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BRADFORD--The 50th year of River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sports-
i racing celebration sponsored by man Coupes make it through the
Sabil & Sons Inc brought cars of event without a caution--going
yester year and today from far and green to checkers. It was thought it
wide for the fans to see on Aug. 19. would never happen but this night it
by Lance Mills Thingsweremuchcalmer forthe did, and the man who capitalized
BRADFORD~Ifyou happened to president and general manager of DIRTcar Sabil & Sons Sportsman was Earl "Squirrel" Maxham. He
seesoccerballskickedaroundatthe theBGC.Hewasanavidgolferwho Modifiedsthisnightwithmishapsat mightnothaveledallthelapsbuthe
Bradford Golf Club on Saturday, won numerous club championships a minimum, meaning if you were led the most important one---the
therewasnoreasontorubyoureyes, at the little jewel of a course he coming from the back to set a final which earned him an extra
$800 to take home on top of his
feature win earnings. Thomas
What you saw was FootGolf, a cherished. Charliewasastandout stall Barton challenge for the win you had to be Placey ended up the short man on
phenomenon that's been sweeping soccer player at Oxbow, Northfield on your toes and ready. Richie
the country and has now swept into Mount Herman, and the University Simmons was just that coming from
Bradford. Spearheaded by lifelong of Vermont. Charlie was also the second to last row, he methodi- stick crossing the line in second
Bradford resident and soccer enthu- honored with a spot on the Army cally worked his way to the front, with Brian Chaffee coming inthird.
siast Charlie Barton, the BGC College Soccer Fund team that picking up Adam Pierson along the Tanner SiemonsandMattEllsworth
recently installed a nine hole pittedthe best high schoolplayers in way. Pierson was unable to get past rounded out the top five.
American FootGolfLeague accred-the east againstthe besthigh school ~!~!!!! Simmons who went on to score his The Laquerre s Sports USAC
ited course that runs parallel to the players in the west. His three first win of the season. Pierson DMA Midgets were off and will
existing golf course. This new daughters are all standoutplayers in crossed the line in second with return on Aug. 26 for their next
course opened for business on their ownright. Terry Williams grabbing third, regular scheduledevent.
Saturday. It's the first AFGL A game that combines these two StephenLarywithhisbestfinishof
accredited course in the Upper sports would seem to be in the
Valley and one of just five AFGL BartonDNAandtheBartonclanwas
accredited courses in Vermont. among the first to try out the course
FootGolf is a sport that's thispastweekend.
growing across the country and There will be a grand opening of
across the world. There are approxi- the FootGolfcourse next spring and
mately 500 accredited courses in the hope is to develop enough
America and thousands more in the interest for a league and a touma-
38 countries currently sanctioned ment next year. First conceived and
by the Federation for International opened in 1927, the Bradford Golf
FootGolf.
Club has seen many changes in its 17. It was the third straight podium
The scoring is basically the same long history, and this may be the finish for the veteran driver as he
as traditional golf with players biggest oneyet, continued his resurgence after a
kicking a soccer ball off the tee box Interestingly enough, at around tough first half of the year. Cody
and counting the number of kicks it the time the BGC opened, a game Blake earned his third straight
takes to complete the round. Greens
are cut to fairway length and the hole similar to FootGolf was being podium finish aswell by edging out
developed in Chicago by Dr. SouthBurlingtonsTrampasDemers
is 21 inches in diameter. Barton said William Code. In 1929, he designed for second..
the Bradford Golf Club lends itself a game called Codeball that was a Rookie JamonPerryofHardwick
to FootGolfquite well. precursor to FootGolf. It was scoredhis secondwin of the year in
In an interview, he said, "The sanctioned by AAU that same year the 40-lap Lenny's Shoe & Apparel
FootGolfcourse runs parallel to the but it died out in the 1930s. It's Flying Tiger feature. Perry held off
golf course with the holes well off doubtful FootGolf will meet the fellow rookie Jason Pelkey ofBarre
to the side of the regular greens. The same fate. through a serious of four cautions,
two games don't interfere with each In its current configuration, includingthefinaloneonlap28.
other and can be played at the same FootGolfwas designed in Europe in Wolcott's Jamie Davis captured
time."
Barton further notedthat regular the 80s and is surging in popularity his first win of the season in the
golf etiquette is used in regard to across the globe. Over 20 countries Allen Lumber Street Stocks. Corn-"
groups teeing offand order ofplay, haanVcetPetni~°n:duth~rFIFG~abec°me ing off a blown engine ill the ~t~sBear~~dgespeedw~y~s5~t"anniver~~rythisyearandpart~ftheevening~nAug.~9in¢~u~ed~n~n~tr~¢k
Right now, the FootGolf course is . . • . previous event, uavls got to me celebration which featured all current and many past drivers at the Speedway.
open Monday, Wednesday and regional to urnamems au across inside ofpolesitterTom Campbell COURTESY PHOTO BY ALAN WARD
~merlca ano numerous websites on lap 18 of the 25-lap event
Friday at 4 p.m. and Saturday and devoted to the ~rowin- s"ort r-o,,.,~,ou ,i,o., 1..~÷ ~,,,,,,,,1 in ~ • lllllllllll the season crossed the line in fourth Car count was up in the C A
Sunday at 5 p.m. Many golfers have described the four, sweeniw, un noiiat leader ]IUII~D'FAIk|'T wlthMikeRyantakingfiffh. MxllerLunltedLateModels, mak-
FootGolfcametoBradfordviaa BGCasasportylittlecoursethat'sa Co,~,~rra,~,,~h~A,~,t~vIichaelG~v II¥1rurl/ptll/ It has taken 16 weeks plus ing the win a bit more challenging.
