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U The Karate Kid" Leads to Black Belt Rankings The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, February 5,1992 9 by Brad Kelly Despite the disparity in their ages, Gilbert Loncrgan and Paul Murdoch have more in common than just being members of the Maple Leaf Karate Club. Loncrgan, 46, and Murdoch, Murdoch, 12, became die sixdi and seventh members in the nine-year history of the local club to attain their black belts. They fulfilled all the necessary requirements during during a grading in Toronto in January. ILUU riw Bodi have been taking karate karate lessons at the Maple Leaf Club for the past six years. "I never thought about getting my black bell because you weren't allowed to get it until you were 16. But that changed recently," said Mur^ doch, a Bowmanville resident. resident. Until die change in the ruling, he would have been four years away from meeting meeting the age requirement. Still short of entering his teen years, Murdoch admits to "sometimes getting intimi dated" when training and sparring with opponents considerably considerably older and more physically mature. "I diought if I could get to green belt, that would be my goal. But I just kept plugging away," said Loncrgan, an Oshawa resident. "One year ago, I saw it was within reach, so I started to main harder. "It was as difficult as I thought, but I knew it would be rough." The newest members of the black belt family are only a couple of the increasing number of people who arc learning karate. One particular particular night last week, close to 30 members were being put through a strenuous training session. With the increased awareness awareness in self-defence, the head instructor at the club, Charles Kcnnish, has noticed an increase increase in his membership. People falling between the ages of five and 50 arc registered registered for this session. VLUU iiv-- u A» judoka *ill bow * hen q ïSïïSf ïiwwtoeacholhe 2S onefiX eshisJudoji. E^^Slsshorl,fee,Clean. KSSjudoka. vnu are ize other JuaoKd. Von the mat is not allowed. ? f'ï- . r ■ your junior. "There are a lot more younger people and females coming out," said Kennish of the increase. "A lot are getting getting involved for the self- defence aspect and because of the conditioning." Kcnnish was also beaming about the self-defence course he oversees at the Recreation Complex on Tuesday nights. In the fall session, which represented represented the first time the course was offered, 10 interested interested participants joined. That number increased to 14 for the current session. As for the accomplishments accomplishments of Kennish's newest black belts, he felt the duo, "did the club real proud." Murdoch became interested interested in karate after watching the movie, Karate Kid. After trying his father's patience while jumping around the house and imitating the various various kicks he saw in the movie, movie, he was taken to the club to learn properly. "My dad was always interested, interested, but never got started," started," said Murdoch. "The first year, I just fooled around. But after that, dad laid down the law and told me to get serious. I started started to go up the ranks." Karate offered Loncrgan an opportunity to participate in a recreational course with his daughter. "It was a lot better than going figure skating with her," he said. Karate still remains a family family affair for Loncrgan, whose two daughters are members of the club. Laura advanced to her brown belt at the same grading as her father. father. ■your junior. • jsincj your knowledge of Judo, the mat. irat All Times. ,/ (fû ) w Youth Bowling Lge. NJHL i mm s u : • : " : t... ■ : ' t : i ' MMÈ3 Paul Murdoch, of Bowmanville, delivers a kick to the midsection of Gilbert Loncrgan at a recent practice of the Maple Leaf Karate club. The kick' Yesterday's Heroes 50 YEARS AGO -- The high school basketball season started for Bowmanville when three BHS teams travelled to Port Hope. BHS junior boys won 23-18. Bill Edger with 10 points and Don Ferguson with seven were high scorers for BHS. Eric Mcll- veen had four and Tom Cowan seven. The senior : girls' game ended in a 10-10 tie. Helen Wright scored the majority of points for Bowmanville. In the junior girls' game, Georgia Gibson scored 12 for BHS in a 16-9 victory. The ; Saturday morning game in the three team high school hockey league between Scott Densem's team and Don Allin's resulted in a 1-1 tie, played for the most part in a heavy snowstorm. After the first period, good hockey was impossible in the deep snow and both teams were content to call it a draw. 35 YEARS AGO -- In recreation play, the Barons stretched their undefeated string to fivé games by defeating the Bears 3-1 in the atom league. Scoring for the Barons were Henry Kooy (2) and Bill Depew. Depew. Gene Balson scored for the losers. 