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p 12 weekender saturday july 26 1997 4 t i st 4w4 fitness aerobic centre 190 bullock drive 9054717271 the tribune rts leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 steady now skateboard enthusiast brandon tardella 14 executes a routine on the recently con structed half pipe facility in ballantrae the facility was built by two ballantrac women donna oneill and her sister kathy photo by sjoerd witteveen ballantrae women build half pipe for area youngsters bruce stapley correspondent build a better half pipe and the world will beat a path to your door thats what two ballantrae sis ters have discovered as they watch young skate boarders and roller bladers of the neighborhood flock over to strut their stuff on their handywork the home made structure which measures eight feet wide and 32 feet long was originally constructed last year by sisters donna and kathy oneill in the yard of their mother audrey oneill donna a single mom who along with her 15yearold son shawn lives in her mothers bal lantrae home expanded the struc ture at the beginning of this sea son audrey oneill put on the fin ishing touches when she painted it donna revealed son shawn was involved as well shawn wanted me to build it so he designed it on his comput er she said as many as 25 young neighbor hood teens will show up at once to take turns negotiating the half pipe said donna the action usually runs from when she gets home from work in midafternoon until dark donna said there are strict rules in effect to assist in crowd control each of them gets to stay on it until they fall then another one has a turn theres no smoking no swearing and theyre not allowed to ride their bikes across the neighbors lawns theres a nine oclock curfew and there always has to be someone in the house for safety reasons does donna ever gt the urge to strap on a pair of roller blades and try her luck on her creation no way she replies emphati cally my son tells me all the lingo but i dont even know what theyre talking about donna who works as a manag er at the canadian tire gas bar in stouffville inherits her talents with the tools from her late father james oneill cited her brother in law fred timms she gets it from her dad said timms who insists donnas half pipe is a cut above the one recent ly installed at memorial park he was an employee of ontario hydro who was always helping the neighbors complete their basements when he got home from work when asked if she might even tually apply her talents to setting up a lighting system so the kids can use the half pipe after dark donna said thats where she would draw the line no no i dont want the kids here all night rutledge homer propels fullertson win jo anne rutledge bashed a home run to ignite in other action delores kroupis had a round fullertons place to an 86 victory over fairgate tripper for canguard but it wasnt quite enough homes in tuesday night ladies softball as colley borland and vale prevailed 1413 league play at the town park ball diamond on in the other match pizza pizza won by forfeit july 15 over white rodgers spirit to host inaugural golf tournament bruce stapley correspondent while spirit of stouffville hope fuls take to the ice for a skate on wednesday evenings for the next few weeks the provincial junior a hockey league club con tinues its initiative to become a mainstream community organization the first ever spirit of stouffville golf tourna ment is to be held on sept 8 at the maples of bal lantrae every foursome is to include a spirit player or official with the 125 entry fee to include 18 holes of golf with power cart dinner and a chance to win valuable prizes hole sponsorships are also available tournament organizers expect the event to prove popular we think it will be an excellent day said committee member ken burrows and we hope people will take this opportunity to meet the players and members of our hockey organization golfers or sponsors can contact burrows 6409841 or jeff cowley 6404125 the committee also includes wilf morley jack burrows tom aird gary carr and carol guinane the spirit who begin training camp aug 12 will hold wednesday evening skating sessions at the rec centre until camp gets under way new spirit general man ager clive moody the golf tournament is one of sev eral activities the club is planning to bring the com munity on board for the 199798 season we definitely have some goals the big thing is to involve the com munity said moody weve got the golf tournament coming up and there will be numer ous other community events as well on the ice moody said to look for the spirit roster to include some promising young talent were anticipating well have four 1 5 year olds drafted in the first round of this years ohl draft rebels rally to make oshawa sing the blues the claremont rebels continue to combine timely hitting with solid pitch ing in oshawa city and district fastball association play the rebels got a clutch bases loaded triple from brad evans with two out in the sixth inning to pull out a come-from- behind 32 win over the oshawa blues at claremont park on wednesday evans big blow made a winner of pitcher jim chilvers who scattered four hits while accumulating 15 strikeouts chilvers fanned six of the first eight batters he faced carrying a no hitter into the fourth inning when he was touched for a run on two singles the blues made it 20 in the top of the sixth on a single and a double despite the fact chilvers had three strikeouts in the inning the rebels mounted their comeback in the sixth inning when dave jones led things off with a single rob watson also singled after a sacri fice bunt by tom watson with a walk by chilvers to load thebases jones was then forced out at home on a fielders choice after which evans delivered his bases clearing blow the rebels are scheduled to host aurora on july 30 at 830 pm riders saddle up to place second a pair of whitchurch- stouffvilie riders posted impressive results at the second central ontario region of pony club v show jumping qualifier held july 20 in ajax cynthia johnson of the pause awhile pony club was second in the beginner 1 ponies divi sion riding just kid ding laura valenta of the whitchurch pony club finished second in the novice category aboard junior the event was the sec ond of three qualifiers for the ontario pony club tournament of champions which will see teams chosen to rep resent central ontario the third and final qual ifier is to be held in sud bury aug 9