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Wayne Venning, Vin Walker School competed in Durham Region and Victoria County school events recently, and walked away with numerous first place medals and ribbons. The girls _from left to right are: Carl Lewerentz [four 1st 4 Y This group of young gymnasts from Cartwright Central School competed recently in the Victoria credible performance. County Elementary School meet, and turned in a very Front row from left: Mike and Paul Solomon from the PPSMSA were in atten- dance. They were attempting to have a series of rulings that revoked. In short, the new regulations will cost Port Perry and other centers $80 a year for each team. The This gymnastics team from Cartwright Central places], Chrissy Beddome [three 1st places], Brenda Poirier [three 1st places], Kathy Jordan [two 1st places] and Sheryl Jordan [one 1st]. Standing at back lis David Sandy who had two first place finishes. Andrews, Jennefer Fletcher, Heather Rowntree, and Jeffrey Beddome. At back are Julie Bryant, Annette Haines, and Cathy Paisley. a $45 registration fee and $25 performance bond, plus a $20 fee for forfeiting a fame. It was the Port Perry delega- tion's opinion that these price tags were too exhorbi- tant for smaller areas, and they were trying to get them lowered. : There were unsuccessful. Walker and Y-D President Paul Torkoff were the central figures in a brief but lively debate. Walker attacked the rules as being too stringent. Torkoff res- ponded by claiming that in past years they had been too lax. "The rules are there to protect everybody....not just to be enforced," said Tork- off. One ruling which drew the ire of Walker was the one which now requires two carded umpires for any game Bantam age or older. This would mean that the hosting team would be i required to pay for them plus their mileage. In Port Perry's case, most umpires would be coming from Oshawa. For levels up to Bantam, only one sanctioned umpire is needed, and he has to be behind the plate. Tork- off's apparent reasoning behind these stipulations is that it will ensure a fair officiating. Walker made the point that there is usually a cap- able parent in the stands that would be willing to under- take an official's job for one game without charging. This would make it easier in the smaller centers such as Claremont where there is a scarcity of carded umpires. Walker also said that some carded umpires: will not do the younger age games because they are not as lucrative. And then Torkoff played his trump card, the point that settled the controversial issue for at least another year. He said that two weeks ago all of these rules had been passed unanimously. - Delegation fails in bid to change rules were passed two weeks ago, Payment is broken down into In other matters of busi- ness the: Port Perry men decided to.enter three teams in the York-Durham league, The Squirts, Bantams and PeeWees, all of whom played in the circuit in 1979, will compete again this year. The two other PPDMSA teams, the midgets and juveniles, will play in the Oshawa City and District League. ° ; i It may have been because of the high cost, or just as likely, because of the inade- quate number of players, but several of the centers present at the ineeting entered only one téam. Both sides of the Walker- 'Torkoff debate had suppor- ters. Aurora was the most vocal pro-Torkoff center while the smaller towns like Uxbridge and Claremont sided with the former Port Perry Secretary, now an executive member. 'Schom- "berg, which is just starting a minor softball program after a 25 year absence, estimated that it might cost $1,000 just for umpires. Torkoff retor- ted that it wouldn't be that expensive. "Wait and see," was the Walker rebuttle, stated inaudibly to the rest of the crowd. The Port Perry PeeWees will play in the East division of the York-Durham circuit. This came about following a suggestion by Solomon. Port competes against Clare- mont, Goodwood, Uxbridge and West Shore. There are another five teams in the West Division. After some argument it was decided to group all eight Bantam teams into one interlocking league with two divisions. Port Perry sides with Claremont, Uxbridge and West Shore against teams from farther west and north. Port Perry will play two games against the distant centers, making one trip, and will play the other teams in their own loop probably twice. End House Painting Forever! 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