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"A Family Tradition for 130 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, April 23, 1996 -27 Sr | 2(OICY NN RIDILIESS I MLV Es ORT Wayne Venning named "Mr. Softball" Locals honored at OASA meeting Several members of the Port Perry Minor Softball Association were hon- ored at the recent OASA meeting. Wayne Venning, centre, pictured with his wife France and sons Craig and Chad, was bestowed the honor of being named "Mr. Softball." Please see story for more details. Annual minor hockey banquet is Saturday Attention all hockey players, coaches, spon- sors, parents, and fans! Set aside this Saturday, April 27 to attend the sixth annual Awards Day. The doors of the Commu- nity Centre will open at playoffs. Broomball awards are handed out This past Saturday evening saw the Oddfellow's Hall full of Broomball players as the Port Perry Broomball Association held their annual banquet and awards night at this location. | The Brooklin Bruins came away with most of the hardware as they were given the league trophy for finishing the regular season in first place and amassed a number of individual awards as well. The Homespec Swampers were right behind as they were crowned season champions by virtue of winning the In the individual departments, Neil Woodrow and Ken St. Amant were recognized as personal achievers for amassing one hundred career points. The season's top goaltender award was presented to Brooklin's Jim Raaphorst who had a stellar 0.60 goals against average. On the other hand the regular season scor- ing champ was Shaun Mitchell with 12 goals and 11 assists while the playoff scorer went to Nick Attwood who had six goals and four assists. The Patricia and Donovan Dalton Memorial went to Ron Attwood as the league's most sportsman like player for the sec- ond straight year. The season MVP award was credit- ed to Mitchell with B&R's Keith Tremblay receiving the playoff award. Jeff Nanson of Trader Sam's was given the Rookie of the Year award. In five more months you can be guaranteed that a new season will be under way and perhaps some of these gentlemen will be looking to repeat. noon, with the award cere- mony to start at 1 p.m. sharp. Admission is free, pop and snacks will be on sale throughout the afternoon and a cash bar will be open for the adults. Among the many high- lights planned for the cere- mony will be a special presentation to our All- Ontario Championship Juvenile team. Individual awards will be presented to all of our teams, along with presentations to House League Champi- ons. Once again we will be presenting Esso awards, which honor The Most Dedicated, = Most Im- proved, and Most Sports- manlike players from each team. Hope to see some of our many sponsors in atten- dance so we can thank them personally for all of their support, which is so vital for the financial suc- cess of our organization. Please plan to join us on Saturday afternoon to help make these awards extra special for the recip- ilents, and spend a few hours reminiscing a very successful season of minor hockey in Port Perry. The weekend of April 12,13, and 14, members of Port Perry and District Minor Softball attended the Ontario Amateur Soft- ball Associations' 74th An- nual General Meeting and Convention held in Strat- ford, Ontario. Port Perry was very well represented as was evident at the Sat- urday General Meeting having a total of 15 votes. Port Perry was the re- cipient of a number of hon- ors that weekend. The first honor given was an award of Outstanding Ser- vice toward the success of softball in the province of Ontario. This most de- served award was present- ed to Mr. Bob Best in mem- ory of his wife Carolyn to a standing ovation from the entire floor. The second award pre- sented was to Tim Jones. This award was for pitch- ing of a no-hitter in the O.S.A. Playdown in Au- gust 1995. Tim threw a complete no-hit perfect game during this series. There were only 12 of these awards received in 1995. Great work Tim and congratulations from Port Perry Minor Softball. Prior to the Annual General Meeting, nomina- tions were received by the O.A.S.A. of those who, through past contribu- tions have contributed to the game of softball. In the course of events, Dave Kay was appointed to the Exec- utive of the O.A.S.A. Dave joins other Port Perry na- tives Vin Walker (past president), Jack Cook (past president and regis- trar) and Kevin Walker (1st Vice President). The weekend was topped off at the Saturday dinner with the presenta- tion of the Frank Feaver Award. Awarded annually in memory of Frank R. Feaver, secretary of this organization 1943-1956; whose dedication, service, and devotion to his duties played a major part in the game of softball placing it in the eminent position of solidarity it enjoys today. This award 1s made to the player, official or offi- cer of any league, who in the opinion of the Awards Committee, has made an outstanding contribution to the game of softball. This evening the honor of this award went to Mr. Wayne Venning, who now carries the deserved title of, "Mr. Softball". As the last order of busi- ness conducted was by Port Perry in making a for- mal bid to host the 1998 Annual Convention. This was voted on and passed unanimously by those in attendance. Goal is to qualify for Olympics Local wrestler wins gold at Canadians By Mary Sanchez Port Perry Star A local teen brought home a gold medal from the Canadian Wrestling Championships this past weekend. Paul Harrison, a Grade 11 student at Port Perry High School, captured the medal for the 138 1b. divi- sion in Regina. He travelled with Team Ontario, along with Ben and Jay Blain, two other Port Perry wrestlers. There were 32 juniors (boys age 16 and 17) in Paul's division. He wres- tled three matches on Friday and two on Saturday to become the champion. "I can't believe I won," said Paul as he explained how nervous he was dur- ing the matches. "I was really intimi- dated by the last guy that I wrestled." But after beating him 3-0, Paul was awarded the gold medal. Paul started training last year. "I jog at 6:30 every morning and I work out everyday at school. 1 also practice four days a week at the Oshawa Wrestling Club." "I think that wrestling is the hardest sport," said Paul, who has been at it since he was in grade six. His hard work and ded- ication have paid off. Next year he plans to win OFSSA and the Nationals SERRE aap y \ bs 4 a i 3 Lh" _ 1 #3 } 1s to qualify for the Olympics in 2000. But for now Paul is just going to enjoy being a Canadian champion. And how exactly does that feel? "Awesome." Paul Harrison, a Grade 11 student at PPHS re- cently won a gold medal at the Canadian Wrestling Championships held in Regina. He travelled to the competition with Team Ontario, which included two other Port Perry wrestlers.