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pttthwribune tuesday 9 1997 st the tribune sports leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 delivering some heat ballantrae pitcher jonathon paynter gets set to unload this pitch to a vandorf batter during action in saturdays whitchurch stouffvillc baseball association squirt houseleaguc playoff game at the town park diamond vandorf however won the game 118 photo by cheryl johnson spirit put axe to ajax bruce stapley correspondent spirit of stouffville head coach dan larmer was quick to warn fans not to expect the same type of offensive out burst they saw saturday night every time the team takes to the ice this season but while the upbeat coach was reluc tant to read too much into the spirits 1 1- 4 win over their provincial junior a hockey league rival ajax axemen in their preseason home opener at the rec centre he was pleased nonetheless we were really happy with the effort the guys put forward last night larmer said sunday they are working real hard its something i never saw last sea son returning right winger scott martin equalled his entire goal production of the 199697 season with a pair of markers jason ellis a returning defenceman who will be one of four captains with this years edition of the spirit scored twice as well as did brandon crossen one of the teams promising stouffville hope- fuis andrew hutchison also taambiult xum scored other goals went to dave velasco kyle chapman todd sikorski and aaron kohn kohn was one of five players cut after the game leaving the spirit with 25 play ers in camp larmer will start the season with 23 players the win was the first of the preseason for the spirit who have a tie and two losses larmer said he is noting a marked dif ference in attitude and work ethic with this years spirit players its gratifying to see it start to come together theres a real about face in the attitude in the dressing room larmer said the 199798 spirit will be an older bigger bunch than last years squad he said that by carrying 23 play ers there will be more competition by positions the spirit practice tonight and thurs day at 9 pm at the rec centre then take to the road this weekend for games against- the bowmanville eagles satur day and the lindsay muskies in brad ford sunday i x i ice user groups set up for two ice bruce stapley correspondent the final pieces of the ice time jig saw puzzle have finally been put in place as stouffville pre pares for its first season as a two- rink town the various ice user groups had their ice time confirmed tuesday after some lastminute shuffling to accommodate a spirit of stouf fville request to have their home date changed to thursday nights from saturdays all the groups are pretty well where they wanted to be said the towns director of parks facili ties and recreation john crawley he said that while conflicts had arisen among some of the groups schedules were ironed out by a process of give and take in all but one case this was accomplished through the cooperation of user groups modifying their times only one change was stipulated by the recreation department and that only involved 20 min utes that change saw the whitchurchstouffville girls hockey associations wsgha tuesday night slot pushed ahead from an 840 pm start to 9 pm the girls will play until 1 1 pm wsgha president dianne white was disappointed with the move saying it effectively squashes plans to have two rep level games tuesday nights were not happy its not going to work for us said white who said it will be impossible to bring in teams from out of town for a second game they refuse to consider a game starting at 10 pm and i cant have one game at 9 pm because the referees wont come in for just one game white said the original schedule was set in june with the wsgha told just recently of the change thats too late we worked on our new schedule from january through june she said she was hopeful something still might be worked out to regain the original slot however like other user groups the wsgha is basking in the luxury of greatly increased overall ice time going from eight to 14 total hours the organization also has seven hours of weekly ice time in markham to accommodate wsgha players from that town i think overall weve got an excited bunch of user groups said crawley by and large theyre looking at expanded programs plus they dont have to turn any one away or buy out of town ice time any more more hours for minor hockey the whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association wsmha the towns biggest user group will see its allocation upped from 40 to 76 hours the whitchurchstouffville figure skating club goes from 1 3 to 22 hours the burgeoning stouffville amateur hockey league sahl is another victim of the ice time crunch in recent years will have 10 hours to work with taking over both pads wednesday nights from approximately 9 till midnight as well as the second pad sunday mornings from 740 till 1140 am the spirit will practice monday nights from 930 till 1 1 pm crawley said existing hockey and skating interests gobbled up all the extra prime time hours and made available by the coming of the second ice pad except for a few hours on saturday night every one expected that because there is a second pad there would be plenty of prime time ice there isnt he said the saturday night vacancy gives the department something to work with from an operational point of view its good to have some vacant ice time when youre 100 per cent booked you cant accom modate changes to anyones schedule crawley said the recreation department will now set about the task of marketing the remaining 45 hours a week of offtime ice still available well be looking at parent and tots learn to skate and adult skat ing groups well always have off time ice available for special clinics or tournaments beginning friday afternoons pad a already has 20 of its 35 off time hours booked pad b has booked five off time hours to date crawley said extra christmas and march break slots are already filled as existing tournaments have simply expanded also the second pad has made it so special tournaments booked throughout the season will no longer mean lost ice time for regular users looking towards next year crawley said he expects things to do even better in terms of prime time ice allocation recalling a world record sports notes i v 1 the total recall flyball team which includes several stouffville trainers as well as dogs from this town is back on top of the world the team established a world record earlier this year but was knocked off its perch by their cale donia rival instant replay at a competition in glanbrook the weekend of aug 23 but the total recall outfit vaulted back on top by posting a time of 1633 an unofficial worlds record at the borden canine association fifth annual flyball tournament at base borden the weekend of aug 30 instant replay were north american flyball champions in 1995 and 96 the total recall team is hoping to be named 1997 champs after winning the gold at six of 1 2 tourna ments they participated in this season while plac ing second in the other six the decision will be made in november by the north american flyball association the season wraps up at the end of j september riding to the top a couple of whitchurchstouffville riders were in the winners circle at the ontario pony club tournament of champions held at the york eques trian centre formerly the eglinton equestrian centre in cedar valley aug 293 1 in the central ontario regional show jumping championships novice division team competi tion rohan sajnani and laura valenta of the whitchurch pony club were on the first place fin ishing team amanda mclninch and danielle hilton of the whitchurch club were on the second place team in the team competition in the inter mediate division in the invitational show jumping competition cynthia johnson from the pause awhile stables was a member of the team which came in second in the beginner 1 ponies division team competi tion in the novice division team competition laura valenta was on the first place finishing quartet amanda mclninch was on the third place ytamjn tjie intermedjatedivision