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COMING, IN AND OUT—The mud hole at the motocross'races at Walton on Sunday
cauSed problems for a few riders, but not many. Above, Duane Clarke of Scarborough
(No. 114) churns through the dirt while another unidentified rider and Pete Van Sickle of
Lucknow (No. 792) complete and approach the hole respectively. (Staff Photo)
Riders from across Ontario
race at Walton motocross
*ALTON — A total of 342
riders 'from across Ontario and
Michigan competed in the moto-
cross races held Sunday near
here. The competition was spon-
sored the Maitland Dirt Riders
and sanctioned by the Canadian
Motorcycle Association.
One of the toughest spots in the
demanding course was a deep
mud hole which took its toll of
riders during the afternoon. A
crowd of over 1,000 spectators
attended the event.
Major results of 4 the competi-
tion were as follows with winners
listed in order of merit:
Overall Expert: Allan Logue of
Hamilton, Bill Van Vugt of
London, Seppo Makinen of
Thornhill and David \ Marr of
Straffordville;
Overall winners of two motos
tgory,
receiving Maitiariebrir Rider
taide Wheel School-
boy, Marc Pettit of Burlington{,
Dan Sherk of Sherkston, Stuart
Jambes of Aurora, Peter Weiss of
*Don Mills and Dean Pilkey of
Port Colborne; Small Wheel
Schoolboy, Rob Hodgson of Cam-
bridge, Todd Zahara of Windsor,
Brian Crozier of Don Mills,
Michael Read of Burlington and
Andrew Little of Atwood.
Overall winners for two motos
in the Junior Open competition
received Molson. trophies: Rick
LeBlanc of Hamilton, Harvey
Ginter of South Woodslee,
Corrado Biasi of Aurora, Brian
Jones of Toronto, Rick Dawson of
Toronto and James Currie of
Ingersoll.
Overall winners of two motos in
the senior division received cash"
awards: Con Gibb of Guelph,
Bill Walsh of Streetsville, Dennis
James of Aurora;
Winners in the, final race "for
Junior 125 competition received
Molson trophies: Tim Dawson of
Wheatley', Dan Demerling ,of
Hamilton, Matt Russell of Hamil-
ton, John Bastedo of Burlington,
John Koposovic of Cambridge,
Steve Beaupre of Waterloo; •
Winners •in the final race for
Junior 250 competitors also
,..received Molson trophies:. rRick.
Hudson of Chatham,. Harvey
Ginter of South Woodslee, John
Carters of Newmarket,. Pete
Cioruch of Burlington, John
Johnston of London arid- Paul
Shultis of Rockwood.
Race -organizer Doug Little of
RR 1; Atwood reports there were
140 racers in the Junior 125 class,
79 in the Junior 250,37 in the Open
Junior, 20 in the Senior, seven in
the Expert, 31 in the Schoolboy
Large Wheel and 28 in the School-
,
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MIT HELL BRAUN, 8, of Bristol Terrace was the first to
fini h the Wingham Lions Olympathon Saturday. He came
in, at a faltering run, lust after noon. "I'm tired," he said,
but he was also proud of his accomplishment.
boy Small Wheel.
Among local riders competing
were: Junior 125, Henk Pardys of
Brussels, John Devries of Listo-
wel ; Junior 250, Don Weber of
Atwood, Pete Van Sickle of Luck -
now; Senior, Christopher C. Lee
of Walton; Schoolboy Small
Wheel, Brad Weber of Atwood,
Andrew Little, Richard Little and
Mark Little, all of Atwood, and
Paul Colquhoun of Listowel;
Schoolboy Large Wheel, Jerry
Bremner of Brussels, Brad Burns
of Fergus, Scott Young of Fergus,
Andrew Little of Atwood and
Michael Robinson of Mitchell.
Local twirlers
win trophy
Members of the Canadette
twirling team captured the
Autumn Festival Baton Twirling
Championship on Sunday Mor-
ning in Scarborough.
In order to do so, the girls and
their teacher left at 6 a.m. and
drove through dense fog. They
arrived at the competition just in
time to hear their class being.
anliounced.
By. 9:05. the girls were in
competition and shortly there-
after they were declared the
winners.
The girls competed against two
other teams: In second place
weee the Hanover Hilites, also
taught by Patti Robertson, and in
plaue was a group from
Ottawa'rf. •
teain will be performing
this Wednesday night for a
newly -formed group of twirlers in
Teeswater, also under Patti's
direction.
A week prior- to the competi-
tion, Patti Robertson attended an
annual NBTA twirlers' and
teachers' seminar. and had the
pleasure of meeting and being
taught by Harry Brown of.Akron,
Ohio. Mr. Brown's t -ntpjorette
parade corps are the 1!975 state,
national, international and world
grand champions.
This weekend the Caiadcttes
Majorette a.id nruin Cnrps will
be naradinkt m the Teeswater
Fa)l Fair. The group has also
been booked for the Wingham
Santa Claus Parade.
Newbridge team
takes men's
fastball title
A tight series that could Wave
gone either way finally went in
the Newbridge direction as that
team defeated Gorrie in the
deciding game to win four games
to three to 6ke the Howick-Minto
Recreation Men's Fastball
Championship.
The Newbridge team re-
bounded from a 16-1 pounding in
the sixth game which tied the
series at three games apiece.
They took the four -out -of -seven
series with a 9-7 win in the last
game to capture the title.
The Gorrie Intermediate team
was the defending champ.
Either team played well
enough to take the title according
to Newbridge shortstop Pete Lep-
pard of RR 1, Gowanstown. "It
was a well played tight series,"
he said.
Q`I would like to thank Gorrie on
behalf of Newbridge for a great
battle," he added.
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