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p16 weekender march 18 1995 m y 71 ev m second ice pad is a must for arrival of local junior a entry i zrtsm sstjfv a runners delight runners irmgard van der krlft far left and peter mcgaugh took advan tage of the springlike weather conditions earlier this past week to take a jog along edward street phoiosjoerd witteveen minor peewees gain split in contests against ajax the aikens ida minor peewees ended up on opposite ends of 41 scores in a pair of exhibition hockey games against the ajax aa team in recent action lukas williams brent meyer blair cain and casey maude scored for stouffville in a 41 win in the first match assists went to eric harper matt sullivan blair cain ryan jones and ryan fontanna graham smith was solid in the clippers net justin heyworth was the lone clippers marksmen in the second con test jones and peter smith assisted the clippers were in hamilton to take part in a tournament over the march break from all indications toron to area hockey promoter george stavros would still like to bring a junior a hock ey team to stouffville stavros was at the recent council meeting which endorsed the idea of a second ice pad offering the support of a guarantee of 10 hours of prebooked ice time by a junior team if the second arena comes to fruition while neither past whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association wsmha president wally crowder or current president maureen markle were able to confirm or deny it rumor has it stavros may be looking to transfer the ajax axemen of the ontario hockey associ ation provincial junior a league to stouffville crowder was approached by stavros about the possibil ity of bringing a junior squad here last year and set him on to markle markles husband john who is wsmha rep convener has spoken with stavros confirmed maureen about different possibilities but everyone agrees that without the second pad its all academic maureen who will assist the recently con firmed second ice pad steer ing committee said shes just hopeful council will make a final decision one way or another as to whether to go from approving of the con cept of the new arena to actu ally setting the wheels in motion she told me she real izes there is a certain amount of opposition to the idea from indoor swimming pool advo cates but she said that on the other hand there is a sig nificant size group of people who have devoted endless hours of their time to researching the second pad concept the man hours are adding up lets go one way or the other she suggested markle said the wsmha would get involved with any fundraising plans that are made to help the pad become a reality lets hope the second pad versus pool debate doesnt trigger the kind of divisive- ness among townspeople that we were all so anxious to see council put behind it after the last municipal elec tion ood turning to softball whitchurchstouffville soft ball association wssa president cathy bennett and her executive have been busy during the winter months preparing for the 1995 sea son bennett told me recently that while no one has offered to take over from howard burkholder as stouffville merchants junior mens fast ball team coach and organiz er there will still be a total of 10 boys and girls rep teams this summer there will be rep teams of both genders from mites all the way through midgets it will be the first season in a while that the organization will field a mite girls crew bennett said most of the teams have already begun indoor workouts the wssa conducted a level one coaches clinic in the stouffville district sec ondary school gym over the past weekend there will be a junior umpires clinic for males and females between the ages of 12 and 18 at latcham hall the morning of april 22 am it keeps getting better for the devils elbow alpine rac ing team the upstart squad which includes stouffvilles andrea newmarch followed up its surprising victory over the three year reigning mackenzie league champi ons from osier bluff in the semifinals by winning the finals at craigleith feb 25 stouffvilles stan newmarch andreas grandfather said the collingwood ski area was in shock after the back to back defeat of their highly rated clubs by the underdog devils elbow outfit he said the winning club is still looking for 11- and 12- yearold racers for next years team training begins in december with excana dian ski team racers serving as coaches oldtimers finish second john boyd was named top goalkeeper as the betz pools oldtimers hockey team had a win aiid two ties to finish second at a recent oneday tournament in peterbor ough don lloyd and bob mckin- non scored for betz in an opening game 22 tie against scotts it was bob leger garth krisman george cowley and lloyd finding the range in a 44 draw with the schomberg sooters in game two krisman collected a pair of goals including the winner in a 32 win over erin second wind in the betz squads final outing ralph cain notched the third stouffville marker assists for the tournament went to jack holder 2 joe infurnari 2 leger bill cor ner wayne mcmann ron cain and mckinnon happy birthday to our hahd working carriers having a birthday in march 1995 stoiiffvittktribiinf kathleen icntilc shawn rousseau andy gibson andrew smith lcannc gilham paul lorimcr andrew haines chris ientile dcvin kissondath damicn peroff to be part of ihe carrier team call 6402100 in stouffville and 8529741 in uxbridgc iixbr melissa bradley brent mills matthew smith drew davidson tiffany grove jclcna bell shawn robertson ryan maxson simon cantrill nick grainger tanya gall scott gall tared bradley an exhibition skate by the unionville skating club precision teams thursday april 6th 8 pm 9 pm markham centennial centre mccowan road admission free m sponsored by unionville skating club economist j w