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1 Canada Games
coming to Ontario
Canada's great national
sporting competition, the
Jeux Canada Games, will be
coming to Ontario for the
first time August 9-22 at
Thunder Bay.
The 17 -sport games will
involve more than 3,200
athletes from every province
and territory in Canada.
With 5,000 volunteers —
1,000 coaches and officials in
addition to -the athletes — the
Jeux Canada Games will be
one of the largest amateur
athletic competitions in the
world, second in size only to
the Olympics.
Thunder Bay will realize
the legacy of the games in
very concrete ways: a new,
all-weather 400 -metre track,
tennis courts, upgraded
soccer, rugby and field
hockey fields, bicycle
courses and fitness trails, a
ball diamond and improved
stadium and arena facilities.
The major expenditure of
the games will be the new
Canada Games Complex, an
athletic centrepiece which
includes a 77 -metre Olympic
pool, a warm-up pool
suitable for children once the
games are over, racquet ball
courts and fitness and weight
training rooms.
The volunteers helping to
stage the games will gain
valuable experience, which
should carry over to other
community projects once the
games are finished.
The games are' funded
_,jointly by the federal,
provincial and municipal
governments and the
Friends of the Games, an 85 -
member fundraising com-
mittee in Thunder Bay. The
total expenditure for the
event is expected to be $10.5
million.
The Friends of the Games,
which involves local service
clubs and volunteers, is
expected to raise $3 million,
which will be matched by
Wintario grants. Ontario as
host province will be con-
tributing $1.5 million.
CONCEPTS & GOALS
According to the Canada
Games Council, the official
goal of Jeux Canada Games
is to provide a national
development competition of
high calibre for a maximum
number of athletes from all
provinces and territories.
One of the concepts behind
the Canada Games is similar
to the ideals which
motivated the Olympics. The
ancient Greeks suspended
warfare during the Olympics
and thought of the games as
`a unifying cultural force.
The games council hopes
these games will "help to
strengthen mutual under-
standing among the athletes
and encourage national unity
through sport."
The Canada Games.
Council is responsible for the
philosophy and rules of the
games, and for establishing
the number of officials,
`evaluating the site and
determining the program.
It consists of represen-
tatives from the Fitness and
Amateur Sport Branch of the
federal government, the
Sports Federation of
Canada, national sport
governing bodies and the
Interprovincial Sport and
Recreation Council.
CANADIAN SPORTS
The Jeux Canada Games
will provide an opportunity
to measure the development
of amateur sport, assess the
training methods used by
Canadian athletes and hope-
fully foster an incentive to
improve, according to the
games council.
Besides the athletes
competing in the games
thernspivps thon'ands of
athletes will be involved in
local, regional and
provincial trials.
Another aim of the games,
according to the council, is to
stimulate interest in all
types of sports and to -4n -
crease the number of par-
ticipants, with particular
attention paid to inherently
Canadian sports.
Much of the spirit of the
games is summed up in its
unique oath: "In the name of
all competitors, I pledge that
we will take part in these
games in the true spirit of
sportsmanship, respecting
and abiding by the rules
which govern them, for the
glory of sport and the honor
of our teams."
The pageantry and other
activities associated with the
games, such as dance, music
and theatre, all contribute to
the theme of the Jeux
Canada Games which was
first given voice in Quebec
City during Canada's cen-
tenary: "Unity . through
sport".
Top trotting colts
invade Goderich track
Area harness racing fans
will see the country's best
three-year-old trotters in
action when the Ontario
Sires Stakes visits Goderich
Raceway on Thursday
evening.
Nearly $20,000 in purse
money will be up for grabs in
the Sires Stakes event, which
has been split ' into three
divisions to accomodate the
18 colts that are taking pact.
Each division will go for a
purse of $6,363 and the owner
of the winning horse receives
half of that.
The leaders in numbers of
wins and money earned in
this division, All Candor and
Mayonnaise have drawn in
separate splits and each telt
will be heavily, favored to
continue its win streaks.
All Candor, . a colt owned
by trainer Frank Bisbee and
Jack Beattie of Woodstock
and driven by Terry Kerr,
won his fifth consecutive
Sires Stakes race at
Toronto's Greenwood.. last
week, taking a one -length
decision over Decked, a colt
that faces him again on
Thursday. Timed in 2:03.20,
it was the fastest mile by a
three-year-old colt in the
Sires Stakes campaign this
year and the fastest ever by
All Candor.
