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Hawks. !rise react to • open training camps I
EXETER - In Tess than a week's time both the Exeter Hawks and the
Lucan Irish will be opening their training camps as the Ontario Hockey
Association Junior Development League is about to begin the 1993-94
season.
After completion of his first full year as both coach -general manager,
George Pratt, Jr. returns behind the bench for another season.
During the summer, the Hawks had some problem finding enough
bodies to fill their executive positions but that has been taken care of
and things are starting out on a very positive note.
• The Hawks open their training camp at the Hensall Arena next
Wednesday night beginning at 9 p.m. They'll go again on Thursday and
the following night, travel to Seaforth to face the Centennaires in an
8:30 p.m. exhibition game start.
Workouts continue on Monday, September 13 and again on Wednes-
day, September 15, both from 9-11 p.m.
Irish start Tuesday: Tuesday in Lucan, Irish coach Ken Needham
starts putting his players through their paces and workouts will continue
throughout the exhibition season.
The Irish are on the ice again on Friday from 8 to 11 p.m. and Satur-
day from 7 to 10 p.m. Their first pre -season contest is September 15
when they host Seaforth.
Of interesting note, Clare Stanley has resigned as president of the club
after 22 -years of service. Defenseman Matt Munro who spent some time
with the hish last year, but mostly with the midget team has signed with
the Junior 'B' Listowel Cyclones.
Hockey notes...Ice will be in the South Huron Recreation Centre and
ready to go by October 4...Lucan Arena will be the site of a Junior -B'
exhibition game between the London Nationals and the St. Marys Lin-
colns on September 8 at 8:15 p.m.
J xeter Hawks nthihition _Games:
• Fri. Sept. 10 •: in Seaforth, 8:30p.m.
Sat. Sept. 18 - vs. Seaforth (in Hensall), 8:30 p.m.
Tues. Sept. 21 - vs. Wellesley (in St. Ctemvnts) 8 pini,
Fri. Sept. 24 - vs.. Wellesley (in Hensall), 8
Lucau Irish Exhibiti Gatnes:
Wed: Sept. 15 - vs. Seafo t 8:15 p.m.
Sun; Sept. 19 -stt o h h p.m.
Wed. Sept. 22 - vs: ;`815 pat.
Fri. Sept: 24 • in Tharnaft#M130 p.m.
Sat. Sept. 25 - vs. Wellesley (in`St `Clements), 7:30 p.m.
Sun, Sept. 26 - vs. Burford, 7:30 p.m.
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Jet ski racing
Nation's top rider rutins
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
GRAND BEND - With the wind
in their faces and water just about
everywhere else - this is jet.skiing.
On Sunday, dozens of racers
roared through the course in Grand
Bend as they prepare for the Grand
Nationals Labour Day weekend in
PortBtuwell.
Among those putting on the wet
suit and doing her thing was 31
year-old Tmcy - erbottgI- who
will defend their number one rankz.,
ing status at the Grand Nationals.
Although she lives in London,
Putherbough couages rim :.Grand
Bend during the summer and
spends a lot of time on her jet ski in
the waters of Lake Huron.
"It's a great location, there's great
pits right here which Archie Gibbs
(owner of the main beach in Grand
Bend) has looked after for us," said
Putherbough between. races on Sun-
day.
A jet ski is a small motorized
boat which has gained in popularity
a great deal over the past few years.
"A lot of the guys are ex -
motocross racers who would rather
come home wet and tired than cov-
ered in mud."
Putherbough, nicknamed The
Terminator' is a member of the
PBOUGH racing team and she has
been spotlighted on TSN.
Sunday's races were the last of a
series of regionals across the prov-
ince and in Port Burwell all racers
will start with zero points meaning
anyone could take over Puther-
bough's Canadia Jet Ski Boating
Association number one ranking in
the women's expert division.
She started in 1989 and since her
first big race in Orillia she has been
dominating the sport.
"We (her and her husband) were
recreational riders and we came to
a race. He enjoyed it and I said 1
didn't want to sit on the beach and
watch."
Dedicated; Putherbough.says the
reason she has became number one
in such a short time is that she takes
it seriously. That includes a lot of
travel and being in the water every
night during the summer.
"A lot of the
::guys are
ex -motocross
racers who
would rather
come home
wet and -tired
than covered
in mud"
At her fust race in Orillia four
years ago, Putherbough crossed the
line fust but while riding it looked
as though she had one knee down
which was not allowed.
"That was my very first race. I
won it, I was very excited and4they
didn't like the style I was riding.
They felt my knee was too low."
