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w xi economist suntribune our qljxmplans oct 21 school f vfl from page 4 pakistan the front of 15000 to 20000 screaming people some people were taking my picture and asking for my autograph it was unreal vvhile pereira enjoyed the festivities surrbundmg the games whatwould have madehis stay more enjoyable was a better performance by canada it entered the games as the worlds eighthranked teambut finished 10th what hurt canadas chances he pointed out were a couple of games that ended in draws in particular he noted- the opening game against pakistan was one that canada should have won but ended in a 22 stalemate in that contest pereira scored canadasfirst goal and in games following he delivered two more- the big turning point came in canadas second game against germany nursing a slim 10 lead with eight minutes left canada saw its advantage disappear when germany tallied rvyiceo take the game a win is worththree points and you get one for a tie he cited if we had won that game we would have been first in our pool losing to germany changed our strategy because we had to play more aggressive facing holland in its third outing canada suffered a 42 loss and followed with ties against great britain 11 and malaysia 22 canada then edged poland 32 and finished the tournament with a 30 loss to spain as for his future pereira will contin ue to play with the national team and take part in the next world cup qualifier in june having one olympics under his belt- he would like to be a part of the next one whitchurchstouffvilles pearce hurt by conditions john pearce is looking to the future after a disappointing showing in sydney the 40year whitchurch- stouffyille equestrian railed to make the final round in the individual show jumping competition pearce helped the canadian team to a overall finish in the nations cup medal event a big s tem itnishes g tions than others vagabond never got onto the footing from the start pearce said he wasnt the only rider to have difficulty with the sloppy condi- tions alot of great riders didnt even make the cut as for the controversy involving schomberg jumper eric lamaze who was banned from the olympics after testing positive for cocaine pearce thought it worked against the canadian team with files from bruce stapley v y-t- jz v f 7sissv stv -r- -j- ej5rf -t- john pearce equestrian and j horse battled wet weather arid unfamiliar surface improvement oncanadas 16th place showing at the 1996 games v a- combination of wet weather and an unfamiliar ground surface conspired to hold back pearce and- his mount jamcos vagabond a 15yearold dutch warmbloqd j v was tough the weather was bad every day we jumped said pearce who noted sorrietriders and their- mounts were better able to adjust- tolthecondi- help centre this message brought to you as a community ser vice of the economist suntribune tcmyearterml age 250000 11 500000 1000000 2000 3369 6519 50 3850 mr 60 9000 65- 167633280g6sp25 monthly rates shown ate for male nonsmokers lower rates available for annual premiums female rates ore considerably less optimize your mtmmi insurance portfolio individual family and group health and dental individual and group disability critical illness coverage- estate protection mortgage insurance taxsheltered universal life plans 7481 14500 17500 33500 make one call we research the products and rates best for you best rates reliable advice personal service gersoii i nsurance 90s 9479486 1 800 465360 1 driven fv s y