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phone your sports news to 6402100 sports classified tuesday is pasta night 395 second section a merroland community newspaper 6407124 vj24 maim st w stourtwue wednesday january 28 1987 chri teaches love of horses by denise mcdonald oa horse gracious thoughtful real a mend t who doesnt care about all the rest only that be is willing to dohis tbest i to trust to move in harmony with us bis heart is true can we love him less margaret sansom 1984 i t faith farms christian rid- irig school may not be heaven as we imagine it nor mar garet sansom an angel but ey could be the next best jmog jipggod is in the business of s taking wrecked lives and re- gisaking them says the stouffville resident he cre mates in us a clean heart and llparts us on a new path a rider since the age of three margaret came to fsstpnffville from scarborough in 1983 where she set up faith farms on highway 48 with her daughters heather 14 and heidi 13 a beautiful and talented rid er margaret claims she was sever much of a competitor and has only been in a few shows i could never go in there just to defeat someone ifignui to be for my own enjoy- ment its the classical art of rid ing that interests me and the harmony that develops be- tween a horse and rider as you hsach that goal she says however when i do show its- as an instructor so they can evaluate the work ive dneaidlmdohg with these children according to the lar- illjjfjclassicar standard iiijviargaret instead chose to sfpassjher knowledge and be- iiefs onto her 15 students who angein age from 19 to 23 kk ltls y vy f margaret sansom of faith farms in stouffville rides horse gardian- na the unique riding school takes a christian approach to the rela tionship between horse and rider denise mcdonald although im helping these children improve and perfect their riding im also teaching then har mony idvisr friendship hess according to margaret each of her students has had apersonalstruggle with their horses but through her guidance and their love it has given them the faith not to quit and to trust in god the horse is born in a wild independent selfserving state but unless they learn to rely on someoneelseito help them cbpelviththeir fears theyjbecome violent she says z according to margaret her students horses are im mediately taught they must learn to trust and obey they have to learn there is someone here bigger than they she says the horse must learn to be humble he then understands there is someone greater than he where he once may have had fears he alone couldnt cope with he now has a greater source outside himself in whom to place his trust although margaret says the horses come to rely on their- owners in times of fear she also teaches her students they in turn must rely on god i want these children to put their trust in god so when they are afraid they too have some one where they can turn bravery is not the absence of fear but the willingness to go forward in spite of it she according to margaret the children are taught to make their horses stand still in the barn aisle even while un attended and to give kisses she claims this teaches the horse that the one who makes the rules also loves him the horses first real les son is to learn respect for au thority and responsibility and the same applies to these chil- dren she says they are not going to be obeyed unless they too are obedient they must be themselves what they want their horses to be if they are argumentative with their pa rents they should expect their horses to be the same way with them if they dont take things for granted and take in all the problems difficulties and sor rows it makes all the riches so muchmore meaningful although margaret does not have the facilities to take on any new students she has ex- pressed a willingness to go out to other barns and teach j3dss uxbridge in tiger tourney the sixth annual uxbridge junior tiger basketball tourna ment opens on saturday with a game between local teams stouff ville and uxbridge both squads have been hot of late with the uxbridge secondary school tigers sporting a 60 record in league play and the sdss spar tans having won four of their last five games including two upsets over highly favored opponents this game starts at 9 am and begins the eightteam tournament on saturday jan 31 at uxbridge secondary school other participants are brock high school port perry paul dwyer catholic high school from oshawa adam scott high school from peterborough ajax and mon- signor johnson catholic high school from toronto both stouffville coach jim fletcher and uxbridge coach brian manorek are confident their teams will play well im pleased with the kind of out put ive been getting from the team so far manorek said were look- peewees lead series by two the stouffville credit union peewee clippers have taken a two game to nothing lead in their best of five omha playoff series against lindsay i the clippers won their second game easily 93 monday night at tthe recreation centre j3 a victory this sunday in lind say will give the clippers the sweep and advance them into the next round of the playoffs jason underwood played a strong game monday night mak ing a beautiful endtoend rush for a goal in the second period thefirstgameofthisserieswas played on saturday in lindsay the clippers started this game slowly perhaps feeling the affects of some coaching changes made necessary by the omhas indefinite suspension of coach glen whitebread and some re cent exhibition game losses however stouffville got back on track in the second period on a goal by richard zaal set up by some good corner work by jeff cowley the clippers increased their lead to 20 by the end of the second lindsay started the third period trying to outmuscle stouffville but they were subdued by the tough play of brad blacktopp who set up brandon pridham for goal number three lindsay then scored to make it 31 but that was as close as it would get as the clippers added two more goals to make the final score 51 prepare for quebec there was no rest for the clip pers after this playoff win as they played an exhibition game the next day against aurora the game was noncontact and stressed skills in preparation for the clippers trip to the quebec in ternational peewee tournament in february the clippers are the defending champions and they will have to be in peak condition if they hope to repeat in this very competitive and prestigious tournament rent a clipper the rent a peewee clipper program to help the team raise funds for its trip to quebec con tinues if you have any jobs around the house or farm that need to be done why not let a peewee clipper do it not only will you be getting chores done but youll be helping the team defend its international title phone wayne ellis at 6406181 for more information ing forward to the tournament and hope to do well fletcher whose team has been on a roll hopes the spartans good for tune will continue in the tourna ment weve got a good chance he said the game against uxbridge will be a big one this is the sixth year