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Huntsville’s four youngest all-star teams travelled to Unionville Aug. 23 for the All-star Select Tournament. The heat was a factor at this tournament, especially when all of the teams played four games with little rest between each game. Huntsville’s under 10 boy’s team faced a strong Pickering team for their first game of the tournament. They lost this game 5-0. Game two was against the Markham Hornets. This game ended in a 3-0 win in favour of the Hornets. In the third game, East York was a more evenly matched team for the Huntsville squad; it ended in a 1-0 win for East York. Huntsville obtained a win in their last game of the tournament. The score was 1-0, with Huntsville’s goal being delivered by Marlon Roldan. The U12 boy’s team, sponsored by the Sunset Inn, also faced some tough competition at this tournament. The heat, along with a shortened bench and injuries, contributed to the challenges this Strikers team faced. Their first match was against East York; the score was 5-0 in favour of East York. The second game, against Darlington United, ended with an iden- tical 5-0 loss for Huntsville. In game three, the Huntsville squad met what coach Tony Lupton described as the most skilled competitor of the tourna- ment, the Burlington Gladiators. Hunts- ville prevented this team from scoring in the first 10 minutes of the game, even though Burlington dominated the game. Keeper Christian Brunet saved a penalty shot to keep Huntsville in the game. Burlington ended up winning the game 3-0. The Huntsville boys ran out of gas for their final match and took a pound- ing from the Clairlea team. They lost this match 8-0. Credit goes to the Huntsville Strikers for not giving up until the game was over, despite the score. The Millenium Carpentry-spon- sored U12 girl’s team faced the King City Royals at 10:10 a.m. This was an evenly matched game that ended in a 1-1 tie. Laura Stilwell scored for Huntsville, assisted by Emily Britton on a pass from Molly Paulsen. The King City team ended up in second place in the tournament. An hour and a half later, the Hunts- ville Strikers faced the Burlington Bobcats. This game ended in a 3-0 win in favour of the Bobcats. This was the strongest team the Strikers met in the tournament and they ended up as tour- nament champions. In between games, the Huntsville girls kept cool by wading in the nearby outdoor wading pool, uniform and all. Game three was against the Oran- geville Storm. The Strikers lost this one 4-1; Huntsville’s goal came from Emily Britton. The final match of the tournament for this Huntsville team was against Clairlea. This was a close game but, unfortunately for Huntsville, Clairlea got the only goal of the game. Strong goal tending by rookie keeper Raylan Stroud, in her first tournament of the season, was worth noting. The U14 boy’s team, sponsored by Attainable Landscaping, travelled to this tournament without their full squad; they picked up Keeley Wet- tlaufer and Michelle Murat from the girl’s U15 all-star team to round out their roster. Special thanks to them for their strong, solid play and support. In game one, against the Brampton Blast, Huntsville came up short with a 3-0 loss. The second game, against Clairlea, also ended in a 3-0 loss for Huntsville. A 0-0 tie was earned in the third match against Markham. The fourth and final game of the tourna- ment, against a strong Brampton East, ended in a 5-1 loss for Huntsville. Luke Alexander scored for Huntsville on a cross from Dan Tinkler, who hustled the ball up the field. Aaron Chap- man, Dan Tinkler and Luke Alexan- der shared the goal tending duties for Huntsville. 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While the majority of them will come from Canada and the U.S., there will also be athletes here from Great Brit- ain, Australia, Belgium and Germany. Craig Alexander of Australia, 70.3 world champion in 2006, and Saman- tha McGlone of Canada, also 70.3 world champion the same year, would have to be considered favourites to win in Muskoka. Both Alexander and McGlone also had second-place finishes in their first Ironman World Championships in Hawaii in 2007, and both have had wins in the Subaru Muskoka Chase – McGlone in 2005 and Alexander in 2007. Alexander has had two first-place finishes, three sec- onds and one third in eight races in 2008. McGlone won the 2008 Hawaii 70.3 race. But, don’t count out Simon Lessing of Great Britain. Lessing won his first triathlon world championship in the Olympic distance in the World Cham- pionships in Huntsville in 1992. Since then he has won three more Olympic- distance world championships, one long course (4 km swim, 120 km bike and 32 km run) world championship, was second in the 2006 Ironman 70.3 world championships and ninth in the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Lessing