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I 8 The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanvillc. December 23,1987 [ sport- talk 623-3303 FLASHBACK -- 25 YEARS AGO -- Bill Cole, of Ken Nicks' Men's Wear, won the "Scoro" prize during the Shamrock Intermediate game here Sunday. On the second second shot the puck went dead centre through the wooden Scoro goalie, winning Bill $250. This is the first win in the contest in a season and a half. FLASHBACK -- 10 YEARS AGO -- The Rotary Club and the Jaycees of Bowmanvillc are joining forces to stage the first annual invitational Golf Classic to be held at Bowmanvillc Golf Club Saturday, January 28. Looks like a real fun day is being planned. PEACOCK LUMBER LTD. Building supplies. Our specialty is lumber, and lumber products. A-complete line of kiln dried hardwood and softwoods. • Walnut • Cherry • Maple • Redwood • Teak • Oak • Phil. Mahog. • Softwoods . Hardwood and softwood plywood. Specially Custom Milling MILL and YARD 328 Ritson Rd. N., Oshawa 725-4744 Wmm ... Goodyear Eagles Roll Over Ajax ANOTHER BIG VOLLEYBALL VICTORY FOR BOW- M AN VILLE SENIOR PUBLIC -- The senior boys' volleyball volleyball team of the Bowmanvillc Senior Public School has captured the gold medal in the Newcastle Athletic Association Tournament. This event took place Wednesday, December 16, at the Bowmanville High School. The team from the senior public school defeated defeated The Pines in two games straight while M.J. Hobbs plaed third. The M.J. Hobbs girls' team fared much better in the championship, defeating Bowmanville Bowmanville Senior Public School girls in a close, 19-17 game to gain the trophy. The Pines Senior Public School girls' team was third. Schools in the Newcastle Athletic Association Association include Bowmanville Senior Public, The Pines, M.J. Hobbs, St. Stephen's Separate School, and Knox Christian School. YOUTH PROGRAMS -- For boys and girls aged 11 to 14, there are programs held at the Bowmanville Senior Public School. Starting Monday, January 4th, there is a boys' sports program with a wide variety of activities such as Cosom Hockey, volleyball, and basketball. The girls' programs start Wednesday, January 6. Interested Interested young people can come out any week to register register for these programs which are offered by the Eastview Boys' and Girls' Club. For details, call 728- 5125. SNOW PITCH -- A dozen teams will be participating in the Audio Vision Oldtimers Snow-Pitch Tourney which will take place January 16. For more information, information, phone George Moore (623-5610) or Tom Wilson (623- 2982). CHRISTMAS CLASSIC -- The long-awaited Christmas Christmas Classic Hockey Tournament starts on Monday, December 28. The D Championships of the Atom and Midget levels will take place in Darlington Arena Tuesday, December 29, and the C Championship for the Midgets will also take place on that date. The first of the championship games commences at 6:50 p.m. At the Bowmanville Arena, the Pee Wee D Championship Championship and the Bantam D and C championships will take place, with the first championship game commencing at 5:50 p.m. in Bowmanville on Tuesday, December 29. Wednesday will be reserved for the champions and the following games take place at the Darlington Arena throughout the day. Atom C Championship 8 a.m. Pee Wee C Championship 9:20 a.m. Atom B Championship Championship 10:35 a.m. Pee Wee B Championship 11:50 a.m. Bantam B Championship 1:10 p.m. Midget B Championship 2:30 p.m. Atom A Championship 4 p.m. Pee Wee A Championship 5:30 p.m. Bantam A Championship Championship 6:50 p.m. Midget A Championship 8:30 p.m. Teams from as far away as Kanata and Welland will be represented. MANY HELPERS -- The very successful figure skating, hockey, and public skating programs which led up to the Olympic Torch Ceremonies in Bowmanville on Monday Monday couldn't have been accomplished without the help of a number of people. For the hockey portion, Les McCrory and Dan Wilcox provided assistance. And at the referees' clinic, instructors included Robert Ken- nett, Brent Thompson, Don Daigle, Victoria Kennett, and Jim Houston. Mr. Houston is a Jr. A referee and has served as an official in the NHL and in the American American Hockey League. Referees were John MacDonald, Chris Raby, Dustin Couch, Jarrett Holmes, Kevin Farrow, Farrow, Shari McColl, Dave Haldenby, Yvonne