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w yasx one parent families association of canada markham chapter head office 4877976 sports classified n ford 1984 tempo nowhere from 7765 have you driven a ford lately mcarthurs sales hyw 7 kennedy rd 4741350 service 20 heritage rd 2945400 third section a metroland community newspaper wednesday august 8 1984 panthers win gold the panthers have done it again for the third year in succession the major mos quito squad has won the sudbury soccer tourna ment the goldwinning team downed sudbury 30 in the final under conditions that could only be described as monsoonlike in fact the weather was so bad the tournament was almost cancelled just before mon days final according to coach alfons rubbens the team played oblivious of the weath er they didnt let it affect their play in any way im very proud of them espe cially when you consider the terrible conditions under which they won oshawa was obliterated 5- 0 in the semi final an out- sanding performance com ing from forward drae glover goal scorers in the final were giles francis 2 and jamie grist parents angered by exclusion decision local teams only to play in annual ball tourney considerable upheaval has been caused by the ex clusion of goodwood teams from the minor ball associa tions house league tourna ment august 10 and 11 the exclusion also in cludes teams from victoria square making a total of 13 teams which means that one third of the associa tions roster will not take part according to association president marg cosgrove there isntsufficient playing time available to schedule the tourney with a complete roster of teams so a deci sion to confine the event to resident teams only was made by the executive cosgrove also states that a number of coaches re- oak ridges prove too tough it was a david vs goliath story thursday when stouffvilles canadian tire peewees hosted oak ridges in the town park unfortu nately in this instance goliath defeated david as the home club bowed to their older and stronger riv als 62 stouffville had two excel lent chances to put addition al runs on the board but they left the bases loaded in the fifth and again in the sixth scott evans worked four innings on the stouffville mound peter byer took over in the fifth evans was clipped for six hits and byer for three jeff griffith went the distance for oak ridges danny larmer was the only stouffville batter to double up in the hitting de partment the stouffville firstsacker slammed two singles and scored one of his teams two runs other safe ties came from the bats of derek hamilton jason stover blair steel and scott evans jason jacobson belted a home run for oak ridges with one mate aboard stouffville completed two excellent defensive plays one in the third when chris burkholder blocked a screeching infield drive and held the batter to a single and in the fifth when rich burkholder completed a onehanded grandstand catch editors mail tradition has been broken the following copy of a letter to the stouffville minor softball associa tion has been received by the tribune for pub lication- to members of the ex ecutive we have just received confirmation that a long standing tradition has been broken by exclud ing goodwoods minor league ball teams from this years annual tournament on august 11 for the past 13 years or so goodwood teams have been an integral part of the stouffville house league and the annual tournament has been the highlight of the season to which our players have looked for ward to with great anti cipation indeed it has become the practice in goodwood for parents to schedule vacations in a way that ensures their childrens anticipation your decision has great ly upset the parents sponsors and coaches and has disappointed ab out 100 children now left out of the tournament we are wellawareof the fact that goodwood is not located within the town of whitchurch- stouffville we are however stouffville people because of our close proximity we shop work and socialize in stouffville it seems that our team are good enough to round out the leagues regular schedule to make it more competi tive but are not good enough for the tourna ment we are absolutely shocked that our play ers having participated for the whole season are not even to receive the pin or crest all the other players from stouffville vandorf and ballantrae will receive frankly we are wondering why- we had to pay 20 in league dues for each of our eight teams since it is now clear that not one cent will be spent on goodwood we respectfully re quest that this money be refunded we understand the teams from goodwood and victoria square have been excluded in order to cut down the size of the tournament we can recall prior years with just as many teams in the league- as this year however pre vious executives solved thir problems by sche duling games in the evenings prior to the tournament rather than takibg the easy way out by excluding two com munities your decision has really alienated the goodwood community and created a lot of bad feelings had we know of your intentions at the start of the season we would not have partici pated in your our league and most cer tainly wont next year unless we are assured of a place in the annual tournament it has always been our prime objective to enrol our children in team sport to teach them the qualities of good sports manship and the desire to excel also friensdhip and camaraderie by ex ample you have failed this objective miser ably signed gflauterbach goodwood minor soft ball association fused to play on sunday thereby forcing the execu tive to shorten the tourney by one day she also insists that the association is not setting a precedent the re sident teams only ruling is for this year only she is also emphatic that goodwood were virtually told of the decision back in march when goodwood convenor gunter lauterbach and two other members of the good wood ball association were present at an executive meeting in stouffville not so says lauter bach we have never been officially informed that we would not be allowed to take part in the tournament although it was casually mentioned at the begining oi the year that the tourna ment might be cut back we first heard of the decision on august 1 lauterbach is incensed by the decision my phone has been ringing off the hook with calls from irate pa rents and coaches the stouffville executive doesnt realise that parents plan their holidays around this tournament and for the 100 kids who take part it is the highlight of the season both sides agree that there was no malice in the decision to make the cuts lauterbach feels that the executive were looking for an easy way out whereas cosgrove insists that they simply couldnt handle a tournament that size at the time of going to press the executive had not rescinded their decision they have however agreed to assist goodwood in organizing a 24 team tournament on home ground the following weekend in my opinion by jim holt bad call by ball executive volunteers are thin on the ground these days and its begining to show the current