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b2 tribune july 23 1986 snooker star visits legion js stouffville world champion snooker player cliff thorbum dropped in at the stouff ville legion last week for a friend ly game the champ was a guest of wayne simpson of stouffville thorbum a resident of mar- kham won the world title in 1980 hes the first canadian to capture this event and the first player to have played a perfect game in that competition as one of the top sports celebri ties in england he can hardly walk down the street there with out being asked to sign auto graphs although he enjoys living in canada thorbum said if youre good at something you cant stay in one country and make a living unless you play ice hockey he plans to move to england permanently in the near future when thorbum began playing snooker professionally he was 16 years old at the time a player had to be 18 so he had to speak in a deeper voice his winnings for this year total approximately 400000 figuring that he has at least another 10 years to play snooker professionally thorbum plans to open a club to teach his trade jto youngsters i i find canada a great brefc from my professional life in eng land he concluded shortie cracks her first hit stouffville ladies fun league softball scores july 15 mcneil pharmaceutical beat canadian tire 2012 canadian tire homerun by sand schell and a grand slam homer for joan rob- son homers by marg wilcox and laura duguid three consecutive great catches by ida bouchard and first career hit for shortie davies all of mcneil fletchers beat lee sand and gravel 2321 homers by jan baicktopp2 sue mcdowell and joan hewlett of fletchers beth mullen rhonda jordan and ramona reesor of lee sand j j magna concord narrowly beaf greens restaurant 2423 two homeruns each by sharon duperj- on and cathy harding of the greens one homer by carol wat son for magna sideline comment is festbah dying canadian snooker star cliff thorburn right lines up a shot in the game room of royal canadian legion branch 459 as friend wayne simpson of stouffville watches thorburn a former world champion who resides in markham demonstrated his skill with a cue during a visit to the stouffville hall last week he plans to soon establish a snooker club to teach the game to young players kelly connelly a soumesay southisay says a building must have a strong fc endure the tremors of time give yourself the foundation to withstand the tremors of life start taekwondo today by kelly connelly howie burkholder came into the tribune office recently to identify the softball players in a team picture out of the blue he said fastball is dying in this town interesting summation by a man who gives much of his spare time trying to keep it alive howie coaches the stouffville legion boys bantam fastball team he also plays on the markham mennos church league squad its true stouffville is fielding less and less representative rep fast ball teams every year last season minor softball had five allstar clubs this summer only two surfaced stouffville stingers soph- more girls and stouffville legion bantam boys why do teams fold there are many reasons lack of interest not enough players lack of coaches and volunteers players sign with outoftown teams others move up an age group some kids move back to house league no role model for kids all of the above are quite feasible but theres another more potent explanation says howie with the growing popularity of slopitch and the scarcity of mens fastball teams in the immediate area minor fastball players dont have a role model to look up to anymore the incentive to someday play on your big brothers or sisters rep team isnt there because no such team exists howie suggests a grow ing number of youngsters are becoming disenchanted with rep fastball and turning to other sports or going back to house league still the increasing membership in slowpitch cant be ignored sure the game may never win the respect of diehard fastball and hardball fans anyone can lob a ball on the pitchers mound right even more it seems to have a reputation for attracting plavers who like to party more off the field than on return to orthodox pitching but statistics tell a different story in simcoe south of brantford where there used to be 12 mens fastball teams there are now 32 slowpitch squads in collingwood even the youngsters are playing organized slowpitch in quebec many teams are abandoning slowpitch and fastball altogether and going back to orthodox pitching orthodox means re leasing the ball behind your back without passing your hips no wind mills or overhead throws are allowed bill martin registrar for the mens ontario amateur softball asso ciation oasa blames todays exfastballers and veterans for aban doning fastball the person reaches 35 or 40 years of age and instead of going on to help the fastpitch kids he joins a slopitch team noted martin we need the joes to look after the kids and they say to hell with the kids the parents are out to please themselves do you think fastball isdying are enough stouffville parents or volunteers in general coming forward to help out with teams let us know call the tribune sports hotline at 6402100 jong park taekwondo inc 25 heritage rd markham 2948880 they hold down more than we j0 kubotas midsized trac tors arc very versatile youll find them at work on farms in parks nurseries estate homes and even on construction sites the reason is simple our lscrics tractors come with features youd expect to find only on bigger heavier machines for example 3- 4- or 5cylindcr diescl engines with pto horsepower from 21 to 40 other features you can select in- elude 8x7 or 8x8 mechanical or hydraulic shuttleshift a choice of 2- or 4whccl drive on most models a hefty 3point hitch and more so if youre looking fora trac tor thai can get the job done whatever it is youve found igcuiotgg tractor canada ltd built to last it the kubota lscries tkatrwolnrn the tractor barn limited landscaping the dutch touch landscape contractor designer interlocking brickwork timber patk construction sooding 4 planting fences decks pool landscaping custom woodworking tree service gaat bouwwcisterlanoscapina stourrvile gmm iii msm roadracer shoots for pro bike circuit whitchurchstouffvilles mike marcelli will part of the field for canadas premier motorcycle roadracing event the molson superbike challenge round two of the castrol national championships goes saturday and sunday july 26 and 27 at shannonville motorsportv park at shannonville ont marcelli has progressed quick- j ly through the competitive ranks j since he entered the sport last year after purchasing his first bike in 1984 j after four of 11 events in his first full season the amateur roadracer has powered his 750 productionrated yamaha to a tie j for 14th position overall in this class of the castrol eastern chal- lenge series s the 24yearold rr 2 stouff ville resident is employed full- time as a construction worker and confines his racing activities to his spare time but he but hopes to eventually graduate to the profes sional racing circuit with the next two years i hope to turn pro and then try it down in the united states because they have more to offer marcelli said it seems to be a more de- manding sport there in the us than here one of his immediate goals is to qualify for the prestigious 1987 daytona bike week featuring racing at speeds exceeding 140 kilometres per hour mrkv1ui toyotas i athlete of the week fred cook markhams fred cook set a new pro vincial record in his class at the ontar- io masters swimming cham pionships imhkviue -mk- hwv 7 east toyota home of the professionals basketball camp at don head secondary school august9 am 12 noon coed per week mil multoffl 8834704 ujion