Amateur golf champion credits practice, practice, practice
Ralph
Gaillard
Golf-N
Around
He grew up in East Bend
and attended Yadkin High
School. Baseball and basketball
were his sports of choice when
he was growing up. As a young
adult, he played semi-pro base
ball for the Blanketeers baseball
team in Elkin. He never caddied
and did not get into golf until
after moving to Winston-Salem
in the 1960s. And since finding
golf. Lester Kimber has won 64
amateur tournaments. Few ama
teur golfers have that kind of
record or credentials on their
golf rtsumtl.
Kimber received a set of
starter golf clubs as a present
and headed for Winston Lake
Golf Course. As Kimber puts it,
"Like a lot of other beginner
golfers. I started playing and
worked myself up from one
group at a time, to the best play
ers."
During that time, he got les<?
sons and tips from the guys he
played golf with. Kimber was
known to head for the practice
range after receiving "my whip
ping in practice." Like most
novice golfers, he got a lot of
ribbing from his playing part
ners. Nobody teases Kimber
about his golf game now. He
attributes his success in golf to
practice, practice and practice.
Likewise, Kimber says he has
always had a "tenacity"' that
does not allow him to give up.
In 1976, Kimber won his
first golf tournament, the
Boonville Jaycee Golf Tourna
ment. He began playing in the
Forsyth Invitational Golf Tour
nament in the late 1970s and
over the years has posted four
wins in this prestigious event.
Kimber and Joe Johnson are the
only two African Americans to
have won the Forsyth Invita
tional. Kimber says he has won
just about every tournament
played at "The Lake." He has
played in such tournaments as
the NAACP-Sarah Marsh and
the E. Jerry Jones Pro-Am, just
to name a few.
Over the years, Kimber
always admired Calvin Peete.
an African-American PGA and
Senior PGA Tour pro.
Kimber says that Tiger
Woods is "absolutely awe
some." Kimber added. "1 never
thought I would be around to
see someone like him in the pro
fessional golf ranks."
Kimber reiterated, "You can
only be good in golf, or any
sport, if you practice, as nothing
comes for free. Golf is more
than a game. Golf teaches you
about yourself personally, as
well as the individuals you play
with."
Kimber says he will play
golf as long as he is able.
If you know Kimber, you
know he does not have any
"quit" in him, and no matter
what the conditions or the situa
tion on the golf course, he will
be out there competing and giv
ing his all Jo the game he gen
uinely enjoys and loves. For
that matter. Kimber does not
have any "quit" in him in any
thing he does in life.
In other local happenings,
the Winston Lake Senior Golf
Association will have its regular
monthly meeting tonight. Feb.
21. at 6:30 p.m. at the E. Jerry
Jones Clubhouse at Winston
Lake Golf Course. Association
president Robert Bethea urges
all members and potential mem
bers to attend this important
meeting. Bethea says entry
forms for the association's 14th
annual and fourth annual James
E. Blaylock Senior Golf Tour
nament can be obtained at the
clubhouse at The Lake.
The dedication of the E.
Jerry Jones Clubhouse at Win
ston Lake Golf Course has been
rescheduled for Saturday. April
20. to allow for additional
improvements at the course
such as repaying the parking
lot. Last week, it was reported
that the dedication would be
Saturday. April 27. Accept this
writer's apologies for this mis
information.
If you want to improve your
game, follow Lester Kimber's
advice and spend as much time
as you can on the practice
range. It will be to your advan- 0
tage.
Until next time, keep it in
the fairway.
Hairston's 16 leads Rams past Wildcats at Hanes Hosiery
SPECI AL TO T HE CHRONICLE
Devaun Hairston scored 16
points and the Rams slipped past
the Wildcats last Wednesday in
the 16-18 division of Hanes
Hosiery's Youth Basketball
League.
Monte Mitchell scored 11
points, Tay Stokes added 8 and
Haywood Richardson added 5.
Kevin Coleman led the Wildcats
with 12 points, and Vincent Marsh
backed him with 8. Eugene Gal
loway scored 7. Matt Fagan tallied
5 and Anthony Green added 4.
Jay-hawks 43, Spartans 37
Greg Glenn and Jamar
Peterkin scored 12 points each to
pace the Jayhawks. Duke Quick
scored 7 points, Terry Law
chipped in with 5. and Chriss
Archie scored 4.
Dedrick Carpenter led the
Spartans with 13 points. Reggie
Price reached double figures with
10, while Joe Smith scored 7
points and Marcus Rhodes scored
5.
Wolverines 53, Bruins 28
Dedrick Springs led the way
with 13 points and the Wolverines
toppled the Bntins in a big upset.
