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The event, if it can be called such, came and went with little fanfare last week. Most likely because because the picture that appeared in the paper was taken outside, and the appearance of the photo wasn't very appealing. Six men, one with his name spelt incorrectly (Johnson should have included a "t"), standing outside outside in front of a sign promoting an upcoming Environment Environment Fair. Perhaps if the picture were taken inside inside the Recreation Complex, with a huge Bowmanville Eagles' logo in the background, it would have created a few opinions or thoughts from readers. But it's hard to tell in this town. People don't seem to get too stirred up about anything. Regardless, it may appear odd writing about the Bowmanville Eagles during the first week of June. But show me another team that draws 200-300 f laying customers on a regular basis for every eague game, and upwards of 1,000 in the playoffs, ana they too will receive the same amount of ink that Bowmanville's Junior C club gets. They are the biggest sports franchise the town has, thus the press they get is deserving. Having justified the space the Eagles receive, loyal followers of the team may have noticed a new face that has joined the club for the upcoming year. Mike Laing, an accountant by day, will be assuming assuming the role of manager of the club for 1991-92. His hiring was helped by the strong recommendation recommendation he received by returning head coach, Mike Noonan. Like a card dealer in Las Vegas, the executive members of the Eagles were forced to shuffle their deck if the operation was to go smoothly this year. Last season, for the first time since Pat Lange was replaced three years ago as head coach in the middle middle of the season by Brian Taylor, the Eagles were out of sync. It was no secret amongst those close to the team that a rift developed last year between coach Noonan Noonan and manager Bruce Colwell. It began to develop develop after the first month of the season, and continued continued throughout the year. It came to a head around Christmas time, with rumors abounding that one was tiying to get the other fired. The players sensed the uneasy feelings between the coaching staff and the manager, ana their play suffered. Despite the distraction, they did manage to pull together and make a formidable run at the league championship. But it was a rocky boat ride through much of the season. And as someone who counted on both Noonan Noonan and Colwell for information regarding the team, it became increasingly difficult as the season progressed, listening to both sides as they complained complained about the other. It was evident at the conclusion of the season that neither one of them would return if the other were hired. Noonan backed Laing, and Colwell submitted submitted a list of coaches who he felt would be best to run the club he assembled. Neither Noonan nor Colwell were wrong for what they did. The coach has to be able to confide in his manager, and the manager must have confidence in his coach. Neither one was able to feel that way about the other. One of them had to go. Baseball Star Coming Home by Brendan Donohue I am doing strength and conditioning programs at the Sports and Orthopedic Rehabilitation clinic in Palm Harbour. I am under the supervision supervision of Julie Smith, our school baseball team trainer. trainer. Julie has me on a weight and endurance program designed designed for baseball players by the the Toronto Blue Jays. Julie has also worked With the Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin during spring training. She is very knowledgeable knowledgeable about baseball and. conditioning programs. She' feels that this program will condition all my muscles for the summer season and my return to Canada. On Sunday, May 12, the East Pinellas County all- star team played the West Pinellas Country all-star team. In the first game the West won 2-1. I played for shortstop for the last three innings of a seven-inning game for the East. In the second game, we won 7-4. I played shortstop for four innings and second base for three innings.' At the plate for the two games, I was four for six with one stolen base and two RBI's. In my final at bat, I hit a three and one fastball off the 20 foot high right field fence for a stand up double. It missed going out by about two feet. We played this double- header at Grant Field in Dunedin, Dunedin, the Blue Jays' complex. complex. There were about 60 scouts at the two games. On Monday, May 13, I played in an all-star game. This was my final American high school game. I was one of 15 players selected from the East and West all-star teams in Pinellas Pinellas County. As a representative representative of Pinellas County, we played against Sarasota County. I was the starting second baseman. We .lost 9-4 and I went zero for two and turned a double play. I finished my American adventure going 24-79, for a .304 average in 28 games. I scored 26 runs, struck out 15 times, walked 14 times, had 12 RBI's and swiped 17 bases. My college plans are not ' final. I will be coming home on June 10. First Ace of Season at Newcastle Golf Course On May 11, the 1991 golf season got off to a good start at Newcastle Golf Course when Doug Ferguson, of Bowmanville, acea #17 for his first hole-in-one. Doug was playing with the Bowmanville Bowmanville Town Sports League when his playing partner, .Brian Munn, and his wife, Liz, witnessed the nine iron shot on the 123 yard par three. The news was a good enough reason to phone over to England and wake up fellow acer Darren Higginson, who aced the 12th, not to mention the announcing announcing of dad's ace to son Andrew. Doug's final