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Newcastle Town League Standings Team G W L T F Gruffies 9 7 2 0 14 Newcastle Lumber 9 4 2 3 11 .Green Leaf 9 ' 4 3 2 10 -Antenna 9 4 5 0 8 Dufferin 8 0 7 1 1 i/' 1 Green Leaf 3 The League now takes a 11 Newcastle Lumber 3 two week Christmas Newcastle Lumber held the lead on three different occasions, but Green Leaf fought back each time to earn a 3-3 draw. ■ Don Stevens, Mike Don- tremont, and Greg Johnson scored the Green Leaf goals. Johnson also picked up one assist. Bill Hogarth picked up two assists, with singles to Mike Dontremont, and Fred Mill son. ! ' For Lumber, Mike McVit- ty, Gord Blaker, and Bill xMcPhee . beat Green Leaf f goalie Dave Montague. Troy Foster, Keith Vey, Brian Higgins, and Bill McPhee each earned one assist. Gruffies 8 Antenna 6 The Antenna does not lack scoring power. But preventing preventing goals seems to be a challenge. They lost another shootout 8-6 to Gruffies, a victory that solidifies Gruffies Gruffies hold on first place, s- Antenna appeared on their way leading 5-3 in the second period. But Gruffies popped home five goals in eleven minutes to nail down the win. Î Leading the way for Gruffies Gruffies were the five points games by Grant Brock and Kevin Newell. Brock scoring four goals and one assist, Newell with two goals and three assists. Buck Cowle and Jim Mcllroy each contributed contributed a goal and an assist. assist. Jim Wood was the top playmaker with four assists, Peter Williams and Terry DeLuca had two assists, and Paul Giroux had one. 8 Former Junior C, Stars Brian Heard and Dayrell Rowe topped Antenna's sco- resheet with a goal and three assists. Another Junior Junior C veteran, Darcy Huber scored two goals and an assist. assist. Scott Foster and Bill Sainsbury had one goal and assist. Jeff Allen earned two assists and Allan Hall had one assist. break,with play resuming January 7th. And not too far down the road is the League Tournament, January 28th at the Newcastle Arena. Following Following the tournament, players and fans will be able to watch Super Bowl 24 at the Newcastle Arena. Super Bowl 24 is in New Orleans, featuring the Denver Broncos Broncos and San Francisco 49ers. ( The author's fearless forecast). forecast). Hockin Takes To the Road For Victory By Bob Sheridan On Wednesday night we travelled to Port Hope and defeated the Legion team 10-4. Art Hester in our nets was able to stop everything he could see and was only beaten by deflections and screen shots by Eric Man- ship, Patty Brereton and Larry O'Brian. Playing on a line with Siegi Rohr, Bob Deblois and Grant Flintoff, each scored three times. Bob's goals came on sharp, accurate, quick-release shots as he was set up by his line mates. Grant scored a particularly goal as he waltzed The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, December 20,1989 9 J and J Sharpeners Have Busy December Schedule Teachers No Match in Hockey Fund Raiser ........ from the corner, faking passes passes mesmerizing the defense, and driving the puck to the far corner. George Sainsbury Sainsbury scored on a patented drive that the goalie had difficulty difficulty seeing, let along stopping. stopping. Bob Sheridan scored once and Ron Clemens contributed contributed two more for the final final count. We played the whole game with six forwards and three defensemen, Hugh German, Bob Hellam and Ray Preston. Our team seems to produce its best efforts efforts when we have fewer than ten skaters. The Clarke High School Raiders Hockey Team defeated defeated their teachers 7-4, in a fund-raising hockey The young legs proved to be the difference in a very well played hockey game last Friday. The teachers got off to an early 2-0 lead but the boys steamed back to take a 3-2 lead into the second second period. Again the teachers teachers pumped two quick goals past Chad Puk to take the lead. However, as the determined determined youngsters sensed game on Friday, December 15. The Clarke team is in