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venomisfuhstouf sports zocriz sfcdterfinishes 13th at nationals by bruce stapley correspondent michael pride got a taste of the big time over the weekend in ottawa pride went up against the best senior mens skaters in the country at the canadian figure skating championships- when it was all over the 21yearold stouffville resident came away with some much needed experience a renewed sense of awe for a national icon arid a good feeling about his over all performance pride who has a long associatiori with the stouffville figure skating club placed 13th out- of 15 in the top mens category headmitted to being sub par in his short program thursday riight but he- regained his form in saturdays long program v its not uncommontofall short in the short program pride suggested its hardto come out in front of all- those people and keep your form but i was pleased when i came back for my long program while iriissing a few elements of his long program pride said he was able to remain in control throughout i didnt quite do everything i want ed to do but when i missed things i came right back and got the next thing i stayed focused he was cheered on by upwards of 50 friends and relatives at the ottawa civic centre pride said he was in awe of elvis stojkos long program performance that gave the richmond hill native yet- another national gold medal i couldntbelieve that it showed what hes capable of he said he benefited from being grouped with stojko and secondplace finisher emanuel sandhu also of richmond hill during practice ses sions held throughout the week that really helped me- it pushed me the whole week the practices were amazing the national competition puts a 1 wrap on prides banner first season as a senior skater he plans to take aweek off before returning to the ice to resume training ive got some new programs and some newjumps i want to start work- ing on next year the markham junior a hockey club tradition heritage gommunity j over 60 years of junior hockey m 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canstillcalfi- our office an8 arrange have your name put on our waiting list whplhows i imaybevour street will be theviext to heed a carrier caltoday- markham l965r2948244 stouffville 9056462100 ambleside cres mdpjelane mainst unionville danbury court pdvillion street cambourne court uoyd street v towhsorvroddv sports digest spirit rattlers postponed again first it was an abundance of snow then a lack of striped shirts as the spirit of stouffville had its game with the thomhill rattlers postponed for the second time tuesday night at the rec centre a mix up in the ontario hockey association offices meant there were- no referees for the game which was originally postponed due toa snowstorm jan 14 spirit officials are trying to arrange another make up date the spirit held a twohour practice after tuesdays game was called off thby will be looking for their third win m four games intheifseason seriesvvitlrthe north york -rangers- twnen thetwo teams face off at the rec centre today at 730 -i- pm softball clinic at sdss gym on fridays pitchers and catchers areihvitedtp get the jump on the upcoming softball seasonby taking part in a series of indoor clinics hosted by the whitchurchstouffville softball association wssa- w v- the clinics are to be held on friday nights beginning this week at me stouffville district secondary school gymnasium a program for squirt age players 12 and under will take place from 7 til 8 pm the pee wee arid above players go from 89 pm r the sessions which are open to male arid female players are to rurf throughout the winter the cost is 1 per session leukemia please help 1 1 10 hindi ac w slc222 toronto ontario mij 2t2 tel 416 6fla 2873 fix 4166613840 mu research can cure leukemia only ezcelteivce in canadian research is funded by lrf this message brought to you as a community service of the economisttribune nrjfc iv3 wr av ztfytfiati rtrv resume at sdss bybruce stapley correspondent the lights are about to start shining once again for extracurricular sport in the stouffville district secondary school sdss gymnasium but it will depend upon teachers will ingness to volun teer and how much relief is available to cover teachers classes when they are coaching as to just how bright the lights will shine with monday the date when teach ers went back to teaching six periods out of eight every two days down from 6 12 periods it had been hoped the schools sports program could be resur rected after being shut down since last spring but sdss boys physical education head dave connell says its not that simple while plans are in place to restore the popular lunch time sports program and the gym may remain open several nights a week for recreational bad minton and volleyball its still uncer tain whether sdss will field school teams for york region athletic association yraa play for the remain der of the school year the bug bear with school teams is oncalls connell said in reference to the schools shortage of available teach ers to cover classes of teachercoaches who must leave to take their teams to games were one of the smallest schools in york region connell said the school has only three or four teachers who can cover at any given time they have to be available for teach ers who are ill or at meetings as well as for sports coverage connell noted he cited sports coverage traditional ly has made up two thirds- of oncall duty other schools in york region and across the province can draw on a big ger teacher pool for their oncalls he said making it easier for them to attend and host tournaments he said unless the school gets teacher relief or supply teachers to do oncalls it will be a problem to have school teams at sdss v another factor complicating the school teams issue is that department heads havent been given back the extra period they once had for cobrdihating extracurricular and school team pro grams connell said that situation could be confused even more next year as there is talk of irriplementirig a new system that would see just one department head for boys and girls physical educa- v r v o v- theschoorcurrently has separate heads for boys and girls physical edu- cation connell said there would likely be a limited number of school teams for the spring season its too late for the second winter season but there are some indications there are going to be some teachers vol- unteering for sports like badminton and track and field 4 i j s i t i r f i i i i i i i i x i 5 a wltlu m