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mshmegswwkswfc st merchants shoot for provincials bruce stapley correspondent just because the stouffville merchants failed to emerge victorious in last months junior mens eliminations tournament in north fredericksburg doesnt mean the season is a write off said the teams head coach howard burkholders team will contest the ontario amateur softball association oasa junior a mens fastball championships in owen sound this weekend while this tournament is seen by many as a lesser competition burkholder insists it is still a major event we need to put more emphasis on the provincials the a championships said burkholder whose team won the event when it was held in markham back in 1991 before the eliminations were introduced the provincial tournament was the big one said burkholder its been a good season for us you cant judge the whole year on one tournament and we played well in north fredericksburg it could have had a different outcome the eliminations are open to teams from all levels while the provincials are restricted to the highest rated or a teams most years teams must qualify for the provincials but the host owen sound exercised their option of opening the competition up to any a teams wanting to compete there will be 16 squads contesting the 1993 championships the merchants also plan to participate in the oshawa league playoffs for the first time since joining the league three years ago the weeklong post season competition will take place the first week in september the team pulled out in the past because of the high number of players returning to outoftown schools well still be short a few players said burkholder keith piette bill pride and matt mcknight will be gone but we may pick up a few players as well the merchants decided not to travel to wisconsin for last weekends international softball congress junior mens fastball tournament burkholder cited players summer jobs and a lack of financial resources as the reason on a separate note merchants ace pitcher byron baranieski has been picked up by the kemptville juniors for the national championships in summerside pei aug 2329 athlete of the week fred robbins 3rd in his age group and 15th overall at the walking corp milkrun 10 k race in lindsay july 24 congratulations fred sponsored by mfd stouffville ftfyproud 6327 main st stouffville local lawn bowlers place at uxbridge the stouffville tandem of norm swartman and queenie bound won high score for mixed pairs at a lawn bowling tournament in uxbridge aug 4 paul muir doris farthing and anne jackson also of stouffville won second high for three games at the uxbridge competition elmer farthing doris farthing and andrea corner of the stouffville lawn bowling club took high three game honors at a competition held in port perry on july 3 1 paul muir edna mashinter and eleanor crossen of stouffville won two games at an event in port perry on july 29 three games winners at a james garden tournament july 21 were elmer farthing mark fabbi and 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