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Lelan n e en ie unds However, due to the bombings and cival war in Yugoslavia, an internation. al competition in Zagreb was cancelled last week as well as competition in Czechoslovakia, where government unâ€" To produce an 7ély;'npxc- skater was One of my goals, but to be the best club in the world was even a greater goal." "I‘ve always had the desire to be associated with something that‘s the best, and I think what we have here is the best," Leitch says of the PFSC. Over the past 19 years the PFSC has sent countless skaters to provincial, national, world and Olympic competiâ€" tions. Where most coaches are happy to just produce one yearly national champâ€" ion, Leitch‘s school has a tradition of producing three or four annually. loo, and partnel; boué .I..:a-c.iur‘e;twfi;ished fourth overall after winning the original short program. At the London competition, pairs‘ skaters Michelle Menzies of Cambridge and Kevin Wheeler of Waterloo finished second while Christine Hough of Waterâ€" Leitch and Canadian figure skating, have come a long way. It‘s a hectic life â€" which just included a trip to London, Ont. for the Sunlife Skate Canada International â€"â€" but he thrives on it. Today, Leitch can still be found bellowâ€" ing out instructions, but it‘s usually to Olympicâ€"calibre figure skaters, in a sevenâ€"dayâ€"aâ€"week job which finds him travelling between the Preston Memoriâ€" al Auditorium and the Hespeler Arena during the winter months, Waterloo‘s Rink in the Park and Hespeler during the spring and summer months, and his office, the Kerry Leitch Figure Skating School Inc., located on Manitou Drive in Kitchener. 1964, as a 23â€"yearâ€"old seasoned instrucâ€" tor, that Leitch called Preston his home. There were other jobs and small skating clubs â€" Ingersoll, St. Thomas, Guelph and London â€" but it wasn‘t until As a teenager, he wasn‘t one to hang around malt shops or pool halls after school. Instead, Leitch could be found bellowing out instructions to young, promising figure skaters at the Tillsonâ€" burg Arena twice a week. Kerry Leitch could feel the exciteâ€" ment, drama and electricity of internaâ€" tional figure skating, even when he was a 17â€"yearâ€"old growing up in the farmâ€" lands of Tillsonburg. Preston Figure Skating Club making its worldly mark Ltb INSIDE SPORTS Leitch just has to look at the successful track record of the Soviet athlete to know that discipline works. It‘s that sort of discipline that he hopes to implement at the PFSC. "The biggest problem with today‘s youth is their lack of discipline. The school boards are losing control with the kids today. It‘s not by choice, it‘s being taken out of their hands." "My strength is that I have | demands. We‘re the only club operates this way and it‘s a success Made in Austria. Sold at Flagstaff Men‘s Shonne European tailoring at its best. Midweight wool suits, softly draped to flatter all proportions. Our Fall selection of Baumler International suits has arrived. (Continued on page 34) BAUMLER Quality Suiting th at PS ‘"‘My strength is that I have high demands. We‘re the only club that operates this way and it‘s a success." PFSC coach Kerry Leitch Pairs skaters Christine photo, Kerry Leitch. WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27. 1991 Hough and Doug Ladret eyeing the Olympics. Insert Fisg§tart __ _ MEN‘S ! SHOPPE FREDERICK STREET MALL KITCHENER 579â€"6367 Mon.â€"Wed. 9â€"6, Thurs.â€"Fri. 9â€"9 5 Saturday 9â€"5:30 | NISSAN | FREE SERVICE CoURTESY Cars 35 WEBER ST. N., WATERLOO 884â€"3660 >}! z> ~, I'Q *4 PAGE 33