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28 economist suntribune polo for heart saturday june 8 2002 markham stouffville family life centre notice is hereby given that the thirtyfourth annual general meeting will be held on tuesday june 25 2002 at 730 pm unionville train station community rooms on main street unionville just north and west of the railway line followed at 830 pm by a presentation by guest speaker dr cheryl pohlman past president of the ontario psychological association topic prescriptions for family harmony dated at markham the 5th day of june 2002 by order of the board of directors roger manning executive director and secretary a united way of york region agency an accredited member of family service ontario last years nhl playoff run hurt hockey hall of famers polo game dr juliana haddadjaskot dc dr john jaskot dc dr pat iwiacario dc and joe dagher rmt are pleased to announce that marsha kaczmarek rmt will be joining our chiropractic and massage therapy team at the markham town square health center and thomhill chiropractic wellness center located at 8601 warden ave at hwy 7 markham ontario at the loblaws plaza next to shoppers 9059409988 ext 4 now accepting new patients 69 center st at yonge st thornhill ontario south of hwy 7 9058869778 wwwchirodocscom at last years polo for heart tour nament former nhl defenceman larry robinson scored twice as his montreal team bowed 96 to a toronto squad but mr robinson assistant coach of the nhls new jersey devils had some help getting on the score sheet a 1200pound argentinian thoroughbred horse called galleta mr robinson a member of hockeys hall of fame and a former star defenceman for the montreal canadiens and los angeles kings played forward on a montreal- based polo team on the final day of the 2002 charity match i think i was the weak link out there said a modest mr robinson after the game even though he was named most valuable player for his team they felt sorry for the old guy who hasnt had much chance to ride lately mr robinson said when we go as far as we did in the playoffs and thats a good thing it cuts into my polo time as coach of the new jersey devils mr robinson was thorough ly occupied by the stanley cup playoffs up to the week of polo for heart mr robinsons devils even tually lost to colorado in the sev enth game of the 2001 stanley cup final i still think we were the bet ter team he said but we didnt play up to our potential mr robinson first began to play polo almost 20 years ago when he was still a member of the highfly ing montreal canadiens and had made some friends who played the fastpaced game often described as hockey on horseback the main difference between polo and hockey is that the hockey player can control where hes going but the polo player must rely on the skill and strength of his horse friends invited me out loaned me a horse and i was hooked mr robinson said the game in which two teams of four riders compete to knock a wooden ball into the goal is a tremendous challenge he said the main difference between polo and hockey is that the hockey player can control where hes going but the polo player must rely on the skill and strength of his horse galleta the horse mr robinson rode for one of the games four peri ods or chukkers won a special award for best playing pony mr robinson said hes puzzled why polo is not more popular since it shares many characteristics with hockey including rapid action body contact and shots that can travel more than 100 miles an hour with polo ponies travelling at 40 mph across the playing field part of the difficulty he said is relatively few people play the game which requires access to a string of at least four polo ponies its also difficult to televise because the field is 300 yards long and 160 yards wide the size of nine football fields mr robinson must have had a good time at last years polo for heart tournament he signed up early on the roster for this years game government pouuciansreview powers of ciues 1ww tips to help employees pe 30 ask the experts finance card program offes instant credit une yf york region business times inthekbws busmesswithoutboraer bbsititssofmotm uli skimskton fast fact j shot bylifliwrojeui llie export pjwffik by t tcsioos needed lu orcgi lly dunk tofiggggg w- mr ocon w j ruasttvmor- york region business times can help you sell your product or service wilj5wkgr ssrss issue cards amex visa join torces w local news and information targeted distribution affordable advertising rates free c0pywriting and design we fa rget mrkregrowbusffllesse w month mother hy kcisionniakeis b york region business times for information call your sales representative at 905 2942200 or call cathy charpentier at 905 7737627