots of personality.”

Her semi-final skate gave her a 10th place finish.

“With their results in the semi-final, both girls would be ranked in approximately the top 20 in their respective categories at this competition which is an excellent result,” said Dimmick. “I’m very proud of how hard they worked to prepare for EOSIC this year and am very pleased with their skating and efforts throughout.”

Coached by Allison Scott, Teisha Mullin skated at the Junior Bronze level.

Teisha’s two minute program, skated to the Disney soundtrack ‘Epcot’, included six jump elements, three spins and a footwork sequence

At the Junior Bronze level there were six flights and Teisha was in the first flight where she skated to a third place finish out of 13 skaters to go on to the finals.

“Teisha had a great skate,” said Scott of her third place finish. “She completed two axels, a double salchow and had a great ‘pike’ spin.”

In the final, Teisha ended up in 11th place out of 18 skaters.

“Again, it was an awesome skate,” said Scott. “Once again she completed both axels, a double salchow and she even attempted her double loop!”

“This was very exciting, and we were both so pleased with her results. EOSIC is always a tough competition, and I was very proud of how Teisha rose to the occasion, performed under pressure and skated consistently having two great skates.”

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