4 8 The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville, August 16.1889 sport-talk 9 623 FLASHBACK -- 25 YEARS AGO -- Dick Gamble's hockey hockey school that has been going strong at the Bowmanville Bowmanville Memorial Arena throughout the summer weeks has been attracting young players from far and near. This week, four players are attending from Long island, New York and one from Calgary. Instructors at the school include Dick Gamble, head of the school, Andy Martella of Long Island, Bob Logclin, Calgary, Gary Bruschi, Don Debock and Alan Kleier, all of Long Island Island and Don Simmons, goalie with the Toronto Maple Leafs. FLASHBACK --10 YEARS AGO --Joe Kennctt of the town's Community Services Department, was in charge of the annual Soap Box Derby held Thursday on Simpson Ave., in Bowmanville. Winners were driver Steven Brooks and his helper, Brad Fraser, who pushed the car. They had the fastest time of 18 seconds in the final heat. This marked the third year in a row that Steven had won the derby. BIG BROTHERS' SPORT SWAP -- The Big Brothers Association Association of Newcastle is holding its annual Sports Swap on Saturday, September 16th, from 11 a.m. to two p.m. at Cowan Pontiac Buick. Remember to drop off your used skates, hockey and ski equipment at this location location on Friday, September 15th, between the hours of five p.m. and seven p.m. You can also leave items at the swap on Saturday morning, between nine a.m. and 10 a.m. The annual Sports Swap is just one of the activities activities lined up for Big Brother Month. FIREFIGHTERS GET BURNED AT BASEBALL -- On August 10th, the Town of Newcastle employees beat the Town of Newcastle firefighters by a close score of 18 -17. The game was played at the Baseline Community Centre. Although the fire department failed in its attempt to extinguish the hot bats of the town employees, we understand that there may be a re-match. StaVUuned for further details. CLARIFICATION ON OMIIA BOUNDARY CHANGE -- Contrary to recent announcements in The Statesman, it now appears that there will be no changes in the boundaries for the Bowmanville Minor Hockey Association. Association. At one time, there had been some suggestion that the BMI-IA would be able to draw hockey players from a wider area this season. However, this is not the case. All centres within the Town of Newcastle will remain the same as in previous years. In other words, the areas of Bowmanville, Newcastle and Orono will continue to draw their players from the usual areas. TONBA HOUSE LEAGUE PLAYOFFS -- The Town of Newcastle Baseball Association house league playoffs will start on Tuesday, September 5. This involves involves all house league teams in the Mosquito, Tyke, Peewee and Bantam divisions. The Mosquito playoff tournament is scheduled for Saturday, September 9, at Orono Park. TONBA TEAMS AT COBOURG TOURNAMENTS--This Saturday, August 19, Town of Newcastle Baseball Association Association house league teams will take part in the Peewee and Bantam tournaments at Donegan Park, Cobourg. Mothersill's Printing, Oddfellows, and Beaver Lumber teams will be in the Peewee division. Teams sponsored by Skylight Donuts, Norm's Deli and Charley's V-Plus will be in the Bantam division. GOLF TOURNAMENT AT NEWCASTLE -- The Members' Members' Seniors tournament took place on August'9th at the Newcastle Golf Club. A total of 33 men and 13 ladies golfed 18 holes and enjoyed a barbeque along with the prizes. Defending champion Stan Cooper became the 1989 champion in the men's division with a score of 82. The runner-up was Bill White who shot an 84. The 1987 ladies' champ, Laura Blight, came back to win. She shot a 92. The runner-up was Ruth Whyte with a 95. 328 RITSON RD. 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E Bowmanville 623-6353 * B.M.HA TOROS GIRLS HOCKEY JUNIORS-14 yrs. and under INTERMEDIATES - 20 yrs. and under CONTACT: Nan Spencer - 623-6757 Sharon Brooks - 623-4494 Fee: $185.00 SMUTS Newmarket Ends Season for Orioles Cancer Society Benefits from All Star Game The Newcastle Ladies' Slow Pitch League recently Dorothy Walker, Lynn Lowe, Marlene Kuzenko, staged its all-star game and raised funds for the Can- Dianne Cowling, Jean Stere, (front) Marilyn Wel- cer Society. One of the two teams, above, consisted of bourne, Wendy Couch, Mickey^Cryderman, Julie Bee- (from left to right): (back) Judy Beitle, Nancy Nixon, croft, Bev Rickards, and coach Gary Cooper. SSI At the recent Newcastle Ladies' Slow Pitch League Huxter, Diana White, Margo Knapp, Kim Piontek, all-star game the two teams played an entertaining Thelma Hazelden, Mary Damstra, and coach Dave game and raised money for the Cancer Society. Pic- Snowden, (front) Annette Quinney, Eleanor Stewart, tured here from left to right are the members of one of Sue Holley, Tammy Thornton, Patti Chatterton, and the two fine teams: (back) coach Jim Murphy, Mandy Karen Mercer. Atoms Place Second in Kingston On July 29th, the Darlington Darlington Atom Select soccer team travelled to Kingston to compete in their third tournament this season. Based on their performance in their previous tournaments, tournaments, in which they earned "A" championships, the. team was registered in the most competitive Atom division. division. A club from Napean supplied supplied the opposition for the first scheduled game and immediately opened with a strong offensive press to test Darlington's goal tender, Mark Dodds. Using his quick reflexes and holding nis ground, Mark made the first save which seemed to supply his team with a boost of confidence. Just as quickly, quickly, Darlington rallied to take control of the game. By the end of the first half, Darlington Darlington held the 1-0 lead, thanks to Chris Pot who drove the ball high in the Napean net. At halftime, coach George Pithie and trainer Orden Zdravkovski supplied instructions instructions that really paid off. Early in the second naif, Chris Peldiak used a pass from Chris Pot to double Darlington's lead, Chris Pot later doubled that lead again by scoring twice, completing completing his hat-trick! In the last few minutes of the game, it looked as if the shutout was going to be