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mckeen riding to the top sixteenyearold lisa mckeen cone 9 whitch- urchstouffville is an eques trienne with enthusiasm and talent this combination she hopes will take to the top the world championships and the olympics shes been riding since the age of five recently lisa was a parti cipant in the american con tinental young riders asso ciation championships held at the international eques trian sports centre cedar valley and while she didnt win she was pleased with her performance in so tough a competition lisa comes by her interest in horses honestly her pa rents were avid equestrians long before they were mar ried lisa has her choice of two horses one called maggie and the other named mick ey she enters five or six shows a season countless ribbons and trophies attest to her skill threeday eventing in cludes dressage cross country and jumping cross- countrys her favorite lisa appreciates the en couragement she receives from her mother and dad a sister carolyn age 12 also rides they have an arena on their beautiful property cal led foxhall farms there are lots of ups and downs in this business lisa says with a smile the downs have resulted in numerous bumps and bruises but nothing more se rious than a broken nose lisa claims a personal rela tionship develops between horse and rider particularly when theyre together sever al years they get to know your voice she says from spring through fall lisa rides up to six days a week last sunday she par ticipated in competition at meadow ridge farm near sandford and next month will travel to pennsylvania for a threeday event apart from a desire to im prove her skills lisa enjoys the fellowship involved asso ciating with friends with simi lar interests its fun she says while the american con tinental young riders cham pionships was her biggest show yet lisas looking beyond even this level to the world championships and the olympics with her kind of enthusiasm no goal is out of reach sixteenyearold lisa mckeen cone 9 whitchurch- stouffville and her beautiful horse maggie some day lisa hopes to compete in the equestrian olympics and world championships jim thomas sports real estate third section a metroland community newspaper wednesday september 5 1984 newmarket edges gormley with tworun blast in final a tworun blast to left field in tfie final inning gave grace associated gospel church newmarket the church league cham pionship in a hardfought fastball game at victoria square park friday newmarket edged gorm ley missionary church 54 in the series rubber match to take the title secondsacker tom wed- des was the grace church hero his roundtripper came with one mate aboard and gormley leading 43 gormley had a final turn at the plate but died with the bases loaded the seveninning thriller before packed stands of en thusiastic spectators pitted junk hurler les downing of dynes jewellers fame against speedballer don boynton each gave up nine hits boynton struck out eight downing whiffed seven gormley jumped into a 41 lead in the first inning but newmarket rallied with one in the third and another in the fifth this set the stage for the weddes blast in the seventh on two previous occasions he connected for singles the veteran downing batting in the cleanup spot socked a single a double and a triple other grace hits came from the bats of don crosby a double ron smith and howard wil liams both singles terry atkinson was gormleys best he belted a tworun double in the first and a single in the seventh paul boynton aided his own cause with two singles steve sayers also had two hits in four trips both sing les other safeties came from the bats of larry bry- son and darren shaw gormley was hot defen sively especially third baseman ken benson and shortstop mark simpson gormley committed only one error while newmarket had three at the contests conclu sion both clubs were accorded standing ovations the league trophy was pre sented by gormleys mark simpson to newmarkets howard williams lineups follow grace churchhoward williams ron smith tom weddes les downing don crosby brad baber mike baber paul crosby and don druery gormley church- dave elliott ken benson paul boynton mark simp son steve sayers terry atkinson jeff clarke lar ry bryson darren shaw stan boynton and dave flook fourth place tie jack brown a mem ber of stouffvilles sleepy hollow country club tied for fourth place in the recent roth- mans ontario assist ance championship golf tournament the tournament was held at horseshoe valley thursday and friday august 30 and 31 mr brown shot a 74 and a 76 for a total of 150 during two rounds of the par 71 course the win ner andy daildonis of the national golf club in woodbridge shot a 72 and a 74 for a 146 total semifinals tuesday mark simpson left shortstop with the gormley missionary church fastball team presents the league championship trophy to first baseman howard williams of grace associated gospel church newmarket following newmarkets thrilling 54 victory at victoria square friday night newmarket took the series 2 games to 1 jim thomas squirts lose two goodwood or sunderland claremont squirts a fast ball entry in the provincial finals bowed out two straight in tournament com petition at sharbot lake on the weekend they lost 95 to teeswater and 157 to stirling seven clubs were entered water- ford took