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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-03-05, Page 14Page 14 • Times,Advocate, March 5, 1997 This Week in Sports... • Irish avoid ousting 6y Seaforth - page 15 Town and Country Lanes to host Black Tower tourney - page 16 Carnival takes audience around the world Dads on Ice. From .left, Gord and Anna Pryde, Gary and Kim MacLean and Melissa Timmer- mahs lock arms- in a number featuring the senior skaters. and -their dads skating to the clas- sic number New Vol*, New York during the Exeter Figure Skating Club's Carnival on Sunday. Right, Mandy- Eveland and Maria Dinney wave to the audience as they skate ' by during the first half finale. Below, Emily Loosley, the clyb's youngest competitot, was having: so much fun she didn't want to leave the ice after -her solo perfor- mance. • More than 120 local skaters par- ticipated in. the Exeter Figure Skat- ing Club's annual Carnival event. EXETER - With brightly colored flags flowing above the circling flag- bearers, the nations of the world came together=in spirit -as 120 - local skaters took, to the ice at the South Huron Recreation Centre on Sunday: - The Exeter figure Skating Club held its Carnival, a two and a half .hour skating extravaganza featuring club skaters of all ages, from pre -beginners to senior competitors, as well as both precision skat- ing teams "performing solos and group numbers. Around the World was this year's theme as skaters dressed in ethnic costumes and "skated 10 popular songs such as "We are . the World" and "I Like to Teach the World to Sing." - ' "It was a display of the different cultures around the World," said Carnival co- ordinator -club executive Debbie Roy add- ing it was different from -last year's theme which was- based on -the • music of the Beatles, and the one two years before that called Elvis on Ice. Also different this year were the costumes. _This- year organizers - decided to rent costumes instead of handing the responsibility over to the parents.. .. "It was easier on us and They looked really nice," said Roy. Six- powerful spotlights lit the darkened arena while following the skaters. through - their routines giving the show a professional at- - mosphere and the decorations and back drop added color to what Was already a colorful event. The first number after the intermission was the highlight of the show as eight senior skaters included their fathers in a skating rou- tine -done to the classic tune New York, New York. - Decked out in black -tuxedos and hockey skates, the dads looked • comfortable ' on the ice with- their daughters skating gracefully. around them. This number produced more than a few laughs from the.capacity audience which couldn't resist but hurl the odd heckle. "It was a nice way to start off the second half and I think.the dads hada lot of fun," said Roy. , Carnival is the highlight of the club's season with all skaters par- . ticipating in the carefully choreographed performance. "It's designed for the kids to have fun and the parents also enjoy it because they get to see the progress the kids have made throughout the year." "It was a display of the different cultures around. the • world." South Huron Indoor Soccer League March 3 scores Exeter Centennials 4 vs. Stratford Tusken Raiders 5 Goals for Exeter: Mau Szabo, Jason Smale, Jeff DenOtter, Pete flak- voort Goals for Stratford: Jason Dunseith, Kenny Murphy, Keith Donnelly, John Boyd, Dick Lord Stratford Central Rams 5 vs. Exeter Thunder 1 Goals for Stratford: Stevan McCallum (2), Mike Treischl, Simon Slat- er, Tony Smith Goals for.Exeter: Joe Turford Exeter Fury 1 vs. St. Columban 3 Goal: Pete McAllister Assist: Steve Ryan (3) Exeter skater will compete in Special Olympics EXETER - Elsie. Kaupert is a special athlete and this week she will cotn- pete in the Special. Olympics. Kaupert, .36, will compete at the Special Olym- pic Games in Ot- tawa from.Thursday to Saturday " in solo figure skating. She earned the honor af- ter winning is silver medal in tate Kincardine Regionals' in January which allowed her to compete at the Provincials where she was se- lected by a panel of judges to ad- vance. This isn't the first time Kaupert has reached this level in competi- tion. Four years ago she won a sil- ver medal at an International com- petition in Austria