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p20 weekender may 3 1986 poor turnout for stouffville program by kelly connelly a gymnastics program for chil dren as young as six months has started in stouffville however if last mondays open ing class at the recreation complex was any indication not too many parents know about it or are too lazy to bring their young children to the sessions which involve exercises and games its open to kids six- months to 12yearsold sandy mitchell a certified coach and coordinator of the program the first of its kind in stouffville said children between the ages of one and five are at the peak of their flexibility as they grow older the muscles are not so pliant watching sesame street and polka dot door is wonderful but parents are starting to let their chil dren do more things explained the 29yearold instructor her prog ram aims to enhance body aware ness motor skills and prepare kids for school mary anne mcmanus brought both her children michael 1 and heather 3 to the first morning class although only nine kids and their mothers showed up she be lieves theres a need for kids gym nastics doing summersaults balancing on a beam bouncing a ball and co ordinating moves to music will give her children more confidence in their physical skills and get them ready for kindergarten i never had this opportunity when i was young said mcmanus today i think we seem to be more aware as parents of teaching our kids more skills at home more then 150 children partici pate in the same program at seneca college said mitchell who helps out on saturdays were hoping that word gets around in stouffville mitchell ex plained if we get a good turnout the program will likely start again next september presently there are a lot of open ings in the monday morning classes at the recreation complex and tuesday evening sessions at sum- mitview public school cost is 20 for eight 45minute classes mothers and fathers are en couraged to accompany their chil dren coop babysitting is also available for more information contact the recreation complex at 6406527 weekender fjpjt l conomistsun the tribune 2942200 6402100 ken jorgenson of the markham district high markham defeated pickering 64 in regular league school senior rugby team struggles past a picker- action thursday the mdhs senior team trampled ing defender during exhibition play last tuesday huron heights 264 they led 150 at halftime sjoerd witteveen badminton finals milliken pair ousted the good luck finally ran out at the provincial high school finals for milliken badminton players peter lyn and terry vitor after two early wins in the new liskeard competition last weekend lyn and vitor dropped two straight sets and were eliminated from senior boys doubles play however vince delisi who coaches the grade 13 st robert catholic high school students was quite pleased with their play both boys played up to my ex pectations he said its a very highcalibre tournament with almost all of the top players from ontario they acquitted themselves very well both on and off the court coacn delisi explained that lyn and vitor started off a little shaky in their first match against ottawa but rebounded to win the first battle 31 in a tiebreaker game two was a 1510 loss but a 158 triumph in the final tangle gave them the match i thought peter and terry were a better team than ottawa but they seemed a little tentative and slug gish at first said delisi in their second match against mississauga the pair dropped the first game 155 but came back to win the second and third outings 15- 3 1510 mississauga had a very good team but terry and peter are quite smart and noticed a weakness in the backhand shot of one of the play ers and took advantage of it ex plained delisi the victory against mississauga put the st robert pair into a round with 16 undefeated teams in their third match lyn and vitor lost two straight 1510 158 to guelph who wore described by de lisi as being very very good and overpowering despite losing their fourth match two games straight 1511 158 to chatham delisi said it was prob ably one of the most entertaining matches of the tournament with both teams being very closely matched markham boys too strong for their own good by greg coates staff reporter markham district high schools senior rugby team is a shoein to recapture the york title this year but its no longer an honor worth boasting about once a fairly strong loop the senior circuit is now watered down to just two teams and markham has already made mincemeat of its only opposition newmarkets huron heights high school that contest played thursday saw the locals grab a 150 halftime lead and go on to trample huron heights 264 dave spence led the way with three fourpoint tries others came from veterans iain forsterand brian mcmaster fors- ter also booted a pair of twopoint conversions coach jim george was pleased with the win but pointed out mar- khams dominance is becoming a problem woodbridge recently dropped out of the league after suf fering a 470 defeat to markham im finding it very discouraging because im phoning other schools in metro toronto and even they dont want to play us he ex plained were suffering because of it despite the teams success george has some concerns and is still experimenting with the lineup theres a lot of talent on this team but im concerned individual ism might rule over teamwork he said one move the coach plans to make is switching team captain jim monk from his regular flanker position to outside centre this should help get the max imum output from our players said george i think with our depth we can maximize player per sonnel during an exhibition game against pickering on tuesday coach george juggled his players from position to position and came away with a 64 victory i was very pleased with the work of our forwards in particular the front line of eric grant brian bas- tien and kevin wilson he said pickering has a good team with strong forwards the coach said it was a strange game with markham dominating the first half and pickering taking over in the second mark mckinnon scored the lone try with ian forrester kicking the conversion were looking good and should be there when it comes down to the end said coach george in junior rugby action mdhs picked up two wins this week by downing pickering 214 on tuesday and huron heights 400 in regular league play on thursday coach dave harris is also ex perimenting with the team and had several new players in his lineup tuesday exhibition games give us a chance to experiment and observe said harris they the new players did very well i was pleased he added the teams scrums are coming along very good every team weve played against weve blown away in the scrums said harris scoring tries in the pickering game were richard broughton doug seed andrew gallifent and kevin ely backup kicker rod beare rounded out the scoring with a twopoint conversion and penalty kick in thursdays match markham dominated all aspects of the game dave gallifent led the way with one try and four conversions other tries came from jamie robb 2 paul hemburrow paul kerr a gallifent greg grierson and mike chelico the team is now undefeated in four games and stand at 20 in league play in action on wednesday the mdhs midgets trounced mar- khams brother andre catholic high school 280 the team was led by the strong play of chris goodale who scored three tries and kicked two conver sions chris is an excellent runner and played an exceptionally strong game said coach ian odgers hes hard to stop once he gets going other tries came from chris zacharuk toby mchale and tom walton locals lose in tourney despite losing four straight games in their first competitive tournament markham mini cel tics coach ernie armstrong is pleased with his teams perform ance the markham team was parti cipating in the under12 basket ball ontario championships last weekend in hamilton considering the kids hadnt played competitively before we did quite well said armstrong athletically we probably had as good a group as any there the kids just need to work on their skills in their first game markham lost 4332 to hamiltontop shooter for the celtics was adam lamarre