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goodwood ball teams have their day minor ball players in goodwood having been ex cluded from the stouffville minor softball annual tournament two weeks ago made up for their dis appointment by having a tourney of their own on saturday thanks to the efforts of coaches parents and a great deal of hard work by convenor gunter lauter- bach an 11 team tourney was put together by the goodwood minor softball association for squads from victoria square yandorf and ballantrae some difficulty was ex perienced in getting the teams together again as some had disbanded at the end of league play howev er persistence along with a great deal of enthusiasm ensured that the forgotten teams had their day winners of the boys squirt division were the bal lantrae lions jason schel- lenberg robbie degeer shawn delorme janine bell jason assink robb graham jarrid davy rob bie mcclure danny wilson and coach bob graham the lions edged goodwood 1 in a close 1614 finish de feated goodwood 118 but not before dropping a 20- 15 opener against their hosts with the pitching arm of marylynn the goose thomas the ballantrae wise furnace mites could do no wrong they won two very close games against goodwood teams 1917 and 1211 to win their division team members are andy carpenter shane stapley greg spitz jamie bing ham shaun erikson jason erikson laurence bing ham jeff tabar and coaches edspitz and bill goodyear second baseman adam crowder handled five tough plays without errors for mcleans carpet centre t ball squad mclean big hit ters were lucas anderson evan boyd michael boyd steve wilcox and graham crowder all hit home runs in defeating ballantrae country stop 3128 in the opener ballantrae homers came from the bat of jason mcclure mcleans clinched the tourney title with a 2824 win over hosting goodwood home runs were came from evan boyd michael boyd 2 steve wilcox 3 and graham crowder in the t ball advanced sports classified division a combined van- dorfballantrae team squeezed past stouffville 32- 31 and tied goodwood 2828 to win the pennant winning players are joe amos lynette myers jeff fun- nell tommy randell sean nesbitt lonny assinck brad crozier lory foner adam england ted taber paul doner and coaches mary myers and larry cro zier third section a metroland community newspaper wednesday august 29 1984 dance stouffvilles clipper oldtimers will present a 50s rocknroll revival saturday sept 8 at the arena doors open from 8 pm to 1 am with music by nelson all your favourite songs of the 50s and 60s tickets are 5 and are available at the arena on the night or contact joe infurnari 6404575 champs it comes as no surprise to hear that the panthers stouffvilles goldwinning soccer team have again won their league champion ship this time in the a di vision they improved on their previous league re cord by winning all 13 of their league games with 77 goals for and only 9 against the team has lost only one league game in three years along with the castle royals they are presently in banff to take part in the galgary international soc cer tournament on sept 1- 3 where they expect to meet tough competition from some of the best teams in western canada and the usa rated one of the top 10 major mosquito teams in ontario coach alfons rub- bens is delighted with his teams performance this season we have become the team to beat as far as other coaches are con cerned he said he has high hoped of doing well at the calgary tourney lisa carlsen of thornhill on her way to a clear round in valley last week in the jumping event lisa came first in a the american continental young riders championship field of 44 of north americas top junior riders held at the international equestrian sports centre at cedar local riders first at international show soccer final standings in the york region soccer a and b leagues are as follows a division stouffville panthers 22 pts richmond hill 20pts thornhill 14 pts woodbridge 14 pts newmarket 14 pts b division markham bradford aurora stouffville steelers concord jets there were few surprises at the american continen tal young riders cham pionships held at the inter national equestrian sports centre cedar valley last week the jumping course de signed by olympic team manager tom gayford of gayland farms was de manding on both horses and competitors only one rider out of 44 entries managed to complete three clean rounds in the individual championship final winner of the event was lisa carlsen of thornhill carlsen who went through the first and second rounds without a fault fought off a strong challenge from the american contingent with a superb faultfree jumpoff round leaving the visitors to place 2nd 3rd and 4th it was a great performance by the young rider who last year suffered a setback when she took a bad tumble at the world cup qualifying competition in quebec the fact that carlsen was without her regular horse kahlua made it even tougher on the young rider however the switch to tan go a 9 yearold thorough bred gelding didnt affect her confidence tango had been jumping well all week so i knew we could do well although hes a pretty tough horse to ride she said in the individual dres sage championship marti na pracht of cedar valley riding ural was a clear win ner finishing 56 points ahead of second place shel- ton gafford of the usa the canadian junior dres sage champion received top marks from four of the five judges in the final round quebec placed first over all in the team jumping event followed by ontario usa zone 2 and 3 usa zone 5 alberta and usa zone 7 ontario placed 1st in team dressage with sakatchewan 2nd and the usa 3rd in the threeday endr- ance championships the transcanada team placed 1st with ontario 2nd and quebec 3rd midget blues capture third successive title the claremont legion blues midget fastball team have collected their third oasa championship title the same team that won the peewee and bantam cham pionships in previous years swept the board with an un beaten record in four games at stittsville over the weekend pitcher bob ryan fired 29 strike outs and gave up only seven runs in the closely contested series his efforts earned him the tourna ments mvp award the blues disposed of kirktown 62 in their opener but were hard pressed to edge cardiff 43 after eight innings the winning run coming on ryans homer chesley suffered their first loss of the tournament in- their semifinal battle against the blues going down 21 before returning by the back door for a second crack at the title the blues however dont give anyone a second chance