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8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, March 20,1991 BRHL Teams Do Well at Annual Oshawa Times Tournament The final game of the week was for the "A" championship, championship, featuring Mr. Submarine Peewees from Bowmanville Bowmanville and Christ Church, Oshawa. It was an exciting exciting battle with Bowmanville playing catch up for most of the game, but not quite having enough steam to beat their opponents. Final score was 7-5 for Christ Church. This photo shows the Bowmanville team waiting to receive their medallions. Blind Skiers Hit the Slopes by Lorna Miller One never knows what to expect when one is sent on assignment to photograph blind skiers. A Monty Pythonish skit immediately comes to mind. Perhaps, with people tangling tangling each other in their skis, impaling each other on poles and rolling down the hill in a melee of arms and legs? If you believe that, it's time you opened your eyes. The agile grace and practised practised control with which the blind master the downhill slopes belies their blindness. The only hint that these athletes are sightless comes when you hear the spoken commands issuing from the guides and trainers who ski behind them, telling them when to turn to the left or turn to the right or when to stop. From the base of the slopes, they appear to be the average skier out for an afternoon afternoon of fun. And, in reality, they are. They have this opportunity opportunity to enjoy the sport due to Ron and Barbara Lusher, of Mississauga, Ontario. These two selfless people picked up the tossed gauntlet and accepted accepted the challenge of teaching the blind to ski. "Twenty-three years ago, there was an ad placed in the Toronto Telegram ask ing for volunteers to teach the blind to alpine ski," said Ron Lusher, who was recently recently at the Oshawa Ski Club with his blind contingent contingent of skiers called the Ski Hawks. "Barbara and I were the first to start a club for the purpose in Ontario." Ron and Barbara started from scratch. They began by training people to train the skiers and act as guides. "We trained for weeks in the winter with the trainers, guides and the blind. We had to get the trust of the blind people. They had to put their trust totally in our ability to get them safely down the slopes. And we had to learn ourselves as we went along because we were the first to teach alpine skiing skiing to the blind." The blind skiers take anywhere from two weeks to two years of training de- ; on their ability and their physical aptitude, before before hitting the slopes. "They must learn to relax," relax," said Ron, "That is the biggest key to skiing. They have to relax and trust the guide or trainer to instruct them safely to the bottom." Ron and Barbara chose the Oshawa Ski Club at Kirby Kirby as their home base and say that the club has been very good to them throughout throughout the years. The Lions Club of Bowmanville Bowmanville has been holding a barbecue for the club on the last day of the season for ten years at the Kirby location. "We arc very thankful to all the clubs where we ski across Ontario," said Barbara. Barbara. Each year the Ski Hawks ski Caledon, Beaver Valley. Osier Bluff, Devil's Glen ana other clubs who welcome the Ski Hawks to their slopes. As with all organizations whose members have special needs, Ron and Barbara are constantly short of funds to run the club. Anyone wishing to contribute contribute monetary or physical support to the Ski Hawks' Club is asked to contact the Kirby Ski Club or the Lions Club of Bowmanville who will put you in touch with Barbara or Ron. Maureen McKinnon, of Mississauga, enjoyed a day on the slopes at the Oshawa Ski Club at Kirby recently. Here she pauses at the top of the run with her Ski Hawk Guide, Scott Burwood, of Toronto. Maureen and other skiers belong to the TIRE SALES INC. 576-1220 KUMHO STEEL BELTED RADIAL 781 ALL SEASON 299 Dean Ave., Oihawa Dennis Pizza Novices Win LNHL 'A' Trophy An enthusiastic and boisterous crowd supported Trophy Centre squad played Franklin Foods for the two teams from Bowmanville who were in the finals of "B" championship and won the trophy with a 4 to 2 the Oshawa Times Peewee Select hockey tournament score. Here, they are about to begin their victory skate on Saturday at the Civic Auditorium. The Hooper's around the arena. . On the weekend of March 8-10, the major novice Toros Œ ted in the annual tournament held in Oshawa. To date, Dennis Pizza has not been playing well in their last two playoff games (down four points to zero against Stouffville). However, However, the team came out flying against Cobourg. There was more passing in this game than the coaches and fans have seen since returning from Buffalo. The end result of their full team effort was a 12-1 victory. Each member of the team (except our great goalie) either assisted or scored a goal. On Saturday, the Toros met the Red Wings from Oshawa. This was a close contest, with the Toros failing failing to cash in on their early opportunities. ■ Aylsworth failed to convert on a breakaway breakaway that was nicely set up with some good passing. The Oshawa Red Wings stormed right back to take a 1-0 lead. The Toros kept pressing, but were hemmed in their own end by some good forechecking