In 2007, Dee Doran and Barbara Samsom Won the GAO Senior 4 Ball and Bob Bilodeau and Gary Forbes Won the Senior Men's 4 Ball W
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In 2007, Dee Doran and Barbara Samsom won Bob and Gary finisheD third. the GAO Senior 4 Ball and Bob Bilodeau and Gary The club continues to produce some excellent golf Forbes won the Senior Men’s 4 Ball within club play. ers, many of them taking advantage of the teachings Dee and Barb finished second in Provincial play and of the club professional Rudy Zicari. STIRLING STARS IN THE NHL The Stirling and Rawdon hockey community has the Petes AAA system. The majority of his junior always been a strong one and has produced three career was spent as a member of the Kitchener Rang athletes who have performed in the National Hockey ers until a trade to the Detroit Jr. Red Wings saw Eric League (NHL) to date. capture an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) champion ship in his final season. He has playeD in the NHL Rob Ray for the Boston Bruins and New York Islanders while The son of John and Edith Ray was a popular for during the 2006-2007 campaign the former Stirling ward for the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL from 1990 to Blues forward won an American Hockey League title 2002 and finished a great pro career with two seasons as a member of the Hamilton Bull Dogs. Eric lives in Ottawa for the Senators. Rob playeD his minor in Niagara Falls with his wife, Heather, and children hockey in the village before suiting up as a junior for Kaitlyn, Julie, Lauran and Jaime. the Cornwall Royals. He also had a stint with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey league Matt Cooke (AHL) before policing the left side for 12 years as a The son of Brian and Irene Cooke has spent the Sabre in Buffalo. last nine seasons with the Vancouver Canucks of the Rob finished his professional hockey with 41 goals NHL. Matt began his minor hockey at the Stirling and 50 assists while racking up a total of 3,207 pen and District Recreation Centre as a member of the alty minutes. A career highlight for Rob was in 1999 Blues before lacing them up with the Quinte Red when he was awarded the King Clancy Memorial Devils AAA organization. Trophy by the NHL for leadership and humanitarian- Matt played Provincial junior hockey for the Wel ism in his community. NicknameD “Rayzor” by the lington Dukes and in the OHL with the Windsor Sabre faithful he still lives in Buffalo with his wife, Spitfires and Kingston Frontenacs. Matt also played Juliean, and daughter, Jordan, where he is a colour two seasons in the AHL with the Syracuse Crunch commentator for Buffalo Sabre telecasts. from 1998 through 2000. “Cookie” was a member of the Team Canada Juniors in 1997 and also skateD on Eric Manlow the Team Canada roster at the men’s World Hockey The son of John and Linda Manlow was drafted by Championships in 2004 where he captured a gold the Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL in 1993. He medal. He was drafted by the Canucks in 1997 and is was a standout in his Stirling District Minor Hockey still an important part of Vancouver’s NHL success. Association (SDMHA) days before moving to Peter Matt is married to his wife, Michelle, and has three borough in 1989 where he continued his hockey in children, Gabby, Reece and Jackson. THE HISTORY OF THE OAK HILLS FLYING CLUB by Ken Leavens In 1968 a guest at the annual banquet of the Oak headline in the Trentonian of May 29, 1964, in huge Hills Flying Club (OHFC), a Mr. D.T. Berg repre type, said: “New Flying Club Is Formed With FielD senting the Department of Transport, put the growth in Oak Hill Area.” And in slightly smaller but equally of private aviation in Canada in perspective. He stat bold type: “Stirling Man Heads Oak Hills Flying ed that at the end of World War II, in 1945, there were Club to Use Woodcock Farm.” This Stirling man was 14 registereD private aircraft, but by 1963 that figure Stewart McArton, still living here at 90 years of age had grown to 5,500! and still enthusiastic in recounting the thrill and ad Who were these people and what possesseD them to venture that drew him to early aviation. “slip the surly bonds of earth”? Some of them lived Stewart McArton worked at Ontario Hydro and his right here in Stirling and the testament to their early ten other founding member associates were a diverse enthusiasm lies at the furthermost west end of Airport group but with a common interest in flying. Three Road, formerly Concession 7, of Sidney Township. A members worked at Bata Shoe: Kenneth Arbuckle, 182.