California connection. Barton's -~v ............. ~ Wa lan ........
lot of fun to play. FootGolfhasthe intheprocess Davis held offrookie Ikl~91"l~li madness night to see the Wells y d Chflds benefitted from
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brother, Jim, is a filmmaker living in potential to take the sporty and fun StephenMartinofCraftsburyCom.i I U/Ik r" 'g" "gh " . .g .y
the front as he took the wm over
San Francisco. A 1978 Oxbow aspects ofBGC to new levels. With men on the fourth and final restar~ l-- ~ ~. • •
graduate, Jim sent Charlie an article this ne~ c0gr~, ~;he Bradford Golf for the victory I~ ~ I~ 1y Ryan Christian. Dougie Boucher
about the rise 6f 'Fd0tGdlf in Course has placed itself on the The final :[laursday night event ~ : ................................ claimed the third victory lane spot.
Oalifornia and that planted the seed
B an Cam bell and Traws Smith
cutting e'dge 0i~' FootGolf in Ver- the season at Thunder Roadis Au~. ry p " "
in Charlie's mind. completed the top five.
mont. 24 with Jet Service Envelope/
Jesse Durkee got another win in
After researching FootGolf,
Charlie Barton worked with BGC
President and General Manager
Randy Odell and BGC board
member Dan Smith to design a
course that would work alongside
the existing golf course. What they
came up with is a challenging nine
hole course that compliments the
existing course rather than inter-
feres with it. For Charlie Barton,
this is the best of both worlds.
Golf and soccer both run deep in
the Barton family history. His
father, the late Dr. Jim Barton was a
long-time golf enthusiast and past
Email: sports@l'onews.com.
BOWLING LEAGUE
WOODSVILLE--The Senior Sunshine
Bowling League will begin its new season
on Sept. 11 at Victory Lanes in
Woodsville. New members are sought for
teams of four for candlepin bowling.
Bowling is on Monday, alternating
between 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Open for
individuals age 50 or older. For more
information, contact Irene Mann at (802)
439-5701.
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post time.
PUBLIC HEARING
LEBANON--A public hearing will be
held Sept. 21 at City Council Chambers,
51 North Park Street, Lebanon, at 7 p.m.
on the State of New Hampshire's Ten
Year Transportation Improvement Plan.
Due to the Labor
Day holiday, the
deadline for all ads
and editorial copy
for the Sept. 6 issue
of the Journal
Opinion will be
Thursday, Aug. 31
at 5 p.m.
Our office will be
closed Sept. 4.
Richie Simmons of Bradford won
the Sportsman Modified feature
race at Bear Ridge Speedway on
Saturday night after starting in the
second-to-last row. It was his first
win of the season.
COURTESY PHOTO BY ALAN WARD
the Weglarz Property Service beat-
ing out Jason Porter who crossed
behind him in second, and Kelly
Miller was third. Steve Bell and
Buddy Welch were the lucky onesto
complete the top five
The WYKR Sprint Cars of New
England were on hand once again to
put on a show for the fans. When the
checkers waived Jacob Williams
was declared the winner with Tyler
Austin crossing in second and Ryan
Avery in third. Clay Dew and Kevin
Chaffee rounded out the top five.
Bear Ridge Speedway's 50th
season of dirt car racing continues
Aug. 26 with a full card of racing.
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Bradford
CVNLL returns
from regionals
Club CRANSTON, RI--The Connecticut
Valley North Little League 9/10
-- All-Star baseball team went 1-3 in
BRADFORD--With only three weeks regional play at a tournament
left in a 15-week league schedule, things featuring 11 state champions from
are still too close to pick a winner. The 5 across the Northeast.
p.m. league, withl6teams, is currently The CVNLL boys won the
led by Matt Otterman and James Pike
with 129 points closely followed by Vermont state tournament last
Charlie Barton and Dan Smith with 124 monthandrepresented the state ina
points. Still close enough to catch the tourney featuring the New England
leaders are the teams ofChad Claflin and state champions and five teams from
Jon Vielleux, Rodger Chicoine and Peter the Mid-Atlantic.
Sylvetser, and Shawn Easmaan and Tyler Despite opening with a 6-2 win
Hoisington. over Team New Hampshire on Aug.
The 3 p.m. league has been led from 5, CVNLL would go 1-3 losing to
the beginning by Wendell Hartley and hosts Rhode Island, Connecticut,
Bob Powers with 103 points. In the and Massachusetts over the final
second spot is Bob Kruse and Walter
Mahnquist with 91 points. We'll see how three games. The Bay Staters would
muchthings change in the next few weeks, go on to win the regional defeating
Looking ahead, we are only three Team New Jersey in the final.
weeks from our men's club championship Team CVNLL was composed of
andSeniorClubChampionshiponSept, coaches Scott Blood, Homer
9 and 10. Kingsbury, Jamie Kingsbury and
Willy Kingsbury; and players Bryce
Williams, Vincent Petrone, Jacob
Putnam, Landon Kingsbury, Cage
Thompson, Boone Fahey, Brody
Kingsbury, Will Eaton, Kris
Fennimore, Ryan Walker, John
Smith, Cowan Kimball, and Kason
Blood.
FOREST FESTIVAL
WOODSTOCK, VT--The Vermont
Woodworking and Forest Festival will be
held Sept. 23 and 24 at the Billings Farm
and Museum and the Marsh-Billings-
Rockefeller National Historical Park
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
Admission is free for ages 3 and under
and $14 for adults.
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