HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1999-06-30, Page 9THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1999. PAGE 9.
Motocross, writing turn into career
By Janice Becker
Citizen staff
With ambition, initiative, drive
and a little courage, a young man
from Walton has begun to make his
dream come true.
When Brett Lee completed his
education, he knew that what he
had learned there was not his only
path to the career he wanted.
As a life-long motocross enthusi
ast and rider, with an interest in
writing and broadcasting, Lee has
both attained and created the jobs
he wanted.
This summer, Lee will be travel
ling across the country in the
Canadian Motocross Racing Club's
van, following motocross races,
interviewing the riders and report
ing the events.
When asked how he tracked
down such a great position he just
smiled and said, “ I called them and
told them what I wanted to do and I
was hired.”
However, the first few races did
n't go quite as Lee had hoped.
The rest of the production crew
wasn't so sure about letting an inex
perienced interviewer talk to the
racers for broadcast material. Lee
was stuck in the back fields of the
track in the dust, calling the race.
Not to be deterred, he convinced
the videographer with him that the
producers had told him to interview
several of the racers, on tape, for
future use. After completing eight
interviews, the tapes were left
where those in charge would be
sure to view them.
Soon, he was doing on-air, live
interviews.
Lee’s belief is that if you want
something, don't say “I can’t
because I’m from a small town or I
don’t have the education”.
He encourages young people to
go after whatever career they are
interested in. Find a role model who
has done what you want to do.
“Read everything you can about the
person and do what they did.”
Lee does have such a role model
and followed his lead into broad
casting.
However, that was not enough.
While surfing the web, he found a
great motocross site, and one of the
few Canadian ones, produced by.
19-year-old Pat Nichol from Sarnia.
Lee contacted him with the sug
gestion that he write motocross sto
ries for the site.
Soon the two were talking and the
glossy, extraordinarily profession
al-looking magazine Motocross
Unplugged was bom.
The pair do all the writing, pho
tography and advertisement secur
ing on their own.
With the fourth issue soon to be
completed, the magazine has now
hit newsstands in Chapters across
the country, as well as being avail
able at most bike shops and
motocross races or through Lee and
Nichol.
The hardest part was getting
advertising, says Lee.
After the first issue was (self)
published with virtually no adver
tisers, thee pair took a unique
approach the next time around.
They sat at their computers and
designed ads for those companies
who had refused them.
A magazine was then disassem
bled and re-stapled with the pro
posed ads included.
It was then taken to the compa
nies and they were told, “This is
what your ad could have looked
like.”
They ended up with a few regular
supporters.
While Lee does not expect the
magazine to be a big moneymaker,
(“It would be totally awesome if we
broke even.”) he sees other advan
tages to the endeavour.
The experience and the knowl
edge learned is something good to
put on a resume, he says.
The guys are already thinking
ahead to ensure continued reader
ship through the winter months.
They just may be issuing a snow
cross issue or two.
Finding his own way
Brett Lee of Walton has used his experience in motocross
and desire to write and broadcast to create his own career.
Brussels Squirts play see-saw battle in Wroxeter
The games were filled with
action when the Brussels Squirt
Boys hit the diamond against Wal
ton and Wroxeter.
It was a seesaw battle for Brus
sels when they travelled Walton,
June 21.
Brussels started with two when
Chase Chapman and Steven Ropp
scored.
Walton mounted an early lead,
pushing three across the plate.
With a string of singles, Adam
Corbett, Andrew Procter, Cory
Chapman, Chris Corbett, Chase
Chapman and Chris Illman all
came home. Cory Chapman added
his marker when he stole home.
After watching Brussels tally the
maximum seven runs in the top of
the second, Walton responded with
seven of their own.
Brussels took the lead again
when they added five to their total.
Philip Wedow singled and A.
Corbett walked.
A sacrifice by Procter brought
Wedow home.
With Zach Horne and Cory
Chapman on with walks, a C. Cor
bett double sent them across the
plate.
Chase Chapman earned an RBI
Storm loses to Warriors
Blyth Storm travelled to play
AVingham Warriors on Tuesday,
June 15.
The action was fast and furious as
Wingham came on strong and
scored a goal early in the first half.
The teams seesawed back and forth
until Wingham tallied again putting
a second shot by Storm keeper
Darcey Cook to go up by two before
the half closed out.
Cook relinquished keeper duties
to Justin Dobie in the second half.
The Wingham assault continued as
they once again scored blasting a
shot past Dobie.
Cook scored on a nice setup by
Anthony Peters to bring the Storm
to within two. Minutes later Cook
on a single, but was stranded on
base.
