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fiifri)-It-,q1i- Reunion brings buck memories fat former Bubs couch Most people hink of canoe- mg as a lensurely sport that allows you to enjoy the mynad beauty of nature, But Waterlooy Ryan Mader, a mammal team whue-water cancels. sees " as skirting the fute hue of getting dragged under by mgmg water. or tam- mg the nver enough to wm the dav, _ "White-water Is a blast," he smd "Paddling white-water ly fun, there are scnuunns that you get m J boat m Whllt water thai I‘ve never been able 10 feel or hnd In any other places. It's a feeling sort of We being on a roller coaster, but you‘re In control and driving u and you know where you want to go." Mader said when you com- buns mung with the while- water rush, you gel a really exlulariuing sport that allows you to push the [Imus of youve endurance. "lt's more on the lune of being totally out of control and being asjast as you can," he said, Mader challenges canoeing's other side Ken Hergott coached the Waterloo major atom Cubs for more than 20 years. Iff: 'yiEr,1isfiei y) I GLu9 [ Cd? LF Bob Vrbanac Churne Ir Stall aru, Canoeing IS an Olympic sport first Introduced at the Barcelona games m 1992 " requires athletes to paddle their way around marked out gates, We ska mung, while they try to beat the clock. race rs to fight the raging tide of white-water that comes shooting the narrow race course as the compeulors try to put together a clean run of no missed gates. Mader. 25, a Bluevale grad, first gel involved m the sport when he was 18. He turned a recreational interest In canoe- ing Into a more interesting race The obnous obstacle of the Ryan Mada ken Hergou, 62, still fondly remembers coaching the Waterloo Cubs Major Atom hockey team in the early 70's. He was just coming oif three Ontario titles with the team of ten-year-olds he started coach- ing in 1965 when he ran Into a little dynamo from Brandon]. Oruarur "He started as a stx-year-old," said Hergou. "The 1969-1970 team we had, we only scored 270 goals. in all the year's I've coached that's the most goals we've ever scored in a season. “wiyne Gretzky scored 387 himself in one year" - _ Playmg hve years agamsl "The Great One" mlghl have shaken any coaches resolve to stay m the game, but he continued on antrl 19801987 and celebrated his 2l-vear-run with the Cubs at a reunion last week The Gretzky memory was lwit one of many he shared with more than 57 former players last Bob Vrbanac Chronicle Staff Since taking up the sport competitively he's won the Ontario Men's Single Canoe championship three times, and in May qualified for Canadian Mans National Canoe team. "Thinp Just started to snow- ball," said Mada. "l got to a pmm where I was pretty suc- cessful at the provincral level, and I decided to focus my efforts on [mug to be the best I could at the mammal and International levels. lm starting to achieve those goals I had from four years ago. I made the national team, I'm competing at world cups and I'm gaining experience to gel some good results In the future." Mader recently won gold at the Canadian National Cham- pionships, combming with Jamie Cartwnghl and sag lap son to win the gold 1n the team event. agalnst nature and the timer's watch, He also just returned from the World Championships m Seu dUrgal. Spain, the site of the 1992 Olympic event. He gamed some valuable inlema- tional experience for next year week at the Waterloo Cubs' Cast annual reunion at the Waterloo Golf Academy when he tries lo qualify for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Aus- tralia, The racing season is long starting in March and going as late as October. Mader‘s cur- rentIy taking some time off the One of those grads from that team was long- time NH1.er Don Beaupre, who had a successful career with Washington and Minnesota, and helped keep his team In the game agalnsl the young Gretzky _ A - _ "Ydu hoped. to keep the score down," said Hagan "Donny Beaupre was our goalie then so " wasnt too bad "Donny was good as any mme-year-old, and played two years against Gretzky. He was proba- bly one of the better goalies lo come through" "They loved it, they want to do it again so we have it booked again for next year." - Ken Hergott But he hasnt lost his focus, as he set his sights firmly on doing weil at next year's world championships. competitive circuit as he con- tinues training in Whitehorse, Yukon Although Beaupre couldnt make the reunion, Hergou was elated by the response, and the promise of more players returning next year has him very excited. "They loved it, they want to do it again so we have it booked again for next year," he said. Other well-known grads of the team were: Brian Schnurr, Kenny Brown, Dana Saunders, Tony Code, Chris Code, Troy Stephens, John Mckerrow, David Phohl, Matt Kreutzer, Mark Strohack, Will Rellinger, Bill Young, Mike Bishop, and Steve Rice who Is currently trying out for the Leafs Some of the relumees at the reunion included Eric Calder and Roy Russell, who later played for the Siskins and Comm]! Royals. Calder also saw some time with the Washington Capuals "There's been a lot of good players who have come through here, and played against us here," said Hergolt. "l have scrapbooks here thch my son goes through every once and a while. and names all these NHL players on other teams" see Cubs reunion page 26 ”nun-69; 181W OPEN EVERY SUNDAY "l'm just going to try to focus on having as good a race as possible next year," he said. “If I have a good race at the World Championships chances are Ill probably quai- ify for the Olympics next yeac" s}.",ngéh;a~ "r'"".