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Whitby Free Press, 10 Feb 1982, p. 20

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PAGE 20, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10,.1982, WHITBY FREE PRESS Whitby Free Press SPORTS NEEK ipstick tournament may elude Blades The Whitby Blades ladies hockey team may have to pass up the chance to go to the up- coming Wallaceburg Lipstick tournament this weekend due to a lack of accommodation space according to Blades·manager Ruth Pitre. "I'm not sure we're going to be able to go because we can't find a hotel to stay at," said Pitre. She explained that the situation arose from the fact that organizers from the Wallaceburg tournament left confir- mation too late to re- serve hotel space. ladies made inquiries following their Trillium tournament all the spots in the Wallaceburg tournament had been filled. "Two weeks ago they got in touch with us to say that there had been a cancelation and we were welcome to parti- cipate if we wanted to," said Pitre. With their entry com- ing so close to the tour- nament dates the majority of the hotels in the area had been booked. Pitre said that while there was one hotel they could stay at the rates were more than the girls, many of whom attend school, could afford. zers of the Lipstick tournament to try and find.a solution. Should the Blades be able to attend they will face off against the Toronto, Arrows Satur- day morning at 11:30. The Arrows won the Trillium tournament played recently at the Art Thompson Arena in Pickering. "If we can get past the Toronto Arrows then we have a very good chance of going all the way," said Pitre. This past weekend proved more problems for the Blades when they took on the last place. Donsview Ladies "Originally. we were at Brooklin Mer all set to go but then we "We are a self- Arena. got involved hosting our supporting team and we own tournament and don't get any outside The Blades, sufl forgot about the regis- help," she said. from ilînesses am tration date." Pitre will now get in juries, felI 3 to When the Whitby contact with the organi-*Downsview. Whitby ladihes score upsetimrecent badmintonplay By JOHN HOUGHTON Whitby Badminton Club Helen Kwan and Sara Houghton- of the host Whitby Badminton Club won the ladies' doubles title in the Central On- tario Badminton Asso- ciation "C" Tourna- ment this weekend at Henry Street High School. They knocked off top seeded Debbie Fisher A concerted effort norial fering nd in-. 2 to and Shelagh Smith of Kingston on their way to a close final match vic- tory over the sister team of Lori Davis and Lisa Risebrough of Ux- bridge. Also from Whitby, Les Crossley and John Mc- Dougall were finalists in men's doubles, losing to the finely honed team of Tony Mitton and Carl Tripple of Kingston. The tournament at- tracted 60 entrants from eight C.O.B.A. clubs in Kingston, Napanee, Trenton, Oshawa, Ajax and Uxbridge. Winners of the "C" tournament become eligible for competition in that event in future "C" level tournaments. Other C.O.B.A. "C' tournament winners are: Men's Doubles: Carl Tripple and Tony Mitton (Fort Henry Heights, Kingston) over John McDougall and Les Crossley (Whitby. Ladies' Doubles: Helen Kwan and Sara Houghton (Whitby) over Lori Davis and Lisa Risebrough (Uxbridge). Mixed Doubles: Deb- bie Fisher (Kingston Limestone) and Tony Mitton over Joyce Geen and Mario Guitard (Trenton). Men's Singles: Mario Guitard (Trenton) over Gary Creighton (Napanee)., Ladies' Singles: Lori Davis (Uxbridge) over Trudy Tilley (Ux- bridge). Moloney assists. Mid-ice Bladeg' action Karen Moloney and Cindy Hannah-Brant were the Whitby goal scorers. Megan Mc- Hugh, Vicki Moffatt, Janet Whitehead and picked up Moloney was voted the Blades' M.V.P. and Marg Fraser their M.V.D. Captain Lois Pitre and Joan "Skeeter" Mayer were not dressed for 'the game and McHugh played with an injured back. A rematch with Downsview,originally slated for Saturday,- February 20, has been cancelled bringing to three the number of re- scheduled games the Blades will have to play. Whitby's next home game is