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p iew ikmmj tifflmvwm l 31 v st jtf thetribune rts leisure v got a score call our hotline at 6402100 high jumping for joy cody bennett has little difficulty in clearing the bar which was placed at 132 metres during his participation in the inaugural glad park public school track and field meet on thursday bennett was tied for first place with sean altman in the grade 8 boys compe tition v photo by lori emmerson soccer club players asked to meet at novopharm fields the whitchurchstouffville soccer club wssc is hold ing its orientations for all play ers this week at the novopharm fields players are asked to report to the fields to meet their coach es and pick up uniforms and schedules players under the age of six will gather tonight at 630 pm players seven and under meet wednesday at 630 pm nine and unders are to come out thursday at 630 pm coaches have been issued their player lists and should have been in contact with their players prior to this week however if registered play- ers havent been contacted they should still come out to the field on the night appropri ate to their age group players are asked to seek out wssc executive members in the case of any infusion that occurs the executive will be wear ing royal blue shirts practice games begin the week of may 25 with the offi cial schedule to commence the week of june 8 lawn bowling ready to begin with open house next week the stouffville lawn bowling club is offering a free looksee the week of may 2529 at its memorial park site athlete of the week tracy hocker tncy sprinted to the gold in the midget girts 400 metre race at the york region athletic association yraa track and field champioaships at york university may 11 her performance gave her a berth in a qualifier for the ontario federation of scikxiis athletic association ofsaa championships may 2728 in oshawa good luck to oshawa tracy sponsored by stouffville fa 6327 main st stounville prospective bowlers of all ages are invited to come oh out and give the game a try during the open house week the action gets under way at 7 pm all four nights play ers must wear soft lowheeled shoes the schedule gets under way the first week of june with games mondays wednesdays and thursdays at 7 pm thursdays will be open nights all season long as new comers will be welcome to come out on those nights the clubs executive is back en masses for the 1998 sea son under the direction of president paul muir once again doris farthing and glehda dunkeld will be the clubs media relations officials responsible for mak ing sure the word of tournament victories both in town and at out of town competitions gets out to the local press for all to read about got a scored call us a or fa ttt pitchers forced to make some adjustments sports notes bruce stapley with the coming of the 1998 sea son its time to see just what effect the new canadian amateur softball association casa pitching rule will have on mens and womens softball the new rule which was adopted at the casa convention last november says that a pitcher must take a position with both feet firm ly on the pitching rubber with the hands separated until the wind up commences one step may be taken simultane ous to delivering the ball to the plate while the pivot foot may push off and drag away from the rubber prior to the nonpivot foot touching the ground the toe of the pivot foot must maintain contact with the ground pushing off with the pivot foot from a place other than the rubber is illegal also raising the foot off the rub ber and returning it creating a rocking motion is illegal dunkeld welcomes rule change long time stouffville mens and womens softball authority cliff dunkeld welcomes the move he said it was getting to the point where some pitchers could almpost shake hands with the batter after releasing the ball i think it will be a lot better said cliff who has logged a com bined 16 years on the executives of both the provincial womens soft ball association and the ontario amateur softball association softbalf should be more than just a pitchers game cliff said that while umpires have been calling illegal pitches against female pitchers in past years some of the male chuckers are in for a shock but they better get used to it suggested the former umpire cliff said he hopes all umpires comply theyre going to call it in provincial play so they may as well call it in league play as well frank hendy coach of the clare- mont rebels fastpitch team said his ace pitcher scott evans had to make the adjustment in his first game of the season under the new rule last tuesday in aurora he was having a little trouble with his changeupsaid hendy however evans will be able to revert to the old style while playing for his lincoln nebraska senior mens tournament team south of the border on weekends however evans learning curve was rapid as he combined with paul koert to throw a nohitter the following night against the markham waxers nominations wanted for athlete of week the tribune once again extends an open offer to representatives from all local schools elementary and high school to send us reports chronicling the successes of your athletes ask any teacher the best way to make a young person feel good about him or herself arid theyll tell you that all kids love to see their names in the local paper especially when theyve experienced any kind of success plus it will be great for them to be able to pull out the scrapbook years down the road and show their kids what they did when they were in school its no coincidence that stouf- fvilles newest school glad park public school has had its pro grams featured on the pages of the tribune both in print and in pic- tures so often this academic year a little call to our office can go a long way and any school that can attract education minister dave johnson to its grand opening this thursday must be good at promoting itself j so come on teachers give us a call blow your students horns and dont forget to let us know when youve got a big athletic activity coming up so we can get a picture building up students in their var ious extra curricular pursuits whether they be school or non- school related pays huge divi- dends j- just ask jim fletcher and co at stouffville district secondary school who have always made a point of letting the community know what that schools athletes are up to with the softball and soccer sea sons getting under way were also anxiously awaiting reports from rep level team coaches on how their squads are doing y win or lose there is always something good to report v v- jl 4t ihhfte 0 i m jrfti my m j t 1 v g t w v rt