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player replies dear jim in your editorial in the tribune of dec21 you raised a very valid question why cant we get local players to come out and play- junior c hock ey yes indeed why will gary carr ted waite larry fockler mike re- hill and jim chil- vers not play for the stouffville clip pers i cant speak for the above men tioned but maybe i can cast some light on the issue 1 myself have come up through the ranks of minor hockey in stouffvil le playing since i was five years old when 1 was young hockey was fun everyone played to the best of their abil ity and at that age it didnt matter who you knew just whether your next game was against schell lumber or aida cleaners however as time passed things changed quickly for myself every thing came to a head during my second year of midget hock ey in 1979 a team from sweden was slated to visit stouff ville and prepara tions began we worked hard to make our foreign guests happy fun ny how we ere nev- er told until the swedes arived that we would not return to sweden the fol lowing year i wasnt quite sure why this was but was quite sure the situation would be remedied especial ly after the swedes requested that the same team return the truth of the mat ter struck me later a couple of prom inent people m the community had sons who were of age to play midget hockey but these boys were not on this midget team therefore the second year players had to be bumped to make room for them it didnt mat ter that these new comers had never played allstar a hockey before in their lives what mattered was that they were the sons of mayor eldred king and wsmha president john hutchinson and had never been to sweden before add to this another new comer to allstar hockey coach gord lewiss son and we have a nice fami ly for many hockey became not what you were but who you were it took the fun out of the game this may be refer red to as an isolated incident and no reason for the droves of players turning away from stouffville hockey but is this type of in cident all that iso lated i have in the past spent much time at the stouffvil le arena i see a lot of frustrated pa rents who are not quite sure what to do who you know tends to be the rule rather than the ex ception in minor hockey in stouffvil le by the time a lot of these young hock ey players reach the midget age level they are just so tired of it they eliminate the problem by quit ting maybe its time for some new blood at the top of minor hockey in stouff ville sorry john yours sincerely robert gierkink spoils convincing wins by spartan teams in tournament play at stouffville high school on thursday afternoon both junior and senior boys bas- t ketball teams tallied convincing wins against newmarket unfortunately the midget squad were un able to come to grips with their visitors and took a real hammer ing going down 9525 team captain wayne cheng getting 12 of the spartan points in junior play the spartan squad waltzed to an easy 5626 vic tory points being even ly spread between doug sharp 19 and david elliot 18 while chris brown put in a fine effort to tally ten the senior game win was convincing as the recent gravenhurst tournament winners are just about peaking their form according to coach dave connell the teams offensive and defensive pfay has been good since the gravenhurst tourna ment we look for a continuation of this fine play in the new year the 5232 senior win saw maximum effort and points from ross dube 19 and steve rendall 13 in my opinion by jim holt sports editor it would seem that i am going to be re ceiving a large num ber of letters from those with a grie vance against the current system of ice allocation pro viding they are not too longwinded and stick to the point they are welcome but please no un signed letters this week i have a letter from an ex- clipper defence- man bob gierkink obviously bob has been nursing a festering wound of injustice for a num ber of years and sees the chance at last to let fly at the system letting ones hair down is sometimes good for everybody especially in a small community such as ours providing everyone takes the criticism without rancour and writes with aforthought and without malice though i doubt there are too many people with such broad pa rameters of under standing human nature being what it is then nothing but good can come from soulsearching and an exchange of ideas however please dont phone me at home at 1030 at night like one gentleman did tell ing me we dont need a sports com plex my query regard ing the whereabouts of monies collected for the construction of a new complex brought forth an in teresting phone call from al blackburn the town treasur er the money col lected back in 7172 aboutsgoo is sit ting in an account administered by the town however from what i gather from alit has not been collecting too much interest be cause it is in a general account which brings up a further question why continuing the never ending search for the truth in hockey rules and regulations did you know that next sea son there will be over 80 changes made in the omha rules book at least so im told by local referee brian