PAGE 24. WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1988 Dowsonis top girls' under-1O swimmer mi Etobicoke Leslie Dowson of the Whitby Iroquois Swim Club won four events and was the overall winner in the girls under 10 category at the Pepsi Pentathlon swim meet in Etobicoke April 8 and 9. Dowson won the 100-metre fly, 100 backstroke, 100 freestyle and 200 individual medley and was third in the 100 breaststroke. Her teammate, Molly Morrice, was third overall in the same age category with a second in the backstroke, third in the medley and seventh in two other events. Andrea Bell and Tiina Kallio had sixth-place finishes in the same division. Jill Morrice and Keri Kettrick of the Whitby club each had sixth-place finishes in the girls 13 and 14 category. Renee Ayotte was fifth in the 100 breaststroke for girls 11 and 12. Patricia Luke was sixth in the event. Danielle Johnson was seventh in the 100 backstroke while Danielle May was seventh overall for girls 11 and 12. Julie Leswick was eighth in 100 backstroke for girls 15 and over. For the boys, Scott Currie and Jason Ayotte each were tenth in events for age 13 and 14. The meet included top Olympic qualifiers from Canada and the U.S. Whitby's best amateur athletes are awarded 4 House hockeyseason ends MITCHELL TRUCKING goalie Chuck Coles accepts his championship trophy after his team captured top honors in Whitby house league hockey squirt (tier 1) playoff final action Saturday, one of several games which wrapped up the local hockey season. Coles also received a most valuable player award from convener Harry Kitamura. Free Press photo Several Whitby athletes are among about 1,000 from central Ontario who will receive 1987 Athletic Achievement Awards from the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation. Awards are given for champ- ionship performance in amateur sports at national, international and world levels of çompetition. Presentation of awards to volunteers and corporate sponsors will be made April 15 in Toronto. Members of the Whitby Ice Crystals junior precision skating team (now the senior Ice Fyre team which recently won the Canadian championship) won awards. They are Lindsay Boyce, Nicole Cooper, Erin Flynn, Shannon Flynn, Amber Frost, Mona Gibney, Kim Lefebvre, Michele Locke, Tammy Marrit, Nancy Meredith, coach Cathy Dalton, all of Whitby, and Robin Baldwin and Linda Martin of Brooklin. Whitby's dynamic Lori's, swimmer Lori Melien and gymnast Lori Strong, won awards, Melien for national performance and Strong for national and international perfor- mance. Strong will participate in the Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea in the fall while Melien is training hard to earn a berth on the Canadian team that will make the trip. Lisa Lynch won an award for her world performance as a member of the Canadian (Kolapore) rifle shooting team. Other international awards went to Peter Kalany, Paul Coderre, Blair Cumming and coach Andrew Dyment for wrestling and Andrew Motomura for judo. National awards also went to Steve Yorston for track and field, Heather Van Patter for badmin- ton and Corey Bayford for roller skating. Keith Primeau says isn't too happy with his rookie year in the Ontario Hockey League but the 16-year-old is optimistic he can rebound with a strong campaign next year. "I would have liked more points, but my job here wasn't just to get points. I was here to give the Hamilton Steelhawk goalscorers a rest now and then and to forecheck." Primeau was 15 when chosen by Hamilton in the fourth round of SEE PAGE 28 The new golfing season begins at Whitby courses By BRENDANREINBOLDT. With the ushering in of spring, the '88 golfing season has officially begun. Once again golf enthusiasts will dig out their clubs from winter storage and visit the local links. Two of the local courses, the par- 64, 4,800-yard Country Lane and Winchester, a par-70, 5,000-yard course opened their season on April 1, while the par-72, 6,483-yard Thun- derbird opened April 2. The turnouts for theopening days were very successful for all three courses. Jerry Nemish, the Win- chester golf pro, commented on the busy opening day saying "Golfers from Peterborough arrived to play on the course, we even had a two- hour wait for some people." Wilson Patterson, owner of Thun- derbird, said "Although there are some wet spots people are so anxious to get on the course it doesn't stop them." An increasing popularity in the sport is showing in the region. Nemish says "There's a lot of new faces out there on the greens, which is our main objective," adding that "The increase is phenomenal." -- All three courses were said to have weathered the winter well... "The minor things can be fixed with a few more weeks of warm weather," says Patterson, who is very pleased with his course's con- ditions. According to Nemish, Lakeridge Links, a new course owned by Win- chester and being prepapred for an August opening, has also fared very well against the winter. Nemish stated "There was an 80 per cent growth rate for the seed planted last fall," and also added "The course has been draining well and there was little winter kill." According to Nemish "if Mother Nature is good to us, all should go well." The 7,000-yard championship course is for the golf enthusiast looking for a challenge and spots are still available for membership. Green fees are $25 weekdays and $30 weekends. Full memberships are $1,300 for men and women, couples $1,800, weekday men & women $700, couples $1,300, seniors $600. While Country Lane and Win- chester have remained the same as last year with little change for the new season, Thunderbird has made changes on its par-5 third hole. Ac- cording to Patterson "The hole is well bunkered, and even though it's 20 yards shorter it still is a difficult hole." Thunderbird will host the Ontario Pro Am Scramble championship, its first pro tournament of the season on May 13. Thunderbird will also on- ce again host the Canadian Tour- nament Players Division (TPD) on May 15, a qualifying tournament for golfers to participate in the Canadiantour. "Entries could reach 200 this year in comparison to the 144 we had last year," says Patterson. Spots for full membership are filled. Weekdays at $675, seniors at $575 and juniors un- der 18 $350. Green fees are $20 week- days and $25 on weekends. April 21 Winchester will kick off the year with a wine and cheese par- ty for its 125 members. "125 is the same amount of members as last year, but we can accommodate themvery well," says Nemish. April24 is the date set for the third annual Pro Am tournament which Country Lane will host. "We've got 33 entrants at present RAYMAR building contractors from Seagrave are at work on the clubhouse which will overlook the 7,000-yd. and we're hoping for 54," said Les Diggins. Full membership fees at Country Lane are $500 for men, and $430 for women, couples $820, seniors $400 and juniors under 18 $200. Weekday memberships for men and wornen is $400 and seniors $300. Lakeridge Links golf course designed by Bob Moot, south of Brawley Rd. and east of Lakeridge (Durham Rd.23). Free Press photo Primeau looks for good second se ason