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r- fv s f ei yybjssuftjtrtiffe- sports mfp s ic- bdwrtmrm representing ontario have ever won a nam0yoiithjiyepin r- irfii bymikehayakawa sports editor t rf just call markham home to theriational bantam fivepin bowling champions l not just to one team but two c at the recent 2000 youth bowling council c national finals incambridge two markharii bqwlteamsrepfesehting at this years championships staked theirclaim to the national title w m joel reyes 11 benjy bigio 11 mattrew sh fe m vt back row frri leftrmattiewjdiifetsteve baclcfdw from left kelly c6onslaura michaelwnght 40 were members of the v- i f ct jt r- a a bantanvboysteani thatlaid xlaimto this reid and michael wright front row from speed and lauren fnzzell front rowfrom years gold medal r f left f joel reyes benjy bigio v and left ashley speedhouy foster and lauren in the girls field the bantam contingent of christopher meyers v r ashleyspeed 11 keuycooris ll holly i t vi matunin foster 11 laurenfrizzell arid lauren matunin 10 claimed top honours v the frdmrdeburfouryeairsagowere instm- eightteam field h r u- mental inthis years title run x- the titles delivered by the boys and girls entries marked thefirst time a markham bowl team claimed national honours n the markham bowl youth prograrn was reallystrong this year noted bantarh boys coach stephen reid r it says a lot about tne markham bovd pro- frafh added laura speed girls coach s r having coached a markham bantam boys i just tried to encourage the kids this time to win games at the start you get a point for after losing their first game in the gru elling 21match set staged over three days the boys reeled off eight straight wins before losing their second game however the boys outof their sails arid it helps their adrenaline to keep going he noted v pointing out that youngsters at the ages of 10 and 11 have a short attention span reid said he also tried to verbally interact with his team that won a bronze at the1996 nationals jteam as often las possible and interject some in saskatooncreidfelt wessons learned humour r every game you win you need to get up on rallied to win the next nine games to clinch the opposing team early andtake the wind the title it wasnt easy though as the markham team met alberta its closest rival in the final three games with markham nursing a slim threepoint lead alberta could have forced a tiebreaker th a sweep of the three final but the markham team clairiied the title c on the last ball thrown by reyes who was the final bowler v vi couldnt breath reid acknowledged of v final balli didnt daresay anything to jhirn i just said to joeljthat we heed this and herolleditdfftpniakeaspareu c the win gave markham-17- points to albertas 13 alberta won the final two games but fell short 1715 in thefihal tally mexplaining the dubssuccessjreid felt stlie overall teamcherrustry and ability to make big shots when tfiey had to were criti- cal o i the kids seem tb work well together theyre evenly balanced even my weaker bowlers came through michael wright who averages about 12 averaged a 160during the j tournament he cited x i- the girls had just as tough a task in win- ning the title f entering the final match of the21game arid saskatchewan weretied with 15 poirits apiece c j markham did what it had to do by winning 1 its final game over alberta butthe title clid not becoine official until quebec defeated saskatchewan in its final game to give markham a1615 win arid the gold medal i thank goodness for quebec it was excit- irig speed said of the drama surrounding the final x n4 j making her coachirigdebut at the nation als speed wasconfidenther troops allqf whomwereintheirfinalyearrifbantarriagecl eligibility would come up with big perfor- mances 4 i like the boys team speed said every member rmade a positive contribution at v some point in the tournament they bowled great all five of the girls got along very well they were cheeering each other on there was lots of spirit and ttiey were mature enough to handle the pressure r j- r j j i w s ken jorgensona a fhineyeaf for the danish- team ingarhe becoming the first markharn veteran of theimarkham against russia s rugby football club playerto football club jfirsts played a ranked the 4 seyenthbesf earn an iriternatiorial n majof helping djenmark european tearri the russians- jorgerisbn performance im- enginee a major jiipset of wbrithe game by acbnviricirig r pressed the danishteamj which germanysglsmarecentfrra 80 0 inturnrequestedthat he return european plate ckariipibnship despite the loss the danish to playwith them this fall im s win nvpr rrrmanv both games were tough chemistry of team this contest r teams win over germany v-the- 32yearold t markham enabled them to rernainin the b jorgenson cited but it was a resident- whoftoilsras a lo6se divisioriof thefera european faritasticexpenence felt that i head propfalsvtbok io thepitch plate charnpionships played well and did my job i 0 i i warehouse o u t l e t k great price arid 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wendy yu 18 and champion newmarket higbfschobl daphne wpng 18 ranjeet hira18 the spartans won their first two andkarim-tharani- 18 were oh games over bayview 130 and st peters senior boys team the junior girls team barrie 93 beforesufferingan 117 consisted ofjarnie tan 16 andpriscijla loss to dr jm in pool play chung 16 on the junior bbysteam despite loss to newmarket were kinson churig16 and jason mdoiight expects histeamto be in chung 17iv t deep once- theplayoffsbegiri in early john wong a student coach for tlie june- wolves was confident his team would the top two teams in each division give a good account bf theriiselves advance tothe next found i would a of the playerewereriervous expectnt would be markvilleand us hecausetheyrdidritrkripw viatto whogbon expectbutlkriwamulddoilrhe andtkereare several tearns in the teamwprkedfeayhafd north division that are very competi- teveiy6newasarnntten tiva v r wong noted 10 other schools took lm