mof- fatt any man who has a record of six holesinone in his golf career must know what hes talk ing about brian who is a rated 22 hockey re feree will write a weekly column cal led referees cor ner that will appear weekly in the tri bune it will act as a forum for pertinent questions and answers regarding the sometimes rather complex in terpretation of the rules helping him will be two other well known resi dents doug rex- graham and dave bourne who lives at ballantrae the column will be of considerable help to many who are a little hazy in their understanding of the rules also it will be able throw a little light on the re- ferees point of view which no one ever seems to agree with anyway ckvr visit a night of entertain ment is guaranteed for friday jan 7 when both stouffville old- timer teams take to the arena ice opening the prog ram will be a game be tween the oldtimer clippers and scarbor ough oldtimers start ing at 7 pm followed by a couple of hours of hockey hilarity be tween the classics oldtimers and a visit ing nostars team from ckvr the nostars have built up quite a reputa tion for doing the unex pected so come along and be surprised by these talented players the kids will love em tickets are available from giles chevolds or at the door price 2 children free the orchard park girls volleyball team have every reason to look pleased with themselves they are this years area 2 york county champions back row 1 to r dave young coach kelly uatling monica francis mary sled lisa zeck lisa weatherill ron robbins coach front row 1 to r jackie chadwick jane ander son joanne burkholder tara gibson kelly macdonald melody farr jim holt new crosscountry ski program now available if you are concerned about regaining your trim waistline or be moan your overindulg ence during the holiday season the parks and recreation committee have just released the following list of prog rams that will help you regain your former glory so that you can be in super condition for spring adults ymca fitness at latcham hall on tues day or friday from 920 to 1020 am 10 les sons 20 20 lessons 35 starts janll contact 8844811 ymca dancercise tuesday at st marks thursday at latcham hall starts janll from 8 to 9 pm 10 weeks 35 20 weeks 50 contact 8844811 exercise to music at whitch urchhighlands ps tuesday and thurs days 9 to 945 am cost 1 a session to school funds a bargain starts jan 6 contact donna noble at 888- 1035 swimming at sla ters pool in vandorf yvonne cattralls swim school contact 7733504 cross country ski introductory program indoor and outdoor instruction commences on sunday jan 9 at latcham hall 2 to 4 pm reg istration and refresh ments cost 5 for the lesson the program based on registration will be as follows family sunday 2 to 4 pm or adults on thursday 930 to 1130 am registration at in troductory program as follows for six les sons 35 family six lesson package 70 contact 6403768 ski ramble sun day jan 30 at 1 pm crosscountry skiiing and refreshments at the library this is the librarys third annual ski event always in teresting if only to lis ten to sheila mccleods beautiful scots accent ringing through the air as she rounds up the stragglers for further informa tion regarding prog rams please contact the recreation direc tor lizette lacour- sier at 6403768 the girls of sdss set a sizzling pace at the york county grade 9 basketball tournament held at aurora high school earlier this month they were undefeated in the seven game round robin taking the championship title with a bare 2 point margin in all games back row 1 to r heather cameron lucy elliot susan murphy lisa fock ler becca ness joanne brunke front row 1 to r cathy graham lanny mcwilliams lindsey baston kim mcconnell susan bibby debbie gold wednesday december 29 19s2 sb5 club honors members the stouffville fi gure skating club hon ored two former mem bers at a small cere mony held at the arena on tuesday evening the two skaters cindy wilson and peter mel lon are to have their names inscribed on a plaque that will record the names of all ska ters who have achieved their gold level tests cindy achieved her gold freestyle in 1979 and her gold dance in 19s2 teaming up with glen buddingh for pairs skating and rep resenting the club at all levels of competition right up to and includ ing national level peter has passed both his gold free- style and gold fi gures he represented stouffville at all levels of competition that in cluded senior mens at the canadian cham pionships in holding the cere mony the club on be half of the town ack nowledges their fine efforts and wishes them all the best in the future ahl results congratulations to netminders doug rex- graham of the stouff ville travel flyers and keith betz of village pool rangers both tal lied shutouts in ahl play over the weekend for doug rex- graham it was a parti cularly significant event because it was the first shutout of his career results are as fol lows maypowell north stars 6 village pool capitals 3 north star goals john tardella barry zeller2 randy lee d haraman joe infur- nari capital goals henry stevens ron cain grant larmer village pool rangers 3 smurthwaite bruins 0 ranger goals d wilson