stux mikmimffit 2399iyp3i jl ftgi uxbridge snmpickins it was slim pickings for the two uxbridge teams entered in the cd division of last week ends annual as raiders slo- pitch tournament at stouf fvilles memorial park the royals started strong besting the north york nomads 137 friday night but theyfell 134 to the eventual semifinalrst stouf- fville red sox saturday then were eliminated from further play as the nomads came back to edge them 1817 later in the day uxbridges public enemy squad dropped their opener 98 to the red sox before being ousted 127 by the nomads stouffville vaughan blanked brad johnston and bob lewis combined for a no hit ter wednesday as the stouf fville choko design squirts blanked vaughan 220 at stouffvilles memorial park wednesday dan tardella bashed a pair of home runs for choko with solo round trippers coming off the bats of kevin hackert ryan king and rob spytz carmen auciello had a triple while billy wray stroked four singles for stouf- fville lewis racked up a total of eight strikeouts in his four innings pitched for choko johnston threw three innings the stouffville squad takes on pickering at stouffvilles diamond 2 this wednesday may 29 at 630 pm horse show the boots n saddle west ern horse club will be hosting a show on sunday june2 at pinedale quarter horse farm ninth line north of the aurora siderbad there will be a full lineup of english western and speed event classes the show begins at 9 am for further info call diane ferguson 887r9843 or susan miles 8529532 open bowling it will be open bowling at the stouffville lawn bowling club for two weeks as the club tries to interest newcom ers in trying the sport firsttime bowlers are invit ed to check out the facilities and try their luck on the greens starting may 27 and running through june 8 the open house will run may 273 1 afternoons and evenings june 12 from 1 pm to 4 pm june 37 after noons and evenings not including june 5 and june 4 from 1 pm to 4 pm interested parties are asked to call 6403272 or 6401669 mhh photosteve somerville stouffville stingers base runner nicole ellis bowls over stouffville angies sophomores catcher stacie patten in a wednesday night game between the intermediate stingers and their junior counterparts at memorial park ellis and debbie gold hit a home run apiece for the stingers stingers trounce mt albert in home opener the stouffville stingers got a little carried away as they kicked off their south lake simcoe ladies softball league home schedule at stouffvilles memorial park last thursday night debbie gold smacked a grand slam home run and her offencehappy team mates combined for several touch downs as the stouffville stingers trounced mt albert 3815 the defending league champion stingers had opened up their season three days earlier with a nar row 98 loss to scarborough in another opening week contest the 1990 playoff finalist uxbridge precision auto refinishing squad dropped a 51 decision to richmond hill on wednesday sheila fockler pitched five innings to earn the win in the stingers victory with candy brown coming on to pitch the last two innings leana boyd stroked a double and contributed a solid defensive effort for the stouffville crew in the loss to scarborough a triple by lori nicolai drove home lisa rise- brough with uxbridges only run in their game with richmond hill vsv homerun fest in ladies slopitch it was a homerun derby in tues day night ladies slopitch league action this week at stouffvilles memorial park kelly faulkner of phil faulkner auctions cleared the bases with a grand slam in the early going of her teams game with taylor christmas trees but joan hewlett came back with a trio of round trip pers to lead the taylor troupe to a 19- 14 victory jamie norton and karen tippett also counted a fourbagger each for the winners while jennifer gray socked a pair of homers for taylor in the other matchup karen adair stroked two home runsbut it wasntenough as colley borland and vale snuck past her bangay construction crew 1514 tracey pollards homer helped colley and co to their narrow decision lose one by a hair bruce stapley correspondent darren crawford found the home run to be double edged sword wednesday night at stouffvilles memorial park crawfords two round trippers along with a double had contributed to his stouffville merchants juniors 54 fourth inning lead in their oshavva and district mens fastball league contest with the oshawa navy club butcrawford taking over the pitching assignment from mer chants starter bryon baranieski surrendered a threerun homer in the fifth to enable the visitors to sneak away with a 76 victory the loss was the first of the new season for the defending ontario junior champion merchants the stouffville outfit had bested brooklin 92 in their season opener the previous wednesday as glen cole blasted a pair of fourbaggers craig crawfords homer was the big blow in a 40 whitewash job of port perry the next night the merchants had taken nine innings to overcome the oshawa juniors 85 in a game played mon day of this week as rob parcells hit safely in four of his five trips to the plate to lead a 14hit stouffville attack baranieski- darren crawford and cole combined onthe pitching assignments in all three victories for the merchants but the string was snapped but the string was snapped wednesday against the navy club despite a determined stouffville effort the merchants had trailed 2- 1 then 43 before taking the lead in the fourth when playercoach howard burkholder scampered home on a wild pitch steve cooper sliced a drive down the left field- line for a home run in the seventh and final inning to bring stouffville to within a run but it was all the merchants could muster the stouffville crew takes to the field again this coming wednesday may 29 when they entertain port perry game time is 830 at the main dia mond new members on bowling league board four new board members were named to the uxbridge valleyfive pin bowlers association at the group sannual meeting may 14 league president don chase wel comed aboard irene hollingshead sharon paradine and mike davies for threeyear terms with past board member alex barber being elected to a oneyear term v other board members are chase donna beardon- carol rowe kushal davis and sue kelso outgoing board members al and wendy dingmari were thanked for their contribution to the association as were uxbridge bowling propri etors sharon wannamaker and don woodrow the association executive will hold its next meeting aug 20 at 7 pm at uxbridge bowling