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mo weekender 174997 st mpafo fitness aerobics centre 190 bullock drive 9054717071 tratmbune rts leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 a spirited ice deal still has to be worked out sports notes bruce stapley in true mark twain tradition it would appear that reports of the demise of saturday night as the home date of the spirit of stouffville or at least the switch to thursday night was an exaggeration apparently a story in tuesdays tri bune announcing the changeover trig gered a minitwister among the vari ous ice user groups with a resulting flood of phone calls aimed in the direction of spirit executive director and wouldbe diplomat pat madigan with ice time allocation still an extremely touchy topic prime time is all gone for both ice pads come the fall councillor cliff dunkeld told me at the official opening of the second pad monday 1 agreed to help douse the flames forthwith as it turns out pat said the ontario hockey association oha recently okayed a move from saturday to thursday the spirit directors imme diately asked the ice allocation com mittee to approach the major ice user groups mens hockey figure skating minor hockey girls hockey about a possible swap of ice hours this process has just begun said pat with a meeting of the user groups to be called the groups will take back the spirit request to their respective directors and hopefully a deal can be made to grant the club its wish then and only then will it become official pat said it should be finalized soon although he stressed the spirit under stands it will be up to the user groups to voluntarily agree to switch hours this process must be completed very soon for each group has major scheduling that must be completed as soon as possible said pat pat hoped by making the whole process clear via this column that things could be settled down prevent ing an upheaval that would only serve to set back the cause of junior hockey here in town the appointment of pat along with nine other new directors is part of an effort on the part of the spirit to mend some fences and gain support from the people of stouffville we realize our relationship with major user groups and the town over the past two years has been tainted he offered we are trying to be more professional on and off the ice our goal is for this team to be community based and supported by everybody pat said promotional opportunities are being priced aggressively as the club tries to induce support from the community he added the club wants to succeed where other junior organi zations have succeeded working hand in hand with the local minor hockey system it will take a large effort on every ones behalf to make this work were thinking of our kids future this year coming we hope to have a number of stouffville kids on the spirit roster rebels opener delayed by one day the federal leaders debate in ottawa wasnt the only competitive activity to be rocked by an unexpected bombshell tuesday night the claremont rebels had their first ever oshawa city and district fastball association game scrubbed when a bomb scare resulted in the evacuation of the durham college campus with everyone ordered off the adjoining durham field as well the rebels were to have sent former stouffville merchant junior scott evans to the pitching rubber to face the oshawa juniors in the claremont teams season opener the rebels will once again play their home game wednesdays at 830 pm at claremont park event 5 on this weekemi i- ggpspg the boys of summer returned to the town park on friday evening as the a ls raiders began their 15th annual slow pitch tournament taking a hands on approach middlefield collegiates amina qureshi left tries her best to avoid touching the bouncing ball while being closely guarded by stouffville district secondary schools alex chacinski during wednesdays yraa soccer contest at stouffville district secondary school the host spartans won the game 50 on goals by michelle zafairopoulos lillian boyd laura boyd dana cox and chacinski phm by s witteveen fullertons team is right on target by winning title it was fullertons 2 taking all the laurels as the whitchurch- stouffville darts league held its season ending awards ban quet may 3 at the stouffville legion the fullertons squad was honoured for finishing first in the regular season standings as well as for capturing the playoff title the town crier 2 crew won the consolation b playoff side the fullertons team is made up of peter haley zoltan szebedinszky kevin rogers colin fullerton pat mcpher- son charlie lawson ray defaye and dave parker charlie lawson was installed as the leagues new president replacing past president and founder shirley hellyer law- son will head up the leagues first executive the league champions members of the fullertons 2 team that captured this years whitchurchstouffville darts league title include from far left peter haley zoltzn szebedinszky kevin rogers colin fullerton pat mcpherson charlie lawson ray defaye and dave parker which plays out of six stouf fville area barrestaurants is expected to expand from 1 1 to at least 15 teams next season rebels prevail in season opener the lights came on late but they went out early for the aurora mud hens wednesday night at clare mont park scott evans was in mid season form as he pitched the claremont rebels to a 61 win over the visiting mud hens in the rebels opening game of the oshawa city and district fastball association sea son the start of the game was delayed over a half hour while the players waited for the diamond lights to come on the rebels were to have opened at durham field in oshawa tuesday but their game with the oshawa juniors was cancelled due to a bomb scare in the adjoining durham college cam pus evans pitched five innings of one hit shutout ball he racked up 13 strikeouts fanning the side in the third fourth and fifth frames tim evans finished up surrendering a run in two innings rob parcells had two hits including a triple and scored a run while adding an rbi dave jones and jim closs each had two hits for the rebels with jones scoring twice scott evans had two hits and an rbi tim evans chipped in with a hit a run and a rbi cliff herbert banged a triple and scored while jim chilvers knocked in a run the rebels are in uxbridge to play the bandits monday night