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SAT ETA dy SUA LR SEMAN SE ARE SAAS SCR BEAU 3d AY gl ec ROARS SRA ARE a RE SAE He 2 QA h HA i i < [B01 00 HyaA vol aro MN DTN YATIY 12-- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, April 29, 198) RE BR ATR NY (ene HY '% CS HN pret 3 3.200 ER en SR 5 Wa JS mitt + 3 - Re Ny IAS PVH HX YEA ANY od oh 3 A TE ARN with Danny Millar - Busy Softball season Minor Softhall Night Saturday, June 20 by Danny Millar Two more coaching staffs were added to com- petitive teams in the Port Perry and District Minor Softball Association at its general meeting Sunday, April 26th, leaving just one travelling team without a skipper. With practices to start this week, Garnet Warriner and Ted Culbert have volunteered to spearhead the Pee Wee select team while Fred Cockerton Sr. is under- taking the Bantam boys. All three are seasoned coaches as Cockerton and Warriner were with the Pee Wee last year and Culbert worked with the Squirts. All three coached in Minor Hockey this past winter at the Pee Wee level. Those signings leave the Squirts as the only team Tennis instructor here May 20 by Danny Millar According to Port Perry Tennis Club Executive - member Diane Burt, at least six current directors will be skeking re-nomination at the club's annual meeting this Wednesday, April 29th. Mrs. Burt said John Scott, Chic Carnegie, Winnie Tobin, Mike Acerra, and Doris Bigglestone will be seeking re-election along with herself. Every post went uncontested at the annual meeting a year ago. In other news, Port Perry will again be playing in the Kawartha Team Tennis League. There will be a slight change in the scheduling as Bobcaygeon has dropped out of the loop. The league opens play towards the end of May and isin the process of setting up a schedule, Stan Murray returns to the PPTC as instructor. In this, his second year with the - club, he begins teaching lessons on Tuesday, May 20th. As part of the Kawartha League, Fenelon Falls is hosting an early bird tourn- ament May 23-24th for mixed doubles. Mrs. Burt assured that Port would be sending a team. Port Perry has yet to arrange its own tournaments as it usually leaves that task until June: Mrs. Burt stated regis- tration fees have been "rolling in" but did not have figures handy. The rate of $30 is "'a pretty good rate for a family" she noted. The rate for a Junior, under 18, is $8.00. BS SS THRE Sp POA without a coach. According to association Vice- President Wayne Venning, they are not yet concerned over the problem. He stated that they have contacted some qualified people but have not received committ- ments from them, though he is confidenf someone will accept the role. Cockerton, Warriner, and Culbert will join Ken Goreski and Hugh Johnston (Midgets) and Bob Knapp (Juniors) as coaches already named to PPDMSA teams. Goreski and Johnston led the Bantams into the OASA final tournament last year and are moving up with most of the key players. Knapp started his team at the midget level and moved along to juvenile before advancing to the juniors. The midgets have already started practicing but the remainder of 'the teams start this week. The Squirts, 11 and under, hit the diamond at 6:30 Thursday evening, the same time as the Pee Wees. The Bantams practice Saturday morning at 11:00 a.m. Mr. Venning noted that any youngster can register at these practices but cannot play until he has done so because of the insurance liability that the local officials must undertake. . All the teams, excluding Junior, are preparing for a York-Durham League . schedule, which begins on May 19th. All Port Perry teams will start around that time. The executives also decided that the Junior team should have the right to hold the annual intermediate men's tournament on August 1st, the date perenially held for the Canadian Tire team. - The PPDMSA is working on the assumption that there will be no Canadian Tire men's team but that is not definite yet. They have also re-scheduled the Men's usual Wednesday night time. The Old Timers Lob Ball. team will be holding another tournament this year on " Western Weekend, August 6-8th. It held its first tourney on that date a year ago. Ed Teno is in charge of the operation. A committee has been set up to confirm and finalize plans for this year's annual Minor Softball Night, which is slated for June 20th. Gary McHugh, Garry Venning, and President Robert Cooper will sit on the committee for this project. The Softball Ontario sports caravan will definitely be coming here for that date but the committee will be in contact with Bob Jones; the President of (Turn to page 14) i Sport S A team of girls from R.H. 'Cornish Public School won the Central Durham Junior Girls Basketball Championship held last Wednesday at Brock High School. They now advance to the finals which are being held on May 11th in Port Parry. Members of the This team of grade six boys won the Junior Boys Junior Basketball Championship for Central Durham last week. The boys now will compete in the Regional Finals on May 11th in Port Perry. Team members are: back left, Jim White, Karl Durham, Dave team are: back left, Mr. K. 'Smart, coach, Michelle Bryan, Veronica Kingston, Cindy Summers, Lisa Bailey, Heather Free, Lisa Lewis and Mr. W. Addison, coach. Front left, Wendy Gray, Jodi Carnochan, Lisa Butters, Lisa Lown, Lori Chapman and Dory Fulford. Culbert, Doug Arculus, Scott Dooley, Steve Durham, Matty McDougall. Front left: Mr. Justynski [coach], Greg Warriner, Jim Jackman, John Dunn, Dave Burnett, Craig Venning, Paul Cooper, Dave Ireland and Mr. MacDonald. Expects good season for Ball Hockey Six teams in League this year by Danny Millar As the Port Perry Ball Hockey League starts its fifth season, Paul Beare is a picture of optimism. "I'think . its going to be a good year, he says 'there are good teams, good competition." The league will have a new look this season. It has added two new . clubs, bringing the total member- ship to six teams. He says they could have had one more team but had to turn it down because one of the other squads would have had to alternate sitting out Monday nights and none was willing to do that, a credit to the rise in popularity of the indoor sport. Mr. Beare gave a number of reasons for ball hockey's ability to catch on in this area. He says it evolves from the old fashioned game of street hockey and all they did was organize teams and move it indoors. He notes that it allows ice hockey players to keep up their skills such as passing and shooting during the summer season. The . indoor game is considerably safer than its on-ice brother. Mr. Beare explains that they have not had a serious injury since the league began. Players must make an effort to play the ball before they take a player into the boards and this has kept body contact to a minimum. While it is safer than ice hockey, it is also less expensive. Very few players wear excessive equipment. Most wear only track shoes and shorts, while others may wear regulation gloves. Only the goalkeepers add the heavy pads. ~~ Each of the six teams this year will have 17 man rosters. They could have had more according to Mr. Beare, who said they had to turn several players away. "There's a lot of interest. That's the really pleasing thing about it,"' he exclaims. Several minor hockey players have been unable to find positions in Port Perry and will be playing in out-of- town leagues, That - list includes the hikes of juvenile forwards Tim Thompson and Carl Durward. One potential problem with the league's present format is that the teams are allowed to choose their own players. They may have the affect of making the circuit into a "clique." (Turnto page 14)