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si 7riyymteyillfi big decision ahead for boyd sports notes bruce stapley dave boyd whose betz pools midget boys fast ball team was that close to finishing first or second and advancing to the canadian midget championships a few weekends back finds himself caught on the horns of a dilemma as he ponders the immediate future of the game in this fastball hotbed on the one hand this veteran rep level coach is surround ed by a minor ball system which has been producing provin cial level players for decades dave assembled his midget squad last season with the lofty but realistic goal of taking the provincial title and contesting the national crown the team fell short last summer then ran up against a couple of stacked teams from napanee and hagersville and settled for third at this years finals it would seem logical now for dave to field a junior squad next year and try to reach the same lofty heights achieved by the twotime ontario champion stouffville merchants earli er this decade there are lots of people talking to me about putting together a junior team next year he told me the other day there are four or five kids from my midget team who could form the nucleus of the team plus those players from stouf fville who are playing elsewhere the big pitcher from napanee this years oasa midget silver medalists would like to come and play here i think it would be good with 18yearold lefthanded pitching ace paul koert named best pitcher at this years oasa midget champi onships anchoring the pitching and daves 19yearold son evan who with koert was selected to this years ontario youth fastball team at short stop the team would be strong where it counts for several years the drawback however is money there are expenses related to bringing in players from out of town to round out your roster and give you the edge held by the gold and silver winning midget teams from napanee and hagersville the talentpacked merchants of the early 1990s were forced to raise funds for their trips to quebec and newfoundland to contest the national junior crown if youre looking to go all the way youve got to have the back ing which means youve got to have the support of a town and its business community betz pools sponsors of daves midgets have never been afraid to put money up front to support the town team concept but they cant do it all dave is also being pushed from a few other sides as he considers whether to go the junior route ive got three options as i see it the first is my wife would be happy if i quit the second is to go back to midget again next year and the third is to bring a junior team to stouffville the one thing he knows is that there are few people out there who are willing to makethe commitment he has the past two years with the midgets taking aim metro waste recovery pitcher bradley raybould winds up and delivers this offering to a sleek craft bat ter during action in this whitchurchstoufrville baseball association squirt boys houseleague contest tuesday judg ing by rayboulds final reaction it appears as if he induced the batter to hit a fly ball photos by steve somerville bellissimo ferguson off to fredericton to play ball in eastern championships its off to frederictofl nb for a pair of stouffville teens stouffville peewee rep fastball teammates ben bellissimo and jonathan ferguson will be on opposite sides of the dia mond when they head east for the eastern canadian championships later this summer the 14yearolds were picked up by the two teams who will represent ontario at the competition which takes place aug 2224 bellissimo centre fielder was one of two additions taken to bolster the team from willowdale ferguson a short stopcatcher was added to the napanee roster the two squads finished first and second at the recent ontario softball association peewee eliminations in chepstow ferguson and bellissimo helped the stouffville peewees to a record of four wins and two losses good for fifthplace finish at the 23team ontario finals ferguson had three home runs a triple two doubles and three singles bellissimo socked three homers two doubles and three singles coif club angus glen golf academy instructor perry curiston ladies one day colf schools summer specail w including lunch reg 135 dates friday july 25 830 1230 saturday july 26 830 1 230 saturday august 2 830 1 230 monday august 4 8301230 book early to avoid disappointment rebels on top in ball tournament the claremont rebels recorded four wins and a tie to finish atop the stand ings in an eightteam twoday exhibi tion fastball tournament in port perry highlighting the rebels success was a 32 comefrombehind win over the touring new zealand under- 19 world youth team in their second game on saturday trailing 20 entering the bottom of the sixth the rebels tied the game on a tworun double by dave jones and won it on a runscoring hit by tom watson byron baranieski earned the win the rebels won their opening game over the napanee midgets 63 after edging the new zealand squad the rebels routed port perry 51 the rebels then earned a 44 tie against the betz pools midgets and closed out the event with a 70 mercy- shortened victory over the oshawa blues ontario notice of liquor licence application the following establishment has applied to the liquor licence board of ontario for a liquor licence under the liquor licence act application for a sale licence sushi hut japanese restaurant 3636 steeles avenue east units 123 123a markham any resident of the municipality may make written submission as to whether the issuance of the licence is in the public interest having regard to the needs and wishes of the residents submissions must be received no later than august 16 1997 please include your name address and telephone number if a petition is submitted to the board please identify the designated contact person note the llbo gives the applicant details of any objections submissions to be sent to licensing and permits branch liquor licence board of ontario 55 lake 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