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Les McAllister: 81 Year Old Dedicated to the Local

Sporting Community

“I played Intermediate ‘A’ softball I started playing Intermediate ‘A’ actually due to his eyesight.
By Molly Kett
for 20 years. I didn’t start playing hockey, which eventually led to “My eyesight was deteriorating
organized hockey until I was 14 years playing Senior ‘A’ hockey for the
his year, Prescott local Les old. Up until then I played pick-up Prescott Kemptville Combines in and I needed glasses for 20/20
TMcAllister has both turned 81 hockey on the river and ponds where 1962/63.” vision. There were no shatter proof
and helped his hockey team win we lived at the time, usually as a glasses back then, let alone soft
bronze in their recent Provincial goalie,” says McAllister. At 40 years old, McAllister began contact lenses,” says McAllister.
Games in Cobourg as the goalie for playing Old Timers’ hockey. “As soon as shatter proof glasses
the OSGA’s 65 plus District 8 Men’s He played right wing as a 14-year- “For the first 13 years I went became available, I resumed
Hockey team, all within the first old for the Tweed Bantams, which back to playing right wing,” says playing hockey. I am now wearing
three months of the New Year. was his first year in organized minor McAllister. “Then I was talked into soft contact lenses when I play.”
hockey. Then, his family moved to
McAllister worked at the RCA the Prescott area and he tried out as a playing goal again and have been McAllister says that as a goalie,
Television Manufacturing Factory goalie for the Brockville Midget “A” playing there ever since. I started there is no bigger “high” than
in Prescott for 41 years as a process playing in the Ontario 55+ Winter playing a good game.
hockey team.
engineer and was married to his Games in the year 2000 and the “On the flip side though, there
wife Ruth who sadly passed away “I made the team and we won Canada 55+ Senior Games in the is probably no bigger “low” than
four years ago, with whom he had the Ottawa and District Midget ‘A’ year 2004.” playing a poor game. It is a horrible
two children, Richard and Sharon. Championship. I played another year McAllister has had a passion for feeling knowing that you have let
During this time, the two sports of Midget hockey, and then two years the sport of hockey since he was down your teammates. You just
McAllister focused on were softball of Junior ‘B’ hockey before ‘retiring’ ten years old. The reason for his have to hope that your good games
and hockey. for 5 years,” says McAllister. “Then “break” as mentioned above was Continued on page 13

Karate Komments - Ying and Yang

recreational activities while being able to get an adequate amount of
By Jim Riddell, sleep. It also means eating properly, balancing carbs, proteins, and
Seaway Karate Club fat intake.

The Yin – Yang symbol also pertains to all sporting activities as
well:
he Yin – Yang symbol is probably the most common of the 1) Aerobic or endurance type sports (Yin), where cardiovascular
Tmany oriental symbols. As far as symbols go, it is very clean, clear endurance is required for an extended period of time. These sports include
and basic, and simple. It has two halves that are completely opposite, distance running, multisport events, and swimming.
yet when put together they fully complement each other and complete
2) Anaerobic or multiple sprint type sports (Yang), - this includes most
its wholeness. The Yin side is the black half with the white dot and
team sports as well as weightlifting, sprinting, and throwing events.
the Yang side is the white half with the black dot. The dots signify
that there are no absolutes, - that there is always a small amount of the An athlete’s skeletal muscles have two types of fibres: Slow twitch
opposing quality everywhere in life. The Yin – Yang symbol came (Yin) and fast twitch (Yang). Slow twitch fibres are used for endurance
from Taoist China and over the past two thousand years many things activities while fast twitch fibres are needed for multiple sprint type or
have been grouped under Yin or Yang classifications. A few things team sports. This is where eating properly comes into play as our bodies
associated with Yin are slowness, softness, passive, cold, wet, earth, use a combination of carbs, fats, and protein. Different activity will cause
moon, night-time, and femininity. Yang associates are the opposite – the energy system to use the most appropriate fuel. Anaerobic activity
speed, hard, solid, hot, dry, the sky, the sun, daytime, and masculinity. will burn mostly carbs while aerobic or endurance sports will burn a
higher amount of fat. In Karate, Yin applies to defensive techniques such
In traditional Chinese medicine a person’s good health was thought
as blocks, parries, and evasions. Yang techniques include punches, kicks,
to require a balance between Yin and Yang qualities. A few lifestyle
pressure point, and vital point striking. The Yin - Yang symbol – clean,
examples are balancing your days with family, work / school, and
clear, basic and simple, yet very complex.