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no competition around for unionville wrestlers weekender february 7 1987 p27 by frank king sports editor high school wrestling in york re gion is not exactly flourishing and nobody knows it better than ray kong and nabeel siddiqui the pair coach unionville high schools eightmember team and find their main challenge isnt to beat the competition but simply to find some there are only five schools in york with wrestling programs said kong a lot of the schools in cluding his dont even ha ve a wrest ling mat so were going outside the region to compete so far team members babak ebrahimzadeh ranjan sinha jeff reed horace martin mark fras- er grant smith george mathers and mark smith have been in two tournaments both have been in faroff missis- sauga the first was a competition for almost 400 firsttime wrestlers at erindale collegiate martin led the way with a gold medal in the 174lb class reed took a silver in the 134lb division while grant smith was fourth in the 156- lb category horace martin best medal chance the second tourney was tougher with 150 experienced wrestlers bat tling it out at port credit secondary school this one showed how far union- villes representatives still have to go of the five that attended none finished with a medal and only fraser smith went as far as the fourth round were not getting the amount of competition we like and it shows at tournaments like port credit kong explained the kids there have been wrestling since october and have a season schedule set up with such a small wrestling scene locally it appears all five york schools will qualify for the upcom ing yorkdurham dyssaa cham pionships but so far there hasnt been a competition in these parts and only woodbridges attempt to set up one before dyssaa could rectify that it gets discouraging kong admitted theres a lot of prepara tion for each bout so if there are few tournaments you dont get the ex perience or the killer instinct martin is the schools top medal chance with fraser smith and mathers close behind but accord ing to the coach the team will nev er reach its potential the way york region is set up now blocking the way lilffljll jl a thornhill player finds his progress stopped by markham district high schools greg laycock in a junior boys basketball game monday afternoon thornhill did make enough progress though to se- unionville bonspiel sixteen local tandems are among the 64 teams from all over southern ontario competing in this weekends 35th annual union ville curling club mens open bonspiel action starts today with a full day of qualifying it continues next wednesday thursday and friday with the 16 finalists enter- ing the championship next saturday the unionville rink of ross anderson paul turner stan hodge and jim dibblee won the 86 crown and theyre back to de fend the title brian haffey is the bonspiel chairman and says spec tators are welcome cure a 5045 triumph markhams record now stands at six wins and nine losses frank king autobahn motors specializing in maintenance and repair of 7605 woodbine ave volkswagen audi porsche unit 11 markham ont 15 km north ofsteeles 4777743 top m us mums bring your car in to midas for repairs and well shuttle you back to your office u coupon ii coupon jsav ssavho on brakes jj shock jdomestc foreignu absorbers cars offer expires sat feb 28th87 i not valid with any other specials j discounts or guarantees p coupon i exhaust repairs 1 mufflers pipes offer expires sat feb 28uv87 not valid with any other specials discounts or guarantees i l offer expires sat feb 28th87 not valid with any other specials off i e i i ijj b discounts or guarantees m pon si lightning si lube m most domestic care m includes up to 4 litres of esso extra 10w30 g n oil fram oil filter m i lubrication free brake inspection a offer expires sat feb 28th87 not valid with any other specials i discounts or guarantees and dont forget the famous midas guarantee other services front end coil springs suspension custom pipe bending performance mufflers two convenient locations 9190 yonge street richmond hill 8899977 4601 highway no 7 markham 4790122 uwonviuef unionville minor hockey association the organizing committee of the 1 986 arthur toogood hockey tournament wish to thank the following sponsors for their valuable support of community hockey in unionville national video clintar grounds keeping darby sportswear calathum pians quantum information resources bramalea limited town of markham shoppers drug mart national trust ratcliff lumber ltd ddh transportation bella carina james pearce the meat shoppe the radman rep sports terrs sports t the grove restaurant petro canada first response remaxdan lebarr kemac pools miller paving markville toyota camerica sales marketing corp widco distributors birchmount boarding kennels tele data management systems carlaw music many sincere thanks