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"A Family Tradition for 126 Years" Ringette Week celebrated across the country By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star Ringette Week (November 8- 16) is being celebrated around the country by thousands of in- dividuals. The sport, which was invent- edin 1963 by the late Sam Jacks is marking its 30th anniversary as the 1992-93 season gets un- derway. Mr. Jacks introduced the sport to Canada while working as the director of Parks and Rec- reation for the City of North Bay. The sport caught on and is played in all 10 provinces as well as the Northwest Territo- ries. Today there are more than 500 local ringette associations with 30,000 registered mem- bers. The sport caught on interna- tionally and last year six coun- tries competed at the Second World Championships held in Finland. Participating coun- tries were the United States, France, Sweden, Russia, Fin- land and Canada. The two Ca- league. / nadian teams met in the final as Scugog Township girls will be NER 2 Sein am at Canada West defeated Canada celebrating Ringette Week by 2 Yi dEY vo BA oA East. A Canadian team also won the first ever World Champion- ships in 1990 held in Gloucest- er,Untano. Ringette was introduced to Scugog Township girls in 1977. It has grown from its humble be- ginning to a sport now enjoyed by 84 girls between the ages of five and 17. This season's regis- tration is up from last year's to- tal of 72 girls. In the beginning years girls of many ages played on the same team. As registration boomed teams were organized in age groups. Today there are seven teams playing out of Port Perry Rin- gette Association. There is a Bunny division for girls five to seven-years-old. More girls be- tween these ages are needed for the Bunny team to allow them to take part in exhibition games. There is one Novice team, one Petite, two Tween, one Junior and one Belle team in Scugog as well. The Belles and the Tween A squads play in the Coral League and the remainder in the 401- hanging posters and wearing their team jerseys to school to show their pride in playing rin- gette. Ee er I ha Er: 7 H i = Ee Ld og.n, = "ay a ~INVEREDIATE Moos \ 9.0 Bove s 4 wine uo oi a, - pad ~ - 3 7 10 YEARS AGO pp IR, ~ FP SST EATERY Pg TID Oy Sgn Eg in, The R. H. Cornish boys soccer team was the first North Durham school to claim the Christie trophy in six years. Pictured are the members of the team. Front row from left are: Rob Baker, Paul Cooper, Darren Fulford, John Dunn, Dave Burnett and Craig Venning. Back row from left are: Ian Cooke, coach, Yvonne Christie, who presented the trophy, Barry Willerton, Doug Arculus, John Alsop, Jamie Cannon, Fergus Bell, Greg Warriner and Paul Walton. Absent from photo were David Irvine, Joe Jack- In praise of the Jays ¥ By Robert Lines, White was on first, Alomar man and Jim White. | | Blackstock, Age 10 was on second who was White's 25 YEARS AGO Markham 8-3. Tim Parker and Bill Owen had It was the World Series about mate. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1967 two goals each for Port Perry. Gerald Lee, a week ago. Winfield came up to bat and A benefit dance was held for figure skaters Bill Owen, Dave Canning, George Burnett It was three games totwo and didn't care, he hit the ball down Anna Forder and Richard Stephens to aid and Mike Geer. the crowd was low. left field and the ump called it them in their training. The dance raised $150. It looked like day but it was really night. Because the lights were lit up and it was bright. The Terminator Henke came up to pitch. Then Nixon came up to the plate to hit. All the Jays needed was one more out. They would win the World Se- ries without a doubt. All of a sudden Nixon hit it out with haste. To run his fastest to get to first base. It was covered by Maldonado and thrown to home plate, but Blauser had scored and it was too late. They got one more out and the Jays were up to the plate. fair. Alomar scored and White did too, now the score was four to two. Later on the score was near, Atlanta was cheering and the Canadians werein fear. It was four to three in favor of the Jays and Atlanta Braves were one away. Timlin came up to the mound, again Nixon came up and want- ed to pound. Nixon bunted and flew, like a finch. Timlin threw it to first and got him out by an inch. Jays won the series and Pat Borders was called M.V.P. of these games. What ever happened to the Atlanta Braves. with 127 Cornish was fifth. respectively. year-old boys division. Local schools do well at Durham Finals meet Local schools and individuals did well at the Durham Fi- nals cross country meet held on October 27. In the eight-year-old and under girls division Epsom Public School finished second with 101 points. In the boys eight- year-old and under division Epsom was seventh overall. In the same division Kevin Robins of Greenbank was first in a fie'd of 106 runners with a time of 3:47.6. 'n the nine-year-old girls race Jennifer Bruton of R.H. Cor- nit n Public School was sixth out of a field of 87 racers. In the nine-year-old boys class Cornish was third overall ints. Ross Gower of Epsom was fifth in the race and Dan Plumpton of Prince Albert School was seventh. In the 10-year-old girls division R.H. Cornish took top hon- ors. Michelle Wyville of Prince Albert was third in the race fol- lowed by Jodi May of Cornish in fourth. In the boys 11-year-old race R.H. Cornish took first place. Brad Johnston of Cornish was fifth in the race. Cornish also took third in the 12-year-old girls class. Kim Coates of Cornish was third and Amanda Wakeford, also of S.A. Cawker was first in the 12-year-old boys. Alex Wor- dley and Scott Jeffery both of Cawker were fourth and sixth In both the 13-year-old girls and boys division Cawker was fourth. Cate Lewis and Thea Demmers, both of Cornish were third and seventh respectively in the 13-year-old girls race. Cartwright Central Public School was seventh in the 14- Two hundred and forty boys signed up for Port Perry Minor Hockey this year. Parents can buy a booster ticket for $2. Flamingos Intermediate C team defeated Whitby 4-2 in its season opener. Goal scorers were Wayne Venning, Gary Geer, Don Co- chrane and Roger Pickard. Prior to the game Gary Geer was presented with a trophy for his achievements the previous season. Geer tallied 42 points in 22 games. 20 YEARS AGO WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1971 The Pee Wee Legionaires defeated New- castle 7-1. Steve Jones led the way with a two-goal performance. Singles were added by Scott Wilbur, Rob Evans, Kelly Reese, Rich LeFort and Stu Cochrane. In broomball action Brian's Supertest de- feated Utica 2-1. Don Gray and Bill Hall scored for Brian's and Don Card replies for Utica. The Port Perry Novice squad defeated After several years absence girls hockey has started up again in Port Perry. 15 YEARS AGO WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1977 The Flamingos defeated Port Hope 6-5. Counting for the local team were Dave Nich- olson and Mike Adam with two each. Steve Jones and Stu Cochrane added singles, while Brad Nicholson picked up five assists. Port Perry Minor Hockey officials are tak- ing a cautious wait and see attitude on a ruling by the Ontario Human Rights Commission which says females cannot be barred from mi- nor hockey organizations, The Juveniles defeated Uxbridge 4-2. Mark Lee had two goals and Steve Geer and Henry Frieter added singles. Ringette kicked off. In the opening game of the sport's first season Young's Dominion Hardware defeated Children's Boutique 9-7. 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