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one parent families association of canada markham chapter head office 4877976 third section sports classified wednesday april 11 1984 1383 thunoerbird from 10389 have you driven a fokd iately jvt sals hyw 7 kennedy rd 4741350 wrs stnce z tend 23- mo editors mail thanks coach dear coach we hope you dont mind your mail being made public but we want everyone to know how much we appreciate your time and effort given to our boys if a coachof -the- year could be picked you would be it not only for your efforts this past season but also for the fact that a lot of our boys have been with you in previous years during which time you have cer tainly given them a touch of class travelling around to various arenas we real ize that bur boys are not always 100 percent on the ice howeverin the lobbies and amongst the crowd they knew what sort of conduct you ex pected of them in hock ey they may not have been ontarios best but in behaviour they were better than the rest we also realize that you had a lot of help from friends thanks butch blacktopp nelson ham and randy gray with sincere thanks the proud parents of grant nesbitts lets do it dear editor we as grandparents of a peewee hockey player were privileged toftravel to belle river this past weekend we ieet thatf as atown we should be very proud of tliese young hockey players who worked so hard for something they wanted so badly one thing that amazed us was the belle river rec centre we dont understand how a small town of 4300 people can have such a lovely cen tre of which they are so obviously pleased and proud welearned thatit was built first aridthen afterwards the wintar- io grant came through a fa vourite supporters chant at the weekend was lets go stouffvil- le well lets go lets do it lets build a rec centre everyone can be proud of now yours sincerely m magnus grateful dear sir with the hockey sea son now over we would like to show our appre ciation to two great coaches jim kidd and dave wicksted thank you for a great year and all the time and trouble you took with us sincerely giles atom hockey team tourney a success stouffvilles amateur hockey league wrapped up the season with a 16 team tournament at the weekend the tourney held to raise funds for the new recreation centre turned out a big suc cess although the final count has yet to be made league president ken smur- thwaite is hoping that re ceipts will total around 3500 just about evcybody con nected with the molsons sponsored event contri buted to its success the re- ferees association re turned half their tourna ment fees 420 while the young timekeepers all minor hockey players don ated 56 half their weekend earnings the rec centre fund was also boosted by the sale of a number bricks at 250 each the amount of work put in by league members and their wives was formidable a 16 hour day was the rule rather than the exception and most were glad to get back to work on monday morning for a wellearned rest the opening ceremonies were held on saturday morning with mayor king dropping the puck and members of the rec centre fundraising committee in attendance in the playing department there were few surprises stouffville teams won three of the championship rounds in the d division it was the bruins over the tuesday nighters 31 wayne mcmann paced the bruins with a pair of goals with doug wilson rounding out the tally outside teams won the c division the rangers doubling the metros 42 george cousins bob slack and dave hunsberger fired singles in monte cristo kings 31 win in their b di vision playoff title against the len powell north stars ken chupa fired the stars lone marker this years a round playoff champions betz pools nordiques were no match for the enthusiastic village pool jets they lost 21 to a classic winning goal by norm stasny that had to be seen to be believed it was also the last goal of the season to be scored at the arena the jets opening goal came from glen whitebread phil lavell was the sole goalgetter for the nordi ques in the individual awards department doug rex- graham best goalie and mike jones top shooter along with a number of game mvps received tote bags courtesy of molsons breweries tournament convenors for the event were ray steel jim wagg bill cor ner and reg palmer pal mer despite a trip to the hospital after being hit by a puck returned to carry out his duties with nine stiches in his head proving that convenors are indeed a tough lot the league committee organizers were rich hughes eric scaife john blair bob mckinnon doug majors norm stasny ken smurthwaite steve upton and floyd fockler in my opinion by jim holt undefeated in every round of last weekends amateur hockey league tournament the village pools jets capped their winning streak with a 21 win over this seasons play off chanipions betz pools nordiques back row 1 to r bill corner doug major ron graham doug wilson mike jones sponsor art nicholson ted coward reg palmer cbachfront row i to rdon harman glen whitebread neil newton norm stasny gary williams rich hughes ron martyn mickey white and tom maher girls set record the a and m records in termediate girls hockey team have won the all ontario championship title for the third successive year i this years championship found was held at welling ton ontario after grabbing a 20 win against alymer in the quar ter finals on saturday michelle coppins getting both goals and the mvp award the record setting girls defeated godfrey in two straight games to clinch the title a quick goal by gloria mintz saw stouffville take an early lead in their first game against godfrey however they suddenly found themselves trailing 2- 1 going into the third period thompson and michelle coppins battled against what seemed to be the fas test timeclock in history before they rose to the occa sion with a couple of fine goals to give the stouffville gals a berth in the final following two very tough games the final proved to be something of an anti climax godfrey had given their best in the semifinal and had nothing left over the stouffville squad on the other hand allowed just one goal against them in the first period and then