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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1995-05-24, Page 18PRE ASSEMBLED. Piu -SERVICED. READY TO Go. Try to imagine taking delivery of your brand new lawn tractor ... in a box. Now try to imagine having to assemble this new tractor... all by yourself. It's hard to believe, but some people actually huv outdoor power e1ltlip)Inent...in a box. It's just not White Outdoor Power equipment. White Outdoor Power equipment is pre -assembled, pre-scrvice(I by qualified people who know what they're doing, and, it's ready to leo when you are. No box...no frustrations...and no pieces left over. See your \White Outdoor l'ow'er (sealer today and don't forget to take advantage of his low interest financing,.. as low as 5.9'X O.t\.(;, • Page 18 Times -Advocate, May 24, 1995 SPORTS New racing season off to a flying start EXETER - "Opening day" means different things to different people. To some it means the beginning of the fishing season; to others it is the opening of their favourite golf course. To a small minority it means the start of another season ►f pigeon racing. Nine members of the Lucan Horning Pigeon Society recently shipped 88 pigeons to Georgetown and 59 to Oshawa. The Oshawa birds were released at 9:00 a.m. and Jim Southern, from the Kerwood area, clocked in the winning pigeon at 11:08 a.m. Jim Whitworth, whose loft is located in the Forest Area, timed in the next three pi- geons. Then it was the Lucan flyers who got birds home. Mitch Szczech picked positions five, seven, 11 and 12; Clarence and Norm Hardy were close behind in positions six and nine. The also-rans won't be men- tioned by name. The Georgetown race was won by a pigeon from the Royal Lofts of Clarence and Norm Hardy; they also captured positions three and seven. Mitch Szczech took positions two. eight, and nine. And the new- comer from Kerwood, Jim South- ern, showed that winning the Oshawa race was no fluke: his birds took positions four, five and six in this one. Jim Whitworth squeezed into the tenth, thirteenth and fourteen slots. Jack Hardy's pigeons were a bit slower: they placed eleventh and fifteenth. The Exeter pigeons appeared to have taken a road less -well trav- elled; they were near the bottom of the race sheet. Baseball roundup Exeter 11 Senior Rookie May 8 Exeter (11) Becker Farm Equipment 14 vs. Listowel 7 Pop fly caught by: Daniel Lovie Home run: Sean Ellison Triple: Adam Johns May 13 Exeter (11) 7 at Godench (I) 14 Pop flies caught by: Jordan Darling, An- drew Sedlak (2) Home run: Ellison Triple: Michael Giannandrea • May 15 Exeter (11) 2 at Mitchell (1) 17 Pop flies caught by: Darling, Sedlak, Erik Cozntan. Lovie May 17 Exeter (11) 14 at Mitchell (11) 10 Pop flies caught by: Derek Kelley, Dar- ling (2) Triples: Johns, Lovie Dashwood Peewee May 19 Dashwood t at Lucknow 3 Pitcher: Brayden Lord (5 strikeouts) Top hitter: Brent Morrison (single) May 21 Godench 2 at Dashwood 15 Pitcher: JR Davies (6 strikeouts) Top hitters: Lord. Morrison (3 sin- gles).Brian Harrigan (double). Colin Saud- er, Ben Parsons, Davies (singles) Crediton Girls 5 -pitch May 15 Crediton 13 vs. Hibbert 16 On base twice: Andrea Glavin. Kellye Cruickshank. Stacey Bartlett. Amber Lord, Angie Dearing On base once: Kristen Steeper. Annette Grotentraast, Kaitlin Lachance. Lindsay Muller, Melody Mungar, Meagan O'Rourke Pitchers: Glavin (2 strikeouts). Dearing, Lord (1 strikeout) Stars of the game: Antirea Glavin. Kellye Cruickshank Exeter Bantam 7 May 15 Godench 9 at Exeter Nabisco 14 Pitcher: Chris Murch (5 strikeouts) Top hitters: Steve Farquhar, Trevor Skin- ner. Andy Ellis. Ben Glavin Play of the game: Ben Galvin's inning ending double play got the team out of a jamb. Next game: May 25 Exeter Peewee May 16 Exeter Legion 7 at Dashwood 8 Pitchers: M. Bilinsky (5 stakeouts), J. Revington, M. Seip (9 strikeouts) Next game: May 23 in Exeter C.G. Farm Supply Ltd. Exeter • Express wins first game of the season over Chiefs EXETER - The Exeter Express senior baseball team opened their first game of the season with a clear 12-7 win over the visiting London Chiefs Sunday. The windy weather created some difficulty for Exeter pitchers Scot Russell and Rick Boon. Russell pitched for five innings with five earned runs, four strikeouts and 5 walks. Boon finished off the five remaining innings with two.earned runs, three strikeouts and no walks. The game was close until the eighth inning when Exeter explod- ed for six runs. Dave Russell smacked a solo home run that sent the hall sailing deep right and over the fence in the fifth inning. He also hit a single before the game was out. Exeter had no problems getting some offense from the likes of Dpn Macdonald and Scot Russell who managed to get three singles. Ric Boon and Ron Elliot hit two singles while Mike Agnew, Paul Smith and Mark Russell each chalked up a single. The Express looked sharp consid- ering it was their first game of the season. The team had a total of fif- teen hits and only suffered from one error. The Exeter Express ball club will be holding its slo pitch tournament this weekend, and the following weekend they will participate in the Tillsonburg Tournament. Ross Myatt sits in his rear engine dragster. His best time at the Grand Bend Raceway was 10:59 seconds on a 1/4 mile track at speeds of 126 mph. Motorplex opens on weekend Chris Skalkos T -A staff GRAND BEND - Grand Bend Motorplex officially opened as 200 drivers raced down the track last weekend. The newly constructed N.H.R.A. sanctioned speedway off Highway 21 opened its doors for the first time since the track closed in 1969. Over 2,000 spectators turned out Sunday afternoon to watch drag- sters, streetcars and motorcycles race against each other, and against their own personal best times. According to track manager and drag co-ordinator Kris Bedard, most of the professional drivers were impressed with the new track. "We're going to be the talk of On- tario this week. Some of them couldn't believe what we've done here over the last month," said Bed- ard. The track also features one of the best timing systems in North Amer- ica. The high tech system uses infra red lasers for accurate pinpoint tim- ing. It can measure both the drivers reaction time off a light and the car's reaction time off the line. "It's unbelievable. It can tell you how consistent your timing is and compare it to your vehicle's re- action time," said Bedard. "Now a driver can see if it's him or his ve- hicle that's slow off the light." Bedard, however, is quick to em- phasize that the speedway is not re- stricted to professional drivers. Street racers running a quarter mile at 13.99 seconds or slower are fea- tured in a racing class of their own on Sunday race days. Saturdays are reserved for test and tune days de- signed for learning and practicing. "You don't have to have a big ex- pensive car to race out here," Bed- ard said. Motorplex offers "bracket racing" for people who don't want to race others but would like to test themselves. "Bracket racing makes ttie track accessible to everyone and its most- ly for people who just want to have fun," said Bedard. "We're there to help them improve their response time or to show them how to set-up their cars, and once they build the confidence they can come back to race," he said. When the micro -sprint track is completed next week, it will be open for five different types of rac- ing; and with the new washroom fa- cilities and concession booth in the works, Bedard is looking forward to being a part of the newest and fastest growing speedway in Can- ada. "Last weekend was fantastic for spectators and drivers, and it's only going • to get bigger and better," Bedard said. 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