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p24 weekender february 1 1986 donald jackson skating champ visits uxbridge by chris shanahan staff reporter at first donald jackson could have passed for just another spec tator at uxbridge arena but it wasnt long before word of his pre sence began to spread like wild fire through sundays large figure skating crowd the former world mens cham pion recently added coaching to his varied repertoire and was acting in that capacity at ux bridge figure skating clubs seventh annual invitational com petition the 45yearold scarborough resident is departing his winning skating technique to some young members of the toronto cricket richmond hill and scarborough skating clubs mr jackson famous as the first skater ever to successfully execute a triple lutz in interna tional competition captured the 1962 world title at prague czechoslovakia he scored a re cord seven perfect marks en route to that dramatic triumph the skater held a firm grasp on the canadian and north amer ican senior championships from 1959 to 62 while also managing to bring home a bronze medal from the 1960 squaw valley winter olympics today the still fit and trim jackson says his one regret was a decision not to retain his amateur status and go for gold at 1964 olympic games i should have stayed in again and tried to become olympic it attention bowlers markham bowl is reopening mm soon prime time openings for league or new bowlers available sign up now for our short season book now for birthdays and groups for more information call 2944556 markham shopping center hwy 7 just west of hwy 48 come and enjoy winter jp ft cross country skiing and sleigh rides in our winter wonderland over 20 km groomed cross country ski trails horse drawn sleigh rides sat sun afternoons chalet with fireplace food available warmup cabins waxing huts equipment available for rent canadian ski patrolled admission individual 500 ski club member 400 groups 20 mln 400 equipment rental 800 4715070 only 20 minutes from markham park hours 900 am500 pm 7 days a week how to grt oxtr i qjuw 23 champion he said in an inter view sunday now ill never know if i could have done it instead the oshawa native joined the ice follies and lived out of a suitcase for seven years his main advice to top amateurs is if you have the chance to skate in the olympics go for it lack of financial support was his main hurdle back then but he feels this isnt the case today adequate government funding mr jackson says is now avail able to canadas topflight figure skaters throughout their competi tive careers he attended the uxbridge in vitational as an observer and termed such an event a learning experience for everyone in volved consistency is the name of the game he says of presentday competitive figure skating and the coach feels thats what young skaters should be striving for the former skating champion was impressed with the organiza tional side of uxbridges weekend event and says its likely some of his students will be entered in the clubs eighth annual competition in 1987 former world figure skating champion donald jackson created quite a stir when he dropped in at sundays invitational competition at uxbridge arena here he signs autographs for host uxbridge figure skating club members from left sandra cassie luke austin and jennifer cook chris shanahan minor atoms come close unionville minor atom jets coach earl baker must be scratching his head in bewilder ment over the quirky scoring habits exhibited by his troops the squad pumped home an im pressive 19 goals in just three games at last weekends union ville timex atom tourney the problem was only two of them were against st thomas in game one as a result bakers boys drop ped a 32 overtime decision by a shootout and had to be content with taking consolation honors in stead of grabbing the main cham pionship still once they were over that bumpy stretch of ice lime the jets fired up their engines and left their other opponents coughing smoke they scorched a hapless new market club 120 then were un gracious hosts to their american counterparts from wheatfield new york by posting a 52 triumph in the consolation final in total 16 major and minor atom clubs including two from new york took part in the annual event staged at crosby arena under the guidance of colin campbell in game one kevin bowles from darrell currah and brian crowley from andrew hicks and chris gorsline pushed the con test into overtime after st tho mas had grabbed a 20 firstperiod lead crowleys four goals and three assists made him the jets top pointgetter in the newmarket annihilation currah also with three assists and mike strype netted a pair each sean mulligan shawn dougherty mikepereira and jamie deacon fired singles adam campbell contributed unionvillemilliken soccer club 1986 registration boot exchange saturday february 8 9 am 12 noon crosby arena unionville milliken mills arena milliken mother teresa school milliken house league boys born 1970 to 1980 and girls born 1970 to 1980 are eligible for registration games are played may to sept at unionville and milliken locations representative teams boys born 1 969 1 977 are entitled to try out for the various representative teams registration 5000 per child adult recreational over 19 2500 each coaches and referees wanted please phone 477kick or contact us at registration for more information three assists and steve gilmore earned the shutout bowles and gorsline supplied two goals apiece in the final doughertys single completed the offence assists went to gorsline crowley and currah two each mulligan campbell and jason johnson bakers conlin motors major atom counterparts acquitted themselves equally well reaching the championship be fore bowing out 32 to wheatfield therefore proving themselves to be better hosts though it seems certain that wasnt their inten tion unionville started out in a goal- scoring mood coming up with two threegoal periods and one of four in a 92 destruction of ottawa jeff gayman netted a pair and singles came from chris gervais and brad griffin as the locals took control 40 after the first frame gervais and hammond with two supplied the secondperiod fireworks and both completed hat tricks in the final frame assists came from herrington with four griffin mike mitani- dis dan cronin and tj pilar attention baseball players fans world series international inc presents indoor baseball pitching machines improve your game hit like the pros hardball softballs slo pitch up to 90 mph all ages families open mon sun great exercise perfect for organized teams book your team batting practice today- call 479bats 185 riviera dr unit 9 markham special rates for teams 6 or more