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p14 the tribune tuesday september 16 1997 st the tribune rts leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 1 s i 1 i si 1 v 8 i i i tk i 1 4 3 big happenings set for vvsmha 50th anniversary bruce stapley corre whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association wsmha offi cials are racking up the overtime preparing for this years 50th anniver sary celebrations with jerseys of rep houseleague and select teams all featuring the new wsmha emblem a special gala 50th anniversary night planned for oct 3 an aggressive fundraising campaign about to begin a new year book and a monthly newsletter planned the local minor hockey orga nization is overflowing with enthusi asm the wsmha held a meeting thursday night to unveil updated plans for the anniversary season executive members said they are hop ing to involve the community in the celebrations they are actively seeking out mem orabilia covering 50 years of minor hockey in stouffville which will be displayed in a large glass case at the entrance to the second ice pad on display at the meeting were the new clippers rep home and away jer seys along with an original clippers sweater and jacket courtesy of former clipper and stouffville senior les clarke wsmha first vicepresident andy cartwright hopes clarkes enthusi asm is shared by others who have worn clippers colours through the sporting a new look matt cartwright left sports the new uni forms that will be worn by the minor clubs this season marking the 50th anniversary of the whitchurchstouf fville minor hockey association matts father andy right who is the associations first vicepresident dis plays one of the associations original uniforms photo by cheryl johnson years i went over to les house to spend a half hour with him but i was there 2 12 hours while he talked about the beginning of minor hockey in stouf fville said cartwright the oct 3 gala will include a dou- bleheader involving the minor novice and midget clippers with commemo rative mementoes to be handed out to all wsmha players wearing their team jerseys also on tap for the anniversary sea son are the following a sign to be placed at the west entrance to stouf- fville an ice level 50th anniversary logo in pad a at the rec centre a dancecasino night for february or march 1998 a weekly friday night hockey night in stouffville dou- bleheader involving bantam and midget clippers teams a special wsmha theme song to be played prior to clippers home games keep sake 50th anniversary jerseys for all houseleague players a monthly newsletter to be sponsored by boyds source for sports featuring house- league rep and select data an annual yearbook including team photos his torical and general information fund raising including a weekly wsmha night at the stouffville country mar ket bingo parlour and a mammoth christmas cake sales campaign wsmha marketingfund raising committee chair gary mcdonnell said the christmas cake campaign has been a huge success elsewhere and encouraged teams to get involved in networking the product among friends relatives fellow employees and clients it has proven results he said say ing individual teams have raised over 14000 with it teams requiring information can call mcdonnell at 6404399 on a separate note this seasons rep roster includes minor novice novice minor atom atom minor peewee pee wee minor bantam bantam midget and juvenile teams select teams include tyke novice minor atom atom minor peewee peewee bantammidget midget additional entry and juvenile the bantam and midget rep squads will play their home games friday nights from 711 pm with all other teams at home sundays between 18 pm boyds source for sports will hold an equipment fitting seminar wednesday at 730 pm at the rec centre coaches parents and players are welcome there is to be a houseleague coach ing clinic for all coaches thursday at 8 pm on pad b at the rec centre save of the day uxbridge potlickers goalkeeper dale catherwood stops stouffville lost fri days forward scott dunsmoor right on this breakaway attempt during action saturday in the annual uxbridge blackhawks pow wow oldtimers hockey tournament at the uxbridge arena photo by steve somerville a spirited weekend effort produces a win and tie for stouffville bruce stapley correspondent the spirit of stouffville finished out the pre season with a couple of solid efforts over the weekend the spirit who kick off their third provincial junior a hockey league sea son at home against the couchiching formerly oril- lia terriers thursday night edged the bowmanville eagles 43 in bowmanville saturday then played the lindsay muskies to a 33 tie in bradford sunday the spirit played comeback both nights falling behind 31 in the first period saturday in bowmanville they bounced back to own the final 40 minutes lindsay broke a 11 third period tie with a pair of markers sunday but kevin edgar scored twice to give the spirit the draw were building our team on character said spirit head coach dan larmer the guys are working hard when they get down by a goal or two they really pull together rookie kyle harrison of stouffville counted his first ever junior goal saturday geoff keiller mark brus and edgar also scored darcy king set up a trio of goals larmer attributed the win to a strong defensive effort keyed by the outstanding goaltending of johntamburo another stouffville resident we really dominated them in the second and third period and when they did break through tamburo made some great saves s stouffville s andrew hutchison started the scor ing for the spirit against the muskies as the teams were tied 11 after the first period the second period was scoreless leading to the third period scoring flurry and another spirit rally its back to that character thing suggested larmer who got another impressive goalkeeping performance this time from corey lloyd lloyd played an excellent game were really happy with our goalkeeping lloyd is only 18 and he was with the newmarket 87 s when they went to the national championships two years ago tamburo is 20 and has been in the league a few years weve got a lot of experience in net larmer said andrew harper another stouffville resident will be on call as the teams third goalie harper will play with the richmond hill stars aaa midgets hell play 45 or so games with the stars and probably play another four or five games with us so hell see lots of action larmer said his players are anxious to get the season started were pretty much down to our final roster theyre chomping at the bit to get going after five weeks of nothing but exhibition games intra squad games and practices larmer said the players appear to have gelled well theres some really good camaraderie they like each other thats important larmer said thursdays opener should provide a good chance for his players to show what they can do couchiching will be a good test for us they were in the top 20 junior teams in the country last year i i 1 a 1 irii i j w x 5 s z t a s i j s i