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Barrie Examiner, 2 Aug 1979, p. 10

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When Julie Insley of the Barrie Optimist Track Club goes to the Royal Canadian Legion Midget and Bantam 49 10 the examiner Thursday August 1919 Julie lnsley Optimist track star reaches for the top Track and Field Champion ships in Newfoundland Aug 512 she will be trying to bet ter her performance in last Julie lnsley of Barrie Optimist Track Club hits the finish wire Examiner photo by Bob Warner years championships The only way she can better it is to win Last year she finished sec0nd in the bantam 800m Julie should do quite well says Bob Warner Harrie Optimist Club coach Last year she was first year bantam This year she already has the experience of going to nationals and also is secondyear bantam Insley an Orillia resident has been competing in track for four years now and spent vigorous winter training running up to 50 miles week by February and March BEST TIME Julie has always been very competitive said Warner She has very com 533 petitive times in both her events She ran personal best of 618 second in meet in the 400m and last weekend did personal best 22239 in the 800m Obviously her training program has been working Insley is the only member of the Barrie club who will be going to St Johns Last year four out of 42 athletes from Ontario were from Barrie Optimists We had an extremely good year last year said Warner We had bumper crop of bantams But they were in their second year and have all moved up to midget now But we are still pleased with the way things are go ing and Field Bantam Midget and Juvenile championships in Sudbury Aug 1112 They are very dedi cated group says Warner But we could use more coaches we cant seem to find enough We dont adver tise for more kids because we couldnt handle any more without additional coaches The Clubs next meet is Saturday in Orangeville Top in softball playoffs Bayfield Furniture and Starr Electric the top two teams in the Barrie and District In termediate Fastball League will meet in Ontario Amateur Softabll Association playoffs Nick Owen league president said Wednesday The winner of that pre liminary Intermediate AA series will meet Oshawa ten tatively set for Aug 25 Dates for the BayfieldStarr series are to be announced Slessor and Periard In surance and Church Homes of the Barrie and District Senior Softball league will meet in the month final slip through its hands LEADS ENTtlRIII its da handsgt fella Heather SIXRPIT WIIxHtri so she could take endeavour Right athy vent Irsire team Once again Super Stars By DAVID FLLLER Of The Examiner To paraphrase an old saying Superstar is born refer of course to that collection of superb athletes known to the citizens 0f Barrie as the Examiner Excels champions of media sporting events for almost whole As the various other news and entertainment services in town shout from the hilltops proclaiming they will win this years Celebrity Superstars competition Monday 24 pm Ceutennial Beach Park am forced to reveal this years Examiner crew will be far stronger than last years talented squad which nearly won the championship in the tugowar Second place is no place to be for true Superstars as can say from experience and this years squad is sure to correct the oversight of last years team which allowed victory to Towering above the rest of us and adding strength power height and possibly good looks to the starstudded lineup will be Wayne Hay member of The Examiners advertising department known to many people in town as Hayyou No team would be complete without black belt in karate so our team management persuaded Glenn Kwan compos ing room wizard to return for another appearance at the Centennial Beach Park extravaganza Considering Kwans performance in last years event it came as great surprise to us he would want to do it again but beggars cant be choscrs iHiiiahhh jUst kidding big first round of Senior OASA playoffs Dates for that series also have not been announced Intermediate league playoffs begin Thursday after Starr Electric completes its schedule with makeup game against Warminster of the senior league Tuesday Under new league rule this year rainedout and postponed games were rescheduled by the league executive Few games were rained out this year said Owen and most were played during the regular season elminating the weeks of postschedule play which Leading the entourage of fine physical specimens will be none other than City Editor Ian Mulgrew burly Scot who knows not the meaning of defeat 1th feet It aint da feet Fulfilling the team requirements for two members of the female staft are athletic ringers Connie Hart and Cathy Hart holds down the front desk at The Examiner she had little trouble holding down donkey at the Canada Day festivities so naturally she was shoein Secret weapons are necessary part of any championship team and the Exccls spared no expense to import former University ot Toronto basketball Superstar Cathy Heather who Jilllltd The Examiner sportsdepartmeiit recently jUSl part in this highlytouted athletic lZviry tiam must have an anchor man someone who holds the whole bunch firmly on the road to victory With his Ititth wrttirinanus lastniinutc feats of skill and 110 per unfortunately vu ditto know anyone like that so con gntrrl to llll in thr leIll and final spot on the titlcbound Mtth it via popular display of media highvjinx in cludr whenl barrow rims dodge ball water carrying races and raft of mutant ditficult events guaranteed to tax hath mnpotioi Mll to llt miss it lhctclitirity Superstars competition wan mm In rm inll probably maybe delayed the start of playoffs last year League semifinals will be bestoffivc series with the win ners playing bestofseven series for the championship Semifinals begin Thursday and continue Sunday and Tues day each week until the series is over Rainedout games will be played on the following scheduled day Games will be standard doubleheaders with games starting at pm and 830 pm at Queens Park Provincial