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v- yz i jvtv i f vx emrwmhtsuhtritiune sports yrhufsdn6vemfjerj26ov r v i ms- i by jim thomas and mike hayakawa v- staff writers the minor hockey associations could always use more the figureskating pleasure skating and fingette clubs dont have enough from all concerns the more ice time avail able in markham and wwtchurchstouffville the better off things would be for now though the amount of time in local indoor rinks is worth its weight in gold contributingto this dilemma is continued growth in both towns we could definitely use jmore ice time but well work with what we have said aridy cartwright president of the whitchurch- stouffville minor hockeyassociation due to shortage of ice in stouffville there are two pads in the recently renamed stouffville arena cartwright hinted some teams mayhave to be eliminated and pro grams reduced were doing a lot of rejuggling to accom modate asmany leagues and teams as possi- ble he said of his association of close to 750 youngsters every time i talk to the mayor wayne emmerson i put a bug in his ear with respect to a third ice pad cartwright saidwhen the big pipe the sewage pipe that will allow more growth in stouffville arrives a third pad will definitely be needed s accommodating youngsters from squirt to juvenile numbering in excess of 2000 players the minor hockey organization in staff photosjoerd witteveen hockey players sudras mesecompetitors with the stouffville clippers are finding plenty of competition to secure ice time besides their own needs there arefigure skating groups and fastgrowing girls hockey looking for ice markham is also feeling the pinch were doing all right said association director bill jefferson while boys hockey has been feeling a crunch for ice time the growth of girls hock ey over the last eight to 10 years has com pounded matters with more than 350 girls from stouffville and markham now playing hockey in the stouffvillemarkham girls hockey association and a participatory growth rate of close to 15 per cent a season charles giliberto association vicepresident notes both communities have acknowledged the issue and have tried to accommodate the association s after a couple of years- of lobbying markham has given us more ice timehe said if playing time isnt available our girls will turn to something else the growth in bruce kelly markham has been explosive with close to 225 players still we understand the town is operating on a very tightbudget even with the concessions markham and stouffville have made giliberto said the asso- ciation could use more ice time nonhockey users are feeling a similar pinch v wejdefinitelyneed moreace time said we have an excess so much so we may have time available for others revealed kelly adding were probably the only association in this position to remedy the ice shortage in markham the town announced in august the creation of two new arenas to be constructed as part of the 40 million angus glen development at major mackenzie drive and warden avenue spartans spiked in tourney quarterfinals lookforyour ing centra the stouffville district secondaryschool spartans sen- iqr- boyst volleyball team advanced to the quarterfinals of last weekends london saunders secondary school tournament stouffville started by winning fletcher was pleased with his clubs effort and praised out standing efforts from several players including kevin mcgrath and tyler mcmaster u 1 i school bothof london then it dropped a twogame set to oakridge secondary school r advancing to the quarter finals the spartans ran intotop seeded grand river secondary were moving along nicely school of kitchener and lost two hesaid of his clubs progress j its first two matches in straight closely contested gamesjbyfreariiertiiisweekth sets oyer sirfrederick banting scores of 2515 2521-y- concluded regular season play school and hb beal secondary v spartans- head coach7jnh andiwzbheplayoffs xf email v sportstheliberalcom sp0rtsb0ard tfrgfl hockey markhamstouffville girls 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andre 36 middlefield58anthon chen father mcgivney 61 teresa ls father micnael mcgivney 39 alison desrosiers father michael mcgivney 42 christine sstotiffville figure skatmg club sheuadunbar vyliose club has 300 members- t wffltcnurchstxufviues tapidru but our ice times the same this seasonas last evenwith that alovof negotiating was frequiredritwasr rough for awhilev- the unionville synchronized skating club has been strapped notohry by a need for rhore ice time but alsdi with an aging facility that doesnt adequately meet its reqtiirements the ice surface at- crosby arena in unionville is too small for synchronized skat ing arid finding additional ice time has been a struggle cited spokesperson donna stoymerioff- jhe markham ringefte association said overall ice time is not a problem but obtaining consistent hours for practices and garftes at milliken qatworttiy andthornhill arenas is this drives parents crazy said association president lorraine wilson girls who play ringette are crazy about it but the parents heed consistency in practice and game times hockey can offer that consistency but ringette cant we dont have the same time slots acknowledging that an iceuser problem exists most clubs have been going with the flow and realize recreation departments are limited with what resources they have to work with the unionville figure skating club vvas in an enviable position early this season it had too much ice time according to president pv t y n l i jc rfl j markham dhs 18 david wilkins brother andre 29 michaeltangunionville 43 dines balasubramaniam milliken mills45 kevinportermdhs46rjustin urn millikenmills chnskorte brother andre 53 henry zhang millikenmills 54 james gothehberg brother andre 55 samuel lauj markville 56 eric ashley brother andre57 thayan suntharaljngham 2 mel macchione brother andre 3lindsaytedford markwlle 5kassy sparks sdss7 carolyn tubb sdss 9 learihe vemonicarne unionville 16 elizabeth carson unionville 17 rebekah shermanunipnville22 michelle 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