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ifllrii r st the tribune ofts leisure xqf d yam awyatai iht os i tribune may 6 1997 p21 got a score call our hotline at 6402100 kicking up a storm stouffville district secondary schools katie scorrar left boots the ball away from a unionville high school player in a recent york region athletic association girls soc cer contest at unionville high school unionville high school won the game 70 photo by sjoerd w1tteveen local youth soccer kicks up a storm this campaign bruce stapley correspondent the whitchurchstouffville soccer club wssc is bulging at the seams as young chil dren and families take to the game in ever increasing numbers with a registration of 650 players up a full 100 players from last season the club is trying to cope with the added pressures brought on by the sud den expansion its huge its almost scary said club registrar agnes locksley the biggest increase is in the youth division fifty teams in all will take to the fields when the season gets under way may 26 due to the boom in the younger age groups the clubs youth divi sion is being split into two sections a new under six division will include nine teams while the seven and under category will have 14 squads these age groups combined to field only 16 teams last season there are also nine and under 11 and under 13 and under and 15 and under divisions wssc president joe caldeira said the clubs vice president in charge of minisoccer andrew paterson is looking for help due to the dramatic rise in youth level registration caldeira said ken goodbrand the clubs vp in charge of girls soc cer is also being pushed to the limit this year kens done such a good job womens soccer is booming its going to overtake the guys if this keeps up theres been a big drive in womens soccer in york region the women are playing some good soccer now with the increase in teams the club will rely heavily on the novopharm fields thirteen mini- fields will be used at the west end site for the under 10 teams with pitches to be used for older teams as well the rec centre fields will be used for the more senior players without novopharm i dont know what wed do acknowledged caldeira in fact several businesses have been most cooperative in different ways caldeira said the club is looking for more qual ified instructors to serve as coaches a few of our coaches have taken clinics and more have shown interest the kids need qualified coaches he said the club is presently looking for a new head coach to replace mike preston who has moved to pickering a replacement referee in chief is also required to fill the spot left vacant when ravi joneja stepped down due to other commitments the club will likely not field any adult teams this season said caldeira no rep teams have been formed yet although caldeira said that could still happen teams will all play either house league at the inhouse level or recreation al soccer in the york region league mark ock- well is the clubs vp in charge of recreational soccer all teams will gather may 21 for an initial meet the coach day r golf tournament set for june 4 the hospice marwiamstouffvilles second from don valley north toyota and a sebring inual hospice golf tournament is slated for provided by markham dodge chrysler there lllr will also be aputtirig contest skins game and a le fourperson scramble is to be held at the closest to the volunteer contest ilver lakes golf and country club near entry fee is 150 per person which includes idford the event includes two hole in one dinner at seton hall entry forms are available ojftests with golfers shooting for a lexus at the hospice office or call 9054725014 local courses become part of golf conglomerate sports notes bruce stapley and then there were 10 with the acquisition of three more golf courses over the past winter along with a sparkling 36- hole facility currently being devel oped near oakville the clublink corporation has reached the decade mark in terms of golf prop erties included in its impressive stable among the clublink collection are whitchurchstouffvilles emerald hills claremonts cherry downs and king valley in aurora the trio was among the four origi nals held by the well heeled corpo ration the most recent acquisitions include the chestnut hill club over at leslie and bloomington road which has seen its name changed to the diamondback golf club that facility will host the cpgas infiniti championship for the second straight year this july clublink president bruce sim- monds said the best is yet to come we already are the largest golf club operator in canada and we want to continue to be that sim- monds told me from his car phone recently expansion potential theres lots of expansion poten tial here in ontario over the next five years we plan to have a total of around 25 courses in ontario but simmonds and his associates arent content to restrict their oper ations to canada clublink which includes as its shareholders five of the top 10 canadian mutual fund companies not to mention some high profile pension funds has invested in 23 golf courses in the united states as it establishes a stateside bulkhead simmonds cited interest in golf in canada is rising steadily he quoted a survey stating that 24 per cent of the people in this country play golf the highest per centage of any country in the world and that figure is up six per cent from a similar survey conducted just six years ago armed with a slew of statistics relevant to his companys vital interests he cites another finding that will surprise some people the average rounds per year played by golfers in temperate british columbia is nine here in frigid ontario that num ber climbs all the way up to 16 simmonds suggests its simply a matter of what you cant have you want theres not the sense of urgency in bc simmonds reasons here in ontario when the weather finally turns nice people want to get out there as much as they can the clublink philosophy is to put together the biggest collection of golf properties possible then pool them in a common package for members to play members lay out an initial amount ranging from 15000 to 40000 then pay yearly dues once on board they can play any of the clublink courses it works extremely well said simmonds people love the vari ety royals have pride former stouffville merchant junior centre fielder and current town resident bill pride has landed a spot on the roster of the scarbor ough royals of the international softball congress mens travel league also signing on with the royals is oshawas hubie basilio who was a pitcher with the 1992 mer chants squad that came within a game of winning a third straight ontario junior fastball champi onship peewees consoled in tournament the stouffville storm peewee select hockey team wound up their season recently with a consolation championship at a tournament in uxbridge a first round elimination at the hands of pickering in north york league playoff action and a berth in the finals at a tournament in lindsay the team expressed gratitude to their sponsors for putting them on ice this season rammgraph inc hulshof masonry and betz pools the winners of the storms 5050 draw were timber loughlin 500 first prize john davis second prize hand made afghaii doug allman third prize pot pourri bas ket and clock