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10 The Canadian Statesman, Bowman ville, February 27, 1991 Letter Writer Critical Of Hockey Officiating £ Dear Editor, Friends from the Kingston Kingston area called Friday and said they would be passing by on the way to a hockey game in Oshawa on Saturday. Saturday. Their thirteen-year-old son is a member of the Kingston Kingston Peewee 'AAA' hockey team. For three years their boy, Jay, had played OMHA hockey with my son Gordie in Ernestown. We were thrilled to see our old friends again. After they visited with us for awhile, hubby and I decided to go watch the playdown game in Oshawa. On the Kingston Peewee team were also two other boys who had played with Gordie for three years. Hubby and I arrived at the Children's Arena in time for the opening warm-up. That gave us a chance to chat with some parents and check out the players on the ice. From the moment the puck was dropped at the opening face-off, it was obvious obvious we were about to watch some excellent hockey. H&R Block wants to save you money. We dig for every deduction and credit to which you are entitled. We'll find you the biggest tax refund you have coming. H*R BLOCK- Canada's Tax Team. Put us to work tor you! 243 King St. E. Bowmanville Mall 623-6957 1413 King St. E. Oshawa 432-6800 As the game unfolded I noticed several punches and holding penalties that were blatantly ignored. The more the pushing, shoving and punching was ignored Toy the two refs, the more frequent it became. By the middle of the second second period, a brawl occurred in front of Oshawa's net. Eventually the refs had the boys under control and penalties penalties were given. Five or six players were kicked out of the game. The boys remaining settled settled down to play an exciting game. What took away from a wonderful game was the way the reis let the game get out of hand before attempting attempting to gain control. My 14-year-old son watched the game in disbelief, disbelief, continually pointing out penalties that were not being being called. Gordie is a fair-sized peewee peewee player. I pointed out to one of the other mothers that all Gordie had to do in house league peewee games was to look big* going in after after the puck ana he would get a penalty. Now this is an exaggeration, exaggeration, but it still reflects the unfairness of some referees' calls in the eyes of many spectators. Gordie was invited to two peeWee select games. At the end of the first game there was a pile-up along the boards. Some shoving resulted, resulted, then the boys left the ice. The following morning my son received a call (about 11 a.m.) from the select coach asking him what happened happened along the boards at the end of tne game the evening evening before. Then he reminded reminded Gordie to be at the game that evening. Several hours later I received received a phone call from my son's house league coach, informing informing me that the select coach had just phoned him to tell him Gordie had a major major charging penalty assigned assigned to him from the previous previous night's game. Gordie was out for one league and one select game. "Hold it," I said. "Gordie didn't have a penalty at the end of the game nor did he have one earlier today when the select coach called to remind remind him of tonight's game. How did he get a major one nearly 24 hours later?" The ref made an error. There was so much confusion, confusion, I was told. I called someone on the disciplinary committee. He said the ref phoned and told him he'd made an error. I wanted to know how a person person could be assigned a penalty penalty previously given to someone else nearly 24 hours later. After I placed a few more calls, I was .informed that the association had to stand behind their refs. Did that include unfair measures? In the end he tried telling me the ref made the call right at the arena the night of that select game in question. question. This, I was told weeks later. But to appease me -- get me off their backs - I was told Gordie could have had a three game suspension. But because of the refs initial error, error, the major charging had been changed to a major roughing. Basically, I should be glad it was only a one game suspension, I was informed. informed. The penalty was never the real issue. The way it was given and the truth being being kept in the dark about when, why and how Gordie was given a major charging penalty, reduced to a major roughing penalty leaves a sour taste. Referees have rules to abide by, the same as players. Our children need good refereeing to eliminate the unpleasant roughing, charging, high sticking, slashing and boarding that takes place in hockey. This must be done to protect the children and to make the game fun for all, not a free for all. When refs ignore blatant penalties or call unfair penalties penalties based on size or skill, it creates tension that can backfire. Let's get behind our refs and show them we appre- ■ ci ate the difficulty of making the calls they make. At the same time, we should remind remind them they are only human human and capable of error. Own up to it, don't cover, over it! Regardless of whether it is 'AAA' hockey or house- league or OMHA, a slash is a slash, a high stick is a high stick ana a major for Halminen Homes Forces Sixth Game Junior Division -- Link 50, Moonwalker 41, Zelda 35, Vigilante 32, Punchout 