Sunday, Feb- ruary 21 when they will go up against the Agin- court Ladies at the Brooklin Memorial Arena. Game time is 11:30 a.m. Broùoklin win first.four games, By ROXANNE REVELER Free Press Staff The minor bantam representative "A" team from Brooklin Whitby is off to an ex- cellent start in the round robin playoffs to deter- mine who will be the champions in this region. On Monday, February 1, Whitby beat Mark- ham on their home ice 1 to 0 with Kelly O'Conner scoring the lone goal. - Wednesday, February 3 saw the team in Pick- ering. Midway through WFSC places wellin recent Skaters from the Whitby·Figure Skating Club placed well this past weekend at the two- day Uxbridge Invita- tional, placing five fir- sts, four seconds and a third. Medal winners were: Pre-Juvenile Ladies, Flight C, Michele Locke, 2nd; Pre- Juvenile Ladies, Flight A, Shannon Brown, 2nd; Pre-Juvenile Ladies Final, Michele Locke, 3rd; Mixed Juvenile Dance, Alan Crawford and Tania Ninacs, 1st; Juvenile Ladies Flight D, Hope Clark, 2nd; Pre-Novice Ladies Flight B, Jody-Lyn competition Jones, 1st; Pre-Novice teams. Ladies Flight C, There will be tM Michelle Yeo, 1st; Pre- formances at 1 p.n Novice Ladies Final, 7 p.m. Michelle Yeo, 2nd; Tickets are ava Mixed Novice Dance, from any member Rachel Kataco and Paul club. Tickets cost Smith, 1st; and, Senior adults and $2 Men, Scott O'Neill,l1st. children 12 and The WFSC are also and senior citizenE hosting a "skating ex- travaganza" February 13 at Iroquois Park Arena. The event, called The Glenwoc Around The World On participating in Ice, will feature Marliko timers tournani Marsters, the 1981 this year, along Eastern Ontario Junior across Canada, Ladies silver medalist, Whitby's firsi Scott Maybee, 1981 February 16 aga Eastern Ontario Junior Centennial Aren Men's champion and Admission to whitby's four precfsoion clu. icet cst mo per- m. and ailable of the $4 for for under S. the second period, Whitby was down by a score of 4 to1, when they finally got their act together. They won the game by a score of 7 to 4. Gary Mark came through with 4 goals, Chris Gurd got 2 and Greg Roberts a single. . Saturday, February 6 saw the team from Ajax humiliated at Iroquois Park by the score of 11 to 4. Greg Roberts scored 5 of these goals, followed closely by Gary Mark with 4. Grant Reveler and Jeff Page each scored one. Sunday, February 7 found Whitby in Ajax, where the Ajax team was looking to redeem themselves after the previous nights score. The game was a tight checking one, and sharp play by Whitby goalie Bart Slichter in the first period kept Whitby in the play. Whitby came on stronger as the game progressed and when it was all done and said came out victors in this 6 to 3 game. Greg Roberts put 3 on the scoreboard, Mike Mani- kas 2 and Greg DeWitt 1. Swish Maintenance Racquetball League Week 3 In Jan./Feb. Series STANDINGS: PTS. Dave Westlake/Bob Wheatley .................... 37 Craig Sharp/Tom Dunlop.......................29 Ian McNamee/Paul Martin.................27 Jim Parrott/Rick Alston ........................24 Bob Wagner/Bob Neild........................24 Mike Ambler/Mike Patrick ....................21 Pat McNamara/Bill Calman . .... .......... ...17 Bill Shtun/Rick Wilcox..........................17 RESULTS: Singles: Parrott Over MeNamara ........... 2-0 Alston Over Calman ..................2-0 Sharp Over Ambler...................2-0 Patrick Over Dunlop..............2-0 McNamee Over Shtun ................2-0 Wilcox Over Martin .,.................2-1 Westlake Over Wagner ..............2-0 Neild Over Wheatley .................2-1 Doubles: Parrott/Alston Over McNamara/Calman .............2-0 Ambler/Patrick Over Sharp/Dunlop ...................2-1 Westlake/Wheatley Over Wagner/Neild ....................2-1 y Oldtimers od Oldtimers Whitby will be n the annual World Cup old- nent February 13-20 in Toronto g with 100 to 200 teams from the United States and Europe. t game is slated for Tuesday, ainst Finland at the Etobicoke na. Game time is 6 p.m. any of the games is fr9e. LLI

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