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Times-Advocate, 1982-05-26, Page 11Rides production model Motocross champ to make, appearance Canadian motocross cham- pion Ross Pederson will be competing in the Suzuki Challenge race at Hully Gul- ly, Sunday. Pederson, a two time Cana- yuunulnuunuuuuuultnunitnuu! ADAMS Heating & Cooling _• Heating Systems of All Types INSTAILED. MODERNIZED and MAINTAINED • General Sheet Metal Work _• Air Conditioning • Humidifiers • Ventilation' 235-2187 E 133 Huron St., East. Exeter imatatIlatutatIdnnnnnllrrrnnlr:- dian champion in the 250 cc and open classes, is a member of Team Suzuki and is the first Canadian rider to sign a contract to become a salaried motocross motorcy- cle racer. At a press reception Mon- day, Pederson explained that he now races on a production model Suzuki motocross bike. Best Interest * 173/4% represent many Trust Companies. 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Auto Rund Exeter 235-1100 If other lenders are giving you the run-around, k come straight \\ti to us. See us at The Devon Building, Exeter, Ontario REPRESENTATIVE: Rob Swim ON: The 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each Month (Next Visit Date): June 1 We're FBDB, and our mandate is to support and encourage businesses in expansion and development. We offer financing, counselling, management training, phis information on government assistance • programs for business. So come see us. FEDERAL BUSINESS BANQUE FeDERALE DEVELOPMENT BANK DE Dt`-VELOPPEMENT Your success is our only business: For an appointment for further infor- mation on the Bank's services call 271- 5650 (collect) or write 1036 Ontario St., Stratford, Ontario . Cal 40 The sponsor, he said, feels ing motorcycles, is not a good riders) of 16. that younger riders believe if name or helpful to the sport He says he learns the champion rides a "factory Pederson said. It is the Suzuki something each time he races bike" it is because of the ex- press releases which reminds and now teaches 15 year olds i pensive custom features of' fans of the name, however. who have ridden motocross the bike. His winning on a "When you tell people you bikes longer than he has. standard model shows that race motorcycles," Pederson `Pederson attributes his suc- the Suzuki bike is a winner cess to greater maturity when starting out and determination. "If I ever did anything, I worked harder at it than anybody else," Pederson said. From Alberta, Pederson lived in Medicine Hat. He played hockey and baseball when younger and was usual- - ly good at the sports. When the family moved to Calgary, other boys his age were racing motorcycles in a nearby gravel pit. He admit- ted that at 15 he was rather tired of hockey. anyway. Pederson races mostly in Ontario and Quebec now. He said he feels competition is r at Hully Gully, Sunda keener in Quebec, but with the Canadian championship under his belt he is now aim - ng for a North American title. Pederson said he thinks the U.S. riders are the best. He noted the sport began in Europe, moved to the United too. The 21 year old racer ad- mitted that he had ridden four different brands and won on eat:h. He rode for a Kawasaki team last year, but says that. the variety of bikes he has riddenconfirmshisbeliefs that 80 percent of the sport is the skill of the rider. He also said Suzuki wasn't too pleased with his nickname. Pederson was dubbed "Rollerball" after a few mix-ups in his early races. He said other racers fell, while he managed to stay up and racing. The name, from a violent futuristic -sports film involv- said, "they think you're in Hell's Angels. " He said this attitude was prevalent with people who know little about motocross racing. He added that the ap- parent dangers of the sport discourage parents from let- ting their children compete. Pederson said there was greater chance of being hurt in a football or hockey game than in motorcycle racing. On a bike it is the riderwho trots the speed and course he runs. Pederson pointed out there was no control when a 300 pound linebacker is trying to crush you. Pederson began racing at the late age (for motocross !tx TIPS FROM NO. 1 — Canadian motorcross champion Ross "Rollerball" Pederson took a few practice laps around the track at Hully . Gully near Varna, Tuesday. He is flanked by Randy Ford of Grand Bend (809) and Chuck Collins of Varna (191). The No. 1 plateholder will be participating in the Suzuki Pro Challenge at HuIIy Gully, Sunday. Ban tam to