they romped to an easy 51 win for their third title in eight years members of the winning team are bob ryan frank soule mark hendy steve hall ron rowe scott har per randy lyon paul mcewan gerry mcmillan shaun malcolm mark mur phy steve may greg gold berg shane redshaw earl rowe coach stan rowe ass coach and frank hen dy manager squirts iuto oasa finals macleans carpet centre softball squad not only look good they play a great game of ball too the t ball novice squad won their division championship pennant at the goodwood ball tourney on saturday back row cynthia mccaul graham crowder michael boyd adam slack cheryl jackson front 1 to r adam crowder evan boyd lucas anderson stephen wilcox and tammy willis happy looking coach is bill anderson its been a tough route to the oasa finals for the claremont squirts chief hurler mike feasby broke his nonpitching arm just prior to the playdowns against fenelon falls a month back which kept him out of the first two games despite the setback to their oasa championship hopes the team snatched a first game victory over fenelon squeezing by with an 1814 win however with the absence of feasby the squirts dropped their second of their threegame scries 97 last week feasby was de clared fit and was back on the mound for the decisive third game the talented hurler proved that you cant keep a good man down he pitched 15 strikeouts to give his team a wellearned 94 win and a berth in the ontar- io provincial cham pionships at shabot lake next weekend coach john vandcrligt has no idea what teams he will be playing but now that his squad is at full strength he is confident that they will give a good account of them selves in my opinion by jim holt time will tell having reached beyond 40 i sometimes ruminate rather like a cow chewing the cud over the problems of growing old when i was young ah was it so long ago i suffered from the delusion that i was immortal dont all young men one minute you are 18 and the world is your oyster the next thing you know you are celebrat ing your 25 wedding anniversary the kids are adults and you my friend are very old yes its a thought isnt it you who were so ageless immortal and unbreak able at last father time is catching up with you you dont even have to go to a party to feel like the morning after your children begin to look middleaged and you begin to outlive enthusiasm its a sad thing this growing old friends disappear over night at my age im lucky if they last through dinner and you get your exercise acting as pallbearer for friends who exercised not wisely but too well when the kids are in their teens you try to keep up with them and if you are like me end up in hospital after all one musnt lose face your friends aghast at the onslaught and ravages of time fight valiantly against middleage spread and creaking joints their knees buckle but unfortunately their belts wont its all that natural sag they end up working themselves into a lather by playing innumerable bouts of tennis and jogging them selves into cardiac arrest i watch them speed past my house every morning shoulders drooping faces etched with fatigue arms and legs pumping in synchro nized agony can they really go to the office and carry out a full days work in that condition imagine all for the sake of being told my word you do look well not for me this erratic mayhem of keeping fit i drink more than is good for me smoke to excess flirt with every pretty girl i can lay my eyes on and to hell with the consequences over 40 is knowing all the answers when nobody asks you questions knowing that you are no longer competi tive especially when it comes to sports and realising that the best part of the day is over when the alarm goes off it is a sad but inevitable fact that we have to grow old the options are simple you can fight it or like me accept it and grow old gracefully looking around i am undoubtedly in the minority when am i not there seems to be no sense in wearing out what you have in the hope of elusive longevity mind you one cannot help but give grudging admiration to those who fight tooth and nail to offset the ageing pro cess but will they last any longer than i i doubt it wishful thinking the ramifications of eldreds possible departure are becoming plainer as election time draws near tony romans bid for a seat in the federal parliament could mean that our mayor might suddenly end up in the regional chair verbal jostling and nudging is already apparent nearly all members of council fancy themselves as eldreds successor wilf morley and jim sanders con sider themselves as legitimate contenders morley by virtue of the fact that he has played well the part of heir apparent to eldreds feifdom i dont think he has opposed eldred in a vote since the last election and sanders heaven forbid by his seniority tom go with the flow wood is incensed by the suns recent article that morley and sanders are logical re placements his comments to me at the recent sod- turning ceremony leave no doubt in my mind that he would like to sit in the hot seat however i think not tom changes his mind prior to the last but one election when he stood against becky wedley he swore that if elected he would give up all other political affiliations to do a good job for the town six months later he accepted the vicechairmanship of the local conserva tive party same applies to the arena complex having vowed to vote against it because the cost was too high he flipflopped leaving margot marshall with egg on her face i dont think margot will forget that one in a hurry fran sainsbury has aspirations to being the first mayoress of stouffville if only dreams were reality frans tunnel vision over the dump may have won her a seat against a perfectly sound and reliable incumbent bill kamps but she has proved herself less than adequ ate as a councillor in my book anyway i dont know of one single motion she has tabled since her election jim rae is without aspirations in this direction al ways pleasant and civil he seldom rocks the boat and is not really interested as far as i can see he just wants to stay where he is this leaves the diminutive brunhilde from cedar valley margot marshall her experience is limited but she doesnt lack enthusiasm her ongoing feud with eldred they fight like cat and dog must stand her in good stead perhaps shes learning the hard way she seems competent and bounding with enthusiasm we could do a lot worse personally i dont think eldred is going anywhere so everyone might just as well sit back and relax mind you i suspect the way hes going he could last another 50 yearsoh god