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I H; \, 8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, September 25,1991 Sixth Place Finish for Bike Racer by Brad Kelly Ncwcasde's Darren Knight went in search of a top 10 finish at the Suzuki GSX-R Cup in Germany on the weekend of September 14-15. He came home happy. Competing against some of the top 750 production riders riders in the world, the 25-year- old finished sixth overall. It was a more than respectable showing. "I was hoping for a top ten finish," he said during a telephone interview on Monday. Monday. "I tied for fifth, but the guy I tied had overall faster times. "For everything that went wrong, I'm still pretty happy." happy." The problems Knight encountered encountered began during qualifying. qualifying. After finishing the year The first crash cost him dearly. It placed him 21st on the starting grid, leaving him with a lot of ground to make up in a hurry. on the Pro 750 Production Suzuki circuit with only one crash, he flew half-way around the world to crash twice. The first came during qualifying, and it cost him dearly. It placed him 21st on the starting grid, leaving him with a lot of ground to make up in a hurry. The GSX-R Cup consisted of two, 10-lap races, with times being combined from both to determine a winner. In the first heat, Knight crossed the finish line in eighth place. In the second race, a crash put him out of contention. He finished the race in 12th spot. "There was a wide range of riders there," he said. "The top guys were incredible. incredible. There were four of them that were real fast. "Then it went down to guys who were just mediocre. I was somewhere in between." between." Knight qualified for the trip to Germany by finishing second place overall in the Suzuki Canada point system during the racing season this summer. It has been a quick rise to the top for Knight, who has been riding professionally for only two years. In his first season he placed fifth in the overall standing. This year he slipped slightly, finishing in sixth. Competing against some of the top 750 production riders in the world, the 25-year-old finished sixth overall. The racing in Germany was a change from the style riders use here in Canada. "It was a little different. In time qualifying races, there is a lot of strategy and I wasn't prepared for that," he said. "The higher speeds were different than I was used to, but it was still a lot of fun. "It was the highlight of my career. Hopefully, it will be a stepping stone." The race in Germany represented represented the first time that Knight has been outside of Canada to race his Suzuki. Prior to his career on motorcycles, motorcycles, he raced BMX bicycles bicycles in thcU.S. Over the winter, he plans to negotiate a new deal widi Suzuki for next year. The Canadian Canadian racing season begins again in April. • /V nr., p W . *y( -v ■ ik i ' /: •~' s VOMMIf l \§I m0 . V-.A, 'Sp 47* ' V &:■ ■ V s St;'- Eagles Hand Cobourg 8-6 Defeat by Brad Kelly The player with the most potential to dominate the Central Ontario Junior C . league this season, has begun to do so in the pre-season. Appearing in only his second second game of the exhibition season, Bowmanville's Shane Armstrong is starting to get his game together. It's a welcome sight for coach Mike Noonan. But an unwelcome one for the opposition. Sunday night, against the Cobourg Cougars, Armstrong scored three times to lead the Eagles to an 8-6 win. Eagles 8 Cobourg 6 It was the second win in a row for the Eagles, after dropping their first two games to the Uxbridge Bruins. Last Thursday night at the Recreation Complex, against the Port Perry MoJacks, the Eagles registered their first win of the season, a 10-8 triumph. triumph. After losing their first two games of the pre-season to Uxbridge, the Bowmanvillc Eagles have rebounded with successive wins at home over Port Perry and Cobourg. Last Thursday, they downed the MoJacks, 10-8, and on Sunday, night came up with an 8-6 win over Cobourg. Above, Nick Dennis tangles with a Port Perry defenceman during action on Thursday night. 