is, arguably, the most successful triathlete in the history of the sport and is con- sidered one of the icons of the sport. Speaking of icons of triathlon, Luc van Lerde returns to Huntsville for his second appearance here. Van Lerde stood fifth in the 2005 Subaru Muskoka Chase behind the likes of 2000 Olympic gold medalist Simon Whitfield, who also captured silver at this year’s Olympics, and world 70.3 champions Craig Alexander and Samantha McGlone. He has been rac- ing for almost 20 years, has two world championships in the Olympic dis- tance and two world championships in the Ironman distance. He still holds the world record in the Ironman distance that he set in 1997. Lisa Bentley is a perennial fan favourite in the Subaru Muskoka Tri- athlon. She has raced in all 13 of the races since 1996, with at least a couple of wins in the women’s event to her name. But, her real forte is the Iron- man distance where she has 11 wins to her credit – Ironman Canada, Austra- lia, New Zealand and Germany. Since 1997, she has had five top-10 finishes in the Hawaii Ironman World Champi- onships with a third in the 2006 event being her best showing. If Bentley has a good swim and bike, watch out for her to close on the leaders in the run. Richie Cunningham of Australia and, more recently, of the U.S. has been racing for 10 years. He is primar- ily an Olympic and 70.3 distance racer. He has had a third in the 70.3 world championships and placed second to Craig Alexander in the Newfoundland Ironman 70.3 race earlier this year. Nina Kraft of Germany has also been racing for 10 years. She has run up nine firsts and two seconds in Iron- man, and three wins and four seconds in half Ironmans (70.3) in her career. She has had two third place finishes in the Hawaii Ironman World Champion- ships – 2000 and 2003 – and a second in 2002. Teresa Macel, formerly of the Czech Republic and now living in Canada, will be remembered for her dramatic win over Simon Whitfield in the Subaru Muskoka Chase in 2006. “The Muskoka race will always be my favourite race,” says Macel. Look for her to be first out of the water in Muskoka. She had the fastest time in the women’s Ironman circuit in 2007. Other internationals to watch for include Charlotte Paul of Australia, a real up-and-comer, who had a break- through year in 2007 with her first Ironman win in Western Australia. Swen Sundberg from Germany has had six top-10 finishes in Ironman. Wolfgang Guembel and Dave Harju, both of Canada, will be familiar names to those who follow the Subaru Muskoka Triathlon. They’ve each won the Muskoka race previously, with Guembel winning a very exciting fin- ish in the 2008 race in June. His wife, Nicole Guembel, will also bear watch- ing with her fifth place finish in the 2008 Newfoundland 70.3 race. A real dark horse will be Cana- dian Melanie McQuaid. She races the Xterra circuit – an off-road triathon (1.5 km swim, 30 km mountain bike and 10 km trail run). She is a three- time Xterra world champion – 2003, 2005 and 2006 – and silver medalist in 2000, 2004 and 2007. It’s not clear how she’ll fare on the road but she has to be taken very seriously. Few events can boast the kind of world-class athletes who will be assembled in Huntsville-Lake of Bays for the Ironman 70.3 Triathlon on Sept. 14. It will be a rare opportunity for locals to see athletes of this calibre in action. ATHLETES SUPREME: Seen here are Simon Whitfield, Samantha McGlone and Craig Alexander on the medal podium. Pros in the race will be worth watching THE HUNTSVILLE FORESTER (705) 789–5541 Fax (705) 789–9381 www.huntsvilleforester.com Sports and Leisure Wednesday, September 3, 2008 All-star teams battle it out KICKIN’: Huntsville’s under-12-player Molly Paulsen (left) blocks her opponent from running with the ball during the team’s game against the King City Royals. Photo by Mandy Litchfield
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Huntsville’s four youngest all-star teams travelled to Unionville Aug. 23 for the All-star Select Tournament. The heat was a factor at this tournament, especially when all of the teams played four games with little rest between each game.
Huntsville’s under 10 boy’s team faced a strong Pickering team for their first game of the tournament. They lost this game 5-0. Game two was against the Markham Hornets. This game ended in a 3-0 win in favour of the Hornets. In the third game, East York was a more evenly matched team for the Huntsville squad; it ended in a 1-0 win for East York. Huntsville obtained a win in their last game of the tournament. The score was 1-0, with Huntsville’s goal being delivered by Marlon Roldan.
The U12 boy’s team, sponsored by the Sunset Inn, also faced some tough competition at this tournament. The heat, along with a shortened bench and injuries, contributed to the challenges this Strikers team faced.
