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site of the present christian blindmission ratcliff received his elementary education- at hillcrest publicschool on kennedy road while in grade 7 ratcliff donned big goaltender pads and placedjhimself between the pipes a position he retains today i a backyard pond in summer became a backyard fink in winter bringing wouldbe gordie howes and rocket richards from miles around including stouffvilles keith acton doug todd and doug feasby ratcliff doesnt lay claim to ath letic heroism atstoiiffville district secondary school i was never quite good enough to make the big teams he remem bers besides living in the country i had to catch a bus for home he participated in most intra mural sports however following graduation in 1970 he enrolled in a twoyear radio and television course at ryerson university on his return from an eight- month trip to europe and australia harry schell of scheu lumber ltd invited him to join the company staff for maybe a couple of months that was 27 years ago it was through this association he became- involved in minor league ball one evening harry schell tim thomas- brought a set of bags to my house with die comment youre coaching tonight v thus began a commitment that would see this club win an all- ontario championship in 1978 ratcliff adnjits heshad a lot of managerial help along the way includuig ray steel sandy schell kennedy bob dart peter sanderson and wayne emmersbn he claims the team behefitted from having many of the same play ers several seasons including mark fockler randy arid gary grant brad steel chris jackson rick sooley steve spang steve schell dave dart mike xafleur glenn gibson and rob mcbeth the addition of jim chilvers described by ratcliff as at that time one of the best pitchers in ontario was a big plus for the club final kirkland lake stouffville won arid 51 i fora period of seven years he coached a girls house league team on which daughter michelle now 18 was a player this past season he helped dave mcvicar with a boys house league club son glenn 14 was a member- ratcliffs motto has always been navefuni ithis is what house leagues all about and its where i want tobe 1 ifs satisfying ratcliff says that ihany of those he once coached have returned to coach another generation both in hockey and ball ratcliff has seen the game from both sides 1 l for many yearehe worked asan umpire alongsidealpiette dunkeld and cliff bass he was also one of theoriginal buttermakers wherj that teamwas organized in 1979 tj but hockey remains a first love he joined the stouffville amateur league in 1980 and is- back for another season still in goal- if i get past the warmup im okay he jokes 1 s- at 49 ratcliff shows nosigns of slowing down j 4 ive been lucky he says- players have been great arid so have the parents ive been in the right place at the right time i 81 i l l m v- presented by the york region newspaper group erabammer liberal markham economist sun stouffville tribunesun vaughan citizen georgina advocate t iilii 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