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stouffville suntribune thursday jan 6 2005 18 stouffville suntribune staff photobill roberts newmarket hurricane jeff moor uses the butt end of his stick to impede the progress of stouffville spirit defenceman daniel spivak during newmarkets 52 win over stouffville in newmarket the spirit hosts the couchiching terriers tonight at the stouffville arena so much for a happy new year the stouffville spirit opened 2005 with a 52 loss to the newmarket hurricanes sunday in newmarket the spirit 181521 remains tied for third place with the huntsville muskoka otters who fell 63 to aurora sunday newmarket remains in first one point up on aurora stouffville hosts couchiching tonight and visits huntsville tomorrow sunday randy johnston and brandon walker scored for the spirit who led 21 early the spirit outshot newmarket 3831 dan mcwhinney picked up the loss our guys have to learn to play through adversity a little better said spirit general manager ken burrows before leaving on a scouting junket this week they seem to stop short every time something bad happens we have to get over that with the trade deadline monday at midnight and the playoffs a month away burrows is also looking at trades with reservations if we can do something well do it he said but the players on the block out there really arent a good fit for us there wont be a lot of big trades within our league and if you deal outside the league you pay big bucks 10000 to 15000 for a player there wont be a lot of big trades within our league and if you deal outside the league you pay big bucks 10000 to 15000 for a player ken burrows stouffville spirit gm spirited notes aurora made a move last week buying flashy scorer jeremy whelan from the pickering panthers spirit defenceman bret watters will split the rest of the season between stouffville and his hometown uxbridge bruins jr c team stouffvilles keith acton an assistant coach with the toronto maple leafs worked with spirit players at practice mondaysee north conference stand ings on page 19 tournament takes over arena fortyeight minor hockey teams from as far away as sudbury ottawa and windsor will converge on the stouffville arena this weekend for a whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association tourna ment the tourney is open to ban tam midget and minor pee- wee teams the host stouffville clippers will have entries in each of the six tournament divisions the action starts friday at 8 am at the stouffville arena on the ninth line in addition to firstday games being played in stouffville three facilities in markham including angus glen mount joy and markham village arenas will be utilized the tournament will wind down sunday with semifinal contests starting at 910 am the division championships begin at 115 pm in stouffville admission to all games is free for further tournament information log on to wwwwsmhacom minor hockey michael lennie anthony barresi and carson nelson one assist each ae team on a roll tykes takeminden the stouffville minor atom ae clippers have been oh a torrid place of late going 511 the clippers began their sevengame foray by posting victories over ajax 53 and richmond hill 52 before dropping a 30 decision to georgina but the clippers rebounded to edge east gwillimbury 53 battle clarington to a 22 tie and defeat pickering and markham by identical 20 scores robb leads scoring scoring for the clippers in these games were nick robb four goals two assists alex mckean four goals one assist brendan clifford three goais two assists john anthony coscarella three goals one assist hayden ellison three goals marisa benacquista two goals four assists michael rabey and keaton major one goal two assists jonross newlands four assists joel leuschner ryan maloney the stouffville tyke select clippers took to the ice in minden for a christmas holi day sixteam tournament and skated off with the title after routing the host haliburton highlanders 90 in the cham pionship final in reaching the final the clippers posted resounding victories over orillia 140 and woodville 93 goaltender tyler ryan post ed two shutouts for the clippers other team members on the clippers included lukas burkholder christopher car ter mario rosano duncan allen jeremy hughes ben sear tyler wright mitchell witherspoon shane beau- lieu carter king chad harbour andrew riopel jordan brillinger josh carlin chris evelyn and shane stallybrass the team is coached by mike sear and assisted by steve ryan and dave witherspoon rider eyes olympic debut by jim thomas correspondent when equestrian fred thynne of cedar valley whitchurchstouffville first- enters the reining ring eyebrows raise for this sport now recognized at the olympics is intended for younger com petitors but thynne doesnt mind at age 54 he feels maturity is more a benefit than a detriment being die old guy makes me proud he says i enjoy the challenge despite a disastrous outing in oklahoma city where he placed 13di thynne has more dian lived up to his own expectations i crashed and burned he says of his oklahoma experience but it was a great education he feels he put his quarter horse chec through too rigor ous a workout prior to the show then he couldnt produce when it really counted earlier he placed third in the eastern canadian rookieoftheyear finals at hamilton thynne began riding back in the 1970s but gave it up until four years ago when a friend encouraged him to get back in the saddle the purchase of chec short for smart little peppy chec set the stage for a comeback hes getting better every day thynne says of his mount this year hell be on top of his game now that reining is a recognized fred thynne of cedar valley on chec olympic sport interest is worldwide says thynne it will be officially intro duced at die games hosted by beijing china in 2012 thynne hopes to repre sent canada hes a member of the ontario reining horse association in spite of a disappointing showing at the north american affiliate championship in oklahoma city thynnes determined to continue purse of 135 million the competition attracted 2000 riders from around the world going after purses exceeding 135 million with the beijing olympics seven years away thynne admits hell have reached the ripe old age of 61 more than double that of most reining entries one must think positive he said