score was an 87. The beautiful weather on the evening of Thursday, May 30 meant a good turnout turnout of the Bowmanville Legion Legion League players, who were fortunate enough to get to help Don Clarke, a local local A&P manager, celebrate his first hole-in-one. The fortunate fortunate Don aced the 215 ard #7 using a three wood. ~ e witnesses, Glen Murphy, Murphy, Raye West and Bruce Coombes, said the shot hit the green and rolled in on the difficult par three. Bruce has now had hole-in-one lessons lessons on two of our hardest par threes. He watched Jim Stephens on #12 and now Dori on #7. Hopefully the great skill will rub off and he can prove a good student. Dedicated golfers played through the downpour on Sunday, May 26 in the Members' 1991 Open. They still produced some good scores for having soggy feet, seats and cold hands that lost wet clubs into the creek or down the fairway with the ball. Mens Winners A Flight 1st Low Gross - Lance Willett 78 1st Low Net - Mike Johnson 70 2nd Low Gross - Greg Muir 79 2nd Low Net - Norm Forshner 73 B Flight 1st Low Gross - Les Taylor Taylor 84 1st Low Net - Stan Kru- picz 72 2nd Low Gross - Don De- snarias 85 2nd Low Net - Jim Treen 72 C Flight 1st Low Gross - Jack McDonald 87 1st Low Net - Terry Willett Willett 68 2nd Low Gross - Harvey Cruise 88 2nd Low Net -- Brad Israel Israel 71 THE BEST ARCHERY SHO Archery Sales & Service Complete line of Bows, Arrows and Accessories Owned and operated by a member of the Professional Archery Association P.A.A. 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Bowmanville 623-6353 D Flight 1st Low Gross - Bill Weir 88 1st Low Net - Dan Thomas Thomas 71 2nd Low Gross -- Roland Losier 97 2nd Low Net -- Brad Whitley 76 E Flight 1st Low Gross - Paul Ka- shak 102 1st Low Net - Heniy Ar- seneau 75 2nd Low Gross - Ed Michaud Michaud 103 2nd Low Net - Ralph De- Boo 77 Ladies Winners  Flight 1st Low Gross - Maiy Ann Little 89 1st Low Net - Theresa St. Jules 75 2nd Low Gross - Carolyn Garrod 98 2nd Low Net -- Laura Blight 79 B Flight 1st Low Gross - Jean Le- Breton 106 ( 1st Low Net - Joan Mark- 78 C Flight 1st Low Gross -- June McDonald 111 1st Low Net - Lucy Michaud Michaud 78 2nd Low Gross - Carol Johnson 114 2nd Low Net - Marjie Lo- sien 81 D Flight 1st Low Gross - Doris Ar- seneau 116 1st Low Net - Dorothy Andrews 90 Orioles Lose On Wednesday, May 29. the Sports Shop Orioles experienced experienced their first defeat. The Port Hope team, with pitchers Brad Dowler and Brad Pemberton, took advantage advantage of Newcastle's errors errors and won 15-10. Bryan Hudgin, John Line, Scott Bouwmooster, Curtis Kortun, David Ycnt- man, Tim Lepine and Nick Michno each contributed a hit. Dan MacDonald had two hits. Jamie Woolncr, John Line and David Yeatman pitched and Chris Pot, Kyle Nummincn, Brock Baker and Colin MacDonald backed thorn up on defense. On Saturday, June 1, the Sports Shop Orioles travelled travelled to Ajnx, and with one defeat fresh m their memories, memories, the team decided that they preferred a victory. The Ajax team was a ehnllongo. but the Orioles still pulled off a 10-8 win. The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, June 5,1991 7 Sweet Revenge for Pagans by Brad Kelly Two factors played a major major role in the Bowmanville Pagans' first win of the season season last Wednesday evening. The most obvious was the fact that the defending league champions had started started the season off without a win in their first five starts. The other factor, and maybe the most important one, was revenge. The Pagans' starting pitcher, Larry Marshall, played last season with the Oshawa Navy Club. Nothing would have suited the veteran veteran pitcher more that to get the team's first win of the season against his old teammates. teammates. Pagans 4 Navy Club 3 It took the full seven innings, innings, but two runs with two out in their last at bat enabled enabled the Pagans to steal a 4- 3 victory over the Navy Club in an Oshawa City and District District Fastball League game at Memorial Park. With their first victory now in the win column, and in dramatic fashion, player/ coach Dean Joncas hopes it's " a sign of things to come for his ball club. "It's the first time that both our hitting and pitching pitching have worked together," said Joncas. 'You could see our game was coming around." "We're not a last place club. Definitely not." Last place was almost where the Pagans would have remained if not for the late game heroics of Randy Wood. The Navy Club had two out in the bottom of the seventh seventh and were holding a slim 3-2 lead over the Pagans. Pagans. A couple of singles by the Pagans set the stage for the clutch hit by Woo a that tied the game. A throwing error by the Navy Club resulted in the game-winning run. The win avenged an earlier earlier 6-4 loss the Pagans suffered suffered to the Navy Club in the first game of the season. "They made more errors than wë did, and the throwing throwing error at the end of the game gave us the run we needed," commented Joncas. "We've turned the corner, but we still have to go up a notch or two." Marshall, who allowed a single run in the second inning inning and two more in the fourth, limited the Navy Club to only four hits. He managed to strike out five while walking only one. "There was probably a little little incentive and revenge for him because he played with them last year," quipped Joncas when describing Marshall's performance. The Pagans will be back- in action tonight (Wednesday, (Wednesday, June 6) as they host the Stouffville Juniors at Memorial Memorial Park. Game time is 7:00 p.m. 6-1 Win for Lange The Darlington Bantam Girls, sponsored by Lange's Photo Lab, started off their season with a 6-1 win against