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p4 st the 9999 reg 125 call 4753663 for details armarkham the tribune sports eisure got a score gall 6402100 midget clippers fall in omha finals the print service midget clippers went into their ontario minor hock ey association omha champi onship final with guelph with one hand tied behind their back and despite an effort which coach dave boyd described as nothing short of exemplary the stouffville squad was swept three games to none in a series that was much clos er than the end result would indi cate the guelph crew clinched the provincial title with a 54 overtime victory wednesday night in guelph the guys played their hearts out praised boyd these kids have got a lot of guts the clippers who were forced to play the series minus four regular players dropped two games in over time and held their own throughout most of the other contest guelph took the series opener 43 in overtime last friday night at the rec centre then took a two games to none stranglehold with a 51 win sunday in guelph in a game that found the visitors trailing 40 just 10 minutes into the game if i had all my players we win two of those three games insisted a disappointed boyd we didnt have a weak link on the team ironically it was suspensions incurred by the usually penaltyfree clippers in the final game of their three game sweep of fort erie in the omha semifinals that put them behind the eight ball in the finals brad johnston ian mcdougall and brett jennings were all lost to the team in a brawl that broke out with just two minutes remaining in the semifinal clincher boyd who suggested game offi cials were overzealous in banishing two of the three said he has preached discipline and a nofight policy all season long we only had 67 penalty minutes in 29 games this season they always turned the other cheek boyd insisted his players were goaded into the fight by a fort erie team that had nothing to lose with mark meyers out with a shoulder separation the clippers were forced to call up replacements from the bantam clippers they helped but its tough when you dont know the system tyler markle had all three clip pers goals in last fridays opener mike wood had the lone stouffville marker in game twowith markle chris howland brett boyd and brad clubine finding the range in wednesdays third contest boyd said guelph proved every bit as formidable an opponent as he had expected them to be we knew guelph would be tough but he felt his team could have handled them had they been able to play at full strength we were rolling right along we just didnt have all our horses he cited the series opener as an example we were up 31 midway through the third period but we had no bantams that night and we only had two lines we just ran out of gas boyd said his players refused to give up especially in wednesdays game when they were down by two games the clippers came back to tie the game on three occasions forcing overtime with a late third period score but guelph clinched it with a goal seven minutes intothe extra period boyd said the finale was a classic with few penalties it was just two teams going at it who wanted to play hockey boyd said his heart went out to his players after playing with such com mitment and discipline all season only to end up in the situation they found themselves in against guelph in the championship round they were heart broken these kids worked so hard all season then to get suspended for something so stupid there were tears in their eyes that they couldnt play but the bottom line said boyd was that his players proved them selves to be talented mature young men with what they accomplished this season they have nothing to be ashamed of i asked them for a commitment at the start of the season and they gave it i respect these kids so much i was so proud of them they are winners first pitch mitchell raithby gives it his all at the first ball practice for stouffville mite rep team at orchard park public school gym on wednesday night pwtu by steve somerville sheffield judo clubs success builds respect for sport steven sheffield hopes the results achieved by his top proteges at the recent juvenile canadian judo cham pionships in abbotsford bc will go a long way towards dispelling the notion held by some that the sport is merely wrestling in pajamas sheffield and his wife aartje have been running stouffvilles sheffield judo club for the past five and a half years he was thrilled with the two sil ver medals and three fifth place show ings earned by the six club members who fought under the team ontario banner in abbotsford in the case of 1 3 year old kyle cheeatow a silver medal might just as easily have been a gold had his timing been a little better kyle actually beat the first place win ner the week before the nationals at the sports notes bruce stapley ontario winter games in peterbor ough said sheffield it was disap pointing he just beat the guy on the wrong week he suggested that on a different day a few more of his kids would have fin ished in the medals at the national finals which included 350 competitors from across canada as it was kyle and katie jones 15 brought home sil ver medals while kyles twin brother dustin along with 15 year old brother trevor and seiji ishiguro 14 each had fifth place finishes a veteran national level competitor himself it was the first time any of sheffields charges had advanced to a national final since the club first opened with a smattering of 25 mem bers back in 1992 with five of the six who made it to bc having been with the club from the start the event marked a culmina tion of sorts for sheffield when we first started the club we bad a bunch of young kids around 1 0 years old its just taken them this long to get to this level hopefully well have some of our members competing nationally every year from now on he said it was also gratifying to receive compliments regarding his club members performances in abbotsford from people he once competed against at the national level the sheffield club has watched its enrollment increase threefold in five and half years steven and aartje both of whom fought on the canadian national judo team for over a decade in the 1980s and early 90s feel the club represents a chance for members to experience the thrill of high ieve com petition some of the six members of our club who fought in abbotsford could be selected to compete in tournaments with the ontario team in miami and hawaii said steven who traveled to such destinations as europe south america and japan when he was with the canadian national team he stressed however that the club isnt the exclusive domain of young people determined to achieve at the national level- they can come to our club and just work out and enjoy it or it can be an elite thing if they choose sheffield said its always a struggle attracting newcomers to the sport in a town and country where hockey and baseball are so popular but his clubs success at the recent nationals is sure to 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