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bantam team vs aurora july 31st sports classified second section a metroland community newspaper power skating registration aug 5th wednesday july 30 1986 stockcar driver enjoys taking on the big boys ballantrae resident keith brettell shows off games for the physically disabled his winning style he was chosen first alternate on the canadian team for the world youth cathy carter ballantraes keith brettel wheelchair athlete aims for world meet by chris shanahan peter gibbons likes his new found role as an underdog stock- car driver challenging the big boys of us auto racing this weekend at cayuga speed way the 24yearold stouffville- area resident is looking to im prove on a brief yet impressive stint on the highlycompetitive american stockcar association asa circuit back on home turf after recent asa races in milwaukee where he placed 12th and oswego ny 15th gibbons will be going head- tohead with the likes of million dollar bill elliott in the molson export 300 qualifying goes saturday with the race set for sunday aug 3 just to finish in the top 10 is good the newcomer says of asa racing where superstars like bobby allison and darrell wal- trip rocket around super speed ways at 180 miles per hour theyre 100 per cent better than others ive raced against there are probably 10 of these guys who just do it for a living all they do is race though slowed down by some crashes earlier in the season the young driver is apparently on track he stayed near the front of the pack last weekend at oswego until his cars oil line blew cost ing him 45 laps gibbons who grew up at mus- selmans lake and now lives with his family on cone 2 in uxbridge twp has been racing since 1982 when he was named top rookie stocker amateur at sunset speedway hes entering his 145000 iroc camaro in five asa races among other series events this season enabling him to retain his rookie status on the full 19event asa tour in 1987 after a rapid fouryear progres sion up the racing ladder he cant wait to reach what most experts view as the pinnacle of profession al stockcar racing the grand nationals i just want to go there as soon as possible gibbons noted even though ill always be running on a tighter budget than some of the other grand national racers- money is the name of the game there corporate sponsorship accord ing to his whitchurchstouffville manager ed hakonson will play a key role in the drivers future were negotiating with a ma jor sponsor and in order to satisfy that sponsor weha ve to run with a number one car he explained and a number one car costs 45000 added hakonson we can compete on the super speedways better with this car and thats why peter decided to make the move the gibbons racing team is presently relying on several smaller backers like fulton en terprises to help meet weekly costs exceeding 1000 a fulltime move to the asa next year will require a cash out lay of at least 100000 said gib bons including a new car and en gine by cathy carter ballantrae athlete keith brettell has a chance of a lifetime within his reach keith has been chosen as tjvsfirst alternate tothe canadian team competing in the first world -youth- games for the physically disabled next month in not tingham england as an alternate this per sonable 15yearold will only make the trip if one of the other athletes cant attend its a frustrating position but keith remains hopeful theres always next year he said keith competes in swim ming weightlifting wheel chair racing archery and some field events the de termined youth spends a great deal of time training but it all pays off in the end from july 14th to 17th keith participated in a swimming workshop in winnipeg with 15 others the youths were trained by some of the national swim ming coaches although the workshop was good experience for him the time he spent in the pool took away from the time available for keith to train for a july 1920 track and field competetion spending so much time in the pool really softened up my hands he says so whats the problem to race in a wheelchair his hands must do all thework- soft hands mean blisters despite a less than ideal training period keith en tered the national capital track and field meet in the 1500metre wheel chair race he bettered his personal record by 20 seconds although he came fourth in the race keith was very pleased and more determined than ever im not up there with the big guys yet he said but when i get my new chair who knows in a recent weightlifting competition in windsor keith came second by lift ing 200 pounds his person al best is 205 pounds keith has also entered several 10kilometre wheel chair races on june 7th he placed second in the varie ty village competition and on may 25th he raised 516 in the easter seals race because there are not yet junior standards and clas ses in disabled athletics keith must compete against men much stronger and older than himself although it is a disadvan tage in many ways it gives him something to strive for i had a really good year at school the soontobe grade 9 student said keith won awards for public speaking during his grade 8 year at ballantrae public school he also won an award of excellence in the canada fitness program im not the only athlete in my family he said jeff 14 also won the award of excellence and received his athletic letter at ballan trae jeff was also voted athlete of the year at school keith enjoys working on the lawn at his familys home and looking after the plants the brothers have started a small business brettell landscaping to earn some extra spending money future plans id like to get into the recreation and fitness field when i finish school said keith on monday keith leaves for two weeks at camp kil- coo in haliburton as part of the camp program hell be going on canoeing out- trips im not going with out my fishing rod and my camera keith said enthu siastically stouffvillearea stockcar driver peter gibbons right and his 1986 iroc camaro will challenge auto racing greats like bill elliott this weekend at cayuga speedway near hamilton his pit crew for the molson export 300 includes from left father george gibbons jason hopkins newlyappointed crew chief dom faria tony cabral and team manager ed hakonson chris shanahan new track plan in works by chris shanahan a new motor speedway propos al is in the works for the stouffvil le area the tribune has learned a group of three businessmen two of whom are from whitch urchstouffville is investigat ing the possibility of developing a fullscale motor park including a racing oval dragstrip offroad course and motorcycle roadrac- ing track a potential 300acre site has been located on the border be tween stouffville and uxbridge twp according to one of the proponents plans are still in the early stages and a more detailed prop osal is expected to be finalized in the next