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“When I went looking for my ball, at first I thought I hit it past the green. But my cousin (Max Sear, who was part of their three- some) looked in the hole and said‘it’s in’. “At first I thought he was jok- ing. But when I saw it in the “When I hit theball ofl‘ the tee I felt that I hit a good shot,” he said. “But we were hitting toward a blind hole.- par-three, 163â€"yard eighth hole using a four iron hybrid. A member of the York Downs Golf and Country Club in Union- ville, Ben recorded his ace on the And he did it under pressure, at the Golf Association of Omar- io Bantam Boys Championship at Puslinch lake Golf Course in Cambridge. ‘ Boy,12,hits hole-in-one at provincials BY MICHAEL HAYAKAWA mhayakawa@yrmg.com Golfers can go an entire career without hitting a hole-inâ€"one. Not Ben Sear. The 12-year-old from Stouffville got his out of the way early. ACE! Cedar Valley woman retains Ontario seniors golf crown/page I 1. See HOLE, page 8 :Trib une SATURDAZAUGLZOOO I SERVNGMWTYOFWW I MPAGESI$1|NCUJDINGG$T Stouflville’s James Ryan punches the ball clear during the annual Trinidad Stoufl'ville international at the Stouflville Arena Wednesday. Trinidad’s Ferdie Phillips (from left), Stoufi'ville’s Raphael Dube, Carl Milroy and James Ryan and Trinidad’s Joshua Owen take cover. Stouflvifle won 2-1. mhayakawa®yrmgxom The Whitchurch-Stouffville Soccer Club men's overâ€"35 team served as goodwill ambassadors at the old Stouffville Arena pitch Wednesday. It’s a role they enjoy playing that could be shared with the club’s younger players. For the second straight year, the Stouffville team played an intema- tional friendly against The Regulars Trinidadian soccer exchange has legs CARIBBEAN PLAYERS LEAVE TOWN WITH ANOTHER LOSS, NEW FRIENDS, DDNATED EQUIPMENT BY MICHAEL HAYAKAWA As in last year’s match, Stouffville prevailed, by an identical 2-1 count. Andrew Hamilton and Pat Thrco scored for Stoufiville. Wednesday’s game was the third of a five-stop GTA tour made by the Caribbean team that includes for- mer national team players. Oliver Dixon, player-coach for the Stouffville team, set up the rematch through contacts from his native Trinidad and Tobago. Soccer Club, a touring men's senior team from 'Ifinidad and Tobago. Mr. Dixon is also the Stouffville club's head coach, as well as coach of an underâ€" 12 boys team. He hopes the relationship will continue well into the future. Dixon is optimistic a Stouffville They'll netum home with equip- ment donated to their youth teams by the Stouffville club. The timing of the game allowed the visitors to enjoy Caribana fesâ€" tivities in Toronto this weekend. The visitors pay their own way for the trips. Q Odd names “I’ve played in this toumament with another team from Toronto (Toronto Masters) and it's a lot of fun," Mr. Dixon said. youth squad can make the trip to Trinidad and Tobago to play a cou- ple of fn'endlies during the winter. The over-35 team is considering an over-40 tourney in the Barbados that includes teams from the United States, England and Wales. “They want to hoét one of our youth teams and we’ve talked about it," he said; Classified Holiday hours Books STAFF PHOTO/SJOERD WITTEVE E N