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st the tribune thursday july 10 1997p11 the tribune rt s leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 jam time mike masu left dunks this ball on mike vandervoort as the two took to the town park basketball court to play a little oneonone saturday photo by cheryl johnson midgets field bronze third in thorold the cable tech midget girls rep soft- ball team had to settle for the bronze despite outscoring their opponents 546 in five games in the thorold tournament over the weekend the cable tech crew started off with a 120 victory over the host squad as pitch er amanda connolly tossed a three hitter with five strikeouts to her credit amanda crowder followed with a three hit 102 victory over waterloo with the pitcher going on to throw five perfect innings in cable techs 91 triumph over scarborough crowder finished the game with a two hitter striking out six the stouffville squad suffered a tough 21 loss to the new york breakers an all star team from buffalo ny in their fourth outing connolly pitched another strong game for the cable tech unit while her team mates were baffled by the 10 strike out pitching of her new york counterpart stouflville laid claim to the bronze with a 221 mercyshortened triumph over thorold midgets coach dave miller was thrilled with his teams performance at the tour ney it was justa remarkable weekend of play by everybody said miller great pitching clutch hitting and good defence three double plays four outfield outs on runners advancing miller said it was disappointing not to make the finals after such a performance the loss to new york was a heart breaker but giving up only three earned runs over five games showed how well the girls played rbi leaders for stouffville were con nolly 10 jenn sheppard and danielle timms eight each melissa gilroy and tammy craigie six each jackie thorne five angie burke shannon timms and tia saley three each and amanda crow der two in recent league play connolly had seven whiffs in an 185 stouffville win over east gwillimbury shannon timms had four rbis with danielle timms and connolly each knocking in three runs saley had four rbis to lead the way to a 136 win over scarborough crowder struck out six while driving in three runs shannon timms also had three ribbies connolly threw a one hitter and added 13 strike outs as the cable tech outfit blanked pickering 60 gilroy socked a pair of triples for three rbis with jessi ca smith thorne and craigie each knocking in a run golf school pays off for by er pat byers been there done that mastery of the game of golf could be taken as a tweak of the nose to those of us with a long established lovehate relationship with the sport sometimes referred to as a nice walk spoiled pat who for the past 27 years has been prepar ing young people to walk the fairways of life as director of a stouffville nursery school achieved a hole in one after just three lessons back on june 28 at the john evelyn golf course for pat the ace came as a result of her deciding it was time she finally learned the basics of the game in years gone by she had occasionally ventured out to the links as a form of passive outdoor recre ation combined with the ongoing adventure of never knowing just where the ball was going to go when and if she hit it an elbow problem led her to pack it in altogeth er a few years back but then she won a set of woods at this years ducks unlimited extravagan za in markham back in april the mother of three grown children signed up along with 35 or so other of her gender for a four- week womens golf clinic at the evelyn course just outside stouffville this spring under the adept tutelage of the courses pro dave woods she was finally able to get a grip on what works for her along with evelyn family matriarch patricia and her coclinic students louise renwick pat decid ed to head for a little scramble on the clubs exec utive par three nine hole course after last weeks clinic pat waggled her new graphitehandled three wood as she started down the 130yard sec ond hole she uncorked her newlyrefined swing then stood there and watched as the ball floated into the air it touched down then rolled as if being guided by a remote control device right into the cup i knew i had hit it well recalled pat then the girls said you got a hole in one the ace came as an unexpected highlight of sports notes bruce stapley what had been until then just another laid back monday evening on the course we were just enjoying our selves having a nice relaxing time said pat as if to rub it in for those of us who have been smacking golf balls with a vengeance for decades and never experienced the ultimate golfers euphoria pat credits woods and his able assistants for giv ing her what she needed just to be able to get the ball anywhere near the hole in such a situation hes terrific were really enjoying the lessons it would appear that woods and co have come up with the perfect approach for the novice golfer dont try to build rome in a day he just gives you enough so you can hit the ball just one or two pointers to get you started said pat woods signed her scorecard after her big tri umph along with her two golf partners i said to dave all i had wanted was to be able to hit the ball she said he replied well you hit it upon her arrival home the nursery school teacher kidded husband glen about having gradu ated her entry level course i said thats it ive finished golf but she concedes that like most who have taken up the game before her shell be back for more i love it im hooked like so many other women who are taking up the game she suggests the ladies have finally dis covered what their brothers have known for so long the men have been doing this for years now its our turn to get out there and have some fun but unlike some men pat wont allow the game to become an obsession the hole in one was a kick she offered but its really not that big a deal she insisted i wasnt that excited when you havent golfed a lot it just doesnt mean that much in the olden days they burned such heretics at the stake gibbons on track after inking major stock car sponsorship bruce stapley correspondent a sponsorship agreement with a major automotive supply retailer has put local stock car racer peter gibbons on track for the 1997 cascar series the 35yearold goodwood resident was at toron tos first canadian place on tuesday to officially kick off his hook up with canadian tire corpora tion with whom he signed a sponsorship deal back in february a 17year veteran of the cascar and nascar circuits gibbons will work with canadian tire to promote his race team as the 1997 cascar series heats up while hes currently fourth in the cascar series after falling just short in several races this season gibbons is confident his tie with canadian tire will signal the start of a productive run its very good for us said gibbons things are starting to happen ive got the shows and the people in position now gibbons said this is the first time canadian tire has been involved in racing we went to canadian tire and bang things start ed to happen they started in a slow way but its growing now gibbons noted his was one of 37 teams looking to line up sponsorship from the canadian retailing giant the gibbons team is currently displaying a super truck up and two show cars at the first cana dian place in an attempt to attract sponsorship for its nascar series operations in south carolina gib bons plans to compete in three busch grand nation als series events in the us this summer however he said appearances on the us circuit will be restricted this season well run limited shows with nascar our top priority now is run ning the canadian tire shows gibbons who will take time out from showing to race in peterborough this weekend finished fifth at last weekends good wrench 200 at the cayuga speedway after leading for 165 laps