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Ski Jumper Flies Without Wings The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, February 20, 1991 ',9 Bowmanville Figure Skaters Compete at Pine Ridge Meet j by Brad Kelly ■ It's been said that the closest a human can come to flying is by becoming a ski jumper. But the fear of slapping a pair of skis on one's feet, and plummeting down a jump in excess of 90 kilometres kilometres per hour keeps many away from the sport. Not to mention the thought of soaring soaring through the air with your only protection being a helmet. But for Orono's Jeremy Blackburn, it's a fear that he has been able to overcome as a member of the Oshawa Ski Jumping Team. And he is only one of a select few who have had the thrill of flying through the air without without the help of any type of aid. "When you get over your skis and feel the air push against your chest, it's like a lift," said the 15-year-old grade 10 student at Clarke High School. "You just want to do it again and again after after you get that first jump in. It's easy to get addicted to." As much as an addiction as it may become, there is still a fear element that creeps in just prior to every jump. "It's scary when I go off the big jumps, like the 70 metre for the first time," admits admits Blackburn. "After I get the first jump in, it's not bad afterwards." In his most recent competition competition at the Calgary Olympic Olympic Park, he helped the Ontario Ontario team to a third, place finish overall. One of the members on the the Ontario team was Oshawa's Ron Richards who, coupled with Thunder Bay's Horst Biilau, make up Canada's best representatives representatives in the sport. Blackburn has been with the Oshawa team for the past four years, and has progressed progressed steadily from the days when he first took off from the 40 metre jump'.' A friend of his is credited with getting him interested in the sport. "I was just a recreational skier, but I went to watch my friend in a competition and thought I would like it," he recalled. "So I joined at. the beginning of the next year." It also helped that his mother, Joan, was suppor- tivè of his decision to give the sport a try. But even she admits to being a little afraid for her son. "I get worried about it until until I know that he can do it the first time," she said. "When he gets higher I get scared, but I know the coach wouldn't let him jump if he wasn't ready." "The coach has told him that he has to be a little scared. He can't be too sure of himself every time he jumps or that's when he'll make a mistake." So far, he has dodged the injury bug, and hasn't suffered suffered a serious injury as a result of the sport. The only injury he could recall was a Orono's Jeremy Blackburn prepares to take off from the 40m ski jump at Kirby Ski Hill on Saturday afternoon during the first day of a two-day competition. competition. The 15-year-old grade 10 student at Clarke High School has been a member of the Oshawa Ski Jumping Jumping Tçam for the past four seasons and hopes to gain a spot on the National Team that is planning a tour of Europe next year. Ganaraska Wolves Win Silver At Sudbury Cup Tournament Congratulations to the' Ganaraska Wolves' volleyball volleyball club on winning the silver silver medal at the Midget Challenge Cup of Ontario, held at MacDonald Cartier High School in Sudbury on February 9. The players were concerned concerned for their teammate, Aaron Staples, who is recuperating recuperating in Toronto Sick Children's Hospital, but they still came to play and opened the toumamént with an impressive match against their regional rivals, the Pickering Spikers. After Pickering eliminated the Wolves in the quarter finals of the last tourney, Ganaraska Ganaraska got their revenge, defeating defeating a tough Spikers' team by scores of 15-7 and 15-12. This match was also the regional regional qualifier for the Ontario Ontario Championship to be held in Oakville on March 23-24. Through the rest of the pool play, the Wolves