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c u economist suntribune cspobts saturday xjc282boo torfi t i f swim in awards by mike hayakawa j j sports editor when lena pedersen and courtney hill went to a town of markham council meeting tuesday they received a pleasant surprise asked to attend the meeting as potential nomi nees for the town of markhams silver dolphin awards presentation the pair found out they were named this years recipients awarded on an annual basis since 1987 the silver dolphin award represents the town of markhams top aquatic performers this year marked the first time that two silver dolphin trophies were issued a member of the markham diving club the 14- yearold hill was the inaugural recipient of the silver dolphin national arid international aquatic achievment award pedersen 27 was the silverdolphin local and provincial aquatic achievement award winner for her work in coaching the markham synchro club a grade 9 student at unionville high school hill was the first markham diving club member to win the award this past season hill wonthe provincial age group b tide in the 15 and under group shealso competed at the canadian age group nationals where she finished 14th on the three- metre board and 16th on the onemetre board just recently she was named to the provincial diving teams 14 and 15yearold squad its quite exciting to be the first person from the markham diving club to get this award said hill my parents told me i had to attend the meeting because i was a nominee l wasnt told anything about winning the award until today taking up the sport when she was 10 years of age and currentiy doing some coaching with the clubs beginners group hill intends to continue her pursuit in the sport with the hope of placing in next years nationals in the 15 and under division pedersen is no stranger to this award as she was part of the markham synchro club team that won it in 1993 i was just told to be here for a meeting of the nominees its really a nice gesture just to be nomi- hated said pedersenwho gained notoriety after winriinga gold medal in duet synchro with laurie mitchell in the world masters aquatic staff photosjoerd wittevffn courtney hill left and lena pedersen were recipients of this years town of markham silver dolphin award the award is presented annually to the top aquatic performers in markham championships in 1998 in morroco currentiy a coach with the synchro optima club in north york and remaining a consultant for the markham club pedersens nomination came in part aften directing the markham club to its 10th provincial aggregate synchro award this season in the last 11 years pedersen feels her success couldbe attributed to the philosophy which she developed through her years of coaching with the markham club which began when she was 16 years of age the most important thing is to lead by example and keep the sport fun and in perspective and to keep the performers interested in the sport synchro also teaches life skills too were the coaching staff is responsible for giving them life skills and education by bruce stapley correspondent the rec complex proved user- friendly for the stc m spirit in october the spin -capped- a perfect october on home ice thursday night as they downed the parry sound shamrocks 53 to give them five wins in fivejlec complex appearances on the month the win- gave the spirit 23 points good for a share of first place in the provincial- junior a hockey leagues north conference with the newmarket hurricanes the score flatteredthe shamrocks as the spirit held a commanding 4524 edge in shots on goal and threatened to run the visitors out of the building aftertaking a 41 lead mid way through the second period but a combination of solid goal keeping by perry sounds aj schneidrriiller and the spirits inability to finish off their scoring chances gavethe shamrocks a life the visitors took advantage by scoring two goals in just over two rriinutes halfway through the third period to make it close thespiritfinally clinched it on an empty net goal by anthony minicucci with 28 seconds toplay we allowed them to get back in tire game admitted minicucci who had two goals on the night we should have capitalized more agreed andrew francone who netted his team leading 15th goal for the spirit spirit head coach brian perrin sug gested there were two ways to interpret the fact that his team couldnt deliver the knock out punch we didnt put it all together we werent finishing off our plays said perrin but if we werent producing the scoring chances id be worried the shamrocks took an early 10 lead but the- spirit got goals from minicucci on a power play francone and rookie joe paghani oh a short handed effort to carry a 31 lead into the second justin graham made it 41 in the second period thomas lee was solid when called upon in the spirit net he said it can b difficult to maintain an edge when opposition chances are at a minimum youve got to stay concentrated he said he said the spirit set the tone for the game early we had a lot of intensity in the- first period v made some good hits francone minicucci and eric bbohstra were named the brimell toyota spirit three stars of the game the spirit were to travel to aurora last night friday to play the tigers the stouffville squad is in newmarket on thursday returning to the rec complex nov4 to face thehuntsville wildcats on minor hockey night v kraemer hopes to be back to coach markham men by mike hayakawa sports editor while jens kraemer was disappointed the markham soccer club did not win ontario soccer league title this season he said his coaching debut with the team was an enjoyable expert ence inheriting a club that sported more losses than victories last sea son the markham teamdid a dra- matic about face under kraemers direction in recording their best record in the sk years since theyve been in the osl with a respectable 13- 45 mark and a thirdplace finish to prove that their performance in the osl was no fluke the markhammen had its best showing ever in ontario cup play by advancing to the semifinals before bowing out to league archrival woodbridge azzurri ironically this loss was also the most disap pointing parfbf the season as markham had defeated azzurri twice during the regular- sea son i didnt know how we would fare because i hadnt been in the osl before said kraemer in reflecting on the season just finished when i came to the club we had six or eight guys from last years team but im- pretty happy with where we are now it was a good change going from the bot tom to the top comingsoclose to winning the league title kraemer is optimistic the club can take things one step further next season that is providing they can find a couple of pieces to complete the puzzle j foremost is the acquitision of a takecharge type of goalkeeper i dont think we have a guy who exudes confidence on the whole team i think ourgoal keeping was average he cited as well kraemer feels the loss of striker neill mair- who suffered a broken arm in a game against magic ac in late august left a gaping hole in its offence should mair make a full recovery the need to find a striker would not be as pressing he noted two areas kraemer will not touch are the defence and midfielders which he cited as being the clubs forte i wouldnt trade them defence and mid fielders for the world he said kraemer has not had a chance to sit down with markham manager wyn hughes to dis- cuss his coaching future but based on what transpired this season he would like to return theres a strong possibility that it returning next year will happen he said members ride tall in the saddle- a sixrider teamrepresenting the whitchurchstouffville ponyclub took top honours in the musical ride challenge cup held sunday at the york equestrian centre wowing a large crowd as they wove in and out through precision patterns to the music of mambo number 5 the team of heather muldoon riding woody julia luxemburge on grover dianne leadbetter on kyna rohan sajnani 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