Their first match was against East York; the score was 5-0 in favour of East York. The second game, against Darlington United, ended with an iden-tical 5-0 loss for Huntsville. In game three, the Huntsville squad met what coach Tony Lupton described as the most skilled competitor of the tourna-ment, the Burlington Gladiators. Hunts-ville prevented this team from scoring in the first 10 minutes of the game, even though Burlington dominated the game. Keeper Christian Brunet saved a penalty shot to keep Huntsville in the game. Burlington ended up winning the game 3-0.
The Huntsville boys ran out of gas for their final match and took a pound-ing from the Clairlea team. They lost this match 8-0. Credit goes to the Huntsville Strikers for not giving up until the game was over, despite the score.
The Millenium Carpentry-spon-sored U12 girl’s team faced the King City Royals at 10:10 a.m. This was an evenly matched game that ended in a 1-1 tie. Laura Stilwell scored for Huntsville, assisted by Emily Britton on a pass from Molly Paulsen. The King City team ended up in second place in the tournament.
An hour and a half later, the Hunts-ville Strikers faced the Burlington Bobcats. This game ended in a 3-0 win in favour of the Bobcats. This was the strongest team the Strikers met in the tournament and they ended up as tour-nament champions.
In between games, the Huntsville girls kept cool by wading in the nearby outdoor wading pool, uniform and all.
Game three was against the Oran-
geville Storm. The Strikers lost this one 4-1; Huntsville’s goal came from Emily Britton. The final match of the tournament for this Huntsville team was against Clairlea. This was a close game but, unfortunately for Huntsville, Clairlea got the only goal of the game. Strong goal tending by rookie keeper Raylan Stroud, in her first tournament of the season, was worth noting.
The U14 boy’s team, sponsored by Attainable Landscaping, travelled to this tournament without their full squad; they picked up Keeley Wet-tlaufer and Michelle Murat from the girl’s U15 all-star team to round out their roster. Special thanks to them for their strong, solid play and support.
In game one, against the Brampton Blast, Huntsville came up short with a 3-0 loss. The second game, against Clairlea, also ended in a 3-0 loss for Huntsville. A 0-0 tie was earned in the third match against Markham. The fourth and final game of the tourna-ment, against a strong Brampton East, ended in a 5-1 loss for Huntsville. Luke Alexander scored for Huntsville on a cross from Dan Tinkler, who hustled the ball up the field. Aaron Chap-man, Dan Tinkler and Luke Alexan-der shared the goal tending duties for Huntsville.
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A representative withFirst Pro Shopping Centresis cautioning Huntsville res-idents and merchants fromworrying about the compa-ny’s recent interest at devel-oping a new retail area inBracebridge.“I wouldn’t read toomuch into the fact that weare interested in Brace-bridge,” said Flavio Volpe,manager of marketing andcommunications for FirstPro. “We are looking at acertain area of the town thathas been designated forretail. We are interested inthe potential of it. But weare a company with anational scope and we areconstantly looking at com-munities in that area ofOntario as well as everypart of Canada, all the time.What drives our search forcommunities is the hungerof our major clients, basedon what their research istelling them about wheretheir markets lie and if thereare any places that shouldbe served, or there aremunicipalities asking them[to come].”
Volpe was responding toquestions as to why FirstPro was considering Brace-bridge for a new centrewhen the Huntsville centrehas been open for less thanthree years.First Pro Shopping Cen-tres, Canada’s biggestdeveloper of shopping cen-tres, is currently looking atthe possibility of acquiringland near the junction of
Hwy 11 and Taylor Road,recently identified byBracebridge council as anarea for sizable commercialdevelopment.
However, south Muskokawas one catchment area thatwas identified during thepublic process in Huntsvillein 2002 as one of the major
drawing regions for theHwy 60-11 First Pro devel-opment.In one peer review com-mittee report on the then-
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‘It’s amazing howmuch we’ve done.’— Peter Freed
Only steps away from themultimillion-dollar Musko-ka Wharf project, a golfcommunity is sproutingfrom the rugged Muskokatopography where 340homes will ultimately bebuilt.The Muskoka Bay Devel-opment, by Freed Develop-ments, spans 850-acres of
land from the southern endof Gravenhurst near Hwy11 to James Street andNorth Muldrew Lake Road.Freed Developmentspresident Peter Freed saidthe first 50 lots have beenreleased with hopes of mov-ing buyers into their newhomes later this year andearly next year.While Freed was reluc-tant to provide exact num-bers, he said he anticipateshalf of those first 50 lotswill be sold by the end ofthis year.