dominated dominated their opponents until running up against the Scarborough Scarborough Solars, the top team in the province. The Wolves seemed to be intimidated intimidated by this powerful Solar team and lost both matches 15-4 and 15-6. • The Wolves regained their confidence in the semifinal semifinal match and defeated a determined Pickering Spikers Spikers team in a best two-out- of-three match, winning the fist, losing the second and rebounding to win the third game of the match, 15-7. Now the Wolves found themselves in the Championship Championship final against tne awesome Solars. The best volleyball of the day was saved for the finals as the Solars triumphed but not before before being severely challenged challenged by the Wolves. The lead in both matches seesawed seesawed back and forth with very exciting points bringing the crowd to its feet. The game ended in a 15-12, 15- 14 victory for the Solars. Congratulations again to the coaches, Lyn Lowery and Dan Knight and especially especially the players who showed their mettle in the championship match. Special Special thanks to Mary Ellen Lomax and Linda Hansen for providing energy snacks and cold drinks to the team throughout the tournament. Thé respective communities communities should be very proud of the young lads for their character and perseverance. Team members are: Orono- Jason Hansen, Trevor Lomax, Lomax, Evan Davies, Phillip Plath, Daryl Reid, Tom Tamblyn; Cobourg-Jeff Casey, Casey, Nathan Bloomfield; Bowmanville-Mike Sudsbu- ry. P.S. Get well Aaron! The Ganaraska Wolves volleyball team, comprised of players from Ofon'o, Bow- manville and Cobourg, won the silver medal at a recent tournament in Sudbury. They now advance to the Ontario Championships in Oakville on March 23-24. Team members include, front row, (1-r): Evan Davies, Tom Tamblyn, Jason Hansen. Hansen. Back row, (1-r), Dan Knight (coach), Mike Sudsbury, l'hillip Plath, Daryl Reid, Trevor Lomax, Lyn Lowery (coach). Absent were Jeff Casey and Nathan Broomfield. Broomfield. BRHL Atoms Join Forces On Saturday, February 9, the Oilers and the Carnation Carnation atoms of the B.R.H.L. joined forces to face a combination combination of Notre Dame and Holy Family of the Oshawa C.Y.O. Oshawa opened the score early in the first period period and skated to a '4-0 lead that held until midway through the third period. The B.R.H.L. team faced what seemed to be an insurmountable insurmountable task, but the fine play by all the boys got the puck rolling our way. We counted five goals in tne last eight minutes of play to win 5-4. It was a real team effort even though some of the boys had not played together before. Wade Worsley had his season debut in net and made some great stops, especially especially in the third period. David Leppert gave a great display of an end-to- end rush to tie the game with three minutes left. It reminded the parents of Bobby Orr's days. Scott Hodgson got us rolling with the first goal and Scott Lambert Lambert netted the hat-trick which included the winner. Oshawa goals were by G. Venner with three and R. Oldman with one. Thanks to coach Jollymore for sharing the duties and his players, Karl Weiner, David Leppert, Andrew Wraith, Jason Pin- ^ and Philip Dragstra. s game was a prime example example of winners never quitting. quitting. On Sunday, February 10, the Oilers ployed an exhibition exhibition game against the J. &J. atoms of the B.R.H.L. Once again both squads had to pick up players to complete their rosters. Helping out the Oilers were Chris Watson, Watson, Trevor Wright and Guy Tousignant. The final score was 9-5 in favour of the Oilers. Oilers. Wndo Worsley made another another start in the Oiler net. Both he and his counterpart at the other end, Ryan De- wulf, woro shelled as it appeared appeared that defensive play took a holiday for this match. Oiler marksman were Jason Jason Frayno with throe, Guy Tousignant with two, and singles by Jeff Carter. Brain Tamblyn, Ryan Winning and Trevor Wright. bruised hip he suffered in. Calgary. His ability