Junior B Lions drop two

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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Three of our mixed teams were in Winchester last weekend for their club’s annual shrimp and steak bonspiel. Teams were from Ottawa, Cornwall, Toronto, and several valley towns. 

Mahlon Locke, Kathy Norg, Bill Doornward and Janet Levere won both of their games, finishing first overall. Sam Locke, Wendy and Jim Casselman and Claire Locke won both of their games also, finishing fifth. Our third team, Robert Houze, Mandy Pedle, Robbie Stitt and Rhonda Mark, defeated Thornhill, but lost their second game in the last end to a Prescott foursome. Well done, folks! 

In the Thursday mixed curling league, Ruth Kelly, Bill Magee, Rosemary Laurin and Eleanor Allison won the final draw of the season. The league finale finished with a meal catered by Subway. 

After several years of organizing the league, including friendly bonspiels and other social activities, Ron Beaupre has decided to turn the task over to someone else, and Ruth Kelly will take on the job. Ron was thanked for his efforts, and after presenting the trophy to the champions, he indicated that he will continue with his other club responsibilities, including his work as club secretary, arranging for commercial signage, and finding ways to minimizing the cost of electrical service. Thanks, Ron and Jeanine!

The Friday night league has completed its draw, with Sam and Claire Locke, Jenna Harrington and Rob Crombie emerging victorious. Garry Beckstead, Chris Moran and Wendy and Jim Casselman finished second. The final evening involved a rotational bonspiel, with Claire Locke skipping her team to victory. Thanks for taking care of the league again, Mahlon.

Tuesday night, Larry Cooper’s team won the men’s league title. Other members of his team were Rick MacKenzie, Jody Cryderman and Jeffrey Crooke. Larry had also won the early draw, with Sam Decker, Henry Looyen and Steve Summers. Thanks to Joe McCooyee for looking after the league again.

Ten teams took part in our closing bonspiel Saturday. The first draw was won by Ron Beaupre, Kathy Hardy, Robert Martin and Jim Locke, with Wally McDonald, Alice Thompson, Ron Brown and Glen Cougler a close second. In the late draw, Greta McGann, Rick MacKenzie and Keith Robinson tied for top honours with Wally Baker, Paul St. Pierre and Peter Byvelds. 

The curlers enjoyed a fine pot luck luncheon, and the teams and other interested curlers, friends and family sat down for a sumptuous banquet catered again by Sam Laurin. Our thanks to Sam and the volunteers who helped. 

A business meeting followed, with Jack Barkley outlining winners through the year, and other on-ice highlights. He also thanked all league conveners and outlined summer plans. While the club has about $30,000 in its contingency fund, he cautioned that major expenses could be a problem. Treasurer Kathy Johnston presented a healthy financial report. Jack invited volunteers for the board of directors, and indicated all current executive members were willing to stay on, including President Mahlon Locke, Secretary Ron Beaupre, our treasurer, and the bar, house, and ice chairs. Various draws were held, and then the top two teams in the competitive league squared off for the club championship.

Steve Boucher, Amy, Peter and Ashly McCooeye defeated Joe and Leanne McCooeye, Jack Barkley and John Allison for the Dodge Trophy.

Watch the Leader for the date in September for the open house and registration night, with curling beginning in October. 

See you then!

Editor’s Note: The Leader would like to take this opportunity to thank Steve Thompson for the time he spends each week gathering the local curling news and penning this column. The column is a wonderful asset to the Leader and very much appreciated by our readers and our local curlers.    BMc

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Last Wednesday, October 15, the Morrisburg Junior B Lions were in Brockville where the Tikis nabbed them for a 7-2 win.

Then on Friday, October 17, the Tikis lost to the Westport Rideaus, 6-1.

On Saturday night in Morrisburg, the Lions turned it completely around to defeat the Rideaus, 13-6.

The Brockville Tikis are in second place in the Rideau Division with 13 points, four points behind the Prescott Flyers. The Rideaus are in last place with nine points.

The Lions, thanks to the Saturday night win against the Rideaus, have moved into fifth place in the St. Lawrence Division, two points up on the Char-Lan Rebels.

A betting man might have difficulty deciding where to place his money.  A junior B hockey coach might understand anything can happen in any given game.

Wednesday night in Brockville, the Tikis built a 2-0 first period lead and never looked back. They went up 4-0 in the first five minutes of the second period before Eric Evans counted for the Lions with help from Michael Paquette and Justin Lefevbre.

The Tikis got one more late in the frame to carry a 5-1 advantage into the third.

Early in the third period, Paquette counted the Lions third and final goal on a penalty shot.

John Gilmer started in net for the Lions, and was replaced in the second period by Keiran Weir.

The Lions sat out 22 minutes in penalties on seven infractions, and the Tikis were assessed 33 minutes, also on seven infraction. The Tikis scored only one goal on their power play, that at 12:53 of the third period from Ethan York.

Back home on Saturday night, the Lions got off to another shaky start and trailed the visiting Westport Rideaus 2-1 heading into the second period. 

Just 3:46 into the second, Jacob Kendrick scored unassisted to tie the game 2-2, and spark the Lions to a scoring exhibition which saw them count five consecutive goals to go up 7-3. The Rideaus finally got them stopped with a Travis Marshall  goal with 38 seconds left in the frame.

Peter McGahey got two back for the Rideaus early in the third period to tighten the count to 7-5, but again the Lions went on the offensive. This time  they counted three goals for a 10-5 advantage before the Rideaus got them stopped with an Aaron Gregoire player-play goal at 10:10.

This sparked another Lions spree, which resulted in another three goals, and the 13-6 Lions victory.

Jacob Kendry and Eric Evans led the Lions scoring with three goals each, and Landon Veenstra added a pair.

Zach Belaire, Michael Paquette, Ryan Griffin, Jacob Guillot and Justin Rutley all scored single goals.

Veteran Lions, Paquette and Rutley both had big games. Paquette helped out on four goals and Rutley provided the assists on three.

John Gilmer was in net for the Lions win.

The Lions sat out 22 minutes on seven infractions, and the Rideaus were assessed 24 minutes on eight infractions. The Rideaus scored one power-play goal, while the Lions were not successful in their six power-play opportunities.

The Lions now move into the St. Lawrence Division’s fifth place spot with six points on three wins.

The Casselman Vikings remain in first place, undefeated in eight games, while the Alexandria Glens are in second place with 11 points on five wins and one shoot-out loss.

The Winchester Hawks and the Akwesasne Wolves are tied with 10 points.

Coming up this week, the Lions travel to Casselman to take on the Vikings, Thursday, October 23.

Saturday night, October 25, the Brockville Tikis will be in Morrisburg for a 7:30 p.m. start, and Sunday night, the Lions will be on the road for a game against the Wolves.

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