25 YEARS AGO -- Rory Gibbs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gibbs, Tyrone, was a happy hockey player after being chosen the outstanding novice player during Young Canada Night. He received an autographed stick from Maple Leaf hockey player Brit Selby. Miss Mary Jane Okc brought tremendous honor to her native Town of Bowmanville on Saturday, in Toronto. Mary Jane, just 16 years of age, and 15- year-old Victor Irving, both of the Unionville Skating Skating Club, won the Canadian Junior Pairs Championship Championship over six o.ther couples from across Canada. ****** 10 YEARS AGO -- Top goaltenders' averages in the Thursday night hockey league include Mike Willoughby 3.00, Bemie Bevins 4.40, Scott Burgess Burgess 4.40, Garry F. Murphy 4.86. ****** Top scorers in the Bowmanville Non-Contact hock- . ey league include Jim Smith 25-24-49, Pat Murdock Murdock 22-25-47, Erik Strand 19-25-44, Doug Ferguson Ferguson 17-27-44, John Stainton 21-20-41, Paul Bycock 16-25-41. was all in good fun, as both attained their black belts at a recent grading in Toronto. Newcastle Oldtimers Lose to Bowmanville by Robert E. Stiles The Newcastle Oldtimers hosted the Bowmanville Kinks on Sunday, February 2, and lost by a 5-4 score. Frank Devcreaux led the Kinks' attack with three goals. Newcastle had defeated the Kinks 19-9 on January 15 in Bowmanville. Newcastle had four players, Dave 1 Roote, Phil Fox, Grant Flintoff and Sandy McDonald, with one goal and one assist each. Jim Jones contributed two assists while George Sainsbury had one assist. The Kinks' scoring was handled by Tony Belmonte and J. Kolff with two assists each. Howie Pollard and J. Mara had one goal each, with K. Rowe and Carmen Sargent collecting one assist each. The first period saw the Kinks take a 2-0 lead on goals by Frank Dcvereaux and Howie Howie Pollard's unassisted tally. Newcastle got one back before the period ended. It came from Dave Roote, assisted by Phil Fox and Jim Jones to end the period 2-1. The second period saw Newcastle come back with three goals by Grant Flintoff, Sandy McDonald and Phil Fox to take a 4-2 lead. Fox's goal was on the powerplay, with Howie Pollard.in the sin bin. ii.Frank Dcvereaux scored his second of the game on a powerplay powerplay assisted by J. Kolff and K. Rowe with Brad Finucan in the box to end the second period period 4-3 for Newcastle. Dave Skan, who looked after the goaltending for Newcastle, was solid between the pipes. The third period saw the Kinks even the score at 4-4 on J. Mara's goal, assisted by Carmen Carmen Sargent. This set the stage for Frank Dcvereaux to complete complete his hat-trick at 13:30 assisted assisted by Tony Belmonte and J. Kolff. Newcastle pulled their goaltender in the dying moments, moments, but couldn't solve the mystery of K. Teiry in goal for the Kinks and this enabled the Kinks to claim a 5-4 victory. Newcastle's next game will be Thursday, February 6, at 9:30 p.m. in Orono and Sunday in Newcastle at 11:30 a.m. against Ontario Motor Sales. Sand and Gravel Ties Nichols at 3 by Kim Gaad Sand & Gravel tied 3-3 with Nichols Motors in an exciting league game Tuesday evening, Rob Watson started off the scoring for Sand & Gravel, assisted assisted by Clayton Guest. The second goal of the game was again by Rob Watson, this time unassisted. Nichols Motors put two goals home in period two, first by Chad Vcinot unassisted, then by Darren Allin assisted by Darren Donohue. Nicholas was first to score in period three when Kevin rOUR VOU PROMISE TO FOR 1992! TO BE THE MOST COMPETITIVELY PRICED CHRYSLER DEALER IN DURHAM REGION THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL v T Slk. 1748 1992 DODGE SPIRIT Including air, aulo cruise, lilt, am/fm/cassette and much, much more! 3 yr,/75000 km lull Maintenance Lease. All you pay for Is fuel and washer '$1000. Down or equivalent trade, 1st, security, lie. Call us for details, BMW DURHAM DODGE CHRYSLER S (FORMERLY WHITBY DODGE) 799 BLOOR ST. W., OSHAWA 404-0525 Marchant found his mark unassisted, unassisted, followed by another great shot by Sand & Gravel's Rob Watson, Peter Gadd assisted. assisted. Rob Watson earned his second natural hat-trick of the season. Saturday evening found Sand & Gravel back in the arena arena losing 7-0 against Kool Enterprises Enterprises in what turned out to be a real bad night for the Sand & Gravel crew. There's not much to be said about this game except Kool's teammates were right on the ball. There was no stopping them. Sunday evening, Sand & Gravel played McGregor's Hardware in yet another league game ending a busy week in hockey with a 3-0 win. Goals for Sand & Gravel were by Rob Watson assisted by Ryan MacKcnzic; Jason Bubar assisted assisted by David Drummond; and Ryan Leppert with Owen Taylor assisting. Steven Sargent Sargent and Jeff Goodmurphy played excellently in goal throughout the week. Junior Division A -- Foul . 