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' FLASHBACK -25 YEARS AGO -- The Bow- ' man ville Recreation Department hosted the lacrosse, lacrosse, touch football and the girls' softball leagues at the Lions Centre in Bowman ville on December 3. Doug McFeeters presented Randy Donohue, representing the Blue Bombers' team, with the Bud Fanning Trophy. The Brooks Supertest Supertest Trophy was presented by Recreation Committee Chairman Don Gilhoolv to the Yellow Jackets' lacrosse team represented by Barry Virtue, Virtue, Larry Devitt and Tom Puk. Murray Cawker, of the Panthers' lacrosse team, received the Bill's Billiards Trophy from J.C. Coyle, on behalf of the team. FLASHBACK--10 YEARS AGO -- Alan Osborne Osborne had the thrill of a lifetime when playing cribbage with his sister, Helen Eagleson, to come up with a perfect score of 29. He held the jack of clubs, the five of diamonds, five of hearts, five of spades, and Helen cut him the five of clubs for his perfect hand. Alan has played cribbage for I] years, and this is his first perfect hand. SPORT-TALK TRIVIA -- Who is the only Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Penguin to win the Norris Memorial Trophy Trophy as the NHL's best defenceman? EAGLES' GAMES -- The Little Britain Merchants Merchants will be in town this Sunday night at the Recreation Complex for a 7:30 p.m. start. The Eagles Eagles will travel to Cobourg the following night for a 7:30 p.m. game against the Cougars. ORONO FIGURE SKATER SHINES -- Melissa Melissa Allin, who is a member of the Orono Figure Skating Club, may have earned a spot on the Canadian Canadian team that will compete at the Canada Winter Games being held in Charlottetown, P.E.I. during February. Skating with her partner, partner, Mark Bradshaw, she placed first in the prenovice prenovice dance category at a competition in Owen Sound recently. The win guarantees them a spot at the Ontario Winter Games in Barrie during March, but it's a berth on the Canadian team that they are hoping for. They will receive the news about a spot on the Canadian team on Jan r uary 20. AREA TRACK STARS DOING WELL - Two area athletes who compete with the Durham X- L's track club in Oshawa had outstanding results at the International Youth Meet of Champions at York University recently. James Knoop placed second in the 400m, fourth in the 800m, and sixth in the 1500m. Teammate Luke Dragstra placed first in the 3000m, fourth in the 800m, and fifth in the 1500m. James competed in the Tyke boys' category, while Luke was entered in the Bantam boys' group. TRIVIA ANSWER » In 1981, Randy Carlyle L won the award. ^^ November is Busy for : Members of B.R.H.L. by Cathy Harper Another busy month has passed for the members of the Bowman ville Recreational Recreational Hockey League. During During November, team pictures pictures were taken for most teams, with the remainder to be completed by mid- December. Each player received received a team picture, and individual picture, a button and a fridge magnet. Many thanks to Richard Lange and Lange's Photo Lab tor their prompt delivery. Anyone Anyone wanting more copies of their pictures can order them directly from Lange's. The BRHL would like to thank members of the Oshawa Generals, the Oshawa Times, and the Oshawa Ice Council for inviting inviting us to a hockey clinic hosted by Dutch Turner on November 24 at the Civic Auditorium. In all, 15 teams from the BRHL attended, along with 17 coaches. TIRE SALES INC. 576-1220 KUMHO STEEL BELTED RADIAL 781 ALL SEASON 299 Dean Ave., Oshawa There were approximately 2600 in attendance 1 from various leagues in the area. The BRHL appreciates being being included in this event, and we are looking forward to being, invited back next year. On November 28, an Level Level 1 Hockey Trainers' Certi- ficatibn Program was presented presented at the Bowmanville Recreation Complex. It was a four-hour classroom session session attended by approximately approximately 40 BRHL members. The purpose of the program is twofold -- prevention of injury, and the' proper response response when an injury has occurred. We all hope, of course, that a serious injury will not occur, but if it does, it is crucial crucial that someone takes the proper actionpromptly and efficiently. Tne Trainers' Program, very informative and well-presented, has equipped us to do that. Many thanks to Todd Shields for organizing this presentation for us, on short notice. The hockey season seems to be zipping by, with lots of exciting hockey games