peewees play here Peewee baseball players from around the province are coming to Barrie Saturday for the first annual Barrie Exhibi tion series at Queens Park and Shear Park Named an exhibition series becuase it lacks an Ontario Baseball Association sanction the series takes the place 0f the annual Harrie Minor Baseball Association tournament said league convenor Tony Poretta Barrics Canadian Tire Minor Peewees meet the mostdistant competitor of the series Niagara Falls starting at 1130 am Saturday Vala Contrac ting Major Peewees meet Markham at am Both games will be played at Queens Park The Barrie Selects will meet Collingwoods team at Steele St School starting at am Championships for the series will be held Sunday The Con solation finals starts at pm with the championship beginn ing at pm Both games will be played at Queens Park Combined team wins rec games combined team from Shear Park and Cundles Heights School playground won the Bar rie City recreation department games day held at Queens Park Tuesday More than 100 Children took part in the competition open to the four playground areas in the City WINNIPEG CF Win nipeg Jets general manager John Ferguson said Wednesday he has received firm offer for Bobby Hull from Hartford Whalers He said the Jets would get more than one player as their part of the proposed arrange ment between the recent en tries in the National Hockey League Ferguson said in an interview tentative agrecmcnt has been made but has yet to be com pleted by the 4iyearvold ace left winger and the Whalers Ferguson said he did not think that Hull who retired from the Jets for personal reasons early last season would be against move to Hartford He said Hull who jumped to the Jets seven yeais ago in move that helped to launch the nowdefunct World Hockey Association has stated preference for playing in the Eastern United States Ferguson did not name the players Winnipeg would get from Hartford in return for Hull who came to the Jets after 15 seasons with Chicago Black Hawks Hull has two years re maining in his contract with Winnipeg Editor David Fuller7266537 Howards Heroes drop allstars Howards Heores defeated the slow pitch Alistars 104 in the annual Barrie and District Slow Pitch AllStar game Wednesday at Painswick Park Howards started strongly in the game taking 20 lead after three innings of play In the fourth inning home run by Howard Black started Howards on three run scor ing spree At the end of the fourth inning Howards had in creased their lead to 50 Howards scored five more runs in the sixth inning to com plete their scoring Howards had two homers one from Black in the fourth in ning and the other by Terry Carr in the sixth inning George Kennington and Jamie Parker shared pitching duties for Howards Kennington allowed no runs during his time on the mound Dan Jennings and Art Smith both hit doubles for the All stars Allstars had little troult ble getting hits but failed to take advantage of them stran ding 19 runners on base Kerry Colette and Harold Campbell pitched for Allstars Each allowed five runs Rumble scores three in Maher 80 win Darren Rumble scored three goals for Maher Schoes in an 80 rout of last place Wismer In surance rccenlty The win is Mahers ninth of the season and leaves them undefeated atop the Barrie Op timist Minor Soccer Associalt tions Atom division In other division games secondplace Firenze Restaurant beat and Plumbing 52 Jellco Jellybeans trounced Laffinvpilgram InA surance 61 and Buns Master Bakery tied Jaycec Jets 11 Scott Tacy Ryan Martin Michael Sturgeon Andrew Davies and David Gouther scored once each adding to Mahers total Randy Cellett led the way for Jellco Jellybeans in their win over LaffinPilgram scoring four goals Frankie Chimienti and Stephen Duffy scored the other two goals John Milne scored the only Canoe Ontarios Paddle cade is coming to Barrie Friday the Paddlecade will demonstrate canoeing echniques and safety pro cedures for the city recrea ion department at Tyndale Park starting at pm Later in the afternoon the three man group will play to group of canoeists and fans goal for LaffinPilgram Vincent and Frankie Dirlt racolo scored two goals each for Firenze Restaurant against and Sean Tomlinson pop ped in the other goal for Firenze in the eighth win of the season for the secondplace club Firenze and Maher are the only undefeated clubs in the division Jeff Reynolds scored both goals for and Horse show runs Sunday Terryson Stables of Innisfil will hold horse show at the stables located on Con 12 one and half miles east of Hwy 11 Sunday Participants from Barrie and surrounding area are expected to participate For more information phone Jenny Rupert 7261033 code coming to Barrie at the Barrie YMYWCA Grove St One of the two groups travelling the province as part of Canoe Ontario Program will be on hand giv ing demonstrations during Kempentest weekend Demonstrations are plann ed for Saturday at 10 am andzpmandSunday2pm Garner Bantams in series lead Garner Sports Bantams had little trouble defeating Thorn hill in the first game of their York Simcoe Minor Baseball Association playOff series Tues day at Eastview Park Garners Rick Orser pitched onehitter as his teammates Canplas douses Canplas scored three was in the second inning and then went on to defeat Clifton Hotel 72 in Barrie and District Recrea tional fastball league game Wednesday at MacMorrison Canplan scored two more runs in the third inning and two more in the sixth inning for the victory Clifton scored one run in the second inning and added One in the sixth inning In other action Molsons edg ed Giffcn Farm Equipment 32 Canplas pitcher Dave Lowell picked up the win and also hit third inning triple for his team Outfielder Don Platt hit two singles Ted McNabb Jack Zwezdaryk and Greg Osborne each hit single Although Clif ton pitcher Jack Fahey suf fered the loss he did hit two singles Jon Bobbette also hit banged in 10 runs to win the gamc10l Steve Collins and Regan Har ris hit home runs for Barrie Harris 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