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saturday sept u 2004 23 economist sun suntribune diversions in search of olympic sports pentathlon archery table tennis played in york region by roger varley staff writer much was made of the underfunding of canadian athletes during the athens olympics but little was said about the difficulty of even becoming involved in some of the lesserknown sports team handball track cycling table tennis water polo and the modern pentathlon to name a few are not events often seen on tv sportscasts or mentioned in the sports pages so how does a resident of york region whose interest might have been piqued by the games get started in one of these sports the answer is one deserves a gold medal for even tracking some of them down for example how does one become a track cyclist when there are no tracks in ontario its a big issue with us said steve merker of richmond hill executive director of the ontario cycling association its a joke loriann muenzer who won gold in the womens sprint is from toronto but she doesnt live here anymore mr merker said the lack of facilities in her own backyard led the cyclist to move to alberta he noted the recent ontario provin cial track cycling championships had to be held at a velodrome in detroit we followed the garbage trucks down the highway he said with grim humour the lack of facilities is elimi nating a ton of potential lon ann muenzers he said it comes down to dollars mr merker said adding the chances of seeing a track cycling velodrome in the toronto area anytime soon are slirh if track cycling is not an option theres always the tram poline at least we have the richmond hill skyriders the home club of canadian mens trampoline champion mathieu turgeon of unionville and karen cockburn the current womens world champion and winner of a silver medal in athens a surprise of sorts is the pause awhile equestrian centre in whitchurchstouffville where students can learn the intricacies of the modern pentathlon which sees competitors involved in shooting fencing swimming show jumping and running coached by bonnie burlton a member of the national modern pentathlon team the program started about two years ago with 15 youngsters who rode at the centre did their swimming and running in stouffville fencing at variety village in toronto and because they were too young to attend a scarborough gun club practised with air guns in family basements but now its a very very small club said cheryl eeuwes of pause awhile noting the training and the travel required has reduced the number of children in the program to about four nevertheless 12yearold heather dae of unionville placed second in her age class at the nationals this summer how about team handball good luck searching the internet reveals there is some thing call team handball ontario but there appears to be no way of reaching them the only mention of the organization is a contact number but that is not in service the canadian team handball federation web site shows there are provincial organizations in newfoundland new brunswick quebec manitoba saskatchewan alberta and british columbia but no wanna play some sports club contacts in york region table tennis newmarket table tennis club 256 rogers rd 9058952461 modem pentathlon pause awhile equestrian centre 13243mccowan rd 9056407232 trampoline richmond hill skyriders 9094 leslie st 9057310005 fencing newmarket fencing club 356 roywood ct 9059541850 archery york county bowmen 15887 i mccowan road 9056420695 cm photo illustrationmike barrett cyclists can take to the roads of york region but not an indoor facility presence of any kind in ontario its tough to find a water polo club in york region so unless you arrange for a group to come over to play in the family pool you will have to travel father afield not pingpong table tennis dont call it pingpong in front of the purists is a little more accessible with the newmarket table tennis club operating out of rogers public school and anyone wanting to try their hand at fencing can put themselves in the capable hands of michael mcdonnell who runs classes at st nicholas catholic school in newmarket mr mcdonnell has made appearances in world cup com petition and was formerly head fencing coach at the royal military college in kingston where he was twice named ontario university coach of the year one of the lesserknown sports that is gaining in populari ty is archery but even that has its drawbacks the york county bowmen who operate a club in the vivian forest east of newmarket offer an introductory archery course which is held on saturday morn ings and lasts six weeks but the bowmen have announced the clubs fall 2004 course is full due to popular demand the next course doesnt begin until the spring christine spencemajarah on crafts peanut butter makes recipe chocolate alone is delightful peanut butter on its own is decadent and good enough to eat by the spoonful but combine the two in one candy and you have something truly divine since the 1920s when they were sold for a penny apiece peanut butter cups have been popular eighty years later it remains one of the most popular treats sold in canada now with this easy recipeyou can make your own youll need to purchase some minicandy cup liners these can usually be purchased wherever candy- making supplies are found tria pinch you could use small cupcake liners makes 30 mini peanut butter cups s 2 cups 500 ml milk chocolate chips 2 tablespoons 30 ml shortening 12 cup 125 ml butter 12 cup 125 ml peanut butter 1 cup 250 ml confectioners sugar 23 cup 150 ml graham cracker cnimbs in a small saucepan combine chocolate chips and shortening cook over low heat until melted and smooth stirring occasionally with a small clean paintbrush coat the inside of 30 mini cups this is a fun job for the kids once you show them how ffs done use about one teaspoon of chocolate for each cup and coat until its smooth and even and r about 18 inch thick refrigerate the chocolate shells until ready to fill with peanut butter filling in a medium saucepan combine butter and peanut butter cook over medium heat until melted stir ring occasionally remove mixture from heat add the confectioners sugar and graham cracker crumbs and stir well to combine press about 12 tablespoon of filling into each chocolate cup shell spoon approximately 12 tea spoon of chocolate mixture on top of each peanut butter cup and spread until completely coating the filjing refrigerate until firm and enjoy 3 d inserts for saturday september 11 2004 bioped boyds source for sports remax pardeep khana pattern interlocking unilock shop save- smart source- sears century 21 david khurana zehrs stouffville ida north of the city the bay colgate dryer sheet sample no one delivers results like we do to find out more about how to react your target market and get the same great response irom your fiyefttstrixjtens as these cuslomers calustoday selected areas only economist sun 9052948244 suntribune i i t