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su c13 betz pools ball team loses ace jim chilvers by bruce stapley j despite the fact ace hurler jimmy chilvers has gone off in search of loftier heights the betz pools senior b mens fastball team is hopeful they can regain f he magic that saw them capture jhe intermediate provincial title in 1987 k jim will throw his devastating assortment of dropballs curves and changeups for the hitech starstudded scarborough am- passadors this season a big- budget club which routinely sends a half dozen players to the canadian national fastball team each year i were going to miss jimmy jadmits sponsor marvin betz fbut i dont blame him its his phot at the big time were sorry hes going but well still field a good ball club everyones com mitted to going for the senior b championships taking jims spot in the lineup will be a 24yearold markham resident who made a lasting im pression on the betz squad when they faced him in the bulova tournament two years ago darryl moxley a righthanded flame thrower beat the betz boys 10 in extra innings in the tourney finals betz head coach dave webster who ironically coached darryl that season claims the pitcher has the poten tial to be a super star darryl can be as effective as jim he says of the new recruit who threw for a buffalo team last season he could be one of the best pitchers in canada if he puts his mind to it he throws hard his ball goes down a dive pitch betz have also added a highly touted shortstop to the roster chris jones a 21yearold who played for the oshawa juniors last year is regarded as a ringer by webster we played against him several times last season the kids incredible i just cant say enough about him returning from last years team will be the other twothirds of the coaching triumvirate wayne allen and pete sander son as well as randy grant steve schell george burkholder mark fockler doug macmillan gary vaughan john tait and john annis the crafty veteran right hander that marvins so high on hes a good guy hes been around ball a long time and has a lot of enthusiasm he uses his head bruce beare and steve brooks will be missing while brad vaughan and gary grant arent committed the new season will bring with it a new arrangement whereby teams in the oshawa and district league where betz played last season will play an interlocking schedule with a sixteam rich mond hill loop we were unhappy with last years schedule marvin ad mits there were too few teams this way it will be more in teresting for the players and the fans well be playing against york sundance the reigning senior b champions and well also be playing the ambassadors in a challenge match once or twice the betz unit will host this years oasa senior b cham pionship tournament to be held at memorial park labor day weekend marvin says he likes this arrangement for a number of reasons as host team we are automatically in the tournament for the provincial championship and its much better to have the tourney on a long weekend so that more of our players are in a position to make it last year it was held on the weekend after labor day in belleville and five of our regulars couldnt attend marvin claims his team was asked to play in the same league as the ambassadors but decided against it because of extra travel jim he says may still pitch some games for the pools platoon during the regular season marvin also wants to see his team enter the running for the provinces senior a champion ship tournament though he realizes it will probably be an alsoran i dont expect to win but we should make a good showing thats the kind of team we hope to have the season begins in midmay with home games again on wednesday nights r rekai johnson barristers solicitors 49 main street east 2nd floor stouffville ontario 6408100 or 6493555 r leasing todays easy way to drive larry cotter leasing 6404541 all makes and models l metroland community newspaper wednesday april 5 1989 dagmar closes after successful nit mild winter by bruce stapley despite a winter that just couldnt make up its mind the dagmar ski resort managed to hold its own oiit was a difficult season concedes owner gabor martin but we came out okay according to martin the mild again cold again winter made it impossible for the facility to build iny real momentum we were saved by our snow- making equipment in fact many f our customers asked us how e did it there would be no snow isible in town yet we had a good ase he claims 101 days of skiing at agrriar this season an increase onipi last years total of 97 owever the overall number of skiers was down j i dont remember one day this tear we were really crowded j he says good friday was the busiest day of the season due to fie snowstorm of the previous week jiit was sunny and cold that day flawless conditions but by the end of the weekend the temperature was 30 degrees however his cross country ski- j lg operation was all but wiped ut i wewere open only 12 days in total we didnt make a cent the busiest weekend was just before easter i martin says the day is fast ap- roaching when the resort will be able to offer a yearround attraction weve been talking about hav- ng something in the summer for some time now but it would take close to a million dollars to do it possibilities include the in stallation of a huge water slide its an expensive idea mar tin admits youre looking at an investment of around 450 thou sand to purchase it plus installa tion but the places that have them are packed such as ontario place and wasaga beach at present the resort hosts several weddings along with various conventions during the summer months but he con cedes its simply something to keep them busy you need to offer something for the people to do like pleasure valley next door i plan to take a good look at it this summer i never do anything without doing a thorough study first martin admits it would be very logical to come up with a summer program for dagmar in that the resort has developed a big following that plus the problem of having to rehire employees each fall have made the expan sion a top priority the place is well known it would only take afew years to get it going now we have to let most of our employees go at the end of each season it would be good to be able to keep them year- round knowing the way martin