Pickering. Sarah Dacey scored a hat trick, Sharon Seto, Vicky Tompros and Jessica Barrie had one each. Our second game, held in Uxbridge, was a 4-1 win. Sharon Seto scored twice, Dayna Adams and Sarah Crash Course in Bike Racing for Top Female Dacey scored one apiece. There was great team spirit shown. A special effort was shown by our first-time goalie, goalie, Alechia Short, as well as Monique Kraavanger, Elizabeth Elizabeth Wunderlich and Tracey Michaud, Our next game is on Thursday, June 6, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hydro Fields. Come and watch us play! Bowmanville Pagans' third baseman Roger McIntosh applies a tag to this Oshawa Navy Club baserunner during second inning action of their game last Wednesday night at Memorial Park. The Pagans captured their first win of the season, scoring twice in the seventh inning for a 4-3 win. They will host Stouffville tonight (Wednesday, June 5), at 7:00 p.m., at Memorial Park. by Brad Kelly Injuries tend to play a major role in the success of any athlete. Avoiding them will contribute to a long and prosperous career. Denise Kelly seems to be the exception to that rule. The 31-year-old has suffered her share of nasty spills, but continues to be the top female female cyclist in Canada. Her injuries, as the result of crashing her bike, once put her on the brink of c allants. allants. "Before every race I was. afraid and shaking on my bike," she said during an assembly assembly at Dr. Emily Stowe Public School in Courtice last week. She was in town as part of the FAME (Female (Female Athletes Motivating Excellence) Program. "I said to my coach that I was really nervous while racing, and he said if it was that bad I could quit." The nervousness she was experiencing was a natural reaction to the accidents she had been in. The resume of accomplishments she was trying to build was reading more like a medical chart. In only her second season of competitive racing, she was introduced to the hazards hazards of her sport. "I was in the lead group and turned my head to see how far in front we were," she said, recounting her first accident. "My front wheel caught the back wheel of somebody in front of me and down I went." Undaunted, she picked up her bike and sprinted to catch up to the lead group. Remarkably, she finished the race in second place. The crash, however, left her with a broken hand. The next season she trained on a tandem bike. Sitting on the back half of the bike enabled her to keep up her cardio-vascular work, and because the lead rider does all the steering, she was able to rest her hand. It was at that time she decided to try out for the Canadian Canadian National Team. She started to win some races, and decided she needed needed some new challenges. Racing against men, she felt, would provide her with the challenge she was seeking. seeking. It cost her a dislocated hip. "Five guys fell in front of me and I hit the front brake a little too hard and was thrown from the bike. The toe clip held my foot in and I dislocated my left hip." Within three months, she was back on her bike and was able to qualify for the National Team. The following following year she represented Canada at various International International races. One of the biggest races she competed in was the Tour de France, an endurance endurance test that varies in length from 10-18 days for the women. Speeds in excess of 60 miles per hour are reached as the cyclists make their way through the mountains. mountains. On the third day of com petition, she suffered another another spill. "A rider from Australia wanted my spot, and I gave her an elbow to move her off of me," she recalled. "She came back at me and we locked handle bars. Forty other riders fell over us and I was on the bottom." "I thought of quitting, but the World Championships were only a month away. I went over and had the worst race ever because I was so afraid of crashing." She also touched on the safety aspect of riding a bicycle bicycle for the benefit of the students. An accident she recently experienced served as an excellent example of why riders should wear helmets. helmets. "I was recently training in France, and a young kid ran across the street without without looking," she began. "A teammate got out of the way, but I slammed on my brakes and went over the handle bars. I hit the back of my head as hard as you can imagine: "n ve been racing for six years and never hit my head until this year. You never know when something will happen." Kelly has one goal remaining remaining that she would like to achieve before retiring. She has her sights set on a spot on the Canadian team that will, be participating at the '92 Olympics in Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. That would somehow somehow make all the spills and crashes seem worthwhile. If she can place in the top eight at the World Championships Championships in Germany in August, August, she will gain an automatic automatic berth on the team. If she is unable to qualify, qualify, she isn't sure what her next move will be. "If I don't make it, I'd have to sit down and reassess reassess my career. My priorities .may change because I'm getting getting married this summer ana would like to start a family in the future." In view of the unfortunate unfortunate accidents she has had to this point, it's a safe bet she won't be riding her bike to the altar on her wedding day. The top female cyclist in Canada, Denise Kelly, spoke to students of Dr. Emily Stowe Public School last week about her career. She is on the brink of making the Olympic team, but that achievement hasn't come without a few falls along the way. SALES SERVICE RENTALS HWY. 115, FIRST EXIT NORTH OF TAUNTON RD., NEXT TO KIRBY BURGERS 983-9158