HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2004-08-04, Page 1212 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Aug. 4, 2004
Sports
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Batter up!
Seaforth Senior Mites player Jacob McClure (left) takes a big swing from a pitch from Dustin Clarke, 9, during a game at the Optimist Park, Thursday So far this season, the Mites have not lost a
game.
Organizers revved up for the 13th annual Walton TransCan
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
The 13th annual Walton
TransCan, host of the
Canadian Amateur National
Championship and the Pro
National Championships from
Aug. 11 to 15, is expecting
over 22,000 spectators to
watch the almost full slate of
962 participants from all over
North America.
"This year, over 50 per cent
of the riders are from outside
Ontario. The event iN growing
and everyone wants to come
to Walton," says events
coordinator Larry Dalrymple.
So far, registration is almost
full with 898 entries and
Dalrymple says waiting lists
are being made for riders who
want to compete in full events
and arc hoping for last minute
openings.
"1 think we're going to max
out this year for the first
time," he says.
"Pro and amateur riders
have been travelling across
Canada for the past two
months. attending and racing
the scheduled events which
will lead up to the Grand
National Championships.
where the top riders in
Canada will race to claim
their title, here in Walton,"
says the Walton TransCan's
recent press release.
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Dalrymple says Walton is
helping to increase the profile
of the sport of motocross.
"We think we're helping
the sport grow. We're helping
to make it happen by bringing
the sport to the fans," he says.
"Everyone in the sport asks.
'Arc you going to Walton?"'
This year, more women arc
competing than ever before in
Walton with a full ladies'
class of 39 riders, compared
to the 21 entries last year.
"That's a first for any track
in Canada. There arc either
more women competing in
the sport this year or the
women motocross riders arc
travelling farther than before
to compete." says Dalrymple..
And. more tourists. from
across Canada and the U.S.
are dropping by the Walton
motocross track. just to see
for .themselves the track
they've watched on
television.
"A guy from San Diego
came by while he was on his
holidays just to walk the track
he'd seen on TV," says
Dalryrnpttc.
New this year are freestyle
stunt riders from the Coors
Lite Trauma Tour, performing
"crazy stunts nobody should
try at home," including stunts
like the Superman ( where the
rider tries to fly like a
superhero). the Can Can
(where the rider pulls away
from his hike in mid-air to do
can -can kicks) and Fender
Grabs (where the rider lets go
of the bike and gets pulled
through the air by the fender).
While freestyle stunt riders
performed last year, this year
Walton is one stop of a
national tour by the Coors
Lite Trauma Tour.
Also new this year is a
Moto Playground that
replaces the mini track for
young riders with a new track
in the centre of the national
track.
The playground will be the
site for the freestyle show,
demo rides. a skateboarding
show and the track for riders,
aged five to eight, to compete.
Other events offered at the
event are Camp Splatoon, a
paintball park and shooting
range, helicopter rides and
live entertainment by Huron
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