to play or 'watch every week. Tournaments have begun, and teams are busy fitting these in around their regularly regularly scheduled games. Christmas is just around the corner and it's a busy time for everyone. Merry Christmas Christmas to all, from the Bowmanville Bowmanville Recreational Hockey Hockey League! We wish everyone a safe and happy Holiday Season. The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville. December 12,1990 7 . Eagle Offers Best of Defence and Offence Eagles Drop Close Contest to Uxbridge by Brad Kelly It's a safe bet that Eagle coach Mike Noonan will be putting his troops through some demanding practices this week. What he'll be demanding is some effort. Lacking the ■ intensity that carried them to the top of the standings, the Eagles allowed Uxbridge to score twice in the third period - the last time with just 31 seconds remaining - for a narrow 4-3 loss. Jason Underwood broke away from his check just inside inside the blueline and, after receiving a pass from Keith Piette, beat goaltender Chris Massey between the legs for the winner. The Eagles removed Massey Massey in the later stages for an extra attacker, and had a face off with eight seconds left deep in the Bruins' zone, but were unable to get a shot on Uxbridge goalie Ian Witucki. BRUINS 4 EAGLES 3 It was the second time in four outings this season that the Bruins have defeated the Eagles. Their other win came back on November 9 when they put a stop to the Eagles' 10-game undefeated streak with a 7-3 win in Uxbridge. Uxbridge. Sunday's loss dropped the Eagles' record to 12-4-2. More importantly, it was the third time in the last four home games that the Eagles have lost. The loss came on the heels of a 5-5 stalemate in Cobourg the previous night. Needless to say, Noonan was anything but pleased with his club after their weekend games. "The other team (Uxbridge) (Uxbridge) wanted it more than we did. We gave up three points this weekend because we didn't want it," Noonan fumed. "Hopefully, with a tie and a loss it will sink into their heads that they're not as good as they think. We have to work hard to get everything. everything. There's no excuse for a lack of work." Jeff Rohr, Rob Real and Brad Robinson scored for the Eagles. For Uxbridge, Ron James had a pair while Paul Sinclair Sinclair and Underwood, with the winner, accounted for the Bruins' scoring. The Eagles were clinging to a 3-2 lead to start the third period, but Sinclair's goal on a rebound tied the score. The goal inspired the Bruins and they took the play to the Eagles for the next ten minutes, searching for a lead. Only the acrobatics acrobatics of goalie Chris Massey kept the Eagles close. On two occasions in the period, it wasn't a question of whether he was carrying a lucky horse shoe, but rather, where it was hid. At the 12-minute mark, a shot that trickled through his pads was on its way in before Steve McCrae rushed in behind to save an apparent apparent goal. Then, with the Eagles Eagles killing a penalty, Uxbridge's Uxbridge's Ted Dacey had the whole net to shoot at but a ed the puck over the net Massey down. The win in' the dying moments moments was a vindication, of sorts, for Uxbridge, who lost 4-3 to Cobourg on Friday night. The Cougars scored the winning goal with 10 seconds left in the game. "There are two things that have helped our play improve," began Uxbridge coach Jim McDowell when asked what he felt has turned his club around. "An 8-1 loss here earlier in the season, and a 7-1 pasting in Port Perry. Those two games were character-builders for us." "It took us the first 8-10 games to get our line combi- nations...all the points we get are important now. l ,l rom day one, the league is just a round robin. Ana even though it would be nice to finish in the top four, I'm not going to spend all year worrying about finishing first. The Eagles played much of the first period short- handed. With 11 seconds left in . a slash minor to Robinson, Robinson, Kelly Armstrong was nailed with a four-minute spearing penalty. With one second left in his double minor, minor, brother Shane was called for slashing. Uxbridge were unable to capitalize as the teams played a scoreless first period. period. On the night, the Bruins failed to score on eight power power playchances. THE SCOOP - Scott Fenton, Gil Bonneau, Jeff Flintoff and Dean Baum- hauer didn't dress...The Bruins outshot the Eagles 43-31...Glen Campbell was tossed from the game after a scrap in the second period with Chris Winn. Kelly Armstrong