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30 stouffriliesuntribunemfhursday oct 112007 stouffville suntribune staff photosjoerd witteveen brother andre cardinal michelle davies tries a behind the back shot on stouffville spartan goalie lynette cressal as spar tans from left amy hoover christine barkey and jasmine harding come tothe rescue in first period action at brother andre on friday the teams played to a 00 draw three medals for racewalker in italy by mike hayakawa staff writer as kitty cashman prepared for the racewalk at the world masters athletic championships in riccione italy she felt she might claim a bronze in the 5k event and finished fourth or fifth in the 10k but when the 47yearold stouffville resident exceeded her expectations cashman walked away with the silver in the 5k and a pair of bronzes in the 10k individual and team event in her 4549 age group division a triplegold medallist in the 2003 games she also fielded a silver in the 10k team and bronze in the 5k in 2005 id been training really hard for this years championships she said but this year was definitely more of an accomplishment because the competi tion was tougher and my times were much faster i actually beat the racewalker who was ahead of me in 2005 my time in the 1 ok was almost one and a half min utes faster than 2005 and i was only 27 seconds slower than the secondplace finisher this year i was only 20 seconds slower than the first place finisher in the5k i find racewalking keeps me in shape and controls any stress i encounter so ill be racing for a while a sprinter before she was injured in 1999 cashman was introduced to race walking in 2000 through her aunt who was also competitive racewalker in the mid 1980s cashman attributes her success to the direction she has received since 2003 from her etobicoke irack and field club coach stafford whalen it was through whalens guidance where she learned to refine her technique ive been training really hard and working on my technique in racewalk ing quick cadence and efficient style results in a faster time i just changed my technique in march of this year she said while happy to come away with three medals cashman isnt finished yet her intentions are to go to finland in 2009 for the next worlds masters in between that time though she com petes in close to 15 races a year at the provincial national and international level just as important though she feels her craft enables her to maintain a sense of physical and mental well being i find racewalking keeps me in shape and controls any stress i encounter so ill be racing for a while she said last week friday lost 53 against aurora tigers now 4-4-2- 8 on season fifth place in north conference coming up thursday vs seguin bruins 730 pm friday at collin- gwood blues 8 pm saturday vs newmarket hurricanes 730 pm game notes while the spirit ended september on a winning note the provincial junior a hockey league club is still search ing for its first win in october coming off a disappointing 74 loss lastthursday against the visiting orangeville crushers the spirit took to the road friday for a game against the defending rbc cup champiorr aurora tigers and suffered a 53 loss the spirit dug themselves into a hole early when the tigers capitalized on two powerplay opportunities to take a 20 lead in the first period one of the goals was inadvertently scored by spirit defenceman trevor smith but before the period came to a close the spirit got a powerplay goal from tyler gubb to cut the deficit when the two clubs went to the dressing room the spirit fed off of that momen tum to start the second period as ethan werek on a powerplay effort and scott johnstone scored unanswered goals just 43 sec onds apart to give the spirit a 32 lead the tigers replied with two unanswered goals before the l period concluded to take a 43 lead the tigers iced the game by scoring the lone goal of the final period notebook spirit captain randy johnston remains at camp with charlotte of the east coast leaguespirit grad shawn frank has five points in six games this season with the barrie colts of the ontario hockey league the 18yearold thornhill resident had six points in 51 games with the colts last seasonlan brunt who captained the 2006 northwest champion spirit team is playing for the new university of ontario institute of technology ridgebacks team in oshawathe unionville native who played four years in stouffville finished his jr a career last year in powell river bc jus tin hulshof and chris lombardo both 17yeafolds from stouffville are rookies with the uxbridge nights iritteam bruins jr c teamseguin 170 won its first game of the season on saturday 43 overvillanova in overtime generally speaking our loss to orangeville was one of our weakest games to date maybe we were a little overconfident and we had a lack of mental preparation spirit head coach dave dammizio said but in our game against aurora we had our chances to win it was a great game and a great effort by our guys hopefully we can build off of that game with three big games coming up in three nights against seguin thursday at collingwood friday and hosting newmarket saturday we just need to play with some consistency and avoid costly penalties and bear down so far weve played well against the top teams in our division insider for live scoring and updates go to pointstreakcom for more on the spirit go to stouffvillespiritcom mike hayakawa tyler gubb spirit foiward scored in 53 loss to aurora on the road friday night it scored 96 everyone at dinner raved exclusive imported wines at great value arid you cant get them anywhere else sityoricreglonwineclubvoinqnci check out our handpicked selection v of exdusive imported wines all delivered anywhere you choose in ontario nwraunnp north yorkreglon com it dick home wine jfa online co