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economist suntribune sports thursday feb 14 2002 17 sports for couples can help frontpage 16 with wife angie are sold on sports as a romantic elixir mr agar recalled he didnt meet angie through fishing but since they each had an affinity for the sport it was a common vehicle that enhanced their relationship when they began dating ive been into fishing all of my life and she has too mr agar said married for four years the newmarket couple has competed in the top bass and bassmania cir cuits for the past six years one of the first husband-and- wife teams entered in the provincial bass tournament circuit the couple says more spousal teams are getting into the competitive aspect of angling when the two arentfishing in a big bucks event they spend a lot of time pursuing the sport on a recre ational level as for who catches more fish mr agar takes a politically correct approach conceding his wife is the far superior piscator now in their 25th year of wed ded bliss errol timol and his wife pam say their participation in sports has enabled them to main tain a healthy relationship i think playing sports helps a relationship because you should be doing some things together and its also a good way to keep fit said mr tirribol who along with his wife is an avid tennis player taking up the sport after his daughter jade apprenticed as a youngster in their native england mr timbol encouraged pam to grab a tennis racquet after moving to unionville the couple joined the unionvilletennis club and have been members for the past 11 years and have taken to the courts for organized mixed club events mr timbol is quick to acknowl- edge his competitive naturecan get the better of him but its quickly forgotten once the couple vacates the court the trick mr timbol said is to make each outing enjoy- able not only do the timbols take to the courts during the summer dur ing the winter they play tennis at an indoor facility in scarborough or shuttle off to play badminton at unionville high school through a town x of markham parks and recreation program playing tennis or badminton with pam is purely fun mr timbol said for some couples sports entered into the picture through the if you cant beat them you might as well join them adage in the case of leslie booth her decision to take up golf after her spouse ray tsukada began it has enhanced their relationship leslie took up the game because i did mr tsukada recalled vv i- jjtd be wt7cmthepdfe rith people from work so she warit- m to be a part of that jpswhen the richmond hill couple 3isht onjhe links for a business fiiric qnthey engage in a best baufof- fnat against other couples gwhen the pair- is on holidays they take to the links at various courses throughout the province- c ifs enjoyable i dont mind play- ing golf with leslie at all said mr tsukada who highly recommends golf as a sport for couples lets face it to play golf at least takes about four hours and youre outside so its a good game to play its not competitive at all its a social thing thats the main thing while sports can enhance rela tionships it can also act as cupids arrow john definney feels running is an ideal activity for couples because they can be on the road or toils simultaneously- jv its something that bpthcaiffdb v through training and competm said mr definney president ofjthe markham centaurs running quj arid at ttie recreational fvel more so you seemqre husband and wives run itworksoutell because when youre iri a raceypu both line up at the start aridvwnen you finish she might- win jthqj female categorywhflemehusbarid might win foemaledivisidnthev different categories- brings out a balancing a runner for moire than 30 years mr definney enticed his wife sonya into running a few years ago rules of game complex from page 16 of bocce and its down-to- earth practitioners plump beautiful italian- canadian women delivered skillful shots then laughed among one another conjur ing up all the joie de vivre of a roman piazza skinny rough italiancanadian men watched games and argued with one another somehow recalling the simple rugged- nessof the italian country side on this day woodbridge bocciofila club president vince infusino would impart the basics imparting only a few basic rules to avoid the confusion that would inevitably arise from trying to fully teach the game in a two-hour- session mr infusino started by plac ing the boccino a tiny ball over a red dot on the court resembling lawn bowling and curling the object of the game is to attain as many punto points as possible yours truly started by try ing to throw a heavy bocce ball next to the boccino with- out hitting the side or end boards of the court the first shot was pitiful landing metres from its target mr infusino suggested some adjustments instruct ing his student to softly roll the ball with a straightened arm parallel to the side of the body the next shot landed less than two inches from the boccino a shot that ends up four inches or less fromthe target mr infusino explained is called bersaglio you cant get anybetter- than that he said maybe we can make a player outof him mr infusino announced nearly 50 students at nearby father bressani catholic high school mr fusino noted are learning bocce its most highprofile proponents he added are trying to make it an olympic sport been there done that isa regular column where staff try to keep up with experts in a wide variety of recreation al activities march 1 2 3 cottagefest markham fairground buildings mccowan rd north of major mackenzie 20ffperc0uple 2 off per couple i discount coupon a present this coupon and receive 2 off per couple or 1 off per single per person admission seniors are free on children friday only for salute to seniors show hours fri lpm9pm 12 dcr j sat 10am6pm i free country day sun i0am5pm i i i i the cottagefest show sponsored by pizza pizza march 1 2 3 markham fairground buildings on imcgpwqnrdnorth of major mackenzie j 20ctpeft couple lasofftpaiidnv 20ffhkc0ufle 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