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stouffville suntribune thursday dec 15 2005 17 decision day for commonwealth games bidders byjohncudmore staff writer bill crothers knows where his vote would go if he was allowed to cast a ballot today to determine the host for the 2014 commonwealth games mind you that could be considered a conflict of inter est in the utmost degree on the part of the york region district school board chair person who is also leading a york region delegation attempting to land the host role for the 10day sports fes tival nine years down the road register now for winter indoor soccer skills development program programs start on week of january 9 mon nights u7 mixed 2000 1999 wed nights u9 mixed 1998 1997 thurs nights ull girls 1996 1995 thurs nights u11 boys 1996 i 1995 program will not be offered if registration numbers do not meet minimum requirement for more information please call the soccer office at 9056401800 or check the website wwwwsscinfo it is a time for finger- crossing and hopeful think ing for the york region dele gation as it awaits this morn ings announcement by the canadian commonwealth games bid review commit tee for the winner of the four- way competition they said we had an excellent bid but one doesnt know whether they will say the same tiling to the other groups or not said mr crothers whose group pre sented its case during ses sions monday and tuesday morning we had a good day yes terday and again with our presentation this morning i think we did as well as we can now we just have to trust the committee to see if they feel the same way we do york region is competing against hamilton ottawa and halifax to host the com monwealth gaines which ranks as one of the worlds largest sports competitions the winner of the domestic bid will enter a threeway race against glasgow scot land and a city in nigeria while some new venues would have to be built the york region bid would incor porate several existing facili ties in the gta i think we would have se its not too late protect jyiaintain save regular retail price the worst of winter is yet to come call today 9052944202 23 laidlaw blvd markham gift certificates available coupon valid until january 31 2006 no cash value cannot be combined with any other discount the standard high but there is no sure thing or account ing for how it works out said mr crothers an olympic sil ver medalist in 1964 all i know is that if it was up to us wed pick us hamilton which hosted the inaugural common wealth games in 1930 was an unsuccessful bidder for the 2010 games won by new delhi india it is geared very much toward the international bid mr crothers said theyre interested obviously in picking the best city to the extent that they think has the best chance at winning the international bid staging the 2014 games is expected to cost in the neigh bourhood of 1 billion with the province and federal gov ernment to be heavily involved in the financing of the event the commonwealth games are held every four years and are open to coun tries in the british common- bill crothers head of york commonwealth games bid dele gation awaits results today wealth the event is expected to include more than 6000 athletes representing at 70 counuies canada has hosted the games four times most recently in 1994 in victoria bc in addition to hamilton vancouver 1954 and edmonton 1978 have also played host a durhaink 85267 1 1 steam l0 rugs upholstery 3m scotchquard j comics graphic novels series superman archie more beano manga anime games warhammer magic the gathering risk star wars miniature sudoku chess collectibles superheroes sports movies television breyer nascar hobbies toys lego meccano revell tamiya hot wheels 27 winona dr stouffville turn n at the traffic lights at canadian tire 9056402323 hours montue 1h6pm wedfri 117pmsai106pmsun125pm detailed map amiable at wwwthemultiverseca