doug majors rich hughes stouffville travel flyers 2 farquharson penguins 0 flyer goals john blair tmahar canadian tire red wings 5 betz pool nordiques 2 red wings goals d harmon mike jones 2 wayne mcmann steve upton nordique goals bill ormson eric scaife bantam scores bantam house league results for the week ending dec 23 are as follows s ville fish and chips 3 canadian tire 1 s ville goals war ren mucci armon stover wayne cheng assists ed harper paul shaw terry atkinson rob mccon nell canadian goal gary gornick assists kevin ferris scott agnew the villager 2 chas- richards 2 villager goals nel son wilson kurt ianuz- zo 1 assist assists chris morin 2 rob hart richards goals jeff bower mark tiley assists rob reid david bellerby dan martin barry welding 7 betz pools 2 barry goals brock creet2 kentdunkeld 1 assist david howe alan napier mark dorey 1 assist frank sluga 1 assist andrew corcoran mark boudreau 2k betz goals kevin hutchinson jon pet- rie assist jim baggs silver stick tournament latest news from midget coach bill hutchison is that the team has salted away their opening game at the silver sticks tournament being held at midland during the christmas week the 92 opening win against bolton saw chris brown fire a five goal tally on four assists from john hutchison while sing les went to kenny bur rows lee brown mike anderson and brent brown wayne stevens put in a fine perform ance between the pipes and earned praise from hutchison for his very steady unflin ching performance hope springs eternal for the midgets as hey face bowmanville in their second game to day wednesday bowmanville disposed of bolton 42 and although they were solid in thefr perform ance were notat least according to what coach hutchison saw as formidable as he ex pected if we can beat bowmanville then we have a great chance of getting into the final he said the other tough obstacle will be au rora providing of course that stouffville beat bowmanville au rora is fielding a very impressive a team and will take a lot of beating the tournament con tinues through until january 7 silver stick tournament peewees go down woodbridge defe ated uxbridge for the championship title novice loss having won their first two games in the keswick silver stick tournament the credit union peewees could not maintain their pre vious pressure and suf fered three successive losses to eliminate them from further play however coach grant nesbitt praised the boys for theirdeter- mination and spoke highly of their fine effort against major teams that were phy sically much bigger in their group round- robin final game on monday flamboro were the 42 victors markers came from kirk smythe from mike ferguson and aaron mcwilliams girls win tournament when it comes to basketball stouffvil- les high school grade 9 girls proved conclu sively that not only are they one of the prettiest teams in area 2 but also one of the most talented on december 2 they travelled to au rora high and took top tournament honors af ter winning no less than seven straight games sutton huron heights newmarket sacred heart gw williams king and au rora all went down to the spartan hotshots in the round- robin com petition the team is coached by two grade 12 stu dents gwen hewitt and laura wightman congratulations girls and a fine unassisted effort from darron baston this left stouffville in second place in their division putting them against woodbridge who were the division two lead ers in the semifinal stouffville paid the price when they went after the puck and were outmuscled by their opponents goals came from danny lar mer kevin francis and kent smythe with assists to ferguson kent smythe craig stronach and brad tiley having been defe ated by uxbridge in the championship semi final flamboro again found themselves up against the stouffville squad the result was the same a 42 win for flamboro and a trophy to take home goals came from kent smythe unassisted and doug larmer from brad tiley the novice allstar clippers obviously overindulged them selves at christmas too much turkey and christmas pudding did if for the teams trip to whitby and their subsequent 32 loss to their hosts goals went to jason whitebread from brandon pridham and pridham unassisted the second game of the tourney saw the squad go down 52 against a firedup un- ionville team whitebread fired both the clipper markers assists going to david caramanico and nathan brown midget profile this weeks player murray pattcnden is a good allrounder and the teams leading scorer in the defence line an all- star player of four years standing murray has played on peewee and bantam b allstar also bantam and midget a allstar teams he has been playing hockey since the age of 12 murray has a reputa tion for being a player that gives 100 on the ice intense and com petitive but clean he takes few penalties the midget defenceman is at his best when sending in a devastating shot from the point at which he ex cels a grade 11 student at sdss murray also finds time for baseball bas ketball rugger and weightlif ting along with an interest on wood working and like most young men just loves parties murray pattenden height 510 weight 160 lbs