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8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, October 26,1994 At some point during their career, amateur athletes soon come to the realization that their dream of one day competing in an Olympic Games is a goal that will never be reached. For many, it's not a question of their heart or desire, but rather, of their ability. Some fall by the way- side as they test themselves against the elite on the international scene. For others, an injury cuts their careers careers short, A select few, because of the direction direction that the Olympics have taken this decade, will not have the chance to represent their country because a professional will take their spot. That is another issue. And there are others, though the percentage is very low, who have aspirations aspirations of wearing the Canadian colors in the Olympics, but the sport in which they will be competing is uncertain. Yes, there arc those who are gifted gifted enough to have a choice. Such may be the case for Sarah Couch as she ponders what the future future may hold for her. Hockey has been her forte since an early age. She played most of her minor hockey in the Bowmanvillc Recreation League as a goaltender. But provincial recognition came her way a couple of years back when, she made the team of the Bowman- ville Eagles Jr. C hockey club. Tryouts with the National women's women's team followed, as the recognition recognition she was so deserving of came her way. Then, this past year, an invitation of a different sort was presented to her. If she could devise a way to take her puck-stopping ability from the ice to an arena floor and trade in hockey skates for roller blades, then a position with Canada's team destined destined for the World Championships would be hers. She did just that. Couch made the trek to Portugal recently, recently, representing Canada at the Women's World Roller Hockey Championships. Championships. Canada, who won the world championship in 1992, advanced to the gold medal match, but were stopped from repeating by Spain, who prevailed 5-3. Surprisingly, Canada weren't the favourites to win it all. "The newspapers over there didn't expect us to win, but we expected expected to win," said Couch, noting that either of Spain or Italy were favoured favoured to win. Canada eliminated Italy in the quarter-finals. "We knew we could win a medal medal though, we felt that confident." By impressing at this year's tournament, Couch may have opened a new door for her goal to one day reach the Olympics. This summer, plans call for her to return to Portugal for some roller hockey training. Prior to that, she will be off to Utica, New York, at Christmas to receive some personalized personalized Paining and instruction about the nuances of the sport. The reasoning behind all of this sudden interest in the sport is that the 1998 World Championships will be staged in Toronto. As hosts, Canada would like to obviously have a strong showing in their home country. It also goes much further than that. In the year 2000, women's roller hockey will be an Olympic sport. Though it's early to make full commitments commitments to team members, the chances of Couch playing in those games are very good. "Basically, they told me as long Boiler Hockey by Brad Kelly Trophies Come Out at Newcastle Ladies' Sio Pitch Night as I want to play, they'll have a spot for me," she said. "I'd rather make the Olympic ice hockey team, though." Thus, the dilemma, if it can be called Utah The international version of roller hockey is much different from what is currently being played on TSN as they scramble to offer hockey of any variety during the NHL lockout. Four players and a goalie are on the floor at one time. Their skates resemble resemble the older style roller skates, as opposed to the newer version of in-line skates. The sticks are similar to those used in field hockey, while the goalies arc forced to adopt a style that makes them look like a catcher in baseball. "You don't have a lot of movement movement at all," said Couch, who is in her first year of a food and drug administration administration program at Durham College. Much of the strategy of the game is taken from basketball, where defensive defensive zones and picks on offence are used with great regularity. Fans packed the arena for the entire entire world championships. The popularity popularity of the sport amongst fans and their boisterous supporters rivals that of soccer. Couch got the start in goal in two of four round robin games, but failed to get the call in the three playoff games. The Canadian team had a returning goaltender from the World Championship team of 1992 who played the bulk of the tournament. tournament. The league leaders of the Newcastle Ladies' Slo Pitch League were The Bottom Line. Team members include, front row, (1-r), Pauline Somogyi, Alisha White, Donna Rowe, Debbie James. Back row, (1-r), Brenda Thompson, Lynne Nie, Brenda Wilcox, Rose Hassall. SCOREBOARD Central Ontario Jr. C League Oliver Division Team W L T Pts. Hanes 5 0 0 10 Bowmanville 7 0 0 14 Cdn. Home Therapy 2 2 1 5 Port Perry 5 0 2 10 National Home Video 1 4 0 2 Uxbridge 4 3 0 9 Mosport 0 5 0 0 Lakefield 3 4 0 6 Shackelton Division Bobcaygeon 2 4 0 5 Blues 3 1 1 7 Georgina 2 6 0 4 Hawks 3 2 0 6 Little Britain 0 4 0 0 Preston 3 2 0 6 (Teams get one point for an overtime loss) Pattern 0 4 1 1 Weekly Results Weekend Results Bowmanville 9 Little Britain 5 Hooper s Trophy 6 Mosport 1 Bowmanville 5 Port Perry 4 Beasties 12 National Home Video 0 Cdn. Home Therapy 2 D. Base 2 Newcastle Men's League Hanes 6 A&D Truckshop 3 50th Anniversary Preston Movers 8 Pattern 3 Team W L T Pts. King St. Bar & Grill Blues 5 Hawks 1 Stars 3 0 1 7 Jets 2 2 0 4 Bowmanville Town League Blackhawks 2 2 0 4 (as of October 20) Kings 2 2 0 4 Team W L T Pts. Canadiens 1 2 1 3 Francis Personnel. 