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26 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, March 3, 1987 A group of 32 students from Port Perry High School will be heading off to the land of kilts and bag-pipes next week; on what is believed to be the first ever overseas sports tour in the school's history. The 32 students are all rugby players and they are flying March 9 by charter to Preswick, Scotland, ~~ where they will spend two weeks visiting five different schools in the Boarders area of Southern Scotland. "The rugby is important, of course, but the real thing for the boys is the cultural and social 'ex- chapge,"' said PPHS teacher and rugby coach John Rodway' last week. He, along with fellow ceach This contingent of young rugby players from Port Perry High is getting ready to head for the land of haggis and heather. Star- ting next week, the youngsters will be touring Scotland for 15 days, taking in the sights and playing some rugby as well (see story for details). 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While in Scotland, the boys from the Midget and Junior age teams will play five exhibition matches against five school teams. And they will also take part in some trainifig and practise sessions with the coaches of the Scottish feams. "Rugby is their (Scotland's) sport," said Mr. Rodway. They take the game very seriously and their technical skills with the game are - more advanced. The chance to play the exhibition games and take part in the training sessions will be a valuable experience for the Port Perry contingent. week at the high school. Front from left: Chris Carr, Jason Wood- ward, Jason Buller; Chris McConnell, Kip Roane, David Wood, Tyler Philp, Steve McTavish. Back from left: Mark Kendall, Allen Chandler, Chris Ellins, Jason Towns, Blair Philip, Andy Elliott, Shane Branton, coach John Rodway, Derek Fitzgerald, Kevin Gib- son, Trevor Mollen and Jeff Luke. | Bantams drop first two games The Goreski Insulation Bantams opened quarter final play Saturday night at homie against Napanee. The two week layoff incurred by Goreski's showed as it took the boys the first half of the game to get their legs. Unfortunately this was not soon enough as Napanee built too big of a lead for Port to come back therefore coming out on the losing end of a 6-4 score. Mike Sorley, Todd Taylor, Clair Cornish and Kevin Gibson each scored once for Port. Todd Taylor also picked up 2 assists while Jason Weinhold, Kevin Gibson and Clair Cornish all added 1. Despite allowing 6 goals Chris McConnell played well between the pipes making many difficult stops. On Sunday Goreski's travelled to Napanee for game two of the series, This was an éxciting game as Port had numerous chances but had trou- ble putting the puck by Napanee goaltender Jim Sangsten. Gerry Douma opened the scoring for Goreski's assisted by Graham Sullivan at 8:47 of the first period. After killing off a 5 minute penalty early in the second period, Napanee tied the score at 1 a piece. The score 'remained tied at 1 until 6:06 of the overtime period when Napanee took. the lead. Fifty six seconds later Clair Cornish tied the score again on a bullet from the point after Todd Taylor had cleanly won a faceoff. The game remained tied for 2 minutes as Napanee converted on a lucky bounce to score the winning goal. Everybody on the team deserves full marks for the effort even though they were not able to pull out the victory. "Special mention should go to goaltender Brad Bricknell who was outstanding. Game 3 of this series goes Wednesday night at 8:00 in Napanee , and game 4 if it is necessary is " Saturday night in Port Perry at 7:30 p.m. Port rugby team off to Scotland But the real value of this trip for the young men is a chance to visit and travel in Scotland. For many of the team members, it will be their first time in Scotland. In each of the five communities they visit, the boys will be billeted with students their own age. The idea for this Scottish rugby tour was developed last June when two visiting teams from Ber- wickshire, High School, played a couple of exhibition games in Port Perry while touring southern Ontario. Friendships were established and officials from Berwickshire agreed to organize the itinerary for the PPHS tour of Scotland. *. While countries like Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Britain, Australia and New Zealand have been playing rugby for years, the sport is just now starting to really catch on in Ontario schools, and Durham Region is con- sidered one of the hot-beds for the 'sport in this province. . Rugby bears a slight resemblance to the so-called American football in that: the name of the game is to move the ball across the opposi- tion's goal line. But the rules are vastly different and players wear no padding. It is a rough and tumblé sport where cuts and bruises are common-place, but the number of serious injuries is far less than in American-style football. This factor, plus the lack of expen- sive equipment and uniforms is one of the reasons for the SBorys grow- ing popularity. The PPHS players will have to contend with the cold and damp Scottish weather when they take to - the fields overseas, plus the fact the Scottish players will be in peak shape since their rugby season is reaching its close. But the PPHS team have been working hard to prepare for the tour with long runs out of doors and numerous tackling and full contact drills inside to get the players ready for the bumps and knocks. They have also put in a lot of work raising money for the two week trip. Each student is paying $950 towards the air fare, and this includes uniforms, sweaters, dress slacks and a travel bag. The group staged three successful fund-raising activities and received a nice cash donation from the Port Perry Legion. This money will be used to cover a major cost: bus transportation in Scotland. And along with the rugby games and getting a taste of the way of life in Scotland, the Port Perry team members will be acting as "good- will' ambassadors for this com- munity an¢)Canada. They are tak- ing with théxn a wide assortment of pins, brochunes, penants, Canadian flags, even hockey pucks with the Maple Leaf to present to their hosts: Mr. Rodway said this tour would not have been possible without the help of the parents of the young men. 'The parents have been very supportive. They have backed this idea from the beginning," he stated. - The teams will be. returning to Canada and Port Perry on March 25. Auctioneers beat Pickering in first game of playoffs The JT Pearce Auctioneers began their second round of playoffs Friday. Feb 27 against Pickering Village Kenton LeFort opened Port's scoring late in the first period with a hard shot into the top corner assisted by- Gavin Carnegie and Ryan Williams Early in the second period Sandy Mark made it 2-0 on a beautiful lone goal With merely 2 minutes padsed on the clock defenceman Greg Thompson raced up the ice to beat the Pickering goaltender upping Port's score 3-0 assisted by Kenton 1 %Fort The rest of the game saw Port challenging the Pickering goaltender many times, but couldn't seem to beat him Pickering/scored with 1 minute remaining in the game ending this first match-up with Port on top 3-1. The Novice No. 1 outshot their op- + ponents 26-7 in this game. The Auc- tioneers travel to Pickering Wed night then return for a home game Friday at 7 p.m. Good Luck boys, you are all doing great! 5: 1 q a 4 2 SRE ESE Re si | Ne MN. AN pee BL TAREE RATER Toh : Tf LL et ey | "MAE <N | al at § th LSC