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THE NEW TANNER Great ice draws curlers By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner Some world calibre curlers say it's the ice and atmos- phere that make the Acton Curling Club the perfect host for the Association of Com- petitive Curlers of Ontario tour championships this weekend. The Coors Light and Wrigley Canada 1999 cham- pionship will feature world champions Ed "Wrench" Werenich, former Canadian seniors champion Jim Sharpies and Olympic silver medallist Mike Harris, along with 48 men's and 12 ladies' teams. curling for $23,000 in prize money. The curling begins tonight (Thursday) at the Acton, North Halton, Milton and Oakville clubs and continues until Sunday's supper time fi- nal in Acton. At press time, Acton didn't have a team en- tered. "We're told by the curlers that we have the best ice in Ontario and we' re hospitable and cater to their needs and our prices are reasonable," said club president Cherlye Daponte, when asked how Acton came to be the perma- nent host. "Our club is generally jam- packed with 200 or 300 peo- ple who check to see when the big names are playing," Daponte said, adding the schedule could change right up to the last minute. "] just heard that another curler, Guy Hemmings from Quebec, is thinking about coming and if he does, it will be an ever bigger draw," Daponte said, adding there's no entrance fee, but dona- tions are gratefully accepted for the Rose Cherry Founda- tion. to Acton Club member Peter Vidler wouldn't reveal the secrets of his consistently good ice, ex- cept saying it involves the "right temperature, right kind of pebble and scraping pat- terns," to make sure it has lots of "curl." SMURFS: High single boys - Brandon Perryman - 122: High single girls - Camille Dyson, 127. PEEWEES (Saturday): High single boys - Brandon Lockyer - 1472; High double boys -Brandon Lockyer - 235; High single girls - Cristina Umbrello - 125; High double girls - Cristina Umbrello - 197. BANTAMS (Saturday): High single boys - Stephen Bennett - 136; High triple boys - Brandon Bennett - 500; High sin- gle girls - Emily Urquhart - 150; High triple girls - Tricia Joyce - 408. JUNIORS (Saturday): High single boys - Jason Charette - 244; High triple boys - Josh Thompson - 577; High sin- gle girls - Cora Ridout - 267; High aS SS = aS SS FFB Fe f= = | G8 Go oo ee ----e Monday - Friday 9-9 Saturday 9 - 6* Sunday Closed 853-2220 294 Queen St. E., Acton At, Bowlin triple girls - Cora Ridout. JUNIORS/SENIORS (Sun- day): High single boys - Tyler Kruk - 278; High triple boys - Tyler Kruk - 405; High single girls - Michelle Howe - 231; High triple girls - Lyndsay Neil-Sampson - 557. JUNIORS (Monday): High single boys - Kyle Frame - 278; High triple boys - Kyle Frame - 561; High single girls - Samantha Mills - 170; High triple girls - Ashley Burnett - 417. PEEWEE/BANTAMS (Tues- day): High single boys - Jonathon Uiterwyk - 227; High triple boys - Jonathon Uiterwyk - 547; High single girls - Katrina Harding - 185; High triple girls - Ashley Uiterwyk - 400. SUNDAY YABA: Men's high single - Adam 'McKenzie - 272; Men's high tri- ple - Adam McKenzie - 707; La- dies high single - Angie Ahearn - 328; Ladies high triple - Angie Ahearn - 766. MONDAY '55 PLUS: -High single men - John Buckman -256; High triple men - Ray Atkinson - 632; High single women - Alison Wilmott - 229, High triple women - Yvonne McKaww - 575. MONDAY MIXED: May Be to Try tect yourself. to give martial arts a try! This One Day Your Best Opportunity Martial Arts! So come visit our celebration. You'll quickly see why martial arts is one of the fastest growing activities in America for all ages. You'll never have a better chance Ke. R™ does an opportunity like this come along. Our special event will feature a full day of martial arts demon- Strations, workshops and, best of all, our most generous enrolment specials ever. For the children, we offer a variety of classes from preschool up that specialize in focus and concentration in a fun atmos- phere of respect and courtesy. For the adults, We have traditional martial arts classes, fitness kickboxing, and self-de- fence programs designed to get you in shape fast with the skills you need to pro- a x GRAND OPENING SPECIALS Grand Opening Celebration Saturday 26th February 10am-4pm CLASSIC 145 Mill St. E. Mon-Fri 4-9 pm 853-9967 ¢ . Neste ai& KARATE Lanes MEMBER: National Association of Professional Martial Artists High single men - Brian Parker - 226; High triple men - Jamie Mitchell - 617; High single women -Carrie Parker - 197; High triple women - Carrie Parker - 495. TUESDAY LADIES: High single - Loejje Kutasiewski - 252; High triple - Mardie McCoy - 631. TUESDAY MIXED: High single men - Wes Storey THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 24. 