4 1 0 8 Sharks 1 3 0 2 Hunt's Photography 3 2 0 6 Sunday's Results Hockin Real Estate 3 2 0 6 Sharks 8 Blackhawks 6 Hooper's Trophies 2 2 1 5 Canadiens 4 Stars 4 Bil'Den Home Imp. 1 3 1 3 Kings 9 Jets 7 McFarland S&G 0 3 2 2 Scoring Leaders Bowmanville Non-Contact League Name Team G A Pts. Team W L T Pts. B. Heard FP 8 16 24 Burke Division T. Foster FP 12 9 21 Beasties 4 1 0 8 W. McGarvey HRE 6 8 14 Hooper's Trophy 4 1 0 8 P. Strong HP 2 12 14 A&D Truckshop 2 3 0 4 R. Real BHI 6 6 12 D. Base 1 3 1 3 M. Corcinni MSG 7 3 10 The 'B' Division champions of the Newcastle Ladies' Slo Pitch League is the team sponsored by King St. Bar and Grill. Members include, front row, from left, Collette Dwyer, Rose Masters, Deanna Walker, Michelle Bemey. Back row, (1-r), Karen Masters, Deanne Barrett, Bambi Enders, Shelly Pickering, Pickering, Janice Crough. Halminen Homes Looks Impressive The Bowmanvillc major bantam Homes and is coached, by Sam Liko- Toros arc looking forward to an cxcit- pulos. ing and winning season. This year's The team started the regular season team is sponsored by I-Ialmincn three weeks ago, and has impressive Kamstra Flower & Garden Centre END OF SEASON SALE BEGINS OCT. 26 PRICE SAVINGS ON Shrubs, Evergreens, Lawn Ornaments and Planters Protect your shrubs, roses, trees with our Shredded Cedar Mulch or Cocoa Bean Shells 3 bags ^19.95 Planting Soil 5 bags for ^ 10.00 Manure 5 bags for $ 10.00 1-160 Taunton Rd. E. Phone 579-3305 The All Canadian Carden Centre with the Patch Touch. IV<; Deliver. IVe arc now closed Sundays, a';) wins over Ajax, Orillia, Vaughan, Barrie and Whitby. Their undefeated record consists of two shutouts, with 35 goals for and 12 against. The defensive core of Chris Baum- haucr, Mike Lcipsig, Chuck Maher, Brad McAlister, Chris Paquette, and Ian Robinson are all playing a tough defensive game, and at the same time, assisting on the offensive attack, The forwards arc very disciplined in their attack, especially their power plays, while their backchccking is very evident. The forwards arc: Niki Defrcitas, Ryan Jackman, Clayton Kohn, Chris Steele, Steve Tabb, Ben Tonks, Ryan Winning, Darryl Wright. The young men between the pipes show great confidence and could be rated the best goaltcnding duo in the league. David Yellowlccs has been with the Toros since novice, while Trevor Wright spent most of his career career with the Toros. They each share a shutout and have a 2.4 (combined) goals against average. The leant boasts a 7.0 goals for average average per game. In the next two games they arc on the road against Newmarket and Markham. You can see them at their next home game on Thursday, October October 27 at 7:(K) p.m. at Darlington Arena Arena against Aurora, The Newcastle Ladies' Slo Pitch League held their annual awards banquet and dance at the Recreation Recreation Complex on Friday night, Presented with their *C' championship trophies were the River Valley team, who include, front row, (1-r), Charlotte Chaisson, Kelly Switzer, Lori Felstcad, Lisa McIntyre. Back row, (1-r), Anndcc VanDolcwccrd, Kathi Bourdon, Kathy Jordan, Judy Bcitle. Aamco Peewees Meet Checkers Variety On Saturday, October 22, Aamco Home Improvements played their first game of the season against Checkers Variety. Checkers scored early in the first period. The score remained 1-0 until late in the second when Checkers added added another, Two more ended the game 4-0, despite some great saves by Ryan Bruce in the Aamco net and an excellent excellent team effort, The players, coaches, and parents would like to thank Tom Jennings of Aamco Home Improvements for his generous support and sponsorship this year. The Aamco lineup includes: Ryan Bruce, Jeff Lee, Tommy Jennings, Joshua Johnston, Ryan Burrows, Shawn Linncll, David Corcoran, Jeremy Jeremy Pawson, Joshua Cripps, Steve Reed, Andrew Yule, Tom Tester, Darren Darren Kok, Matthew Crawford. Coaches are Les Lee, Dale Foster and Jeff Parry. Parry. Triple F Bowling Scores First League Match For McGregor Drugs Ron Bonsma 16, John Bunia 14, Peter Flunk 13, Melle Rozema 11 1/2, Dirk VanAbbema 11, Jake Dykstra 11, llotty VandeiGunst 11, Minnie Knldeway 9, harry Hhrel 8 1/2, Piet Glusbergen 8, Selxild Wesselius 7, Gordon DeJager 6 High single ladies -- Frances Mulder Mulder 2.68 High single men -- John Duma 303 High triple ladies -- Frances Mulder Mulder 626 High triple men -- Peter Flunk 663 High average ladies -- Minnie Knldeway 193 High average men -- Ron Bonsma 196 On Saturday, October 22, McGregor McGregor Drugs peewee BRl lL team suited up lor their first league match of the season. They faced the Hooper's team at Darlington Arena. In the first period, Justin Newman won the faccoff and got the puck over to James Griffin in the slot. James fired in a perfect backhand shot to make it 1-0 for McGregor. Then, Jordon Jordon Bate and Glen Ferguson combined to get the puck over to Justin Newman who fired a rebound into the top right comer to make it 2-0. Just a few minutes later, James Griffin got the puck to Justin Newman who broke in for a hard shot that bounced off the post, Neil Degree was in the right spot and propelled the puck in to make it 3-0, McGregor goalie Mike Shrives did an exceptional job to secure the win, Final score, McGregor 3, Hooper's 2.