broken when a Napean forward forward once again broke through to challenge Mark Dodds. However, it was clear that Mark had no intention intention of giving up that shutout, as he made another impressive save to disappoint disappoint the Napean team. The final score settled at 4-0 for Darlington. Special mention goes to Darren Crawford, Peter Frisian, Chris McKenzie McKenzie and Brett Pakosta for their performances in this game. Their agility and speed was a definite source of frustration to the Napean players, and a factor that greatly contributed to the win. In game two, against a Frontenac team, Darlington began with the same momentum momentum which they showed the opening ten minutes of play, Frontenac was held scoreless while Darlington managed to earn three goals! The first was the result result of a comer kick taken by Brent Huggins. Brent kicked the ball to Chris Pot, who was positioned in front of the Frontenac net. Chris then passed it to Chris Peldiak, Peldiak, who wasted no time placing the ball just beneath the Frontenac crossbar. Nice teamwork players! The second second goal was scored by Brent Huggins on a free kick. While the third was earned by Niki Defreitas, who demonstrated his impressive impressive footwork to "zigzag" "zigzag" through the Frontenac players. In spite of some very aggressive play from Niki Zdravkovski ana Brian Wojnarowski, Frontenac managed to get on the board in the last few minutes of the first half to bring the score to 3-1. At the start of the second half, Frontenac again scored to show that they were not going to be defeated easily. With this tight score of 3-2, both teams knew that the next goal was especially important important and, as a result, the pace of the game escalated further. Chris Baumhauer was determined to get the next goal for his team as he worked the ball up the centre, centre, through the Frontenac defense. His determination paid off to bring the score to 4-2, Darlington, which remained remained for the duration of the game. Adam Colville, a new member to the Atom Select team played a strong game and became stronger as the two day tournament progressed. Defenseman Andrew Andrew Wraith should also be recognized for his contribution contribution to this game. His ability to clear the ball with either left or right foot and to supply supply those important passes to the forward lines was n real asset to the team. Well done, Adam and Andrew! Well done team! With two wins in the round-robin play, Darlington Darlington earned a place in the fi nal championship game. In this game, they took to the field against a team from Kingston Township. Since Kingston had also won both their round-robin games with scores of 3-0 and 7-0, Darlington knew that this would be a very challenging game. It was obvious that the biggest factor that would affect affect this game was the wind which blew directly down field. The game plan then, was to try to use the wind advantage in the first half to score as many goals as possible. possible. Then, while playing against the wind in the second. second. they might switch to a more defensive game plan. In spite of the wind advantage advantage in the first, the Kingston players did manage manage to get an early breakaway. breakaway. However, Trevor Wright ran like greased lightening to intercept that breakaway. This was just one of the many excellent lays by Trevor that earned im the M.V.P. award later. Congratulations, Trevor! By the midway point of this first half, Darlington players and fans were clearly frustrated. frustrated. Even with the wind advantage, it was difficult to score since even with the lightest kicks, the ball was picked up and carried well past the net. Finally, Chris On Sunday afternoon at Soper Creek Park, the season ended for the Cowan Pontiac-L & L Tool Junior Orioles ball team. They had run into tough opposition from Newmarket in their playoffs. Last week, the Orioles lost the first game of the best of three series, and on Sunday, the trend continued. They went four runs behind behind in the opening inning, tied it up later, but fell behind again, with the final score being 14-6. Here, Catcher Troy Harness makes a play at home plate, but the ball was too high and too late, so the runner was called safe and the run counted. Darlington players are still winners in the eyes of their parents and supporters. The trophies which they received as championship finalists were well deserved, based on their consistent, high quality play in three exciting exciting games. Way to go, Darlington Darlington Atoms! NEWCASTLE GIRLS SLO PITCH STANDINGS AUGUST 5,1989 TIRE SALES INC. 576-1220 KUMHO STEEL BELTED RADIAL 781 ALL SEASON 299 Dean Ave., Oshawa NOVICE 'Biway Tigers Forsey Signs Tesma Stevels Auto Supplies Cutting Post Hanc's Fries PEEWEE Optimists Hooper's Trophies Bob's Towing Don Valley Toyota London Life Devils Kelly's Comets BANTAM Farrow's Bait & Tackle Hooked-on-Video Kut & Kurl Van Dyk Real Estate Lange's Photo Mike's Place GP W 1 3 4 6 6 7 T PTS. 18 10 8 6 4 2 12 12 9 6 6 5 2 1 16 12 10 6 6 4 Pot managed to break the stalemate when he made good a pass from Chris Baumhauer. At halftime, that goal stood alone. Darlington Darlington would have liked a S er lead, however a one lead was better than no lead! It looked as if that single goal was going to hold in the second half when, with only seven minutes of play left, the Kingston forwards scored in a scramble in front of the Darlington net. The 1- 1 tie remained for the duration duration of the game and forced two ten-minute halves of overtime. Unfortunately, during the overtime play, Darlington was unable to make use of the wind advantage advantage while Kingston did. At the end of two additional periods, periods, the score was Darlington Darlington 1, Kingston 3. In spite of this loss, the BRHL hockey registration; "HOUSE LEAGUE" Registration for the 1989 - 90 season' 4 ""'" 1 will be held for all age groups as follows: Age as of December 31, 1989 Squirt 4 and 5 yr. Novice 8 and 9 yr. Tyke 6 and 7 yr. Atom 10 and 11 yr. Peewee 12 and 13 yr. Bantam 14 and 15 yr. Midget 16 and 17 yr. 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