29, Timelord 26, Cabal 26, Golvellius 25, Shinobi 22, Crossbow 21, Alleyway 16, Faxanadu 13 High Triples -- Brent Huggins 627, Andrew Break 589, Ryan Flint 586, Matthew Matthew Bothwell 565, Jeff Pearson 556, Kelley Flintoffi 553 High Singles - Ryan Flint 311, Brent Huggins 243, Andrew Break 236, Kerri-Ann Kelly 227 Bantam Division Wanted 39, Rampage 38, Cyberball 36, Ultima 31, Robocop 31, Mario 27, Contra Contra 26, E-Swat 26, Choplift- er 25, Pinbot 21, Tetris 18, Xevious 17 High Triples - Karen Outram 530, Ryan Preston 514, Melinda Tait 509, Lori James 501, Jeff Connelly 490, Christie Stevens 472 High Singles - Jeff Connelly Connelly 246, Ixîri James 239, Melinda Tait 197, Ryan Preston 183, Karen Outram 182 Senior Division Brown 40, Slappendel 38, Richards 31, • Young 21, Hicks 20, Big Canoe 18 High Triples - Cheri Richards 660, Traci Hanc 632 High Singles - C. Richards Richards 245, 209, 206, T. Hanc 237, 224, S. Brown 237, S. Snowden 233, 207 4-Steps to Stardom Results. Results. Step No. 1 is for the bowlers bowlers to qualify in house round during their regular league bowling. Step No. 2 is for the bowlers bowlers to qualify in the Zone round held on Sunday, February February 24 in our Zone J (bowled in Oshawa and Ajax charging is not a major roughing! And penalties are not handed out helter skelter a day later without going •through the proper channels. channels. The proper channels do not include allowing spectators, spectators, players or coaches to influence a call! --Sandra Haggett • Ail Chemicals and Fertilizers • Soil Testing On Request • Custom Applications • Tissue Analysis On Request HUNCO FARMS SUPPLY Ltd. R.R. 4, Cobourg \ Tel. (416) 885-7203 this year). Well, the Liberty Youth Bowlers sure showed their talents on this past weekend with the following results to be very proud of: Bantam Division Boys Single--Chris Peldi- ak with 935 for 1st place Girls Single-Christie Stevens Stevens with 735 for a 4th Boys team and girls team both placed 5th Junior Division Boys Single - Matthew Bothwell placed 3rd Girls Single Kelley Flintoff with 1005 for 1st Boys team placed 1 2nd and girls team placed 3rd Senior Division Boys Single - Stephen Brown with 1313 placed 2nd Girls Single - Cheri Rich- . 1 ards with 1181 placed 1st Boys, team placed 3rd and girls team placed 6th ly in the Zone Round, only ONE POSITION POSITION gets to advance to the Provincial 5 Pin Championships Championships to be held in Toronto Toronto on March 17 (Step No. 3) and we wish all of our representatives the best of luck and lets go bn to the Canadian Championships (Step No. 4). (> House League Lacrosse in Bowmanville Dear Brad, Interest in Lacrosse across the region is on a remarkable remarkable up swing. The focus focus of the growth in this area is centered around Whitby and the Whitby Minor Minor Lacrosse Association. In an attempt to heighten interest and to encourage participation from the Bowmanville Bowmanville area, I asked the, Whitby Association and was granted permission to enter a Bowmanville minor novice team into the Whitby Minor House League. . The league itself has already already shown an interest in Bowmanville when it was looking to the Bowmanville Arena for additional floor time (some times are available, available, but nothing confirmed). This, along with car pooling and local practices (outdoors), (outdoors), could make it much more appealing to local families families wno would not otherwise otherwise consider this sport. I have been involved in lacrosse for many years. In Peterborough, I played Junior Junior B and have coached in the Whitby Minor Lacrosse Association for the last two years. I believe that once a child has been exposed to the game, that they will come to enjoy it as much as I do. My boys have played for the last two years, and they have come to enjoy it on an equal to all other sports. If you have a child who turns nine years old in 1991, and would.like to learn how to play the; game of lacrosse, then contact myself at 623- 6203. I wçiüld be happy to answer. any .questions you mayhav&yjq r • As 'ah^added bonus, for those - who"*don't want to tie up the entire summer with sports, the house league is , finished by the end of June. Harold Hoar Bowmanville The Bowmanville Bantam Bantam Toros showed a lot of character on the weekend, winning back-to-back games to even their series and force an extra tie-breaking game last night (Tuesday). Toros 8 Kingston Twp. 3 The Toros, after being humiliated humiliated in game three by a 6-0 score, lost control and ended with three top players out of the line up. Coach Landers had to do some juggling of lines, but with only ten skaters the task was not difficult but his decision was the right one. The visitors scored early in the first period on a long shot that caught goalie Jamie Jamie Doyle napping. Doyle quickly got his act together and kept the opposition off the score sheet until midway through the third. And by that time, the game was in the Toros' hands. Penalties were the destruction destruction of the Kingston club and the Toros scored eight second period power play goals. In a span of three minutes, the Toros scored three power play goals, Rickard, Stephenson and Gibbons. With only 2:20 remaining in period two, a remarkable shift by the makeshift line of Gibbons, Robinson, Stephenson Stephenson scored five power play goals in a minute and ten seconds. Gibbons