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rekai johnson barristers solicitors 49 main street east 2nd floor stouffville ontario 6408100 or 6493555 second section sports classified leasing todays easy way a metrolahd gommuhity newspaper v to drive larry cotter leasing 6404541 ah makes and mode i v bybruce stapley whitchurchstouffvihes top achieviug athletes were of ficially recognized and honored y the town at a ceremony hursday it was held at the recreation entre the event sponsored by the ecreation department and osted by mayor fran ainsbury and members of council included medal presen tations to yaung people who jiave distinguished themselves at the provincial level of com petition and beyond in a special ceremony mayor sainsbury presented keith acton of the stanley cup champion edmonton oilers vith a medal from the town f recipients 0ther medal recipients follow j tracey garbuftl manitoba treet stouffville thewinner of three gold medals at the on tario special olvmpics in june 1987 5 ginriy margie and martha gayford rr 4 stouffville winners of awards in equestrian competitions at pro vincial national aud interna tional levels bryan emery rr 4 stouff ville first iri mixed syricroriized trampoline championships provincial at woodstock may 1988 v tracey emery rr 4 stouf fville competed in the elite on- tarioseuior gymnastics at sud- bury was one of four team representing metro east who placed first cathy gordon rr 2 stouff ville ontario qualifier in judo championships at durham col- lege placed first in the 61 kilo division marlene streit rr 4 stouf fville canadian senior ladies golf championship steven sheffield rr 1 cedar valley placed first in canadian judo championships 1987 in the under 65 kilo division atoms hailed members of the stouffville atom clippers ontario champions in the bb division 1 don reesor coach mike jones assistant coach bob lilckinnon trainer lome brand manager and players david moknljoyjasoh reesor sianmorrlson ryaff jefferson philip pridham geoff smith ryan bhrkholder brian coughlan colter carcone chad dickinson jason davis john mckinnon- lindsey haylow greg sanford brent avery and roger mcmann twice yearly the ceremony is planned for twice each year the idea was initiated by marlene mckeewetheral director f recreation weve always had some outstanding athletes in our town marlene said but aside from a letter of con gratulations from our mayor they received no official recognition all this thanks to marlene and the cooperation of town council has changed the ceremony was attended by about fifty family members and friends heavy medal geoff smith proudlydisplays the medal he earned from the town of vhitchurch sports awards ceremony this week geoff and other members of the stouffville atom clippers were given the town awards for winning the on tario bb championshipslhis winter members from many sporting activities were also honored at the ceremony headed up by mayor fransainsbury the community will award its top athletes with similar medals twice a year it- was announced jim thomas- betz narrowly edged by greenbank allison goldie 9 is making a splash with the markham synchro cjub the stouffville resident poses with one of her recent awards in fibnt of her bramble cres home zl jim thomas allison is competing with top swimmers nineyearold allison goldie 41 bramble crescent stouffville is upandcoming member of the synchronized swim team at mjarkham although a swimmer since age five its her first year with the synchronized girls jn recent competition held at tijent university peterborough markham captured the cham pionship cup allison comes by her ability honestly sister caroline 14 was skilled at the sport as well caroline has set this recreation aside temporarily to concentrate on her studies shes a grade 9 student at sdss david and jean goldie and family moved from agincourt to stouffville one year ago they love it here but would enjoy it even more if the town had an in door pool allison a student in grade 4 at orchard park admits swimm ings her favorite sport training sessions take her to the pool three times a week by bruce stapley the betz pools mens fastball team was edged 21 wednesday by the greenbank gamblers in a classic contest at stouffville park the game was a matchup of two of the finest pitchers in the oshawa and district league greenbanks overpowering righthander wayne wells hung on to best john annis the crafty veteran of the betz staff wells was brilliant allowing only one hit he struck out 10 walked five increased his record to 40 and helped his team con tinue their great season unbeaten in eight games annis was rocked for both greenbank runs early in the game as the first two gamblers hit him hard george redshaw belted a tworun dinger to cash leadoff baiter terry till who had doubled but from then on annis was nearly flawless scattering three harmless singles and striking out eight including five of