Whitby Free Press, 8 Dec 1993, p. 23

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W1iiby Free Pma e dnWohesday, December 8. 1993. Page 23 There are lots of thngs that are Ibetter than money, too dwe nead money to buy them' Diyou know that the Jet's 75hp 1.9L turbo diesel angine achieves a N Na etenyof 5.8LIlOOkm ef '....r Major novices show 'Classie' folrm ROBERTO ALOMAR, star second baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays, signied his biography 'Second to None,' in Wootco at the Whitby Mail Saturday. Above, Jessica Glenn, 5, was the first in line, having waited six hours, to meet Alomar. Photo by Jeremy Dresar, Whitby Free Press The Whitby major' novice AAA hockey teani, sponsored by the Ladies Auiliary, defaatad the host teain 5-1 in the final te win the Chinguacousy Hockey Classie and qualify for the silver stick teurnament. Whitby, entering the finals for the secondà straight teurnamaent, would net be deniad- the chanipionship this time around as a total team effort was shown from start te finish. Adamn Thibodaau opened the scoring in the first period by jamniing home a rabound after a save on a Brandon McBride rush. Billy Deir started the play by feeding a perfect pasa te McBride. Michael Kow put Whitby up by two goals in the second period, assisted by Ronnie Robertson. Laading 2-0 at the end ef the second and tasting the win, Whitby would score three more timas in the third te ice the win. Kosiw scored bis second, assisted by Robertson, follewed by Thibodeau with bis second, assisted by JefFray Seadhouse. Andrew Pigrain finished the scoring set up by Ryan Tutak. Strong defensive play by Seadhousa, Ringer, Ill, Fox and Farquharson, along with the stallar goaltanding of Nemisz and Gleason, resulted in a frustrated Chinguacousy team wondering what had bit them after going 3-0 in the praliniinary round of their division. The preliminary round provided wide open hockey. Only the two division winners advancad te, the finals. Wbidtby faced Brampten in thair first gaine and skated te a 5-2 win. Scoring for Whiitby were two each, and Robertson providing the other. Ini the second ginWbitby faced Richmond IilrStars, league rivais. Neither team was able te mount xnuch of an attack due to the tight checking by beth teains. Wbty jumped ut te an early 2-0 led on goals by Thibodeau and Rebertson. Hewever, Richmond Hill replied with twe of their own te malce for an entertaining finish with Tuitak foiled on a breakaway with lesm than a minute te u Assisting on goals ware McBriÎ, Harrison and Deir. Whitby's third gaine was against Burlingten and a must-win situation. Deir started Whitby; rolli1 y scoring 18 scnsinto the gaine, assisted by Tbibodeau. Harrison added te the lead on a setup from Kosiw. Turning it up a notch antaring the.second, Whitby scored thrae times te take a commanding 5-1 lead that would be the final score. McBride scored two and Fox had the other, with assista going te Thibodeau (two), Farquharson and Hill. Nemniaz and Gleeson split both games and carne up big when needad. Coach Fox said the team, really wanted te win it for themselvas. It was aise nice te face différent compatitien than our division teains, te see how we would stack up egainst the west. "Both Stu Seadhouse (forward coach) and Ron Tutak (defensive coach) have workad hard in practica teaching the players our systeins, and wins like this make Wh itby anglerone of Canada's best By Mark Reesor Rocky Crawford is a big fish in the Canadlian sport fishing pend. The Whitby professional angler -. tournamaent pro, guide, tackla manufacturer and outdoor writar -- bas had a lot of succes simca taking up the sport ful-time in 1987. He's the only Canadian angler te win three classic avents, bas qualified for avary GM pro-bass classic evar hald and won it twice (ha usad te, work for GM bafore turning pro), and has finished in the tep 10 in Angler of the Year standings every year. Crawford was the firet non-talevision personality in Canada te go into fishing fui-time. He's collectad almost $200,000 in cash and prizes se far. That may seain lika a lot of money, but Crawford notes there's lots of expenses. 'The average bass boat nowadays runs in the neighbourhood of $25,000 te, $30,000. Yen naad a vabicle te pull it (and) ail the fuel that goes aiong with it. There's aie travelling axenses, ledg*ng and food... 'It's a teugh% go. I happened te gaet in on the ground floor when teurnaznent fishing was just starting te, take off in Canada. "I did vary well in the aarly stages and managed te get soe factory halp and support... and keep going." Crawford says practice makas perfect when it comas te winning fishing teurnaniants. "TMme on the water :s everything. Pin on the water approximataly 130 te 140 days a year. "Ifri nt u~in. 'm pra.fishing or fishing a tournaxnent (and) if 1'm net doing that, Pin usually looking at new water te guide on.» Pre.fishing a tournamant involvas going eut and locating the hast fishing spots - "trying te daterniine how niany are thara and how big they are without catchîng thein," explains Crawford. "Location in fishing is just lika in real estate -. it ineans evaryting. 'There's an old saying that 10 per cent of the watar holds 90 par cent of the fish, and i.' definitaly true." Knowing a lake from previous seasons helps, but Crawford says things chanige a lot from yaar te yaar. On watar that yen do know well, you have te ba careful about othar competitors. "You don't want anybody te, ses you fishing in any oe particular area." To discourage people from following, Crawford will often traval as far as possible. "In tha case of soe tournaments, it's net uncommon te travel 80 miles in oe direction." Thare's lots of people who mnight lika te, follow Crawford. Soe 240,000 Canadians competa in soeasert of a fishing avant avary year. The sport is pepular anough that Crawford fishes exclusively in Canadian teurnaments. "Thare's se rnuch on the go (hera), it's raally hard te justîfy the ceet and the time te go (te the U.S.). "1 could fish tournaznants from the opaning of walleye season the first of May avery weekend until Octeber, and that~s witheut travelling outaida of this province." Yen don't have te hae a professienal te, get your share of winnings, aither. "There's a lot of very good weekend fishermen who do really well in teurnaments. T'hey have a full.time job and taka their holidays around specific teurnaznnts." Crawford will conduct a fishing seminar at the ninth annual Ontario Fishing and Sportsien's Show Jan. 27 te 30 at the Metro EaetTrade -Centre _inPickarîng.. --- . Fieider of dreams 1

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