SPORTS WEEK -Jaycees raise $1,500 for Fairview Lodge- Flames, Glen Beauchamp who placed third in his Judo class at the 1984 Olympics and Darryl Taylor for his accomplishments in wheelchair marathons. Awards were also presented to the Whitby Warriors and Brooklin Redmen -for their out- standing performances last year in the sport of lacrosse. However, the highlight of the evening was guest speaker Sherry Bassin, General Manager of the Oshawa Generals. Bassin fired joke after joke, insult after insult at the more prominent members of the town and the region who at- tended the dinner. But on a serious level, he thanked-those who had attended and the Jaycees for making the night a huge success. Taylor captures track award A first place -finish in the 800 metres, a second place.finish in the 400 metres and a third place finish in the 200 metres was strong enough for Andrea Taylor of the Oshawa Track and Field Association to be selected as the outstan- ding bantam girl of a track meet held in Buf- falo, New York, Satur- day, August 2. While Taylor was placing well in the track events ber teammate, Andrea Rudy, was also putting on an outstan- ding performance of ber own at the Buffalo Belles and Braun meet, when she set a meet record of 16' 8" in the shot put. That perfor- mance was enough for Rudy to place first in the shot put and she went on to place fifth in the long jump and sixth in the 100 metres. In the Midget girls (11 and under) Lisa Watson placed fourth in the long jump, Melissa Rudy placed fifth in the event and Alicia Willis placed sixth. In the high jump, Dana McKenney jum- ped ber way to a third place finish. The four girls then teamed up to finish second in the 800 meter medley relay. In youth girls (13 and 14) Carman Osborne finished second in the shot put and third in the triple jump while her teammate Ester Browne placed first in the 100 metres and 200 metres. In intermediate girls (15 and 16) Karen Welcome placed second in the long jump and fourth in the triple jump. Alicia Wilson put in a strong performance placing first in the 100 metres, first in the high jump, second in the triple jump and fifth in the 100 metres. In young women com- petition (17 and 18) Brooke Chambers placed second in the triple jump, fifth in the shot put, third in the 400 metre hurdles and fifth in the 100 metre hurdles. Yvonne Kurz placed third in the long jump, fourth in the javelin and third in the shot put. Stephanie Taylor placed first in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 400 metres. She set a meet record in the 400 metres with a time of 57.2 seconds. On the strength of her wins, Taylor was selected the outstanding young woman of the meet. SEE PG. 23 Percy places eighth Whitby motorcycle Oie amateur open field. racer Blaine Percy The top three finished eight out of a finishers in Oie Pro field of 27 at the Castrol Opn Superbike field Eastern Canadian were (first) Michele Challenge Series held at Mercier Of Mississauga, Shannonville Motor (second) Norm Murphy Sport Park on the of Don Milis and (third) weekend. Steve Nelson ofToronto. Percy road a Suzuki to Ai three top fifishers is eighth placeffinish in rode Suzukis. Whitby Jaycees president Rick Roberts (right) is Jaycees dinner raised $1,5M for Fairview Lodge. seen here with (left to right) Sherry Bassin, Greg Free Press Staff Photo Terrion, Anne Ottenbrite and Bilf Derlago. The 1 Ic l ti d le fi Whitby skater eyes 1992 Olympics By MIKIE JOHNSTON on her skating." capable of performing But with practicing out there in a suit of Free Press Staff Meggan who will be moves which are sup- difficult moves, ac- mour,"saidhermotl Eleven year old entering grade six at posed to be above her cidents can occur. And the threat of Meggan Cawker is Whitby Senior Public ranking. Meggan suffered a juries doesn't bot ooking forward to 1992. School this year has For instance, she can concussion shortly after Meggan either. That is when the been skating since she complete a move in the Christmas trying an "I love to sk oung figure skater is was four and if concen- novice division called a axle and she has also especially doing jur lanning on skating in trating and practicing Double Lutz. dislocated her thumb and axles. Sometin he Olympics and she is are what it takes to win Meggan explained while attempting it's complicated bu well on her way to her an Olympic Gold Medal, that a Double Lutz is a anotherjump. - still like it. It's fun an Iream having placed no Meggan is well on her backwards double spin "Most injuries occur really enjoy it,"E ess than third in every way to what only a few in the air, landing on the when practicing jumps said. igure skating com- have ever achieved. toe of one skate. but vou can't send them petition she has entered thisyear. In February she won a gold medal in Bowman- ville; in April she cap- tured a gold medal in Syracuse, New York; in July she travelled to Niagara Falls were she took home a bronze and. two weekends ago, in Ottawa, she again cap- tured a gold medal. This past weekend competing in London, Ontario, Meggan again brought home a gold medal. "I like travelling and seeing the different places," said Meggan, who, when she travelled to New York with her mother, stopped at a Hershey Bar factory. "One of the reasons Meggan skates is because she is hyper," said her mother Lynne who also acts as her press secretary. "We had her in swimming and she reached her white level at nine so there wasn't a higher level to try for, so she started concentrating Her day usually starts at 6:15 a.m. when she wakes up and gets ready for her four hours of practicing. She prac- tices four hours a day five days a week in Scarborough. "She skates in Scar- borough because the arena is suited for figure skating. One wall is covered in mirrors and it doesn't get cold inside," said her mother. Meggan currently skates for the Oshawa Skating Club in the pre- preliminary division and when pre- preliminary is not available in a com- petition, Meggan com- petes in the preliminary category. However, she officially moves up to the preliminary category in January. Meggan's routine, which is arranged by her coach, ustually lasts a minute and a half. It involves figures as well as jumps and spins but as Meggan herself pointed out, she is now ar- her. in- ther ate, mps mes t I ind I she Meggan Cawker w Greg Terrion of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Bill Derlago of the Winnipeg Jets were in town Thursday night to help the Jaycees raise money for Fairview Lodge. The Whitby Jaycees held their Whitby Sports Celebrity Dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion Thursday, August 7, and the two hockey players highlighted a head table that included stars from a wide variety of sports. The dinner ' raised $1,500 for Fairview Lodge and the Jaycees presented awards to many of Whitby's sports greats. Awards were presen- ted to Anne Ottenbrite for her performances in the pool, Joey Neiuwen- dyk for his hockey achievements, Gary Roberts, who was draf- ted by the Calgary WHITBY FREE PRESSWFDNESDAY, AIJGIJST 13, 1986 PAGE 19