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Watches” and Ra Del-teeter took I little has then an] to - Iron his team's dressing room My. “Sorry to keep you wait- ing, guys." he said to two reporters, “it's just that well, you know, you donYt exactly 'ill a national dumb every day." And how well the team in- side that room be! it. For three long years Belles reached for the lanes ring (no pun intend). tirgt in 1978 when they lost to Sudan at the pmvincials, and again last year when they saw their chances for a trip to annuals in Winnipeg an (him the drain when they lost in the last minute to But there was no mistake this time around after Bells put it all together at the provincials in North Bay to win the Ontario title with a 54 win over arch-enemy he win gave them a spot in the nationals. in their own home town, and Waterloo was not about to blow the scenario. They skated through six preliminary games undefeated to reach the final Sunday at 11 a.m. against Manitoba, the only club rated by Derbecker with a chance tn upset. An hour later Belles had a 7-4 victory, the national cham- pionship and the game ring as well as the brass ring in their possession. "Let's be realistic, it wasn't as diffimit this week as at the prm.rincials, but se- veral teams were more dif- ficult than we expected,“ said Derbecker. "Because of the competition. our girls They deserve all the praise: coach WATERLOO MAYOR Matted. Carroll. can have dining but with“ to competitors dut- ing the can“ ceremonies May. has 'te-ht-et-tptr/ttep' a%eteot-tmtat-tstaiHtorterattmt-. hall's can... What pleased Derhecker tonomd-sttrttthitrelutt, in addition to Micah: an explosive offense led by Linda Simpson, Kim Legge and Jeanine Rankin, also held the opposition to an average of three goals against during the nationals, despite the fact four of their defensemen were injured. Lynn Derhecker. daughter of the coach. strained knee ligaments in North Bay and was heavily" taped for the nationals, Laura Getty in- jured her back in an exhibi- tion game a week before the nationals and played only the final contest. Patty McAdam crashed into the boards Saturday and had her injured knee buckle under midway through Sunday's contest and ShannorrSimp- son also suffered knee prob- lems Saturday. In addition, forward Lisa Kipp played with an injured eibot I clean sweep tof Ontario teams at the. three-divining “his. line maria Ju- ior Belles ("In May suf- fered the only thitarin he: of the “will in pre- liminary play, but came roaring back to defeat Al- berta 9-5 in the final..' And Etchico Debs had the pesky Nova Scotia club on their tails all game but stayed sa- fely ahead to win H. But never during the event did Belles fall back on injuries as an excuse. They went out, played some games better than others, weren't at lease as they were in North Bay. and it towed in their play. They were absolutely super. as good as they’ve been all The Waterloo - made it LINDA SIMPSON (16) of Waterloo Belles put a - lake on the Manitoba goalie during Sunday's rin- gette final at Waterloo Arena but unfortunately for her the shot went off the side of the net. Simpson didn't seem bothered by the turn of events however as she scored four times in the final to give Wa- terloo a 7-4 victory and a national hortors.AAtatertoo coach Ron Derbeclter credits Simpson as being "the complete athlete. a superb player both offensively and defensively." but always displayed solid two-way team work. Linda Simpson was the epitome of her-team's success, not only leading Belles in scoring with 23 goals and 10 assists, but also doing her share of the work defensively. ”hm standing theretatemtre)artdtttegirl_ edtqrtontemixmtdputttemedahrarxmtdttteir ',tecu,tmtiutatrtsotmqteoedthat.eatmtettttiegM akattedtt-ahedida'tateqr. Webumpultogethetudl fell tighten toroftteriatamtmtemth-irtgto "rAte1ettat---aetd yen, ttterveanter-ttteeeto record every bitof it." . "There were 7 other "i've always tried to he a strong supporter of rin- gette both here and when the (Waterloo) teams travel out of town, " said Mayor Carroll Thursday night after the gala opening ceremonies. "We try to make sure we said a message of good luck with a coach or team official so they can read it to the players before the game." _ But while the sport is nothing new for Mayor Car- roll, her husband Glenn, a professor at Wilfrid Univer- sity, received his first real exposure to ringette on the weekend and all signs indicate he became an instant convert. “I was talking to the Mayor on the phone My (Sattrrday)," said national chairperson June Tim. "and the said Glam hadjust got his coat on and gone out the door. She asked him where he was going and he said down to the rink, which apparently m u- heard of." oethartdtttpresestt medrthrtosimtiatgtearrts. And while ghe has gnoiouly eomptied, every time he 'tqrot'tttteicetomakeanamtrditeiattatrrttedb, the memory of an incident that happened at came ice the first year she was naked. Because of her status and genuine affection for the sport, Mayor Carroll has often been over the years Figures increased drastically on the weekend to make the over-all attendance picture a rosy one at the Canadian National Ringette championships-and two of the moat loyal fans around the rink were Waterloo Mayor Marjorie Carroll and her husband Glenn. Actually attending ringette functions is old hat for the Major, since she became immediately involved with the sport on a liaison basis in 19N when she came on council and assumed the chairman's role of Com- munity Services. Super fans take in action players here (at the na- tionals) that are referred to as superstars. but] woulm’t trade Linda Simpson for a dozen of them," said Der- -becker. "Her effort, her style, she has been a natural fromdayooe, sheisaplea- sure to watch ind a pleasure WATERLOO IEtLE Couch Ion Donnell" and Tr-rt-rt-ttOrt-tl-toe-ttith-or" during m. only that. at Thursday's W and. with Manitoba. OM won't -thqnqd withhist-M-itohett-3wiet.ttetthqr can. ”Sunday to convince We!“ -ieteitrtttMho-atsttieti_ietM. Waterloo opened the championships with a 9-3 win over Alberta, then fol- lowing the opening cere- monies my beat Mani- toba " in a match Der- becker was not overly- enthusiatic about. Friday brought easy 12-2 and 14-3 wins over New Brunswick and Saskatchewan respec- tively and Saturday Belles completed their preliminary chart unscathed with a " winoverB.C. anda9-5win over a much-improved Nova Scotia team, who lost out making their way to the finaishyasingiegoaltothe Manitoba club. ' Sunday's final saw Mani- toba take a IA) lead but tm, goals by Jeanine Rankin and one by Linda Simpson and Lisa Kipp gave the locals a " lead at the half. Simpson was a one-woman Show in the second ball. hearing all three Waterloo goals. "It was probably tanner this week being here at home, if we had been out of tltt-r*toChroetiesitn-v.arrit II, lm-MIO town I'd have had the team together all the time, this way it was a bit tougher keeping our minds on the games," said Derbecher. “But there was no problem getting them up emotional- ly, especially today. They were just rarin’ to go. “It gives me a great deal of satisfaction to win the na- tionals. but I'm even hap- pierfor the girls. They were the ones who wait out there for so odd games to get where they got today. Ws a lovely way to end it, and they deserve all the praise they get." _ Members of the cham- pionship Waterloo team are: Jerri-Lynn Such, Jean- ine Rankin. Lynn Der, becker. Laura Getty, Jenny Seifert, Lisa Rice, Kim Legge, Shannon Simpson, Julie Palecmy. Lisa Kipp. Patricia McAdam, Linda Kim Ward, coach Rm Der- becker. manager Jack Cough and trainer Sharon We.