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20 economist suntribune sports thursday july 18 2002 gormley resident dan mcmullen shown here with a formula renault 2000 vehi cle he tested recently for the phillips motorsports team near calgary could be racing in the newly formed franam championship series this year mcmullen has been competing this year in the french national formula series in france mcmullen hopes to be racing at home soon race car driver dan mcmullen has been putting the pedal to the metal in france where hes competing in the french national formula series but recently the gormley resident has been setting his sights on racing closer to home in the newly formed franam championships in north america mcmullen took a giant step towards that objective recently after conducting a test run of a formula renault 2000 vehicle for the phillips motorsports team at race city speedway near calgary during the test ruri phillips motorsports team representatives were impressed with how mcmullen han dled their vehicle under various condi tions as well they were impressed with his ability to communicate valuable information on the cars behavior to them based on his audition the phillips team is hoping to arrange mcmullens schedule so he can enter as many fran- am championship races as possible more importantly though they hope find the required funding to make it happen if all goes well it is hoped that mcmullen will be in a franam car for the first time at mosport just north of bowmanville on aug 1618 in con junction with the alms race there this would mark mcmullens home racing debut as a professional driver following that event the phillips motorsports team would like to have mcmullen behind the wheel at the inaugural molson indy montreal race the following weekend with the layout of the schedules in france and in north america it is also possible that mcmullen could compete in several more rounds of the fran- am series mcmaster credits athletics at sdss for enhancing his life by jim thomas correspondent travis mcmaster says hell never for get the past five years at stouffville district secondary school the 19yearold oac grad claims involvement in sports including rugby hockey and volleyball created for him a positive atmosphere hell remember all his life stouffville district secondary school will also remember him he and shane timms also an oac grad were cowin ners of the 2002 male athlete of the year award an announcement he describes as a big surprise i knew i was one of eight nominees he says its an honour mcmaster says hes happy to share the award since he and timms have been longtime close friends its nice for us both he notes mcmaster formerly of bradford moved with his family to whitchurch- stouffville five years ago his parents dan and melannie mcmaster are veteri narians mcmaster attended pickering college in newmarket from grades 4 through 8 pickering college wasnt big on sports mcmaster recalled academics was more its thing y arsdssttfec3tm irtnrhktffftftrnr his final year both the rugby and vol leyball teams with whom he played key roles advanced to provincial championships at the rugby final in waterford stouffville won the consolation prize in volleyball at sudbury it claimed the best sportsmanship award jim fletcher coached the volleyball team jamie hewitt kevin julyan and steve shantz shared rugby coaching duties mcmaster describes fletcher as awesome hockey has always been my favourite sport mcmaster recalls i probably wouldnt have played volleyball at all if it hadnt been for mr fletcher he encouraged me to give it a try and im glad i did mcmaster will be enrolled in an hon ours kinesiology course at lakehead university in thunder bay hes looking forward to one last time at sdss when he returns to attend com mencement exercises this november travis mcmaster was honoured to be mvp nominee spirit fined by oha for inviting york region prospects to camp stouffville owes 1000 each to markham waxers and newmarket hurricanes by mike hayakawa staff writer over the last few months markham waxers junior a hockey club general manager larry herrington had been waging a war against the stouffville spirit on monday herrington felt like he won the battle herringtons concern with the spirit a rival team in the provincial junior a circuit stemmed from recruiting he accused stouffville of tampering with 11 bantam and midgetaged prospects who played in markham and are the waxers first right of refusal under recruiting rules governed by the canadian and ontario hockey associations the players were sent letters inviting them to the spirits rookie camp in april a nono under league rules after lodging a formal com plaint with the oha on june 5 herrington along with repre sentatives from the spirit met for a hearing earlier this month based on the meeting the oha ruled on monday in favour of the waxers the league fined the spirit 1000 payable to the waxers as well stouffville was for bidden from signing any of the 11 players and those players cant play on any spiritaffliated team the spirit must also provide within 30 days of notification of the order to both the waxers and oha president brent ladds a list of all markham waxer club players who might have received inappropriate letters im satisfied herrington said i would have liked to have seen more money and the coach brian perrin suspend ed but thats from a league- wide hockey standpoint the message needs to be rein forced not only does the spirit owe the waxers 1000 but team officials must also pay the same fee to the newmarket hurricanes who lodged a simi lar complaint against stouffville acknowledging the problem stemmed from not checking all the letters the club had sent out to potential prospects spirit general manager- ken burrows said ke did wotwis1tioarifag6 ken burrows spirit general man ager accepts oha ruling but says violation was small potatoes nize herrington burrows accepted the ohas ruling and will not file an appeal we wasted enough time on it im fine with the ruling it was my mistake he said burrows though felt the waxers had taken the issue too far they the waxers claim our recruiting actions were pre meditated but the oha ruled our actions were not premedi tated it was a mistake and they found us guilty for larry to take it this far its small potatoes as compared with situations other teams have faced while the ruling brought a smile to herringtons face he still seeks clarification from the oha on the ruling relating to players deemed to be in the waxers club system i understand where larry herrington is coming from but if a kid doesnt want to play in markham he shouldnt have to what ultimately caused herrington to blow a gasket was the case involving ryan olidis one of the prime recruits from the waxers major ban tams olidis played several games last season with the waxers on an emergency callup situation last season the 16yearold forward from uxbridge did not attend the spirits rookie camp but advised markham of his inten tion to play for stouffville this season thats when i said enoughs enough said herrington i vdefinitelyask ihje question for player clarification herrington acknowledged that olidis who was a third- round pick of the barrie colts in the recent ontario hockey league draft was a player they had high hopes for in the future he would have been a cor nerstone for the franchise and we had offered him a spot on our roster last december herrington said burrows concurred the fric tion with the waxers was in large part due to olidis whose name was brought up in the hearings along with kevin hayward a stouffville resident who was given his release from the markham minor hockey system and waxers hayward the last cut of the spirit last fall played for the midget aaa waxers last season the youngster olidis wanted to play closer to his home and the spirit schedule is more favourable for him and his family since we play at home on thursdays and he has a sister who is a swimmer and her time in the pool is on fridays the same home night as the waxers burrows explained burrows thinks the problem in recruiting lies in the rules as governed by the oha which he believes are vague ideally burrows would like to see the players be given the choice of where they want to go if they wish to pursue their on- ice careers at the tier two junior a level the kids have rights and the family has rights too its a free country for them to be allowed to do whatever they want if a kid wants to play hock ey on thursdays instead of fridays its his right i understand where larry herrington is coming from but if a kid doesnt want to play in markham he shouldnt have to the bottom line is that our league is a developmental league where we should be moving kids to the next level the player in question olidis will be in the ohl two years from now its not about controlling minor hockey pro grams like burrows herrington stresses their league is designed to develop prospects he was quick to point out after the third night of their rookie camp those players who could not make the spirit were given their written releases to pursue opportunities else where herrington and burrows said the ball now rests in the lap of ladds as to who has olidis rights