Huron Expositor, 2007-07-25, Page 13Sports
• Susan Hundertmark photo
Susan Arts, of the Seaforth Pussy Cat Dolls is safe at third as Pauline McNaughton,
of the Seaforth Stray Cats tries to tag her during women's slo-pitch tournament
action over the weekend at the fifth annual Patriot's toumament.
Local teams compete in
Seaforth slo-pitch tourney
Twelve men's teams and five As who beat the Seaforth Alers 12 -
women's teams . competed over the 11 and the men's C finals were won
weekend in the fifth annual by the Bayfield Oldtimers who beat
Patriots' slo-pitch tournament at the the Goderich Rangers 30-24.
Seaforth Lions Park and Optimist The women's B finals were won by
Park. The Heat from St. Marys who beat
Winners of the Seaforth Pussy Cat Dolls 9.6.
the men's A Organizer Dean Price said the
finals were the tournament was the first time in a
Sea forth while that the women's teams were
Cardinals who invited to play.
beat the Exeter "There are no other women's tour -
24s 18-14. naments around Seaforth except for
Winners of co-ed tournaments," he said.
the women's' A Organizer Tim McNaughton said
finals were the the Patriots hoped to attract eight
Exeter Angels teams but only five registered. He
who beat the said the team will have to decide
Goderich Got 2 whether to continue to invite
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By Susan Hundertmark
The Huron Expositor • July 25, 2007 Page 13
Aaron Jacklin photos
Josh Shea makes a leap on his practice, track at home in Dublin.
Dublin motocross rider
preparing for TransCan
Aaron Jacklin
Dublin's Josh Shea doesn't seem
to like being on the ground.
After riding around his home
motocross practice track for 20
minutes, he brought the bike to a
rest on top of one of the many
jumps.
He was disappointed, but still
smiling.
He'd been hoping to make the
the biggest jump of the practice
track, but the conditions weren't
right. Too much wind, which can
knock him off course.
That's the last thing anyone
wants while flying 75 feet through
the air.
The 15 -year-old motocross rider
will compete in the Walton
TransCan Nationals in mid-
August after coming 12th overall
in qualifying races.
"I race in two classes," says
Shea. "The 85 cc, 12 to 16 and
supermini."
Shea explains that the supermi-
ni class is for ages 7 to 16 with
bikes ranging up to 110 cc.
He competed last year too, com-
ing in 30th out of 42 riders.
Each class has 42 riders and
those riders are the fastest in that
class in Canada.
Shea will be one of 100s of ama-
teur riders at the 16th annual
event this year. Held Aug. 15 to
19, TransCan is billed .as Canada's
largest motocross event.
Riders have to earn their place
at Walton by racing in qualifiers.
"There are four qualifiers in
Ontario," says Shea. "You can
compete in as many as you want.
You get points for every race."
He raced in all four, getting 12th
overall in each class, out of 70.
Shea started riding four years
ago after a friend who'd been rid-
ing for a couple years already -
Tyler Listman of Kinburn - "con-
vinced" him to try. Shea says he
didn't take much convincing.
He's been racing the last three years.
Listman and another friend,
Varna's Nathan Bles, are both
competing at Walton in the same
two classes with Shea.
Another friend, Scott Vande
Borne from Egmondville, will be
competing in three junior classes:
the 125 cc, the 250 cc and the GP.
Shea has a practice track at
home that he tries to use for an
hour and a half to two hours every
day, depending on the weather.
He can't ride safely if it's too
windy or if the track is too dry.
Shea also trains on a bicycle,
riding on the roads.
Before Walton, Shea will com-
pete in one more provincial race in
Grand Bend.