With good defence, Brussels held
Walton to just one in the third
when Wedow caught a comebacker
to the mound and Ulman tagged
two in centre field.
Walton left the bases loaded.
Brussels added two as A. Corbett
belted a double and stole home.
After Procter walked, he also came
home on a steal.
Walton was held scoreless as
Brussels took the 16-11 win.
Two days later, Brussels wel
comed Wroxeter onto the field.
With C. Corbett on the mound,
Wroxeter struck hard, scoring the
maximum seven runs.
However, Brussels was able to
even the tally in the bottom of the
opening frame.
Cory Chapman led of with a sin
gle then was pushed to third when
both C. Corbett and Chase Chap
man were hit by pitches.
Steven Ropp hit a sacrifice fly to
score one then Illman smashed a
three-run home to clear the bases.
Mike Keffer took a walk, A. Cor
bett was a hit batter and Horne,
Cory Chapman and C. Corbett
walked.
had another chance but was thwart
ed by the strong Warrior defense.
Wingham would bulge the twine
once more to hand the Storm only
its second loss of the season in this
4-1 effort.
Coach Steve Cook says his play
ers gave it their best shot.
“Wingham has a very strong team
but you really gotta love the Storm’s
never-say-die attitude."
On Tuesday, June 22 the Storm
played host to the Lucknow Stars.
This game had many scoring
chances by both squads, but
remained netted at 0-0 when the first
half ended. Dobie did a splendid job
in the net for the first half but gave
up the duties for the second half to
Chase Chapman hit the double
for two more runs before the end of
the inning.
Wroxeter was hard on Brussels
pitcher Wedow, tallying seven
more.
They held Brussels scoreless to
hold the sizeable lead.
Brussels crept closer in the third
U-7 Tigers take on Listowel
Brussels U-7 Tigers played
soccer against Listowel 1 on
Tuesday, June 22 at 7 p.m. at the
BMG arena.
The children all had a fun time
playing fast and kicking with all
their might.
Gavin Bowers started off in net
for Brussels and made save after
save. His goalie kick was in great
form. Also Andrew Lindsay and
Herbie Runstedler did a good job
keeping the ball away from
Brussels’ net.
Brendan Stretton was in goal
next with Runstedler earnestly
guarding him. Randy Zwep and
Blake Cardiff were keeping the ball
moving in Listowel’s direction for
Drew Taylor.
The Storm would score first on a
great shot by Blake Hesselwood set
up by Jenna Rinn and Dobie.
However, Lucknow would battle
back to notch one of their own
before the game ended.
Darrell McDougall and William
Fitzgerald assumed coaching duties
for this one.
Working with a somewhat short
ened roster presented a challenge at
times, McDougall said but the play
ers responded well showing great
versatility to play several positions
throughout the game. -
The Storm will travel to Clinton
to meet the Destroyers at 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday, June 29.
when they limited Wroxeter scor
ing to four and scored seven of
their own for a four-run deficit.
Hitting the plate for Brussels
were A. Corbett, Horne, Cory
Chapman, C. Corbett (single, two
RBI), Chase Chapman (single,
RBI), Ropp (single, RBI) and Kef
a long time during their shift.
Robert Cronin had a great throw-
in to his teammate Chris Becker.
He quickly got control of the ball
but unfortunately Brussels still
didn't get on the scoreboard.
Cardiff constantly showed his
tremendous kicking ability as his
cousin Mathew Cardiff kept his eye
on the ball and guarded the net
fearlessly.
Stretton made yet another save
much to Listowel’s dismay.
Elli Schimanski displayed her
agility and ability in passing and
kicking. She never seemed to run
out of energy.
Listowel managed to penetrate
the Tigers defensive line and get
closer to the Brussels net until
Brussels’ secret weapon, Trevor
Wood, was let loose. He quickly
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However, Wroxeter’s lead was
insurmountable as they added three
in the fourth while holding the
home team to one for the 21-15
win.
Cory Chapman earned an RBI
when A. Corbett scored.
gave a fantastic kick and sent the
ball towards Listowel’s goal.
Miles Wiseman, at one point,
gave a powerful kick which
rebounded off a Listowel player.
Vicki Blake was simply amazing
when she took charge of the ball
from a comer kick to the Listowel
end.
At the end of the first half,
Becker scored the first goal of the
game making it 1-0 for the Tigers.
The second half started with
Becker in the Brussels goal.
Listowel gave a great kick but
Stretton once again was in the right
spot at the right time.
The next shift included Brittany
Thiessen, Cameron Schlosser, B.
Cardiff, Schimanski, and Wood.
This group was amazing together
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