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c saturday may 4 2002 31 economist sun stouffville tribune sports their own private fishing shangrila riant next door after spending a long and mentally- draining day at work gary finkler has an occasional craving to go fishing for just a few hours with the daylight hours dwindling in the early evening the newmarket resi dent would be hard pressed to find a body of water thats within driving dis tance its even harder to find a place where the fish on most days will be coopera tive and of a decent size those obstacles do not stand in finklers way as hes found an angling haven thats only minutes from his place of residence secluded on some 200 acres of land just north of hwy 48 and davis drive the franklin club has been catering to anglers and their families since the 1960s on a yearround basis the accessibility is second to none said finkler who along with his family have been members since 1992 there are times when ive picked up the kids at home after school and wed bring up some hot dogs and hamburgers and have a barbecue and fish a bit since we live in newmarket its only a 20minute drive and when you get there you think youre a million miles away from home theres no big build ings no apartments or developments nearby its serene and peaceful he said in describing his angling shangrila rainbow trout weighing up to 10 pounds and brooktrout that can tip the scales at five pounds are in one of the three springfed ponds on the franklin clubs grounds to ensure that theres plenty offish in the swim in the three ponds to provide a topnotch fishery and especially to keep the younger members keen on the sport the club has its own hatchery on site where it rears its own fish and releas es them not only does finkler take his family to the club the owner of a car dealership in orangeville hes invited some of his outdoors mike hayakawa employees and clients on occasion for a das fishing and socializing at times some of his guests will uti lize the clubs other amenities which include overnight sleeping accomoda tions as well the club serves culinary lunchhour and dinner delights at its- dining facility five days of the week its a handy place for us to entertain our guests said finkler of his company outings at the franklin club especially when we bring people from other coun tries who never get a chance to fish when the youngsters get bored of fish ing finkler says the club has a swim ming area during the summer months and a play area being a veteran member finkler likes to challenge his piscatorial skills at the club and does so by utilizing a fly rod a discipline he picked up from fel low club members two of the three ponds are designated for fly fishing only the main body of water known as franklin lake can be fished from dry land or via one of the 20 row boats they have available during the winter months if the lake is frozen solid the club will put out some ice huts for more information on the club call jim oosterbroek club manager at 905 4731469 or email him at frkl- nclubneptuneonca ironheads happy to be home by michael laughlin special markham lacrosse fans get their first look at their new junior b team this weekend the markham ironheads who host ed milton in their home opener friday night meet the nepean knights sunday at 2 pm at centennial arena after dropping their first two games of the season by a combined 1 goals the ironheads seem pleased to come out of last weekend splitting games on an ottawaarea road trip with the gloucester griffins and nepean the ironheads lost saturday night when gloucester made a late third peri od comeback to win 108 the ironheads squandered twogoal leads four times and defensive breakdowns and bad penalties cost them the game steve dunn scored three times for the ironheads markham rallied on sunday after noon to beat the nepean knights 95 backed by three goals by geoff griffith and a solid defensive effort from jay watson coach tim clarridge credits the win with a good allaround effort and great goaltending from travis caron on the line staff photosteve somerville stouffvilles mackenzie moyer gets ready to roll at the youth bowling council regional champions tourney last weekend at the stouffville bowling centre finding that nineyearold inside of you it has been said that the world is just a stage and we are merely players it could be said we are all the sum total of the roles or charac ters we play in the various aspects of our lives to be the best we can be we must deal with all of the aspects of our lives if we are to perform to our potential what i would like to share with you is a different way to think of the various roles you must perform when playing one role is that of a nine- yearold boy or girl the reason we play any game is to let the kid thats inside us to have some fun to perform our best the child must know that it is safe or all right to fail if a parent or playing part ner yelled at the nineyearold for missing a short putt he or she will be too scared to per form their best how would you feel if you heard somebody yell at a youngster like that i hope you would be shocked and appalled how many times have you yelled at the kid in yourself too often i suspect on the links dave woods treating the youth in you in that manner leads to future poor performance it is the role of the athlete in you to be in good physical shape and be ready to play to raise your game to the next level you must be physical ly and mentally as strong on the last few holes as you were on the first hole it is the role of the caddy in you to make decisions choose the club to play figure out the yardage and aim at the widest part of the green even if that is not where the hole is once the shot and club selection have been made it is the role of the nine year old to play the shot and have fun it is the role of the parent in you not to judge the result to the shot or the score but to support and love the child irrespective of performance the child is not a failure if a shot is missed or if a poor score is recorded a parent of a great canadian golfer recently said the best thing he did to help his son as a parent was to give his son the opportunity to play and get out of the way make one of your goals for this year to allow the nine-year- old in you to play have fun and feel safe i hope that all the charac ters in you have a fun safe and successful year dave woods is provincial coach for the royal canadian golf associations player development program and director of instruction at the angus glen golf club in unionville the 35yearold woods also worked at meadowbrook golf and country club where he was an assistant pro and a teaching pro and at glen abbey golf club woods also works with canadian tour pro- fessionals derek gillespie last years canadian tour rookie of the year and jon mills