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18 stouffville suntribune thursday april 8 2004 stouffville suntribune sports leonard hopes history repeats at worlds stouffville resident wants to help canada retain amputee title by jim thomas correspondent shawn leonard is headed for prague czech republic and when the stouffville resident goes there he will be donning a red and white hockey jersey for team canada at this years world amputee championships the competition begin ning april 25 and concluding april 30 will include the united states russia finland sweden canada and the czech republic canada will be out to defend the gold medal it won last year in helsinki finland the tournament is now sanctioned by the international ice hockey federation the world hockey champi onships take place at the same time but in a different arena prosthetic left hand a graduate of stouffville district secondary school and a member of stouffvilles 1982 ontario bantam bb hockey champions leonard possesses a prosthetic left hand a challenge hes learned to live with since birth i never had it a left hand says the 200pound centre so i dont miss it leonard began playing hockey at the age of four for several years he played in the stouffville amateur hockey leonard won notoriety fol lowing the championship game in helsinki last year when he took a page out of wayne gretzkys book and implanted a toonie at centre ice planting toonies shawn leonard played a role in helping team canada win last years world amputee hockey title league and still practices every week with the uxbridge black hawk oldtimers honoured by town last fall he participated in the official puckdropping ceremonies to open the stouffville spirit jr a season at that time he was presented with a generous cheque by sahl president scott dunsmoor to assist with trav el expenses overseas it was a total surprise leonard says and very much appreciated in addition he was the recipient of a 2003 outstand ing achievement award pre sented by the town due to the fact the team receives no government assis tance each player must raise 2500 the current roster includes 20 players eight of them new to the team this year tiyouts were held at york university last november the leonard toonie cur rently holds a place of promi nence in the hockey hall of fame im hoping to do the same thing this year he says while the upcoming championships are upper most in his mind leonards also looking ahead to the 2006 winter olympics in torino italy where he hopes to play a part a supporting contingent of 50 relatives and friends are expected to accompany the team to prague including leonards wife tara while their children arent going brittany and cody will support dads efforts by wearing team canada sweaters to summitview public school during tourna ment week brooke age 2 will be con tent to wear hers around the house even though according to tara it comes down past her knees leonard says representing ones country is the greatest thrill a player can know standing at centre ice hearing the national anthem and seeing the canadian flag raised is a sensation no one can describe he concludes leonard has done it before he hopes to experience it again expectations high this season for mcmullen in renault series gormley resident to race saturday in phoenix dan mcmullen isnt in phoenix az to sun himself while it might be assumed the 21 yearold gormley resi dent is on a vacation such is not the case he is going to compete in the north american formula renault championship which starts its 13race series this saturday at the phoenix international raceway after mcmullen- competed in the fiverace formula renault winter series championship he returned home with two podium finish es and the title of the top north american driver in his ati technology sponsored car ati of toronto has contin ued its support of mcmullen for 2004 woodbridgeteam mcmullens team afm autosport from woodbridge is excited about the prospect of this coming season we have very high expec tations of dan this year ian willis team owner said he showed during the winter series the type of race craft that it takes to bea winner with so much confusion with cart and openwheel racing over the winter many support series like ours were in doubt that there was even going to be any racing at all this year mcmullen said now with that all behind us i am looking forward to having a great season with both a top team aim autosport and ati technologies as a sponsorto help me obtain my goal of winning the formula renault championship this season for further information on mcmullen log on to wwwdanmcmullencom staff photobill roberts moment of glory schollen landscapes forward hallie wannop 9 prepares to gather a loose puck and break in alone on net to score a goal during mondays markhamstouffville girls hockey league novice a house league final at stouffville arena wannops team however lost the game to harry bowes 31 for more scores from mondays championship day see sportsboard on page 19 atom stars win hockey title btotkhamstonfiville samantha keens goal proved to be the difference for the markham stouffville atom stars as they cap tured the north metro girls hockey league title last weekend with a hard fought 10 win over north halton in the championship final kristin drew earned an assist on keens gamewin ning marker the stars reached the final after going two overtime sessions to edge clarington 10 in their semifinal con test emily oshaughnessy scored the games lone marker on an assist from erin murphy prior to their game with clarington the stars played a qualifi er against burlington and captured it with a 40 win in the third game the first two contests ended up in ties by scores of 22 and 11 shooting stars scoring for the stars against burlington were lynn kennedy three goals three assists katie mullett nicoke wannop and suzanne dickie one goal one assist taryn deasley one goal bailey todd two assists caitlin maikawa and oshaughnessy one assist goaltending duties were shared by sydney mann and laura medland other team members are danielle porter and katrina adams sheffield students fare well at mohawk members of the sheffield judo club made their presence felt at the recent brantford invitational judo tournament at mohawk college lea sheffield led the contingent after finishing first in the girls 39- kilogram class tressa sheffield settled for second after nursing a lead in her final match only to lose in the last 15 seconds victoria colclough 7 lost her first match but emerged victorious in her subsequent matches to finish second in her class brent colclough a blue belt fought for the first time in an advanced belt category blue brown black and finished fifth i i i aw-