to stay away form injury is a direct result of the training that Blackburn Blackburn gets with the Oshawa Club. The six-member team trains every Saturday and Sunday at the Kirby Ski Hill, where they each member member gets about 16 jumps in a day. March will be a busy month for Blackburn, as he plans to compete at Thunder Bay, Lake Placid, and the Empire State Games. Next year his goal is to land a spot on the national team that is planning to go to Europe. Oilers Split In League by Robbie MacCheyne The 401 Esso Oilers of the B.R.H.L. played two league games this past weekend. They lost by a goal and then won by a goal in two exciting games. On Saturday, Saturday, February 16, we played the Carnation Flow- ersnop atoms and were beat by a score of 5-4. Both teams scored two goals in the first E eriod. Oiler winger Tyler ane knocked in a rebound for the first goal. Scott MacDonald MacDonald got two for Carnation. Carnation. Oiler centre Ryan Winning Winning scored to even the game. In the second period, Carnation Carnation centre Danny MacDonald MacDonald put his team ahead. Before the period ended, Ryan Winning scored again and then Oiler centre Jason Frayne put us ahead. We held onto the lead until five minutes to go in the game when Carnation winger Jason Jason Pingle skated around our defence to tie the game. With thirty-five seconds to go, Carnation winger Andrew Andrew Wraith made a great pass to Danny MacDonald for the winning goal. We played a good game and we could have won. We missed on a penalty shot. The oilers have only lost three games all season, all of them to Carnation. We will be trying harder the next time. On Sunday, February 17, we played the T-Mac atoms and won by the score of 2-1. It was another close game as T-Mac played well. Oiler centre Jason .Frayne opened the scoring in the first period period picking the corner with a good shot. With three minutes minutes left in the second period, period, T-Mac centre Craig Matheson scored on a breakaway. breakaway. Jason Frayne got that back a minute later on a scramble in front of the T- Mac goal. We held on to win the' game. There was good goaltending goaltending at both ends, Brandon Brandon Renton for the Oilers and Scott Sawyer for T-Mac. The game got rough at the end and the penalty boxes were full. Oiler winger Brian Tamblyn assisted on both of Jason's goals. COACH'S " CORNER: Coach Carter says we must work on our teamwork to improve our play. Every team is improving and so must the Oilers. Wade Worsley Worsley and Greg Patterson had a good time last week at a clinic in Oshawa. Gordie Howe and Eric Lindros were two of the instructors. The Bowmanville Figure Skating Club sent 15 skaters to, the Annual Eastern Pine Ridge Competition Competition in Cobourg recently. Everyone placed well in their flights, and should be congratulated. Special mention to Cara Gardner who placed second in the. Juvenile Ladies' category, and Stacey Dunnigan who also placed second in the Artistic category. Front row, (1-r), Vivi Cockerham, Laura Bullock, Lisa Davidson, Julia Talotti, Tiffany Piney, Debbie Beckwith, Allison Delaney, Stacey Dunnigan. Back row, (1-r), Gillian Hajduczek, Larisa Traill, Lisa Talotti, Kate Garrett, Peter Paradis, Cara Gardner, Lori Mirsch. 43 Junior Division - Link , Moonwalker 36, Zelda 28, Punchout 27, Vigilante 25, Timelord 23, Shinobi 22, Golvellius 21, Crossbow 21, Cabal 19, Alleyway 16, Fax- anadu 13 High Triples - Amanda Welsh 712, Martin Routh 615, Brent Huggins 551, Holly Hatfield 513, Kelley Flintoff 503 High Singles - Amanda Welsh 283, Martin Routh 234, Holly Hatfield 220, Brent Huggins 219, Nick Brown 210 Bantam Division Rampage 34, Wanted 32, Cyberball 31, Robocop 27, Contra 26, Mario 24, E-Swat 24, Ultima 24, Pinbot 21, Choplifter 18, Xevious 17, Tetris 15 High Triples - Danny Welsh 480, Joel Forsey 452, Jeff Connelly 432, Chris Bowers 423, Kyle Verelli. 