328RITSON RD. N., OSHAWA 725-4744 if busy call 725-2831 WHOLESALE \ RETAIL DURHAM REGION'S WOOD SPECIALISTS IN Hardwood it softwood lumber dry Irtlna A dressing facilities including custom made trim; hardwood A marine plywoods as well as a complete stock of building materials. AIWtAlOO^ mwyJol KEEP YOUR CAR LOOKING LIKE NEW! Superb craftsmanship at body shop prices. Our experts make everything old look new againl^ - High quality collision repair - Expert refinishing ■ Clear coat available - Insurance claims Come in for a FREE ESTIMATE 623-6353 FRED'S AUTO BODY 163 Baseline Rd. E. Bowmanville Tyrone Wins Championship On September 23, the Tyrone Tyrone bantam soccer learn travelled travelled to Whitby to compete in the eight team division Eastern Conference, with four teams from Whitby, two from Bowmanville Bowmanville and one from Oshawa and Tyrone. Tyrone finished the regular season third overall. In the first game, Tyrone met Whitby #4 and defeated the club 1-0. Their next match was against Whitby #2, who posted another close matchup, with Tyrone winning 1-0. It was likely considered an upset. The final game was against Bowmanvillc who held the second second best regular season record. Tyrone came away victorious with a 2-1 finish, proclaiming Tyrone as the Eastern Conference Conference champions. As an added bonus, the winning winning team from the Eastern Conference were invited to play the Western Conference winner. East York was the match-up for the Simday, September 15 game. In a hot, hard-fought game, East York beat the Tyrone Tyrone squad, 2-0, Looking back, it has been a very rewarding season for the whole Tyrone club. It was un entire team effort that gave Tyrone Tyrone the edge on and off the -field. It took Armstrong until the second period of Sunday's game to get on track. And once he did, there was little that the Cougars could do to stop him. With Bowmanville leading leading 2-1 in the second, Armstrong Armstrong was sent in alone from the blueline on a nice pass from Ryan Stewart to put the Eagles up by two. The goal came 30 seconds after Dean Baumhauer scored a power play marker with a slapshot from the point. Then, while short-handed, he blocked a shot at his own blueline and sped away from the Cougar defence. His accurate accurate shot found the comer for a 4-1 Eagles' lead. His third goal came in the third period after Cobourg had fought their way back to trail by one at 5-4. This time, it was a bullet from the top of the circle that found its way into the net. But that wasn't the end. On a power play, he made a beautiful move around a Cougars' defenceman, and spotted Todd Cannings alone in the slot. Cannings'- goal put the Eagles up 7-4. Steve DeSmedt, Doug Lever and Rob Real had the other Eagles goals. John Desormaux had a pair for the Cougars. Geoff Fleming, Chad Murphy, Jason Jason Holland and Marvin Rob- ilard all had singles. The loss gives the Cougars a 1-2 record in pre-season play. In the Eagles' two home games, a total of 32 goals have been scored. Fourteen of those came against them. That's too many, but not a concern at this stage for Noonan. Noonan. "We have four lines going because we are trying to give everybody an equal opportunity opportunity to see what they can do," he said. "It (the goals against) is not a concern yet, but sure, we do want to cut them down. "The new bodies we have will have to adjust to how the defence handles the puck. We need a couple of practices with everybody together." That opportunity may come as early as this weekend, weekend, when Noonan expects to have his roster set. League play begins next Friday, October 4, in Uxbridge. Uxbridge. Despite the high number of goals, the Eagles did manage manage to play :jsomc solid defence defence in the first period. They kept the Cougars off of the scoreshect, and went to the dressing room with a 1-0 lead on DeSmedt's goal. Both teams scored three times in the-second period. The Eagles held a 3-2 advantage advantage in goals in the final frame. The. score could have been even higher, if not for three goals that were disallowed by referee Paul McGriskin. Cobourg put one behind Eagles' goalie Chris Massey in the first period while on a power play. It was disallowed because of a player in the crease. Armstrong, who already had two of his three goals, did his best Pele impression five minutes into the third. Skating across in front, he kicked the puck into the net. The disallowed goal that really hurt the Cougars' chances at gaining a tie or even a victory came with 3:45 left in the third period. The puck lay in behind Eagles' goalie Jason Czypy- ha, who had replaced Massey midway through the second period. The puck was near the far post and out of McGriskin's sight. A Cougar forward rushed in and put the puck into the open side, but McGriskin had already blown the play dead. Had the goal counted, it would have tied the game at. 6-6. Real added some insurance insurance less than a minute later when he deflected a Greg Goode slapshot. THE SCOOP -- Only five positions remain to be filled on the roster. A backup goalie, a defenceman, a cen- treman and a pair of right wingers are all that is need- ed...Thc defence got a big boost on Sunday night when Drew Allenby returned from a stint with the Oshawa Le- gionnaires...Trevor Newell was ejected