the title mike feasby went the dis tance on the mound for claremont in the opener he registered 11 strikeouts mike mckenzie and feasby series the twosome of teas- shared the pitching duties in ty and mckenzie collected the second contest feasby a total of 21 strikeouts struck out six and mckenzie whiffed four brett yoshida completed the claremont battery our pitching was good commented coach john vanderligt but we couldnt get the hits it was good experience for the boys in the double knockout claremonts intermedi ate fastball team coached by paul carruthers will host either goodwood or sunderland tuesday at 830 pm in the league semi finals the series will be a best twooutofthree games the winner of this set will advance to the league fin als possibly against green- bank claremont and greenbank waged a bitter battle last season with greenbank emerging the winner to reach this level claremont had to eliminate port perry they swept that series in two straight 30 and 50 todd pascoe hurled both games with norm mckenzie back of the plate coach carruthers is hop ing to have doug rowe back in the lineup for tuesdays contest the centrefield rov er was injured when he col lided with cliff catherwood during a tournament game at goodwood six weeks ago others on the claremont roster includedarrell nor ton pitcher eric winter- stein first base brian car ruthers second basebiil carruthers third base larry pilkey shortstop john pollard left field jim peddie and doug rowe centre field cliff cather wood and joey borland right field slow pitch playoffs open this week in two leagues strike three youre out umpiring is part of lynn catherwoods life slow pitch playoffs open in stouffville this week with teams in both the york ma jor league and the york durham league swinging into action there are three games wednesday tonight in the york durham circuit at 630 pm villagers play the blazers on diamond one at 7 pm its the trappers vs claremont on diamond two at 9 pm the raiders take on the woodchuckers on diamond one theres only a single game thursday at 645 pm villagers battle the blazers betz vs buttermakers arch rivals betz pools and the buttermakers hook up in a 2 out of 3 york major playoff series beginning thursday tomorrow night at 830 pm the same two teams will meet again tuesday game time again is 830 pm fifties dance set for this saturday residents will have an opportunity to dance to the sounds of the fifties this weekend stouffvilles clipper old- timers are presenting a 50s rock and roll revival dance on saturday sept 8 at the stouffville arena the dance will be held from 8 pm to 1 am with music by nelson all your favorite songs of the 50s and 60s admission is 5 per per son tickets will be avail able at the door or can be purchased in advance by calling joe infurnari at 640- 4575 its a ladies privilege to change her mind even when that lady is an umpire lynn catherwood the pretty face behind the mask at countless games in both stouffville and uxbridge admits that to err is human umpires will never call perfect games because players never play perfect games she says shell agree to a decision change only if its justified on occasions a second official has a better view of a particu lar play other times an infielder will drop the ball on what appears to be a sure out lynn catherwood formerly of stouffville and now of uxbridge got into the umpiring game when wayne ellis of uxbridge agreed to provide instruction that was eight years ago and shes been going strong ever since she must write an exam every season to retain her oasa card its not unusual to be out four nights a week plus tourna ments she claims fastpitch or slowpitch what is her preference slowpitch isnt as slow as it looks lynn says she de scribes fastpitch as a nice change she has no preference when it comes to working the plate or the bases each presents its own particular chal lenge she says lynn admits to a closeness within the baseball fraternity shes on a first name basis with many of the players but that friendship ceases when we step on the diamond on a few occasions shes given players some twice her size the old heaveho but with spectators she must exercise tolerance fan criticism is sometimes frustrating she says you cant talk to them the way they talk to you you have to shut them out or you wont survive lynn says the score of a game is immaterial to an umpire unless the teams are headed for extra innings has she ever suffered serious injury ive had a few close calls lynn says thats when i went back to wear ing a mask i like my teeth although the 28ycarold official loves the sport the pays not bad eitherfrom 16 to 20 a game however equipments expensive close to 450 if bought brand new fees vary with the age level of the teams lynns brother cliff is also an umpire on occasions her mother attends important games what lies ahead yes lynns getting married and no her fiance john eldridgc isnt a ball fan still hes often in the stands if for no other reason than to watch his girlfriend in action between games lynns the office manager and chief accountant at chas richards and sons stouffville umpire lynn catherwood of uxbridge and formerly of stouffville has been calling the balls and strikes at fastball and slowpitch games for the past eight seasons she enjoys the challenge she says even though fan abuse is often frustrating jim thomas