couple of months he said the stouffvillebased project rivals another track project initi ated by stouffville motor speed way developments following councils rejection of one whitchurchstouffville site hwy 48 and bloomington road earlier this year that company is now seeking another speedway location somewhere northeast of metro toronto both groups feel the area is ready for such a venture in light of the highly successful molson indy auto race held recently in toronto team leader golf update attention participants in the second annual markham stouffville hospital golf tournament if you dont want to walk stouff villes 5800- yard sleepy hollow course then phone ahead now about reserving an electric cart the number is 6402426 and the cart rental fee is 2140 tax in cluded so far more than 100 of the 100 tickets have been sold and paid for another 20 have been vouched for leaving a few still for sale those interested in golfing in the aug 15 tourney or in buying 40 din ner tickets should contact francis king or bruce annan at 2942200 toronto fastball club bandits latest victim torontos armour sports is the river valley bandits latest vic tim in mens fastball play the uxbridgebascd club which also features players from goodwood and claremont downed armour 52 sunday to de fend the championship of its own 15team weekend tournament claremontmarkham blues edged bell canada angels 32 in the consolation final the strong pitching arms of dave jackson russ hyde and daryl norton paced the bandits to an undefeated tourney record and a 485 prize hyde tossed the final win with the save going to norton while jackson was a tower of power on the mound in his clubs first two triumphs after enjoying an opening round bye river valley sprung into action saturday afternoon and blanked udora shamrocks 4- 0 on sunday morning the tour ney hosts disposed of an aurora entry enroute to the final the bandits known in past sea sons as goodwooduxbridge auto wreckers are a 1986 frontrunner in the north durham mens fast ball league other team members are george harris captain ron mcdonald brian miller jamie miller mike kelland randy hall adam young don fergu son butch metherall coach and steve yake manager claremont peewees know how to win the team that wont be beat cant be beat the claremont peewee club obviously live by this rule they proved it last week trailing port perry 70 after 1 vi innings in zone playoffs john vanderligts boys came off the ropes to edge the scugog twp visitors 1110 mike mckcnzie romped home with the gamcwinncr on a bunt single by catcher brett yoshida two successive infield errors allowed mckcnzie to reach first safely and later score the claremont victory along with an earlier 188 win in the series opener knocked port per ry out of contention claremont now advances against unionville the contest was a nailbiter for claremont fans who saw their favorites fall seven runs behind then rally with 4 in the second 1 in the third 2 in the fourth 3 in the sixth and 1 in the seventh david jones batting eighth in the claremont order tore the cov er off the ball with two singles and a triple he counted two of his teams 11 tallies yoshida also wielded a big bat with three hits all singles jason underwood belted a tworun tri ple in the sixth and a single in the fourth mike mckcnzic powered a tworun homer against the left- field fence chris hall and darrell vanderligt were the other single- sockers mckcnzic started on the claremont mound with mike feasby throwing in relief mckcnzic was clipped for ten hits in four innings feasby fired a stingy onehitter in three clarcmonts chances looked grim when port perry collected four runs in the first and added three more in the second coach vanderligt made a smart defen sive move when he sent feasby to the hill in the fifth claremont trailing 107 the windmill right hander shut down the opposition with a superb performance only one batsman reached third base it was underwoods triple in the sixth that pulled claremont to within one the claremont short stop later scored the tying tally on an infield rbi by feasby this set the stage for mckcnzic to com plete the circuit on two errors and yoshidas bunt single blair steel centrefield rover for the stouffville legion ban tams cracked two singles and drove in three runs leading his team to a 52 victory over port perry thursday night the contest was a preview of an upcoming zone playoff between the two clubs the winner will advance to a roundrobin oasa playdowns at wingham on the labor day weekend the freestanding outfielder singled in teammate scott evans in the third inning then scored chris burkholder and evans again with a solid single in the third he was left stranded on the sacks both times steel also enjoyed a fine defen sive contest his best grab of the night came on a drive by port per- rys keith roberge the one- handed catch brought cheers from the crowd chris burkholder wielded stouffvilles other hot bat he clouted a onerun double in the sixth and a single in the third rob parcells continued his recent tor rid pace at the plate with a hit in two trips evans collected stouff villes other safety also a single evans scattered five hits over the seven innings he retired the port perry side in order in the fourth brad bricknell went the dis tance on the visitors hill thirdsacker jim vernon touched evans for port perrys only extrabase blow a onerun triple in the sixth he was left stranded when the next two bat ters were retired darrell leath- crdalc via the strikeout route and john rankin pitcher to first port perry committed several costly errors five in total two of the miscues occurred in the fourth but no runners scored in spite of the heat evans was in top form on the stouffville mound he walked only two bat ters only in the gth did he appear to weaken he came back strong ly however in the seventh jason yashida completed the battery the legion squad had an excel lent opportunity to pad their lead when they loaded up the sacks in the sixth with only one out three runners were left stranded next thursday july 31 au rora comes to stouffville for an 830 game the following thurs day aug 7 port perry is back in town for the second ganje of the zone playoffs ladies fun league stouffville ladies fun league softball scores july 22canadian tire beat magna concord 2017 homeruns for doreen ertl of magna joan robson and leslie broadford of canadian tire fletchers defeated the greens 2220 for the greens homeruns by lynne huskisson and irene vanvliet for fletchers homers by ann spice sue mcdowell kathleen ortlicb robin arcnburg2 and jan blacktopp with three including the winning run mcneil pharmaceutical narrow iy topped lee sand and gravel 21 20 homcruns by barb coxworth laurie rugclis and brcnda hol lands for lee sand mcneil hom ers by laura duguid and pauline miller six rbis two doubles and one triple by bcv yates