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WHITBY FRlEE PRESS, WEDNE SDAY, DECEMBER 13,1989, PAGE 29. XL Track Club captures international championsMip for 2nd year running Jason 0BrumleyDcf hitbs member of the Dra -' track club, set two eroinciaI records for bantam age yone inth 60-metre dash and the other in the 60m hurdles, at the recent International Youth Meet of Champions. Brumley helped'the X-Ls cap- ture the championship for the second year in a row. The X-Ls were 350 points ahead of second place Saugeen while setting seven provincial records in the meet. lhe meet entertained clubs from Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. Brumley finished'fnret in the 60m, 60m hurdles9 and was a member cf the X-L7s 800m relay teain. Jason Baoehiochi cf Whitby was first in the the midge-t age 60m run and was a member cf the midget 800m relay teamn. Mark Swain (atoms) cf Whitby came in fifth in the 60m, third in the 200m, and was a member cf the firat-place 800m medley team. Mark Senior (atomns) cf Whitby fmnished third i 60m, and was a member cf the second place med- ley teain. Jainie Mathieson (atome) cf Whitby finished second in the 60m. Roxanne Wocdley (atome) of Whitby finished fifth in long jump and was a member cf the first place medley team. M & MMeats cuts Ajax down twioe in league play Whitby M&M Meats miner atom hockey team recently won two league games against Ajax, the first a fairly quiet 4-2 affair, the second was a 5-0 roasting. In the first game on Nov. 219, Whitby saw one cf their utility players, Bria Crouch, come back off injured reserve. Crouch, combined with the attack cf Jason. Hotchkiss and Brian Crilly, gave the team the offen- sive edgeè they needed. It was an even gamne with Bilan Harrison showing con- fidence and pose between the posts. As usual the defensive unit cf Chris Kerr, Donny Camp- bell, Danay Ricica, Aaron Bryant and Denyer stopped the Ajax defence when the pressure was applied in Whitby's end. In the second gae on Dec. 2, Whitby abolished Amjax 5-0 with some suberb passing and skating along with an overall team effort. Whitby held Ajax te a measly 15 shots, while they nailed a weary Ajax goalie with 45 bullets cf their own. Whitby ut forth a fine defen- sive di Yfauy, with Ricica and Campbef leadin the way. A well co-ordiaated front, led by Bria Crcuch, Paul Gray, Daniel Thorne, Brian Crilly and Chris Kerr helped Whitby wia. Josh Evans in net for Whitby drew the shutout, stepping the few shots Ajax could muster up. Whitby's play seems te signal reaied confidence ai,!d winning frm WH1BYICE FYRE precision skating team perfor- pions, will head for Sweden and Finland at the end med on Saturday as part of the Champions on Ice of this month for international competition. show in Oshawa. The Whitby team, Canadian cham-. Peter Tomblin-fres pr.m photo Ic Frepreparefortrip Wlutby Ice Fyre precision skating teamn members continue fundraisng efforts for their tri p later this month to Sweden and Finland. ISe Fyre will compete in the first international precision skat- ing competiten cf the new year. The teain will be attending coin- petitions on Dec. 28-30 in Swe- den, and Jan. 5-6 in Finland. The target figure cf the fun- draising effort, under chairman Brnard Boyce, is $75,000. Tee Fyre started planning mn June for the trip to Scandinavia. Fundraising activities have in- cluded garage and bake sales, a skate-a-thon (which raised $1,200), a fashion show ($1,250) and the Hgod Hardy concert at Eastdale CVI ($8,400). Members have also sold Saran wrap, tinfoil, cheese and 'Ice Fr e starters, ' used te light fire- paces, the latter sales estimated te, have raised more than $9,000. Lithos (prints cf a painting) cf an Ice Fyre portrait are given te, sponsors or anyone giving a donation. Ice Fyre alse performiedin the Royal Bank Champions on Ice show at thie Oshawa Civic Audi- torium on Dec. 9. Precision skating began in Whitby1i years ago, with 12 sk trfom mnembers cf the Whitby Figure Skating Club. At their first cempetition, the Whitby teami finished in last place but after six years and a let cf hard work the original team branched eut. The expansion igave birth te the Ice Pix at the pre-novice level, the Ice Angels at the novice level and -Crystals at the jnor level. Ta 1984, the Crys- tis wona gold medal at the Bowling Green International in Bowlia& Green Ohie .te mark the begxnnag oi a wuniing1 tradi- tion in Wihitby precision skating. In 1987, t he Crystals having won tbree Canadian champion- ships, it was decided to enter a senior level teani, te be known as Ice Fyre, with the number of p layera increased te 30. In their first year, the seniors won the division championship in Toronto. Whitby precision teanis, in the past six years, have had a total of 38 gold medals across North America. Some include the Whitby International in 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987, the Cana- dian junior chanipionhipiJn 1985, 1986 and 1987, the Làe Placid International in 1987, and the senior Canadian champion- ships in 1988 and 1989. Ta 1989, TceFyre was involved in a one-hour documentary on CTV's Wide World cf Sports, which probed, into the team's quest for success in 1989. Whitby Jennie-Lyna Meats major bantani AA hockey teani won the Ramada Renaissance tourn amePnt in Buffalo Dec. 1-3. Whitby began the tournament began with a convincing 8-1 vie- tory over Warren, Miehiga. Whitby gt gals from Jaiie Allison (2), Mark Allison (2), Mark Wisdom, Greg French, Marlon Sookdeo, Brad Stella, Peter Allison and Bart Mullin. Tn their next game, Whitby did battle against the Mississauga Braves. Whitby played a teugh Karne te ceme up on tep, 3-2. .PtrAllison, Kelly Vipond and Conal Taekney accounted fer the goals. This win secured Whitby's place in the championship round. Later the saine day, Whitby eneounterd a solid teani from Hainburg N.Y. losing 4-2, with their goals comingfrom Allison and Vipond. For the second time in two days, Whitby faced Haniburg. But this time Whitby prevailed with a soid team effort. Halfway through the first, Whitby opened the scoring on a goal by Todd Cyr. Whitby continued te play extremely well throughout the remainder, adding another pair cf go als off the sticks cf Allison and Taekaey. Haznburg scored their onl) goal in the last minute cf play tU spoil Whitby's shutout hopes. In their first teurnament championship cf the season Whitby aIse received fine effortg* from Roy Kennedy, Zach Hay. den, Geoff Cadan, Wayne Ste- phenson, Steve Wyrozub, John Mclvor and Derek Dixon. The championship trophy will be displayed at Jennie-Lynn Meats for the next month. After that it will find a permanent home at Iroquois Park. Whi*tby bantams win tournament 'in Buffalo %W