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p20 weekender august 2 1986 weekender sports 2942200 6402100 unionville barefoot skier sets a record by paul pivato when it conies to slicing bare foot through the water tow rope firmly clenched in teeth union- villes ken harper is one of canadas ablest tacticians at the eastern canadian barefoot water ski tourna- m jfclfe v fourteenyearold ken harper of unionville shown in action here is one of the top barefoot water skiers in canada ment last saturday in ottawa ken set a new canadian bare foot slalom record he shattered the old mark by nearly 100 points the 14yearold unionville high school student was the tournaments overall champion and grabbed three gold medals in his first official competition ken whos been barefoot skiing for five years also took first place in the boys slalom and tricks competition in the summer ken practices with his father jim at the fami lys muskoka cottage and when the lakes turn to sheets of ice ken heads down to the barefoot international school in daytona beach flor ida where he skis with the world barefoot slalom cham pion while attending barefoot school in florida this winter ken added some new tricks to his repertoire his new tricks such slight of foot skills as tumble turns and toe holds were quite evident at last weekends competition when he dethroned the reigning tricks champion of canada ken also performed surface jumps a trick where the skier jumps into the air as well 180 degree turns while skiing back- word and barefoot his more heady tricks in volved clenching the tow rope with his teeth and wrapping the rope behind his neck the sport is so young and de veloping so fast said mr har per who identified the amer icans and australians as among the worlds most dexterous and surefooted skiers ken plans to enter another tournament and ski with some members of the canadian bare foot team that will compete in the world championships in west germany this august markham soccer manning boots two to pace mosquitos cheryl manning booted in a pair of goals to pace the knob hill farms minor mosquito girls soc cer team to a 52 victory over the richmond hill lions the locals led 3lafter the first half on goals by manning tracy richard and suzanne dixon richmond hill turned on the firepower in the second half but markhams defence bolstered by sadie parr dalene tamkei and jacqueline adams called up from the service tire atoms held the opposition to just a goal heather black scored and man ning notched her second of the game to round out the scoring for the locals the minor mosquitos victory snapped a twogame losing streak mitchell leads mosquito girls in other action wendy mitchell r 1 k vfll andrea park scores for mosquitos connected for five goals as mar khams dairy queen mosquito girls trounced a shorthanded king city squad 91 kimberly gcllard netted a pair of goals while andrea park and cindy ryan each picked up a lone marker for the locals king city scored its only goal on a penalty kick senior men edge alliston 32 playing one man short in the first half markhams mcarthur ford senior mens soccer squad held on to edge alliston 32 last saturday captain mike riddell continued his scoring streak with a pair of goals while james mcmillan pick ed up a single for the hometown team frank fiore and neil cooke played strong games for the loc als in the backficld peewees stun richmond hill dave rudy went the distance for markham as the chesebroughponds peewees stunned richmond hill 123 in re cent york simcoe baseball league action in a return engagement howev er richmond hill doubled the score on markham 84 and in tournament action in niagara fall last weekend markham won its first two games before bowing out to a powerful stratford squad in league play rudy allowed only four hits and struck out three for the win brad prentice went 3for4 at the plate and scored three runs and managed one rbi bill field had three hits on three trips to the plate and knocked in two runs in the second game steve soob- rattees valiant efforts at the plate and as a reliefer werent enough as markham lost lost84 to richmond hill soobrattee scored two runs and smacked a single and a triple in a losing cause he also struck out the side when called on to relieve starter mark pullen in the seventh inning markham peewees started out well in the niagara falls tourna ment nipping south west london 75 and edging oak ridges 76 however they were elminated 12- 8 by stratford in their third game against london prentice had one run and one rbi to lead the markham office while perry brazeau picked up the win on the mound rudy and soobrattee teamed up on the mound in the second game to edge oak ridges prentice went two for four at the plate and scored two runs and knocked in a run bill field had two hits and one run and kevin rout had one rbi and stole home to score a run in a losing cause against strat ford rudy managed two hits two runs and two rbis and soobrattee was three for four at the plate with a home run and two rbis soobrattee and kevin dandrea shared the pitching duties in the loss its a hole in one some people buck all the odds they get struck by lightning or win a 10 million prize in the lottery and although he never took a lightning bolt in the chest or raked in a bundle of lotto bucks micheal thomas of libebeck crescent in unionville beat all the odds on july 28 at approximately 715 pm the 59yearold union ville man shot a holeinone using a pitching wedge mr thomas sliced a 90 yard shot from the 9th hole of unionville fair ways he and his wife doreen watched as the ball hit the green took one bounce and plopped into the cup i threw my arms up in the air and dropped the club recalled mr thomas mr thomas said it was his first holeinone since he started smacking golf balls back in 1964 i stephen williams left kevin hoo john edwards and angelo la rosa battle for the ball during under 8 action in the markhamunionville soccer clubs invitational tournament last weekend bill landing