in the second period period of Sunday's game following following a fight. Nick Dennis received the honour of being the first Eagle player to get involved in a scrap. That came last Thursday against the MoJacks. Jkvi* ii 'll It was tough riding for motorcycle racer Darren Knight, of Newcastle, ' who returned home from the Suzuki GSX-R Cup in Gennany with a sixth place finish overall against some of the top competition in the world. The > top ten placing was accomplished despite crashing twice. One crash came - during the qualifying and the other was in the first of two championship - races. Coming of Age for 15 Year Old Player -- Eagles Sign Bantam Defenceman -- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir This letter is in response to the letter published in your newspaper on Wednesday, September 18, under the tide "Win...but at what cost?" As always, there are two sides to every story, and I would like to take the opportunity to state the other side. There was indeed a game played on Wednesday, September September 11, between the Erv Brooks minor squirt team from Bowmanville, and the team from Hampton. It was a very close game, and until the final ten minutes the score was 1-0 for Hampton. It was during this latter part of the second half, that the coach of the Erv Brooks team, and at least one of the parents, started to harass the referee. It seemed that they were not content to leave the outcome of the game to the skills of the players on the field, and took matters into their own hands. It is interesting that the Erv Brooks team felt proud and honoured when they left the field of play, because they left behind a team of opponents that were shaken and bewildered. bewildered. Those children were not in tears simply because they had lost the game, but because they had been subjected to verbal verbal abuse by the adults on the sidelines, and because they had seen the referee similarly abused. The game may have been well-played and hard- fought, but the victory was made possible only by the intimidation intimidation of the referee and players of Hampton by the Erv Brooks coach and parents. The parents of the Hampton team filed a protest with the executive of the Darlington Youth Soccer League. The representative representative from Bowmanville was informed of the protest, as was the president of the Bowmanville Bowmanville United Soccer Club. The operating Rules and Regulations Regulations for the DYSL, which are distributed to all coaches at the beginning of the soccer season, state in section 8: under under Conduct of Coaches "do • not degrade or humiliate referees referees (i.c. shout at make calls for him/her, etc.). Many of our young referees arc young kids ■ who are easily intimidated and easily discouraged,.,..if they are belittled or humiliated." A protest hearing was held on Thursday, September 12. The coach of the Hampton team presented the executive •with a written statement outlining outlining her concerns with the undue undue influence exerted upon the youth referee during the last ten minutes of the game. She also informed the executive that a verbal threat had been made against one of her players, which had prompted the referee to issue a warning to the offending parent. The players on the Hampton team, had, however, heard the threat, and played the last few minutes minutes of the game under duress. The referee, when questioned questioned about the game, admitted admitted to the executive that he had been intimidated during the latter latter part of the game by the Bowmanvillc coach and parents. parents. He stated that his calls had been influenced by the Bowiminvillc coach. Several penalty calls were made against Hampton in which it was clearly the Bowmanvillc coach who made the referee's decision. Despite the fact that the Bowmanvillc coach was not represented at the meeting, the executive felt very strongly that the outcome of the game had not been fairly determined, and the game needed to be replayed. replayed. It was decided that a rematch would be played on a neutral field with an experienced experienced adult referee. The Bowmanville Bowmanville coach was immediately immediately informed of the executive's decision and the reasons for it. The game was replayed in Courticc on Friday, September 13, and this game was the well-played, hard-fought game that the first match ought to have been, and Hampton won the game in overtime. At the end of the game, the referee congratulated both sides for their restraint. To the parents of the Erv Brooks team: Verbal abuse of referees and players in the Darlington Darlington Youth Soccer League will not be tolerated. Fortunately, Fortunately, we have an executive that is prepared