2000 Se sees FLOWER POWER: Blooms Away players raced to keep the ball away from Blue Springs Flower Shop players indoor soccer sessions at McKenzie- Smith Bennett school. - Maggie Petrushevsky photo Indoor Soccer - 207; High triple men - Doug ~ Bastell -553; High single women - Wanda Moreland - 294; High tri- ple women - Wanda Moreland - 598. WEDNESDAY LADIES: High single - Marg Haring - 245: High triple - Marg Haring - 637. WEDNESDAY OSO: High single men - Hal Gies - 194: High double men - Hal Gies - 352; High single women - Lyrssa Cantwell - 159; High double women - Lyrssa Cantwell - 288. WEDNESDAY MAJORS: High single men - Steve Bonnett - 395; High triple men - Steve Bonnett - 836; High single women -Sarah Perkins - 321; High triple women - Sarah Perkins - 850. THURSDAY OSO: High single men - Alan Adey - 220 ; High double men - Alan Adey - 384; High single women - Margaret McKenzie - 98; High double women - Margaret McKenzie - 189. THURSDAY MEN: High single - Eddie Mochrie - 319; High triple - Eddie Mochrie - 745; Special honours - Jack Van Kestern - 732. THURSDAY SENIORS: High single men- Wayne Briggs - 206; High triple men -Ray Atkinson - 556 ; High single women - Anna Eikerman - 220; High triple women - Lila Atkinson - 513. ear aeKat moh ell) CHAMPIONSHIPS UNDER-7 Roger Kirkness was unstoppable, scoring seven goals to lead Blooms Away Flowers to a 134 win over Blue Springs Flowers on Saturday at McKenzie-Smith Bennett. Ashley Van Den Biggelaar scored six goals. Walter Kirkness and Mikaela Nascimento both scored twice and Chloe Russell had a single. Danielle Cooper scored three goals for Blue Springs and Gregory Wells had a single. UNDER-10 Jesse Cameron led the way with four goals as Lakeview Flooring downed Clarke's New- foundland store 9-4. Erica Mills had a pair of goals and Emily Molcjan, Alaina Mills and Jason Shaw had singles. Mitchell Thomas had three goals for Clarke's and Kate- Lynn Christie had a single. Mark Wells earned the shut- out as MacMillan's blanked Dave's Home Services 14-zip. Brandon Masini, Nicole Drumm and Benjamin Hess each scored three goals. Riener Schmidt and Jesse Volkner scored twice and Terry Lowe had a single. Assists went to John Cullen, Arielle Hess, Nicole Scott and Wells. UNDER-13 Thomas Poullos had four THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24 -- SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2000 Host Club: ACTON CURLING CLUB Games also being held at: North Halton, Milton and Oakville Curling Clubs FINALS AT ACTON CURLING CLUB ON FEB 27" YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH WORLD CHAMPIONS ED "WRENCH" WERENICH AND MARILYN BODOGH AND THE OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALLIST MIKE HARRIS: Everyone Welcome to come out and watch. Donations to THE ROSE CHERRY HOUSE, a hospice for terminally ill children and their families will be gratefully accepted. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO OFFER SPONSORSHIP Please call MELODY at (416) 410-5079 Association of Competitive Curlers of Ontario vo eeeven WiwwWinthehack.coml/oct 0.000 goals to help Denny's Insurance to an 11-6 win over Herrington Printing. Caroline Shaw had three goals and Matt Molcjan and Nils - Olav Stockinger scored doubles. Alex Brake had four goals for Herrington and Amanda Gabrielson had a pair. Justin Lim and Shavaughn Kelly played well in net. Ryan Dunne scored five goals as White Knights edged Personal Secretarial Services 7- 6. Russel Coleman and Kaylyn McGilloway had singles. Kyle Nap had four goals for PSS and Ryan Buisman and Brydon Pole had singles. UNDER-17 Blue edged Gold 8-7 with pairs of goals from Justin Goodlet and Daniel Nikic and singles from Heather Moon, Ben Ingles, Mitchell Tulk and Jackie Christie. Joe Douglas scored three goals for Gold. Corey Burgan had a pair and singles went to Jacqueline Legere and Neil Moon. ADULT Leroy Shaw scored five goals to help Teal to a 15-6 win over Light Blue on Sunday at Acton High school. Both Joanne Cooper and Gil Douglas scored four goals and Gerry Burgan had a pair. Cathy Paul and Bain Thompson each scored three goals for Light Blue. Green and Dark Blue battled to a 10-10 tie. Martin Vuksinic scored six goals, Dave Eagan had three and Matt (no last name provided) had a single. Liz Holmes scored four goals for Dark Blue and both Sue Burgan and Gerry Burgan scored three goals. Al McDonald had a sin- gle. Villa Streak Acton Villa Edmunson Transport's winning streak continued Sunday with a win over Milton FC. Despite miss- ing several key players, Villa maintained their second spot in the Mens' Indoor League in Milton. After a slow start Villa opened the scoring through P. Wright and then through Villa dominated in the sec- ond half with two further goals from P. Wright before Milton halved the deficit. Fur- ther Villa goals came from Grif- fin, Manson, P. Nolan and P. ° Wright completed the rout. A late rally by Milton pro- duced two goals for a final score of 7-4. Acton had strong per- formances from P. Wright and ~-P:Nolan:~