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st andrews a golfers dream a big hit paul baker of the greens whalers prepares to blast one into deep division while the dd division was taken by gelco express of rich- centre field at last weekends annual slopitch tournament held in mond hill chris fiorio acts as catcher for the boyds sports team stouffviue the queens hotel from barrie won in the c and d boyds won the game 60 jim thomas members of the queens sports team from barrie accept the top prize in the c and d division of the stouffviue sio pitch tourna- litaent last weekend paul murray presents a cash award and sports equipment to the teams captains the annual event drew teams from across southern ontario chris garbutt r making their mark ballplayers take it seriously i by bruce staple y they are smartly dressed by day going to work in their desig- jner shoes and making their mark j on the business world j but get any one of them out to the ball park at night and they tre just one of the guys chasing tfly balls gobbling up grounders i putting bat to ball and chewing bubblegum like any other ball- player ffl they are the stouffviue stin- gers as competitive a womans ball club as youll find three ago they won the provin- xial womens sophomore cham- ipioriship and they took their in termediate division playoff championship last year competing in the south lake simcoe ladies softball league i the stingers are up against some i pretty fair competition from i bradford mt albert zephyr and viding the stingers with firstrate catching as well as representing the long ball threat every time she comes to the plate debbie does a fine job at catcher and she is a real consis tent hitter gold says most of the girls who have been with the team a few years have good bats average age of the team is ab- out 20 he claims and all five of the new recruits this year seem eager the pitching appears to be sound according to coach gold denise davis has been brought in from mt albert to help veteran pitcher candy brown and sheila fockler gives the team a good third hurler gold is impressed with davis saying the newcomer is a good all- round player and she hits the ball a ton allison lowery is a fixture at first base who gold claims also carries a big stick to the plate with her second base is still up in the air shortstop will be played by one of the pitchers and wendy wideman a new recruit from vandorf will play third veteran allison ashton will pat rol left field she is as good a leftfielder as youll find in the league gold says she has good range and a good arm centre field belongs to sheila fockler shes got incredible range gold says shes like a waterbug out there lisa blan- chard will play right field and gold is excited about the teams depth our bench strength is going to be good we have sandy clee tracy park kathy shore and di ana buchanan the season consists of 20 games followed by the playoffs and according to gold its just as important that the ladies enjoy themselves as it is to win as long as they have some fun and work a little then ill be happy uxbridge but coach bob gold is confident j his charges will once again be able to hold their own this season j the opposition is tough he j acknowledges but i suspect j well be quite competitive the ones who have come out this year seem to have lots of talent the nucleus of the squad has re- j mained intact we still have seven girls from the provincial championship team and we have nine back all j together from last season gold himself is part of what has become unofficially recognized f as a rotating coach system which sees him alternating seasons with dave fockler i its his foeklers year off gold says so im coaching with jhelp from my son doug i the team manager is ted low- cry who gold claims is indis pensable to the operation i hes been with the team since ibefore they won the provincial jctfampionship the coach says ihes always there when you jneed him 3 golds own daughter debbie is iajso a mainstay of the team pro- mennos gearing up for another fastball season by bruce stapley those bible thumping ballplayers are gearing up for another season of displaying both their faith and their baseball skills the markham mennos who competed for years in the metro interchurch fastball league are now getting set for their second season of battling the other nine teams in the north durham mens fastball league were a church oriented team howard burkholder says he will step down as team manager after 15 years at the helm the squad is comprised of christian men from stouffviue and markham area churches and it has a tradition of playing good entertaining ball the mennos will be managed this season by art burkholder with richard rccsor and paul eyre coaching howard will still help out when needed and will continue to be active as a player along with his son chris the senior burkholder who will manage the stouffviue midget rep team this summer has brought along pitching ace scott evans from his 1987 ontario champion bantam team to aug ment the mennos pitching staff we finished 5th last year out of ten teams howard says but i think the prospects look good this year we have a good young team the mennos will compete against teams from zephyr sharon claremont sunderland udora uxbridge seagrave brougham and mt albert home games will be played tuesday nights in victoria square howard feels the team is solid in the infield with dave elliot doing the catching lynn bar- key at third base rob reesor and chris bur kholder at short paul eyre at second and new comer dave ramer sharing the first base job with howard rich reesor mark byer terry reesor and jeff steincr will look after the out field weve got some good hitters howard claims paul eyre rob reesor and rich reesor can hit the long ball dave elliot and mark byer can hit for average