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Castle and Gajan were making their debut at this event. A score of 150 (six over par) was the cutline. James Castle of Stouffville, a mem- ber of the Humber College men’s golf team, was l3-over-par through two rounds while Gajan Sivablasingham, 15, of Ballantrae was 16 over. TWO Stouffville golfers failed to make the cut when the playing field was paired down to 75 players after two rounds of the 2009 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championships at the Club de golf Le Blainvillier in Blainville, Que. Wednesday. Golfers make early exit fmm Canadlan men’s amateurs The Mike Oaks Saskatoon Selects won the gold medal while British Columbia, represented by Sooke, took silver. The Nova Scotia Selects won bronze. 'IWo other Stouffville residents in Rob Santo and Sue Kay were also members of the Oshawa team. Santo was a coach and Kay, manager. If there was any consolation to be had, Connor was named the top pitcher of the tournament during the round-robin segment. But they lo§t two games in the championship round and were eliminated from the double knock- out event. gral roles in helping Oshhwa win seven of eight games during the round-robin segment. For three Stouffville players who are members of the Oshawa BB } midgets, their chances to reclaim a ,r medal at the [recent national soft- ball championships in Prince Albert, Saslc were promising. ‘ Ericldiamn' ' :Santo, Travis Con- nor_ anglmp " Kay all played inte- Softball boys empty-handed at midget nationals ' Lawson Mann booted five con- verts. Jesse Lofthouse and Scott Miller each had two tries for Markham, which is aiming for a third straight provincial title. 1 Three Stouffville residents played an integral role helping the Markham Rugby Football Club under- 18 men’s team win their quar- ter-final match over Belleville, 43-0, at Austin Park in Markham Wednesâ€" day. Formoreon mechanlpionship.gomm U18rugby players head to semis ' S PORTS Markham will host a semifinal ne at Austin. Park Wednesday at §HQRTS IN IVIUVIIIKR l H!!! ' Stoufl‘ville Spirit head coach Craig Donovan talks to players during the first day of an on-ice training camp at the Stoufiville Arena Thursday. The Spirit are in the hunt for five more players to round out its roster, as well as another assistant coach. The following day, the'club Bend its first on-ice session. That's what Stouffville Spirit general manager Ken Burrows is seeking as the club began prepa- rations for its 2009-10 season as it officially opened training cam Wednesday with dryland training. This year, the Spirit will con}- pete in the Central Conference of the 9min?) Junior_ Hockey igague. BY MICHAEL HAYAKAWA mhayakawa @yrmg. com Wanted â€" five players to fill out a juniqr A hockey club’s roster. Compiling 13 hits, including eight from the bottom half of their batting order, and receiving a solid pitching efiort from Aurora native Greg Dalgarno, the Mennos routed host Aurora Shoeless loes 8-2. Timely hitting and stellax pitch- ing and defence paid dividends for the Stoufl‘ville Mennos when they travelled to Aurora for their Oshawa City and District Fastball league game Wednesday. With close to 35 hopefuls in Spirit need five to fill out roster Making the victory even more Sound play powers Mennos to win BY MICHAEL HAYAKAWA mhayakawa @yrmg.com The club will continue with practice sessions during the week at Stoufiville Arena and play its first Burrows is hoping that by Aug. 26 or 27, once the club plays its first three preseason contests, he will have the roster finalized. “We’ve only had one skate, but so far camp has gone pretty good," Burrows said. “We have a good idea of who we want and we'll let things play out.” That being one goalkeeper, one defenceman and three forwards attendance, Burrows nemains con- fident he will find what he's after. Dalgamo, who limited Aurora to just seven hits in going the dis- tance, helped his own cause at the plate by collecting three hits while Tim lofgren had two and drove in tomakeupforapostponedgame onlune3betWeenthetwodubs The Mennos scored a pair of runsinthethixdinningandadded threemoreinthe fourth andsixth rewarding for the Mennos was the game was deemed as a four-pointer Also contributing to the Mennos‘ The win by the Mennos atoned for an 11-5 loss they incurred against the host Scarborough Ath- leticsTuesday Aumra played the game with- out the servioes of their top pitcher "Ibdd Martin, who was nursing a Rick Green handled pitching duties and took the 10$ victory were some timely defensive Entering the game, the Mennos plays including a circus catch by thought they might receive a break shortstop Iefi' Roadway and a hard- when the Athletics sent their No. 3 running catch by right fielder Kris pitcher, Andrew Scott to the rub- Burkholder. ber. For now. assistant coach Mark Savery will work with the club’s defence. Recently hired assistant coach and former Spirit player Mark Mitchell will help first-year head coach Craig Donovan in lust recendy, he thought he had someone lined up to join the coaching staff, but negotiations fell apart. pneseason game Aug. 21 against the Collingwood Blues at the Stoufiville Arena at 7:30 pm. On a separate note, Burrows hopes to find a third assistant coach for the Spirit. However, that would be all of the offence the Memos would generâ€" ate as the Athletics were buoyed by a stellar relief pitching efiort from Grant Patterson, who struck out 10 batters to earn the win. The Mennos capitalized on that situation in their first trip to the plate when they batted around the order and erupted for five runs. For more on stouflvillespifi' Rather, the successful candidate will help out wherever needed. In terms of what the third assis~ tant coach will do, Burrows said there’s no specific anea they will handle. working with the forwards. “We're definitely looking for another assistant coach," Burrows said. “It might be a former Spirit player or someone who has minor hockey experience." STAFF PHOTO/NICK IWANYSHYN UI