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p10 tribune march 28 1990 st pro builds confidence of participants stouffville karate club earns honors bruce stapley correspondent they sit cross legged in even rows on the hardwood floor of stouffvilles masonic hall heads bowed and looking every bit like a religious order deep in spiritual meditation they spring to their feet as one and within moments begin striking poses that see arms and legs extended then pulled in as their bodies turn and spin with graceful exertion at the head of the class stouffvilles first degree black belt karatekung fu instructor bill bouwmeister and his assis tants demonstrate their craft to this group of 40 or so youths ranging in age from six to 18 bouwmeister who admits he is not a hardnosed karate school said the program aims to teach his total of 80 kids and adults the art of selfdefence through controlled discipline those who come out tuesday and thursday nights show enthusiasm and are given the opportunity to excel at an activ ity thai combines sport and the development of mind and body and according to bouwmeis ter very few lose interest and quit ours is an easy approach he said we teach discipline and we teach them to fight so that they wont have to fight the students at the one-and-a- half year old school range from six year olds like stouffvilles justin felschow who signed up at age four because there was nothing else for him to join right through uxbridges rod ney decaires a teen with only three per cent of his vision because of his being born with cataracts george garbutt whose son philip decided to join up so he could learn along with his cousin dan holden has been delighted with the results it has built up his confidence in himself so he can achieve marcus milos gets a foot in the face from dan holden during a kungfu club which meets in the stouffville masonic hall bill youngsters and adults the finer points of self defence something it has helped him at school and in everything else rosanne felschow mother of blue belt justin says her son became interested after seeing the video the karate kid he is a mature six year old said felschow karate has taught him a lot about respect for the sightimpaired decaires karate has been a means of prov ing he can still succeed despite his limited eyesight said bouwmeis ter all of a sudden he feels like hes accomplishing something i took karate for two years while i was at the school for the blind in brantford said declaires so its all coming back to me how ive learned something because of taking karate bouwmeister attempts to expose his students to as much competi tion as possible and enters them in numerous tournaments he boasts no less than 30 top four finishers in the annual mon treal regional event m 4 which was contested by canadians and americans alike justin felschow took two first place prizes at the tourney with golds also going to stouffviile- uxbridge students jonathan her manson jason scuse ryan gray kris kobold jerry visco and lisa circosta second place finishers at the montreal competition included hermanson scuse garbutt rob keays art matthews circosta and alex frith twenty two of bouwmeisters pholoandrewolbert practice session of the karate- bouwmeister teaches some 80 students will attempt either their yellow or orange belts this week with decaires among them dan holden and marcus milos will be presented with their blue belts the fifth step towards the coveted black the program runs the year round with students signing up three months at a time- and while instructor bouwmeis ter stresses that his is a recreation al approach he concludes there is definitely a practical side to it as well in light of the stories dealing with street violence seen on televi sion every day the students end up prepared in case of a street attack involving knives or worse id like to see them all become black belts but thats impossible of course oldtimers reunion promises to be full of hockey memories jim thomas before taking over as editor of this newspaper back in 1962 had spent the previous decade and a half covering the tribune sports beat with foster hewittlike dedication and intensity one only has to flip through old issues carefully preserved on micro fiche at the library to get caught up in thomas you are there approach hed report the fortunes of the old stouffville red wings and clippers and the markham millionaires along with baseball teams like the stouffville cardinals whose 1958 road to au- ontario glory was chronicled by thomas in the same way world war two correspondents followed the allies victorious march into germany today he recalls the golden age of sport in stouffville as if it were yester day thomas is acting as chairman of the committee which is busy planning the fourth annual markhamstouffvillc oldtimers hockey association reunion to be held at the recreation sport notes bruce stapley centre lounge may ii the function will bring together just under 200 people representing the play ers organizers and the faithful fans from the 1940s 50s and 60s era of hockey in this area back in the days when a playoff game between markham and stouffville puckstcrs would empty every house in both towns standing room only was the rule back then and names like bob and nick bangay polly minton bud wat son and george stark were bandied about in every household this year rather than have a guest speaker the reunion is calling on 10 people to stand up and give brief anec dotes of the notable events of yesteryear either of comical or serious in nature guests of honor will include stouf fvilles super fan jimmy clarke and of course mayor fran sainsbury who according to those in the know has an unproven back hand shot three builders along with a trio of players will be given special recogni tion although the names of these indi viduals arc being kept under wraps by the committee recognition will also be paid mem bers of the old peachs hockey team which played in the toronto hockey league as well as local community loops back in the 50s and 60s joan lewis wife of recreation cen tre arena manager joe will be applying her decorators touch to thcrcc centre lounge adorning the walls in the old team colors and providing a fitting ambience and of course bill hood the hock ey oldtimer who sits on the board of directors of the markhamstpuffville hospital will be presented with a cheque for 500 from the oldtimers association that makes it 2000 in all that has now been donated to the ninth line facility by the hockey oldsters as for jim thomas he becomes as excited as a little kid just thinking about the event many of his one time heroes will be there and he like the- former ice wizards will be knee deep in memories apparently there are- still tickets available for the function and the com mittee stresses that the dinnerdo is open to fans and hangers on as well as the players and builders themselves april i is the deadline for purchasing a ticket which is going for a mere 15 and dont worry despite the intensi ty of the rivalry that once existed between the teams from the two towns thomas assures me the rifts have all vanished and the scores arc completely healed feasby nets pair to pace kings to win there were no upsets as the stouffville intermediate hockey league sihl playoffs got under way last tuesday at therecreation centre doug feasby fired a pair of goals and lome potter naz nicastro tom lehman and olaf rabi added singles as the firstplace williamson kings defeated the lastplace as construction red wings to get the sihl playoffs rolling kevin mcguckin with two goals and mark barbara scored for the wings in other playoff action second- place boyds sports dumped fifth- place dave blow insurance whalers 42 mike feasby barry greenshields scott sutherland and shawn leonard scored for the win- ners while pat duncalfand brent brown replied for the whalers also bryan todd had a pair of goals to go with solos by bruce rugelis peter sinclair and mark savery to power the thirdplace consortium group rangers past the fourthplace kellington capi tals 54 pete fitzpatrick scott harper rick hay and paul hardy scored for the capitals with the regular season now over doug feasby ended up earn ing top scorer honors for the year he notched 32 goals and 35 assists for 67 points second spot went to bruce rugelis with 35 goals and 3 1 assists for 66 points while ted waite with 29 goals and 26 assists for 55 pointswas third mike feas by and naz nicastro were both tied with 51 points top goalie for the sihl regular season was the kings johncarrick who allowed only 92 goals second spot went to brad hogg allowing 94 arid greg glen was third allow ing 118 girls squads reach finals laura winterstein scored four goals sunday evening to pace george ross photo to a 43 win over mph earthmoving in whitchurchstouffville junior girls house league hockey semifinal action at the recreation centre mph twice came from behind to tie the exciting contest with julie comito kirsten fraser and kathy tait scoring but wintersteins fourth tally late in the third period enabled george ross to advance to the league championships on apr 8 in the other playoff encounter sunday patricia davies earned the shutout as stouffville bowling rolled over lindys flowers 60 linemates jennifer williams and stephanie summerhill were responsible for much of the offence williams had a hat trick and an assist while summerhill had two goals and three assists stouffville bowling and george ross will meet for the league title while the other two squads face off for the consolation crown