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In Level One, age nine and under, Nikolas Hoediono placed third on the Pommel Horse and third on the Vault. M Continued from page 18 And in Level Three, age 13 and Up, Arlan Smallwood placed first on the Rings. ed to do something a little bioâ€"mechanical on her own. But her story doesn‘t end there. While she hopes to continue her studies, she‘s currently supporting herself by plowing snow during the winter. In warmer times she‘s made a living as a roofer, and has the bruised nails on her hands to prove it. When asked why she does it. she said she just loves to dance. "It‘s a cool thing when you get all the girls togethâ€" er." said Kitchen. "You work hard together and you work toward the same goal. "I‘m _ the _ weirdo," laughed Kitchen, flanked by teammates Jennifer Beauchamp and Sarah Kamino. "I moved to Waterâ€" loo to skate. "We just didn‘t have any highâ€"calibrt teams out there so I tried out here. They told me I could stay so 1 did." "I‘m the roofing figure skater," said Kitchen. "It was a job that paid my skating bills. "It‘s better than flipping burgers." © "We‘re all incredibly difâ€" ferent... but we all have that Local gymnasts have strong showing at Super Qualifiers A number of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo gymnasts qualified at the men‘s first Provincial Cup Qualifier, the first of three Super Qualifiers, held recently in Woodstock Ont. In Level One, ages 10â€"12, Brian Schilling placed third in the Allâ€"Around; first in the Rings; first on the Pommel Horse, and second on the floor Dream team builds on past success attachment to skating and whatever we do, for better or worse, it‘s together." The Nexxice are hoping for better as they head into their thirdâ€"full season of competitive skating starting in January. ©Formed as a dream team of senior sychronized skaters two years ago with remnants from the Burling» ton Skating Club and the Kâ€" W Skating Club. their goal is to win at Nationals before copquering the Worlds. They had a good opporâ€" tunity to do that last year at the Canadian champiâ€" onships held at the Kitchenâ€" And this year, with mést of the team back for anothâ€" er season, they said they‘d settle for nothing less than the Worlds. * "We‘re all here for the same reason and that shows on the ice," said Kamino. "When we‘re here we‘re very focused on what we‘re doing on the ice. "The outside things don‘t really matter." And using last year as a rallying cry has been a good starting off point. "We‘ve had a whole year er Memorial Auditiorium, but a couple of unfortunate falls left them wanting for more. of building connections," said Beauchamp. "We already trusted each other to begin with, and it‘s so good to eome back to that this year. > "I‘ve been on teams where the connection isn‘t quite there. We‘re just all really committed to it and someone despite all we have going on in our lives, it realfy works." Nexxice head coach Shelley BarQelt likes how the team has bounced back from adversity of last year‘s nationals. She said the end of December is really the turnâ€" ing point as they get ready for the competitive season, and she thinks that Nexxice has already turned that corâ€" ner. "We have a completely different feeling this year," said Barnett. "I think we‘re a The Waterloo Collegiate Vikings girls hockey team dropped a 4â€"1 decision to ‘the Waterloo Oxford Cruâ€" â€"â€"‘ saders, recently in New Hamburg. The loss was a first for the Vikings against the Crusaders, who rode to victory on a hat trick from Jenny Zehr. Both teams will resume play next week. lot tougher." ~ The Nexxice is heading to and international com:â€" petition in France in Januâ€" ary before returning for the Canadians at the end of February. "We‘d like to be very good at the Canadians," said Barnett. "But we‘d like to be excellent at Worlds." That‘s mine l QAMBH|DGE 1 f’/ +\ Sun. Jan. 5â€"2:00pm, N (i\} â€" The Clarica Arena, WaterIoo Memorial Recreation Complex * Kids 12 and urider FREE when accompanied by am adult | 307 LA!‘ KI 74 POLLO("\*LLIAMS H-U&CY ooking for convenience and personal service? auzonville.com (519)886.0455 FREE PARKINC®A Humorous l{lustration Cartoons STUDIO