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$ Citizen sports beat Oi na Ye RE ME I nati LE Ley LON ohm SE DG 6h tiie: Oe in Bi BN oO AE eS gs PSS students try for spot on track team Twelve athletes will form the PSS Senior Boys Track team for 1978. Pierre Therrien will continue to practise in the hurdles, 200 and 100 metres by virtue of his performance at the PSS track and field day. Dave Leblanc will practise for the 100 metre run and the discus and shotput, and Paul Robillard will work out in preparation for com- petition in the 200, 400, and 800 metre runs. Ray Zoschka will work on the long distance runs, the for a spot in three dif- ferent events, the high jump, the triple jump and the long jump. Glen Larmand will compete in the high jump, the pole vault, the triple jump and the long jump and Eric Quesnelle will compete in the pole vault Dave Pauze will practise for the pole vault, and the long and triple jumps while Dave Downie will prepare to compete in the triple and long jumps. Gerry Tessier will compete in the shotput, and Andre Quesnelle will 1,500 and the 3,000 metre. compete in those two Tony Vanderzwan will vie events plus the discus. Annual soap box derb Despite a mechanical breakdown that kept him out of the last race of the day, Kevin Wagg won the Southern Georgian Bay Soap Box Derby Sunday in Penetanguishene. Wagg lost the rear wheels of his cart and watched from the sidelines as his brother Brian Wagg went on to place second after win- ning the final race. Doug Woods finished third overall for the day. In the cub races, the team from ist Midland pack took first overall. The team of Dwayne Davidson and Mark Aston placed second while Jim Edwards and Larry Cousineau finished third. The Derby involved 24 cars and teams from all across Southern Georgian Bay including three Midland groups, the Ist, 2nd and 4th packs. Also represented at the derby were Elmvale, Penetanguishene, Wau- f baushene, Victoria . Harbour' and Port MeNicoll packs. Recreation scene by Ron Marchildon I have been asked if I would like to start writing this column again and have accepted as you can see. My main purpose in doing these weekly columns will be to keep the public informed of the activities which our department will be offering and to also help other groups and organizations who would like to funnel their activities through me. With summer fast approaching we have many and varied activities waiting to begin. I would first like to tell all coaches, managers, umpires, players and prospective umpires of an um- pires clinic to be held on Saturday, May 27 from 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at Penetanguishene Secondary School. This clinic is being held in co-operation with Softball Ontario who will be supplying the instruction. The cost is $2.00 for the day. You are asked to bring sweat suits, running shoes and your own lunch. Coffee will be served during breaks. We are hopeful of at least ,20 people turning out for what I feel is a very wor- /thwhile day. Minor Softball registration has had tremendous success this year. What I now need are more coaches and umpires. I would ask if you are interested to please contact me at 549-7453. We have been fortunate enough to acquire a Young Canada Works Grant which will allow us to operate three summer playgrounds in the municipality. Registration forms will be going out to the schools in the very near future. We will be offering playgrounds for two distinct age groups 4 to7 and 8 to 12. It is our intention to alternate these, two weeks at a time. We will also be offering one playground entirely in French. The cost has not been established yet but will be very minimal. The Arena operation will be getting into full swing by the end of May with an 8 team ball hockey league now being formed. Roller skating will also be offered and special events will also be held to attract the younger generation to the arena. Your support of all these Projects would be greatly appreciated. Lastly, Ken Tessier will also compete in the shotput, javelin and the discus. The Junior Boys team will be made up of 19 competitors, but that number will eventually go down as some will be cut from the team. Bob Torrance will compete in the hurdles and Kevin St. Amant will also go for the hurdles along with the 100 metre, and the 400 metre and the long jump and shotput. Jeff Bredin will run in the 100 metre and will also try for the javelin squad, along with the triple, long He's ready Times carrier boy and cubscout Terry McHugh lowers _ himself into the cockpit of his speedster, checks that all RY There was no contest at the Caledon Invitational swim meet on _ the weekend, as the Midland Y Keegos swam to a second place finish, a whooping 390 points behind first place Chinguwacous y, swim club. Keegos recorded a strong performance, led this time by Jason Hamner and _ Tracy Hutton, but could not compete with the over- whelming number of swimmers from the Bramalea area club. Chinguacousy boasted a team strength of 64 swimmers entered in 294 events, while Midland still managed a second place finish with only 21 swimmers and 92 entries. In the relay events it was the same story as the first place team entered a total of 24 races, while Keegos contested 10. Keegos finished the weekend meet with a comfortable lead over third place Alderwood swim club which finished with 203 points and the host club from Caledon with 167.5. Keegos traditional jumps and the discus. Ed Grenier will try out for the 100, 200 and 400 metre runs while Pat Duval will try the 200 metre run and the high jump. John Roi will compete in the 400, 800 and 1,500 metre