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p 24 weekender april 5 1997 st i i i fitness aerobics centre 190 bullock qrlve 905471771 robbins recalls the good old sporting days sport notes e stapley fred robbins brought back memories of local sports heroes of eras gone by at the whitchurchstouffville histori cal societys sportsmen and champions evening held recent ly at the parkview village audi torium fred spent countless hours sifting through old tribunes books on local history and records before presenting his findings to the small gathering he extolled the multisport dex terity of the likes of earl cook the lemonville farmer who played pro ball as well as play ing hockey in the local bush league fred also dug up information on a stouffville checkers player named fleming who held the canadian championship for 22 years in the late 1800s he spoke of the towns first indoor arena on the site of what is now main streets silver jubilee club and how a natural ice curling facility was set up there to help stouffville defeat their markham rivals fred recalled how another stouffville resident played national level lacrosse for teams in vancouver and toronto in the 1890s he unearthed a program from the first ever stouffville clip pers hockey team in 194849 and even found an original clip pers blue on blue jersey the hockey shirt which belongs to onetime prominent stouffville athlete les clarke had a discernable m behind the crest les said they got a deal on the sweaters fred explained they were originally made for st mikes hockey team fred related how william lyon mackenzie ring came to town to present the stouffville lawn bowling team with a cham pionship trophy donated by king himself back in 1923 he also recalled the ultimate victory parade where a stouf fville team which had just won a provincial championship on the road was given the traditional fire truck ride up main st upon returning to town in the middle of the night back in 1971 cour tesy of thentribune editor jim thomas jumping for joy stouffville district secondary school holds it second annual jump rope for heart fundraiser at the school on april 10 stu dents have been out pounding the pavement in search of pledges for the event which raised 5500 for the heart and stroke foundation last year students who come up with a minimum of 20 in pledges can take part participants will be skipping rope from 1330 pm in the school gym hats off to phys ed teacher jim fletcher he has the perfect attendance record for organizing the event titles on the line the whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association houseleague program will hold its championship day on april 12 the action gets under way with the hockey school and tyke season finales from 8 am through noon the novice atom pee wee and bantammidget finals follow the action continues with the challenge cup pitting the stouf fville allontario clippers against the uxbridge bruins alumni at 7 pm that same night the clippers will be out to make it five wins in a row once again all funds raised at the game go to the childrens wish foundation in memory of dan mcneil kavluk on the run rim ravluk has been racking up some impressive results as he prepares to take another crack at the boston marathon april 21 he was 18th overall out of 700 runners and second in the masters 40 and over class at the peterborough half marathon feb 23 with a time of 11956 two weeks later he placed 13th in a 600 runner field at the grimsby half marathon where he was the third place master with a time of 11936 hes noth ing if not consistent at the burlington 10 miler march 28 he was 15th out of 700 runners and third in the master group with a time of 5925 go for it in boston rim islft lffiimsel three generations of sports afficionados including from far left tom huntley shows his son fred robbins and grandson john the glove that he used some 50 years ago when he was a youngster at the recent historic sports evening hosted by fred robbins and the stouffville historical society at parkview auditorium photosteve somerville clippers bruins to renew battle in challenge cup the uxbridge bruins alumni will be looking for their first ever challenge cup victory in five tries as they take on the stouffville all ontario clippers april 12 at the rec centre in stouf fville the contest played in memory of former bruin and clipper dan mcneil will see players from bruins teams of years gone by face off against members of clippers teams that won omha champi onships over the past two decades the bruins lineup is to include jason underwood tim evans paul trentadue darron bastoh greg cook and jamie showers wearing clippers colors will be ryan burkholder graham crowder brad hackert and john mcrinnon from the 199192 omha and ohf champion bantam clip pers organizers are hoping jason reesor who was cap tain of the 199192 titlists will also be in the clippers lineup reesor was a member of the guelph gryphons team which recently cap tured the canadian universi ty hockey crown the bruins will be coached by jack white with bob mcrinnon behind the clippers bench there will be door prizes and draws for merchandise including prop sports memo rabilia game time is 7 pm admission is 5 3 for stu dents proceeds from the event once again go to the chil drens wish foundation in mcneils memory to date the game has raised over 8000 for that organization