423, James Welsh 422 High Singles - Danny Welsh 18'5, Joel Forsey" 182,. Melinda Tait 172, Jennifer Dadson 168, Jeff Connelly 168 Senior Division Brown 35, Slappendel 33, Richards 24, Young 21, Hicks 18, Big Canoe 16 Mr. Sub Pounds Centennial by Sandra Haggett Saturday morning Mr. Sub pounded Centennial (Oshawa) 8-1. Jeff Thornhill, Thornhill, Jack Laverty and Matt James contributed a pair of goals each. Clayton Guest and Curtis Courneyea came up with singles. Peter Gadd worked hard to earn three assists. James assisted on two goals. Single assists went to Michael Coe, Thornhill Thornhill and Courneyea. Later that day, Mr. Sub played a league game with :obbie. Scoring in period Youth Bowling League Optimists Extend one for McRobbie 6 were Da- 1 ttt. • n. i vid Boudreau and Jason Winning Streak On Feb. 2, they hosted the NASC Selects from Oshawa and came away with a 2-1 win. Justin Osborne Osborne assisted on both goals, one scored by Jonathan Ross and one by Nat Fair. Brooke Pakosta, Ben McCaffery, Kent Missions, Tyler Kohn and Zach Thoraval have combined speed and positional positional play to become a tight defensive co-- ' ooecome a ngnt Mr . S ub its second g< *P, keeping the at 6:05 with help from Chns 1 ow> Kruemmanacher. goals against It was back to the ice on Feb. 3, as the Optimist Selects Selects hosted the Stouffville Selects and extended their winning streak to five. Erik Smale notched his second shut-out of the year, as the Optimists blanked their opponents opponents 6-0. Jonathan Ross had two goals and 1 assist, Jeff Reynolds had two goals, Nat Fair and Tyson Crocker had one goal each, Cole Lin- foot had two assists, Martin Frampton, Justin Osborne, Sebastian Dault, Kent Missions, Missions, Scott Maxwell all had one assist each. As the season moves along, all the players on the Tyke Selects are coming together together offensively and defensively defensively to make a strong team One Stop Carpet Bowling High single ladies » Judy MacLean 254 High single men - Kevin ' : 31 ' Konopncki 314 High triple Indies McLean 670 Judy High triple men - Frank Morrow 761 Team Standings - #3-26, #4-22, #2-22, #6-22, #5-20, #1-8 Results from February 12. High Triples - Richard mg 7 647, Kristen Young npl 745, Stephen Brown step Kilfens 585 High Singles - Richard Young 309, 244, Stephen Brown 305, Shawn Pappas 268, Kristen Killens 207, 201 Tyke Division - Giants 25, Bengals 21, Rams 19, Falcons 18, Cowboys 17, Chargers 15, Broncos 13, Colts 13, Patriots 11, Eagles 10, Cardinals 8, Vikings 7 High Doubles - Joe) Mallette 224, Anthony Joey Ed mondson 218, Tommy Lucas 215, Terri Flintoff 214, Ashley Ashley Burtch 198, Scott Bartley Bartley 196 High Singles - Anthony Edmondson 131, Garrett Dodds 123, Scott Bartley 123, Joey Mallette 122 No Cheating At BFSC Skate-A-Thon The Bowmanville Figure Skating Club held a fund raising Skate-A-Thon at thé Recreation Complex on Friday night, with many of the club's members taking part. Above, Vivi Cockerham checks how many laps that Lindsey Lemke, 7, and Jonathon Jonathon Engel, 4, have completed. Skaters were sponsored per lap, and some of the senior skaters had set a goal of completing 200 laps. Barr. Shaun Whalen assisted assisted on both goals with an assist assist also going to Barr. Early in period two, Wade Peacock gave McRobbie a 3-0 lead. Scott Finran scored minutes later with help from Dave Vernon. At 0:16 in period two Les McCrory put Mr. Sub on the scoreboard. Whalen popped in McRobbie's fifth goal at 9:25 in period three. Thornhill :oal Mr. Sub defeated St. Andrew's Andrew's (Oshawa) 7-5 on Sunday Sunday evening. Courneyea opened the scoring for Mr. Sub early in period two. St. Andrew's got on the score- hoard at 10:50 in period two. Guest gave Mr. Sub a 2-1 lead in period two with Courneyea and McCrory assisting. assisting. Period three was a flurry of goals for both teams. St. Andrew's scored four more goals. Thornhill Guest and McCrory chipped in a goal with Courneyea earning a hat-trick with two more goals in the third period. period. Laverty picked up two third period assists. Gadd, Kruemmanacher and James assisted on third period goals. 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