“We’ve built the threemodel homes and intend tostart building another 10homes this month,” he saidin a telephone interview.“By next spring we expectthe first 20 to 25 homes willbe constructed. But there’slots of activity on the siteright now as we’re puttingin the services for the first50 lots, and building theroads, which should be fin-ished in about four weeks.”Through marketing onthe radio, in national andlocal newspapers and site
signs, Freed said his com-pany has also been success-ful in selling golf member-ships for the 18-hole, cham-pionship golf course thatspans 7,000 yards.The semi-private, par 72course designed byrenowned golf course archi-tect Doug Carrick accom-modates all playing levels.“We’re ahead of scheduleon the golf course and wecould be finished building itin the next two or threemonths,” said Freed. “I wasup on the weekend after not
coming up for about amonth and it’s amazing howmuch we’ve done.”Construction of the firstphase of the golf clubhousewill take place over the win-ter, with the opening of thecourse planned for nextJuly, Freed said.“It’s a spectacular golfcourse. It has really turnedout better than we thought itwould,” he said, in awe ofthe topography. “Once wecleared the land, it was justbreathtaking. There are four
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7 ContestAnd the winner of theMessy Desk Contestis… Gail Greenfield
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9 A Global ViewRandy Cooper exploresa new world orderwhere religion, politicsand economics have tolive in the same housebut must keep to sepa-rate rooms.
10 BusinessEthics: An oxymoron inbusiness?
12 FocusEight pages introduceall of the players in thereal estate industry.
First Pro just investigating Bracebridgedevelopment, says company official
BIA, CLAUDEX DEAL ‘SIGNED’: Huntsville BIAcoordinator Michelle Jones congratulates ClaudeDoughty of Claudex for recreating the communi-ty’s former welcome sign at the southernentrance to the Muskoka Commerce Park. The
inclusion of the downtown region on the sign ispart of an agreement Doughty signed with theHuntsville BIA in late 2002. The sign will span thesouthbound lanes, with the display reaching morethan five-feet-high and around 48-feet-long.
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One of this country’s leading economists
says that the loonie should once again be the
dominant financial story in thecoming year.
Dr. Warren Jestin, Scotia-bank’s chief economist andone if its vice-presidents, toldthe more than 100 invitedguest gathered at DeltaGrandview Resort on Fridayfor the annual MuskokaFutures review and futuressymposium that he feels thedollar will remain stable atcurrent levels for the timebeing.
“A year ago, I was sayingthat it was heading toward 90[cents]. Well, in the spring itgot there, but it has beenretreating. It is currently hugging the 85-cent
level. I think the reality of the situation is that
we are probably going to see the currency go
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Jestin hasbeen with thebank for over 27years, spendinga number ofyears prior tojoining Scotia-bank working inthe researchdepartment at the Bank ofCanada. He taught in the eco-nomics departments of sever-al Canadian universities andis currently on the board ofthe University of GuelphHeritage Fund and the boardof advisors of the Sobey
School of Business at Saint Mary’s Universi-
ty in Halifax.Jestin was part of a panel at the Jan. 25
symposium giving expert opinions on the
future of the economy and how that could
impact Muskoka. He joined speakers such asAshlynne Dale of NorwoodIndustries, Evanco presidentBruce Evans, GaryMcMullen of Lakes ofMuskoka Cottage Breweryand John Bullock of DeltaResorts, all speaking on whatthey see as factors impactingon the provincial and region-al economy.
He pointed to the decline
in cross-border tourism as an ongoing prob-
lem for Ontario operators, a situation he says
is not likely to improve anytime soon.
“American tourism to Canada has been
dropping for quite some time, even before
911. With passport restrictions coming in that
are going to be a negative as well, particular-
ly when it applies to land or air travel, we
have to broaden our market and reposition
our branding to take advantage of that.— CONTINUED TO PAGE 18
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BY DON MCCORMICKWhen the 30 plus elite-level triath-
letes go to the start line in the Subaru Muskoka Ironman 70.3 Triathlon on Sept. 14, it will be a world-class field. Included among them will be world champions, world record holders, veterans who are icons of the sport and some impressive up-and-comers. While the majority of them will come from Canada and the U.S., there will also be athletes here from Great Brit-ain, Australia, Belgium and Germany.