Youngberg, Cynthia Hilliard, Brad Hargest, Chris McCarthy and Carey Strand. by Kevin Anvan Where are you spending Christmas? If you are a Bowmanville Goodyear Eagle you'll spend the festive festive season with a 19-1-0 record record and a vicory over Ajax Axemen to fill your stocking. stocking. Sunday's 8-0 shutout was a sweet victory as Ajàx is the only team to have beaten Bowmanville this year. The score could have been a lot higher as three Eagle goals were disallowed. disallowed. Scott Webster played a solid game in net and earned the shutout; however, some of the glory has to be given to the defence defence of the Eagles. Time after time, Ajax was challenged challenged at the blue line and completely destroyed any of the Axemen organized rushes. Just three minutes into the game on the power play, Bowmanville rushed the net, Willy McGarvey passed to Troy Foster and the Eagles never looked back. Late in the first period, Toro Pee Wees Lose 1, Win 2 The Heritage House Re- sturant Peewee Toro team played three games this week. On Wednesday December December 16 our team travelled travelled to Manvers to find cold snow and a hot team. Manvers Manvers defeated Bowmanville 8-2. Tyson Pearcey and Steve De Blois scored our goals assisted by Matt Dykstra and Mark Bradley. Millbrook's # 2 team came to Darlington on Saturday, December 19. Bowmanville worked hard to defeat Millbrook 103. One parent called this game "The Matt Dykstra Show" as Matt got 6 goals and 3 assists. assists. Mark Bradley earned 2 goals, 3 assists, while Chris Aitken got 1 goal and Ryan Ferguson, 1 goal, 1 assist. Other assist getters were Jason Moore (2),Terry Van- T.onden (3). Tyson Pearcey (2) , Steve De Blois (2) and Matt Aitken (1). We have played Cobourg twice and were defeated each time. However, on Sunday Decemer 20, the Toros went to Cobourg to finally finally defeat them 7-1. It was an exciting game with terrific terrific passing and shooting.; Matt Aitken opened the scoring which seemed to boost the morale of the team. Terry VanLonden, Tyson Pearcy and Mark Bradley scored single goals. Matt Dykstra got the hat trick. The players earning assists were Ryan Ferguson (3) ,Tyson Pearcey (1), Mark Bradley (1), Matt Dykstra (2), Matt Aitken (1), Dan Couil- lard (1) and Chris Aitken (1). Keep up the good teamwork teamwork guys. Have a great New Year. Ajax was placed on the power play for 7 minutes. The Axemen looked disorganized; disorganized; in fact, Bowmanville Bowmanville had several good scoring scoring opportunities. The second period started with another goal. Murray Henderson dropped dropped the puck back to Pierre St. Amand and his shot through the crowd placed the Goodyear Eagles up by two. Chris Dreossi nicked nicked up his own rebound to score just minutes later. On the power play, Kelly Armstong passed to Paul Renaud who placed a hard slapshot on the net. Ajax goalie Troy Bates, who was haunted by rebounds all night, kicked out the shot but George Pithie was there to score. The final goal of the period was a garbage goal scored by Shawn Re- kker and assisted by Brian Heard. Playing shorthanded, Foster stole the puck from the Ajax defense, raced down the ice, dropped the puck back to McGarvey and his low slap shot handcuffed handcuffed Bates. Bowmanville wa's aggressive throughout the game but refused to be goaded into dumb penalties by the cheap play of the Axemen. Henderson picked up his second goal of the night with Heard's and McGarvey's help. And finally, finally, with just 2:44 left in the game, Foster netted his second off a pass from Ted Gaudet and Paul Stainton who were digging along the boards. Bowmanville's next home game features a return of the Axemen on January 10th of the new year. Organizers Ready for Annual Christmas Classic Tournament When one thinks of the word classic one thinks of automobiles and some may even think of spirits. In Bowmanville, the word classic means the annual Toro Christmas Classic Hockey Tournament. The conception of the Toro Christmas Classic is attributed to two very dedicated dedicated hockey men Fred Brown and Henry Downing. Hospital Lge. Ladies High Single: Sharon Sharon Woodcock and Monica Gallant 289, Mens High Single Single : Brian Cascagnette 295. Ladies High Triple : Sharon Woodcock 669, Mens High Triple : Brian Cascagnette 648. Top Ten Averages: 1. Mike Reynolds 216, 2. Phil Woodcock 203, 