Church softball results
SHANNONVILLE — Peterborough’s Tomas Casas took his first Pro SportBike win in a rain-soaked Pro 600 event on Sunday at Shannonville Motorsport Park near Belleville.
Belleville’s Mike Raniowski shot off to an early lead, but a miscue coming out of the hairpin ended his contest.
Kingston’s Chris Fehr, in his first Pro season, rode well to finish second while reigning champion Elie Daccache inherited the final step of the podium after Elliot Viera had an off-track excursion, ending his challenge.
“This past weekend under rainy conditions I got my first Pro SportBike win,” Casas stated on his Instagram page. “Plan is to follow it up with my first National win this coming weekend at the season opener of the Canadian Superbike at Shannonville Motorsportbike Park.”
Pro Superbike
When torrential rains and flooding caused a cancellation of the RACE SuperSeries Round 1 at Shannonville Motorsport Park, hopes were high for a better start to the season last weekend. Saturday’s cool but clear skies were promising, but by the time Sunday’s finals rolled around, rain looked to create havoc once again.
Just when it looked like the Pro Tomas Casas, of Peterborough, navigates a slick circuit during the Pro 600 event on Sunday at Shannonville Motorsport Park. Superbike final was in jeopardy, the rain stopped and Shannonville race fans were treated to a barnburner of a final contest.
As the start flag dropped, Shannonville regular Andrew Nelson threw his new Suzuki GSXR1000 into the early lead. Behind him, Warman Saskatchewan’s Bodhi Edie took off in hot pursuit aboard his Yamaha R1M.
In a lonely third was Kingston’s “Jammin” Jeff Williams. A threeway battle ensued for fourth between last year’s champions Michael Leon, Elie Daccache and a hard riding Tim Toldness.
Nelson looked to run away from the pack, enjoying a large lead, but as the lap- counter worked its way forward, Edie closed the gap. With only a few laps remaining in the contest, Edie caught and passed Nelson who briefly retook the lead only to lose it again to eventual race-winner Bodhi Edie.
Williams took his BMW S1000RR to the final step of the podium, while Daccache fought on, first dispatching Toldness and then finally Leon to take fourth. As rain once again started to soak the track, 2016 Superbike champion Michael Leon made a smart decision, saving his Royal Distributing BMW S1000RR for the all-important Mopar CSBK National race next weekend at Shannonville, opting for a wellearned fifth.
Amateur Superbike
J.F. Aubin got a blistering start, setting the fastest lap right off the start line. The effort was enough to put him well ahead for the race win.
In second was Samuel Demarais with third going to Danny Cayer.
Amateur 600
Samuel Demarais earned his way to the top of the podium just ahead of Sean Latta and J.F. Aubin. Local racer Leo Foley looked to be in podium contention until a last-lap back-marker split the final three riders, forcing Foley wide and into fourth. Cameron Walker rode to a fifth-place finish.
Lightweight Production
In the Mopar Express Lane Lightweight Production race, Nicolas Meunier took first in the hotly-contested event with Kirk Shergold hot on his heels in second. Jake LeClair earned a third-place finish while Jared Walker finished just short of a podium in fourth. JP SchroederputhisHondaCBR250RR into fifth.
Rookie Cup
Hans Van Sluewen bested the field in Rookie Cup/Lost Era Lightweight racing with Eros Mukja in second place. First-time racer Kayla Hannaford finished on the podium in her first race, taking third. Leo Foley and William Kowalczyk finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
NOTE: Round 1 of the Mopar CSBK National Superbike races Friday through Sunday, in support of the Military Family Resource Centre at CFB Trenton. All first-responders will receive half-price admission. The following are results of Peterborough Community Church Softball League games as of May 19. Juvenile/Mite Boys: Assumption A beat St. Alphonsus B 17-14 on Wednesday night. Leading Assumption A was Liam Hennessy with a grand slam and a double. Kohen Gray, James Sullivan and Ewan Ferguson hit doubles while Carson Dorris, Julia Beasley, Evan Beasley, Autumn Fertile, Max Ronan and Hunter Meecham hit singles. Pitchers were Wyatt Sucee, Sullivan, Evan Beasley, Julia Beasley and Hennessy. Full names were not provided for the St. Alphonsus B highlights. Assumption A also beat Mark Street 17-0 earlier in the week. Hennessy hit two home runs and a grand slam and Julia Beasley also homered. Sucee hit a triple, Meecham a double with singles going to Ronan, Dorris, Ferguson Emma Loucks, Fertile and Sullivan. Hitting for Mark Street were Landon Anderson with a triple, Ian McEachern and Anderson hit singles. Pitching for Assumption were Beasley, Sucee and Hennessy. On Monday, St. Alphonsus beat St. Anne's 11-1. Josh Stinson, Charlie Dobbin, Isabella Fontaine and Mateo Kitney all had home runs and Sophie and Ben Poley did a great job catching for the team's first game of the season. Junior/Atom: St. Anne's A overcame some strong pitching by Mark Street to win 11-6 on Thursday night. St. Anne's knocked in seven runs in the first inning highlighted by a home run from Owen Johnson. The game was delayed by rain after the first inning giving Mark Street a chance to regroup. They scored five runs in the fourth inning but weren't able to catch St. Anne's. Assumption A defeated Assumption B 10-8 on Tuesday night. Quinn Vandermey and Noah Bowler pitched for the winners while Hayden Bickmore, Marcus Callaghan and Bowler hit home runs as Assumption A rallied from a 5-1 first inning deficit.