its first year of High School League play. the fast fading of the old boys they wrapped in 4 unanswered unanswered goals to win the game. Tina Millson was superb in goal for the teachers and helped prevent a much larger larger difference in the score. Compliments must go to the boys for the quality of their play and their sportsmanlike sportsmanlike conduct. Heritage House Wins Two Games On Friday, December 15, the Heritage House Atoms travelled to Stouffville to play the Clippers Ti oros scored early in the \ x \ \m Thank you for a successful 1989 season. We wish our many Friends and Patrons Good Health and Prosperity BOWMANVILLE Happy Holiday Season to you all. y 340 King St. E., Bowmanville 623-5655 game on a goal by Brent Strand from Chris Steele and Greg McMurter, but then fell behind 2-1 in the second as the home side scored two goals on power plays. Toros tied the score mid way through the second, Brent Strand' with his second second goal, assisted by Travis Laughlin and Greg McMurter. McMurter. Toros scored the only two goals in the third period to take a 4-2 victory. Greg McMurter scored both goals, the first unassisted, the second second from Sommer West and Robbie Jeffers. On Saturday, our first game was against Cobourg at the Darlington Sports Centre. Toros played a strong game, defeating Cobourg 8- 1. Ten players figured in the 'scoring in a well balanced attack, led by Sommer West with four assists. Mark Frampton had two goals and one assist, Paul Lavallee one goal, one assist, Travis Laughlin two goals, Greg McMurter one goal, one assist, assist, Chris Steele one goal, one assiss, Kevin Pickell one goal, Steve Brinkman two assists, Robbie Jeffers one assist, and Brent Strand one assist. Matt Brake played a solid defensive game, and the line of Laughlin, Jeffers and Desjardins played well. Way to go, Toros. In tne evening we travelled travelled to Markham for an exhibition exhibition game with the Markham Major AA team. Toros gave a good account account of themselves but playing with only nine skat ers and two goalies we came out on the short end of a 3-0 score. Heritage House play in Oshawa Childrens Arena on Wednesday and Darlington on Saturday in preparing for the Christmas Classic. All the players and coaching coaching staff would like to wish our sponsor and our supporters supporters a very Merry Christmas Christmas and a Happy New Year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Closed Dec. 24th at 7 p.m. Closed Christinas and Boxing Day Regular hours commence Wed., Dec. 27th Closed Dec. 31st at 10 p.m. Closed New Year's Day Bowmanville Restaurant & Tavern 231 King St. E. 623-3223 Between exhibition games, league games arid tournaments, the B.R.H.L. team sponsored by J&J Sharpening is clocking a lot of icetime and seeing a great deal of countryside. On Saturday, December 9th the players travelled to Grafton to participate in their first tournament of the season. Their first game was played against one of the two Grafton teams and, in spite of some excellent saves from Nick Zdravkovski, the J&J players found themselves themselves down one goal at the end of the opening period. It was not until the last minute minute paid off when Greg Masterson Masterson drove the puck into the Grafton net. Assists went to Darren Crawford and Brian Ball. At the end of the second period, the score settled at 2-1 for Grafton. Grafton. Early in the third period, Grafton increased their lead. However, J&J Sharpening continued to dig in tne corners corners and forecneck aggressively, aggressively, resulting in two goals for them. The first was earned by Brian Ball with assists going to Stephen Wraith and Brad MacMas- ter. Brad, along with Jamie Powell, also earned an assist on his team's next goal by Greg Masterson. