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PAGE A20 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1991 Waterloo area track clubs collected a total of seven medals at the Ontario juvenileâ€"senior championships in Windâ€" sor over the weekend. + & Canadian junior female crossâ€"country champion Kathy Butler and teammate Angela Schwan of the Twin City Athle tics finished first and second, respectiveâ€" ly, in the senior 1,500 metre race. Butler, with a time of 4:32.04, was five seconds faster than Schwan. Clive Hamilton, also of the Twin City Athletics, finished second in the men‘s 3,000m in 8:22.0 minutes. _ TRACK Charles Poulin, of the Laurel Creek Track Club was first in 400m juvenile boys in 42:04 seconds; Dan O‘Connell, of the Conestoga Valley Harriers, was second in the juvenile boys 800m in 2:05.00 minutes. In juvenile girls com:â€" petition Sue Berg of Laurel Creek was third in the 400m in 59:09 while Kresteâ€" na Sullivan was second in the 800m in 2:27.04. The pair, coached by Olympic coach John Briscoe, won their division at the 1991 Royal Bank Canadian Figure Skating Championships in Saskatoon over the weekend. Christine Hough of Waterloo and partner Doug Ladret, of North Vancouyâ€" er, finished second in senior pairs skatâ€" ing. Hough slammed into the ice in a fall under her partner, who ‘carried a dazed Hough off the ice. Five minutes later, after she was checked out by doctors for broken bones, the two went out to win SKATING Michelle McDonald and Martin Smith of the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Skating Club are Number One in Canada in senior the silver medal. In his first year of senior competition, Kâ€"W Skating Club skater Lance Vipond, of Brantford, finished 11th. That was the case for St. David Celtic junior girls volleyball team as they won their first tournament of the season in an invitational meet at Surnia Northern over the weekend. In two previous tournaments the Celtics were elimiâ€" nated in the final. After defeating Allison Banting 2â€"1 in the quarterfinals and Resurrection C.S.9. of Kitchener 2â€"1 in the semifinals, Celtics blanked North Lambton 2â€"0 in the championship. Sarah Collins, of St. David, was named The Gold Medallion Precision Champâ€" ionships were held in Port Stanley this weekend. The juvenile team â€" Gems â€"â€" from the Kâ€"W Skating Club, coached by Marcy Walker won the gold medal out of VOLLEYBALL a field of 14 teams. the most valuable player of the tourney while Crystal Shadd, of Grand River C.1., was named to the allâ€"star team. If you don‘t succeed the first time, try, Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo C.1. Raider goaltender Joe! Graham Mn,wungz-inthotimo, rallied to defeat the Sabres reaches out to try and smother the puck from a Southwood _ 7â€"3. For more high school results see pages A25 and A26. Secondary Sabre in high school hockey action last week. Pete Cudhea photo The end of a fastball era Chronicle Staff Larry Lynch had this premonition last year about the fate of the Waterloo CHYM‘rs. Call it a gut feeling, call it a coaches intuition, but Lynch along with several others on the fastball team, had a sinking feeling that it was the last season for the team. o So, when the CHYM‘r executive folded the team last week due to lack of manpowâ€" er, it came as no big surimu to Lynch and the others on the ball club. In fact, when Lynch, along with veteran first baseman Barry Musselman, heard the news, plans were already in the works for the upcoming fastball season in the formation of the Waterloo Twins, sponâ€" sored by Waterloo‘s Twin City Trophies. ‘‘The players wanted to play ball so the CHYM‘rs fold, Waterloo Twins are formed La «7990 â€" ONLY! Plus GST & PST only! ‘90 MICRA 5â€"DOOR AUTOMATIC : AM/FM radio, rear defogger and wiper system. THE ECONOMY LEADER! executive gave us the equipment and Barry and I formed the new team," Lynch said. "As for the executive, the players themselves will be running the team." Despite the changes in the organization, Waterloo, which will still be competing in the Ontario Senior Association in the Waterioo to bid on Nationals Chronicle Staff The City of Waterloo has won the right to bid for the 1993 National Senior Mens Fastball championships. Lead by Waterloo Fastball Association president Laverne (Red) Reichert, Waterloo made a presentation at the Ontario Amateur Softball Association meeting over the weekend, beating out Ottawa for the right to make a bid at the national level. The last time Waterloo hosted the nationals was in 1985 where the host team, CHYM‘rs, captured the bronze medal. (Continued on page A23) eightâ€"team Richmond Hill Men‘s league, will still be hosting the Waterloo fastball tournament in June along with the Ontario Amateur Softball Association eliminations in August. «osionmur‘ raulifienr on wimewnve paud P un m (Continued on page A23)