runs, and Danny Cote will run in the 1,500 metre. ; Dan Gianetto will run in the 1,500 metre and the 3,000 metre and Mike Bredan will try for the high jump squad. Mark Brunelle and Thorpe Lichtenburg will compete in the high jump and pole vault consecutively and Mark Little and Bruce Forget will both go for the Opponents in Huronia region competition filled the final four places in the eight team meet. Barrie Y Neptunes finished fifth with 151.5, Muskoka Acquatie club placed sixth with 139.5 and Orillia Channel Cats wound up in seventh place with a score of 127.5.Canadian _' Forces Base Borden Barracudas brought up the rear witha total of 32 points. Although no individual age group awards were given out, Jason Hamner totally dominated the 13 to 14-year-old boys' class with five firsts. Tracy Hutton showed her recent move up to the senior girls' class is not affecting her placings drastically as she swam to two firsts and three seconds for the second best performance for the Midland club. Chris Vogt, who lead Keegos in their last two meets, this time deferred to younger brother Greg who claimed three seconds and two third place finishes. The older Vogt was slightly off his form and his best per- formance was a second place. He followed that up pole vault team. Rick Dorion will compete in the triple jump and the javelin toss and Ken Casgagnette will go for the same events. Brent Farquar, Gary Bidand and Larry Wagg will all compete in the shotput and Wagg, Guy Pilon and Farquar will also go for the discus throw. The midget boys team has about 15 athletes trying out for position. Bryan Lethbridge is trying for a spot in the hurdles, pole vault and triple and long jump. Keith St. Amant is also working on hurdles, along with the 800 and 1,500 4. It was a day for the Midgets at the Georgian Bay Roadrunners Pen- tathalon held Saturday, in Penetanguishene as Todd Clarke and Patti Cox scored the highest point totals of the meet to win their class and the overall high point totals. Clarke and Cox both scored higher in their class that any of the other athletes, according to the point system set up to Ontario Track and Field Association Standards. Clarke amassed a total of 2,593 points to finish ahead of Paul Duval and Paul Cox with 2,325 and Keegos finish second with three fourths. Kathleen King, who stood an excellent chance of sweeping the girls' senior class is in Swit- zerland with her family and did not race. Individual Results Girls 10 and under Lynn Heins: 3rd, 200m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 100m breast stroke, 50m freestyle, Molly Wadge: 2nd, 50m butterfly; 5th, 100m backstroke, 200m freestyle. Boys 10 and under Alex Therrien: 3rd, 50m butterfly; 4th 100m breast stroke. Girls 11-12 Cathy Hutton: 4th, 50m freestyle;6th, 100m freestyle. Shelley Brown, 2nd 400m medley, 400m freestyle. Boys 11-12: Perry Scott, Greg Daniels, Alex Therrien, Collin Milligan, 4th, 400m medley, 400m freestyle. Boys 13 and over: Chris Vogt, Greg Vogt, Hollister King, Jason Hamner, 3rd, 400m medley, 400m freestyle. metre runs, Wayne Harper will try for hur- dles and the 100 and 800 metre runs while Kevin Dusome will work on the 100 and 200 metre runs Both Dan Charlebois and Len Lefaive are trying out for the discus squad, and Charlebois is also working on the 100 and 400 metre runs. Kevin Loughran is training for the triple and long jumps, Phil Tessier will work on the 400 metre and the javelin toss and Drew Dusome is getting in shape for the 400 and 800 metre runs as well as the shotput and the javelin toss. Lyle Buttineau and held on we a He's set Dave Desroches are both running in the 1,500 and 3,000 metre runs, and Terry Miksis is spanning the field with high jump, discus, shotput and javelin toss. Brad Turner has registered for the high jump and Jim Biggs will try for the high jump and the pole vault. Jamie Gillsby will also enter in the pole vault. The Midget, Junior and Senior Girls track and field teams are smaller than the boys teams, but the variation of talents is very evident. There are nine girls trying out for the Midget team. They are: Brenda systems are go and then rivets his gaze to the finish Midgets win att 2,290 respectively in the midget class. Alvin Buttineau won the Men's open class with a score of 2,440, the second highest point total of the day. Head coach of the Roadrunners, Rick Press, finished second with a score of 2,385 for the third highest total of the day Patti Cox surpassed her nearest rival in the girls' midget class, Jan Moyer, by over 400 points and only Barb Fitz- zgerald, winner of the junior girls' class could come close to her score 100m _ butterfly, 200m individual medley. Allison Moore: 6th, 100m breast stroke. with 1,079. Cheryl Weber placed third among Midget girl with 815 points. Viki Baziliauskas finished second in the junior girls' with a score of1,010 followed by Jean Roi with a score of 1,005. In the senior girls' class Kim Dusome finished first with 870: followed by Helga Deininger with 778 and Mary Joe Lacroix with 590. The junior boys' class was dominated by Rick Dorion with 2,295 and Ernie Desroches came third with 2,214. In the senior boys' class Keith Duval won with a 400 metres, long jump and high jump, Sue Framp- ton, hurdles 200 metre discus and javelin toss, Lucille Robillard, 100 and 200 metres, long jump, discus and_ shotput, Wendy Walker, 100 metre and high jump, Ber- nadette Marchand, 1,500 metres and 3,000 metres, Kathy Bidan, long jump, high jump and shotput, Michelle Desjardins, high jump, Ann Pilon, discus and shotput and Linda Robertson, javelin toss. Twelve girls are trying for the Junior girls