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p6 tribune january 20 1993 st stouffville tounviuei oris hhh i everything seems quite gym dandy at stouffville district the writing may well be on the wall for the annual threeweek gymnastics unit at stouffville district secondary school the program first introduced a few decades back by the venerable jim rehill and has been taken over in recent years by boys phsical education head dave connell it seems many schools have abandoned the program altogether the result of fear of injury along with a lack of confidence on the part of gym instructors some schools have simply replaced gymnastics with programs considered to be of greater value to the students but connell feels there is a place for gymnastics at the school it challenges the students with regards to coordination connell told me recently he admitted however that he is faced with a selling job each year to keep the program going at the school connell concedes there is an element of danger attached to the program and that special care must be taken to stave off injuries but he insists there have been few mishaps resulting from gymnastics at sdss except for climbing the rope we keep them close to the floor said connell who underwent extensive gymnastics training while in university weve only had a few accidents sport notes connell said there are spotters including teachers and grade 12 students and that the kids are only encouraged to attain their own level of proficiency if they dont want to climb the rope thats fine no one has ever fallen from the rope connell said the marking method used for gymnastics reflects effort as much as ability with a full 50 per cent of the grade based on how hard the kids try while the sdss basketball program is not faced with the same danger of extinction as is gymnastics the senior boys spartans squad is once again paying the price for the schools volleyball expertise the spartans with many players fresh from yet another ofsaa volleyball season were forced to play five games in 1 1 days before christmas with no chance to really prepare for the season they are still winless going into the examination break although fletcher feels things are definitely improving were coming were being patient said fletcher last week fletcher ever the optimist is setting manageable goals for the team he will admit the spartans chances of qualifying for the york playoffs are slim but looks to play a spoiler role at the ontario district high school aa tournament march 3 at walkerton fletcher saw some hope in the spartans performance at a recent tourney at huron hts ss in newmarket the team lost to sacred heart chs by a 6858 count which was a vast improvement on the last meeting between the two teams at which time the spartans were downed by a 33point margin fletcher prefers to point to the highlights rather than to dwell on the endless losses kevin barbe showed me the first sky hook id seen since kareem abdul jabbar retired in a recent game and jamie forfar made an nba move against milliken mills the other day twotime sdss senior male athlete of the year don clearwater continues to star on the york yeomen varsity volleyball team leapin donnie as fletcher used to refer to him in his days of sdss photosjoerd witteveen adam crowder 14 left hangs upside down on the ropes as dave markle 14 climbs to the ceiling in a recent stouffville district secondary school gymnastics class volleyball glory helped the fifth- ranked yeomen to a secondplace showing at the prestigious mizuno classic two weekends back the event held each year at york attracts top teams from canada and the united states fletcher predicts that the pick of this years sdss volleyball crop tim lavell brian snooks and jason cowan could well follow in clearwaters footsteps snooks is currently in switzerland trying out for a swiss volleyball team says fletcher snopitch titles up for grabs play ball thats the sound thats going to be heard over- the next three weekends as coed snopitch tournaments take over the local ball diamonds the action gets underway on saturday in stouffvilles memorial park with the greens restaurant tigers snopitch tournament the 16 team event offers a 500 first place prize package with 300 for second and 200 for third local rocker grant fullerton is to perform at a dance at latcham hall on the saturday night tourney organizers al byers 6408693 and murray pattenden 6402455 are still accepting applicants the scene shifts to the goodwood diamonds for the weekend of jan 3031 as the uxbridge coke uh huh not coed slo pitch team holds a tourney the recreation d level event is handing 250 to the winning squad a dance is scheduled for saturday night at the goodwood community centre with music by dj brad harper ron and penny archibald 852- 6099 are in charge of this tournament funds raised will be used to send the uxbridge team which won the coors ontario co ed slopitch championship last summer to the canadian championships in calgary this july the stouffville legion will put on its fifth annual snopitch tournament the weekend of feb 6- 7 at memorial park like the other two tourneys the legion competition is hoping to attract 16 teams with a round robin preliminary set leading to the playoffs a dance will be held at the legion on the saturday night feb 6 applications for the legion tournament are available at the legion ninth line n or by phoning 6401714 the three pitch format is to be used in all three events an equal number of male and female players is required for each team organizers are attempting to discourage established teams from entering in most cases as promoters are encouraging a fun approach to the games its almost time to play ball saturday is sign up day for the whitchurch- stouffville softball association with registration for the 1993 season to be held on three fronts stouffville area girls and boys between the ages of 5- 20 as of june 1 1993 can register at the rec centre from 9 am til 3 pm vandorf area players register at the vandorf community centre from 9 am til 3 pm ballantrae area players register at the ballantrae community centre from 9 am til noon early registration will help the association for the upcoming season kinsmen girls place bowling on thin ice kari sandiford and amie lear each netted a pair of goals to lift stouffville kinsmen to a 53 win over stouffville bowling in whitchurchstouffville girls hockey association wsgha house league action at the rec centre wednesday jill villeneuve picked up three assists for the winners with tanya witty setting up two scores lindsey mccafferty scored twice for bowling kristi ingram added a solo marker carrie kirby and erin smith looked after the scoring as ringwood variety and- video edged stouffville photographic 21 sherri rossi jessie smith jennifer davis and christina davis had assists for ringwood michelle dulude had the lone photographic score from marlee johnson on jan llit was kristi ingram with a hat trick as ringwood variety held freel lane kitchens to a 33 tie kelly ward and sherri rossi were each credited with two assists while team mate jessica smith set up one score mary callan ruth ann gardner and jennifer dupont scored for freel lane jessica clayson collected two helpers and kathy tait added one the wsgha executive is to host a valentines dance feb 13 at the rec centre lounge from 8 pm til 1 am tickets at 25 a couple are avilable every wednesday night from 6 pm til 8 pm at the rec centre or phone 6406548