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p2qt8ibyne 0pt0beb1s 1994 3 stv stouffinlk plenty of issues raised at softball annual meeting sport notes bruce stapley they kicked around three now familiar cans at the annual meeting of the whitchurchstouffville softball association wssa held last wednesday in the rec centre lounge the first involved the ques tion of user fees which have gone over like the gst since council decreed them neces sary a few years ago for the wssa the levy jumped from 535 in 1993 to a whopping 401880 this past season for the right to play ball on diamonds owned by the taxpayers the wssa figure was part of a total of 25540 shelled out by the various organiza tions playing ball on town facilities in 1994 cathy bennett who was reappointed as wssa presi dent at the meeting said she found the whole idea of user fees for kids sports odious but she is equally miffed at the lack of bang for the user fee buck in terms of ball dia mond maintenance bennett served notice as others before her have that shes fed up and doesnt intend to take it anymore if were going to have to pay the the town are going to have to start maintaining the diamonds in a proper way she proclaimed bennett added that when she asked the town recre ation department just what the wssa user fees were used for a blank stare came her way local coach and umpire bob french got into the act as well he complained that the fees are so high for tournaments that mens leagues are shuf fling off to goodwood where tourneys go for a song local merchants french suggested should be furi ous that the town is driving away these tournaments and all the business they generate for local shopkeep ers french and bennett beseeched the 55 some odd in attendance to turn the user fee thing into an election issue or at least contact their councillor to register a com plaint the meeting then moved on to consider the age old ques tion of just what importance should be placed on winning at the wssa houseleague level a sensitive issue to be sure especially when there have been coaches from the outly ing hamlets like vandorf and goodwood for whom winning at tball is considered just a little less important than cop ping that world series title through the years bennett said it had become increasingly difficult to ascer tain league winners due to the complexity of keeping precise statistics coaches have been coming to her saying their team should be in first place not the squad so proclaimed in the official standings a myriad of phone calls then had to be made to verify scores and other items and the whole thing was getting out of hand bennett suggest ed add to that the question of what to do with rained out games and bennett suggest ed the year end tournament winner be given all the mar bles after a sometimes heated exchange of 45 minutes or so in which the concept of win ning was debated thoroughly the issue was put to a vote as so often happens in this sort of situation things stayed exactly the way they were the third issue arose dur ing the election of officers and sprang out of that process with a lack of new names from which to choose the new executive and other officers bennett suggested its this kind of apathv which could see the wssa and its 1500 player registration handed over to the town to operate some day with no one else waiting in the wings to take over as president bennett agreed to stay on however she warned there would have to be some new blood at the top soon ive been doing this tor seven years i cant go on for ever she warned but by nights end names had been lined up for almost all of the various positions that need filling annually this time anyway the list is as follows note the number of people doing more than one job vice president june doner treasurer lori sellers secretary gerrie bolton ballantrae reps mary lott sandy paynter claremont rep larry cogar vandorf reps june doner paul doner girls rep cliff dunkeld boys rep lori doner boys select rep bill anderson scoresstatistics ron shut equipment manager john masci umpire scheduling al piette linda alston game scheduling cathy bennett practice scheduling maureen fretz diamond lining scheduling mike briggs tournament committee pat salvagna rod chicorli doug marshman tom clark sponsors ted bennett pictures chris paule i sweaters pat salvagna glen mcdougall maureen fretz registration maureen fretz rules committee mike briggs tom clark cathy bennett arnie gainsbrook jimmcleod chairpersons larry cogar lori doner june doner bob french pat salvagna al piette umpire convener al piette major novice clippers come up short it was a fruitless road trip for the ken and neil patrick major novice clippers as the stouffville squad was upset by cobourg 32 on sunday t i jv afig on friday againsttrenton patrick platoon with jennings setting up bollos score the clippers take tothe rec centre ice sur- midget clippers lose seasonopening debut after going undefeated in three preseason contests the cable tech midget clippers were stung 20 by trenton in their regular season opener on oct 9 the clippers had prepared for the new season with 40 and 70 shutout wins over richmond hill and port perry respectively and a 42 triumph over uxbridge the midgets are sporting a new look for the 199495 cam paign veterans graham crowder john mckinnon and roger mcmann have moved on to play triple a hockey leaving coaches peter fitzpatrick kevin cryderman and todd balazs with a new mix of play ers to work with returning from last years team are ian ellis david hutchison rob keys peter smith mike underwood steve wilcox and goaltender josh mckellar graduating from last years bantams are scott assinck adam crowder tim smart craig wood and goalie evan boyd houseleague recruits include tom hammond dan marujo and matt mcnaught don wilkie has returned to rep hockey after sitting out a year point getters for the clippers during the preseason were assinck four goals and an assist hutchison two goals and two assists underwood one goal and three assists keys two assists smart one goal and one assist smith one goal one assist hammond one goal crowder one goal wilcox one assist wood one assist mcnaught one assist the midgets play their home games sunday at 9 pm clippers road show a success justin felschow and adam christensen combined in goal to help the major atom clippers to a 40 win over peterborough in a road game on sunday brandon tardella scored the clippers first goal as he one- timed a perfect pass from andrew lombardo jason mcdonald then clicked from dylan harrison for the second stouffville goal the third goal came off the stick of ryan jackson from lombardo and kenny leighton mcdonald closed out the scor ing with his second goal of the gams with just eight seconds left in the contest harrison and leighton assisted the following scorers were omitted from the results of the clippers thanksgiving weekend tournament in alliston pub lished in the oct 15 weekender tardella one goal and two assists harrison one goal and one assist borqui one goal and one assist lombardo one goal and one assist amyotte one goal jackson one goal and one assist lyons two assists smith bueyjcrbb8m assist eacb the clippers host uxbridge at 8 ptor6iifttdy-