Whitby Free Press, 6 Jun 1990, p. 28

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I PAGE 28, WHIBYFM PRESS, WEDNESAy, JUN 6,1990 Spar ring session raises,,$ 50,O00o for diabetes, research B TrudieZavadovlcs Littie dd 1O'-year-old Raymond Wong know that talcing his daily insulln shots 'would genorate $50,000 towards a cure for. dia- botes. *On Maiy 27, 'arate Fi hts Diabetes,' an event hold at 99h.3 awa's Holiday Inn, brought i $50,,000 for the Diabetes Research Foundation. Karate clubs, hosted by Wong's Ta. Kwon Do i Oshawa, paid te fight a martial arts legend - Steve 'Nasty, Anderson, the Eiott'scores three in wain Mike Elliott scored three goals as Whitby Parkview IGA defea- ted Peterboouh 5-2 in under-13 boys soccer. Armando Subrizi had -the other two ' goals for Whitby. Cory Pig- got was oustanding i net for Whitby as he substituted for,,an injured Adam Shields. .Wisdomn, Braxnma paoe under- 12s, Whitby Iroquois under-12 girls rp soccer team defeated Mark bam 2-0i a May 28 gaine. Susanne Wisdom scored both goals while Claire Brarnma ear- ned the shuteut. Meghan Aikin was solid at right half., Fourgoals by Rutheirfored i win Chris RCuthierford scored four goals as Whitby Precious Plates N'Things dofeated Pickering 7-1 in a boys undor-lO premier rep A soccer game May 29. Geore Epaminondas Jason Schlioffer and Paul KMn -an also scored for Witby in Èe Scar- borough Durham Boys League contest. world heavyweight karate cham- pion sinoe 1983. Ail proceeds went te the Diabetes Reosearch Foundation. Anderson, who has been indue- ted ite the Blackbeit Hall of F amparred with a total of 450 partcipants over ai hit and a half cosecutive hours. We set a world- record for, steady fighting. He was allowed five minutes on each hour -te rest up. Thore were over poretcauos.on hand te sup- Anderson- has heart. While visiting Evelyn and Leo Woni (one'sofVoesTae Kwon Dg in their home, he saw Leo, Wong give bis 1O-year-old son Ray- mond an insulin injection. Ray- xnond has had diabètes since he was 14 mônths old.* Anderson was touched by Ray- niond's courage and asked if he could do the 'marathon as a fundraiser for diabetes research. The rest is now history. Raymond's. mother, Evelyn Wong organized the event and the fonation with the help of many volunteers. Ovr 30 (martial arts) schools i Ontario participated," says Evelyn. "Fifteen students were chosen fromn each school. Each school bought blocks at $1,000 per half hour.» Leo Wong>s Tae, Kwon Do raised $30,000 and Whitby's Ki Chii Sai martial arts school was second-highest, raising $2,700 for diabètes research. «Nasty Anderson is the only martial artist I know te assist in fundraising,» says Evelyn.' Ho bas done th-ree fundraisers in the States. This is the first in Canada. Ho said this was the bost marathon he over did., Re had a lot of fun and ho made it fun.» Evelyn, stresses that tho Dia- botes Rosearch Foundation is not part of tho Canadian Diabetes Association. All the proceeds wont diroctly te- Dr. Anthony Sun,'.rocognized -internationally as a loadinig pioneer of microen- capseulation of living cells. un was on hand ted accept the choque te further bis research. Evelyn plans te, have 'Karate Fights Diabotes' become an annual event. -5h. already has bookings for next year. Rnaldfi homer helps SMS in slow pitch victory SMS Marine scored seven.runs in the early innings and went on to defeat CireleTàxià 16-12 in a recent Whitby Men's Slow Pitch gaine. A home run by Enzo Rinaldi paced SMS te the early lead. But Circle came back with eight runs in the third inning te take the lead. SMS replied with four runse three of them on a home run by Ron McKintyro. SMS scored four more in the fifth inning. WORLD heavyweight karate champion Steve NaSWy ,Anderson took a few kiciks at the Holiday Inn, 0oht4wa on May 27 as' he undertook a marathon sparring session against members of several area- martial arts clbst rie udsfr ibee rsarh % m. Pphoto Wrn lssfor Optimist bantams. Tho W;MhyOptimist bantain team turned a close gaine into a rout on May 29 at Pringle Park as they beat Bowmanville 17-5. The bantains pounded out seven bits, and scored seven runs «in the sixh inning to. break a 4-4 deadlock. TMm fieson's grand siain home run capped a 15-bit attack. Imeson and Tirn Puddister eacb had. triples and drove in five and four runs respectively. Steve Woods, Chris Maco, Chris Killoran and Dan Stephenson had two bits apiece while Jamnie Difiore, Ian Andrew and Keith Milis registered singles. Mils took the' win on the mound with some help from. Puddister. Altbugh Whitby camne from behind in Oshawa Thursday nigbt after being down 6-0, they couldn't hold Oshawa and dropped a 10-9 decision. Mace and Mifore each drove in two runs while Andrew, with a double, had the only extra base MilS, Stephenson. Puddister with singlese' out Whitbys nine-bit Stephenson was the Whitby players are junior datPlck By Chris Bovie Growm*g up tegether in the Whitby minor hockey system, the play of three lQcal resfdonts will now take new direction. Ail three were selected in the Junior A draft. Al have aspi- rations of playing in the NHL. Selected in the sixth round by the Windsor Spitfires, 17-yvear- old Rob Martin is one of the bright prospects of the draft.,4 Martin. pIayed with the junior B Pickering Fanthors last year, asoring 15 goals and adding 25 asit.Martin was selected fif in the sixth round. "I'm happy witb the solection,» said Martin, a right winger look- ing forward to bis new team and thJe new exporionce. The two othor Whitby players were solocted in the later rounds. John Catte was selocted by the Ottawa 67'9 while Clarke Trýolley -went te Niagara Falls Thunder. Catte, played junior B i Mark- ham last season and takes with bim a solid dofensive stle to match his 6-ft., 200-lb. trame. Although Catteo nly scored nine points last year ho racked up-95 penalty minutes through his tough stylo of play. "It got to be norve-wracking as the draft wont on." Catto saici. The younger of the three playors, Catto, Who turns 17 in Septem- ber, has received lots of advice fromi a hockey-oriented family. Centre-left Winger Trolley was told ho wasn't on the draft list. Although Windsor and North Bay had shown some interest, it was Thunder, out of the blue ,that claimedthe rights. Trolley was in. Niagara Falls on the weekond for, fitness eva- luation. «Basically they teld 'me te corne ite camp with an oen mind and make the team, Trley said. Aiready wit h e tamn is Whitby's Keith Primeau, con- sidered a high NH:L dralb pick. With the Uxbrdgo Bruins last season Trolley scored 15 goals and had 36 points and was nanied the team'p rookie of the year.0 As far as9 the NHL is concer- ned, Trolley-knows the road is going te ho tough. "I'd love to play in the NHL-b ut I know that not tSo may. nake it. If I work hard and things e well, any. thing could happen. JOHN CAITO ROR MAR'rïw GRADER and SNOWPLOW BLADES BUCKET LIPS and BUCKET EDGES ý24 WATSCiN ST. E. JEFF WHITE WHITBY, ONTARIO 668-8803-4T- and rounded attack. JOHNCATrO T»r% ittiARfi[rffl JKOB

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