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The City of Barrie has been growing by leaps and bounds in recent years, and so have the number of children and teens using the city's sports facilities. It's now to the point where the city can not provide enough fields to meet with the growing demands of users. The following is the third part of a three-part series investigating the idea of bringing a Field Turf playing surface to the Barrie Sports Complex. When approached with the idea that may help alleviate the problem - installing a $1 million Field Turf surface at the Barrie Sports Complex that would provide a reliable and consistent surface for the more than 4,500 children with the Barrie Soccer Club - club president Steve Taylor said he was behind it all the way. The city has been doing a better job of finding more fields to meet the growing demands of the Barrie Soccer Club, adding two new fields this past summer. But Taylor said it still isn't enough to fulfill the club's demands.

That translates to an approximate price tag of $1 million (Cdn.) - $650,000 for the turf and $250,000 for the base. But [Martin Carl] insists the positive impact the Field Turf would have far outweighs the initial costs of bringing the surface to Barrie. \"It's a good opportunity, but, at this point, we don't know who is going to pay for what,\" [Sam Loucks] said. \"It depends on getting other users like Barrie minor soccer and the Huronia Stallions (football club) on board with it. The city would be crazy not to promote soccer with Field Turf. I think they would be missing the boat if they didn't jump on board.\" Colour Photo: Examiner File Photo / A Field Turf playing surface at the Barrie Sports Complex could mean a longer season for high school sports such as rugby, football and soccer. It would also mean less wear-and-tear, along with maintenance on their current fields saving

Martin Carl, a football coach at Eastview Secondary School, gathered a preliminary meeting recently involving representatives from Field Turf Ontario (FTO), the Simcoe County Board of Education (SCBE), City of Barrie and the Barrie Soccer Club to look at the concept. Field Turf is a 15-year-old $80-90 million company, which boasts the most fields installed worldwide at 1,800, according to FTO president Myron Grunberg. Colour Photo: The Barrie Examiner / With local high school football teams tearing up the fields at the Barrie Sports Complex, the concept of installing an artificial Field Turf surface has been brought up by many local user groups.

\"[Matt Beleskey] had a fine year for us - he handled himself well in a lot of different ways. He's a physical power forward with good hands. We saw him as one of the top 10 kids in the draft, so we were quite happy when he slipped to the first pick in the second round. All of the veterans enjoyed playing with Matt. \"Everybody is bigger in the OHL and the play is definitely faster,\" said Beleskey about the jump from the Jr. 'A' Collingwood Blues to the OHL. \"I'll try and be a leader this year if I can and, hopefully, I can contribute more than last season. I had tons of fun last year. Colour Photo: Canadian Press File Photo / Midhurst native and Belleville Bulls forward Matt Beleskey (17), seen here scoring a goal against the Ottawa 67's last season, is one of 40 invited to attend the 2005-06 Canadian National Under-18 Summer Team selection and development camp July 30-Aug. 5 in Kitchener.; Photo: (Matt) Beleskey

\"I also got a phone call from a college in Iowa somewhere and a couple of schools talked to my (SSD) coaches, but I didn't pursue them,\" said the 5-foot-7, 135-lb. [Jen Cotten], a native of Brandon, Man. who notched a silver medal for Bear Creek in the senior girls 400m hurdles with a then personal best time of 1:02.12 at this year's Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) championships. Competing for General Panet at the 2003 OFSAA championships, Cotten placed fourth and sixth respectively in midget girls high jump and 800m. \"The first year (2003), there were myself and one other person on the high school track team. In the second year, there was no team and I had to get special permission to compete at OFSAA and other meets,\" said Cotten, who trains four times a week with SSD on the track at Innisdale Secondary School.

\"I had no intentions of coaching this season. During the winter, I felt I needed a break so I could watch my sons play more,\" [Lindsay Sanderson] said. \"I got a call from ([Mike Kloepfer]) one day. I know Mike very well. I met him five years ago because our teams (Orangeville Jr. A and Barrie Tornado Sr. B) were affiliated and we had kept in contact since. \"It's in our (Sanderson family) blood. Our whole family is involved. We've put in a fair amount of time,\" Sanderson said. \"My sons are very much like me - they are very passionate about lacrosse and they are very good at it - they play the game the way it should be played. They are a lot better players than I was.\" Photo: J.T. McVeigh, The Barrie Examiner / Barrie Lakeshores' Bryan Kazarian, right, keeps an eye on Six Nations Chiefs' Kyle Jamieson during MSL action at the Barrie Molson Centre on Thursday night. [Barrie] topped Six Nations 9-4.; Photo: Lindsay Sanderson

\"I really like the games,\" said [Meghan McCormick] who played for the Barrie Royals midget rep squad that captured the bronze medal at this year's Ontario Basketball Association's provincial championships. She's been with the Royals minor organization for five years. \"It's little nerve-wracking (knowing scouts are watching). I can't pay attention to that. I just have to play my game.\" \"Basketball would be a stepping stone in getting an education and a degree,\" said McCormick, who's received preliminary letters from a few U.S. schools. \"I'd like to get into something like dentistry or medicine. They (letters) encourage me to keep going in basketball.\" Colour Photo: Examiner File Photo / [Barrie]'s Meghan McCormick, of St. Peter's Secondary School, was one of 53 elite players from across Canada, ages 14 through 18, invited to take part in the 2005 Nike All-Canada Basketball Camp in Etobicoke.

[Barrie]'s [Mark Dilley] has been down this road before. The 15-year veteran professional driver on the CASCAR Super Series circuit has shown flashes of brilliance, finishing sixth in the overall series standings in four of the past five seasons, while finishing fourth in the other (2003). Dilley's other Super Series results this year are a third in the MOPAR 250 at Delaware Speedway in London, and sixth-place finishes at the Whelan 200 at Autodrome St. Eustache in Quebec and the Clarington 200 at Mosport International Speedway in Bowmanville. Colour Photo: The Barrie Examiner, File / Barrie's Mark Dilley will be racing in this weekend's CASCAR Super Series event at the Molson Indy in Toronto. Dilley is coming off a win at the Dodge Charger 300 last Sunday at Barrie Speedway.

The Lakeshores, who entered last night's contest tied for third spot in the seven-team loop with the Six Nations Chiefs (the Lakeshores have two games in hand), outshot the Athletics 44-35. The Lakeshores are the stingiest in MSL, with a 9.09 goals against average. [Mike Miron], who plays for the NLL Sting, along with [Rob Blasdell], who toils for the San Jose Stealth, possess the best goals against average amongst MSL regular netminders at 7.72. [Luke Wiles] has come into his own since being drafted first overall in the MSL two years ago by Akwesasne and subsequently traded to the Brooklin Redmen. He decided to stay close to home and played with the Sr. B Lakeshores last year, but elected to return to the MSL fold this season.

[Jim Hamilton] died of cancer last July, but his legacy in the club will be indelible. As well, Hamilton was a long-time coach for the men's senior teams in the club and for the boys teams at Eastview Secondary School, leading his charges to a number of Simcoe County titles and several Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) competitions. \"Jim was a very highly regarded coach,\" said [Clark Larmon], who had known Hamilton for 10 years and played for him at the BRC. Photo: Mark Wanzel Photo / Captain of the Barrie Mens Rugby Club, Clark Larmon, is helping to organize next Sunday's golf tournament in memory of past club president, Jim Hamilton. A portion of funds collected from Sunday's event will be donated to the RVH cancer centre.