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thursday sept 18 2003 27 stouffville suntribune spirit hopes youth will serve up first win of season stouffville hosts aurora tigers tonight and the stouffville spirit thought it had a young team last year the roster that went to the finals of the north conference of the provincial junior a hockey league last march was downright ancient with an average age of 184 this years squad averages 174 few players are worried about vot ing in this falls twin spin of elec tions in ontario there are other concerns growing pains if you will the spirit lost its first two games of the season last week 65 to newmarket and 95 to aurora weve got a lot of rookies 12 on the 24player roster and once they gel well be better off the little errors are turning into big mistakes spirit head coach brian perrin said still its the vets who arent show ing what they should the second- year guys are who this team depends on aurora the twotime de fending confer- ence champ visits the spirit tonight at the stouffville arena aurora with ah average age of 19plus last year has at least 10 20- yearolds in the lineup this season for its part the spirit became even younger on the weekend signing 15yearold goaltender neil conway the cleveland ohioarea prod uct was playing midget for a- pittsburgh team he joins second- year netminder steve carota who started in both losses at aurora friday the score was tied 33 near the midway point of thegame rookies mark boyce jake van allen randy johnston and simon gysbers plus secondyear forward ty raine scored for the spirit spurted notes former spirit player sean scully left stouffvilles camp earlier this month to sign with aurora he played the last three seasons with the ottawa 67s of the ontario hockey leaguekevin edgar who set spirit scoring records in the late 1990s has signed a pro contract with new mexico of the central hockey league he played the last four seasons at york university for coach graham wise of stouffvillehouston ford hosts its second annual meet the spirit bar becue at the main street dealership wednesday from 6 to 8 pm free food and plenty of free prizes sports wbrsbesesl fllf jpwgiimi staff photosjoerd witteveen so what else is new paul muir throws up his arms in disbelief after he and teammate alan badgery delivered bowls towards the jack at the recent ken prentice dundee wealth management trophy mens pairs event at the stouffville lawn bowling club field hockey teams tune up games on sps field scott the stouffville district secondary school spartans girls field hockey team plays host to a preseason tournament today the one- day competi- tion will feature 15 high school teams from the york region athletic assoc iation spartan coach croucher notes the tournament will enable teams to assess their talent before making any roster moves the spartans begin their regular season sept 26 when they host aurora at 430 pm two other games will be played prior to that match includ ing york region champion brother andre catholic school against traa newmarkethigh school at 230 pmv and dr gm wiuiams aurora vs king city secondary school at 330 pmi serving up a milennium cup title j stouffville district secondary schools annual millennium cup volleyball tournament will be held at the school on nov 8 any former spartan volleyball players interested in participating can contact ijim fletcher at 905 985 1542 or email at fletches idi rectcom please leave names of participating team mem bers graduation year phone number and email address you ucxm athletic association masters swim club hopes to make waves new club to train at lebovic leisure centre by jim thomas correspondent the stouffville masters swim club is making a splash at the lebovic leisure centre the organization called master ducks is headed by nancy black of aurora her stouffville assistant is yorrick tong head coach of the junior lifeguard club the age range for membership is 20 and older the season extends from september through june with fees as follows 360 one time per week 600 two times per week 720 three times per week and 820 four times per week the program promotes physical fitness competition motivation and fun more than 70 swimmers have signed up for the 20032004 season including 10 from stouffville these are peter and charlotte woessner bill and elaine osborne joan mccullough al zanherpt sherry remnat jeff nelson and patricia pazsoldam competitive meets will be held locally at north york brantford and london the provincials are scheduled for etobicoke in april 2004 the nation als in edmonton may 2004 and the worlds also in edmonton in 2005 its the only sport people can do til theyre 100 years old said black a twotime medal winner at the world masters swimming championships the average age range is 35 to 50 but younger and older participants are welcome she said fitness workouts are mondays and wednedays from 845 to 10 pm and tuesdays and thursdays from 630 to 730 am a program called cardio wake- up is held friday mornings from 630 to 730 the only equipment required is a swimsuit and goggles brochures and membership information are available at the lebovic leisure centre 30 burkholder st stouffville what to do with busy over- during the winter ing off wateh- videoor letting them go to the mall if you arc a skier or have always wanted to fry skiing and you are looking for something to dp as a femily we have 2 ways that you can ski or snowboard together without ihc long till lines and without the drive to couingwood or barrier monday to friday snowzone passes 9995 trial family memberships weekends 1000 cad 9056495160 x305r qeb to get your free