scored his sec- Hockin Beaten In Port Hope Last Wednesday we travelled travelled to Port Hope to meet defeat at the hands of the Legion team. Rick Hall, in the Port Hope nets, was ably supported by scorers Mai Stevenson and Gary Etcher with two goals each, and A1 Walsh, Greg Horsley, Neil Smith, Ted Miller and Erie Mansnip with singles. David Green led our attack with two goals. Siegi Rohr, Bob Deblois, Bob Sheridan and Gerry Henderson each scored once. On Friday night, Art Hester Hester in goal and our defence corps of Hugh German, Norm Lavallee, Bob Hellam and Dean Avery had a far better game as they held the opposition to five goals and we gleaned ten. Newcastle scorers were Glen Murphy with two and Bill Robinson, David Laval and Jerry Thompson with one each. Brian Foster, in'the Peelers' net, made some fine saves but succumbed to an overwhelming overwhelming barrage as the Rickard brothers, James and Don, each scored twice. Gerry Henderson also had a pair and Hugh German. Rick Rademacher, David Green and Bob Sheridan counted singles. Neste Akey Eleenor Dement (;[ James Insurance Broker Limited 26 King St. E, Bowmanville, Ont., UC 1N2 : 416-623-4406 sssasigtaeps BQ 1 RBI 391 bub naiaee Me* an uni bub nns HPt UUL Geyte Doug Jerrtes Cathy Wlerzblckl ond and third of the game. Robinson, Brake and Rickard Rickard finished off the scoring. The visitors scored the only two third period goals which make little difference at this point. Now down the highway for game five and again the option of winning or being eliminated. Toros 4 Kingston Twp. 3 The Toros iced a full squad for this game. They fought a real battle and This game was so physical physical that the Toros had three injured players within a three minute span in the third, two on stretchers. One was transferred to Kingston Hospital by Ambulance and later returned home. The other two boys were attended attended to by our trainer, with assistance assistance from the trainer of the Cobourg Peewees who. were to play following our game. The Toros led 2-1 after two periods with Gibbons ty- Lack of Effort Costs Mr. Sub by Sandra Haggett It could be said that Mr. Sub had not had ice time in seven days and the boys were a bit rusty. It could be said that the team was short one player serving a suspension. suspension. It also could be mentioned mentioned that one of the boys had left his hockey gear at school and was wearing his 17-year-old brother's hockey equipment, including skates two sizes too large. Mention of one of the players recovering recovering from an illness could be used as an excuse also. But in reality, there was no excuse for the 4-0 team loss Mr. Sub turned in Sun- Triple F Peter Flonk 17, Jake Dykstra 14, Case De Plaa 14, Piet Glasbergen 13, Ron Bonsma 13, Don VanderM- eer 13, Dirk Van Abbema 12, Jean Nadeau 11, Nel Van Abbema 11, Bill Vroom 10, Ike Dykstra 9, Andy Bonsma 7 High Single Ladies - Nel Van Abbema 256 High Single Men - Melle Rozema 258 High Triple Ladies - Nel Van Abbema 588 High Triple Men - Henk Mulder 638 High Average Ladies - Hotty VanderGaast 192 High Average Men - Brian Buma 212 üay against McRobbie's in a league game. Coacn Kevin Kellachan was very disappointed with the lack of effort from his boys. A loss he can understand, understand, but a loss because of a lack of effort is difficult to accept. Coach Kellachan is wondering wondering what became of his inspired Minden OMHA 'B' Champs who worked so hard as a team a few weeks ago. Not everyone can be a winner. Some must be losers. losers. And there is no shame in losing at anything as long as a person is honest with himself and does the best he is capable of doing. ing the score at one and Stephenson Stephenson scoring in the dying seconds of the period to send our team to the dressing room up by one. Midway through the third, all hell broke loose. With the officials turning a blind view to all altercations, altercations, Toros ■ lost three players to injuries and then fell behind 3-2 and were on the verge of being eliminated. eliminated. Character fell into place, with Smith tying the score just a minute after Kingston took the lead. With 3:39 remaining in the third, Sean Brown scored an unassisted goal for the win. Jamie Doyle, who was a standout in Saturday's • game, replaced the injured Chris McCarthy. Jamie, who was not allowed a warm-up (a very questionable decision by the official), allowed only one goal and, cold or not, he made several key saves to secure a win ana force the sixth and deciding game. 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For those who cannot attend the regular Planning Committee meetings, an evening meeting has been arranged arranged on: Tuesday, March 5,1991 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers Regional Municipality of Durham 605 Roaslsnd Road East Whitby, Ontario Any Individual who wishes to appear before the Planning Committee at this evening meeting or other meetings of tho Planning Committee should contact Ms, Catherine Coe of the Planning Department at the telephone number listed below. A copy of Commissioner's Report No. 91-P-1 containing staff recommended changes to tho Durham Regional Official Plan Is available for Inspection at tho Regional Planning Department, tho office of tho Regional Clork, tho Clerk's Office In each Area Municipality and public libraries. 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