forechecking that resulted in the Red Wings blasting one in the net to take a 2-0 lead. Two minutes later, the Red Wings duped the- puck into our end. The puck went around the boards. Then it hit something and popped out in front of the net to a Red Wing forward who made sure of the easy score as our goalie and defence were looking behind the net. (A perfect hockey blooper!) In the second period, the Toros kept the Red Wings off the scoreboard and closed the gate to 3-1 when Mark Hoar fed Aylsworth who beat the goalie on a nice wrist shot. The Toros opened the scoring early in the third period period as Sinclair picked up a loose puck at centre ice and drove through the defence to bring the Toros to within one goal. But the Red Wings, remained undaunted, as they pressed right back 70. seconc pr ids later to take a 4-2 lead. A Toro penalty for hooking closed out the game, as the Red Wings succeeded in notching another goal and securing a 5-2 victory. On Sunday morning, the Toros encountered the Oshawa Blackhawks. Both teams needed a win to advance advance to the finals. From the opening face-off, the Black- hawks seemed ready to play as they peppered our goalie with four good scoring opportunities opportunities within the first minute of play. A quick line change after the first stoppage stoppage of play settled the boys down and some excellent hockey occurred as both teams rushed end-to-end. At the 2:19 mark of the first period, period, Kearns scored on a goalmouth scramble ■ from Shields. Taking a 1-0 lead into the second period, the Toros were kept busy playing shorthanaed for four minutes. minutes. Some excellent defensive defensive work by Adams, McCarthy. Steve Hoar and Sinclair kept the Black- hawks out of our own end. At the end of our penalty, Patrick picked up the puck at centre and blew by their defenceman and their goalie to give Dennis Pizza a 2-0 lead. In the next 30 seconds the Toros scored two more unanswered goals as Sinclair Sinclair scored from Gifford, and Aylsworth scored from Gifford and Sinclair. In the third period, the Toros were again busy killing killing penalties. The Black- hawks were unable to penetrate penetrate some excellent goaltending. Bruce and Powell Powell provided a well-earned shutout. Aylsworth closed out the scoring to give the Toros a 5-0 win. In the championship 'A' game, the Toros faced the Oshawa Bruins. Within the first 30 seconds of the game, the Bruins took their first penalty, however, the Toros were unable to capitalize with the one-man advantage. advantage. Halfway through the aggressive to the puck. But, with some excel first period, Sinclair shot on the net and Kearns pounced on the rebound to give Dennis Dennis Pizza a 1-0 lead. As the period was winding down, Stout increased our lead to two goals on a nice passing play from Kearns and Patrick. Patrick. The Bruins kept hustling after the puck, as they were eager to get on the score- board. The prettiest play of the game was some fine pinpoint pinpoint passing from Adams to Shields who then hit Aylsworth Aylsworth in stride for a breakaway. breakaway. Aylsworth hit the top right hand corner, beating the goalie on his glove hand side. With the Toros up 3-0, the Bruins continued to be 3 pU silent goaltending goaltending by the infamous duo of Bruce and Powell, the Bruins would remain off the scoreboard. Stout closed out the scoring halfway through the third period with assists to Patrick and Mark Hoar to bring home the 'A' championship. championship. This was a well-deserved win from the Toros as excellent excellent passing and playmaking playmaking prevailed. Keep it up, boys! Car Racing Makes Return For the first time in its four-year history, the Firestone Firestone Firehawk Endurance Championship will become a part of two of Canada's premier premier racing events: the Mol- son Grana Prix du Canada and the Players Mondial World Sports car Championship Championship (WSC). The two events, both at the Circuit de Gilles Ville- neuve in downtown Montreal, Montreal, will form the Fire- hawk's Quebec Championship in 1991. There will be a one-hour race prior to the Formula One on June 1 and a two-to- three-hour race during the Players Mondial weekend September 20-22. With this announcement, six of seven Firehawk races are now confirmed. confirmed. The Firestone Firehawk Endurance Championship's' Ontario schedule has also been bolstered by the addition addition of the first 24-hour Canadian Canadian endurance race for Canadian teams. One of four Firehawk events at Mosport this year, the 24-hoür race will be part of the second annual annual Toronto Star World Challenge on the weekend of August 9-11, "We're very excited by the addition of these three events," says Tom Hnatiw, manager of Firestone motor- sports in Canada. "We now have a championship that offers a range of diversified and exciting events as well as outstanding exposure for the competitors and their teams." In addition to the new events, Firehawk-organizers have negotiated a five-race television package with The Sports Network (TSN). Produced Produced by Ron Baker, of Automotive Automotive Video Productions, the Ontario races will be condensed into five half- hour programs and aired during prime time throughout throughout the summer. Aside from the 24-hour race, the Ontario Firehawk