The colt has earned $41,970
in six starts, $35,896 of it in
the Sires Stakes. In his lone
defeat this season he finished
second to the world cham-
pion trotting filly Delmegan
on June 6 at Greenwood, a
great effort considering the
colt broke stride briefly after
the start and later in the race
encountered some in-
terference.
Mayonnaise, which like All
Candor drew the rail position
in Thursday's race, is also
looking for his fifth straight
Stakes triumph. Driven by
co-owner Bill Welwood of
Mississauga, Mayonnaise
won in 2:04.20 at Greenwood'
last week, one-fifth of a
second off his best winning
time of the season. He's
earned $46,645 in purses and
was the top money winner
among trotting colts in the
Sires Stakes last year with
earnings of $67,144.
His main rivals 'on
Thursday night appear to be
Watkins Glen, a colt he beat
by half a length last week,
and Buck Stove, which was
third in that same race.
Racing at Goderich on
Thursday night starts at 7:45
p.m.
By Cathy Cruickshank
The Wingham Golf Club
was busy last week
preparing for the annual
invitational tournament held
last Wednesday.
The tournament drew 120
golfers from many areas.
Local participants began
with a shotgun start at 8 a.m.
and visitors from the Sarnia,
Exeter, Oakville, Listowel
and Guelph areas all began
at 1:30 p.m.
Following the completion
of the 18 holes., two players
were tied with. gross scores
of 70 each. lan Doig of
Seaforth and Rick Fifield of
St. Marys played off and Mr.
Fifield parred the first hole
to win the tournament. Mr.
Doig was awarded the
runner-up prize.
First low net went to John
Cox of Wingham who scored
a personal best of 57.
Winners in the four flights
with low gross scores were:
"A" flight, Greg .Core, 71;
"B" flight, Bill Skelding of
Wingham, 75; "C" flight,
Len Arnston, 81; and, "D"
flight, Eric Ross of
Wingham, 89.
First low net winners
were: "A" flight, Dave
McGuffin, 62; "B" flight,
Frank Z ilna. so: "C" flight,
WingStewart'ham; y dham of
Winghalmt;.,63. GQ; and "Do
flight, a)<p: Fryfagle of
A total of 76 prizes were
awarded at the end of the
day. A draw Was made for a
lf bag and TNT golf clubs
vgoalued at. $463.95 and the
winner was Eric Ross of
Bluevale.
The day. was very suc-
cessful and, well -supported
by donations and par-
ticipants from the Wingham
area and by Molsons who
sponsored the event.
The weekly 'Sunday Sin-
ners tournament continued
last week and John Cullen
had the Winning score
sheeting a 35, giving him a
net score of 31.
A new ladies' clinic began
on Tuesday and any ladies in
the area who are interested
in learning the game will
have six weeks of instuction
on the basic skills and
etiquette of golf.
Men's and ladies' match
play began two weeks ago
and will continue for the rest
of the summer. These events
are open to all the club mem-
bers and their handicaps are
used to make everyone's
score competitive.
SCOUTING NEWS
By A. J. Kaufman
On June 30 the Wingham
Scouts left our town and
headed for Toronto Inter-
national Airport. Once we,
got to the airport, everything
went smoothly; we put our
backpacks in the specially
constructed containers and -
waited for our flight. At
Terminal 2 we met the plane
that was to take us to 10 days
of great fun.
Since we got to the jam-
" boree site a day earlier than
most other troops, we had a
day to set up and g t to know
other troops around us.
Already the excitement of
badge -trading had begun.
The first day we went on
the Banff tour. For us, it
wasn't much of a tour, for all
we saw was some of down-
town Banff and then we had
to hike up the mountain to
get to the gondola ride. Once
we got to the top and went on
the ride, it was time to start
walking back down again.
The next day we started on
the activities we had lined
up. Some of, the activities
were: muckabout, where we
got to do an egg toss with
water balloons, a three-way
tug-of-war and many other
fun things like the Indian
Village, where we did an old
Indian water race.
This was one of the events
we really liked. It consisted
of a marked course. We then
got a mouthful' of water. We
then ran ,the course. The one
with the tnostwater, left was.
the winner:
The rodeo'w'as'bur favorite
activity. We goi` to do'all the
things they would do in areal
rodeo. Other eveilts'werer'the
Olympics, Mind 'Bogglers
and Cap Handl, *here we got •
tofeel how it would be if we
were handicapped.
