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User Fees Are Here To Stay h R J by Brad Kelly A report filed by the Community Services Department Department to a committee of Clarington council last week suggests user fees on sports fields remain in place for the 1997 season. The fees were established for the first time last spring. The decision stems from a survey that the Community Community Services Department conducted in the form of a questionnaire questionnaire sent to 11 different municipalities within the Greater Toronto Area. Eight of the 11 municipalities responded, responded, with relevant information relayed to council. Three of the municipalities that replied are currently charging user fees, while another three anticipate they will implement user fees in their municipalities in the future. future. Of the three municipalities that are charging, the rates range from: Peterborough - Premier Field/Pitch $7.40/hr, Major • A Field/Pitch $4.30/hr, Intermediate C Field Pitch $3.70/hr Lindsay - Ball Diamonds $15.00/2 hr. booking, Athletic Athletic Fields (Soccer) $10.00/2 hr. booking Belleville - Ball Diamonds (Youth) $ 12.00/night, Soccer Pitches (Youth) $ 12.00/night Clarington set fees at $4/hr earlier this year. Of the three agreements that are in place in other municipalities, municipalities, it is the one in Peterborough that council wanted to take a close look at as a possible model for implementation in Clarington. The Peterborough agreements with user groups in that community are site-specific and establish the soccer club as the principal occupant, user and scheduler of a specific site. The Soccer Club has exclusive rights to the concession sales, and is responsible for all field markings markings at its own expense. Field maintenance is the responsibility of the City of Peterborough. The Soccer Club and the City also agree to split the costs associated with any capital improvements that are made to a particular facility. The 50% contribution owed by the soccer club is collected before any work is initiated. initiated. . It is because of the 50-50 split, among other things, that the Community Services Department recommended that council avoid adopting Peterborough's agreement. Costs associated with capital developments or improvements improvements to a particular site could prove to be a huge financial financial burden to Clarington sport organizations. A copy of the report is being sent to the Clarington Baseball Association, the Bowmanville/Newcastle Baseball Baseball Association, and the Darlington Youth Soccer League. Other Tidbits -- The Bowmanville Eagles play the Russian National Junior team at the Recreation Complex on Saturday at 2:30 p.m...Courtice High School graduate Vivi Cockerham is playing volleyball at Loyalist College College in Belleville. The first year law and security student has received a scholarship. A story on her appeared in the school's newspaper recently. N ♦ ROSSLAND LU O o 5 □ NOS. GO ADELAIDE cc HWY. 401 ©j.p. 328 Ritson Rd. N., Oshawa 725-4744 if busy call 725-2831 WHOLESALE & RETAIL Rustic Pine T & G Wainscot 4" 25C lin. ft. 5" 3(K lin. ft. 6" 35C lin. ft. from Guys & Gals 77 tax included Call 623-1341 28 Division St., Bowmanville Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, December 11, 1996 3 BHS Still Searching for First Win by Chris Rourke The Bowmanville High School senior boys' basketball basketball team suffered a heartbreaking heartbreaking loss last week at the hands of McLaughlin. The BHS seniors lost 37- 35 on a last second three- point • shot by McLaughlin's Jon Ball from half court in a game played last Tuesday, December 3, at BHS. Ball's prayer was answered answered and Bowmanville was left stunned. The game was close the whole way as McLaughlin led by four after the first. BHS came back to lead 15-14 at halftime when Bowman- ville's Adam German hit a three-pointer at the halftime buzzer. The teams went into the final final quarter with BHS down by two. Bowmanville was ahead 35-34 with five seconds to go. Jason Hibbard of BHS, had a glorious chance to put the game away but he missed a key free throw. McLaughlin gained possession possession with three seconds remaining remaining and they moved the ball up court to Ball where he hit his desperation three point shot at the buzzer to win the game. German was the star of the game for Bowmanville, as he poured in a team-high 15 points to go along with his 11 rebounds. The loss dropped the Red- men to 0-2 on the season. The midget and junior boys also lost their games to McLaughlin to fall to 0-2. The midgets were dominated dominated on the scoreboard and in the rebounding department. department. The midgets lost 62-43 to McLaughlin after losing 50- 39 to O'Neill the week before. before. Ian Lawson tied with a game-high 18 points with McLaughlin's Joe Cyros. BHS midget coach Bill Todd wasn't pleased with his team's performance against McLaughlin. "They're having trouble understanding the game," Todd said following the game. "In the first half we ■ changed from a trap defence to a man-to-man back to a trap and it only worked for awhile. "I shouldn't have had them go to a man-to-man. I know now that it's not for them." The third quarter was disastrous disastrous for the midgets as they were outscored 26-5, after after only trailing by six at halftime. halftime. Dan Macmaster's junior team suffered the same fate as their midget and senior counterparts. The juniors lost 52-39 and were outrebounded badly. Murray Lynch was the player of the game for the juniors, as he led Bowmanville Bowmanville with nine points and he also collected nine rebounds. "We didn't run the game we wanted to. There was a lot of loose ends, but we'll get better as the season goes on," junior coach Macmaster told The Statesman. "The cobwebs cobwebs are still there. We're still trying to setup the offence offence and the defence." Bowmanville High School's boys' basketball teams continued their losing ways as all three teams were swept by McLaughlin CVI at home on Decembers. The midgets lost 62-43, the juniors were downed 52-39, while the seniors lost 37-35 on a three-pointer by McLaughlin at the final buzzer. The above photo shows some of the action from the midget game. Dennis Pizzeria Falls Short The Minor Novice Toros entered entered their first tournament of the year sporting a very impressive impressive 18-1-1 record. Dennis Pizzeria started the Pickering Tournament with a solid victory over the Whitby Wildcats. Whitby opened the scoring in the second, but their lead did not last very long. Danny Morrison notched an unassisted marker and tied the game at 1-1. Chad Deighton found the back of the net a few minutes later; Hailey VanSeg- gelcn and Stephen Bathe assisted assisted on the goal. Kyle Goodchild added another at the buzzer on a wrap around, assisted by Danny Morrison. The Toros continued the assault in the third. David Ross scored, assisted assisted by Luc Pither and Brian Allore. Corey Prince finished the scoring, adding a goal late in the period. Solid net minding minding by the combination of Cody Woodcock and Mike Harris contributed to the 5-1 victory. Dennis Pizzeria's next opponent opponent was the Pickering Panthers. Panthers. A week earlier the Panthers Panthers handed the Toros their only loss of the season. The Toros opened the scoring late in the first period when Danny Morrison found the back of the net. Pickering tied the game and pulled ahead in the second. The Toros rallied behind the solid goaltcnding of Cody Woodcock and tied the game when Hailey VanSeggelen scored, assisted by Chad Deighton. The Toros began to To page 4 BOWMANVILLE JUNIOR "A" EAGLES vs. RUSSIAN NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM (Including the top players from The Red Army, Moscow Dynamo & Moscow Spartak) SATURDAY, DEC 14, 1996 2:30 P.M. Tickets: $7.00 at the door Advance: $6.00 Tickets available at EAGLES BOX OFFICE EAGLES PRO SHOP KING STREET BAR & GRILL WHITBY OSHAWA HONDA OR CALL 579-6245 Televised by RSGERS' Community 1U SAVE UP TO $ioo°° on deductible of most windshield insurance claims plus ... One FREE Christmas Turkey Expires December 24th, 1996 ^ Auto Glozr nn Yes! We do Glass Tinting 19 SILVER STREET BOWMANVILLE ©J.P.