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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 11 Mar 1992, p. 29

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Pete Cudhea Chronicle Staff They looked rested, confident and ready to go. With the Winter Olympics in Albertvilâ€" lc, Fra. behind them, Canadian pairs figure skaters Christine Hough and Doug Ladret are setting their sights on the World Championships in Oakland, CA. where they hope to get a little more respect from the judges. _ _ The pair were in Waterloo, Hough‘s home town, last week and were presented with Canada Post posters by Rick Finan, superintendant of the Waterloo Postal Station. On the back of the posters were the signatures of the employees from the Waterloo facility. The posters were repliâ€" as of Canada Post Olympic stamps issued luring the Olympics. Ranked second in Canada and a disapâ€" ointing ninth at the Olympics, they lisplayed their artistic talents to the )lympic judges, but the judges, in predictâ€" ible fashion, bowed to the pecking order yndrome and gave them marks in the ow 4.9s and 5.2s for technical merit and retty well the same marks for artistic npression. 2 T O O As they prepare for the Worlds in less ran two weeks from now, the memories Hough and Ladret put Olympic scores behind them YOUR LUMBER ONE STORE Bring on the Worlds P/g)D "The marks were seriously critized by the skating referee at the end of the event â€" in some cases a few of the judges had to write letters to the referee to explain their According to Leitch the referee, who was from Germany, felt that they should benefit," said Leitch, the pairs‘ longâ€"time coach. ‘‘Change to many, especially the audience, is refreshing, but some judges have a narâ€" row way of thinking.‘" "In their case, the reaction by the audience to their marks will be to their Yet, according to Kerry Leitch, the poor marks from the Olympics and the crowd‘s reaction to them will benefit Hough and Ladret in Oakland. "Unfortunately, scores from the Olympâ€" ics are usually carried over to the Worlds," a sullen Ladret said when regxinded ab'out. the Olympic judging. of their Olympic scores hang heavy on their minds, although they‘re not supâ€" Coach Kerry Leitch The show kicks off in April 9 in Vancouver, B.C., but for those wanting to see the pair in a different light, you can catch them as Russian, yup, Russian pairs skaters in the fullâ€"length motion picture, The Cutting Edge, which opens on March 27 at King‘s College Theatreâ€" But once the Worlds are over, Hough and Ladret‘s amateur days of figure skating will be behind them as they pursue a professional career with Stars on Ice, which also features Canadian Men‘s singles skater Kurt Browning. _ Leitch believes that many of the judges, who are in their mid 60s, just aren‘t in synch with many of todays controversial skaters. Hough and Ladret‘s performance, a dramatic blues number, didn‘t go over well with the judges, who Leitch feels aren‘t keeping up with the sport. ‘"Change toymény. espééix;fl-y- the audiâ€" ence, is refreshing, but some judges have a narrow way of thinking," Leitch said. "We have 1992 skaters and 1952 judges." _ The Canadann pair‘s coach believes that figure skating paid the price at the Olympics because of the inept judging and that today‘s skaters have far surpassed the judging. have been placed no lower than fifth WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1992 â€" PAGE 29 o mm if / "% DVe frmus WATERLOO s34â€"2000 Ladies Ringette league is played most ly for fun and to keep up their athletic skills and conditioning. However, ac cording to Such, tournament play is a lot more competitive with plenty of action. According to Tricia Such, members of the Waterloo team range in age from 22 to 55. The team also has a mother daughter combination playing on the same line, as well as sisters, including Tricia and her sister, Jerri Lynn Daum Waterloo, which competes in a ladies league against teams from Ayr, Stratâ€" ford, Caladonia, Cambridge and two from Kitchener, won the provincial crown last year in Ajax. Next year‘s provincial championships will be held in Thunder Bay. As many as 14 teams are expected to arrive from across Ontario to compete in the threeâ€"day twoâ€"pool tournament which features ladies ringette players age 22 and 0 er. it hosts the third annual provincial event at the Albert McCormick Arena March 13â€"15. Waterloo set to defend ladies ringette title Waterloo will be defending the Ontar i0 Ladies Ringette Championship when Service & Satiefaction "IT‘S THE LITTLE TAINGS THAT COUNTH® Sophie Kotsopoulos finished third, Rache! Sehi fourth and Kristy Heemskerk eighth. in mr?: competition Jennifer s a'l‘ lrewnfiflhtoi:owodt;\y epahnie Helwig in 15th. Stephanie Ganyu, in Tyro B competition, finished seventh. host bg the Kâ€"W Gymnastics Club, Sunday. Shevalier finâ€" Lshed seventh overall while Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo gymnast Megan Shevalier leaps through the air durin? her floor exercise program in the Argo A division at the Woâ€" men‘s Third Qualifying Meet LEAPS & BOUNDS FREE SERVICE courtesy cars 35 WEBER ST. N., WATERLOO 884â€"3660 Pete Cudhes photo

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