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q topi r wmmmmmm stux okay repeat after me youre outta there carole watson was one of a number of instructors run ning a junior umpires clinic last saturday at latcham hall there were plenty of young folk eager to learn the rules and regulations and especially the hand motions about 50 came out to be coached during the one day event uxbridge teen to try for team ontario hockey luxbridges ryan harnett will be heading down to the university of western ontario in london to try for the team ontario hockey club at the end of this month harnett a 16yearold student at uxbridge secondary school was nominated by the uxbridge minor hockey association executive to attend the special preliminary under17 tryout camp in lindsay recently thecamp included 68 major bantam players from five different centres harnett who pi ay ed for the uxbrrdge williamson generals bantams this past season ended up among the 17 chosen to go oh to london for the team ontario try- outs 3- players from four other areas are to compete for the provincial squad as well vv thirty boys will then be picked to go to the canadian amateur hock ey association caha camp at the end of june where the team ontario unit will be chosen the top players from the team will qualify for the canadian junior olympic hockey team banquet closes mens hockey they brought down the curtain on the uxbridge mens recre- tional hockey league season saturday night as the league held its 14th annual banquet at the uxbridge arena it was a night of celebration and frivolity with master of cer emonies ex-durham- york mpp bill ballinger starting the evening off with his usual array of risque jokes and witty intro ductions to the players red and orange team mem bers were presented with special shirts for winning the champi onship and consolation final respectively don ferguson was honored upon the occasion of his step ping down from the league executive while fred anderson was given special recognition on hisretirement as an active play er from theleague league president kert colucci announced that his organization had made a 250 donation towards sending local junior wrestlers beri blaih and darryl thomas to the canadian wrestling championships in saskatchewan later this spring tjie banquet included the per formance of a magiciancomedi an and concluded with a dance uxbrids the test april 30 was test day for uxbridge skating club skaters with the following members pass ing their tests laurie dyke michelle mercier- esmonde preliminary freeskate and elements chris moynes- eliz abeth manwaring jerika andrews jennifer imrier sarah pearswell alison lunney dutch waltz brooke batten rachel st john hanover crushes orangevilles hopes in semifinal the orangeville crushers have finally met their match tlje crushers whp swept the uxbridge bruins four straight in the allontario junior c semifinals in april fell short in their bid for the provincial crown last week the crushers fell 43 to the hanover junior c hockey team sunday giving hanover the cham pionship series four games to three the crushers had come back from a 31 deficit to tie the best-of- seven set at three games a piece before being nosed out in the deciding contest ashley reinhardt sara washing ton jessica bodger laura alonzi jennifer ozolins myrna davies cory carter rebecca st johh nicole shortt lindsay gower canasta tango carolyn roy vic toria leeming stefanie pinquet baby blues lars ahlgren clinton paisley lindsay doble swing dance victoria reinhardt fiesta tango katie fockler willow waltz carrie reinhardt ten fox seniorjunior silver dance shan non kemp european waltz sara dart foxtrot teresa clarke paso doble senior silver dance lee ann pilkington blues senior silver dance jill cassie viennese waltz westminster waltzgold dance angela harkness krista elliot bronze artistic sandra cassie sil ver artistic chris moynes emily ahlgren darcy kemp brooke bat ten ashley jones rachel st john ryan davies jennifer ozolins pre liminary figures and turns lars ahlgren christopher mcquat lina hamilton first figures and turns carrie reinhardt second figures and turns chantal fry fifth turns deriise teel senior silver freeskate program and elements elements only phil young assistant coach to the red team of the uxbridge mens hockey league accepts a shirt for helping coach the reds all the way to the championshfos while president of the league ken colucci looks on stouffville man coaches canadian horse riding duo in puerto rico jumping event the owner of a stouffville area horse operation was chosen to coach a tworider canadian junior team at a recent international jump ing event in puerto rico john pearce the 31yearold pro prietor of forest view equestrian centre on hwy 48 north of the aurora side rd led the duo to a second and a fourth place finish in the 17country competition the riders carrie dickinson and erynn casselman of west toronto had the best showings of any com petitors from countries other than thehost nation pearce who won the ontario best ever series in show jumping in 1990 was approached by the cana dian equestrian federation to coach the top ranked canadian junior pair pearce is a horse trainer who instructs and coaches at his horse centre healso participates in high level jumping events himself