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stouffvtik suntribuneu saturday aug 18 20o7 13 1j true canadian ames praised staff photosjoerd witteveen trinidad and tobagos monifa sealy tries to coax her putt during stephen ames cup at stourrvilles granite golf club thursday for results see page 11 presidents cup snub cant spoil week at stouffville club by mike hayakawa staff writer stephen ames voiced his dis appointment earlier in the week in not being selected for the inter national team that will play in the presidents cup in montreal next month but the 43yearold calgary resident wasnt the least bit dis appointed in spending this past week at the granite golf club watching a cast of aspiring young golfers representing can ada and trinidad and tobago on the east stouffville fairways vie for a title named after him con jured memories to the san fer nando trinidad native what amazed ames was the skill level the youngsters pos sessed far more than when he started playing at 13 years of age the kids today are awesome as compared to when i played at their age ames said originating in 2005 the ste phen ames cup competition is a ryder cup style tournament pitting a select group of male and female golfers representing the canadian junior golf association team canada and an entry rep- stephen ames calgary pga play er earns thanks for hosting interna tional event in stouffville this week resenting ames native trinidad and tobago among those rep resenting canada year are york region residents gajan sivabalas- ingham 13 and julia hodgson 15 both of markham and hayley brown 15 of newmarket each made the team based on their participation in cjga quali fying events staged earlier this year my goal was to give some thing back to junior golf ames said of the event that is to help kids from trinidad and tobago being born there and to kids from canada where i now live what we want to do is to cre ate more opportunities for them here im contributing to this opportunity for the kids ames said the idea for the competition bearing his name and involving 10 junior golfers between the ages of 13 to 21 was a joint effort between the cjga nike golf and himself earl fritz cjga founder and president recalled discussions began about 18 months before the inaugural event teed off in 2005 which was also staged at the granite club during that time the richmond hill resident noted the cjga had established a work ing relationship with nike can ada which in turn was sponsor ing ames the three concerns got together and created the event stephen ames nike and the cgja had a common goal that was to develop young talent fritz said when the event was launched ames confessed he had no idea how successful it would be but these days hes quite happy with its direction to that he was quick to credit the cjga which has done the majority of the legwork anything the cjga does it evolves into something bigger ames said just the way they run things i didnt really need to get involved fritz said ames has made great sacrifices to make the event a success as an example he noted ames takes money out of his own pocket to help bring the players to the event as well he gives a clinic prior to the start of the competition comprised of four ball four some and singles play heres a guy ames whos looking at trying to earn points for the fedex cup and hes taken one week off not being in any competition because this event is dear to him fritz said if you talk about heart and a love for the game and talk about giving back stephen ames is now a true canadian theres more than golf at stake the event also gives each side a chance to meet new friends learn about different cultures so for example canadian youngsters can see how kids in trinidad and tobago live and vice versa as well the players will learn about the different playing condi tions in each of the countries for example in canada they play on bent grass whereas in trinidad and tobago they play on bermuda style of grass ames said golf is a worldwide event for more on the stephen ames cup go to cjgacom town of whitchurchstouffville country ifeityle close to the city correction notice the council meeting schedule outlined on the towns page in the thursday august 1607 suntribune was incorrect it should have read tuesday september 4 7 pm council in committee meeting tuesday september 18 3 pm council meeting tuesday september 18 7 pm public hearing meeting if required all meetings are held in the council chamber 4th floor 37 sandiford drive dignity choice compassion human comfort support community life if you or a loved one is living with a life- threatening illness please call us toll free at 18778707246 or 905 8953628 ext 294 programassistpalcarenetworkorg wwwpalcarenetworkorg pabotivccak- its oil about imng this message brought to you as a community service of the economistsuntribune inserts for sat aug 18 2007 2001 audio active magazine baskin robbins brilliant minds ida drugs office depot pharmasave shop save smart source the source by circuit city zs 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