went on a scoring spree of embaras- sing proportions ending up with an 81 victory allison lowery and andrea tricker paced stouffville with a pair of goals apiece singles going to karen brodie mintz coppins and thompson in the assist department it was dawn stewart 3 thompson 2 nicole bird 2 coppins brodie teresa ewing and ann marie lacoursier lacoursier also received the most valuable player award minor hockey drops 10000 rumblings of discontent float through the air amongst minor hockey association members the town has decided to cut back their grant to 83 levels which means along with a 3 an hour increase for icetime something like a 20 hike in registration fees this year hockey treasurer edgrimshaw and association president john hutchinson are hopping mad over councils arbitary decision they were not even con sulted and in consequence are now left holding the bag they have to go to the membership for a 25 percent increase for next season a move not designed to make them popular unfortunately they have no choice just a couple of weeks ago dave bourne represent ing the association put forward a recommendation that grants be completely eliminated and that icetime be reduced to 30 an hour in turn the association would be free to pay its own way the suggestion was take under advisement by councillor jim sanders howev er as we all expected nothing came of it in the meantime grimshaw is raging and no doubt wondering how he can justifiably ask parents to pay an average of 100 registration for their kids to play hock ey next year i must say ed really does the rage bit rather well id hate to cross him meanwhile hutchinson is running around after eldred saying naughty things not that eldred takes any notice he recently informed me that there are other things in town other than hockey an observation that will no doubt earn him a strong outpouring of votes at the next election the soccer club is also in one big flap the reason of course is having only one acceptable soccer pitch for their representative teams all six of them they are doing something about it though the sug gestion is to remove the sod from the field due for demolition the one they are going tirdestroy to accomodate the new complex and relay it on the proposed new pitch further along they feel they can do the job in short notice by renting a sod cutter and get ting the whole club players parents and executive to pitch in and get it ready for playing on july or august knowing the enthusiasm of the club it could be done all it needs is a little bit of positive action from coun cils socalled recreation committee officers elected peewees fail in bid for the whitchurch- stouffville girls hockey association held their annual general meeting at latcham hall on april 4 and elected the following offic ers to the executive for the 198485 season president cliff dunkeld vicepresident barry eng land secretary kathy mcbeth treasurer al piette senior convenor george taylor junior con- venor carol barber equipment manager ted- lowery time keeper cam stewart statistician tere sa ewing the association will hold its banquet and awards night on sunday april 29 at latcham hall dinner starts at 6 pm all ontario crown skating results grant nesbitts boys may not have won the all ontario championship title but theres no denying that being finalists in ontario bb peewee hockey is no mean achievement the credit union peewees gave it their best shot last weekend only to come up short in their title bid against a very strong belle isle squad from the windsor area after a tie and one loss on home ice the peewees were still optimistic prior to leaving for their three- the referees association were big contributors in the ahl tourney they generously donated 420 to the rec centre fund back row 0 to r wayne nugent greg allen dave gilmour front row i to r don reesor bill hormanson and lester ham game schedule at belle riv er last weekend they felt they were still very much in the series belle river pushed hard and went ahead early in the game however dan lar- mer from kevin blacktopp and jamie campbell tied it up for the clippers at the end of the first period two goals in the second period put belle river ahead 31 whereas a power- play advantage late in the period was lost by the clip pers they fired the puck everywhere but in the net some good shots ended up being deflected off sticks skates and posts it was frustrating belle river won going away with a pair of goals in the third period for a con vincing 51 win putting them within one point of the title if fridays effort was frustrating for the clippers and it was then saturdays game could only be de scribed as a championship performance by both teams belle river were again first on the board with kevin francis from baston tying it up for the clippers the second period was soft with belle river fir ing an unanswered marker to go ahead 21 the clippers controlled most of the game in the third period but couldnt pick up the tie belle river clin ching the title with a pair of goals in the closing minutes of play it has been an excellent season for the credit union peewees they have pro vided exciting hockey for the fans and displayed their own special brand of sports manship special thanks must go to the coaching staff of grant nesbitt nel son ham butch blacktopp and randy grey for their many hours of instruction and encouragement successful candidates in the the stouffville figure skating clubs test day on april 3 are as follows preliminary figures jennifer mccance lee- anna hamilton dutch waltz leigh frederick jennifer mccance lesley penny canasta tango michelle olozevski jen nifer mccance lesley penny swing leeanna hamilton lisa buchanan leeanna and lisa have now completed their preliminary dances- preliminary freestyle heather bull lisa haylow diana white tanya arrowsmith uxbridge test day results on march 7 dances foxtrot brenda hachey brenda has now completed her srbronze dances blues anastasia lintner ahl tournament timekeepers 0 to r doug smurthwaite blair steel nigel palmer and craig corner did a great job throughout the weekend they also contributed half their earnings 56 to the recreation fund ft