Rain Couldn’t Put Out These Cigars

This week the Morrisburg Golf club sends its good wishes for some big results for Barb Sheridan, and Monique and Andy Patenaude as they head to Windsor for the Provincial 55+ Senior games which will take place August 19-22. Barb and Andy will be on the golf course while Monique will be putting her skills to work at the Euchre table.

The ladies kicked off the week at the Morrisburg Golf course last Wednesday, August 6, with their weekly night. The evening was sponsored by Royal Lepage-John Morrow, and the game was The Good and the Bad.

Golfers were required to count their best and worst scores on the par 3s, par 4s and par 5s which allowed six scores to count.

The low winners were Vicki Boivin with a 30 and Monique Patenaude and Diane Gallinger tied with 31’s. High score winners were Lydia Eamon with a 52 and Claire Dunn with a 50.

The average score winners were Valerie St. John, Shelley Broad, Laurie Dillabough, Anita Cooper and Judy Laurin with the average score being 35.

In the non-member category, Shannon Casselman was the low score winner with a 34, and Nelda Hickman won for high score with a 49. The average score winners were Patty Boucher and Janie Connelly with 36’s.

With the Ladies Open played today, Wednesday, August 13, there is no Ladies Night this week. Ladies night will resume August 20 with the Flower Station-Shannon Casselman as sponsor.

In men’s night action on August 7, Shawn Hummel led the field with a 35. Kirk Barkley was the low gross shooter in B flight with a 39 (retro) and Bob Barclay won C flight with a 43 (retro).

Net winners for the evening were Kevin Duvall in A flight, Scott Robinson in B and Steve Boucher in C. Closest to the pin winners were Travis Dillabough on the par three 14th hole and Dave McClenaghan on the par three 17th.

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The stick bonspiel organized by Glen Cougler at the Morrisburg Curling Club last week went over well, with two teams from Morrisburg, two from Winchester and Russell, as well as ones from Maxville, Kemptville and Prescott taking part. 

In the first draw, one Winchester rink won out, while the second finished third. Our Morrisburg foursome, Pete Zeran, Andy Patenaude, Greta Mc Gann and Bob Bechard defeated one Winchester team in their first match, and last year’s champions from Kemptville in their second. They were both tight games, and our local heroes finished in second place.

In the second draw, Sid Morrell, Neil Williams, Don O’Brien and Alice Thompson finished in first place, defeating Lancaster in the morning and a strong Russell foursome in the afternoon to finish first overall on the day. Lunch was delicious and ample.

Last week, in Cornwall for their 24-team bonspiel, Jack Barkley, Raymond Benoit, Neil Williams and George Rutley finished first in the competition, defeating a Montreal foursome for their repeat win. Our second team, Pete Zeran, Karl Duncan, Earl Jeacle and Paul Gunther were neck-in-neck with the other winners, defeating Laval, but lost out on draws to the button. 

Two days later, three of our teams of senior men returned to Cornwall for a friendly bonspiel. Jack Barkley, Ron Beaupre, Earl Jeacle and Paul Gunther tied their match. Wally McDonald, Ray Benoit, Doug Jarvis and Fred Langlotz lost their game, while George Rutley, Dave King, Sam Locke and Keith Robinson won theirs. As always, it was a very pleasant social event.

Morrisburg hosted the Gamble, the annual four-club mixed bonspiel on Saturday. 

John Allison,  Carolyn Beckstead, and Jim and Wendy Casselman  were tied coming home in their first game against Russell but lost the exciting match on the last rock. They were defeated in their second game by a Winchester team, and failed to advance to the final. 

Our other curlers, John Toonders, Susan McIntosh, Sam Locke and Ruth Kelly lost their first match to a powerful Russell team, but won their afternoon game handily against John Allison’s Winchester opponents to advance to the ‘B’ final.

After a delicious dinner, catered by Bill Laurin, with pork as a main course, and a short business meeting, the two Russell teams did battle in the ‘A’ final, with Trottier winning out. Our Toonders foursome defeated Lapierre from Winchester in a thrilling match which went to an extra end, to claim the champions’ pins and get their names etched on the winners’ shield. 

Our thanks to the organizers, to our ice man, to the chef, and to the many volunteers without which these events could not function.

On Sunday, the first annual Two-Person Bonspiel was organized again by Susan McIntosh. Thanks to Dave McIntosh for the fine chilli luncheon, to Wally Baker for setting the ice up for us, and to the many volunteers who kept the ice prepared through the day, and handled the other aspects of the bonspiel. 

As always, there were champions declared in three divisions, and the profit for the day was dedicated to paying for a second new measuring stick.

In the ‘C’ Division, Sam Locke and Darryl McDonnell defeated Josh Laurin and Judy Morin. The ‘B’ division saw Paul St. Pierre and Ron Beaupre victorious over Claire and Paula Locke, and in the ‘A’ division, the top prize for the day went to Ian and Kathy Wilson, who won out over Peter Zeran and Bud Perry. 

It was another great day, with people from every league in the club participating. 

That’s it for this week,

Good curling to all!    

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The Seaway Kickers U13 Mixed soccer team scored their second straight shut out, 4-0, Thursday night (June 7) when they traveled to Regina Elementary School in Ottawa, to take on the Ottawa Royals.

Seaway got on the board 10 minutes into the game with a break-away goal by Kurt Cutler.

There was plenty of back and forth action midfield with both Seaway and Ottawa trying to keep the ball out of their end.

At the 38 minute mark, David Swerdfeger scored on Ottawa from a pass from Cutler.

In the second half, Ottawa rallied and tried to cut through Seaway’s defensive line but could only muster three shots on goal. Seaway answered the rally with multiple charges in Ottawa’s end and at the 77 minute mark, Aaron Tibben scored to it 3-0.

In the dying seconds of the game, Brayden Blacquiere-risk shot from the side low and in the corner making it 4-0.

Goalie Shawn Dowson recorded his second shut out of the season. The team faces Nepean City Thursday, June 14 at the Merkley Soccer Fields in Iroquois.

Other Seaway Kicker results: 

The U18 Mixed team beat the Ottawa Internationals 4-1, June 7th in Iroquois.

The U15 Girls team hosted Nepean City June 6th, winning 1-0.

The U18 Girls team beat Nepean City 4-2 in Ottawa, June 4th.

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