and received a town plaque for her accomplish- ment. This year her goal is to win gold, however, in keeping with the spirit of the special Olympics, Kaupert said just being able to compete is a tremendous accomplishment. "If I can not win let me be 10th and brave," she said reciting the Special Olympic motto. "It's about participating and learning skills in Elsie Kaupert, a solo figure skater, will compete in the Special Olympics thi,, •veek. the spirit of fellowship," she added. Kaupert has a developmental dis- ability and several seizures brought on by epilepsy left one side of her body partially paralyzed. But when she began skating at 16 -years -old she found it helped and she con- tinued the on -ice therapy which has enabled her to regain her strength. Today, Kaupert skates with con- fidence and grace executing spirals, bunny hops and crossovers without difficulty and last weekend she per- formed at the Exeter Figure Skating Club's annual Carnival. - Kaupert credits her coaches, Patti Firth and Marlene Webb for de- veloping her skating skills and be- stowing her the confidence to go out and perform in front of a live audience, something that still makes her nervous. "Before I go out on the ice I take deep breaths to relax and l think about my routine. It helps when my coach tells me I'm going to do A - okay," she said. Kaupert has come a long way since she began skating and her physical accomplishments extend off the ice as she also competes in track and field and swimming. But she admits her number one passion is figure skating. "When I started I could hardly skate and now I'm going to the Special Olympics," she said. "I've always dreamed about being a good figure skater, and now I think my dream has come true." Shuffleboard Exeter February 26 4 game winners Leona Elliott Wilma Davis 011ie Essery Hal Walsh Sena Gosar Tom Williams 3 game winners Ruby Beaver Bernice Long Howard Johns Doris Denham John DeWeerd Estelle Chalmers February 27 4 game winners Tom Williams Howard Johns ' Gil Northey Hal Walsh Sam Skinner Estelle Chalmers 3 game winners Lloyd -Lovell Henson February 25 Tom Williams Dave Woodward Thea Vandenboom Hazel McEwen Alice Thiel Pearl McKnight Helen McKay Merle McClennan 508 454 451 439 400 398 388 340 310 287 277 274 505 381 3 (16 345 342 324 282 439 411 398 392 387 379 369 348 Zurich Skater qualifies for Ontario Finals JORDAN - Sarah -Ray Lovie competed in the Western Ontario Inter -club Championship in`Jordan winning a•bronze medal. - She needed to place in the top three among the 19 competitors in order- to qualify for the Ontarid-final_ to be held in Kitchener on March 15, and 16. - Lovie, 14, is a member of the Zu- rich Figure Skating Club. - The Zurich Figure Skating Club will hold it's annual Skating Carni -- vat on Sunday. This year's event is based on an Olympic theme and promises to be a spectacular event for club members :and their fami- lies: Ringette teamssee success at Huron -Perth SEAFORTH. - After beating the top two teams in the league. the Exeter M & M Meats Petite "A" team defeated Stratford 5-3 on Feb., 25 but lost to Seaforth 10-1 on Sunday. Exeter is waiting for the outcome of the Seaforth vs, Mitchell game to see if they will advance in the Huron -Perth playoffs. Last week.the team pulled out two unexpected wins when they beat Mitchell 8-3 and Forest -4-3, the second place team in H -P. - This was the first time Exeter de- feated Forest and it avenged an earlier 9-1 loss to them during their first encounter of the season. Coach Ken Farquhar credits goaltender Amy McCann for the two wins. "Her goaltending has really im- proved and it has brought the team together." he said. Ringette round -up The -Exeter Junior "C" team won the Huron -Perth Championship last Tuesday with a 4-1 win over Mitchell. Alicia Lawrence scored three goals for Exeter and Laura Skinner scored one. Julie Godbolt, Shauna Koehler, Kiat Keller assisted on the goals and Erin Traquair was solid in net allowing only one goal. The team remains active with exhi- bition games scheduled. In other ringette action, Exeter currently has three teams compet- ing in the Huron -Perth finals. The Tweens, the Petite "C" and the Belle "C" teams are engaged :n the final playoff series of their re- spective Huron -Perth Champion- . ships. See next week's issue for more ringette news.