Armstrong was ejected in the third period for receiving three stick penalties...Little Britain will oe in town this Sunday. Hollingsworth Tigers Edge Out Grafton, 4-1 Bowmanville's Gareth Stone has his progress halted by Uxbridge's Jamie Showers Showers during first period action of Sunday night's Junior C game at the Recreation Complex. The Bruins scored with 31 seconds remaining in the game to hand the Eagles a 4-3 loss. With the loss, Bowmanville dropped into a first place tie with the Lakefield Chiefs. On Friday, December 7, the Hollingsworth Family Trust Tigers headed down the road to Grafton to play the Grafton #3 team. The Tigers Tigers went into this game without their normal goalie, but the players were nappy to see that Kris Polley was playing between the pipes. The Tigers lit up the scoreboard early in the game when Chris Watson set up Gavin O'Donnel. The Tigers then took a two goal lead when Chris Koning intercepted intercepted the puck and passed to Clayton Kohn in the slot who put the puck in the upper corner. Early in the second period, period, the Tigers took a three- goal lead when Ian Robinson got the puck to Craig Mathe- son who passed to Chris Watson who tipped the puck into the net. The Grafton team got on the board in the second period when the Tigers Tigers were caught short due to a poor player change. Late in the third period, the Tigers rounded out the scoring scoring when Craig got a shot on the net that the ■ goalie couldn't handle, allowing Robert Dorigo to knock the loose puck into the net. The final score was Hollingsworth Hollingsworth 4, Grafton 1. This game found the Tigers getting getting into the bad habit of not playing . good positional hockey. On Saturday afternoon, the Tigers. played against Notre Dame of the CYO at the Newcastle Arena. The Tigers scored the first goal of the game, when Ian Pollard fed a pass to Clayton Kohn, who beat the goalie. The Notre Dame team kept the pressure on the Tigers and it paid off as they scored to tie the game. The Tigers took the lead back late in the first period when David Hollingsworth got the puck to Chris Watson Watson who scored. The Tigers then took a three-goal lead when Ian Pollard make a Bobby Orr-style rush and let a shot go that passed the M.J. Hobbs Boys Capture Volleyball Title The boys' volleyball team from M.J. Hobbs captured the area championship with a win over Bowmanville Senior in the finals on Wednesday, December 5. Dr. Hawkins from Port Hope placed third, and The Pines were fourth. Winning team members included, front screened goalie. The Tigers then took a three-goal lead on a passing play with Mike McCrory passing to David Hollingsworth over to Clayton Clayton Kohn who notched his second goal of the game. The Tigers then fell asleep,' allowing the Notre Dame team to score two f oals to make the final score igers 4, Notre Dame 3. This game should prove to the Tigers that if they want to win they must play 100% for the whole game. Durham T.V. Skates to Tie by Richard Roth Durham TV and Antenna played Shoppers Drug Mart to a 2-2 tie in BRHL tyke action action on Saturday, December 8. In a contest that featured end-to-end action and tight checking in the neutral zone, it was the goal tenders who prevailed to keep the scoring low. Shoppers Drug Mart carried carried tne play throughout most of the game with strong performances from the entire team. With 4:25 remaining in the first period, period, Tyson Crocker put Snop- pers on the board for a 1-0 lead. It was almost a full period period later, with 4:32 left in the second period, before Sebastian Sebastian Dault beat Shoppers' fine young netminder, Brett McKee, to tie the score at one with his first of two goals on the day. Sebastian's second goal, after being thwarted repeatedly by Brett McKee, came on a breakaway with 6:24 remaining remaining in the third period, putting Durham TV ahead 2-1. Durham TV played a very close checking game, trying to shut down a good scoring club and hold onto their lead for the remaining six minutes. After making several good stops, a tricky rebound off the back boards caught Durham TV goaltender Erik Smale out of position and Adam Bowen was there to slap home the tying goal for Shoppers with 1:05 left to play. Shoppers had a couple of golden opportunities to notch the winner in the last minute, but Erik Smale and Durham TV held on to keep the tie. Kevin Mitchell by Brad Kelly Opposing defencemen would prefer that the Eagles' Eagles' Kevin Mitchell stay put on the blueline. It's a