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bsbiabasibssiisssak sssssissssiossassssiabbises 30 stouffville simtribune u thursday june 23 2005 stouffville suntribune teacher barclay skates off with 2005 sports person of year award stouffville resident to receive honour during strawberry festival by jim thomas correspondent a figure skating coach 40 years such is the enviable record estab lished by jean barclay in march the 60yearold stouffville mother of two and grand mother of two decided she would hang em up at the conclusion of the current season sort of shes agreed to fill in from time to time should any member of the stouffville clubs coaching staff become ill however realizing an end of an era was at hand the execu tive honoured its valued instructor during an awards presentation gala held recently in addition to a beauti fully engraved symbol of the 2010 olympics barclay received a dvd covering her 53 years spent on skates its a keepsake ill cherish all my life barclay said club president anrie scott madethe presentation the inscription on the olympic emblem read with sincere appreci- ation for your inspiration and life long dedication to skating shell be honoured again next week as whitchurchstouffvilles sports person of the year for 2005 the award sponsored by the suntribune will be presented fhursdsay night during opening ceremonies of the strawberry festival in memorial park began skating at age seven commencing her skating career when she was seven years old the former jean winterstein participated in her first spring carnival in 1951 the location was the old arena on park drive commonly referred to as the barn 5 during those formative years other skaters she recalls were jocelyn and barbara button lynda nolan and donnamarie lehman one of the first club presidents was lionel foord ably assisted by tommy farr and her own father bruce the carnival was always a high light barclay remembers ill never forget the people who pitched in and jean barclay was involved in figure skat ing as a coach for 40 years with the stouffville figure skating club made it happen names that come to mind include walt and aurelia smith jim and doreen brown and bun and dixie sellers many carnival props were manu factured in walt smiths welding shop on market street says barclay the arena manager was ken laushway christine kennedy was her first instructor figure skating is a sport that teaches selfmotivation ded ication and selfdiscipline it was cold really cold remem bers barclay vi rennie betty grove and mary moffat all snack bar employees kept me warm with hot chocolate she describes later rink man agers telf rennie and joe lewis as awesome they couldnt do enough for me she says they even loaned her an arena key so she could participate in earlyr morning workouts before going to school on many occasions she would crawl out of bed at 530 am even at an early age barclays par- ents saw in their daughter a talent worth developing they supported her at every turn making it possible for her to attend summer skating school in niagara falls under the watchful eye of coach wally distelmeyer in the spring and fall she skated at weston aided by osborne coulson and margaret hyland thanks to the cooperation of summitview school principal lome boadway and teachers keith sutherland arid wilf morley she was permitted to attend classes only four days a week her idol was olympic champion barbara ann scott when during the early 1950s the oshawa arena was destroyed by fire club members from there came to stouffville including the incompara ble don jackson jackson the first olympic skater to complete a triple lutz never forgot this favour he participated in carnivals here on sev eral occasions auditoned for ice follies in 1962 following high school barclay auditioned for ice follies and was accepted but it wasnt until later an open ing became available by then she was working fulltime with bell canada and had discovered laurie barclay the love of her life she refused to give up two for one a decision she doesnt regret it was norma wilkes stouffville figure skating club president in 1964 who welcomed barclay as a coach by then shed completed her seventh figure one short of a gold she accepted and except for the birth of son steven and daughter stephanie hasbeen with the organi zation ever since a period of 40 years during her long career barclays skills as a skater have always been in demand including places like orangeville barrie and whitby she auditioned for the ice follies at maple leaf gardens and completed tests at the grandiose toronto granite club barclay admits she is and always will be an ardent fan of the sport it was a big part of my world she says and i loved it she still does attending the world championships at bc place vancouver in 2001 and the canadians in london last year shes already- made arrangements to attend the canadians at ottawa in 2006 figure skating is a sport that teaches selfmotivation dedication and selfdiscipline she said iv i 3 j special delivery al badgery of the stouffville lawn bowling club delivers his ball towards the jack at the recent york region 55 summer games lawn bowling competition at the stouffville lawn bowling glub badgerys team which included elmer farthing and ron gibson finished second winning the gold medal was the newmarket lawn bowling club trio of phillip long ruth leach and joyce gunter the bronze medal was claimed by the newmarket lawn bowling club team of bob attridge danielle benmergui and blanche brule for further results of other events see sportsboard on page 31 sadekar second in bmo golf event nisha sadekar carded a tworound 147 toend up in a five- way tie for second place in the bmo financial group canadian womens tour event at club de golf rivermead in gatineau que tuesday the 24yearold stouffyille resident carded a twoover par 74 in mondays first round and had a 73 on the final day on the 6087yard par 72 course she was just two strokes behind tournament winner linda shephard of brighton who carded a tworound 145 7471 also tied with sadekar were cortney reno of grosse he mich jan dowling of bradford and big break hi tv fame leila chartrand of victoria bc and mariejosee rouleau of st- lambert quebec for her efforts sadekar pocketed 2098 t-