for the junior tiger tournament and manorek said it has been growing in popularity we dont have any trouble filling the tournament everybody is eager to come out he explained we also get a lot of support from local businesses in the town and that helps some of the sponsors are coca- cola who will be providing free soft drinks after the games dominion auto lows furniture and olympic sports while manorek is familiar with a couple of the teams in the tourna- jnent some of the opponents are complete unknowns its a fairly competitive field he said i dont know if anybody is a favorite manorek does know that brock high school is a good team though the tigers have beaten them this year in league play and that adam scott is a good basketball school as for monsignor johnson i see tiger b2 golden duo uxbridge skaters jill cassie and troy mccully put in a golden per formance in the prenovice dance final on saturday at the uxbridge invitational figure skating competition the threeday event attracted some of the best skaters in the province for more photos and a complete report on the invitational see page b3 alan shackleton uxbridge skater on ontario team by alan shackleton sports editor figure skater jennifer cook of uxbridge has been selected to rep resent ontario in the upcoming canada winter games a member of the uxbridge skat ing club this is the first time the 15yearold cook has been chosen to skate for her province and she is excited by the honor its quite a thrill to be selected she said the canada winter games will take place in cape breton nova scotia this year from feb 14 to 28 the winter sports competition be tween the provinces is held once ev ery four years and is open to athletes 14 to 17 years olds it is one the most pretigious events in the country for young amateur athletes cook was chosen for the ontario team shortly after competing in the eastern ontario divisionals held recently in barrie she will be competing in the novice ladies division at the cana da winter games cook lias been training extra- hard since she was told shed be going to cape breton ive been skating on my lunch hour and before and after school she said ive been putting in a lot of hours lately when shes not busy skating jen nifer attends uxbridge secondary school cooks personal coach at the ux bridge skating club is michael san derson he has been coaching jen nifer for about the last four years but he wont be able to accompany her to the winter games only official team ontario coaches will go with the skaters to cape breton the team will get together in toronto for a couple of days prac tice before they leave for the games on feb 14 cook said it is difficult for jennifer to rate her chances in the winter games because there is little information about the other skaters in her divi sion i dont have any information at all about what any of the other com petitors are like so i cant really say what my chances are she ex plained g m stouffville resident gary bouwmeister will be holding his second annual arm wrestling championships this saturday at footloose roadhouse in markham 3 the action runs from noon to 5 pm and both men and women may compete v there are a number of weight categories in both left and right hand divisions v v men may compete in 0145 lbs 146159 160175 176195 and over 196 class for women- the two categories are 0135 lbs and over 136 weighin time for competitors is saturday morning between 10 am and noon i- tickets cost 10 and are available at footloose roadhouse 72welf lington st w oust west of hwy 48 on hwy 7 or by calling 6401323 ticket price includes a door prize for more information please call gary bouwmeister at 6401323 figure skating takes courage imagine yourself all alone in the middle of an ice rink with dozens of people watching your every move waiting for you to make a mistake sounds terrifying yet it is exactly what a figure skater does every time he or she performs over the last week ive had a crash course in the basics of figure skating and boy have i learned some things i still may not know the difference between a tripleaxle and a squeaky axle but i do know that figure skating is a very demanding sport that requires an incredible amount of courage on the part of both the athletes and their parents while at the uxbridge invitational on the weekend i had an inside look at just how tough this sport can be some 450 competitors from all across ontario ranging in age from six years and up took part in a number of different categories during the three day event the invitational now in its eighth year is a prestigious competition and the pressure on the kids must have been great however they handled every possible setback from bonejarring falls to broken skate laces in the middle of a routine to their music suddenly stopping with dignity and courage it takes real character to get up from a fall in the first minute of a routine knowing that your chance of winning has disappcrcd and con tinue to skate your best even though your knee is bruised and through it all youre supposed to smile and look poised thats rough even the meanest football player is allowed to show pain and disappointment sidelines by alan shackleton sports editor hard as it may be on the skaters i think it must be even tougher on their parents who have to sit in the stands and watch unable to control what happens on the ice one figure skating father i talked to described it as a special kind of agony i can understand that i was getting anxious watching complete strangers skating hoping they wouldnt make any mistakes it must be murder on the parents still as far as i could tell the invitational went off without a tear or a nervous breakdown a lot of the credit for that has to go to the uxbridge skating club who did a tremendous job organizing the event keeping track of 450 skaters over three days takes a lot of work making each one of them feel special takes even more but that was the mood of the invitational i thought the medal and trophy presentations were especially well done after this weekend i think i am on the way to becoming a figure skating fan there is one thing that does bother me a bit about the sport however and that is the music i must have heard the theme from beverly hills cop about 200 times in the last few days and now i cant get it out of my head and its driving mc crazy shack tracks you arc entering another dimension if some of you were feeling a little confused last week thinking perhaps that youd missed a day somewhere in particular a wednesday the wednesday on which the sdss spartans played father bcrsanni you can now rest easy youre okay thats when the game was played it was your intrepid agent me who was in the twilight zone for some very strange reason i reported that the game was played on thursday in last weeks paper look theres a signpost up ahead maybe all the snow ive been shovelling has made me bitter it certainly hurt my back but where the heck has everybody gone all my friends enemies and people i barely know arc going to cuba is this some kind of communist plot im suspicious