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jar3wzxp eamomist sun stouffville tribune saturday oct 9 1999 17 economist sun stouffville tribune t p y f staff photosjoerd witteveen taking a hands up approach tjnipnville high school wolf player d kim sets the ball for teammates as middlefield collegiate institute silver hawk sam john threatens a block in a game won 20 by uhs on tuesday looking on for mgi are from left michael lam savihder singh and sumitthakur the game was played at uhs v vn t- i former york region resident wins portland marathon a former markham resident took a giantstep tpwardsgalnirig a berth on the canadian olympic track and field team recently by winning the portland marathonr t r v kyra slade 32wasthe first female jrunnento cross the finish line in the oregon race with a time of 2- hours 48 minutesjand 23 seconds she finished 32rid overall among the 5000 runners in the race now a resident of pasadena california where she is a nurse at the city of hope hospital and st josephs hospital slades time was good enough for her to warrant a berth in the trials for the 2000 olympic team making the feat even more memorable for slade was that this was just the second marathon shes run in noted her father everitt a teacher at unionville high school a- graduateof bayview secondary school slade edged laura melson of bend oregon who was clocked in 2 hours 52 minutes18 seconds ringette association seeks to increase enrolment in its grass roots level programs young players can ring in bymikehayakawa sports editor the markham ringette association offers intro ductory programs to teach youngsters the game of ringette they also have the ice time available for instruction what they need though are playersi especially those between mks the ages of 4 and 7 over the last couple of years the association has witnessed a decline of participants in its grass roots level programs should the trend continue local ringette could eventually go the way of the dinosaur warned asso ciation spokesperson estelle mccalmont when my daughter was in the learn to skate program four years ago there were 36 kids and 22 went on to learn how to play she recalled last yearwehad 11 kids and we only had six that want ed to continue to play ringette so far this year weve got only a few who have signed up in the learn to skate program with that number we cant have a bunny team its pretty scary the growth in popularity of girls hockey has piit a dent in ringette enrolment at the beginner or bunny level mccalmont acknowledged she also speculated a change in ice hours where youngsters now play earlier in the day as compared with prime midday hours might be another factor for the decline but when mccalmont notes that centres such as whitby can field five bunny teams she sees no rea- newyear son why markham cannot have that many teams at the same age level played during the winter months ringette is a great vehicle to teach youngsters skills for skating and hockey if they wish to someday convert to that sport said mccalmont its fun and its fast and its a noncontact team sport with players usingfull protective gear she said in extolling the virtues of ringette its also a game where you dont have to be the best skater on the team hoping to attract at least 12 players girls and boys to form a bunny team mccalmont said the association will run a learn to skate program start ing tomorrow at centennial arena for a onehour period at 630 pm this ioweek program is open for youngsters four years of age and over the program is open to girls and boys possessing various skating abilities and has a small instructorstudent group ratio should enough participants come out and show an interest to play ringette mccalmont said a learn jto play program will start up mccalmont notes though that the older pro grams such as the novices will field several teams thisseason playing host to three provincial regional cham pionship teams last year with the novices petites arid juniors the association also welcomes players hailing from neighbouring areas like stouffville to come put y- those wishing further information on the asso ciations programs can call michelle peacock at 470- 8560 ers win two the stouffville accuwrap profiled componentsfour seasons grading and sodding ltdbirkett hassard insurance- roadway alignmentlebovic homes major novice clippers won two of three games when they took to the ice at the recent east gwillimbury tournament the clippers opened the tournament on 2 a strong note by posting victories over collingwood 73 d richmond hill 64 but a 53 loss to newmarket eliminated the clippers from fur- trier action scoring for- the clippers were jeff kavluk six goals justin hulshof four goals three assists matthew raguseo three goals one assist malcplm forbes one goal three assists patrick salvagna one goal two assists dennis oshaunessy one goal one assist connor stevens three assists christopher boake matthew behincasa and grant somnierville one assist don valley north lexus toyota athlete of the week sptwajrt young s qualifying for the remax world long drive aarripionship is beginning to bea ritual for stewart young t the 36yearbld markham resident will be making his fifth trip to this event in mesquite nevada on oct 22 and 23 after- winning a recent district qualifying event in cleveland ohio with a drive of 361 yards don valley north l1xus toyota 3120 steeles ave e 404 pkwy 4750722 a i 1 i i m i l a i i i 1 i h- i 1 w if i f i 1 1 dont pay that traffic ticket traffic ticket experts is staffed by expolice officers who will act as your agent in va court defending ail traffic tickets speeding accidents careless impaired etc call for free consultation vgs w 5 i gt brifv fljjjri 3niirnbnt uiorn feoilmt stip 9 m faa