David Smith scored 13. KaRon
Hairston scored 9, Charles Rash
wan had 7 and Marcus Bowles
had 6 to support Springs.
Val Bethea led the Bruinsi with
13 points. Kevin Nelson scored 5,
Antwoine Hairston and Corey
McCann tallied 4 each, and Jeny
Posey scored 2.
Terps remain unbeaten in
7-12 league at Hanes Hosiery
Tristan Martin scored 14
points to help keep the Terps'
unbeaten record intact. GeJuan
Hardy scored 10 points and Grady
Hardy added 5 in support of Mar
tin.
Demario Blockson led the
Wolfpack with 11 points.
Trashawn Blockson scored 10 and
James McKeever scored 4.
Tarheels 30, Cavs 19
Leon Smith poured in 12
points and Kendall Wicks chipped
with 8 to lead the Tarheels to vic
tory over the Cavs. Marquise
Pullen scored 5, Priscilla Matos
and David Lee both added 2
points. Tyrone Taylor rounded oul
the scoring with 1 point.
Tone Pitts scored 7 to lead the
Cavaliers. Chris Timmons scored
4. Jamil Thomas had 3, and
Bryant Forrest and Billy McKeev
er chipped in with 2 points each.
Deacons 27, Blue Devils 24
Vonderick Davis poured in 14
points and the Deacons held on
for a slim victory. Ladarius
Williams scored 7 points and
Steve Brown scored 3 points in
the win.
Malcolm Springs scored a
game-high 19 points to pace the
Blue Devils. Antoine Simmons
scored 4 and Wes Harrison added
I point.
Seminoles 30, Yellow jackets
20
Casey Felder broke loose for a
game-high 14 points and the
Seminoles rolled to victory.
Lawrence Manns and Johnathan
Noah scored 6 points each. Bryant
Nash and Lavone Manns scored 2
points each. Dome Penn led the
Yellowjackets with 9 points. Chris
Brooks had 6, WiHiam Miller
scored 3, Kevin Clark chipped in
with 2 and Anthony Davis tallied
2 also.
Russell leads balanced
attack as 76ers defeat Sonics in
13-15 division
Tyrell Russell's 10 points led
(he way in a 45-37 victory over
the Sonics. Corey McCann and
Tristan Martin scored 7 points
each while Fred Turner, Tremaine
Clement and Jerry Summers
scored 6 each. Dock Summers
had 2 points. Jay Switzer scored
22 points to pace the Sonics. Jerry
Posey chipped in 9 and Cedric
Braddy added 6.
Lakers 43, Spurs 42
Trey Bailey scored the game
winning free throws to lift the
I Lakers to victory. Bailey and
Steven Gamble both scored 11
points to lead the Lakers' scoring.
Wilbert Johnson scored 9, Debo
Smith scored 6 and Ervin Moses
scored 3.
Edward Rosenberg's 14 points
led the way for the Spurs. Devaun
I Harriston scored 10. Myron Hair
ston had 8, Jasmine Perry 4, and
Malcolm Springs and Alphonso
Smith scored 2 each.
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Raptors 37, Jazz 29
wayne v-roweu s u points
paced the Raptors, who used a
last-minute surge to take a victory.
Donne/ Johnson scored 9, Fred
McClure 7 and Dwayne Penn
added 4 points. Brandon Home
and Rashard Brooks had 2 points
each.
Craig Amos scored 11 points
to lead the Jazz. Rico Dodd added
9, Torrie Mcllwain had 5. and Tim
Mcllwain and Matt Edwards
scored 1 each.
Pistons 36, Hornets 34
i ne nstons, led r>y wnykette
Morrison's 9 points, used a sec
ond-half surge to remain unbeat
en. Johnathan Williams scored 8
points, Bernard Lyons and James
Squire added 7 each, and Patrick
Hall scored 4 points in the Pis
tons' balanced attack.
Matt Fagan scored 12 points
to lead the Hornets. Vonderick
Davis scored 6, Ronnie Gist had 5
and Adrian Mitchell tallied 4.
DeAron Smith arid Sherrod Bran
non both scored 2 points.
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Hanes Hosiery gym director Art Blevins and his kids: Wilbur
Johnson, Jermaine Bailey, Tristian Martin, Tony Pitts, Nick
Brittian and Kay la Blevins with WFU Women's coach Char
lene Curtis.
Art Blevins with his kids and two of his volunteer coaches who help: Ken Wicks and Steve
Gnash. Blevins spends a lot of his weekends taking the kids to ball games and special events.
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