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A conversaâ€" a side trip to Sweden. e ‘ »’&:T.“: tion with Cramahe Township‘s Margie Dingâ€" At 15, when most of her friends were [ gf\% _ s s wall unveils a young woman with strong Y@lâ€" _ changing from Warkworth ringette to hockéy _ _ m ‘zgj:;f c ues and a sense of direction â€" a person who Margic weighed her options and chose to _ [ l a 6 ,m l knows she s headed somewhere. move up to.a higher level of ringette competiâ€" |_____ _ â€". .wfi â€" ds _ â€"That somewhere in March was Finland tion offered at the Ajax club. _ ’Tf“a o 4 {;s’\‘\y. s with her Ajax ringette team. It‘s meant a lot of travel that, until this 1‘53;?}??' B %%%g:‘\ Ten years ago Margie began a twoâ€"year winter was a parental commitment. Now at _ (Y@AÂ¥ /ff _ _ > 3}“‘34 fi}{; campaign to convince her parents Mac and 17, she often drives herself to the regular * All Qéér@‘?i‘ Ne Dave to allow her to try out for the Warkâ€" practites and games. _ e ? § 3‘% N\ guge. E,v)(‘*:%é {*! worth ringette team. Her persistence paid off. Hel eant pTays in the. Central Region at â€" a O oath _ éz\fi‘;fi NJ At age nine she was allowed .to join the team. [he "a" level against teams from as far away {,_ W y “”Q%% )A Area resident Don Clarke was the coach as St. Catharines, Stratford and Kitchener. & : VE J?@ 1 N and his daughters Nicole and Melissa played She rationalizes the choice, saying that, if ;, CA29 L ; c;f;»%:;‘\’ Hasl e on the team that cleaned up in "C".competiâ€" _ ghe had played hockey she would have gone ) s f ’“':"‘:‘«‘fg‘? _ tions, then moved up to "B", playing Oshawa, to Belleville to play at the same level. The PS . dp: Q“%’? 4 W Omemee and Sunderland. s trip to Ajax from her home just outside of ts 3 | isnnd %‘”‘fié’ [~ '; In 1995â€"6 at age 14‘she was part of their Castleton is only 10 minutes longer. @0 \\y':‘%&fi,, ,xé "B" regional championship team. There were. The decision was clearly the right one for | [ _ & _ ‘\““a*‘;’,zi‘gfy”i;‘?{%\g:‘g’:* aed her. In her first season the Ajax ;AZ\; x ds "’%";{;r,d?%:i\::’fi‘ Lo ‘ team won the Provincial Champiâ€" \’*?:;::‘,- ce .‘, & ,: onships. Playing forward, Margie . AGIE DINGWAL- if’l w 2 The week before they took a tourney ;:i;ed the series winner in overâ€" going somewhere and th a?t’s all the > _7 that was played in Campbellford, knockâ€" 4 way to Finland. f ing out teams from Cobourg and Peterâ€" â€" Since lh_en-shc has dropped * borough. With the upcoming trip to Finâ€" back to dcfen{:e and the 5%4" .____ or physical education. She knows that will land looming and more time off school, feonager considers herself on 0f . Jogufes commiiinemn. she chose.to step aside for the Campâ€" the best skaters on the team. For now, she is basking in the afterglow of bellford contests. Tha} ability is oq[y one of a trip to Finland and Sweden set up by head" The Cramahe resident has other interâ€" many factors she will have to COnâ€" _ coach Julic Mavin a former Finnish national esis i00. § f sider over the summer as she team player. She‘s played soccer since she was _ weighs her options for next year. The team left on March 9 and after a brief seven and baseball from the age of 12., , ... The Ajax and Plckerl_ng 1€@M$ _ fayover in Germany made their way to Work commitments at the Big Apple are thinking about merging to Helsinke, Finland where they met up with the have restricted her summer sports for form a strong contender at the AA Finnish team that came to Canada a year ago. the past two summers. level. She would probably he On the 11th they were on a sixâ€"hour bus She does some track and played volâ€" selected to play 98 the team that ride with the Helsinkeâ€"based team bound for leyball for a year before sheâ€"made the + would vye for a trip to Nationals. Lapinlahti and a ringette tourney. decision to go with ringette. BUl next year is her OAC year Three days later they returned to Helsinke And while ringette is her current pasâ€" at hlth school an(_J she has her for three days of touring and practices. sion, with roots buried deep in Cramahe sights set on a umversivly degree to Then it was off to Sweden on a "party soil, and a wonderful sense of self nurâ€" pursue interests in business, law boat". After a couple of days in Stockholm tured by strong family ties, Margic they were in the air again, stopping ‘ Dingwall is a young woman with a fasâ€" briefly in Frankfurt before returning to cinating future. 7 e Toronto. «», The trip cost $2500 a player, but l ‘ aggressive fundraising and corporate si)onsorships reduced that to $500. 1 ‘ By going on the trip the girls missed ([J _ the Provincial Championships being _ + held this year in Whitby. s While hockey isn‘t her primary ‘_, sports focus, Margie has put in a few -v}‘ > games. g J\ q'cp After being _parlfl',jl winning > § â€" .A E.N.S.S. team in a "B" tournament at f\fi\‘ (Aa\ York University on Feb. 9â€"10, the team H? «N was shifted to the "A" division for the $ OFSSA championships on March 3â€"4. 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