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, these two goals were not enough to win the game but the team still advanced in the tournament. In game number two, that day, the J&J players showed their fans what they're capable of doing, maintaining their positions and passing the puck. Facing Facing off against a Cobourg Team, the J&J players were determined to avoid elimination. elimination. Darren Crawford filled the position between the pipes this time and gave a superb performance. With only three minutes left in the game, it looked as though Darren had his first shutout when Cobourg ■ broke through to score. However, However, by this time, the J&J victory was assured with six goals of their own. Goals were scored by Colin Galin- ski, Greg Masterson, Stephen Stephen Wraith and Jacob Gor- ski, while assists went to Brad Johnson, Brad McMaster, McMaster, Greg Masterson and Philip Gushulak. The next day, J&J returned returned to play against, the other Grafton team. Darren Crawford again supplied the goal tending in what turned out to be their toughest and pe'rhaps best played game of the tournament. Grafton played a fast paced, physical game that put a great deal of pressure on J&J's defensive defensive lines. The puck was played end-to-end and fans were witness to top-notch thrilling hockey. Near the end of the second period, a 1-1 score indicated the comparable comparable caliber of the teams and clearly showed that the game could go either way. However, unfortunately for J&J Grafton managed to jump ahead with two more goals late in the third period. period. To their credit, the J&J players continued to play excellent excellent hockey and Drought the score once more to within within one goal. But, the clock ran out before they could score that important tieing goal to lead to overtime. Philip Gushulak should be congratulated on scoring the two J&J goals while the whole team deserves praise for their performance and behaviour both on and off the ice. Once again Bowmanville Bowmanville has been well represented. represented. The following weekend, on Saturday, December 16th, the team journeyed to Oshawa to play an exhibition exhibition game against the Lake Vista Atoms. This time, Chris Oyler, with his usual cheery disposition, volunteered volunteered to tend goal for his team. From the moment the puck was dropped at the start of the game, Nick Zdravkovksi made it clear that he was there to play hockey! Thirty seconds into the game, he scored his first of four goals! His second came less than a minute later. later. However, the Lake Vista players showed that they were not going to push-overs as they answered with two goals to tie the game. Again, Nick replied with another before the period was finished, finished, bringing the score to 3-2 for J&J. As the second period was played, it was clear to the spectators that some of the Lake Vista players were becoming becoming too aggressive in a non-contact division. To the credit of the J&J players, they continued to rely on their positional play and passing to win the game. Nick Zdravkovski scored his fourth goal in the third period period and Jamie "the slot-man" Powell tapped one in to finish finish the scoring. Final score was 5-3 for J&J. Well done team! Finally, the next morning on Sunday, December 17th, the J&J Atoms returned to the Newcastle Arena to resume resume league play against the Bowmanville team sponsored sponsored by T-Mac. After Nick Zdravkovski's "Gretsky- imitation" the night before, coach Rick Powell moved him to goalie for this game! The excitement generated in this game could only be equalled in the N.H.L. The goalies at both ends of the rink were called upon to make some spectacular saves. T-Mac's goalie, Jason Barr, was especially impres!