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economist suntribune sports saturday sept 21 2002 33 stouffville markham softball players to represent canada j one former markham area resi dent and one from stouffville were named to canadas mens softball team that will take part at the pan am championships in guatemala city guatemala in november craig crawford a 31yearold catcher who formerly resided in markham and now toils with the waterloo hallm an twins and paul koert a 23yearold lefthanded pitcher who hails from stouffville and played this past season with the new york spirit out of amsterdam new york were named to the 17member squad mark smith canadian national team head coach acknowledged that whittling the roster down to its current size from a 50player pool was tough naming the 17 athletes was a real challenge but as a staff we feel this team offers a nice blend of youth and experience we have proven onfield lead ership worldclass pitching and a committed group of athletes anx ious to represent canada in inter national competition we are look ing forward to guatemala the pan american championships will be held nov 1020 and will serve as a qualifier for paul koert stouffville pitcher named to 17man roster both the 2003 pan am games and the isf mens world championship in 2004 a perfect ending for strikers the unionvillemilliken united strikers under10 boys soccer team capped off a perfect season in york region soccer league play recently and earned the right to play in the canadian soccer league next sea son by defeating richmond hill 2- 1 in overtime in the yrsl cup cham pionship final trailing 10 late in the contest the strikers forced overtime on a goal by scott knight the score remained the same until the second period of overtime when george vidinovski delivered the gamewinning goal for the strikers who reached the unio finalwitha2- 0 win over aurora in its sports digest 887 5071 cmrttb semifinal encounter coached by keith rouse sam manougain and duncan findlow the strikers went 120 in league play they also made their presence felt outside of league play as they entered five tournaments and fared no worse than advancing to the quarterfinals among the biggest highlights for the strikers was a berth in the semifinals of the covi international tournament qualify ing to play in the superelubs north american championships in florida next season and reaching the final eight of 28 teams in their division of the robbie international tournament other team members that con tributed to the clubs success were haig manougian adam findlow gagan rana jj gohal matt jaszczyszyn ashkan boromand kent knight jia dhatt chris tworzyanski dunika dissanayake shane rouse carmen lombardi kevin laycraft kenneth ng matthew spataro devante lewis jeffery weedon and christopher weedon juveniles looking for players the stouffville clippers juvenile hockey team is still looking for some players who might be inter ested in taking to the ice this season with its defending ontario minor hockey association a champi onship club dan fontanna clippers head coach is accepting registrations from players in the markham area as well as stouffville weve got 10 players now and we need at least another five more skaters players must be born from 1982 to 1984 the team will conduct a tryout tomorrow at stouffville arena at 545 pm and monday at stouffville arena at 10 pm for further information fontanna can be contacted at 905 on the run at bruces mill a number of running enthusi asts are expected to converge on bruces mill conservation area on sept 29 with the staging of a duathlon and the third annual york crosscountry run beginning at 830 am the duathlon course will begin at bruces mill conservation area and take place in other parts of stouffville and neighbouring markham jeff elder race director notes the duathlon will include a fivekilome tre run a 25km cycle on closed roads and another fivekm run part of the run he revealed will take place through a forest trail the crosscountry event which begins at 9 am will include a num ber of different categories in which participants can enter in among them are a fivekm youth trail run 14 and under a fivekm juniors trail run 1519 a fivekm open and mas ters and a four x fivekm relay team race elder notes a number of prizes will be given out including brooks running shoes to age winners tubbs catalyst snowshoes plus more elder anticipates both events which are put on by brooks and running free will draw athletes from around ontario new york and michigan and over 500 are expected to participate for further information elder can be reached at 416 7375192 soccer men on a roll after wallowing in the throes of an eightgame winless streak the markham soccer club men have reversed their fortunes on wednesday the markham men won their second straight ontario soccer league game with a 61 win over olmpiakos scarborough at mount joy field dariusz ostaszewski scored twice for markham who held a 21 halftime lead bart ostaszewski neill mair larry martin and pat sullivan added single tallies for markham now 6103 on the sea son the victory came on the heels of a 52 win over olympic flame last friday in scarborough czesiu zajac scored twice for markham who battled olympic flame to a 11 halftime tie while sullivan andrew wooldridge and mair added singles john moerman played a solid game in net and stopped a penalty shot markhams next game is on wednesday at mount joy field against cns club livno at 845 pm on a separate note the club also received word from the league they must replay their july 19 home game against west indies united which was called after markham led 10 when an unruly spectator entered the playing field to hassle a referee the game is slated to be played in early october 1 i 1 hugfe- i j located ato higfr suites award winner the best western parkway inn at hwys 7 404 has received the best western directors award for outstanding quality standards the directors award recognizes best western international hotels with a cleanliness and maintenance inspection score of 950 points or more out of a possible 1000 hotels must also meet best westerns requirements for design and high customer service scores to qualify for the distinction the directors award is an important symbol of success says general manager suzanne marshall pictured above- with keith mantesso director of sales marketing this award confirms the best western parkway inns commitment to providing quality accommodations for our guests our housekeeping and maintenance departments have worked hard to achieve this level of excellence inn features 129 rooms and extended stay contest winner mackenzie moyer 7 was the swiss chalet grand opening coloring contest winner and sits atop her new bike which was presented to her on monday july 8 at thstou restaurant