nightmare for them when they retreat into their own end for a loose puck, and see him over their shoulder in hot pursuit. Opposing forwards wish he would remain on the wing. They, too, have nightmares nightmares as they prepare to carry the puck into the Eagles' Eagles' zone, and find that, standing between them and Ian Cooper or Chris Massey, is Mitchell. If nothing else, this speaks very highly of the versatility of the Whitby native native who is in his second season season with the club. Playing effectively as both a forward and defenceman, he gives coach Mike Noonan an added added option during the course of the game. But he makes no bones about what position he prefers. prefers. "Oh, I like forward a lot better. But it caused me some trouble adjusting at first," he said, following a recent recent game. "As a defence- man, I'm the stay-at-home type who just tries to move the puck up to the forwards." forwards." Throughout his 'hockey career, it has been his defensive defensive skills that have carried him. But, with the Eagles, it was as a forward that they coveted the talented 20- year-old. That position, up until last year, was foreign to him. After skipping his first year of midget hockey to play Junior U with the Uxbridge Uxbridge Bruins, he returned to Whitby to play his second year of midget. The following following season he gained a spot on the blueline with the Oshawa Legionnaires, where he spent a season- and-a-half. But that ended last December December after a dispute with the managers and coaches. "We were playing Markham Markham on a Friday night and were winning 9-2 going into the third period and ended up tying 9-9" he recalled. "On Sunday night, we went back to Markham and the manager came in and said if he could get some players from the Mojacks (Port Perry) and the midgets, midgets, then none of us would be playing." As one of the leaders on the club, Mitchell recalled that all eyes were on him to come to the defence of his teammates. "I stood up and told him that I didn't think that was the type of pep talk we needed needed Before a game. He told me he could care less what I thought, so I took my equipment equipment off and handed in my sweater." The Mojacks were the first team to learn of his availability, but they could only guarantee him a spot on the team as their eighth defenceman. The next day, he received a call from Eagles' manager, Ron Clemens, who was also interested in him as a defenceman. defenceman. "Clemy said I'd be the' eighth defenceman, but I told him that I didn't think I would fit in. Then he told me that Greg (Goode) had broken his leg and asked if I'd like to try forward." In eight regular season games with the Eagles, he; averaged more than a point' a game, finishing with two goals and nine assists. This season has been a struggle, as a three-game' suspension and shoulder surgery have had him' watching from the stands for the most part. But what he has saw of his teammates has impressed impressed him. "I think we have a lot of character on this club. Last' year there were a few guys who didn't fit in, but this year everyone is working together. together. A lot of it has to do with the coaching we're getting." getting." In limited playing time this year, he has scored twice and added a pair of assists. assists. But it's his presence on the ice that has scored the most points against the opposition. 328 RITSON RD. N., OSHAWA 725-4744 if busy call 725-2831 wiioi.ksai.i: x m: i aii. DURHAM REGION'S WOOD SPECIALISTS IN Hardwood it aoftwood lumber dry Mins it dressing facilities including custom made trim; hardwood it marine plywoods as well as a complete stock of building materials. LANQ XD£LAIC£_I I flWY row, (l-r)j Mike Sullivan, Jell'Crawford, Derek Stack- house, Nick Bessie. Back row, (1-r), Mr. Store (conch), Reuben Korte, Jeff Hcathcrington, Andrew Small, Kevin Kevin Pickcll, Mr. Coles (coach), Absent was Dave Watt. WINTER AQUATIC REGISTRATION TOWN OF NEWCASTLE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT is holding AQUATIC REGISTRATION for all PROGRAMS on MONDAY, DECEMBER 17,1990 at the BOWMANVILLE RECREATION COMPLEX MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. PLEASE DO NOT BRING REGISTRATION FORMS AS THEY WILL BE SUPPLIED AT THE COMPLEX. CONCESSION BOOTH WILL BE AVAILABLE SUPERVISION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN Late registrations will be accepted at the Community Services Department MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville After December 17,1990