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32 thursday oct 3 2002 economist sun stouffville tribune sports newmarket football league going strong after a quarter century of action l by john cudmore staff writer ong before the national football league sunk its hooks into sunday after noons the boys in the newmarket flag football league were celebrating their own quar terback sacks and long bombs though clearly a less widely known and unlicenced property lacking tv network exposure the league plays primarily on sundays at the ray twinney complex from september to early november beer league essentially the football version of hockeys adult beer leagues the nffl provides a competitive set ting for guys to get together and work on their shoulder fakes and body shakes its just a good time and something to look forward to once a week says al booth who after about 25 years in the league as a player referee and chief administrator is ready to hand off his flags the camaraderie comes first but eventually when you get to the playoffs and down to one game to win the intensity has been known to step up outside toronto flag football leagues are few and far between in fact the newmarket mens league is the only such entity in york region and as such attracts players from a broad area one of the things is that there are few junior football pro grams around anymore and a lot of high schools are shutting down their programs a lot of guys just want to play and a lot of young guys are coming to play says booth a retired teacher the rules in this sevenper side game are reasonably simple w photobillroberts brian soucie far right of burling ranger team goes for mark crawfords flag of riccis sports bar dur ing flag football action at ray twinney complex field the newmarket league which plays from september to early november was established 25 years ago the only such league in york region including four downs per posses sion to churn up yardage a five- count one steamboat two steamboats norush rule protects the passer at the line of scrimmage the goal of the defence is to pluck a velcro strip or flag from the belt loop of the offensive team player in posses sion of the football turning 60 this week dale pegg is by far the elder statesman of the newmarket league he also has been the leagues common denominator since the first snap of the ball in the mid1960s actually i guess ive been in it since before the league was a league says pegg whose next oldest teammate is more than a decade younger it was four teams and we went out and bought jcloths to use for flags though its not exacdy certain when it officially started it is evi dent that the league was some thing of a pickup nature an ath letic outlet for an autumn sunday morning perhaps to bridge the softball and hockey seasons the league presently has 14 teams competing in two divisions a sixteam a division and eight- team b division the latter is con- sec womens page 33 linda johnson been there done that four key principles to pilates when it comes to exercise as in most other things baby boomers have it as they begin to creak ache and oth erwise cool off theyre also making a new exercise hot its called pilates pronounced pi- lahteez and though it has actually been around for about 80 years its only now really coming into its own as the population ages many people just dont like the frenetic pace and stress of high impact aerobics but that doesnt mean its easy i know because i have more than a few muscles that during the hourlong workout i joined at pilates north in richmond hill told me so at the advanced level its intense pilates is a progressive form of train ing that conditions the whole body based on stretching and strengthening exercises it aims at improving posture abdominal control flexibility balance and coordination the workout begins for both the beginner and advanced alike on a mat the exercises are done slowly carefully under the eye of the trainer we start with mat work to begin building awareness trainer lisa schklar tells me before we start she and her sister rachel opened this studio see pilates page 33 seras the bay the bay beauty zellers loblaws todays homes the era banner weston produce sheridan nurseries coast mountain sports staples business depot price chopper iga sobeys garden market ap ap pharmacy home depot ho lee chow pizzaville canadian tire reids dairy shoppers drug mart randys appliances best buy canada future shop toys r us longos henrys cameras food basics creative carpet nq we do to flridouimore about how to reach your target marketand get the same great response from flyer distributions as these customers call us today wkvgm uakthau f 90 hsetfeft