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! clipboard and tam sits alone in the top will be runnir not the players. Bruce Colwell Eagles Start Season With New Manager Hockey Camp Starts 7th Season By Brad Kelly Pausing for a moment, he took a long look out onto the ice surface as he searched for the proper answer. Players in his hockey school were on the ice at the Pickering Recreation Complex Complex being put through their paces. As the new manager of the Bowmanville Eagles, Bruce Colwell was trying to come up with an answer that wouldn't ruffle the feathers of those close to the team. He had just been asked how he intends to improve an Eagle hockey team that finished first in the league last year with a 27-7-2 record. He was asked how he intended to get the team over the hump that saw them fall in the league finals in seven games to Port Perry last year. After much deliberation, he came up with the most diplomatic answer possible. "We can't improve on the results that last year's team had," he said carefully picking picking each word. "I hope to be as competitive and as fast as they were." / And with that statement, another year of Jr. C hockey in Bowmanville was bom. It's still early - training camp for the team doesn't open until Sept. 4 - but the new manager of the Eagles is already thinking hockey. Many of the hockey fans in Bowmanville will recognize recognize Mr. Colwell as the man with the hat who row of the stands. To say that he knows some arenas as well as his own house would be an understatement. understatement. Over the course of a year, he estimates attending nearly 300 hockey games from bantam to the Junior level. Over the course of a number number of years he has held various various positions at every level of hockey. He was a coach in both the Toro and Newcastle Minor Hockey system; a director director of scouting for the Thornhill Jr. B's; and then was the director of scouting of the Pickering Jr. B hockey club before becoming a part owner of the team. His main responsibilities with the Eagles will include making travel arrangements, arrangements, securing ice time, and occasionally scouting to fill holes on the roster. Just how many holes there are to fill remains a question mark. Mr. Colwell maintains that, "nobody from last year's team is guaranteed a spot," as he cited an example of a Junior team that named their captain captain for the following year in the summer. Turns out that the player came to training camp in shorts, wasn't in shape, and waltzed through the try-outs. It's a scenario he would rather do without in his first season. His objective for the coming coming season is a simple one. "We plan to use all of the players all of the time," he said, but warned, "the coach the show, By Brad Kelly The Pickering Panther Jr. B Development Camp has been a stepping stone to Junior hockey for young players for seven years. The camp has been so. successful that the founder of the camp, Bowmanville's Bruce Colwell, estimates that 60-65 per cent of the The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, August 15,1990 11."" players that enter the camp move on to play Junior hockey- hockey- , ■ Over the seven years, the camp has had a distinct lo- Newcastle Village Minor Hockey REGISTRATION Girls and Boys at Newcastle Arena on: Wed., Aug. 22 7-9 Fri.,Sept, 7 7-9 Sat., Sept. 8 9-12 Wed., Sept. 12 7-9 Sat., Sept. 15 9-12. Late Fee $25. after Oct. 1 Tykes $125.00 Novice $175.00 Atom $175.00 Pee Wee $175.00 Bantam $175.00 Midget $200.00 0.M.H.A. +$50.00 Anyone who would like to coach or train a Minor Hockey Team Is asked to apply in writing slating experience and preference as to position and age level to: Newcastle Village Minor Hockey P.O. Box 345 Newcastle, Ont. LOA 1 HO \ ll< KAMI Of , * Newcastle iml?" INSTRUCTIONAL SWIMMING REGISTRATION FOR THE SEPTEMBER MINI-SESSION . WILL BE HELD Thursday, August 23,1990 NEWCASTLE FITNESS CENTRE 6:30 R.M.