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st too rr a jlialrj v v a r fjt l o 1j- jtj r l tribune thursday september 11 1997 pi 9 a silver day in taiwan for local oarsman sports notes spjjrl inr stapley andrew bellerby returned from taiwan last wednesday after helping the university of toronto rowing team to a silver medal at the 1997 ilan international collegiate invita tional regatta in taiwan which was held from aug 3031 the 26yearold stouffville native who won the single scull competition in the henley north american row ing championships in st catharines in 1 995 was one of eight oarsmen on the u of t crew the team was one of 14 teams from around the world and the only cana dian team to contest the high level competition the university of melbourne team defeated the u of t unit by 35 sec onds in the twokilometre champi- onship race which included four finalists we pulled really hard and the canadian spirit came out with this crew bellerby was quoted by the china post national news after the race we were only selected about two weeks before we left but we jelled very quickly our belief in ourselves pulled us down the course he added the canucks outsprinted the mel bourne crew in the final 500 metres but still came up short bellerby completed a commerce degree at the toronto university in 1995 and this spring completed a health studies degree at brock uni versity in st catharines he is currently setting up a health studies program at the u of t erindale campus and is about to local trio make big plays for their teams from page 18 d match with jonathan ferguson in the rebels lineup the three were teammates with the stouffville peewee boys rep fastball team which placed fifth at this years oasa finals they were picked up for the eastern canadian championships by the richmond hill and willowdale teams which placed first and second respectively at this years oasa finals assinck pitched in two games for the bears picking up a 42 win over nova scotia and closing the semifinal 100 no hitter victory over prince edward island assinck also batted a hefty 600 bellissimo an outfielder also stood out he was named mvp in the win over nova scotia scoring two runs and batted a resounding 625 for the tournament ferguson a catcher played in all seven games for the richmond hill squad batting 625 with eight rbis begin his masters in health stud ies at brock while he has been rowing with the brock team for the past two years he was asked to be a member of the u of t crew a mix of current students and u of t alumni rules need to be adhered to a final postscript to the illegal pitch saga i contacted lisette stapley no relation marketing director with softball canada in gloucester ont the other day she told me the rules regarding illegal pitches are in the softball canada rule books and that there is a move afoot to try to get associations and umpires across the country to be consistent in calling infractions nobodys been following it the rule but weve got to start she said we need con sistency its one of our key pri orities lots of kids have been complaining she said the zero tolerance rule adopted at the start of this season was formulated by a group of coaches from across the country she acknowledged there was a problem with illegal pitches at the recent canada games in brandon man koert earns praise she said softball people from coast to coast are praising the talents of 1 8yearold stouffville lefthanded pitcher paul koert who helped lead ontario to the canada games title w everyone recycled just one more soft drink can each week for a year we would earn thousands and thousands more dollars in revenues soft drink cane are made from aluminum the most valuable material you can recycle recycling more cane instead of throwing them in the garbage would go a long way toward cov ering the cost of your recycling program so when youre away from home and your r3lue box remember to look for the nearest recycling binon the street at work at school or take it home every can counts 0 csr corporations surroriing ricyciing 1 gzmsa and its nine aiea municipalities