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8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, April 3,1991 Keeping Your Eye on the Birdie Always Helps Krystal Vanloosen (foreground), of Bowmanville High School, keeps her eye on the shuttlecock while partner Tammy Wraight looks on during a LOS- SA East badminton tournament at BHS last Thursday. The BHS duo were in an early round match with opponents from Paul Dwyer when this photo was taken. ' • Local Youth Meets Wayne Gretzky's Father Brett Cooper, 11, of Bowmanville, met hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky's dad, Walter, at the Coca-Cola Classic hockey clinic. The senior Gretzky was on nand to offer his advice to young players last Saturday at Maple Leaf Gardens. Cooper was among 80 youngsters vying for a chance to hone their skills at Wayne Gretzky's annual hockey camp to be held in Richmond Hill in June. Bantams Capture Welland Consolation Title The Bowmanville Toros captured the Bantam 'A' consolation trophy with a 5-1 win over Valley East in a LNIIL tournament held in Welland on the weekend of March 16-17. Taking part in the presentation were, from left, Lon Bower (Welland Optimist Club), Gord Schaubcl (Welland Minor Hockey Association, Association, Scan Brown, Craig Rickard and Chad Vandcrcndc. Chad lias also been invited as Bowmanvillc's representative to attend an OMHA undcr-17 regional camp in Lindsay from April 19-21, FLASHBACK - 25 YEARS AGO - Several trophies trophies were presented during the final costume party party of the Ladies' Curling Section. The following is a list of the winners. Ken Nicks Trophy-Viv Cowman, Cowman, Betty Brough, Beth VanBridger, Ev Alder; President's Trophy-Jean Peterson, Freda Kramp, Kay Worden, Thelma Beerthuizen; Roy Nichols' Trophy-Ida Goddard, Queenie Fletcher, Dot McClellan, Thelma Beerthuizen; Bank of Montreal Trophy-Ida Goddard, Freda Kramp, Dot McClellan, McClellan, Hilda Braden. FLASHBACK - 10 YEARS AGO - During the recent Timmy Tyke Tournament held in Toronto, Bryan Page, a centreman for the Scott's Chicken Villa Novice Toros, scored his 100th goal of the season. season. Tournament organizers invited Bobby Orr to present Bryan with his milestone puck. Orr quipped, "I'm sure Harold Ballard will he looking for you." SPORT-TALK TRIVIA - Name the last St. Louis Blues' player to win the Çonn S mythe Trophy as the Stanley Cup Playoff MVP. BOYS' SLO PITCH -- The Town of Newcastle Boys' Slo Pitch League will be holding registration at the Bowmanville Mall on Friday, April 5 from 6- 9, and on Saturday, April 6 from 10-3. The league is for boys 9-17 years of age for junior and senior divisions. divisions. For information contact A1 Cole at 623-9288 or Rick Powell at 987-2200. ORONO SKATING CARNIVAL - The Orono Figure Skating Club will be presenting their carnival carnival entitled Tribute to Jim Hensen' on Saturday, April 6, at the Orono Arena and Community Centre. Centre. There will be two shows to choose from, the first one beginning at 1:30 and an evening presentation presentation at 7. The show will feature Netty Kim, the 1991 Canadian Junior Gold Medallist and the Whitby Masters Precision Team. ESSO SWIM CANADA -- The Newcastle Aquatic Club will begin a new 10 week session for the Esso Swim Canada Program on Saturday, April 6. The program emphasizes efficient swimming through stroke improvement, proper turns and fast starts for. competitive swimming for kids aged six to twelve. For registration information, contact Jeri Frisina at 623-1204. SWIMMING CANCELLED -- The Town of Newcastle Newcastle would like to advise all patrons of the Newcastle Newcastle Fitness Centre that due to a swim meet on Sunday, April 7, hosted by the Newcastle Aquatic Club, the family swim from 1-2:30 and the public swim from 3-5 will be cancelled. These swims will resume as scheduled on April 14. STEELHEAD TOURNAMENT -- Ontario's only live release steelhead tournament will return to the Bowmanville Creek on Saturday, April 13, for the second year in a row. First prize this year will be $1000, based on a full field. Entries for this year's tournament can be picked up at Gagnon Sports or Barkleys Sports in Oshawa, or by contacting Dave Lawson at 623-6447. , ,,, BALL HOCKEY REGISTRATION - The next registration for the youth ball hockey league will he Saturday, April 6 at the Bowmanville Mall from 9:30-1:30. Applications are also available at Carter's Carter's Bakeiy. For further information, contact Ron Frampton at 623-7911, Rick Brown at 623-7898 or Paul Robinson at 623-3884. SOCCER REGISTRATION - The Bowmanville United Soccer Club will be holding a registration this Saturday at the Bowmanville Mall from 10-5. For more information, see the add on page seven. ' TRIVIA ANSWER - Glenn Hall in 1968. V ■ , Durham Police Seek Assistance During 1991 Torch Run Since 1981, the International International Association of Chiefs of Police and the International International Special Olympics have been working together to promote and support the mentally handicapped. In 1987 the Ontario Special Olympics and the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police Police sponsored what was to become an Annual Law Enforcement Enforcement 'Torch Run.' The purpose of this Torch Run is to raise money for the more that 150,000 mentally mentally handicapped people in Ontario. All money goes to benefit the mentally handicapped handicapped through the Ontario Special Olympics Program. There are no administration