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economist stsuntrumhe spjprtssarukpt iftisbqa 3 i il 1 bymikehayakawa sports editor when andrea zemp takes to heir mount at the world cup saddleseat equitation competition in madison wis which began thursday and con cludes today she hopes to impress the judges in more ways than one as a member of the canadian national team that will compete at this event the 26yearold ballantrae resident hopes to get a favourable response from the judges when she makes her horse perform a series of manoeuvres at thesame time zemp noted her appearance on thempunt will be critical to her final outcome in this equestrian event adding to that challenge zehip pointed out rid- era do not ride their his own horses but rather theyi draw their mounts from a random draw v in an equitation event the riders aresupposed to be all equal zemp said explaining what the competition is about equitation is judged on the rider itself and how the rider makes a horse- go under a propercommand introduced to riding horses when she was eight years old zempis hotstranger to this competition as she captained the canadian team that claimed a bronze medal in the last world cup twoyears ago in south africa unlike the last canadian team which was cho sen through a list of potential candidates zemp noted members of this years entry had to audition for a berth through qualifying trials held lastyear in albany ny while favouring this format iri select- ing the teamzemp acknowledged she wasappre- hensive during the trials i was nervous im a morgan rider and the- majority of other competitors there were saddle bred riders i hadnt seen the other competitors ride before and i was out of the equitation circuit for a while i wassurprised to make the team she revealed being part of the fivemember canadian con tingent that will face the challenge from four other- countries including the hostunited states great britain south africa and namibia zemp is excited with theprospects of making a retumyisit to this event havirigbeen there two years agoshefeels her experience along with two other members who ballantrae resident andrea zemp shown here with- her fouryearold morgan mare hollowbrook toy story is part of a fivemember canadian team contingent that is in madison wis this weekend to compete in the world cup saddleseat equitation competition are making their second world cup appearance will be a factor if canada hopes to bring home the gold i know whats expected of me previous to this you didnt know whatyou were up against but now i have more of an idea the second time around we definitely want to move up one position from the bronze attained two years ago or win the gold i think we have an excellent team and one raiders outlaws to ftieet in playoffs tie the game butwith four minutes remaining the outlaws capitalized onv blown defensive coverage by the raiders secondary to score the gamewinning points it was a utile disheartening ptolemy said of the loss whichsaw his club finish the season with a 35 markbut i thought we moved the ball well gifford roseraiderswide receiver was open a couple of times and we had a tough time in getting him the ball i v- we should have scored more but we stalled in i the red zone and we missed two field goals he r pointedout 4 in meeting the outlaws for a second time irias many weeks ptolemy is hoping the notion of a team beating a team for the time might work in his clubs favour this time around despite the game being playedin buffalo buffalos a good equality team but we feel we have a chance even though were on the road whiledisappointed iri losing its final new york football league regular season game to the visiting buffalo outlaws 148 last sunday markham raiders head coach bill ptolemy feels the lessons learned from that outcome could translate into something good when the twot teams renew acquaintances in tomor rows firstround playoff contest two untimely rhiscuesarid an inability to cash in on good scoring opportunities hurt the raiders- we could have won the game it could have gone either way lamented ptolemy j lafter a scoreless first quarter sttie outlaws picked off amaftirilesrnond pass and parlayed that into a touchdown arid twqpbirit convert to take an 80 halftiriie advantage- lesrrirind atoned- for the early miscue in the fourth quarterwheri he completed a 65yard touchdown pass to wide receiver adrian thome the pair then hooked up for a twbpoirit convert to i w hi iritin opener by bruce stapley correspondent a lack of fintuning a selfish streak and a careless high stick cost the spirit of stouffville a win at the rec centre thursday j the newmarket hurricanes hurig on to edge the spirit 65 in the- stouffville tearris provincial junior a hockey league season opener the spirit led 32 at the end of the v period on goals by newcoriiers alain duchesne and nevin harnilfon and a powerplay marker by veteran defenceman justin graham but a flagrant fiveminute high sticking penalty cdrhmitted behind the play by spirit winger chris sanginesi led to a pair of hurricanes goals midway through the second that was the nail innthe coffin said spirit head coach brian perrin- who argiiedto nbavailthatthe first goal was three feet offsideifwe gef outof that with only one goal against we would have been all right the spirit tieditonatip in by- anthony minicucci five minutes into the third j but thehurricanesstruck for rriore before jd smithson scored on the power play with rookie goalkeeper thomas lee on the bench in the games dying seconds perrin was willing to shoulder part bfthe blame forhis teams lessthan stellar defensive effort they outplayed us and outworked us but we- didnt prepare them well enough to play we were outcoached brian perrin spirit head coach said his team was outplayed and outcoached by hurricanes perrin said the spirit might have earned a better result if so rriany play- ers hadnt tried to make the big play by themselves we played selfish hockey if we play unselfish hockey theres not one team in the league thats going to beat us hopefully theyll learn from this game arid move on hamilton who along with duchesne came to the spirit from sturgeon falls of the noha agreed with perrin we definitely have a better tearn on paper than the hurricanes they just played more as a team j after last nights road garne against the aurora tigers the spirit return home to- host the durham huskies thursday at 730 pm sports get green light bymikehayakawa sports editor it appears to be a go for most sports being offered at york region high schools this fall linda hotrum a spokesperson for the york region athletic association noted thursday that of the eiglit sports tradition ally offered during the fall session convenors stepped up to trie front to oversee severi activities football boys volleyball boys soc cer girls basketball golf tennis and cross country will take place the only sport not being offered she noted was girls field hockey of the extracurricular activities tak ing place its expected the number of schools declaring teams will be- reduced from past seasons the reason being that teachers who mighthave coached in the past do not have the extra time due to their regular work load as an example football will operate with just a seven-team- senior league- comprised of markhamdistrict school- brother andre catholic high school father bressani king city alexander mackenzie woodbridge college arid newmarket this is down frorri eight senior teams last year tts positive becausewe didnt know if there would be a league said mike feasby head of physical education and head senior football coach at markham district high school at least were not facing the same situation like two years agbadded trevor weir football coach at brother andre its great news but the only dis appointing thing is that were only going varsity people have spent a lot of time building their programs it would have been horrible ifwedid what we did two years ago its good for us and for the kids j at stouffville district secondary school physical education head jamie hewitt noted crosscountry is the only sport that will take place the school schedules for- each of the sports could come out as earlyasnext week once convenors have met with partici- pating schools hotrurri said- -c- v y oofi pay that traffic ticket k ifvivlits j jtl i- c i fsssvh tr 3f tpht experts isstaffed fciy expolice officers vyho will act asyour agent in yft court defending all traffic tickets speeding accidents careless impaired etc s call for free consultation v misaaifii v guaranteed servicer v 905 9403000 4418 hwy 7 east unionville 1 wn or ts free tvat8s-ipi- sjaxsitxjtjtjsjfisssi3itxjtvxi hwrwtpnbwrtfwtniiwwvwwvweiifiwnii