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p16 weekender august 16 1986 weekender sports 2942200 6402100 scott hitchcock of the markham district high school mdhs juniors applies the straight arm to a feisty welsh opponent during an interna tional matchup at mdhs last week judging by his face though hitchcock doesnt seem to be enjoying the manoeuvre markham didnt allow a fourpoint try but still finished on the losing end of a 63 count the results were worse for the mdhs midgets and the unionvil- le high juniors sjoerd wittcveen unionville girls grab silver medal a silver was as good as a gold for unionvilles peter l mason novice softball girls competing at last weekends regional play- downs in brampton top spot was obviously the goal of joe englishs girls but mother nature and sloppy fielding took care of that we received a great draw in cluding a bye in the first round explained english all we had to do to qualify for the finals was win our first two games unfortu nately this team refuses to do things the easy way unionville opened the tourna ment with enough sloppy defence to give aurora a 64 victory but with another loss eliminating it the squad rallied to pound osha- wa 123 east gwillimbury 71 pickering 40 and qualify for a medal in the loss veteran hurler andrea english also swung the big bat collecting three hits and driving in two runs but seven fielding errors helped aurora triumph cont on 17 welsh visitors suprised by locals visiting welsh rugby teams re ceived a bit of a surprise from markham and unionville clubs some close games in the past british squads have pretty well ruled the roost when it came to playing markhamarea players but dave harriss mar kham district high school mdhs juniors nearly pulled off an upset mike clares ontario allstar juniors did surprising the pon- tyclun wales team 2315 its the visitors only loss on this tour the big game came from mar kham s andrew gallifent who led the local contingent on the roster which included teammate cle ment desouza and unionville re sidents johnnaoum and mike day gallifent scored a secondhalf try that was the icing on the cake for the win according to clare the mdhs juniors dropped a 63 decision but didnt give up a try to the visitors they did gain a 30 haltime edge on a pentalty kick then added a second in thesecondframe dave gallifent kicked markhams points i was delighted with the efforts of all the players said coach harris a markham resi dent they played attractive rugby and their ball handling skills support for each other was a pleasure to watch clares unionville high school juniors suffered a worse fate they were trampled underfoot to the tune of 420 we were extremely inexperi enced said the markham resi dent it was the boys eighth game of rugby ever and the first time weve taken on anything like this international competition we got hammered the former markham high teacher pointed out that at mdhs i dont think we took on anything like this so early in the program but you have to start somewhere despite the outcome clare was pleased with the play of leighton chong jason reed mark allen and the performance of the for wards faring somewhat better was ian odgers mdhs midgets who still came up short 220 to pun- tyclun ianis vows to return to circuit by francis king sports editor believe it or not markham s greg williams thinks he may not miss even one race on this years motorcycle hillclimb circuit williams hopes to arrive back in markham this weekend after a serious collision in the us national hillclimb put him in a muskegon michigan hospital for almost two weeks the 23yearold 14th avenue re sident slammed into a tree at high speed at the end of his second run of the day he broke a pelvis and shoulder blade fractured five ribs and punctured a lung that sounds like a hefty load to recover from but williams is apparently doing so at a remark able pace as of wednesday his trouble some lungs were back in working order and the tubes installed had been removed hed also started some physiotherapy mostly attempting to move about using a walker the problem there is the de fending 500cc world champ cant put weight on his right side yet my leg just gives out its too painful he explained in a tele phone interview however that hasnt stopped him from thinking about the rest of the season to tell you the truth things arc going really well here williams pointed out and our next race is in five weeks so if im not hurting by then ill be going down to allcntown pennsylvania its going to be a waitandsee situation he continued but im not going to be stupid about it if williams hopes come true he wont have a problem finding a motorcycle to use in fact his stp special fared belter than he did i havent seen the bike but apparently its in real good shape i dont think it hit the tree after all williams did though after coming over the finish line at high speed and completely clearing the landing area he recalled bail ing out before the bike came to a stop after hitting the side of a tree and falling to the ground wil liams said he sat up immediately but when i first sat up the wind was knocked out of me i couldnt breathe paramedics were on the scene immediately and 45 minutes la ter he was off the formidable mount garfield run near mus kegon as previously reported in the markham economist sun it was the paper banner at the end of the course that was the reason be hind williams accident it was not the proper crepe material but instead white toilet paper and instead of being draped four feet above the race surface it was lying on the ground in that position it resembled the chalk lines marked off by officials to show progress up the hill so cither i didnt see the banner or if i did i thought it was just another chalk line williams explained but judging by his comments collisions like the muskegon one wont keep williams off the hills this is what greg williams and his 500cc stp spe- two weeks ago the 23ycarold markham resident cial normally look like when they arent crashing hopes to be fit enough to compete in the next lull- into trees despite the injuries received in a crash climb race five weeks away francis king