Hallmark Cup Winner: Tony Boswell

Recognize the name? Tony Boswell, 15-year-old winner of the 1995
Hallmark Cup, is a repeat champion, the third time the Hallmark Cup has
been won by the same skier in consecutive years in its 20 year history.
This year, Tony's solid improvements included some personal bests and a
silver medal at the Canadian Championships, and put him in front for
the Cup again.

The OWSA has presented the Hallmark Cup for 20 years to Ontario's most
improved tournament skier. To qualify, skiers under 25 years old must
enter three Ontario tournaments in the previous and current year.
Points are calculated based on the difference between last years' and
this years' best scores in each event, compared with the current world
record- a step which prevents novice competitors (whose scores improve
fastest) from winning each year. Previous winners of the Hallmark Cup
include present and ex- National Team skiers such as Judy Messer, Jeff
McClintock, Matt Rini, Doug Ross and last year's winner, Tom Muir, so
Tony Boswell is in good company.

Tony got started in skiing at age 5 when the family moved to their home
on the river. The Robertson family (well known to tournament skiers)
have a cottage nearby, and they were responsible for encouraging young
Tony, and pointing him toward tournament skiing. He won his first
tournament, the Kawartha Novice event held annually in Peterborough, at
age 11 and the following year began entering sanctioned events. Tony's
favourite events are slalom and jump; his mother says he's out on the
water as soon as the ice breaks in spring, combining water skiing with
competition in track (summer) and hockey (winter).

Tony, who gets coaching at Rini's Ski School near Kingston, has his
sights set on the 1997 Canada Summer Games. Looks like he's right on
schedule!

Our thanks to Hallmark Cards Canada for continuing to sponsor this
important award for Ontario water skiers.


1995 Hallmark Cup standings

1. Tony Boswell	511 points
2. Jon Kelly		420 points
3. P-L Cardinal		383 points
4. Dave McArthur	352 points
5. David Grey		298 points