-9:00 P.M. The program will run Tuesdays and Thursdays from Thursday. September 6,1990 to Thursday, September 20,1990 FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 623-3392 Ext.. 262 cal flavour. Besides the in-1 volvement there have from the Town who have ^ A couple of the more not- linI h qH C ? e Jb g R antherJ Development Camp is in its seventh year of opera- 3 ^team^formft^lre fcon. started by Bowmanville s Bruce Colwell, the camp may be located at the most camps teach individual, Bowmanville Recreation Complex next year. skills like skating, and shooting," he said. ~ "At a lot of camps, some of the kids aren't skilled enough to do certain drills. All of the kids here are from a structured program, so they can absorb and understand understand what we're trying to teach them." The camp is divided into two sessions: one begins in the spring, and the other runs from July 30-August 10. In the spring, the five week camp runs four nights a week, and includes one hour of classroom instruction, instruction, one-and-a-half hours of oh ice instruction, and a one-and-a-half hour game. In the second session, the players are on the ice for two hours of instruction, and a two hour game. Some of the local players invited to this year's camp include: Scott Pollard, Ryan Stewart, and Seamus McGuire of Bowmanville, and Jason Bozak of Newcastle. Newcastle. "Bruce came to watch me play in Bowmanville, and then invited me out," said Scott Pollard. "The camp has helped my skating, and I've also learned to react faster to the play." Ryan Stewart, who hopes to be in an Eagles' uniform this season, also felt the camp has improved his skills. "It's been great for conditioning conditioning and we get a lot of ice time," he said between work-outs. And is he intimidated intimidated to be on the ice with players who have reached the Jr. *B'level? . "No, everyone here looks the same. Nobody really stands out," It will be the last year that the camp is going to be held in Pickering. Now that Mr. Colwell is the manager of the Eagles, he is hoping to move the camp to Bowmanville, Bowmanville, providing ice time will be available. Laugh Olympics Held, at Newcastle Pool . laughter is the best medicine then the swimmers at the Newcastle Lions Pool in the village of Newcastle must be a very fit bunch after the Laugh Olympics on Fridzy. There were silly games, races and face painting for the kids. The adults joined in the fun during the wave race. This young swimmer shown above is getting getting her face painted by one of the lifeguards. Comeback Win for Darlington It seems odd writing this column. It's Friday afternoon and I'm only hours away from taking my second week of holidays. holidays. The oddity is that while my thoughts are on water skiing, swimming, and fishing, it's hockey that is slowly becoming the main focus of my attention attention as the summer winds down. As the temperature continues to hover around 80°F, and the rains continue to fall, training camp for the Bowmanville Eagles opens up in less than three weeks. Hardly seems fair, does it? Last week, I caught up with Bruce Colwell at the Pickering Recreation Complex for a chat about the upcoming season. For those who have been in the dark for the last six weeks, Bruce was hired as the new manager of the Eagles. Anyway, the topic of allowing over-age players to play in the league cropped up. Rumors run rampant every year at this time about the subject, subject, and this year was no different. After all, the Eagles had nine players on last year's roster that will be lost to graduation. Or will they? Bruce hasn't received . confirmation *. from the league offices yet, but word is that each team will be allowed to carry three over-agers this year. The rule will likely read that for every overaged overaged player, a team must drop a e minor-midget player from* the roster. As I approach my first year here at The Statesman, Statesman, I have become very good at second guessing the moves coaches ana managers make. It's easy, from where I view the games, to be perfect. For once, I won't be doing doing any second guessing. For a change, I am providing providing the opportunity to be second guessed. If the coaching staff of the Eagles were to come to me prior to the season seeking advice (which would be the first mistake mistake in their