3. Sharon Sharon Woodcock 202, 4. Rodney Greeley 198, 5. Janice Woodcock Woodcock 197, 6. Roy Woodcock 197, 7. Art Atkinson 196, 8. Derrick MacLean 192, 9. Brian Cascagnette 189, 10. Cindy Zinck 186. Team # 4 is in first place with 79 points. Night Hawks Bowling Lge. High Single Bonnie Hilliard Hilliard 269, High Triple Bonnie Bonnie Hilliard 654. Team Standings 2 Bernice Bernice Jarvis 28510 pins, 281/2 points, 6 Dale Brown 27741 pins, 26 points, 4 Dee Barrett Barrett 28436 pins, 22 points, 3 Barb King 274472 pins, 20 points, 5 Alice Burgess 26736 pins, 18 1/2 points, 1 Sharon Yarrow 28732 pins, 17 points. Games over 200: Bonnie Hilliard 269, 201, Dee Barrett Barrett 228, Cheryl Ward 200, Eydie Gilbank 225, Dale Brown 242, Karen Ovendon 247, Janice Green 223, 214, Bernie Jarvis 211,208, Sher- ryl Barrett 201, 265, Alice Burgess 207, Trixie Wright 218, 216. The first Classic was held during the 1984-85 season and involved only Major Pee Wee teams; By having a tournament at this time of the year it helped to keep the players in top form for the completion of their schedule before play-offs but it also brought to the people of Bowmanville the opportunity to see high calibre hockey being played at the Minor level. Since the 84-85 Classic, the number of Major teams has increased to include Major teams from Atom to Midget. " The 1987-88 Christmas Classic has 32 teams registered. registered. Teams are coming from Southern and Eastern Ontario areas. Games will be getting under way at the Bowmanville Bowmanville and Darlington Arenas on Monday, December 28 at 8:00 a.m. and , continuing throughout Tuesday. Some 'C' and 'D' Championship games will be played on Tuesday,December 29. The remaining Championship games will be played at Dar lington on Wednesday, December December 30 starting at 8:00 a.m. Schedules will be posted at both arenas. Opening Ceremonies will be held at Darlington on Monday, December 28 from 12:00 - 12:30. Honorary Chairpersons are Fred Brown and Henry Downing. The Toros have a special Christmas Spirit Recipe for everyone living in Bowmanville Bowmanville and surrounding area. Cut it out and place it near vour calender. Ingredients: 2 arenas, 32; teams, officials, timers and scorekeepers, gatekeepers, numerous volunteers, sponsors. sponsors. hundreds of fans, arena personnel. Mix all the above from December December 28 - December 30 and you will be guaranteed an event filled with so much Christmas Spirit that even 'Old Scrooge' cannot keep himself away from the excitement. excitement. On behalf of the Bowmanville Bowmanville Toros organization- We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year. !■ Holiday , Greetings ' Merry Christmas - , 4, • . to All! i . Thanks for your iU very valued | < , business! Brock's Service Centre Limited 20 King St. E., Bowmanville > 623-5487 From: Ron and Shirley Brock Al and Sheila Brock TIRE SALES INC. 5761220 TRISUN, ALL SEASON 299 Dean Avt n FRED'S AUTO BODY • Specializing in Unibody, Front Wheel Drive • Free Gravelguard, with complete paint jobs • Superior Collision Repair • Expert Refinishing • Stripework • Come In ?-- Free Estimate • Courtesy Car Available 163 Base Line Rd. E. 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The following following are the winners and runner-ups: runner-ups: FATHER AND DAUGHTER: DAUGHTER: Tyke Division - Winners - Sara and Tom Pollock, Runner-ups Runner-ups - Shelly and Terry Devitt Bantam Division - Winners - Marsha and Gerry Master- son, Runner- ups - Kelly and Bob Flintoff Junior/Senior Division - Winners - Cheri Richards and Gord Wilcox, Runner- ups - Sandy and Dave Snowden Snowden FATHER AND SON: Tyke Division - Winners - Chris Bowers and Roger Therrien, Runner-ups - Kyle and David Verelii Bantam Division - Winners - Adam and Patrick Brown, Runner-ups - Brent and John Huggins Junior/Senior Division - Winners - Shawn and Paul Pappas, Runner- ups - Nathan and Ron Brooks MOTHER AND SON: Tyke Division - Winners - Ben and Heather McCaf- fery, Runner-ups - Adam and Cindy Millson Bantam Division - Winners - Martin Routh and Wendy Murdoch, Runner-ups - Brad and Cathie Humber Junior /Senior Division - Winners - Brock and Pat MacArthur, Runner-ups - Jason and Karen Ruelland MOTHER AND DAUGHTER: DAUGHTER: Tyke Division - Winners - Sarah Verelii and Heather Selleck, Runner-ups Alissa and Joan Burtch Bantam Division - Winners - Krista and