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Champions and Finalists from Indoor Soccer League The above team members were the Peewee consolation champions of the Darlington Youth Indoor Soccer League. Team members include, not in order in above photo: Jamie Bryant, Steven Story, Daryl Shaughnessy, Ashley Grandy, Alexandra Thompson, Jennifer Martin, Lance Madore, Lindsay MacLeod, Albert Lee, Jason Bonazza, Adam Hobb, Vince Bonazza (coach). Absent is Ryan Hibbard. This young soccer team were the Peewee finalists in the Darlington Youth Indoor Soccer League. Team members include, not in order in above photo: Peter Gadd, Laurie Cooper, Vicky Durant, Corey Cur wain, David Gadd, Sharon cook, Kathryn Drews, Ben Wannamaker, Christine Sharkey, Tyler Ferguson, Carl Pokorski, Benjamin Chandler, John Cook (coach), Hedy Gadd (asst, coach). . Gemini Members Compete in First Meet of Season On Sunday, March 23, the Pre-Competitive gymnasts from Gemini Gymnastics, travelled to Mississauga to compete at the John Nooney Invitational Meet. Level 8B Renee Sparkes, of Courtice, won the bronze medal overall, winning a gold medal on beam, a bronze medal on bars, and placed 5th on vault and 8th on floor. Level 7A Lorna Button, of Newcastle, won the silver medal in the overall, overall, winning a gold medal on beam, a bronze medal on floor, and placed 4th on vault and bars. Level 7C Kira Locke, of Courtice, fin ished 7th overall, winning bronze medals on bars and floor, and placed 8th on vault, and 7th on beam. Heather Humphreys, of Bowmanville, placed 8th on vault, 9th on bars and floor, and 6th on beam. Robyn Dewhirst, of Courtice, placed 7th on vault, and 10th on bars, beam and floor. Level 6B Emma Russo, of Bowmanville, finished 4th in the overall, winning a gold medal on floor, a. bronze medal on vault, and placed 4th on bars, and 6th on beam. Caitlin Patrick, of Bowmanville, finished 5th in the overall, winning a silver medal on bars, and placed 6th on vault, 7th on beam, and 5th on floor. . Level 6C Brianna Heard, of Bowmanville, placed 8th on vault, bars, and beam, and 9th on floor. Rachel Sarnovsky, of Courtice, placed 5th on vault and beam, and 4th on floor. Christine Button, of Newcastle, placed 10th on bars, 8th on beam, and 6th on floor. Kristin Hale, of Newcastle, placed 7th on vault, and 5th on floor. Clarington Recreational Hockey League REGISTRATION FOR THE 1997/98 SEASON DIVISION DATE TIME YEAR OF BIRTH Tyke Sun. Apr. 6 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. 1990/1991 Novice Sat. Apr. 12 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. 1988/1989 Atom Sat. Apr. 5 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. 1986/1987 Any Pee Wees (born 1984-85) that did not register on Tuesday, March 25 must register by Saturday, April 12th. All Registrations will be held at Garnet B. Rickard Complex (Bowmanville Arena) Registration Fees: Tyke to Bantam $250.00 Midget $225.00 ** To be eligible to play "AA", or House you must be registered with the C.R.H.L. ** **AU players must bring their Health Card. Registrants must bring a copy of their Birth Certificate and Health Card when registering. ** © , Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, April 2, 1997 Page 5 BHS Swimmers Advance to 0FSAA by Jennifer Herr Staff Writer Bowmanville High School's (BHS) swim team was well represented at last month's OFSAA meet, sending sending six female swimmers to compete. Grade nine student Christine Frisina; Adele Jenkins and Robin Limebeer, both in Grade 10; Grade l l's Tara Arnott; Grade 12 student Jenny Ellis; and OAC student Alison Eeuwes competed in the two-day meet in Etobicoke. Although none of them came home with medals, coach Jeff Gardner says it was quite an experience experience "to be in there and swim against those people." All of BHS's OFSAA swimmers are members of ROC, the Clarington Swim Club. Gardner says that experience experience really helped the LOSSA-winning team prepare. prepare. "Their training, the mental and physical preparation, was a big part of it. A lot of it was due to the training they do with the club," says Gardner, adding that ROC helps out by sharing pool time with the high school team. Some school teams in the Golden Horseshoe area are required to pay for their own pool time, making swim teams a little less feasible. Gardner says having a pool in the Fitness Centre that adjoins the high school is a bonus for the team. "It's a big thing," he says. "Some schools in Durham talk about practice being two and a half hours because of travel time." A great deal of commitment commitment is required by swimmers swimmers who choose to be part of both the local and high school swim teams, Gardner says. "They do swim a lot of hours with- the club, and still stick it out to do the things we do," he relates, adding that the swim season lasts "from October to the March Break. It's a long season. They really feel it by the end." In spite of the fact that the girls came back from OFSAA without hardware, Eeuwes, Arnott and Ellis all made the finals in their events. Approximately 7,800 swimmers swimmers from across the province were eligible for the meet. Competitors are chosen on the basis of swim times, which explains why the BHS boys' team didn't attend OFSAA, in spite of their somewhat surprising LOSSA win. "We (the boys' team) really really never even thought we'd come close," says Gardner, who experienced the OFSAA swim meet for the first time this year in Etobicoke, in spite of the approximately eight years he has been coaching the team. Bowmanville High School was represented at the OFSAA swimming championships held in Etobicoke by the above six swimmers. Approximately 7,800 swimmers from across the province competed at the two-day meet. Swimming for Bowmanville were, front row, (l-r), Robin Limebeer, Jenny Ellis. Back row, (l-r), Tara Arnott, Christine Frisina, Adele Jenkins, Jeff Gardner (coach). 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