Whitby Free Press, 21 Dec 1994, p. 25

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Whltby Free Press, Wednesday, December 21, 1994 .Page 25 Wrl event at new experience fýor Sig sworth Describing it as an event un- like any i which he had pre- viously, Mike Sigsworth of W ityfnshed 0th at the world junior triathlon chamnpion- ships hield last month i Welling- ton New Zealand. FIfnoss, weather conditions and foerce competition were ail fac- tors that led te Sigsworth's finish out of the 104 competiters from around the world. "The race itself was nothing like I've ever did before,» he says, noting competiters were «beating on you' during the 1.5-kilometre swim in the cold ocean. Sigsworth, who earned a trip tothe world event by winning the 1994 championship in the under-20 division of the Pro- sident's Choice sories in Ontario, finished 30th in the swim, the first stage. A 40-kilometre wind in the 12 Celsius temperatures hampered ail competitors in the 40-kilo- metre cycle in which Sigsworth -- mistakenly, perbap -- stayed away frein the pack.He dropped te 45th after that stage. ButSigworth says he really s3agged in th e lO-kilometre run, frwhich he has posted times of 36 minutes. His stomacli cram- ped and feet frozen after the cyclingît took hlm 42 minutes te go the âistance. Sigsworth wasn't in top shap going into the world event. e kinesiology student at McMaster Universit had been sick (throat infection) for eipght weeks, and that hurt his traming. The top Canadiau finisher was Stephen Flower of Slimcoe, the Canadian champion, who was 30th. 20 inish next year at Cancun, Mex.ico in November - some- thing that hasn't beenr done by a Canadian at the world event for many years. U"ft was well worth the trip, rve learned a bunch of things,» he says. of his New Zealand exýîec. He may go on the pro circuit in Canada im 1995. REBECCA WOODHOUSE practises her routine during rehearsal for the Whitby Roller Skating CIub's 'Saturday Matinee at the Movies' held on Saturday. Woodhouse is one of the cIubs p katers. Photo y M" eesor, Whitby Free Pross Woodley and Channer make winning exits from jr. level for midget boys and a member of Whitby's Woodley family and Andrew Channer helped the Durhamn X-L's track club win the toamn championship at the Inter- national Youth Meet of Chami- pions in Toronto reoently. Adrian Woodley set a, Cana- dian record and Channer won two events in what was their final competition. The two Canadian junior champions wiIl both attend the University of Syracuse on ful athletic scholarships. Adrian Woodley established a new Canadian junior record in the junor men's 60-metre hurdles with a timeo f 8.01 seconds. He also won the 60-mette sprint event at the meet for athIetes aged 9 te, 19. Channer won thoeunormn'a long jump and tile jump and was second in the 200-metre race. Woodley was second in tri- RoCane Woodley won the 60- metro hurdies and triple jump for midget (aged 15 and 16) girls. Kevin Woodley was first in G-metre sprint, second in 200- metre run and third in long juni for tyke (aged 9 and 10) boys. Ho also joined Cameron Sahadath and Jerome Smith, both of Whitby, and Jermaine Myles te, win the 4-by-200 relay. Curtis Woodley was fourth in three events in atom (aged il and 12) competition. Sheldon Dowding of Whitby was second in 60-metre hurdles 3 triht shutouts for champion seleets The Whitby major peoweo select hockey teain, sponsored by Brooklin & District Kinernen, won the A charnpionship at the Brighiton tournament over the weekend. Witby opened the teurnament against Milton and dominated play frein the opening whistle. David Fletcher epened the scoring fer the Wldcats on a breakaway.. Chris Laidley followed with a short-handed goal. In the second Fletcher scored. Witby added twe more in the third on goals by Dylan Chynoweth and Garett Richard. Ryan Lmo played well in goal reoding the shutout in the 6-0 win. In their next gaine Whitby squged off against a strong sktn, physical tearn froin Orillia. Neither club was able to score in the opening frarne as both geales made several key saves. Whitby opened the scoring midway threugh the second on a goal by Chynoweth. Less than a midnute later Andre Clark gave Whiàtby a twe-goal lead which they carried into the third period. Lai dley added te the lead early in the final frame. Orillia pressed throughout the third but Derek Rivest made several outstanding saves te, preserve the shutout and the 3-0 victory. Whitby thon moved on te, the championship gaine in which they faced another strong skating teamn frein Millbrook. VWtby opened the scoring early i the first on a goal by Clark. Once again the goltendlers for both teains made key saves. Whitby padded their lead early in the second period on a goal by te score for the remainder of the gaine as Lamiot, playing strongly in net, recorded Whitby's third shutout of the tournament. The defensive corps of Joali Brimble, Trevor Bremner, Mike Hamilton, Derek Pollock and Nick Cowan played well throughout the tournament;, the goaltenders did net allow their oppenents a single goal; and forwards Matt Fortier, Clark, Chynoweth, Laidlley, J.R. (YNeil, Sean Rayner, Matt Walton, Fletcher and Richard played excellent two-way hockey the relay team, that finished frmt i the 4-by-200 event. snap 8-game winless streak The Wbitby miner peewee AA hockey teain,sonord.b y Crows Spors, broke ou ofa eight-gam e wiess streak by winning back-to-back gaines over the weekend.L On Dec. 12, WMhy tied Pickering 2-2. Wîldcats led 2-0 on gocalsb Paul Tait and Bryan Rourke ybefore Pickering scored two goals late in the gaine. On Dec. 14, Whitby played an exhibition gaine against a very good Peterborough Nationals teain. Peterborough outworked Wildcats and won the gaine 3-L. Sean Walsh scored for Whitby. On Dec. 17, Whitby broke eut of their winless streak by thumng WAurora 6-2. In the firat periodW thyjupd te k-two-gea la with Matt ad Bennie* Scheepers sconjl Walsh made it 3-0 in the In the third period, Wildcats continued te turn it on as Sean Holmes and Luc Chiasson with two finished off the scoring. Mike Nemisz played well in goal. On Dec. 18, Wildcats won their second gamne in a row, defeating Newmarket 4-2. Scheepers opened the scoring late in the first period, scooping in his own rebound off the goalpoat. In the second period, Whitby took charge and scored three more goals with Walsh getting two and Chiasson the other. Michael Thornton made some key saves late in the gaine te prevent any conieback by Redinen. Kyle Ruttan was a workhorse for Whitby and had four assista i the two gaines over the weekend. The team, now lias a record cf 8-5-2 ini league play.

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