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4                 Issue 141 October 2024                                                         www.sportsenergynews.com



                                            local 138, a poor excuse for a highway,   Continued from page 1             forward to receiving! After meal
      It Is What It Is  you know what aggressive driving is.
                                            Going  the  speed  limit  of  eighty  kph   MacDonald, was looking for a    and prize costs, money is retuned
      By Peter Collins                      is nothing more than an invitation for   new coordinator and asked me       to the  members based  on their
                                            many  drivers  to  tailgate  or  forcefully   to take it over.  When I started,   points made during the eighteen
                                            try and pass you. In today’s world, on   there were seventy-two in the      weeks of play. “It’s not huge
                                            many  roadways,  travelling  above  the   group. Back then, we rotated      sums,”  says  McIntosh.   “But  it
                                            speed limit won’t give you any relief                                       brings bragging rights and some
          ide by side, Johnny and Matt      from the motor maniacs, no matter     who arranged the weekly teams
      Splaying minor hockey in small-       what the traffic circumstances are. It’s   and tee off times. Right now,    fun ribbing when players start
      town New Jersey. Side by side, Johnny   this kind of hostile and reckless driving   we have just twenty-two in the   comparing their proceeds.”
      and Matt playing NCAA hockey at       that ended the young lives of these two   group, so my co-coordinator, Don    Most of the members are
      Boston College. Side by side, Johnny   New Jersey boys. One, who was about   McIntosh, and I can handle that  members of Summerheights,
      and Matt attending their sister’s     to become a father for the first time, the   ourselves.”                    though  non-members  can  play
      wedding rehearsal as groomsmen. Side   other with two young children and a
      by side, Johnny and Matt cycling down   third on the way. Senseless, needless,   At the beginning of the season,   through an arrangement with
      a rural highway after the rehearsal.   and tragic - just a few of the words used   each golfer kicks in $40. Each   Summerheights.  With  fifty-five
      Side by side, the now deceased Johnny   to describe the taking of these two lives   week, points are awarded to   being the minimum age, there
      and Matt laying in caskets at St. Mary   much before their time. Because of   winning teams. At the end of the    is no maximum age limit.  “We
      Magdalen Parish near Philadelphia. A   brother Johnny’s hockey stardom, his   season, the Senators gather for     have one senior member, Rosaire
      drunk driver took away their chance to   untimely demise was front page news in                                   Leger, who is ninety and still
      spend their lives with their spouses and   the sporting world. Former teammates,   a  luncheon  and  presentations,   enjoys the game,” says McIntosh.
      took away their chance to be fathers   opponents, and coaches spoke about   and maybe even a joke or two.
      to their children.  The other factor in   his engaging personality, and that he   One of the favourites is the Foot   “Rosaire sums it up best by saying
      the brother’s untimely demise was     was just “a good guy”. Side by side,   Wedge  Award. It’s awarded by        that he’s just fortunate to be with
      aggressive driving. In today’s lingo this   Johnny and Matt lived short lives but   the previous year’s winner and   friends and enjoying the game at
      type of driving is often referred to as   they lived them well, diminished only   it’s not an award anyone looks   his age. Something we all look
      “road rage.” If you have ever been on the   by the idea of what could have been.                                  forward to.”

































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