coaching careers) careers) here's what I'd tell them: First of all, you have to keep Glen Campbell. Now I know I'm not really really going out on a limb here, but one has to start slowly. Glen tied for the league scoring title with teammate Nick Dennis, and the two combined for the best one-two punch in the league. It's hard to find a play maker that will put the numbers on the board that this , guy did. After Glen, it's pretty much a roll of the dice on the other eight. Each' player can contribute great things in their own way to the hockey club. In my view, a team has to be sound defensively if it has any hopes of contending, contending, this makes Kelly Armstrong an obvious choice as the second player. He can be a leader, but tends to take needless penalties at bad times. This, however, can be corrected. corrected. The third player would ' ! be a toss-up between ,r, ' George Pithie and Scott 1 Webster. You couldn't go"" 1 wrong by having either 1 '- 1 ' one of these guys on the 'i 1 team. : i But only one can play, and my bet is that it will uid be Pithie. i "i i The guy can do it all: > 1 score, kill penalties, and ,,T rough it up. He is also >v one of the best skaters in vi the league. , j There they are, in or-, ri der. io Thankfully, I'll be in J ' : , hiding this week, so if the ! r -' other six eligible players disagree with my picks, their anger will, I hope, have cooled off by the time I get back. Don't Miss This Sale! 28- Panasonic. pc-2st?9s Stereo Television • 155-channel, unified remote control • MTS built-in, 2 speakers • Bass/treble control ► On-screeen display 1 Programmable channel scan/auto channel scan v - « ■■ ■■ ', ' ► Rapid tune and much more Only $949.95 M.S.L/1149.95 -Easy Monthly Payments - BOWMANVILLE Audio-Vision 58 King St. W. Tel. 623-2312 "Bowmanville's Complete Electronics Store" We repair all makes On Wednesday, August 8th, the Darlington Eagles came back from a 2 - 0 deficit deficit to defeat Oshawa 4-2. Brent Huggins and Brinn WojnnrowsKi took turns in net for the injured Jason Lange. Tne Eagles had just 11 players and Jnson Lnngc was called upon to play defense defense while nursing n sore hand, Brent Huggins is still playing with n bruised ankle and Niki DoFrcitns plnyod with leg cramps. John Mnrco Cnnnito nnd Chris Pcldink wore the other other defonsomont. Those three boys allowed Oshawa very few shots, making life easy for tho goal-tenders. Way to go, defense. Mid-iielders Chris Bnum- hauer and Nicky Zdravkow- ski came up with a strong game. Nicky was good offensively offensively while Chris worked hard both ways. Brinn nnd Robert Fiorini also played at half-back nnd put in a solid effort. Chris Pot plnyed with a lot of intensity nnd scored the Engles' first goal which started from n throw-in by Chris Bnumhauer to Niki DoFrcitns to Dnrryl Wright. Brent Huggins went to work in tho sccond-hnlf, setting up tho next three goals by tnlontcd Dnrryl Wright. Brent worked very hard this gnmo. Nicky Zdravkowski started started the piny for tho Engles final final goal. -Robert Fiorini B oa leit wing in tne ursc- and came very close to scoring as his eight yard chip shot sailed over the cross bar. With two games remaining remaining the Engles have their eyes set on first place. B.R.H.L. -issir' The Bowmanville Recreational Hockey League is currently accepting applications for Coaches for the 1990-91 season. Applications are being accepted for the following House League and Select Divisions: Pee Wee 12 and 13yrs, Bantam Hand 15 yrs, Midget Hand 17 yrs. Please submit all applications to the following address on or before Friday August 24,1990, B.R.H.L, Box 163 Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3K9 Tyke 6 and 7 yrs. Novice 8 and 9 yrs. Atom 10 and 11 yrs. B.M.H.A. Bowmanville Toros Hockey Registration " n >»nviV' c Sat., Aug. 18 Thurs., Aug. 23 Friday, Aug. 24 Sat., Aug. 25 •Thurs.. Auo. 30 Thurs., Aug. 30 Tuos„ Sept. 4 10 a.m. -4 p.m. 6 - 9 p.m. 6 - 9 p.m. 10 a.m. -4 p.m, 2 p.m.,-.4 p.m., 6 - 9 p.m. 6 - 9 p.m. Bowmanville Mall Bowmanville Mall Bowmanville Mall Bowmanville Mall Bow. 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