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Port Perry Star, 5 May 1992, p. 29

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-- TT i i | CE TR NE NE NN ET a) Nit NS, bh \ NNN nn NNN Local wrestlers claim medals at the Eastern Canada Championships By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star Several area wrestlers picked up medals at the Eastern Cana- da Wrestling Championships held on May 1 and 2 in Fergus, Ontario. The Durham X-L's Wrestling Club wrapped up first place overall in both the Kids division and the Bantam division at the competition. According to team coach Andy Dyment there were 17 teams competing in the Kids di- vision and 25in the Bantam. Ontario also picked up first spot overall in the competitions with Newfoundland placing sec- ond. Individual winners from Scu- gog Township were as follows. Jim Chapman and Paul Harri- son both from Cartwright Pub- lic School won the gold in the 37.0 kilo, and 46.5 kilo weight classes respectively. Brothers Jay and Ben. Blain also put in excellent showings. Jay, competing in the Kids divi- sion, won the bronze medal in the 38 kilo class. Jay is a Grade 5 student at Epsom Public medal in the Bantam division in the 57 kilo weight class. Benis a Grade 8 student at S.A. Cawker Public School. Other local wrestlers includ- ed Derek Leeming, Cartwright, finished fourth in the 48 kilo weight class, Ryan Symes of Sunderland won a silver in the 47.3 kilo weight class and Ryan Symes of Claremont won the goldin the 85 kilo class. This double win by the Dur- ham X-L's came a month after the team's double win at the On- tario Provincial Champion- ships, held April 11 in Fergus. Many local wrestlers picked up medals at this competition as well. Coach Mr. Dymnent was very impressed with the boys' show- ings. "It was a tough meet, there were no soft matches, everyone there came to wrestle," he said. "Our kids were exceptional, it capped off a very successful sea- son," he told the Port Perry Star. League opener May 10 Angels win first exhibition match The Scogug Angels of Port Perry took to the field at Scugog Lake front on Sunday night in an exhibition game. They made things happen as they hit the School. Ben picked up a silver ; 3 i A) \ b | pi ® KELLY LOWN/ PORT PERRY STAR Awards of Excellence Three Prince Albert Public School athletes were presented with awards recently for their fine performances in cross country running and gymnastics this year. Kim Coates, was a member of the Durham XL Atom team which placed sec- ond at the Ontario finals and first at the Canadians. Kim also won a first in vault, second on floor and a fourth on the beam at a recent DEAA gymnastics meet. Michelle Wyville and Sa- rah Smith each were members of the Durham XL Tyke team which won first place at the Ontario Finals competition. ball hard and generally jolted Precision Auto of Uxbridge 16- 5. This being their first game to- gether as a team showed that with more work at their pos- tions in practice and exibition* games and they'll come togeth- er and have some fun doing it. These ladies look like they'll - provide some very entertaining fastball this summer. They'll hit, run and personally show an exciting brand of reckless ball. Jackie Dempster pitched the entire game giving up five runs, * off 14 hits in seven innings of work. She also had a one for three at the plate. One young lady whom you'll likely enjoy is Gina Spence. She had three for three, a walk and scored four runs as well as bat- ting in four runs, a nights work for anyone. Tracy (Radar) Smith, who played solidly in the outfield had three hits on four at bats, scored two runs, and batted in three runs. Nancy McConnell three for four, Ann Gordon three for three. Both of these girls scored three runs. Kim Stewart and Joyce Parkinson each went two for four at bat, Stewart with three runs batted in. These are just some of the highlights of Sunday night's ac- tion. Vivian Rodd with a two for three at the plate. The "Angels" play next in Ux- bridge on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. at Uxpool Park. This is just a tuneup before their league opener on Mother's Day, May 10. Game time at 8 p.m. The Oshawa Shamrocks will provide the opposition this day. So for some entertaining softball action, the place to be is the lake front diamond on Sun- day night. Fe KELLY LOWN/ PORT PERRY STAR medalists Gold Paul Harrison and Jim Chapman both won gold medals at the Canadian Wrestling Championships held in Fergus over the weekend. Both wrestlers are students at Cartwright Pub- lic School. PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, May 5, 1992 - 29 : I, eT A PS rag rl Fa. tg Durham College offers children an exciting Summer Sports Camp Durham College's sixth annual Summer Sports Camps pro- gram is ready to kick off. When the program began in 1987 it offered only basketball. It has now expanded to include volleyball, squash, soccer and tennis. Also new for the 1992 season is baseball. The camp runs for 10 weeks and accomodates 500 children. Each camp is a week long. Children between the ages of nine and 13 can join the bas- ketball, soccer and baseball camps and ages nine to 17 can play volleyball, tennis and squash. All programs are taught by an experienced coaching staff from some of the top high schools and colleges in the region. These coaches include Jim Buck, head coach, Loyalist College, Heather Lafontaine, Paul Dwyer High School, Jim Barclay, Durham Lords basketball head coach. Fiona McGregor, G.L. Roberts, Dave Dobson, Clarke High School and Tom Dejong, former head coach for Seneca College and veteran region coach, will head up the volleyball camp. Sam Dempster, Eastdale Collegiate head coach and the East- ern Ontario scout for the New York Yankees will be handling the baseball camp. Emphasis will be on individual attention during the week- long camps. Camps will feature drills on fundamentals, indi- vidual certificates, conditioning programs, written evalua- tion, team play, contests, sportsmanship, instructional films, games awards, free Nike T-shirts and a special week-ending barbecue. As a bonus, each camper also receives a free sum- mer membership to the Athletic Complex. The camps are sponsored by Nike, Coca-Cola and Gatorade. Prices are as follows: basketball, volleyball and baseball are $110, tennis, squash and soccer are $75. All prices include GST. The basketball, baseball and tennis camps run from July 6 to 10 and its second week from July 13 to 17. The squash camp runs July 6-10 only, soccer from July 13-17 and volleyball from August 17-21. For more information on enrolling in the summer camp pro- gram call the Durham College Athletic Complex at (416) 576- 7622. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING at the KINSMEN HALL (SCOUT HALL) Simcoe St., Port Perry Sunday, May 24 - 7 pm Agenda: Reports re the 91/92 Season General Business Please note that proposals to change constitution must be Proposals to change constitution delivered to the secretary Election of Officers for 92/93 14 days prior to the meeting. - PLAN TO ATTEND - i

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