fees. In order to raise this money, an Adopt-A-Cop Pledge Program has been implemented and involves all police personnel in the province. A relay, carrying a symbolic torch, will start from separate locations in Ontario, converging in Ottawa Ottawa on the evening of Thursday, Thursday, July 25, at the opening of the Special Olympics Summer Games. The Durham Regional Police Police Service will participate in the Torch Run and off- duty police officers and police police personnel will carry the torch for 64 kilometres through our Region on Friday, Friday, June 7. Police officers and police personnel will be looking for donations over the next several months. Anyone wishing to make a donation to help the mentally mentally handicapped is asked to contact any member of the Durham Regional Police. TOWN OF NEWCASTLE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY GUIDE Please make note of the following errors or omissions in the Spring/Summer 1991 Activity Guide. Page Item 11 Bowmanville Recreation Complex 25 (Map) Newcastle Lions Pool 26 Card Club - Bowmanville Exercise Class and Tai Chi 27 T.O.N.BA 28 Maple Leaf Martial Arts Bowmanville Country Club T. of Newcastle Ladies Slo Pitch Correction Should Be Ward I Locate beside #40 Norman Dickinson - 623-5166 Contact -June Clark 623-5278 Terry Donahue 623-4705 only Karate - Charles Kennish 623-9573 623-2670 Contact Lori Allin 623-9763 We apologize for any inconvenience these errors/omissions may have created, for more information contact: Community Services Department 623-3379 Tigers are on Playoff Prowl The Hollingsworth Family Family Trust Tigers are fighting hard in the round robin portion portion of the playoffs. On Wednesday, March 27, the ' Tigers played against J&J Sharpening. The Tigers knew that this was going to be a hard- fought game as J&J always seemed to have the Tigers' number. Both teams played good defensive hockey in the first period as neither team could score. Towards the end of the second period, the Tigers lit up the scoreboard when Darren Crawford scored with Kris Polley and Chris Honing obtaining the assist. Just over a minute later, the J&J team tied the game up when Jeremy Sanders scored. The Tigers then took the lead in the third period when Darren got a shot on the net that the goalie couldn't handle, allowing Terry Edwards to score. Ike Tigers then took a two-goal lead when Terry passed the puck to Mike McCrory who passed to Robert Dorigo who one-timed the puck into the net. The Tigers made this game interesting as they drew a penalty late in the. third period, but hard work allowed them to kill the penalty. penalty. With time running out, J&J Sharpening scored to make the final score Tigers 3, J&J 2. On Thursday, the Tigers played against the Hydro team. Both teams went into this game with three wins, with Hydro being on a high after their victory over Carnation. Carnation. Triple F The Tigers came out .strong, but it was Hydro that drew first blood. Early in the second period, the Tigers Tigers tied up the score as Mike McCrory let a shot go from the point that Greg Hoy deflected into the net. The Tigers then took the lead when Terry Edwards scored on a nice set-up from Chris Watson. The Tigers took a two-goal lead when Robert Dorigo scored on a set-up from Darren Crawford Crawford and Ian Pollard. Late in the second period, the Hydro boys cut the Tigers' lead in half. Late in the game, both teams put out their big guns. Clayton Kohn grabbed the puck and passed up to Dairen Crawford who had beat the Hydro defence and let a blast go that the goalie had no chance on. The final score in this hard-fought game was Tigers 4, Hydro 2. On Saturday the Tigers faced 401 Esso. The last time these teams met, the 401 Esso team laid a real beating on the Tigers. Both of these teams are now play ing good, playoil'-type hockey. hockey. For two periods, both teams had good scoring opportunities opportunities but both goalies came up big to keep the puck out of the net. At the midway point, the Tigers got on the scoreboard when Greg Hoy grabbed his own rebound and scored. With only 27 seconds to go in the game, Jason Frayne grabbed the puck and let a blast go that beat the screened T- gers' goalie. The final score in this tight game was 401 Esso 1, Family Trust 1. Champions Declared in Newcastle League Bowling sitors Jake Dykstra 23.5, Nel VanAbbema 23, Case De- Plaa 22, Peter Flonk 22, Ron Bonsma 21. Dirk VanAbbema VanAbbema 20.5, Bill Vroom 20, Don VanderMeer 20, Piet Glas- Bergen 18, Jean Nadeau 18, Ike Dykstra 17, Andy Bonsma Bonsma 9 High single ladies - Alice Mulder 285 High single men - John Rozema 287 High triple ladies - Doreen Doreen Bakker 679 High triple men - Ron Bonsma 740 High average ladies - Hotty VanderGaast 189 High average men - Ron Bonsma 205 Tv, T ^ e T 9 re i en Leaf Restaurant team (pictured above) won the Newcastle Village Men s Hockey League title on Sunday, March 24, by defeating the Black Hawks (pictured below) in an exciting final series. The league celebrated its 46th year of hockey with games played every Sunday night at the Newcastle Arena. Players are reminded that the Town League Dance will be held on Saturday, April 20 at the Brownsdale Community Centre. Tickets are available at the door. * SAVE UP TO 2 DAYS ONLY ... APRIL 8 th 9 th , 19911 *Not valid on Sale Merchandise and Senior's Discounts OSHAWA BOWMANVILLE 564 KING ST. EAST 246 KING ST. 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