Championship will include a 500 kilometre race during Mosport's Can-Am Reunion on June 28-30; a. 250 kilometre kilometre event run as part of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Trans Am Weekend on August 9-11; and the season's three-hour finale on October 11-13, run as part of the Canadian Automobile Automobile Sport Club (CASC) National Runoffs. The date and venue for the fifth Ontario Ontario race has yet to be confirmed. confirmed. Prize money for the 1991 Firehawk has increased 20 per cent to $18,000 for each race, and every event will have three class winners. The championship is sanctioned sanctioned by ASN Canada. TOWN OF NEWCASTLE SPRING/SUMMER ACTIVITY GUIDE Watch for your copy of the 1991 SPRING/SUMMER ACTIVITY GUIDE due to be distributed the week of MARCH 11,1991. Copies will be delivered through the mail or at your local Post Office. JOIN THE FUN-THIS SPRING AND SUMMER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE BY CALLING THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 623-3379 Local Skaters Place Fourth at Provincials Kate Garrett and Peter Paradis of the Bowmanville Figure Skating Club did themselves proud this past weekend during the Ontario Provincial Interclub Championships held at the Recreation Complex. Competing in the Pre-preliminary Dance category, the Bowmanville duo finished in fourth place after their compulsory compulsory dance routines that included the 'Baby Blues' and 'Dutch Waltz:.' Two of the judges had them in second place, two placed them fourth, and one had them fifth. Carnation Atoms are A' Champions, Again The Carnation Atoms, of the BRHL, have just completed a very successful week for themselves. On March 14-15, they won the 'A' Championship of the Trenton Snowball Express Tournament with a win in the finals over Ajax. They followed that accomplishment by securing first place in the league standings on March 17 with a win over Family Trust. Unfortunately, the names of the team members were not submitted with the above photo. "Let's go blue. Let's go white. Let's go flower power. Fightl Fight! Fight! This was the cheer that spectators at the Trenton Snowball Express Tournament Tournament heard each time the B.R.H.L. atom team sponsored sponsored by the Carnation Flower Shop took to the ice on March 14th and 15th. In their opening game against a Belleville team, the Carnation Atoms demonstrated demonstrated the kind of hockey that led them to be undefeated undefeated in their previous two tournaments. By the time this game was finished, the Carnation atoms had scored eleven goals while only allowing allowing one! But even more impressive than this goal count was the fact that they Liberty Mutual Drops 2-1 Game by Cathy Harper Un Thursday, March 14, Liberty Mutual Novices showed us a changed lineup when they faced Carter's Bakery. The first period was scoreless, with both teams skating hard. Wingers Tim Swan, Ryan Dochuk, Jamie Griffin, and Ryan Davis worked hard along the boards and did some fine backchecking. Matt Dévora and Steve De Granf played well at centre, and goal tender tender Jeff Ross came up with some big saves to keep Carter's Carter's off the scoreboard. Adam Bnrrnball opened the scoring with 6:43 remaining remaining in the second period, period, to give Carter's a 1-0 load, Two minutes later, Liberty Mutual's Jason Groonhnm scored an unassisted unassisted goal to tie the score. However, before the period ended, Carter's once again took the lead. Final score: 2.1. were scored by seven different different players! Needless to say this full team effort eventually eventually placed them in and allowed allowed them to win the "A" Championship, against an Ajax team. However, even before their first game had been completed, other teams were questioning the house- league status of the Carnation Carnation Atoms for they were certainly playing a select caliber of hockey! By the time the "A" Championship was won, the players on the team had managed to score 40 goals and earn 38 assists, averaging averaging 10 goals per game. Carnation Carnation goalie Jeremy Bowen, Bowen, and the defensive lines of Tyler Cattail, Karl Weiner, Weiner, Jamie Shrives and Jeff Lockwood allowed only five goals during the two day tournament. Player stats for the four games were as follows; Philip Philip Dragstra 1 goal 3 assists, David Hamum 3 assists, David Leppert 7 goals 1 assist, assist, Danny MacDonald 9 goals 9 assists, Scott MacDonald MacDonald 15, goals 9 assists, Jason Pingle 1 goal 4 assists, assists, Jamie Shrives 2 goals 1 assist, Kevin Stonehouse 2 goals 5 assists, Karl Weiner 2 assists, Andrew Wraith 3 goals 1 assist. i Players and coaches of the Carnation atom team should be congratulated on their achievement and the manner in which they represented represented Bowmanville. Both on and off the ice, good sportsmanship and courtesy was displayed at all times. Well done players! Well, done coach Don Jollimore, assistants Paul Barr and Paul Bowen and manager Bruce MacDonald. Zion Park Summer Sports REGISTRATION to take place on Fri.. March 22 7 to 9 p.m. Sat., March 23 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Softball, T-Ball, Soccer, Ladles' Softball Registration Fee $25.00 Mitchell's Corners Public School Trull's Road North For more Information, phone Pat Howard 579-1399