Barbara Potter, Runner-ups - Lori and Pam Leaman Junior/Senior Division - Winners - Kristen and Wendy Killens, Runner-ups Deanna and Ruth Wright The winner of our Table Draw held during the Tournament Tournament was Gerry Master- son and the proceeds will go to the Y.B.C. League. Thank you. Our second schedule for the 1987-88 season will begin on Saturday, January 2, 1988 at your regular league scheduled times. This will also be the first week for the 8 game qualifying qualifying round for the 4-steps to Stardom. Now bowl-offs will count for this tournament. tournament. Novices Win 5-1 Toros defeated Millbrook 5-1 in the first game. C. Steele 2 goals, M. McCarthy, R. Jeffers and P. Lavallee each with a goal. D. Lange and B. Strand each had 2 assists, assists, D. Rowe and S. Brinkman had an assist. Game M.V.P. was C. Steele. Toros then defeated host team Port Hope 6-2. P. Lavallee 1 goal and 2 assists, assists, S. Brinkman 1 goal and 2 assists, K. Pickell 1 goal and 1 assist, B. Strand 1 goal and 1 assist, G. McMurter 1 goal and 1 assist, assist, R. Jeffers 1 goal, C. Steele 1 assist. Game M.V.P. P. Lavallée. | sport- talk tts-nos GRAD GAME -- For those who keep track of such information, the graduates are leading 8 games to six as the result of the 14th annual grad game which took place at the Bowmanville High School auditorium on Thursday, December 17. The grads beat the current Bowmanville team by what has been described as a substantial margin. Funds raised through the sale of tickets went towards the Cancer Society and the Salvation Salvation Army Christmas fund. The game was part of Spirit Week activities at Bowmanville High School during the week leading to the Christmas holidays. EAGLES' NEXT HOME GAME -- The Bowmanville Goodyear Junior C Eagles won't be playing on home ice again until Sunday, January 10. In the meantime, the team's away games include December 30 against Port Perry, January 3rd in Lakefield and January 4 in Cobourg. The last of the Eagles' regular league games will be January 31 on home ice against Lindsay. ALL STAR GAME -- The Junior C All-Star game is slated for Lakefield on Boxing Day, December 26. At that time, the best from the Junior C Division will take on the Lakefield Chiefs, defending Central Ontario Ontario champions. Pat Lange and Bob Luxton of the Bowmanville Goodyear Eagles won the honor of coaching coaching the OHA Jr. C All-Stars by virtue of their team's first place standing in the league. HOLIDAY HOURS --• Don't forget that the Bowmanville Fitness Centre will be closed Thursday afternoon (Christmas Eve) and Christmas, of course. The centre will also close at noon on New Year's Eve and be closed on New Year's Day. Detailed hours for other days of the holiday were published in last week's Statesman. WASN'T THAT A PARTY? -- Judging from the crowds at the corner of King and Temperance Temperance St. and all along the route of the Olympic torch relay, this town has certainly caught the Olympic spirit. We're running as many photos of the Olympic torch activities as space permits permits in this week's edition. We may even have some left over for next week. Jim Hunter, former member of the Canadian ski team, was the MC for the public reception downtown on Monday. Petro Canada should be congratulated congratulated for the work they do in seeing that the torch proceeds along the highway as planned. It can't be an easy task, especially in this weather. weather. Congratulations should also go to the many local groups which participated and to the folks at the local level who helped organize the ceremony at Bowmanville's four corners Monday. We're guessing that upwards of 2,000 people had a chance to "share the flame" in Bowmanville alone. tKeviit voyait "Drop by and see me today!" COWAN BOWMANVIUI ONT SC S .3* 166 KING STREET EAST BUS. 623-3396 RES. 623-7405 Sales Representative Season's Greetings LR jo-elen SPORTSWEAR 102 Queen St. & GIFTS Bowmanville, Ont. (416) 623-8161 Share the Love Happily we remember the anticipation and joy, warmth and wonder all wrapped up in a season of magic... Christmas ! Thanks for your friendship and good will. Bowmanville Fishery 19 Temperance St. N. Telephone 623-2139 Hours: Open Dec. 24 -- 10 to 4; Closed Dec. 25-26-27-28 Open Dec. 29 -- 10 to 7; Dec. 30 -- 10 to 7 Dec. 31 -- 1 O to 4 Closed Jan. 1 ; Open Jan. 2 -- 10 to 5 Order early to avoid disappointment!