and marks got lots of speed howard is looking forward to the season and is quite happy to ha ve new blood running the team with managing the midgets this year it would have been too much if i had remained as manager he says by kate gilderdale st andrews golf club situated on concession 7 north of the bloomington road is every gol fers dream designed and buut by rene and charles muylaert the beautiful 18hole course is set among rolling hills and valleys with the club house at the highest point offer ing spectacular views of down town toronto and lake ontario the principal owners of the club are bill macwilliam and david paterson bill who has spent most of his life in the area is no stranger to golf with both his father and grandfather involved in thesport i was a pro by the tinie i was 16 he says he was head profes sional at the westview golf club and previously owned the kitch ener dundee golf club he also owned the highly successful dynamic golf centres which he has recently sold to the profes sional golfers of ontario on a five- year buy out plan when the partners decided to build a course in the area they spent a long time searching for the ideal spot i walked this farm two years ago recalls bill we had passed the sign and paid no attention then one day we puued in and asked to see it it turned out to be the home of whitchurchstouffviue councillor jim rae within an hour we both knew this was the place bui asserts the partners immediately hit it off with jim we have named the 12th hole raes grove after jim smiles bill this golf course will always be on the rae property jim comes out reg ularly to inspect progress he seems to enjoy the fact were here biu observes the course has been one of the fastest developed in canada we were very fortunate to get in under existing bylaws bill says we didnt have to go to rezoning for the club we started april 1st 1987 and had the course fully con structed by last fall construction of the clubhouse is weu under way and they plan to open the course in july actual dates will depend on the weather with the club house opening the second week of june the clubhouse will feature a dining room snack bar locker rooms and sauna there will also be a fully stocked proshop mem bership wiu be restricted to 350 with 250 full members and 00 weekday members two hundred and ninety have already signed up bill notes because they are committed to low numbers there will be no starting times members have the option of put ting money into the club which can take the form of a refundable deposit if they wish to leave or opting for membership on an own ership equity basis in effect buying a share of the club in time thisclub wul be owned by the members not by us bui points out the owners expect to retain a 10 per cent share in the operation two other clubs in ontario offer the ownership equity option and members have seen the value of their shares rapidly increase people like the idea of being in control of their own future observes bill he is pleasantly surprised to note that almost half the current membership is from the markham stouffyille area both partners wiu be living in the area and bills family wiu be involved in the day to day running of the facility in addition to an extremely challenging course comprising approximately 127 acres with six ponds and about 150 bunkers the club will also offer an extensive practice area with driving range arid two full- sized practice greens complete with bunkers tag at home spurs on peewees to win a spectacular play at home plate highlighted the stouffviue peewees 102 win over east gwil- limbury wednesday the peewees prevented a home run in the seventh inning after a ball was hit over the head of cen- trefielder tim lavell lavell rec overed the ball and relay man jason whitebread drilled it to catcher bob cartagenise in time to make the tag solid defence such as an over- theshoulder catch in the fourth by leftfielder kevin cargill helped pitcher jody infarnari hold east gwillimbury to just the two runs while the defence was strong stouffvilles offence was equally capable most of the hits were singles and the high score came from good base running and capi talizing on the oppositions errors stouffviue allowed one east gwillimbury run in the first but quickly came back for two in the bottom half of the inning the peewees then rallied for five in the second to take a 71 lead they scored two in the fourth and one in the fifth before giving up another run in the sixth this years lineup includes kevin cargill bob cartagenise derek harrison daren hurst kevin nichols michael peters vincent wilson davecarmonico jody infarnari tim lavell chris barker jason ericson jason whitebread and jason cowan the win gives the peewees a 11 record after an 83 loss to new market may 17 their next game is tonight wednesday at port perry acton nets oiler goal stouffvilles keith acton wasted no time when he finally got his chance to play for the edmonton oilers keith scored the winning goal in the opening game of the stanley cup finals against the boston bruins thursday it was his second gamewinner in only his third apperance in the playoffs the 30yearold centre scored the goal early in the third period deflecting a slapshot from fellow oiler steve smith giving the team a 21 lead the score held and the oilers took the lead in the series 10 keith and the oilers were on the verge of capturing the cup yester day taking a 30 series lead into the boston gardens last night the oilers did not use keith un til late in the semifinal series with detroit but he has played ev ery game since then the aas raiders were excellent hosts for the annual stouffviue slopitch tournament on the weekend here doug hitchen of the boyds sports team takes a crack at one that dropped over the plate glenn whitebread waits his turn on deck jim thomas