u rn e So turda y The "Terry Fox Memorial" will be hosting the "Exeter squeaker to the Clinton Colts, pee wee baseball tournament Bantam Baseball Towne- Thursday night they came up that was scheduledfor the ment for Cerebal Palsy". short again by a 6-4 count to weekend was rained out and The.first round starting Satur- the Thorndale Angels And is reschediued for the day morning has Exeter vs Monday in Byron the Co-op weekend of June 19 and 20. Tillsonburg, S.W. London vs Juniors committed seven er- This weekend the Exeter Corunna, South London vs roe and ooile_edonb,tivehits Minor Baseball Association Blenheim, Wheatley vs in an 8,2 waft cause, to the Dashwood, Tecumseh vs -Byrn Jam. Colonials Merritown, Kingsville vs Kevin - =out three Ajax. to Tuesday the Exeter Gregus lead the telt i bitting with 0 junveniles travelled to Arva a .47,haw= average without all the regulars for Thursday &Bader Tykes The Grand Bend Colonials the starting lineup, and then meted the anion Tyke.and scored a 3-2 victory over St. with the help of 12 errors and were handed a stunning 17-4 Thomas in London and a lack of timely hitting, were ,setback district soccer play this week. handed a 18-4 loss by the Ar- This week she Tvki. all Scoring one goal each for va juveniles. Greg Hern, up stare hast tiles/lona-Tykes the Colonials were Pete from the midgets led at the at 6:30 p.m., T1airaday. Backx, Dave Nolan and Nick plate with a two run homer The Exeter Legion pee Vandenberk. and two singles. wees travelled to Dashwood The Colonials will meet Wednesday the Exeter Co- Tuesday night and play host Woodstock Sunday at 2 p.m. op juniors dropped, a 6.5 to CTnton next Thursday at 7 at the Grand Bend soccerp m There is need for addi- field. tional coaches at this In other action this Burton wins please phone Verna Russell at weekend, the Grand Bend en- Helen Burton recorded the 235-2285 if interested. try in the Ausable soccer low score in Tuesday's Sunday the Exeter Gregus league played a 1-1 tie with - regular ladies competition at Juveniles travel to Norfolk for Sarnia Donite. Bill Mennen the Exeter Golf and Country a double header starting at 1 was the lone marksman for Club. p.m. Grand Bend. Eileen Rannie won the hid- Last night (Wedesday) the The resort club will be back den hole prize, Margaret Exeter, Co-op juniors plaed in action on their home field Wein was the most honest London Servicemaster and Sunday at 4 p.m. • with the golfer and Betty Coates need- their next action sees them Latins supplying the ed the fewest number of putts travelling next Wednesday to opposition. . to complete her'round. Arva, to play the Athletics. win 3-2 Lucan soccer gets started Girls soccer teams from Lucan got off to a flying start this week in the Girls Inter - Regional Girls Soccer with four wins and a tie this week. The mosquitos scored two victories as they blanked the Oakridge Whitecaps 4-0 and the Oakridge Drillers 2-0. In the two wins, Kelly Van Kerkoerle scored three goals, Lisa De Boer booted two scores and Sherrie Smith add- ed a single goal. Tabatha Froats and Michelle Flood were in goal to gain the first shutout and Shelley Pfaff and Michelle Flood combined for the second. Shona Craig scored the on- ly Lucan goal for Lucan in a 1-1 tie with Stoneybrook in the atom division. In the pee wee category Lisa Van Geel and Diane Watt scored one goal each to lead Lucan to a 2-1 win over Stoneybrook. Katherine Devlaeminck scored two goals and Debbie Manders added a single score as the Lucan bantams blank- ed the Oakridge Reps 3-0. Darlene 'every'gained the shutout. Lucan teams in the London anddistrict youth soccer league broke even this week. The bantams downed Southwest London 6-3 while' the pee wees lost 6-0 to St. Thomas. Brent' Martin and Mike Pratt scored two goals apiece to lead the bantams over Lon- don. Scoring in single fashion were Lester Dewan and Jay Hayden. States and then to Canada. • better than anyone ever The U.S. has about 10 times as thought a Canadian could in many racers as Canada does. international competition." He discounted the theory that California and Florida competitors have an edge in being able to practice their sport year-round. He pointed out that European riders have the same problems Cana- dians have and that a lot of the top riders began in Europe. He noted that "motocross in Europe, is as big as baseball or hockey in Canada". Pederson said the sport was growing in Canada' and the supercross races held in stadiums are helping