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NewmarketAurora Wednesday January Bl Controversy surrounds AMH A star AURORA The controversy surrounding the eligibility of Auroras Ly as a minor peewee hockey player continues to grow a prolific scoring defenceman for the Aurora McDonalds minor peewees was ruled ineligible to play for his team by the Ontario Hockey Association OMHA during the Silver Stick Regional Qualifying Hockey Tour nament two weeks ago Ly who came to Aurora from Viet Nam four years ago led the team to a perfect 1400 record in York Simcoe league action Vern secretary and manager of the OMHA said the immigration papers and a certificate of birlh issued by the Canadian government stating age as 11 is only temporary proof and that more concrete evidence is needed said his office had received reports that was not and admitted in a Toronto Star story that he had received complaints from parents about age and size As a result has been carded as a minor ban tam but said people from his office were still checking on him Here Say Complaints But several parties are bitter over s ruling stating that he yielded to heresay complaints from parents Its the parents whether in this town or another who have stirred this up said Frank Jones coach of Mc Donalds Sam Ho a counsellor for said by not recognizing the certificate is not recognizing Cross Country Skiing Winter Golf School Winter Golf Lessons NEWMARKET GOLF CLUB 4784211 the Canadian government He is calling the government of Canada a liar Jones said How in the heck can you tell the government of this country that it is wrong especially when the OMHA is going on nothing but sick rumors started by people in town Lowell president of the Aurora Minor Hockey Association was apalled at the possibility that parents may have had something to do with it Im utterly sick of this nonsense McClenny said during the taping of this weeks Sportsbeat Aurora It all started two years ago when I got called out to parents house I told them then to let it go s Motors Ted Harrison seems well covered by HiHcrest Peewee Hockey Tournament Wednesday night Harrison and mates Summits opponent but still gets a little leg action in during consolation prevailed in this contest and went on to win grand consolation title quarter final contest at the 13th Annual Richmond Hill International See rep roundup B3 Jill photo Flyers getting down to the task to MISSISSAUGA Party time is over for the Newmarket Flyers Thats the message coming down from the coaching staff as the local Ontario Junior Hockey League gears up for the stretch run- Its not that head coach Terry OBrien and assistant Brian have been particularly upset with the work ethics of the third place club which dropped an verdict at the hands of first place Dixie Beehives Sunday night Its just that time of the year points out when Bankers perfect in sweep crown UNIONVILLE A hockey team just cant get much closer to perfection than the number Newmarket Scotiabank performed in capturing the Unionville A Major Bantam Hockey Tournament last week The local side reeled off three consecutive wins not allowing a goal against capping the drive with a 30 decision over Pickering Village in the title tussle Wednesday night Earlier in the event Geoff Sarjeant backs topped Newmarket to and 20 conquests of Stouffville and Pickering In the championship contest Ian Blenkinsop provided the shutout net- minding as Paul Coulson scored a pair of first period goals and Tim Callaghan added a tally in the second period for insurance Against Stouffville in semi una play Todd Bone opened the games scoring in the first period and struck twice as Newmarket grabbed a 30 first in termission lead Bones third period marker completed the attack Evan Bobby and broke a scoreless tie with third period goals against Pickering in the opening round victory clubs must set sights on the playoffs Its almost two months until the postseason battles commence but Flyers hope to get in the proper frame of mind early Weve probably had the mos fun of any team up to this point in the year admits but now its a case of saying its time to get serious and peak coming into the playoffs Its time to get down to business Flyers first opportunity to display the serious side of the club pops up tomorrow night as the surging Hamilton pay a visit to the Com munity Centre for an pm date Flyers visit Richmond Hill Dynes Monday night Sure were confident we can get serious for whats coming up indicated So far its been a case of having a good time and we have been fairly successful Dixie 8 Flyers 5 To date Flyers have had little trouble with the second division teams that is the bottom four dropping only one game On the other hand in 11 meetings with Dixie 2 North York and Orilita Flyers are lagging below the 500 mark at Not too horrifying but of some concern Competitively its pretty tough at the top of the league explained Presently Flyers stand a point back of second place and a point ahead of the fourth place North York Rangers Dixie holds a 10pomt lead on Flyers after Sundays triumph Those tie games five at the beginning of the season may be whats hurting us right now conceded but Im sure if we get a con solidated effort out of all the players on the team well be alright Well see come playoff time and show what this team is all about Against Dixie Flyers spotted the home side a lead into the final minutes before discovering their skating legs Newmarket cut the lead to on goals by Jim George Koval and Brian Kozac between 1326 and 12 before Dixie shut off the surge The killing blow came at seconds after Flyers Scott Defoe returned from a seldomcalled en croachment penalty one that left Flyers less than thrilled An empty net marker in the final minute closed out the games scoring Joe Vrtik and Defoe scored the early Flyer goals as the locals trailed and at the We got off to a slow start acknowledged With the club off for i a week and nothing to keep them on the ice it showed In Hamilton the locals will be facing the leagues top Brad who sports the leagues