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Page 12 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, Septembei 23, 2009
Huron -Kinloss native has earned a third overall provincial title
BY ELYSE
DEWAR
•Kincardine News
Staff
After only two
years of compet-
ing, a seven-year-
old Huron -Kinloss
BMXer has earned
himself a third
overall provincial
title.
Landon Hunter,
son of Mike
Hunter and
Paulette Lippert,
is a Grade 3 stu-
dent at St.
Anthony's School
in Kincardine,
who has found a
new love -
BMXing.
"I like biking
and going fast," he
said. 1
Hunter belongs
to the Saugeen
Shores BMX club
in Port Elgin,
where he races
every Sunday
afternoon. Aside
from these, Hunter
competes in four
Ontario Cup
Competitions in
the eight-year-old
novice division.
His first 'race
was in Chatam,
second in Milton,
third in Port Elgin
and fourth in
Kingston. Once all
his standings were
tallied, his overall
standing was third
in the province.
"1 feel, very
proud of myself,"
said Hunter.
He, along witil
two friends from
St. Anthony's
School, eight-
year-old John
Travale and
seven-year-old
Anthony Travale
all compete
together.
Because both
John and Anthony
have been compet-
ing longer, they
are in the interme-
diate division.
Both boys were
unavailable for
comment because
of their busy
schedules. _
Hunter became
involved in
BMXing because
of his buddy John,
who introduced
him to the sport.
"I knew John
had started
BMXing and I
thought I was
•
pretty fast and I
could do it too,"
said Hunter.
Hunter didn't
compete provin-
cially last year, he
just battled it out
in Port Elgin each
Sunday. He want-
ed to become
more familiar with
his bike first.
He said he now
knows the differ-
ence between a
BMX bike and a
regular street bike.
"Well, the tires
on a BMX bike
are softer; there is
no kick stand, no
reflectors or a
front brake and
it's made of •alu-
minum,". said
Hunter.
He also men-
tioned it's very
important to have
full equipment on
to prevent
injuries, such as 1a
full ,face helmet,
BMX, gloves,
chest protector
and knee pads.
• Although he has
had a .few spills,
Hunter hasn't suf-
fered any major
injuries.
"I wiped out
once or twice, but
it was no big
deal,!' Landon. "I
got right back up
again."
During each
race, riders are
faced with a vari-
ety of obstacles
like jumps, big
hills, berms
(banked turn made
of dirt), step ups,
doubles, triples
and rollers.'
"My favourite
•part are the
rollers. They're .a
bunch of little
bumps all in a
row," he said.
Each summer,
Aunter heads to
camp at the Port
Elgin track, where
he can advance his
BMX skills.
Now that BMX
has come to an
end this season,
Hunter said he's
going to stay
active by playing
minor hockey in
Ripley.
However, he
plans on returning
for.a third year of
•BMXing next
spring.
Photo by Elyse Dewar
Seven-year-old Landon floater of lituron-Kiniels won third over-
...allin the recent BMX Ontario Provincial. --Cup Competition.
Hunter is the son 'of the Mike Hunter and Paulette Uppert and
has only :been riding a BMX for two.ye0:
Black
BlackHorse
mixed seniors on
Sept. 14 was nine
holes team play'
With Net
Stableford scor-
ing.
The first place
team with,.a record
orse mixed seniors results
low of 26 points
was Gladys
Hamilton, Tom
Pegg, Miro Tadla,
and • George
Armstrong. High
individual points
went 'to Hamilton
with 16 points and
Pegg with 23
points.
Longest putt on
numberthree was
Richard Papineau
and Stan Grant on
number seven.
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senior men on
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Sept. 17 was a 747
game with three-
man teams from
the blues. That's
seven .boles on a
scramble, four par
fives on elimina-
tion and seven
holes on best ball
(best score). There
were two teams
tied for first.. Don
Bone, John Wood,
Jim Seip with
Tom Kennedy,
Walter Arnold,
and Glen
Matthews. Now
Richard's way of
deciding it was a
• "chip -off". Chip
to the 18th green
from the club-
house, closest -to -
the -cup wins. Our
fearless leader,
Walter Arnold,
picked his favorite
club and after hit-
ting the ball still
remained in the
ro -.Don:Bone
loft it six feet from
• the cup and won
the big bucks for
his team.
Closest-to-the-
Pip- on the second
shot On number
one was Bone. He,
must have been
revving Up for the
chip -off. Closest -
to -the -pin on
number two was
Kennedy and on
number 13 was
Dave O'Donnell,
Year-end ban-
quet for senior
men and mixed
seniors combined,
will - be Oct. 1,
playing 18, holes
at 1 p.m followed
by; the .banquet.
Please show up by
noon on Oct.l.
.This will allow us
time to organize
the teams. The
consensus for the
banquet dinner is
roast beef for $15,
a.