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plsweekendeijxjlyim 1993 st mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm pholosteve somehville gotcha stouffville merchants baserunner jason yoshi- da left tried to make a quick retreat from third base but was eventually tagged out by port perry third baseman larry pilkey during action in wednesdays junior fastball contest at the town park diamond merchants seek provincial title the stouffville merchants are in north fredericksberg this weekend for the 1993 junior euminations provincial fastball championships the merchants began the 25- team showdown on friday with a game against smith falls merchants head coach howard burkholder said the team should be back to full strength rich burkholder was nursing an ankle injury while byron baranieski had a sore neck burkholder was hopeful those ailments would pass the team had hoped to have rob grey rejoin them for the eliminations grey who was with the team last year when they were ontario finalists has been involved in a bitter dis- hornettes kick up a storm krystle palmer jessica franklin and nicole aldcroft looked after the scoring as the cabletech under13 hornettes girls soccer team came from behind to defeat king city 31 in a recent contest michele zafiropoulos stood out on defence for the stouf fville squad holding the hor nettes in the game until they found their offensive touch the cabletech crew tied the game late in the first half then fought determinedly to add another pair of scores in the second despite injuries to amanda mclelland ashley mcpherson and rebecca davis a select win for myers dean myers select squirt boys softball team glided to another tournament victory in newmarket on canada day the selects dominated the tournament with victories of 91 over newmarket 90 over innisfil and 111 in the championship game over scarboroughs meadowvale superb pitching by jamie alston shawn barton and adam fer guson allowed only one earned run in the tournament great defensive efforts were made by all the previous weekend in east gwillimbury the selects once again cruised to the championship final with victories of 251 over east gwillimbury 135 over newmarket and 231 over richmond hill but lost in the final to malvern pute involving the merchants the oshawa juniors and the ontario amateur softball asso ciation oasa the oasa ruled in a meeting held in stouffville last week that the merchants still have greys rights grey however wants to play with oshawa burkholder said its a matter of principle reed races to victory musselmans lake resident dave reed finished ahead of the pack in the inaugural strawberry 10 k run held july 4 in stouffville reed 38 ran the course in 35 minutes and 49 seconds putting him ahead of second- place finisher fred robbins of stouffville who clocked in at 3650 karen strugar of stouffville was the first woman finisher in the open category with a time of4412 stouffvilles terry neprily was first in the over 40 mens division with a time of 4332 alice kearns was the top fin ishing over 40 female with a time of 5302 a total of 22 runners compet ed in the event annual canada day triathlon a big success sport notes s t a p i e y the triathlete mailman from stratford regained his crown in this years sixth annual canada day recre ation department triathlon as the pros who made a trav esty of last years event decid ed to give the thing back to the amateurs for whom it was intended town officials were consider ing changing the name of our fair village to mandersville after gary manders traded his mail bag for a speedo bathing suit and raced to vic tory in the 3039 year old mens class giving him the overall title as well it was his third overall champi onship in the past four years manders said his time of one hour eight minutes and 33 seconds was a good two minutes slower than his pre vious best something to do with the stiff breeze blowing up durham 30tenth line for the cycling segment rick manders garys oshawabased brother who won the whole thing in 1989 was third susan flynn of toronto who was also com peting in the 3039 age group was top overall female with a time of 11812 ballantraes john bellerby the tanned and fit 24yearold brother of local councilor steve clocked in at an impressive 11310 to take the 2029 male class john was also the fastest overall whitchurchstouffville male entrant edging 45yearold dave deny who won the 40- 49 male flight by a mere minute and 25 seconds it was the third straight year as age group champ for derry who only took up the triathlon event four years ago andrea thomas was the fastest local female with a dazzling 12203 stouffville district secondary school runner chris lamont took the under 20 male honors with a time of 12133 but while these amateur aces did themselves proud this reporters heart goes out to the occasional athletes and one time wonders who see the annual triathlon as an oppor tunity for a personal victory with the likes of brooke jones and sandy mackenzie unable to go this year due to ailments and myself and my son shane deciding that once was enough it was up to the likes of susan tufford to carry the flag for the pluggers susan who keeps herself in shape with regular exercise had never attempted such an undertaking she took her training seriously doing the route four times prior to race day substituting a swimming pool for shadow lake competing in the 3039 female class she posted a creditable time of one hour and 40 minutes but like most first times she was dev astated by the 750metre swim around shadow lake which begins the event susan used the words like scary intimidating and just awful to describe what it was like to be a part of a 100 swimmer scrum her sentiments are similar to those expressed by capable athletes and lesser lites alike since the triathlon moved the swim to the ninth line mini- lake a few years back she suggested the presence of a motorized boat would have given her a little reas surance when she started coughing and spluttering upon entering the weeds at one point but other than that susan enjoyed herself and said she would definitely try it again her words backed up my argument that the event should eventually become a strictly local competition the real fun she said was had by the people like herself who were just out there doing it the camaraderie enjoyed by those folks was rewarding she maintained sponsors including adidas bell cellular leader sports and spring valley water also played a big part in the event the triathlon has proved once again that it is a worth while and well run recreation al event the next ones a full year away and this reporter urges casual athletes and fit ness adherents of all ages to mark down july 1 1994 from 810 am on your calendar because in this race you just cant lose j w rf t jcr- i w -v-