fracas over the exclusion of goodwood ball teams from the endofyear minor house league tournament has certainly ruffled a few feathers out goodwood way it all comes down to the fact that the minor ball organization doesnt have enough experienced people to go round i attended their annual general meeting earlier in the year and they certainly had difficulty in raising volunteers to sit on the executive the proceed ings were more in keeping with an 18th century naval pressgang than a call for volunteers so it is not surpris ing that the logistics of handling a tournament of this size is beyond them hopefully last nights meeting of the executive re versed their decision to exclude goodwood but i doubt it they seem pretty adamant having heard both sides of the story there has obviously been a breakdown in communication and nobody seems quite sure whether the decision was made last march or last week unfortunately the los ers are 100 or so kids who have been looking forward to the tournament all year its tragic that such a situation was ever allowed to arise it should never have gone this far some parents vow their kids will go to uxbridge for their ball and hockey in future as one irate mother put it to hell with stouffville who needs them make no mistake residents of goodwood are ex tremely upset over what they consider an arbitrary decision they are resentful and angry and rightly so some have adopted the attitude of us vs them and swear that from here on in they will have nothing to do with stouffville which is carrying things a little far i think but you cant blame them they have been part i of our sporting fabric for decades and this will be the first time in 13 years that they will not have taken part in the tourney back when we had a knowledgeable recreation com mittee there were few problems that couldnt be hand led the committee had a handle on the sporting pulse of the community and everyone well nearly everyone knew what was going on problems of this kind never arose today nothing could be further from the truth the present committee is made up of council members who simply dont have the knowledge or time to get involved in minor daytoday details the split in the ball organization could have long- reaching effects if as threatened parents take their kids elsewhere to play we could find ourselves losing a iotof outoftown talent in hockey ball soccer and one or two other sports it seems a strange coincidence that since the dissolu tion of the old recreation committee we have hit more snags and had more upsets that i have known in the previous five years also it would seem that people are becoming more and more reluctant to take charge of minor sports is it a sign of the times i sincerely hope not wis spademan it squad on spree heading for a win maureen kelly of markham heads for a clean round in the baby green jumper class at shadow creek stables her mount tweedle dee was the smallest horse in the class proving that big is not always best in jumping events he brought his rider home to a first class ribbon big turnout for shadow creek show neither heat searing flies bothersome or dust could keep away enthusias tic young riders from sha dow creek stables monthly schooling show on sunday the popular event attracted over 50 riders from metro toronto and surrounding area and large classes were the order of the day with fierce competition in all classes local riders failed to pick up any cham pionship trophies however a few did manage to place in the ribbons christine rossini of stouffville took first in be ginnerwalk trot and third in junior pony pleasure hack on her mount shilo alexis moxley king ca nute placed third in open working hunter and heidi wilson fury collected a thirdplace ribbon in the be ginner walktrot full results are as fol lows showmanship on line lbcth aping 2 debbie heather 3 gillian luk beginner walktrot under 14 yrs 1 christine rossini 2 deborah edwards 3heidi wilson beginer walktrot over 14 yrs 1 werner aping 2 gillian luk 3 sarah chekeres markham junior pony pleasure hack llisa kostandoff 2 annette christiansen 3christine rossini junior equitation llisa kostandoff 2gemini howe 3 annette christ iansen junior working hunter ltina degcnaar 2vicki jcffery unionville 3gcmini howe open equitation 1 debbie heather 2nancy ryan 3lusa kostandoff open pleasure hack 1 michael brunton 2 lisa kostandoff 3nancy ryan open working hunter under saddle 1 debbie heather 2jcnny ashwcll 3nancy ryan open hunter hack 1 debbie heather 2 michael brunton 3nancy ryan green working hunter 1 michael brunton 2 debbie heather 3jenny ashwell open working hunter 1 michael brunton 2 kim fernie 3alexis moxley beginner jumper 1 nancy ryan 2patti mara markham 3terri ramsay baby green jumper 1 maureen kelly mar kham 2 linda probyn 2sabine kackerbeck handy green jumper lterri ramsay 2linda probyn 3patti mara open division cham pionship debbie heather reserve lisa kostandoff hunter division cham pionship debbie heather reserve michael brunton jumper division champion linda probyn reserve tie terri ram say and patti mara junior division cham pionship lisa kostandoff reserve gemini howe debbie surman was the pride and joy of her coach wednesday especially so since the coach is her mother the peewee thirdsacker belted a home run and two singles in stouffvilles 156 romp over unionville the team is sponsored by spademan disposal batting sixth in the order debbie slammed a round- tripper in the first then added two singles in the third as stouffville paraded twelve players to the plate and collected seven runs her second single came with two mates aboard lynda belisle displayed top form on the stouffville mound through five innings she tired in the sixth and surman took over the two hurlers limited unionville to three hits allison her- mack went the distance on the hill for unionville she was clipped for 14 safeties in addition to surman other extrabaseblows came from the bats of shawn morrison home run and stacey evans triple catherine dunkeld turned in a brilliant performance at shortstop and at the plate she completed two excellent infield putouts and slammed three singles other hits were produced by leanna boyd single lynda belisle two sing les kelly watling single and sarah cowan single unionvilles hits were di vided among tara gordon janice whalen and adrien- ne kelly all singles in addition to cathy dunk- eld other outstanding stouffville defensive plays were completed by kelly watling when she grabbed a jine drive at first in the second inning and amanda devlin a sensational one- handed catch at left field in the third happy hoofers the happy hoofers of the unionville pony club and the valhalla riding club present their 5th monthly rainorshinc horse show on sunday august 12 at the valhalla riding school kennedy road equitation classes start at 9 am with hunter- jumper events scheduled for 1 pm followed by sta dium jumping later in the afternoon the show is open to riders and horses from other stables and as usual there is no charge for spectators for further information please call 8875072