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E8 THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR riday September 25 1998 LOCAL SPORTS Games 2000 could converge on the Steel City in Ju ly 2000 for the International Olympic Committee sanctioned sporting event Athletes between the ages of 12 and 15 compete The festival is an off shoot of the In ternational Games and is the first of its kind It is meant to cele brate the coming millennium and the Sydney Olympic Games Organizers say the games will go on whether or not they receive provincial help However Ross air general manager of community ser vices said the number of athletes in vited will have to be scaled down be cause of the cost of housing and food irst invited will be those cities which normally participate in the ICG then their twin cities will be invited and then communities from across Canada Any spaces left after that could go to more local communities The festival has been operating out of offices in the Mountain Arena on Hester Street for the past month and has three full time staff Half of their salaries are funded by the federal hu man resources development ministry The city has approved the festival in principle But parks and recreation committee chairman Bernie Morelli said he will still want to see an ac Games organizers prepare city funding request By CAROL PHILLIPS The Spectator The 2000 International Games Millennium estival office is up and running boosted by a $300000 grant recently approved by the federal Millennium Bureau of Canada It must neapproach parks and recreation committee scheduled for Nov 2 with an outline of expenses in its re quest for $300000 from the city No money has been promised by the provincial gov arnmont festival organizers have been told there may eventually be funds available through the new On tario 2000: The Millennium Project of fice The federal bureau is doling out funds to special projects across the country celebrating the year 2000 The provincial office is awaiting final plans from the Conservative govern ment on how it will help celebrate the turn of the century estival organizers are hoping $900000 can be split equally among the three levels of government and the to tal matched in corporate sponsors for counting of costs to ensure any local a budget of $18 million taxpayer money will be spent properly Some 4000 children from as many as 4 more positive than 100 cities across Canada and the world he added AROUND THE RINKS HAMILTON DOMENIC's Noco Autotech major atoms fell in the final of the Sarnia Golden Blades International Hockey Tournament by a 7 3 score to Detroit Little Caesar's In earlier games Hamilton beat Chicago 2 1 Lambton Lightning 4 2 Sun County 4 2 and lost 1 0 to Detroit Peter LeBlanc and Jack Mullan notched three goals each for Hamilton while Andy Merklinger and Michael Sicilia had two each and Michael Luongo Shane McAdam and Matthew laniero one apiece HAMILTON GAN Insurance Wings minor atoms chalked up a 3 1 record at the Stouffvllle Early Bird Hockey Tournament Hamilton defeated Orangeville 4 1 Vaughan 6 1 Willowdale 6 0 and lost to Markham 4 1 Mike Hoben fired five goals altogether while Adam Scime had four goals and Paul Durking had three Kyle Jones Sean Kirby Alex Rand Danny Grandits and Ben Paquette Stuger fired singles Brent Lavin had the shutout MATT McGUIRE notched a pair of goals for the Scott Park Dairy Queen Main West Ice Dogs as they topped Parkdale Panthers 4 1 in exhibition Hamilton Minor Hockey Council peewee hub league action Andrew Palombella and Robert Wylde added singles for the Dogs PETER CHEESEMAN Marc Hagel and Daniel erritto fired a goal each for the Hamilton Mitchell Group minor atoms as they defeated Kitchener 3 1 in Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario action HAMILTON UNIVERSAL Heating atoms finished with a 1 2 record at the Mississauga Early Bird Hockey Tournament losing 3 2 to Etobicoke Braves and 4 2 to Ted Reeve Thunder before winning 1 0 over Mississauga North Stars Greg Cichosz and Samuel SCENE HUM Gillen scored against the Braves and Daryl Stanger and Kyle Jackson tallied against the Thunder while Stanger fired the lone goal against the Stars Mike Kupi posted the shutout ON THE PITCH ANTHONY SABATINO earned MVP honours as Video Land shutout rank D'Amico 6 0 in Gllkson Park Soccer League 6 action Adam Doucet was MVP for D'Amico In other games MVP Genevieve Belzile led and Roofing to a 5 0 win over Admiral Trophies Caitlin Tanghe and Anthony Evans shared MVP honours as Joe Hagel Sports defeated Service Centre 