26, Hook 21, Channel 18, Corner Corner Pin 17, Lost Ball 15, Frame 8 Junior Division B - Dead- wood 31, Chop Off 23, Curve 23, Pacer 22, Pushaway 20, Slide 20, Backswing 18, Aces 15, Backup 14, Split 14, Head- pin 6, Missed Shot 2 High Singles - Shawn Haley Haley 284, Lisa Reid 228, Jason Vickery 222, 210, Nicole Guay 220, Chris Pcldiak 218, Kerri- Ann Kelly 212, Jennifer Hol- royd 203 High Triples -- Jason Vickery Vickery 601, Shawn Haley 571, Kcrri-Ann Kelly 565, Chris Pcldiak 558, Sonya Vickery 533, Nicole Guay 513 Bowler of Month for January January -- Jimmy Goswell, plus 48 pins over average 4-Steps to Stardom Results Boys -- Jason Vickery (single); (single); Chris Pcldiak, Jeff Pearson, Pearson, Brent Weeks, Martin Routh, Shawn Haley (team); Pat Haley, Kelly Harding (coaches). Girls -- Kerri-Ann Kelly (single); Amanda Welsh, Lisa Reid, Jennifer Holroyd, Nicole Guay, Karen Essclink (team); Bonnie Vickery (coach). Bantam Division -- Blue Bombers 28, Simpsons 26, Scorpions 24, Coke-A-Cola Kids 23, No Name; 22, Sharp Shooters 17, Tremors _20, Terminators Terminators : W.N^fre' Balls 12, Strikers 10; Pfiàrito'ms 8, Rollers Rollers 7 ',/ ' \ High Triples -- Melinda Tait 567, Christie Stevens 495, Jeff Connelly 457, Matt Chapman Chapman 452, Tim Welsh 445, Laura Laura Spoclstra 431, William Ford 430 High Singles - Melinda Tait 241, Christie Stevens 227, Jeff Connelly 222, Matt Chapman Chapman 198, Tim Welsh 183, Laura Laura Spoclstra 156 4-Steps to Stardom Results Boys -- Tim Welsh (single); Matt Chapman, Jeff Connelly, Chris Welsh, Danny Rogers, William Ford (team); George Evans (coach) Girls -- Christie Stevens (single); Lori James, Melinda Tait, Kristen Wood, Amie Walsh, Terri Flintoff (team); Rick Stacey (coach) Senior Division -- Brown 26, Haley 22, Young 20, Butler 17, Big Canoe 10, Condor 10 High Triples - Stephen Brown 684, Tammy Haley 679, Cheri Richards 640, Richard Richard Young 608 High Singles - Stephen Brown 309, Cheri Richards 243, 226, Todd Langley 223, Shawn Pappas 216, Rob Couder Couder 206, 206, Sandi Snowden 201, Tammy Haley 270, 219, Lange's Drops McRobbie 9-1 On Saturday McRobbie peewees took it on the chin Saturday, February 1, dropping a 9-1 decision to Lange's. McRobbie never got on track in the first period, with Lange's taking advantage of defensive lapses to go up 4-0 after the first 15 minutes. McRobbic's defensive woes continued into the second, with Lange's potting four more and ending the period with an 8-0 lead. McRobbie opened up the third, checking vigorously but finding themselves down 9-0 at the midway mark. McRobbie finally ended Lange's shutout when Jcromy Davis scored on a nice set-up by Joe Ford. Shake it off, guys! 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A nagging leg injury made it virtually impossible impossible last year. On Saturday at a National National Gymnastics meet held at the Winstonette Gymnastics Club in Markham, Conahan, a member of the Gemini Gymnastics Club of Oshawa, placed first overall in the National Dpen category. Indeed, she appears poised to step back up to the top of the gymnastics ladder. The performance Saturday leaves her few rings to climb. The grade 10 student at Bowmanville High School took the gold medal in three of the four events -- floor, beam and bars. On the vault, she settled for a fourth place. After a successful campaign campaign in 1990, including second place finish at the Elite Ontario Cham- nonslrips, site struggled he following year. A coaching change and a season plagued with injury injury accounted for much of 1er difficulty. This season, she is Toping the guidance of two Russian coaches, Elvira Elvira Sa ad and Elena Da/- ydova, will get her back o the promise she in wed In 'Ofl tional team. Conahan will be riding the crest of her recent performance into Niagara Niagara Falls during the showed in '90. Dazydovu was USSR champion in 1980 and '81, and an Olympic champion in '80. Saad îas coaching experience . with the Russian Interna- * n Canada against a team from the United States. Following that, she •AV! 11 Sirtivftl March Break for an invitational invitational meet. The three- day event will pit the best in Pnnorl'i nonmef « tWrirt Less is More A simple oil and filter change is the best thing you can do for your car. These days, we all want our cars to run longer. And Genuine GM Parts and Service means extra peace of mind. LUBE, OIL, and FILTER GST and PST Extra Gasket Extra Includes parts and labor SPECIAL Required every 5000 km, or 5 months. 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