the last six he faced he didnt walk a man annis had the greenbank batters off guard all night long with his assortment of speeds location and a nasty curve ball the betz squad while unable to make any real contact with wells offerings was almost able to transform walks and errors in to a win they loaded the bases in the se cond inning on a walk to steve brooks an error allowing second baseman mark fockler to get on base and another walk to gary grant but wells bore down and struck out george to put out the fire betz finally did break through in the fifth when once again wells lack of control almost did him in grant and burkholder were both issued free passes and catcher doug mcmillan finally solved wells with a base hit to left which brought in grant but again wells came up with the big strikeout getting randy grant to strand the tying run on third annis then went on to strike out the side in the seventh setting the stage for a possible com eback the hometown fans were on the edge of their seats gary grant reached first on an error and then stole second with none out betz manager elected to have jim chilvers pinch hit for burkholder after running the count to one ball and two strikes chilvers rip ped a smash to the left side that had rbi written all over it but greenbank shortstop rod real managed to get a glove on it and doubled off grant at se cond base ending the threat and securing the 2j victory if the shortstop doesnt make that play its a double with the winning run on second with none out lamented emery after the match that was the ball game emery was pleased however with the intensity shown by his club this is the beginning of the build he said were going to start to focus on intensity now the betz team had defeated oshawa acl 10 the night before in oshawa it was a game that saw betz ace pitcher chilvers beat his brother dave in a pit chers duel chilvers scored the only run in that contest ona fielders choice by mark fockler betz now has a record of six wins and three losses they are attempting to repeat as league champions scott evans at right and chris burkholder were the dominant force behind the stouffville midgets victory this past week scott evans made a trium phant return to the mourid after being sidelined with a minor injury for a week stouffville midgets up record with 41 victory big winners chris topping was the winner of the boys field award and was given the john turner memorial trophy to commemorate his athletic feats recently chris received the award at the stouffville dist secondary school athletic banquet anne bccchcr and rich burkholder were also winners at the awards ceremony the 15yearolds were given the most outstanding athlete awards in the junior category rich is in grade 10 while ann is just beginn ing her athletic career in grade 9 by bruce stapley the stouffville canadian tire midgets combined excellent pit ching with timely hitting to dump pickering 41 in rep ball action thursday night scott evans returning after being sidelined for several games with a hip ailment gave up only three singles while striking out 14 en route to the victory evans and second baseman rich burkholder led the way of fensively each rapping two doublesevans had two runs bat ted in while burkholder scored a pair jason yoshida had two singles to round out the stouff ville attack stouffville jumped on picker ing starter kevin watson for two quick runs in the first inning with the big blow being evanss enormous drive to right which bounced over the fence 290 feet form home plate for a ground rule double the blast scored chris burkholder and evans later scored on an error pickering mustered their only serious assault in their half of the opening inning putting together two singles and a hit batter for their only run the canadian tire midgets ad ded another marker in the third when rich burkholder doubled and was driven home by evanss second double identical to his first one both would have been home runs in any other park as they saiied over the rignlfielders head burkholders second double of the contest resulted in stouff- villes final run in the top of the seventh as he slid home under the pickering catchers tag following a groundout by evans evans got stronger through the game retiring the last 11 batters the only pickering baserunner who reached via a bunt was nail ed at third on a sacrifice bunt at tempt that became a double play the play was a defensive gem in which stouffville third baseman rob parcells fielded the bunt and fired to jamie showers at first base to gun down the batter parcells immediately scampered back to his base to receive showers return throw and tag out the oncoming runner parcells also made an ex cellent catch on a foul ball in the fourth pouncing on it just before it dropped beside th screen near home plate stouffvillcs chris burkholder took one to the head when a ball was hit his way while he was run ning to second