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tribune march 30 1988 b3 emerys palish their craft by bruce stapley tracy emery the 17yearold stouff ville area gymnast with the aggressive style and the competi tive instinct is just a chip off the old block the grade 11 student at stouff- ville dist secondary school goes at the beams and bars with a com mitment and dedication unknown to most teens according to her father bryan who once represented canada in international track and field meets along with bruce kidd and bill crothers she has earned ev ery bit of the success and recogni tion she has achieved tracy spends at least 15 hours a week practising he says approvingly a teacher at george brown col lege bryan is willihg to accept tracys academic standing as only average in light of her athle tic achievements i feel its okay to be average in school if you ex- cell at something else and excell she has ever since she became involved in the sport at the age of 5 she has strived to be the best gymnast she could possibly be she was number one among the orchard park school gymnastic team as a grade 3 stu dent she joined the markham gym nastic club in grade 6 and has practice makes perfect and tracy emery knows it with the sup port of her athletic father tracy has been an exceptional gymnast since see was fiveyearsold and has been a competitor on the provin cial team for three consecutive years tracy hopes to parlay her gymnastics into a university scholarship saving best to last traeey fires five it was somehow appropriate that bunnies flowers and george ross photo two evenly matched tams ended the season on a high iote playing to a scoreless draw hi sunday nights mite division contest at the recreation centre despite scoring chances at both ends goalies cheryl norton for bunnies and kirsten fraser for george ross squad kicked out the ljucks and prevented the opposi tion from lighting the goal light late in the third period a penal ty to bunnies cynthia mccaul on 4n accidental trip looked like it may have decided the contest but tw flowers girls held on to pre serve the draw from what the coaching staff hears the girls are already look ing forward to the 198889 season i in junior house league action it was the traeey stewart show i if traeey wanted to make an impression during the last game of the season she caught the atten tion of everyone in attendance with her five goal performance leading the kinsmen girls over mcneil 73 i jenny teeter started things off right for mcneil with an un assisted marker at844 of the first period for a 10 lead but three consecutive goals by tracy ste wart two assists going to tanis gornal changed the complexion of the game dramatically as the kinsmen led 31 after one the kinsmen put the game out of reach with three unanswered goals in the middle frame jodi denney and tanis gornal rounded out the kinsmen scoring with kylie gornal tanis gornal and traeey stewart collecting assists potting goals in a losing effort for mcneil was colleen ste wart and carrie stewart assist going to tawn elliot soccer club kicking off great season this year is shaping up to be a great year for the whitch- urchstouffville soccer club a recent registration drive has so far proved successful with many of last season play ers rejoining this year this will mean the soccer staff has the opportunity to improve these youngsters playing skill from the year past but the most encouraging aspect has been the tremendous support the pa rents have shown in volun teering their time in the va rious support functions of coaching assisting and man aging a six week coaching clinic was started march 21 at bal- iantrae to help improve coaching techniques to help improve the players this year april 16 is the final registra tion day it will be held at the whitch- urchstouffville recreation centre between 10 am and 3 pm it is hoped at this time to finalize all the house league teams and start preparing the playing schedule for the upcoming season unionville minor hockey association notice of the 1988 annual general meeting all members of the umha are requested to attend the annual meeting to be held on wednesday april 1 3 1 988 at the crosby arena main street unionville ontario at 800 pm jim dunlop secretary brake and shock inspection to any gm car or light duty truck single wheel for appointment call guaranteed service guaranteed gm parts guaranteed price unionville pontiacbuickgmc 4630 hwy 7 hwy 7 at the kennedy bypass made the provincial team the past three years this involves placing in the top six in her own region her region goes from yonge street east to peterborough and north from toronto to newmarket her third year in the club saw her finish third provincewide in vault this year finds her elevated to the senior level and taking part in invitational meets in such locales as montreal cincinnati new jersey and connecticut the recent montreal meet would result in her placing tenth out of 65 competitors overall making the event finals for floor and earning the alternate ranking for beam bryan has been a source of en couragement right from the be ginning he still competes him self specializing in trampoline they will often find themselves travelling together competing in their own events he sees it as a great way to spend the time together that so many other fathers and daughters lack ive told her i cant give her money but ill give her my time and my love he smiles we probably spend twenty or more hours a week together tracys younger sister dina is also involved being possessed of considerable skills on the trampo line but has not taken to her sport in the same fashion as tracy last year saw all three of the athletic emerys made the provin cial finals in their areas of exper tise tracy likes to apply herself yearround to her pursuit of gym nastic excellence last summer found her working at seneca col lege coaching gymnastics a trip to the 1984 olympics in los angeles proved an eye opener for both father and daughter watching the best gymnasts in the world tracy claimed she was spellbound it was amazing theres just no words to describe it most peo ple dont understand the pain effort and agony that go into learning those procedures while bryan is always there for tracy encouraging her and even competing with her on a fun level he realizes there is a limit to his involvement i cant be her coach he con cedes the only thing i can do is guide her hopefully she can make some use of the guidance i give her tracy is hopeful she will be able to take her gymnastic skills over seas next year as part of an ex change program involving athletes from thejersey islands who are coming here this sum mer if all goes according to plan a team from tracys markham gymnastic club will make the re turn trip competing in the jersey islands france and england against their best gymnasts both tracy and her father are aware of the overall potential for discipline in life made possible by a dedicated approach to a sport like gymnastics its something you keep and take with you says bryan em ery of the work habits and com mitment involved in becoming a top ranked gymnast like tracy citing his own experience he adds that the social contacts are long lasting as well the friends you make through this type of athletic involvement are friends you keep for years because of the common bond you had when you were competing he would like to believe that tracy is building a good founda tion for the rest of her life through her time spent perfecting her gymnastic skills it sets you up for life the highs the lows win ning and losing the dedication and the idea of the economy of time while tracys immediate goals entail placing in the top six in the provincial championships this year her future plans will hope fully include winning a scho larship to an american universi ty where she will be given the opportunity to further develop her gymnastic abilities beyond that she is counting on a career as a physical education teacher or an athletic coordi 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