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Times Advocate, 1991-09-25, Page 18Page 18 Times -Advocate, September 25, 1991 SPORTS Looking for the chance to pass during Wednesday's midget girls basketball game was Heather Davies left; of South Huron but she was being closely guarded by Debbie Koerf of St. Mike's. Skating skills get sharpened By Fred Groves HENSALL - We all want to strive to be the best we can possi- bly be. For Carole Robinson, that's im- portant. Her name and face is becoming very familiar around local arenas as she works many hours with skaters, trying to help them excel at their sport. Skating is the basic skill required to compete in figure skating, ice hockey and ringette. - - Sunday night, Robin= and her staff from Powerstride Techniques, put a group of young ringette players through a series of drills. After the workout, she said it's im- portant to work on skating skills on a regular basis. "We want very much to work with the associations during the year. It's a training process, this is a new program that is available to them," said Robinson. Powerstride stresses the impor- tance of having those who play to- gether, to take the skating program together. They become familiar with each others strengths and weaknesses. "I think it's great because the' kids are not only skating together and working on their passing plays, but they're working with their linemates and learning how - --they *ate," said Robinson. "They have to know what the other person does before they do it." While some coaches believe the players should skate hard without the puck or the ring, Robinson says the equipment has to be used con- stantly when learning how to skate for a particular sport. "I think we are the only ones that work full-time with the pucks. We feel the more the children work with the pucks, it becomes second nature for them and they become more coachable. Were trying to teach the coaches that in working with the equipment they are improving the kids faster." Robinson has a very long list of credentials. Her experience in skat- ing dates back 36yeits. • She was a gold medalist in both 1965 and 1966 in the Ice Dance Championship of Canada and in 1965 was a bronze medalist in the .North American Ice Dance Cham- pionships. Robinson also placed in the top 10 in the World Figure Skating Championships from 1963 to 1966. This winter she will be the head pro with the Exeter Figure Skating Club. Robinson spent several hours with the coaches of the Exeter Mi- nor Hockey Association recently and she hopes to spend more time with them in the future. Skating is mastered by ttx iitique says Robinson and through that comes strength and power. When it comes to teaching the proper techniques, it does not mat- ter how old a person is. If they want to focus their attention and learn, they will. "It depends on the child, they are all individual. You can't really gen- eralize. I've got seven year-olds who are more focused than 14 year- olds," said Robinson. A hockey player is never too old to learn and Robinson has held ses- sions for the Junior D' Exeter Hawks and the Junior 'B' St. Marys Lincolns. No doubt those young men took a second look when they saw the tiny Robinson hit the ice and begin tell- ing them what to do. "They said what are we going to do with this woman. They said that until I ran them absolutely ragged. After the third practice they said 'will you stay on the ice and help me with my shooting or will you stay and help me with something else'. They found out I really had something to offer them." Twenty years ago, coaches, par- ents and players never heard of power skating. Either someone could skate or they couldn't. Things have changed. Biomechanics and how the 600 groups of muscles work are stud- ied. High tech is the name of the game. "The more we learn about the body movement, it's just fascinat- ing," said Robinson. It used to be easy to give a child a puck and tell them to go out, skate up and down the ice and score a goal or two. But times have changed and everyone wants to im- prove. 2ND ANNUAL WORLD SERIES POOL TICKETS Sponsored by the Exeter and Area Jr. D Hawk Executive Now on Sale - Buy Early - Limited to 240 tickets Contact: Cy Blommaert 235-2012, Tom Dalrymple 235-2704, Wayne Dickins 262-2644 or any executive member Midgets win league opener :. EXETER - It was a nail-biting finish Wednesday afternoon as the South Huron District High School Panthers midget girls basketball team came from behind to beat Stratford St. Mike's Warriors 34- 31. The Panthers opened their Hu- ron -Perth league season in all three divisions but unfortunately both the juniors and the seniors came up short. A fast paced midget matchup saw the hosts take a 22-16 lead but with just 2:17 left in the game, Karey Youmans scored from close range to give the Panthers the win. In the closing minutes of the con- test, both teams were making des- peration shots and passes and both made several trips to the foul line. The final minute saw South Hu- ron's Heather Davies hit a pair of free throws to ice the victory. Tara Pepper led the Panthers with 10 points while Davies and Ri- cbelle Elder netted six each. For the Warriors, Milan Anderson led the way with six. Seniors beaten Despite losing starters Amy Rid- ley and Julia Merner, the senior squad have got eight returnees plus a handful of players who have grad- uated from the junior ranks. Wednesday they stayed even with a tough St. Mike's team for three quarters but bowed 30-22 in the league opener. year, Merner carried the ulk • the offensive load and this year coac Terry ORourke said the rest of the team will have to pick up the slack. "We'll replace her by playing as a team," said ORourke. The Panthers and the Warriors battled to a 20-20 stalemate after three quarters before St. Mike's broke away. Field hockey team reaches semis SCARBOROUGH - After a very successful performance in pool play, the South Huron Panthers girls field hockey team could not make it to the championship at the 24 -team tournament here on the weekend. The Panthers opened with a 1-0 win over O'Neil of Oshawa on Wendi Sims' goal. That was fol- lowed by a scoreless tie against Stephen Leacock in which South Huron goalie Tonya Riehl played well. not her Co, Q 4111411 Sims and Tina Campbell connect- ed in a 2-0 win over St. Joesph's and then Shannon McBride, Sims and Campbell led the Panthers to a Runners on track LONDON - The South Huron cross-country team are in the midst of another season and on Thursday travelled to London for the University of Western Ontario meet. This unique event was not divided into age divisions so all the boys were put into one group and the girls into the other. Over the four kilo- metre course, Molly McClure was the top Panthers' perfomer as she placed 22nd out of 175 runners. Teammate Linda Wallis was 77th. Dan Vanderlaan was 29th in the boys division across the six - kilometre course. Rob Welsh was 65th. The Panthers opened their season at Springbank Park on September 12 where Vanderlaan and Welsh once again led the boys team which finished fourth overall. 1 JACK'S (Exeter) Inc. Jack Maver (519) 235-0581 Thinking of Changing to Gas?? Wi $i t. your local Union Gas Dealer In this area Approved Installers of Union Gas Water Heaters. We also install furnaces, air conditioning systems, water softeners and new plumbing fixtures for new homes and renovations. Plumbing and Heating 3-0 win over North Toronto. Requiring at least a 2-0 win in their next game to advance, the Panthers beat MacDonald 4-0 as Campbell fired a pair of goals with one each to Sims and McBride. In the semi-finals South Huron and last year's provincial champs Agincourt played to a scoreless tie before Agincourt won it in the shootout. In the bronze medal game, the Panthers were again beat- en in the shootout. in Huron -Perth league play last Tuesday, the Panthers ' had little trouble with the Listowel Lords winning 6-0. April Lewis, Becci Farquhar, Carla Taylor, Campbell, Sims and Kristy Ahrens scored. South Huron played host to Mitchell and St. Marys yesterday. "We'll be as good. Basically indi- vidual skills is the biggest draw- back. Kids don't work on their own as much," said O'Rourke. Lisa Triebner led the South Hu- ron offence with six points while Stacey Rader and Stacey Thurman added four each. Colleen Delcyer was the difference in the game as she led the Warriors with 12 points. 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