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economist sun altim w tuesday jufyft 1999 15 iflubftik ti f- s t stouffville tribune sheffields win sports personalities of year award by bruce stapley correspondent aartje and steven sheffield have gone from the fringe to the front line the husband and wife team which operates the sheffield judo club in stouffville has been named whitchurch- stouffville sports personality of thenar for 1999 we were quite surprised admitted aartje after the award was announced judo has never been a mainstream sport m stouffville this is great for the sport while the sheffields reside incedar valley on the outskirts of wmchimftstouffville they have been slowly working their way to the centre of the towns sports scene since opening their club in 1992 in seven years the provin cial level goaches have suc ceeded in turmngthe opera- tion into a haven for aspiring national level competitors as meir top students have gone from competing in regional competitions to winning gold medals in national events v last winter season saw the club reach a pinnacle with members winning three golds at the canadian junior and juvenile championships along with two golds and two silvers at me canada wmter games were just so happy with how our students have done saidaartje ifs given judo such a pres ence m stouffville eleven sheffield club mem bers including mejsheffie sixyearold daughter lea were honoured at the recent whitchurchstouffville recognition of provincial athletic achievement for their- provincial arid national level victories in judo aartje a fourth degree black belt and steven a fifth degree black belt took up judo as chil dren of six and seven years old respectively they have both experienced provincial and national level successes in their own compet itive judo careers watching- their students achieve at a high level has been a source of great pride its taken a while but this little club in stouffville has become one of the top clubs in the province aartje said she said the continuing suc cess of their students is helping putthe club and stouffville on themap every time the kids go to a tournament they write the name of the club and the town on their registration sheets while delighted with the award she and her husband have been given by the town she said ifs more about the stu dents they teach than it is about them we have some talented strong athletes to work with our winning this award is just another success for pur stu dents ifs nice for them to see this she said me award would help give judo a higher profile in stouffville anything that brings judo to peoples atten tionthat helps them realize thatjudo is an olympic sport is good she hopes the award will help dispel me myth some hold of judo as a violent activity its such a huge thing for judo to berecognized as a sport- arid not just a fighting thing that s so important to us judo was originally designed to be a gentle nonaggressive martial art the sheffields are currently preparing their students for the canada cup youth international judo tournament to be held july 31 inoshawa the event is a qualifier for next years canadian judo championships for aartje and steven sheffield their ultimate goal as coaches is to see one of their students make it as far as the olympics so few get to go that far aartje said i a staff photossteve s0merviu top golfers in stouffville canadas a jeathorne at left contemplates her next shot on the 10th tee m bestball action during play at the nations gup monday at emerald hills in stouffville one of thelpgas top rookies eathorne was on the canadian team taking on americas best above canadas dawn coejpnes a veteran of the lpga tour blasts out of a 9th hole bunker in bestball action the nations cup compe tition wraps up today at the warden avenue course buttermakers tournament old boys of stouffville reunite to take title fortyone teams compete m four divisions bymattross correspondent an 83 win by the kerrys old boys of stouffville showed it was good old fun as the team captured its sec ond straight title in the mens recreation division beating me stouffville sliders at the 21st annual williamson leasing buttermakers slopitch tournarrient the old boys who went undefeated in five games at the tourney and beat the stouffville sliders in the title con test played in stouflville during the 1970s and 80s the team reunited to participate m the buttermakers tourney outfielder jack watson said this tournament gives him andhis friends the chance to swap stories from years past its like a reunion for us weve got players into their 50s and im one of the younger guys at 42 watson counts the average age of the team members to be iwell into the 40s among the changes at this years buttermakers tour ney was the huge tent between the diarnonds live bands and liquid refreshments under the big can vas added to the tournaments success and provided a sports aspect durmgstouffvilles strawberry festival deadline features monday prior to publication dates tournament coordinator claude maillet said 1999 was different than other tournaments as he and trie slb- pitch crew worked withthe festivals coirirnittee as a result maillet added the tournament benefitted the festival brought the tent and trie bands and in return weve brought in theball players it was a real cprii1 mimity effort a total of 41 teams played in the four divisions an increase from last years 38 along vyith i the tburnariient itself the butterrhakers have undertaken a nuriiber of furidraisers for local caus- es between entry fees and concession sales the tourria- merit money is used for kids softball tearris the recent fireworks display on canada day arid towards charities during the winter maillett said he couldnt have been happier with the weekends events ifs been a great tournament the tent was a good idea and me weamer was fantastic in the open divison team ringer topped the oshawa cardinals in the championship game the stouffville raiders captured the mens d division with a win over the stouffville runnin runnin rebels scarboroughs weekend pass won the mixed division after beating iou frorri keswick in the title game july 8 wheels is an informative section featuring the latest in the automotive industry including road tests feature articles dealer profiles maintenance after market products used and new cars trucks wheels ifs sure to reach your customers distributed to over 46ooo households for more information or to book your ad markhams automotive buyers guide gall your salesjpresentative now wmmffijk sun fefezsg stoufrvine tribune 90502160 1 i i i i 1 s