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pttf weekender july 29m99 st mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm steve spang foreground sinks this putt as mike smith left and bob hugh es cheer him on during the recent inaugural mayors golf tournament which was conducted at sleepy hollow golf and country club photosjoerd witteveen mayor s golf tourney is a b ig hit on the links the inaugural mayors golf tournament held july 21 at the sleepy hollow golf and country club was a resounding success report tournament officials the event which saw a sold out roster of 164 s golfers take part raised 7800 for youth programs in whitchurchstouffville local national hockey league veteran keith acton provided outstanding support organizers said markham resident brad may of the buffalo sabres was also involved as was local councillor judy scala mayor wayne emmer- son was on the organizing commit tee players included local resi dents and extoronto maple leafs bob hassard and bill root hockey night in canadas ron mclean was present as were markham mayor don cousens and richmond hill mayor bill bell the first place prize of four jack ets from stouffvilles choko design were won by the foursome of mike kelland ivan geer tim harris and graham mackenzie the team had a net score of 55 v items for prizes and draws included a wayne gretzky hockey sweater and nhl hockey sticks the tournament received prizes and support from numerous local businesses and individuals as well as the nhl- players associa tion and the philadelphia flyers the event which is to be held annually is the first fundraiser to be held in support of mayors youth program activities a special day for a youth golf tournament is to be announced shortly a good result veteran stouffville run ner kim kavluk rah to a 78th place finish in a field of roughly 1000 1 runners at the world masters championships marathon sunday m buffalo ny the 40yearold insur ance broker was the fourth highest canadian finisher and came in 26th in the mens 40 to 44 age catego ry he clocked a time of two hours 59 minutes and 17 seconds oyer the 422 kilo- metre course 7 the race was part of the world masters games which are held every sec ond year in various parts of the world the marathon got under way at 6 am in buffalo and ended up in chippewa hear niagara falls it was kavluks first ever appearance in the masters event which is open to men 40 and over and women 35 and oyer the next one is in south africa so i thought this might be the closest it might get for me hopeful ly it will be in canada some year kavluk said the early start and the rain that fell throughput helped stave off the heat and humidity the rain was probably a blessing it got rid of the humidity in the air he said he said the marathon was professionally run i was really happy i went you really felt like you were running in the olympics kavluk said his next marathon would be in columbus ohio in novem ber he will be out to place well at that the event in order to get a better seed ing at the 100th running of the boston marathon in april mosquito indians post road win joel thorney threw a threehitter and michael wilson had three hits to lead the stouffville indians mosquitos to a 472 road win over alliston tuesday in a yorksimcbe baseball association game the win came two days after michael columbos struck but six and wilson banged out five hits including two triples and two doubles in the indians 162 victory over the same alliston squad rj chase had two hits including the go ahead home run in the third inning in tuesdays contest thorney levi barkey and kevin hayward also hit safely for the indians barkey columbos alex martin and nicky dambrosio made outstanding catches to help seal the win in sundays match paul benincasa and thorney each had four hits chase had three hits with martin hayward and dambrosio chipping in with two apiece the indians used stellar defence and smart base running to help forge the onesided tri umph rebels gain split still in second the claremont williamson motors rebels fell just short in their efforts to overhaul davisville chicken deli in the battle for first place in north york major fastball league action in claremont on july 19 the visitors touched rebels pitching ace scott evans for two first inning runs on four consecutive singles then went on to eke put a 32 victory in front of the rebels largest crowd of the season a fifth inning solo home run gave the davisville squad the win enabling them to add to their one point lead over the rebels in the north york league standings evans was masterful in defeat striking out 11 davisville hitters rob watson had two singles for the rebels with rob par- cells and brad evans hitting safely as well the rebels rebounded the following night in thornhill riding tim evans five hitter to a 10 shutout win tim evans scored the games only run when he walked stole sec ond then came home on two wild pitches in the first inning tim evans also scored the rebels first run against chicken deli when he was hit by a pitch stole second and came home on a pair of wild pitches in the second frame evans then droye home rob watson who had sin gled with a base hit in the sixth the rebels came up with the defensive play of the game in the seventh when a relay from centre fielder tom watson to shortstop rob watson to catcher dave jones wiped out a chicken deli home run attempt sqjnrtsroui ajax granbraily smacked a grand slam home run to help power the firestone squirt girls rep softball team to a 393 rout of ajax in a recent league contest the stouffville squad who had dropped a 217 decision to oshawa in their previo their two games played the following week r andrea meyers and joanne crymble shared the pitting duties throughout the four games infieldeis lindsay her- mansohi megan bomberry and meagan crpwder mt weu and displayed solid fielding skills outfielders shannon mel rose nicole gray bobbie radford and les annei hrabi also helped out on offence