3 1 Daniel Mancini collected MVP honours as Sweet Paradise blanked Day Night Pharmacy 2 0 Larry Mullins was MVP for Day Night Joshua Earls was named MVP as McCallum Insurance downed Dr Catherine Cooke 4 0 Carley Woods was MVP for Cooke In 8 action Ryan Ashurst was selected as MVP as Mountain Mazda defeated Sparta 7 5 Brandon Wu was MVP for Sparta In other games Jessica Dowdie earned MVP honours as Concrete Drilling stopped Piggott Contracting 1 0 Brandon Turner was MVP for Piggott Benemar beat aiazza's Restaurant 5 3 and Sweet Paradise edged Norris Plumbing 3 2 MVP Amanda Canning led Barry's Carpet to a 6 5 victory over Joe Hagel Sports Katherine Krolichi was MVP for Hagel Cheryl Anne Morrison collected MVP honours as Gavin's Garage edged South Garden 2 1 Victoria Roccaro was MVP for South Garden In 10 action Alex Rapulescu picked up MVP honours as Carmen's Catering Oakville nipped Trebor Allan 3 2 David Ventorelli was MVP for Trebor In other games MVP Mallory Bikinas led GS Wark to a 2 1 victory over JAT Plumbing Heating Meaghan Seal was MVP for JAT Sarena D'Antonio earned MVP honours as Money Concepts downed Second Cup 3 1 Andreas Demeco was MVP for Second Cup MVP David Pearson led RemaxVince Delvecchio to a 2 0 win over Sparta Craig Balloch was MVP for Sparta Nathan Kirk was chosen MVP as Sweet Paradise blanked uture Stars 2 Alex Nevicato was MVP for Stars In 13 boys action Angelo Amoia collected MVP honours as Catering Oakville shut out Canadian Outback 5 0 Ian Blackman was MVP for Outback MVP Adam Delvecchio led Sports Trader to a 4 3 victory over PM Pro Motors In 13 girls action Janine Duff and Laura Barharc shared MVP honours as Money Concepts stopped Mohawk Electric 2 0 Natasha Dantino was MVP for Mohawk Allison Yahke and Jacline Owen were co MVPs as Hardie inancial blanked Carmen's Catering Oakville 2 0 Stephanie MacAndrew was MVP for JAMIE SCOTT fired four goals to power East Hamilton Turkstra Lumber to a 4 1 in over Ancaster 3 in West Ct Wentworth Interlocking Soccer League under 16 girls action East Hamilton advanced to the semifinals EAST HAMILTON Lombardi Homes Turkstra Lumber under 17 girls finished with a perfect 5 0 record at the third annual Shaun Green Soccer Tournament in Kitchener on the weekend Natalie Cleary posted five straight shutouts as East Ham outscored its opponents 13 0 ON THE GRIDIRON RANDY WELLS Cyle Richardson and Peter Evanovitch had a toucdown each for the East Mountain Tiger Cats as they defeated East Hamilton Rookies Sports Cafe Stampeders 20 6 in Hamilton Minor ootball Association tyke action NHL greats pitch in for charity our of greatest goal tenders will be in town Oct 7 in an effort to raise funds for several local charities Johnny Bower Glenn Hall Gerry Cheevers and Gump Worsley all hall of famers from the 1960s will be at Tailgate on John Street South for an autograph session from 5 pm to 8 pm A $15 ticket gets you into the event along with one beer and ac cess to the banquet table filled with finger foods Kids are $5 The event is put on by the riends of Barry oster with the help of the Jew ish Community Centre oster was known for his charitable works in cluding involvement with the Brith Sports Celebrity Dinner as well as a north end breakfast program for underprivileged kids He died three months ago at the age of 55 from a heart attack His friends have now got together to keep his memory and his good works alive Money raised from the event will go toward the breakfast program the Jewish Community Centre and to start an endowment fund that will send an underprivileged child to sum mer camp every year A sports memorabilia auction will also take place that night beginning at 6:30 pm eatured items include a signed boxing glove from Muhammad Ali an Original Six wool jersey of Maurice (Rocket) Richard and a Ce line Dion signed piece of Titanic art work with mounted CD as well as many other jerseys and photos The fundraising group is also selling Burden limited edition signed and framed prints of the four goalies enti tled Legends of the Crease for $325 They hope to raise $25000 from the prints alone Tickets and information available at Tailgate World cycling bid hangs on TV deal Hamilton will know a little more than a week from now if it will host the 2001 world road cycling cham pionships The Union Cycliste Internationale will make its decision Oct 4 in Hol land Hamilton is candidate for host Other bids have come from Spain Portugal Columbia and Aus tria Technical and logistical teams from the 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