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22 saturday aug 10 2002 s economist sun stouffville tribune sports stouffville juniors sign a spirited trio of local bantam prospects spirit management is encouraged by crop of homegrown talent by jim mason editor theyll put the stouffville in stouffville spirit the spirit junior a hockey team has announced the signing of three stouffville resi dents for the 200203 season michael lombardo lee maxwell and cale tanaka join another stouffvillite secondyear forward jordan mabley on the spirit roster spirit general manager ken burrows a stouffville minor hockey graduate himself hopes to sign two more local players this month in recent years the spirit has had one stouffville player per season on its roster four or more will be a bonus for local fans team offi cials hope weve always been partial to stouffville kids and given them every chance possible to play for us said burrows but this year there is really an outstanding crop of coming up through the minor hockey system in the area its a tribute to the minor hockey coaches and other volunteers the spirit opens training camp the weekend of aug 17 and 18 at the stouffville arena sessions both days run from 12 to 5 pm the public is welcome lombardo maxwell and tanaka all 16 played for the richmond hill stars aaa ban tams last year the aaa centre for stouffville residents lombardo and tanaka are 5foot9 for wards while the 5-foot- 10 maxwell can play defence or forward maxwell is excited with the prospects of making the jump to the tier two junior a level especially knowing that he will be doing so with a couple of his good friends staff photoerin riley the stouffville spirit junior a hockey club recently announced the signing of three local prospects who toiled with the richmond hill stars aaa bantams last season cale tanaka left michael lombaro inset and lee maxwell were excited about making the move said maxwell weve been friends for a long time it was an easy decision and its something we all wanted to do spirit head coach brian perrin is also excited to have all three players in camp all three players bring something different to the table said perrin the thing i like the most is that they are all gritty and play with a lot of heart which is one thing we didnt have enough of last year michael is able to create a lot of good scor ing chances by finding the open ice lee has a quick release and is able to put the puck on the net more often then not cale has great speed and puck control skills and reminds me a lot of mike ramsay ramsay another richmond hill grad who played two years with the spirit signed as a free agent with the peterborough petes of the major junior ontario hockey league earlier this year the spirit opens its eighth season in the provincial junior a hockey league the week of sept 12 a strange week of ball for merinos the stouffville mennos arrived in time for their regularly scheduled oshawa city and district softball league road encounter against bradford on thursday so did the umpires missing however was the host team which failed to inform the mennos and game officials that their diamond was preoccupied whether the game will be resched uled or victory be handed to the mennos on a default has yet to be determined said mennos spokesman art burkholder league rules state the visiting team and umpires must be notified by the host club 24 hours in advance of any changes cited burkholder we heard nothing and the umpires didnt hear anything either he said the host team is supposed to call us 24 hours in advance but it didnt for stouffville this strange occur- ances came on the heels of another one in its wednesday home encounter against lake simcoe keswick with the score tied 33 entering the home half of the sixth inning the mennos had a runner on base with none out throughout the game lake simcoe players had been riding the home plate umpire who had earlier ejected their starting pitcher at that moment the home plate umpire had heard enough from the lake simcoe bench and waved the game off giving the mennos a 70 vic tory now 138 on the season the mennos play at lake simcoe keswick on tuesday and return to memorial park on wednesday to host markham at 830 pm plenty at stake for golfers in canadian tour finale mandarin course plays host to greater toronto open by mike hayakawa staff writer when the canadian tour planned its 2002 golf schedule the intention was to fill a void absent from past years tour offi cials cited was an event in the greater toronto area with this years tour officially winding down during the week of aug 12 the creation of the greater toronto open will solve that dilemma to be played at the mandarin golfand country club just north of unionville the greater toronto open will see156of the tours top players from around the world vie for top honours the 72hole event has a total cash purse of 150000 while the monetary rewards are nice the players have other incen tive for taking to the mandarins 6722yard par 71 links also on the line for the top five golfers on the canadian tours order of merit are exemptions in the upcoming air canada championship in vancouver and bell canadian open which is at the angus glen gojf club in unionville during the week of sept 2 in addition the top two profes sionals on the tour receive exemp tions through the first stage of the pga tour qualifying school to be held this fall the canadian tour has been away from the greater toronto area in the last couple of years and the idea of the greater toronto openisto expose some of- thetop up and coming canadian players said dave colling a spokesman for golf strategies ofcanada golf strategies is jointly running the greater toronto open with the canadian tour 7 think we will have a whale of a show i think we will have a whale of a show added canadian tour spokesman marty henwood its great to have support from the rest ofcanada but coming back to toronto is huge toronto is the media hub and the golfers are looking forward to being here playing host to some current pga canadian players such as mike weir richard zokol dave barr and stephen ames the canadian tour has a good crop of profession al talent from around the world henwood predicts this years event could be a fourhorse race with a pair of former us amateur champions in hank kuehne of palm beach florida and jeff quinney of scottsdale arizona being possible front runners a winner of two events on the canadian tour this season kuehne is the 1998- us amateur winner and the tours order of merit leader with earnings of 8001 1 quinney is one of only two golfers who have made the cut in a pga tour buycom tour and canadian tour event this year henwood also thinks strong challenges could come from steve scott of florida who won the texas classic earlier this year and oshawa golfing phenom derek gilleapie who- is fourth on the- canadian tours moneyleading list with earnings of 57414 the mandarin golfand country club is no stranger to hosting an event of this magnitude as it was the site for the canadian professional golf association championships in 1996 and 1997 the 1997 event saw weir lose in an extra hole in the final to guy hill of florida for those interested in attending this years event daily tickets cost 10 per person and are available at the mandarins front gate during the tournament the club is on kennedy road two kilometres north of major mackenzie drive on a separate note the canadian tour is seeking volun teers for caddying and other duties anyone interested should con tact jack raino at golf strategies of canada at 416 466779 i i