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sports minor hockey new program hopes to reduce hittingfrombehind injuries on the ice local minor teams stop for safety bymikehaxakawa sports editor stop signs are located on city streets in hockey arenas this season stop signs will also be prevalent the signs wont be anchored into the ice but a red stop sign patch measuring 2 and 78 inch es will be displayed on the backs of players uniforms in an effort to curb what appears to be an escallating growth of hitting from behind campbells chunky soup and the ontario minor hockey association have instituted an education program called the safety towards other players known as stop the program which was devised by kevin stubbington encourages safe clean hockey among todays young players a windsor resident stubbington was spurred into creating the program after one of his players in 1995 was the recip ient of a hit from behind that left him unconscious going to work later that evening as a security guard stubbington replayed the incident in his mind throughout the evening and while looking at a stop sign in the gatehouse he got the idea to devise his pro gram stubbington noted that dur ing the 199596 campaign more than 1600 injuries were reported in ontario minor and tier two junior hockey of that number 129 of those were directly caused by hits from behind what began as a small grass roots initiative the program is expected to reach some 110000 young hockey players this sea son included in this group of par ticipants are the markham waxers and the stouffville clippers minor hockey organiza tions waxers president bill jefferson welcomes the program which he became aware of this past spring and applauds the former national hockey league players jeff beukeboom far left and red kelly far right demonstrated some puck handling tricks recently at st michaels college school arena in toronto with novice aa players blair mclntyre of the markham islanders and michael griffin of the richmond hill stars sponsored by chunky soup beukeboom and kelly were on hand to help launch stor safety towards other players a new education program encouraging safe hockey efforts of campbells and the omha jefferson feels the pro gram will act as a deterrent and should pay off in the long run i think this program will make everybody aware people will look at it and be a lot more conscious that stuff hitting from behind has to be taken out it the program might not stop hitting from behind but it will cut it down he predicted jefferson pointed out the minor teams select and rep rep resenting the waxers will have the stop sign logo placed on the home and road uniforms hockey teams representing the greater toronto hockey league including the markham islanders are not yet on board with the program however the islanders aa novice club were invited to a recent program seminar put on by former national hockey league players jeff beukeboom and red kelly at st michaels college school arena and enjoyed the experience islanders coach davio demonte hopes that at some point the powers that be within the gthl will become involved i was gung ho when i first heard of it hopefully with us being there its the first step its one of the bestthings you can do for canadian hockey if it saves- one kidwe were doing this tak ing part in the program for the kids for now demonte said his club will don the signs on their practice uniforms at the same time he is negotiating with a potential sponsor to have logos shaped like red stop signs and could have them placed on their gameshirts midget waxers ice tourney title the markham waxers aa midgets got its season off on a strong note by capturing their division title of the stouffville clippers early bird tournament with a 20 win over richmond hill in sundays title game at york university the waxers won its first game over pickering west 31 and then battled pickering east to a 11 draw the waxers then blanked amherst new york 40 and pickering west 42 to qualify for the final scoring for the waxers were chris federchuk john paul giliberto jason power drew webb rob hope dan millett travis jonesorourke andrew regan and dan definney calen gauley andrew regan paul webb graham edward andrew leigh chris mcginnes garrett mccrea millett definney and hope earned assists graham jeffery and mark searle split goaltending duties clippers win two lose two in tourney the stouffville minor atom clippers skated away with two wins and two losses during its par ticipation last weekends fourth annua stouffville clippers early bird hockey tournament s5 the clippers recorded wins overvaughan 61 and malton 6- 0 while losing to keswick 20 and flamboro 53 scoring for the clippers were evan tsiopoulos four goals and one assist nathan james two goals two assists wes wittenbols two goals one assist landon heise two goals and dam mcneely three assists jason vooys and tyler lorenzen were between the pipes economist sun stouffville tribune thursday sept 16 1999 35 pleasure valley to host mountain bike event on sunday the fifth annual 8hr downs mountain bike team relay will take place at pleasure valley on sunday at 9 am those interested in participating can enter one of nine categories including junior average age to 19 years senior average age 20 to 29 years veterans average age 30 to 39 years masters average age 40 plus years womens open class corporate five to eight person teams mixed with a min imum of two female riders two person team or solo the team events must have any where from three to five persons entry fees are 25 per person until aug 30 or 30 per person after aug 30 application forms can be picked up at boyds source for sports 5402 main st in stouffville pleasure valley is located 15 min utes north of hwy 401 off brock road for further information call boyds source for sports at 4729854 strikers kick up a storm the unionvillemilliken strikers under12 girls captured the central girls soccer league cup tournament title on saturday with a i niolle decision jhmyj3 over jmj3ssim434 newmarket at darlington park clancy tredway scored the games lone goal and patricia lamanna recorded the shutout for the strikers the win over newmarket atoned for a loss they experienced a week ago in the cgsl final in which they came out on the short end of a 21 decision marie lynn birks scored the lone goal for the strikers underlls win division title the unionvillemilliken big g strikers under11 girls concluded its central soccer league regular season on a positive note recently by clinching first place in the west division with a 7- sports digest 0 win over glen shields laura colangelo scored three goals and added an assist while julie giantsopoulos julie pisani sarah christian and lynsey moule added singles samantha ainswbrth recorded the shutout other players that contributed to the clubs 813 divisionwinning record included heather amadori elizabeth andrews corinne babiolaikis maryanne babiolakis may fegidero michelle jate bethany oeming kaitlyn ryckman andrea vasilopbulos laura wadsworth and jennifer wong rugby club gains split guy blair scored a try and added a convert and penalty kick to lead the markham rugby club firsts to a 1513 road win over the nomads in ontario rugby union action saturday sandro fiorini added a try for markham the markham sec onds however suffered a 3614 loss to the crusaders at austin park colin campbell and je booth eaci had a try and dave gallifent made two converts for markham the firsts will host stoney creek at 3 pm on saturday while the seconds go on the road to meet the lions at 3 pm ladies hockey registration the ladies fun hockey league will hold a registration on monday at the rec centre lobby from 6 pm to 8 pm the league which plays on sunday evenings is of recreational calibre and space is limited for further information call terry siblock at 6407626 or anne salvagha at 6407089 hi markham waxers jimor a hockey club tradition heritage community over 60 years of junior ilockcs home schedule friday sept 17 800 pm vs wexford monday sept 20 730 pm vs north york friday sept 24 800 pm vs stouffville sunday sept 26 1230 pm vs north york monday sept 27 730 pm vs aurora friday oct 1 800 pm vs vaughan sunday oct 3 130 pm vs parry sound 905 2942699 markham centennial centre arena email waxersft inforampnet vebsitevvinforampnetvaxers rated one of the best websites bv hockev canada i t i 4 ft 5