PAGE 20, WEINESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1981, WiHITBY FREE PRESS Whitby Free Press SPORTS WEEK WISC takes others to task By ANN GOULDING wIsc When the waves had settled at Iroquois Pool after the recent 200's meet 10 year old Janice Currie was the undis- puted champ of the com- petition with five first place finishes to her credit. The rising young Whitby Iroquois swim- mer led her team to a resounding victory of 468 points over clubs from Ajax, Pickering, Port Hope and Scar- borough. The closest competi- tion came from the Ajax Aquatic Club who finished second with 322 points. Kevin Walker, 12, was dominant in 11/12 year Id boys' 100 and 200 meter events capturing, four first and a second. Julie Leswick, 9, and Brent Walsh, 10, gave strong performances to collect three wins, a second and a third each. Scoring high for the WISC team by placing in the top three finishes were Chris Donnelly, Michelle Primeau, Jili Connor, Trevor Crump, Jodi MacPhail, Donna Goulding, Jason Spen- cer, Peter Pfeiffer, Denise VanDoleweerd, and Dave Goulding. Several new WISC members are making their presence feit at recent competitions. Anne-Marie Scott, Wen- dy Primeau and Jay Lee gave steady scoring per- formances at the home meet. Currie is one of 16 WISC swimmers who will be competing in the International Invitation- al at Brantford next weekend. The club is stili ac- cepting new members and anyone interested in further information should contat Ann Goulding, membership, at 668-9533. All eyes were on the puck this past Sunday when the Whitby minder Darlene Anderson. Blades met up with the league and provincial champion London The Biades play again this Sunday at the Brooklin Memoriai Dilts. After a close game and a 1 to1 tie at the end of the second Arena when they meet Downsview. period the Dilts came alive putting five goals past Whitby net- Blades lose a third to Dilts The curse of the 1980- 81 league and provincial champion London Dilts girls' hockey team held true as the Whitby Blades ended up on the short side of a 6 to 1 decision this past week- end at the Brooklin Memorial Arena. The first two periods saw substantially end to end play with good goal- tending in either net. London drew first blood in the closing half of the second period when both teams were short han- ded. Minutes later Karen Moloney beat the Dilt goalie to even the score at one. Marg Fraser and Joan "Skeeter" Mayer picked up the assists. As in past meetings of these two teams London took off in the final period putting five goals past Blades netminder Darlene Anderson. This loss marked the third time this year the Blades and the Dilts have met. The Blades have yet to stop London, who usually do their most damage in the third period. Ruth Pitre, the Blades coach, is confident that her girls have the ability to beat the champions, a feat they accomplished last season at a tourna- ment held in Niagara Falls. A two game road trip the Blades took ten days ago did nothing to lessen her feeling. In the first game Whitby met up with London and, while they did lose 6 to 0, the Blades only had seven skaters and a goal- tender matched against the Dilts full roster. "To hold them (Lon- don) down to six goals with so few skaters we must be able to beat them," said Pitre. The next day the diminished Whitby squad took on Point Ed- ward. After a strong game on the Blades part they were forced to set- tde for a tie when Point Edward managed to score the equalizer with 1:34 remaining in the third period. The game ended in a 1 to 1 tie. Marg Fraser scored the Whitby goal on assists by Lois Pitre and Karen Moloney. With their record set at two wins, four losses and two ties the Blades will take on Downsview, a team they have defeated twice this season, this Sunday at the Brooklin Memorial Arena. The game starts at il a.m. Beyond that the girls are gearing up for the second annual Trilium Tournament, an event hosted by the Whitby squad. This year's tourna- ment will be held at the Art Thompson Arena in Pickering, the weekend of December 11, 12 and 13. Parent says "Th Dear Sir: My son par- ticipated in the Whitby Iroquois Soccer Club during the summer. It was his first experience in competitive spor- ts. The reason I am writing is to ex- press my apprecia- tion to his coach, Tony Emm, who in- troduced my son to good sportman- ship. If there was an award for "coach of the year," I would hope Mr. Emm would receive it. He would criti- cize when the boys were in the wrong - but in the same sen- tence praise them for a good deed that they had accom- plished. He made sure every player had an opportunity to play - even when the score was so close it would be easier (safer) to play only the best players. He taught them fair play. tank yp He taught them sportmanship when they lost by cheering the other team and shaking their hands. He taught them to work together as a team and It paid off when they reached second place in the finals. He contributed out of his own pocket towards tro- phies because as second place win- ners they received nothing. All of these coach" things contributed to my son learning all the right things about competitive sports In his first year and I feel a lot of is (sic) credit goes to his coach. It's nice to see that there are some coaches who are involved because they care - not only because they want to win. Regards, J. Thomson, Garden St. N., Whitby.