operates it should be just a met- ter of time before his dagmar ski resort has solved the problem of what to do each summer ill never sit still thats for sure he insists pv b flrvfflbi l jjfwilfifrft jaits heibj e9b9 ssspsp hnrf cntyl raffisf ps pf skating success story stephanie barclay has achieved what just one in 30000 figure skaters will accomplish in their lifetime the stouffville skating club member successfully completed her third gold dance the viennese dance in a test day held on saturday at the stouffville recreation centre the award is the highest that can be garnered by a figure skater at the local level and few achieve the honor stephanies mother jean was also a prominent figure skater for stouffville in her day and later went on to instruct at the club the family lives on cemetary lane in stouffville two of the reasons for the success of bunnys flowers atom girls hockey team this year are the comito sisters samantha at left and julia comito have led their team all season and neither stouffville photo bruce stapley girl wants to see the year end especially with the success they have experienced father damian comito says the two are avid sports fans samantha and julia comito hockey girls wish season would never end by bruce stapley ask julia and samantha com ito to pose for a photograph in their jockey togs and the smile on their faces says it all the dynamic duo are a good part of the reason why the bunnys flowers atom girls house league team is sporting a healthy 1415 record in league play and the comito girls are en joying every minute of it i wish it would go on forever replies julia when asked if she feels the season has gone on long enough already julia at 11 years of age the senior of the siblings has just registered her 23rd tally of the campaign the game win ner scored with only 26 seconds left on the clock julia is into her second year of hockey having made her debut with the mites house league last coed spartans bring home brass the stouffville district secondary school spartans coed volleyball cam took its act on the road this weekend and wound up bringing home some of the hardware playing two tournaments in two days the spartans captured the consolation round in fridays competition put on by the university of guelph they took their first six games in satur days tournament also in guelph but were edged by gait in the quarterfinal on friday the spartans split games with georgetown an- caster grand river and port dover to place third in their pool they faced markham for the consolation title and after losing the first match 1315 came back to edge them 1512 1513 for the consolation win karstcn hennzc was the big man for the spartans setting up and hitting with authority wallace barbour don clearwater and colin mclean wer also steady the female contingent of leslie snooks lisa weatherill and debbie chilvers were particularly impressive according to coach jim fletcher the girls really started to bump the ball as the day went on they started to return hard shots that the boys on he other team were hitting on saturday the spartans breezed past clarkson elgin and delhi taking all six contests but a pair of losses tc leamington left them second in their pool the spartans then went down o defeat to gait 1315 915 in the quarterfinals though coach fletcher was not disappointed gait is a triple a team aim wc arc only double a they are a great team year and as well as leading her bunnys team to the finals this year she will also go to bramp ton in midapril with the stouff ville atom girls team that will compete for the provincial title samantha a 10yearold first- year player was happy to count six goals this year but she is showing signs that shell be right up there with her sister eventually shes improved a lot en thuses her father damian com ito shes very enthusiastic both girls claim to be sports lovers playing rep level softball in the summer and enjoying floor hockey at st marks school which they both attend and when they are not playing hockey on ice they are often found in the unfinished basement of their stouffville home firing pucks against the wall of course in sists damian once i finish the basement that will have to end damian who plays in both the stouffville amateur hockey league and the markham mens recreational hockey league is one of the battery of coaches who have done so much to promote the girls and their talent in the towns girls hockey program it was he who suggested to julia that she get involved initial ly julia just came to the arena one day and saw the girls play ing recalls damian i asked her if she would like to play damian reports that julias progress has been a delight to behold shes starting to stickhandle well and her shot is starting to rise its one of the best in the league shes also star ling to carry the puck better damian notes that julias im provement has simply mirrored the overall talent increase in the entire league the improve ment in the league this year is great they have really picked it up fast last year in the rep tour naments we got massacred but this year we almost won a tourna ment in cobourg you have to give much of the credit to cliff dunkeld and al piette they real ly started things last year both damian and his wife nina attend all their daughters games which the kids ap preciate they really cheer when we score a goal says julia it also makes them move a lit tle faster maintains damian julia admits she- has future aspirations involving hockey id like to play in the nhl some day but in the meantime she says shell be quite content to work her way up the ladder in the towns hockey program julia admits to getting a little nervous when the chips are down claiming tournaments get her adrenalin flowing but samantha who admits to a little hero worshipping when it comes to her big sister says shes the same game in and game out its a good experience for them says damian of the kids exposure to competitive hockey it teaches them teamwork and they get to meet people when they go to tournaments and as the season winds down the comito sisters prepare for one last display of their talents as they get ready for the league champinship contest this coming sunday april 9 then its back to the basement to work on their technique so they can terrorize the goalies again next year