We also got to go to the..
Calgary Stampede. At this
we hada ball. -
Although there were some
drawbacks to the 23,000 boys,
the Wingham Troop had a
great time at the Canadian'}
Jamboree.
Two laeai athlete§ ,
distinguished themselves at.
tine Special Otpies for the
mentally Handicapped held
last weekend weekend1,4 Ottawa.
Ruth Struthers,sit ,Ethel
won gold meddnis In both the
50 -metre and 100-111etre
sprints, a silver medal intim
running long jump and. a
bronze in the softball threw,
competing against girls in.
the 18 to 21 age group.
,Steve Millen of Teaswater
took , a bronze medal in
bowling in the 18 to 29 age •
iattend ° the; Golden
rc!eS+hoolip.Wi lain.
A total of 750 athletes fre;m
04'066:4114t • competed in
the dial Olpics, inr
eltaitag 21 athletes from this
region.
The games opened last
Thursday night with( a
l parade. on Parliament Hill
and speeches by a number of
dignitaries- and wrappedlip
with g ceremony oi1.00644Y.
While in Ottawa, athletes
stayed at Carleton Wnitrer••
city.
Hunters must apps1 to
hunt antlerless deer
Hunters have until mid-
August to submit their ap-
plications to hunt antlerless
deer this fall.
A reminder issued by the
Ministry of Natural
Resources notes that to
obtain an antlerless deer
validation tag, a hunter must
first obtain a resident's or
farmer's licence to hunt
deer, and then apply for the
antlerless permit.
Deer licences and maps
showing the deer hunting
zones will be at hunting
licence issuers by mid-July,
the ministry said.
The application has spaces
for a hunter to select first
and second choices of
hunting zones for antlerless
deer. To be accepted, the
application must be received
by the ministry by August 20.'
A limited number of
validation tags will be issued
for each hunting zone. If the
quota of antlerless tags is
more than the number of
first choice applications in a
zone, all the first -choice
applicants will receive tags •,
and the remaining tags will
be allotted at random by
Hunters who wish to hunt
only during the controlled
shotgun or muzzle -loading
season should not apply for
an antlerless deer tag, but
instead should contact the
appropriate district MNR
office, in late August or early
September to :obtain an
application for the controlled
hunt.
Everyone - selected to
nartininntP in tha nnnW,nlloo_i
hunt automatically ' will be
authorized to hunt antlerless
deer during the controlled
hunt. '
Bowhunters who wish to
hunt antlerless deer in areas
with controlled shotgun or
muzzle -loading firearm sea-
sons must apply through the
centralized computer draw
for an antlerless deer tag.
computer to hunters who
choose the zone as second
choice . and . who are un-
successful on their first
choice.
Only successful applicants
will be notified by receipt of
an antlerless validation 'tag
in the mail by mid-
September:
SPECIAL OLYMPICS WINNER—Ruth Struthers, 18,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Struthers of 'Ethel,
brought home the gold, silver and bronze from the
Canadian National Special .Olympics held in Ottawa.
Ruth won gold medals in the 50m dash and the 100 m
dash, the silver medal in the running long jump and a
bronze medal in softball. She also competed in the
standing long jump. Over 700 athletes participated in
the Special Olympics which took place over'four days.
Ruth, wearing her medals and holding the participa-
-tion medal, stopped in at the newspaper office on her
way home Monday morning. She is a student at the
Golden Circle School in Wingham.
GRETA HARRIS of Harris Stationery welcomed
customers to her store in western style during the
Hoedown weekend.
INVITATIONAL WINNERS—The Wingham Golf and Curling Club
held its annual men's invitational tournament last Wednesday and
among the winners were, in back: Greg Core, Ian Doig, Rick Fi-
field, John Cox; centre: Bill Skelding, Len Arnston, Eric Ross; in
front: George Divok and Bill Hoist. Also in the photograph are Doug
Vance, Molson representative, back centre; Dana Collins, Club pro
and Ross Gibson, tournament organizer, back row, right.
JENNY JONES of Victoria Street, Wingham, dressed
up her toy poodle J.J. for Friday evening's bicycle
parade. J.J. looked right at home 1n Western attire
and rode in the carrier of Jenny's bicycle during the
parade.
GONE FISHING—Young Aaron Henry of Wingham
tjot some help from his father, Bruce at last Friday's
penny carnival held in the Wingham Armouries. Many
children attended the carnival which featured a var-
iety of games with a western theme.
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