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ThtBmimflhtBra SPORTS Newmarket Jets Corbett set to take on world Newmarket Jets Martin placed first overall in the Junior A category at the North American long track speed skating championships in Salt Lake City Utah to tarn a berth on the Canadian team for a World Cup race in Berlin and the world junior champi onships to be held in March in Moscow a firstyear student at the Univer sity of Calgary finished first in the under17 category in five of six races ranging from 500 to 5000 metres In other action Mulcahy and Aus tin Hendry finished first and third respec- in the bantam category at the final Ontario Cup short track meet of the season Mulcahy won the 333metre race while Hendy was tops at and 500 metres Aurora cadets on target at regional biathlon shootout Aurora army cadets Catherine Moogk and Charlotte Nettie won gold medals in Individ ual categories and shared in a female team championship at the Central Region cadet biathlon championships last weekend at Rod Gun Club in Sault Ste Marie Moogk won the senior division while Net tie was tops in the junior category Vanessa rounded out the team entry Andei claimed silver in the male junior division Top competitors advance to the national championships to be held next month in Valcartier Shiver Iced Energy advance to synchro nationals East Shiver and Newmarket Iced Energy secured berths for the Skate Can ada national synchronized skating cham pionships with their performances at the Ontario qualifying meet on the weekend in Fort Erie Competing at the Intermediate level East Shiver finished third to claim a spot at the national championships March to in Brampton At the Novice level Iced Energy claimed fourth place to secure a berth in Brampton The top six finishers in each category qualified for the national championships In nonqualifying classes East Gwillim Frostbite finished second among teams in the category while Iced Energy claimed fourth place Iced Energy also claimed fourth in the Adult III division in a seventeam field Stingrays duo doubles up In Central Region pool Lucas Durante and Austin were twoevent winners to highlight the perfor mances of the Newmarket Stingrays last weekend at the Central Region winter team championships swim meet at the Etobicoke Newmarket Jets Martin Corbett earned a berth on the Canadian team for a World Cup race in Berlin and the world junior championships in March in Moscow Competing in the boys 14andover cate gory Durante won the 100metre backstroke and 100 breaststroke He also claimed silver in the 50 breaststroke and placed third in the 50 backstroke bested the field in the 50 and 100 butterfly events Matt McGill won the 100 freestyle for to 1 1 boys and was a member of the win ning medley relay team while Michelle was tops in the to backstroke and was a member of the winning 200 medley relay team Pulsars pair tops field at Borden gym qualifier Meghan of Pulsars Gymnastics scored firstplace marks in three events on the way to winning her category at the third Ontario provmciil qualifying meet held last weekend at Base Borden Competing in Level for 14 yearolds turned in top marks for the vault bars and beam routines to top the field Hyde Level to 13 also finished first in her category highlighted by top marks on bars She was also second on vault beam and floor routine Rhea Good Level 10 to 11 finished third in her category Meanwhile Jennifer Ward Level nine years of Shenderey Gymnastics Institute rode firstplace marks on die bars to a third overall finish John Aurora Panthers Shelby bears down on the Oakville Hornets net during a ban tam preliminary round game during the 1 1th Aurora International Silver Stick Tournament The Panthers won the game and reached the quarterfinal round of the 1 tournament before falling to the eventual champion St Catharines Chaos Atom Panthers solid gold In Silver Stick win Silver can be a girls best The Aurora Panthers atom double- A hock ey team isnt to quibble the point after capturing top honours at the 11th Aurora International Silver Stick Tournament Sun day afternoon with a victory over the Etobicoke Dolphins Shaw scored two goals and Florence Awde added one marker as the Panthers avenged an earlier loss at the hands of the Dolphins in die tide game Aurora split its first two games of the fiveteam division before blanking Kitchener Rangers in semifinal play behind the shutout Natalie The triumph marked the second tour nament title this season for the Panthers who also have been finalists twice and have qualified for the Lower Lakes Hockey League final four Its been a great year and has got better as the season went along said cocoach Walry who shares duties with Steve Clay don At our first meeting with the parents we wondered if wed even be competitive at the double A level Its all about building confidence In die atom final Sail- edged Peterborough Ice Jts in a shootout Scarborough topped Aurora Panthers m the intermediate final Escape Winter