Craig Alexander of Australia, 70.3 world champion in 2006, and Saman-tha McGlone of Canada, also 70.3
world champion the same year, would have to be considered favourites to win in Muskoka. Both Alexander and McGlone also had second-place finishes in their first Ironman World Championships in Hawaii in 2007, and both have had wins in the Subaru Muskoka Chase – McGlone in 2005 and Alexander in 2007. Alexander has had two first-place finishes, three sec-onds and one third in eight races in 2008. McGlone won the 2008 Hawaii 70.3 race.
But, don’t count out Simon Lessing of Great Britain. Lessing won his first triathlon world championship in the
Olympic distance in the World Cham-pionships in Huntsville in 1992. Since then he has won three more Olympic-distance world championships, one long course (4 km swim, 120 km bike and 32 km run) world championship, was second in the 2006 Ironman 70.3 world championships and ninth in the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Lessing is, arguably, the most successful triathlete in the history of the sport and is con-sidered one of the icons of the sport.
Speaking of icons of triathlon, Luc van Lerde returns to Huntsville for his second appearance here. Van Lerde stood fifth in the 2005 Subaru
Muskoka Chase behind the likes of 2000 Olympic gold medalist Simon Whitfield, who also captured silver at this year’s Olympics, and world 70.3 champions Craig Alexander and Samantha McGlone. He has been rac-ing for almost 20 years, has two world championships in the Olympic dis-tance and two world championships in the Ironman distance. He still holds the world record in the Ironman distance that he set in 1997.
Lisa Bentley is a perennial fan favourite in the Subaru Muskoka Tri-athlon. She has raced in all 13 of the races since 1996, with at least a couple of wins in the women’s event to her name. But, her real forte is the Iron-man distance where she has 11 wins to her credit – Ironman Canada, Austra-lia, New Zealand and Germany. Since 1997, she has had five top-10 finishes in the Hawaii Ironman World Champi-onships with a third in the 2006 event being her best showing. If Bentley has a good swim and bike, watch out for her to close on the leaders in the run.
Richie Cunningham of Australia and, more recently, of the U.S. has been racing for 10 years. He is primar-ily an Olympic and 70.3 distance racer. He has had a third in the 70.3 world championships and placed second to Craig Alexander in the Newfoundland Ironman 70.3 race earlier this year.
Nina Kraft of Germany has also been racing for 10 years. She has run up nine firsts and two seconds in Iron-man, and three wins and four seconds in half Ironmans (70.3) in her career. She has had two third place finishes in the Hawaii Ironman World Champion-ships – 2000 and 2003 – and a second in 2002.
Teresa Macel, formerly of the Czech Republic and now living in Canada, will be remembered for her dramatic win over Simon Whitfield in the Subaru Muskoka Chase in 2006. “The Muskoka race will always be my favourite race,” says Macel. Look for her to be first out of the water in Muskoka. She had the fastest time in the women’s Ironman circuit in 2007.
Other internationals to watch for include Charlotte Paul of Australia, a real up-and-comer, who had a break-through year in 2007 with her first Ironman win in Western Australia. Swen Sundberg from Germany has had six top-10 finishes in Ironman.
Wolfgang Guembel and Dave Harju, both of Canada, will be familiar names to those who follow the Subaru Muskoka Triathlon. They’ve each won the Muskoka race previously, with Guembel winning a very exciting fin-ish in the 2008 race in June. His wife, Nicole Guembel, will also bear watch-ing with her fifth place finish in the 2008 Newfoundland 70.3 race.
A real dark horse will be Cana-dian Melanie McQuaid. She races the Xterra circuit – an off-road triathon (1.5 km swim, 30 km mountain bike and 10 km trail run). She is a three-time Xterra world champion – 2003, 2005 and 2006 – and silver medalist in 2000, 2004 and 2007. It’s not clear how she’ll fare on the road but she has to be taken very seriously.
Few events can boast the kind of world-class athletes who will be assembled in Huntsville-Lake of Bays for the Ironman 70.3 Triathlon on Sept. 14. It will be a rare opportunity for locals to see athletes of this calibre in action.
ATHLETES SUPREME: Seen here are Simon Whitfi eld, Samantha McGlone and Craig Alexander on the medalpodium.
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Sports and LeisureWednesday, September 3, 2008
All-star teams battle it out
KICKIN’: Huntsville’s under-12-player Molly Paulsen (left) blocks her opponent from running with the ball during the team’s game against the King City Royals. Photo by Mandy Litchfi eld
