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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, March 3, 1999 Section Two Page 3 March Bowl-a-Thon The Durham Five-Pin Bowlers' Association is holding a Bowl-a-thon on March 20, to raise funds for the Kids' Help Phone Line. For details, call North End Bowl at 723-2631. Rose Ellis, Irene Gill or Shirley Hone can provide more information. Labatt Shoot-Out On Thursday, March 4, at 7:00 p.m., Labatt Hockey Night in Canada will be filming the Labatt Shoot-Out from Ice Sports in Oshawa. Everyone is invited to come down and fill out a free ballot to win a chance to participate. Bring your skates and a stick. /■ ■ > leave Banners Out of the Rafters I've never been a big fan of hanging banners banners from the rafters of an arena. That thought came to mind again a couple of weeks ago while standing in the players' bench of the Recreation Complex and taking photos during a figure skating competition. Along the'east wall of Pad A, arc a number number of banners. The dominant word scrawled across them in big bold letters is OSHAWA. Because of the prominence of Oshawa's name on the banners, if you weren't from the area, you would have a hard time convincing people that they were in Bowmanville and not visiting a rink belonging to our neighbours neighbours to the west. Presenting banners to hockey clubs is a nice gesture on the part of a tournament organizing committee. The banners show a little creativity instead of the traditional trophy. trophy. But, the banners would be better served being presented to the team's sponsor then at an arena. Something Worthy I have nothing against .recognizing the accomplishments of teams who have achieved something of significance. But it has to be something worthy of taking up permanent permanent space in the rafters of an arena, An All-Ontario championship is certainly wor- V thy. A Silver Stick certainly ranks up the scale of importance. And there arc probably others. But, hanging a permanent banner in the rafters for a one-day tournament in which a team happened to win three games just doesn't seem to meet the criteria. The Recreation Complex isn't the only facility guilty of cluttering up the interior of the rink. In my old rink in Newcastle, the rafters there arc also littered with an excessive excessive number of banners that arc hanging over the players' benches. Looking Back I remember back to a time when the Newcastle arena was being built, and all of the minor hockey teams played their games at the old arena on Queen St. in Bowmanville that season. A couple of teams, the bantams and midgets, advanced to the All-Ontario finals, and managed to win. Luckily for them, the arena was completed in time so they could play some playoff games in the new building. During my minor hockey days, they were the only two teams to win an Ontario championship championship out of Newcastle. Yet, each Saturday morning when my son has skating lessons, I scan all of the banners, looking for those two and am unable to locate them. It's a shame that they arc virtually lost in the shuffle among all the others. The same can be said of the Jr. C All- Ontario banners that were won by the Bowmanville Eagles. Those championship teams arc what the Eagles are best remembered for. Yet, there are banners of less significance surrounding surrounding them. Although those recent years were special ones, the Eagles have had many just like them over the course of their 30 years. To recognize only the final years of accomplishments accomplishments at the Jr. C level with banners, and virtually virtually ignore all the others must not sit too well with past players who visit the Recreation Complex. Winning tournament championships are fun for hockey teams. Accepting rewards, and the celebrations that follow are memories memories that last a lifetime. Let's leave it at that. Those kinds of memories arc best kept in the mind, and not hanging from the rafters. Oshawa Generals Rolling Toward OHL Playoffs The Oshawa Generals have picked, an opportune lime to get hot as the OHL regular season enters its final month. With only one loss in their last 10 games, Oshawa has closed to within a point of the Peterborough Petes for home ice advantage in the opening round of the playoffs. In their remaining seven games of the season, none of the teams Oshawa will face have a record above .500. Oshawa collected two more home ice wins over the weekend, posting a 3-0 shutout over Sudbury on Friday night, followed by a 6-3 decision over Belleville on Sunday night. Against Belleville, Oshawa rallied with five goals in the second period to erase a 2-0 deficit and double double the visiting Bulls 6-3. Richard Scott and Brad Ralph had power play goals, while Vladimir Repncv, Jim Baxter, Brent Gauvreau, and Brian Passmore also scored. Friday against Sudbury, Tyrone Garner stopped 22 shots as Oshawa posted a 3- 0 victory. Oshawa outshot Sudbury 46-22. Brandon Cullen, Richard Scott, and John Kozoriz had the goals for Oshawa. The Generals will travel to Mississauga tonight to face the Ice Dogs. On Friday night, Hampton's Richard Kearns will lead the Brampton Battalion into Oshawa for a 7:30 p.m. start, \whilc on Sunday night, Oshawa will host Sudbury at 6:30 p.m. Clarington Martial Arts GRAND OPENING You 've heard of il! ■ You Ve seen it! ■ Now it's lime lo do it! Orono Markham Label on Verge of Advancing ---- Lead Tamworth Two Games to Zero in Quarter-Finals - The Orono Markham Label Peewccs arc one win away from advancing to the O.M.H.A. semifinals semifinals after beating Tamworth in two games. The quarterfinal series opened in Orono and the Leafs skated away with a McDonald's Family Restaurant - 2387 Highway #2, Bowmanville 01999, McDonald's Restaurants ol Canada Limited. 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Kyle Searle was credited credited for the Leafs second goal when the Tamworth defenseman, put the puck into his own net. Tyson Gimblett made it 3-0 as he scored a shorthanded marker on a nice solo effort. Jesse Gimblett added his second power play goal of the game to give Orono a., four goal lead at the 10:06 mark of the second period. Kyle Allin and Tyson Gimblett assisted on the goal. Curt Robinson put the Leafs up by five while killing a penalty as he converted a Tanner Millson pass. Tamworth managed to break Jamie Whitehead's shutout at the 10:31 mark of the third period. Curt Robinson answered that one just 21 seconds later as he took a Kyle Searle feed and beat the Tamworth goalie. Tamworth managed to get one more goal to make the final score 6 -2 for the Leafs. Game two of the series was in Tamworth and the Leafs put together a four goal third period period to bury the Sabres 8-3. 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