only 300 goals against per game average As opened the season on a dismal note without a win in the first month and now hover a game below the 500 mark and appear set to challenge Waxers for fifth spot These two games would be nice to have speculated of the and Dynes but you cant take any team lightly at this point in the season Hamiltons a pretty tough team a lot of goals on and theyre as tough on the road as they are in their own building I think they showed that last year in the playoffs when they nearly pulled off a major upset against North York FLYER loss at Dixie was Flyers second straight the first time that has happened this season flyers are un defeated in the past 10 home outings with eight wins and two ties in that string Newmarket holds a 2- record against with both wins on Hamilton ice Aurora Tigers recently named partowner Carey as head coach the third person to hold the position with the club this season Carey replaces Ken Gibb who manned the helm for 26 days Carey is the sixth Tiger tamer in the past season and a half which gives an idea of the mess the franchise is in at the moment Trainer Bob Firth also resigned Peter Virtanen CUDDY SHARK By JOHN CUDMORE Sports Editor The investigation into the Ly Affair has yet to turn up any new leads regarding the actual age of the Aurora hockey player Nor is it likely to do so either as you have no doubt heard by now is the Vietnameseborn hockey player who until two weeks ago was years of age At last look he is 13 years old according to the Ontario Minor Hockey Association Or he may be 12 or 18 or who knows Two weeks ago Ly was toiling along as the bread and butter of the Aurora minor team a level in minor hockey reserved for tl year olds Complaints launched Upon prodding by a couple of opposing teams members of the York Simcoe league the same as Aurora and the complaints evidently launched by parents of the Aurora side the was moved to suspend from minor activities during the recent Silver Stick tournament held in Newmarket was instated as a minor bantam with a new age years Thats a big lump from noncontact to contact hockey by the way Wherever the figure came from is beyond anyone associated with the matter save perhaps the OMHA It certainly will be of interest to the Ontario Human Rights Commission to the possibility it gets together the fa the near future At the root of the matter is the fact that does not possess a birth certificate evidently lost somewhere between here and Viet Nam A certificate of birth is the critical document in assessing a players age at registration time under regulations on the other hand has only the immigration document he was probably born in 1972 The questioning of age is not actually a new practice Ever since I can remember him as a member of the Aurora hockey scene three seasons ago at the Newmarket House League tournament people have marvelled at his skills and wondered about his age Difficult to prove Now the OMHA has decided that a Southeast Asian kid on skates for only four years just cannot be that good and big physically and still be years of age There exists the that he is actually that age but he cannot prove it Never mind all the wrangling and haggling about whether Ly is whatever There is little likelihood that it will ever be proved otherwise for certain The has simply requested prove the case and it wont be able to without a birth certificate Its as simple as that The gnawing I get from all of this lies with the parents of the Aurora minor club who are evidently responsible for bringing the matter to the spotlight Certainly it appears jealousy is a key motive as is without question a major if not the star of the club overshadowing some other teammates But if these parents are so righteous and intent on playing by the rules why did these folks permit their to play alongside when they knew he was overage for that particular level of hockey I guess the obvious answer is that he couldnt hurt the team simply because of a minor technicality such as his age It would appear a This team aint big enough for the both of us attitude has developed and created this controversy Pity the youngsters who have to live with this double standard Newmarkets Cole and novice dance partner Don Godfrey will be In this weekend to compete In the Canadian Figure Skating Championships The duet qualified for the national event with a victory at the pastern Canadian champions hips in December Cole and Godfrey will be joined in Regina by Newmarket skater Klly Marshall and his partner Cathy Pal runners up at ThornhUI Both couples skate out of the Upper Canada Skate Club Tournaments slated for weekend NEWMARKET Minorhockey tournaments skate back into Sharon major atoms meet to open proceedings at tbe the local forefront this weekend as Newmarket and Aurora play Community Centre at 7 am Saturday the host roles Title rounds get underway at Community Sunday beginning In Newmarket the Annual Newmarket Association j consolation finale with the major Burger King Atom Tournament featuring 24 teams 12 minor and atom championship contest slated to complete the event at major battle for top honors beginning Saturday morning at hnratonikKnhvthe At Aurora the 15th Annual Town of Aurora Bantam Tour- robin with Black Hawks at am at Arena Skates are back in action against Osbawa Included in the number is Newmarkets Scouataitatmajor at p The top dub from the trio will join three other group bantams who face off against at am Saturday A winners in semifinal play Sunday beginning at am at the victory in that game would send Newmarket into tire chain- Community Centre bracket against the Whitby All of Saturdays minor atom action will take place at at Saturday while a loss would see the locals the Arena loser of tliatrnatchup at pm action Newmarkets Boonstra Bookkeeping will compete in major Play continues at the Aurora Community Centre facing off with Etobicoke Canucks am and 5 pm Sunday with the consolation championship game slated for in Group C action Saturday at Community Centre pm to be followed by the championship clash