team, including Jean Roi in the hurdles, 100 metre and long jump, Louise Lepage ekend total of 2,008 narrowly defeating Paul Robillard with 1,980. Third was Ken Tessier with 1,770. The men's open class had the second and third highest point per- formances among all the men's classes' with Buttineau and Presse's performances. Rob Berdan finished back of the two in that class with 268 points. Hans Neitz won the masters' class with a 1,805 points total followed closely Julius Vajda with 1,760. Erich Deininger finished third with 591 points. Rick Presse said he at meet Shelley Brown: 1st, 100m freestyle; 2nd 50m freestyle; 4th, 200m freestyle; 5th, 100m butterfly MMBA won't field second Bantam team by Dave Fuller The Midland Minor Baseball Association will not field a second bantam team for the 1978 baseball season, it was announced Monday night. Frank Mansi, head of the MMHA all-star teams said he phoned the York- Simcoe Baseball Association to inform them Midland would be going with four teams, the same number they had last year. Mansi said he and the members of the executive were anxious to see the second team play this year, but there was still not a strong enough turnout in that age group (14 to 15-years-old). "T waited until the last minute before the deadline to phone the league, hoping we could do it," he said. . 'But what can you do, you can't force them to play."' The all-star season begins after May 20, but Midland teams will be forced to play their first few games away because of renovations planned for the Tiffin Park diamond. - Boys 13-14 Jason Hamner: lst, 100m butterfly, 200m individual medley, 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle, 100m breast stroke. Senior Girls Tracy: ist, 100m but- terfly, 200m _ individual medley; 2nd 200m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle. Senior Boys Hollister King: 4th, 100m butterfly; 5th 200m individual medley. Chris Vogt: 2nd, 200 200m individual medley; 4th, 100m _ backstroke, 100m_ freestyle, 50m freestyle. Greg Vogt: 2nd, 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle, 200m freestyle; 3rd, 100m breast stroke, 100m butterfly. Relay Results Girls 10 under: Lynn Heins, Molly Wadge, Tania Corbett, Allison O'Hara, 5th, 200m medley; 6th, 200m freestyle. Girls 11-12: Lynn Heins, Molly Wadge, Elaine Baumgardiner, Sylvia Denninger, Cathy Hutton, 5th, 400m medley; 6th 400m freestyle. ) ©. @ in the hurdles, 800 metre run and high jump, Michel Robitaille in the 100, 200 and 400 metre and the long jump and Bev Fitzgerald in the 400 metre, the long jump and the javelin. Barb Fitzgerald will compete in the 400 metre and the long jump, and Roseanne Quesnelle will run in the 1,500 metre and the 3,000 metre. Bev Biggs will compete in the high jump, Judy Bredan will try the discus and javelin and Deb Tinney will also try the discus, Javelin and shotput. Lucy Maurice will run the 100 metre, and try out He's gone was encouraged' by response to the meet saying the athletes had fun, participated in a broad range of events and maintained a spirit of co- for the shotput, and the discus, Michelle Juneau will throw the javelin and Nancy Bell will throw the shotput. The Senior Girls team is the smallest of all, with only six athletes trying for spots on the team. Helga Degninger will try in the hurdles and high jump, Claudette Belcourt will run the 100 and 200 metre runs and try the long jump as well and Marnie Ridout will run the 400, 800 and 1,500 metre runs. Kim Dusome will try the shotput, discus and javelin along with Ann Roi and Kim Fournier. line. McHugh finished out of the money at this soap box derby in Penetanguishene rack meet operation combined with the competitive spirit. There were a total of 55 participants in the meet including athletes from 13 years of age to 49. Notes by Dave Fuller School, the political forum Bulding and he's now to ease Georgian Bay McInerney, headmaster for he says now. ments." serve the community. to be disappointed. from incurring Sporting, "I'm not a political person,"' says Hull McInerney, Principal at Sacred Heart "T've always preferred discretion and count on other people's co- operation to get things done." McInerney was initiated into the rites of Midland's favourite arena, the Municipal After four months delay Midland Town Council came through with a letter of intent over the construction of their track facility. who also happens the Roadrunners, is breathing easier now that he's overcome the main stumbling block in his race to build the track before the turn of the century. "T should have gone to them much sooner," Moreland Lynn, chief sprinter for the council said after McInerney and friends made their deputation to Team Town, 'I'm disappointed with Mr. MclInerney's com- Indeed, it is disappointing when a hard working co-operative citizen is alternative but to roll up his sleeves and slug it out with the people who were elected to But, who are we kidding? Political life has always been this way and there's no par- ticular villain in the story. McInerney's questions of council were embarrasing to hear, and perhaps even wide off the mark when he asked if there were other reasons for the town's balking, other than the heavy workload they have. So everyone has reason In the end then, the town will be protected any Roadrunner's project, as they should be, and the club will be able to go ahead with their applications to Wintario as they should be. But what a hassle. It's enough to put a guy off of doing something to help himself. to use Monday night at much the wiser. Roadrunners anguish to be left no expenses from ) nd \ys as ir wt to dwn oIZb, 'ven ch ook