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i p56wefikeder fred cook left listens in while john macrae center does a little chatting with canadian olympic swimming medallist alex baumann cook and macrae hold the silver dolphin trophies given out by the town of markham baumann who retired from competitive swim ming yesterday received an honorary trophy frank king cook macrae honored the markham masters swim club proved its a force to be reckoned with amongst the towns sports groups after two members dominated the silver dolphin awards john macrae and fred cook won the awards newly created by the town and given out at last weeks markham aquatic club awards cere mony at the markham theatre mayor carole bell handed out the trophies which are to honor members of any competitive aquatic organization who set provincial cana dian or international records cook 74 is the betterknown of the pair a longtime local resident and fomer real estate broker he started swimming competitively again in 1981 after initially quitting at the age of 25 since then cook has set ontario 50 100 200 and 400metre freestyle records in the 7074 age group and 6569 marks in the 50 and 100m frees- tyles in fact five years ago he held the 50 and 100m freestyle national records as well at the 1985 world masters games cook was fourth in the 50m freestyle and fifth in the 100m event macrae 40 is a fouryear masters member who earned some attention at the canadian shortcourse championships in etobicoke five months back there he smashed world and therefore cana dian ontario standards in the 4044 age groups 200m backstroke and individual medley com petitions as if thats not enough macrae also set a new national mark in the 100m backstroke and an ontario record in the 100m individual medley ringette tweens win sarah yanchyk connected for four goals and one assist leading the markham region ringette tweens to an 112 victory over pickering also contributing were kim harding with a hat trick wendy mitchell with a pair and kira andrews and jodi zack with sing les amanda stacey had five assists and zack three boys split 2 juniors split first two the markhamunionville juve niles sponsored by wade en gineering managed a close 43 hockey victory over oshawa dave and derek houghton led the way with p goal and an assist each greg samoyloff and glen hall connected for a goal apiece with assists going to kirk bowen and giles fisher an earlier outing saw the squad under coach bob gibson drop a 63 decision to north york derek houghton joe talbot and greg samoyloff supplied the off- the juniors settled for a win and a loss in their season openers a close 54 win over barrie saw goals from tracy stewart j johnson tara mcgeorge a en glish and w candolini in a 52 loss to oshawa stewart netted both goals while mcgeorge picked up an assist petites 111 the petites evened thier record last weekend with a decisive 83 win over oshawa jaime mcdowell picked up a hat trick while nicole hanks and mellisa pheil scored two each april hutchinson had the other tally in previous games the squad lost 61 to port perry as danielle charbonneau scored the single from marina schiralli jennifer norwood pheil hanks and christie miller each tallied in a 44 tic against mississauga belles lose 61 the belles surrendered to eto bicoke last saturday 61 the goal scores were not available at press time ue ready to start second season the markhamunionville minor basketball association mumba is ready to hit full stride for its second season and league president ernie arm strong provides this update minimixed convenor marty folkes 294- 0954 has a fourteam circuit with four top notch coaches greg wilson from et crowle public school harvey parkes from reesor park wendy mitchell a transplanted westerner with plen ty of college playing experience and karen nagsleisen a newcom er with mumba who combines keeness with experience players in this coed loop should really develop their skills during the season and theres room for 810 more players new reg istrants can seek out folkes at brother andre 9 am saturdays bantam girls convenor nancy grant 294 9067 notes that there are only two spots left in this years four team division many of this years play ers are back from the 1986 cam paign which should make for a competitive league bantam boys bill ashby 2944206 convenor of this six team league reports an excellent turnout with plenty of returning players but theres room for five or six more players midget boys convenor dave idiens 491 5050 has noticed a tremendous change in both size and skill level among these players tentative rosters have been formed in this fourteam circuit and will play a roundrobin series with team balancing after the next three weekends coaches particulary two or three assistants are still needed theres also space for up to 10 more players dont forget that from now on games have been switched from markham to un ion ville high school with a 1015 am start time senior girls convenor sue levy 4771448 has put together a variable four team league in this age group although there are still plenty of spots open the loop will operate and thats a tribute to sues recruiting ability many of the players here will double up as referees for the bantam girls league please note the change of venue here from unionville to mar kham district high school 1030 am to noon senior boys again sue levy has worked to ernie armstrong heads up 260piayer league ensure a variable fourteam league we seem to be competing with weekend jobs and high school teams for the players times this circuit as with senior girls will operate but 1015 more players are needed to create 10- member rosters for each squad referees report refereeinchief charlie hines 4714483 is happy with the size of his staff though theres room for several more voluntters training sessions have begun and will continue as a longtime official in metro toronto and york region charlie brings lots of experience to the job and he works closely with new officials to help them learn the ropes as with last years setup the senior boys and girls leagues will be officiated by certified york region referees under the direction of gene schaaf sponsors report the rate of returning sponsors has climbed above the 80 per cent level for 87 8 but with an addi tional four teams making 26 in all mumba can still use the good will and cash of new spon sors sponsorship remains a 150 per item per team and sponsors are guaranteed a weekly report on their squad with the prospect of team and individual photos to match the reports with a registration cap set at 260 players this season mumba aims for a 40 per cent increase in registrations over its inaugural year league play starts novem ber 7 so interested participants need to register today aturday oct 31 croke pots 2 in 55 tie while markhams junior b travelways try to develop this seasons crop of rookies its good to have hockey veterans like steve croke around croke potted first and second- period goals to help the travel- emery first stouffvilles bryan emery won the gold medal in the first provin cial qualifier for senior mens novice trampoline competition emery racked up a total score of 36 points even for the first place finish at the event held last weekend in burlington he gained 174 points in his com pulsory routine and 185 points in his optional routine emery is a member of the markham gym- nasticsgiub y r tsiffzeh markham rec hockey ale division discount rv 2 2 2 6 team w l t p golden griddle 2 3 1 5 omniventure travel 7 0 0 14 hanks diner 2 4 1 5 greens restauiant 5 1 0 10 cosburngriffsbrandham 2 4 1 5 rep sports 4 3 0 8 columbia diamonds 2 4 1 s cennell real estate 4 2 0 8 conlin motors 2 s 0 4 markvllle toyota 3 2 1 7 appleton hughes 14 1 3 planning centre 3 3 1 7 sylvia houghton 3 3 0 6 columbia 5 mckenzie 2 music stand 2 3 2 6 citizen 4 toyota 2 service tiro 2 4 1 5 sylvia houghton 4 hanks 1 mckenzle trailers 2 5 0 4 service 3 golden griddle 1 rep sports 7 discount 4 lager division cosburn 3 planning 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