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Meeting doesnt satisfy CAHABy JOHN SHORTREGINA (CP)-The public segment of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association annual meeting spent Monday dealing with a series of minor resolutions, mostly housekeeping.But the constitutional amendments, primarily dealing with junior hockey, were overshadowed by further indications that CAHA officials are still unhappy with Hockey Canada.CAHA 'president Gordon Renwick of Cambridge, Ont., said in his opening address he is less pleased with having to deal with Hockey Canada than anything else in his year in office.Renwick said he dislikes the way Hockey Canada has been managed, is disturbed at the power wielded by Alan Eagle-son and disatisfied with the ability of Douglas Fisher as Hockey Canada chairman.“Bluntly, I haven’t enjoyed any part of my Hockey Canada involvement,” said Renwick.He later told a news conference Eagleson, president of the National Hockey League Players Association, should beTigers triumphThe Medicine Hat Legion Tigers won three games in Southern Alberta Junior Baseball League action during the weekend while losing only one.The Tigers defeated theplaced strictly in charge of professional hockey.The CAHA has described Eagleson as a dictator and has asked several times for Fisher’s resignation.Gordon Juckes, retiring CAHA executive-director, said Fisher is biased in favor of professional hockey at the expense of all other aspects of the sport. Renwick agreed.“I asked for his resignation, when was it, last fall,” Renwick said. “I guess you’d have to say he’s still unsatisfactory to me.”Renwick and Juckes suggested in separate discussions that Eagleson’s clear preference for the NHL over the World Hockey Association is a major reason for the WHA’s reluctance to abide by an agreement reached between the NHL and Canada’s major junior leagues on drafting, graduating junior players.Eagleson said last year he would quit Hockey Canada unless he became sole negotiator for international hockey. Shortly afterwards, the international committee was disbanded and Eagleson got his way.Ed Chynoweth, president of the Western Canada Hockey League, said during the weekend the hopes an agreement on junior drafting can still be reached with the WHA.Hockey Canada and federal government officials have said they support amateur hockey’s position that players should not turn professional until they reach the graduate age of 20.The plenary session agreed Monday that no team can compete in Memorial Cup or Centennial Cup competion unless it has gone, through provincial playoffs.The resolution passed by a vote of 20 to 16 despite opposition from the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association, the only provincial branch with more than one Junior A league.CAHA junior vice-president Roland Mercier of Quebec City won support for his position that it is unfair for a team to reach interprovincial playoffs unless it has gone through playoffs within its own branch.He objected because Merritt Centennials won the British Columbia Junior HockeyLeague title without a playoff while Richmond Sockeyes of the Pacific Junior Hockey League required a playoff series before entering the provincial showdown.Bob Mullock of North Vancouver, BCAHA president, said his organization allowed the disparity because the BC-JHL was forced to play most of its games on weekends and lengthened the schedule so students would miss fewer classes.Bellingham Blazers of the PJHL formally lost their af- . filiation with the CAHA when a decision was ratified not to \ exempt Bellingham from a ; rule saying only Canadian teams can compete in 1 Memorial Cup and Centennial J Cup playoffs.Quebec divers win 'WINNIPEG (CP) — Divers from Quebec set the pace at the t Canadian age group diving championships that ended Monday, 1 taking 13 of the 22 gold medals.The Quebec divers also picked up 10 silver medals and 10 r bronze medals. Ontario was second best with five gold, eight i silver and eight bronze medals. tAlberta and Manitoba had two gold medals each. British t Columbia’s best effort was worth a silver medal. Saskatchewan 3 was shut out of the medal race. rThe top individual club was the entry from Pointe Claire, Que. I\ David Snively of Pointe Claire won the platform and three- v metre events for boys aged 15-17. Eniko Kiefer of Montreal won the one and three-metre events for girls aged 15-17. vDavid Flewwelling of Montreal took the one-metre and three- u metre events for boys aged 13-14. Steve McGaw of Woodstock, Ont., led in the one-metre and three-metre events for boys 11-12. w Erin McCune of Burlington, Ont., won the one-metre and three- v metre events for girls aged 10 and under. g--CPlay Better Golf with JACK NICKLAUS 11
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Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat, Alberta, CA
Tue, May 23, 1978
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