bring the sport to the people. Fans like the indoor tracks better because they are able to see the whole track and watch a competitor through a complete lap. Many fans also do not like the often long drive out to the country to see races on natural course. Pederson's contract with Suzuki is said to be in excess of $75,000. Pederson will be the featured rider in the race held Sunday at Hully Gully near Varna. • Randy Collins of the Varna track said Pederson, "will do Anderson top shooter John Anderson hit 25 targets to win Tuesday's regular weekly competition at the Kippen gun club. Next in line with scores of 24 each were Paul Mahaffey, Jack Mills and Dan Crerar while Bob Caldwell, Glen Mogk, Bill Smith and Terry Caldwell scored 23's. Completing the scoring were Lloyd Venner and Jim Darling 22, Mery Batkin 21, Grant_ McGregor and Bill Cochrane 20, Paul Middleton 19, Gladys McGregor 18 and Bob Baker and Harrison Schoch 17. Greys win twice in ladies fastball The Exeter Greys have won two of their first three games in the early season of the district ladies fastball league. The Greys started off on the wrong„ foot as they were. thumped 15-3 by Mitchell. They came right back to blank Thorndale 33-0 and score a 12-7 victory over Fullerton. Bantams underway The Exeter girls bantam softball team got under way Tuesday, with ap exhibition game between the Exeter 'A' team coached by Marie Tiernan and the Exeter 'B' team coached by Cy Blornmaert. The first game of the season proved to be a thriller with the score ending' in a 14-14 tie at the end of seven innings. The regular season started Tuesday, May 25 In upcoming play, . the Greys willbe in Cromarty Monday night and back home on the Exeter diamond the following night to play host to Mount Carmel In all three games to date, Exeter pitching chores have been shared by Lia Snell and Patti Down. The latter was with the champion Milverton juniors last year. . In the romp over Thorndale Lia Snell led the Greys at the plate•with a home run and four singles. Chipping in with two hits apiece were Patti Down, Elaine Gould, Bonnie Westlake, Patti. Shapton and Donna Glanville. The tat- ter's second hit was a home run. Janice Brock and Lia Snell each scored three runs in the 12-7 win over Fullarton while Brenda Pinder crossed the plate twice and Paula Sereda. Julie Ann MacLean and Pat- ti Down each scored the plate on one occasion • • -, . The weekend event will be capped with the Suzuki Pro, Challenge race Sunday after- noon. The riders will be co n- peting for $5,000 in prfte money. Practise races will be held, earlier on Sunday and 125 cc class racing will be held Saturday. May 26, 1982 Page 11 Kirkton girls lose first tilt The Kirkton midget girls fastball team started their season Thursday night with a 4-3 loss to Woodstock on Woodstock's home ground. Kirkton out hit Woodstock eight to one but also gave up three walks and three hit batters. Val Stephen and Deb Lind- say each had two singles for Kirkton. Patti Willis hit a dou-; ble in the seventh but with two out, was unable to score. Allison Brown, Cindy Down and Shelly Wegg added singles. Kirkton made five er- rors to Woodstock's four in the closely contested game. Returning to the team from last year are Patti Willis, Cin- dy Down, Cheryl Cann, Barb. Skinner, Val Stephen, Deb Lindsay, Laurie Simpson, Leslie Hunter-Duvar, Allison Brown, Brenda Bell and Cor- inne Weernink. Newcomers are Shelly Wegg, Theresa Johnson and Jackie Cottrell. The team_plays their home games Thursday night at 9 p.m. with a couple of Tuesday night games. Their first tour- nament comes June 12 in the London fastball tournament. Hully Gully ,race results The second* round of the Spring Qualifier Series was held May 1.6 at Hully Gully. Over 200 riders competed for trophies and points to qualify for _ the Michigan/Ontario Challenge to be held on September 6, 1982 at Hully Gully. Results are as follows: School Boy 80 A - Kevin Moore Sudbury, Scott Wilson London and Mark Davies Wnitby. School Boy 100 - Chris Beau- mont Chatham, Darryl Simp- son Exeter. Darryl Bosmans Harley. A.T.V. - Murray Royce Georgetown, Allan McRonald Hanover, Norm Caetano London. 250 Junior - Scott Hepburn St. Thomas. Marc Michael Niagara Falls, • Brad Bezzo Simcoe. School Boy 80 B : Art Dilkes London, Joel Hetherington London, Corey Stoll Scarborough. Experimental 100 - Dwaine Genton Chatham, Mark Allen London. 125 Junior Sean Van- Dongen Clinton. 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