to uphold the rules of the league. Unfortunately Unfortunately for the children of the Erv Brooks team, their parents arc not. There was a price paid by the Erv Brooks players, for their parents' blatant disregard of the rules of the game of soccer, soccer, and their desire to win at all costs. How do you explain this to a seven-year-old? Try honesty. Darlington Youth Soccer League Executive (also known as "The Kangaroo Court") Ingrid Janssen, Bowmanville. by Brad Kelly At 15 years of age, Bowmanville Bowmanville Eagles' Gary Adams Adams may be the youngest player in the entire Central Ontario Junior C league this season: But don't be fooled. His play early in the exhibition season indicates that his skill level is far beyond his age. The grade 10 student at Bowmanville High School found himself in a unique situation situation as the hockey season approached. Though categorized as a major bantam, he had no interest interest in playing for them. So, he travelled to Oshawa in hopes of landing a spot on the Tier II Legionnaires. He almost almost did. In fact, you might as well say that he did make the team. But the circumstances were unique. "If he went back to bantam, bantam, Oshawa was going to sign him as their seventh defenceman," defenceman," said Eagles' manager Mike Laing about the arrangement between the Eagles and the Legionnaires. "He would see very little ice time in games, but would practice. They felt to send him. back to bantam would be a waste of time." Oshawa contacted Laing and asked him to sign Adams to a midget card. That would ensure that if things didn't work out with the Eagles, the least he would play would be midget. "If lie plays well, there is the opportunity for him to go back to the Legionnaires." The arrangement pleases Adams, "I kind of wanted to play in my hometown. They (Oshawa) said that I wouldn't get much ice, and the Eagles said I would with them, so I thought it would be better for me. "I wasn't interested in playing minor hockey. If I had to, I would play midget, but not bantam." In his debut last Thursday night against the Port Perry MoJacks lie made quite an impact, Playing a regular shift, lie scored his first goal, and added an assist. In the" physical department, department, he didn't back down. By the end of the game, he was a thorn in the side of many of the MoJacks, Taking exception to his play was Jarret I-Iannan, who speared Adams as time expired. expired. Harman was slapped with a match penalty for his actions. Not a bad debut for a kid who admitted to being a little nervous playing in front of the hometown crowd. "Yeah, I was a little nervous," nervous," he said. "After the first couple of shifts and a couple ot hits, 1 felt I blended in." His minor hockey days while a member of the Toros, were plagued with injury trouble, something he is hoping hoping to avoid this year. His medical charts arc beginning beginning to resemble dial of former motorcycle daredevil Evil Knicvcl, who during his career, broke every bone in his body. Though Adams isn't anywhere anywhere near that yet, he has gotten off to a good, or bad, start. • While a peewee, he suffered suffered a broken thumb and leg. Last year, witli the bantams, bantams, he again broke his leg. But this lime, it was the other one. In his first two exhibition games with the Eagles, he has been paired on defence with veteran Dean Baumhauer, The arrangement of having the rookie with the knowl edgeable veteran is a good one. Especially when the skill level and leadership qualities of Baumhauer arc concerned. It will be a beneficial experience experience for Adams. . His long range goals in hockey arc concrete: A spot on the roster of an OHL team would suit him just fine. He will be eligible for this year's June draft. But, because because of his age, must be selected selected in the first three rounds. Between now and that time, there arc some aspects of his game he would like to improve on. "I have to work on my upper body strength, and start playing smarter hockey. "I want the scouts to take a look at me this year, and just have to hope I get there (to the OHL)." At 15, and playing junior hockey already, the chances of achieving his goals appear to be in his favour. if|§jl| 'I* Gary Adams is one of the most recent rookies to sign a card with the Bowmanville Eagles. But his case is unique. The 15-year-old is still eligible to play bantam hockey for the Toros. But it won't happen. happen. ?■ THE BEST ARCHERY SHOP Complete.line of Bows, Arrows and ( Accessories for the Bowhunter and Target Shooter. Owned and operated by a member of the Professional Archery Association P.A.A, 29 Caroline Street Newcastle (2 blocks south of King St. off Mill St.) 987-1147