But that certainly didn't discou-
rage her and, although this could be
her last year of competitive racing,
Putherbough is looking forward to
heading to Japan in the fall.
Kawasaki, one of the big names
in jet ski racing is celebrating an
anniversary with a special event in
which the top male and female rac-
t rs of each country will take pert.
Putherbough is hoping it's her.
Tracy Putherbough was one
Grand Bend on Sunday. She is
racer in Canada.
"We go to the World Finals in
Las Vegas first and then we go to
Japan with all- the top world rac-
ers."
While the beach in Grand Bend
was quite active on Sunday, Puther-
bough said it wasn't as good a turn-
out as expected. The reason being
many racers had all the points they
wanted before heading to the Grand
Nationals.
P"It's the last race of the year for
the regionals. I think if people
didn't have the points they didn't
care if they raced or not."
Safety is important in jet ski rac-
ing and Putherbotigh explained that
the jet skis are checked to make
sure there is nothing banging off
the bottom and to make sure the
riders have the right helmets and
life jackets on.
"Out on the track you have to
drive safely and they'll black flag
you if there's any radical driving
Starting one of the many races in Grand Bend on Sunday.
of the many jet ski racers in
the number one ranked female
out there. It's a relative safe sport."
And as far as retirement goes, Pu-
therbough said this will be her last
summer.
"I'm one of the older racers on
the circuit, most of them are 21 to
24. I think this will be my last
year.''
a.
Texas experience great
for Andrew Geiger
O
n a farm outside of
Zurich there is a
haven for animals
called Burnside
Stables.
There's cows, Chickens,a
very friendly dog named Max
and lots of horses that reside
.on the Geiger Farm owned
farm.
But for the moment, the spotlight shines on one of the hors-
es, Final Cheque, better known to his owner and friends as
Chequer.
A big, strong, good looking horse, Chequer and his owner -
.rider Andrew Geiger have just retumed from one of the
biggest quarter horse competitions in North America, the
American Junior Quarter Horse Association championships
which was held in Texas.
At 17, Andrew is a veteran rider but this is the biggest event
he has ever been to, as there were over 1,500 competitors
some coming from Mexico and Japan.
When the AJQHA championships concluded on August 14,
Andrew and his family piled back into the family truck, com-
plete with sleeping quarters, and made the 32 -hour trip home.
Andrew brought home with him a seventh in the novice
pole -bending and 13th in barrel racing.
"I didn't have good runs, I was sick before the pole bending
finals."
There were nearly 60 other riders in each of his divisions
and to make it to the final, Andrew had to finish in the top 15
to qualify. He did that in both, but admitted later he was not
overly pleased with the performance of his horse.
"He didn't do as well as he usually does. In the final he was
running strong, he had a better run but he lost time."
The reason Chequer lost time was.that•he.almost ran over
one of the poles which took time off Judie form of a penalty.
Chequer is a strong horse, which, prior coming to the Gei-
ger Farm over three years ago was a race homegoing straight
down the track. That's a big difference from weaving in and
out of barrels and poles.
Quarter horse competitions break down into various catego-
ries. Andrew a member of the Ontario Team is a novice be-
cause he accumulated 10 points in other events such as Quar-
terama and the -All American Quarter Horse Congress.
That's how the long trip to Texas began, with qualifying
competitions and it ended with Chequer being put back into
the ham after many miles under his legs.
Andrew said getting Chequer -across the border and into the
United States was nota problem.
"We had his papers: and,zegistratiorimith him. They didn't
even have to look athim."
The Geigers' hauled a big four -home ler with them and
made stops in.Elmira and Ottawa topiektuptorses from other
Ontario team members.
Once in Texas, each -rider could misiyalde the horse he or
she brought - no stabsditutcs,shisisn't.dtoiaciug.
Chequer had to go thmugh.aar iimpeation of sorts before
each event.
"Before every class they checkediiis groper*4o make sure it
was actually him. Hetslg t► ,
that's how they can tell it's him."
On any given day it would be easy.to pick Chequer out
from the other horses on the Geiger farm. He's just so much
bigger than the others.
But down in Texas, Chequer, one of the youngest horses
competing had the odd horse he had to look up to.
And what's next for this talented horse -rider duo?
They will head to the nearby Westem Fair and later in Octo-
ber it's back to Ohio for the All American Quarter Horse Con-
gress.
Andrew says he's looking forward to going back to the
AJQHA next year.
"I'm going to try again fort year. It will be my last year
as a youth."
The winter will wean more Veining as Burnside Stables is
equipped with a large indoor training arena for.not only Che-
quer but all his friends on the Geiger farm who some day may
be just like Final Cheque.
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