- sive, making saves that clearly frustrated the J&& forewards. T-Mac defense'- men also supplied superb back-up net-minding for Ja' son. » Throughout the game, scores were alternately add) ed to each side of the board. With T-Mac starting the scoring, it looked as if J&J would play the whole game trying to catch up. It wasn't until the third period that J&J took the lead for the first time, a lead that was short lived as T-Mac came back to tie the game mo) ments later. However, with only 20 seconds on the clock/ Brian Ball completed his hat trick and finished the scoring scoring in the very exciting game. Final game score was, 6-5 for J&J Sharpening. Along with Brian's hat-trick, Philip Gushulak scored twice and Brad MacMaster. scored once. if Congratulations J&J;-.; Keep up the great team-work! team-work! by Glen Wraith. Triple F Bowling - Frances Mulder 35 pts,: Don Vander Meer 33 pts,' Hammy Vander Gaast 26 pts, Ron Bonsma 25 1/2 pts, 1 Brian Buma 25 pts, Case De Plaa 21 1/2 pts, Dirk Van Abbema 21 pts, Rick Vander . Kooi 20 pts, Peter Glasber- ' gen 19 1/2 pts, Nel Van Ab- ' bema 19 1/2 pts, Peter Flonk- 13 pts, Anne Vander Gaast 11 pts. 'j High Single Ladies - Nel- Van Abbema 265, High Single Single Men - Dirk Van Abbema^ 279, High Triple Ladies -j Nel Van Abbema 654, High" 1 Triple Men - Ron Bonsma 1 662, High Average Ladies -; Hammy Vander'Gaast 183, > High Average Men - Jean); Nadeau 194. Holiday Fun For All! Be merry, everyone! Expressing joy is what Christmas is all about. Dave and Darlene Boyd and Family and Staff of J&J Sharpening 48 King St. E. 623-1021 Bowmanville // / HAPPY [HOLIDAYS <[;/..! L.U l -h" My V NAnv -' * / v y 4 * x«v Our wish for you: all the best the season has to offer! JOHN DEEKE SALES 3EHVICE 1 MHO Cost ol Mushroom mini on North Ohio I / * trij; \ i-Xs 983-9119 623-1122 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SCHEDULE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES The following public swims and public skating times are being offered by the Town of Newcastle Community Services Department to provide some enjoyment the entire family can partake in as well as keep everyone reasonably fit during the festive season! PUBLIC SKATING HOLIDAY SCHEDULE PUBLIC SWIMMING AT THE NEWCASTLE FITNESS CENTRE Tues.. Dec 26 Parent and Tot (Pre-School) Swim Adult Swim Public Swim Adult Swim 10:30-11:30 a.m. 11:45-1:15 p.m. 1:30-3:00 p.m. 8:30-10:00 p.m. Wed.. Dec. 27 and Jan. 3 Adult Swim Public Swim Public Swim 11:45-1:15 p.m. 1:30-3:00 p.m. 6:30-8:00 p.m. Thurs.. Dec. 28 and Jan. 4 Parent and Tot Swim Adult Swim Public Swim Adult Swim 10:30-11:30 a.m. 11:45-1:15 p.m. 1:30-3:00 p.m. 8:30-10:00 p.m. Fri.. Dec. 29 and Jan. 5 Adult Swim Parent and Tot Swim Public Swim 11:45-1:15 p.m. 1:30-2:30 p.m. 7:00-9:00 p.m. Sat.. Dec. 30 and Jan. 6 Public Swim Family Swim Adult Swim 2:00-4:00 p.m. 4:30-6:00 p.m. 7:00-9:00 p.m. Tuos.. Jon. 2 Parent and Tot Swim Adult Swim Adult Swim 10:30-11:30 a.m. 11:45-1:15 p.m. 8:30-10:00 p,m. SPECIAL *** EVENTS *** NEW YEAR'S EVE FAMILY SKATING PARTY 6:00 p.m. -8:30 p.m. at the BOWMANVILLE RECREATION COMPLEX Adults $1.75 Seniors $1.25 ' Kids are free if accompanied by an adult* Toast your family with hot chocolate and family funl INTRODUCTORY SNORKELLING LESSON Fri., Jan. 5,1990 9:30-11:30 a.m. COST: $5.00 includes lesson and snorkel to take home LIMITED REGISTRATION Call 623-3392 for more Information BOWMANVILLE RECREATION COMPLEX Sat., Dec. 30 8:00-9:30 p.m. Tues., Jan. 2 (Tots and Sr.) 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Wed., Jan. 3 Fri., Jan. 5 1:00-2:30 p.m. i - 1-00-2:30 p.m. DARLINGTON SPORTS CENTRE Sat., Dec. 30 Tues., Jan. 2 Fri., Jan. 5 Fri., Jan. 5 (Tots and Sr.) Fri., Jan. 5 ■ / 3:00-4:30 p.m. 10:00-11:30 a.ni. 1 10:00-11:30 a.m. 2:00-5:00 p.m. 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Squash, Whirlpool and Sauna will bo open during regular hours ol operation. 'TKcvtty S/tfitàtaupi and 'Hem fye* n jMe 'HecvcadMc Scnvicet 'VefuvttaiCHt CLOSING DATES All recreational facilities will be closed on the following dates: Sun., Dec. 24 -12:00 noon Christmas Day - All day Sun., Dec. 31 -12:00 noon (Exception - Bowmanville Recreation Complex) New Year's Day - All day (Exception Bowmanville Recreation Complex) CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION Bowmanville Recreation Complex 623-5728 Darlington Sports Centre 263-2906 Newcastle Fitness Centre 623-3392 58 4