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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-06-06, Page 18AFI Anna Sakasov came from behhid in the senior girls' discus throw to win a gold medal at the All -Ontario OFSAA Track and Field meet in. Etobicoke last week! The Madill Secondary School stu- dent faulted out on, her first two throws, and made a 35 -metre hurl: on a standing throw , to make the , top eight. In her last. three ,tries, Anna clinched first place with a 41.56 -metre attempt to win the goJdp.. Discus was the Madill team's . lucky event; Midget girls' finalist mikeY Lynda. Harkness also won her event with a 35.42 --metre threw• .A first -i :..,• year midget athlete and a .consistent Peso thrower, Lynda has the potential to meets, set a new OAA record discus , Ken McDonald 'came in the.corr►htg year tHt taul#s tri}Io Six Wingham aVa, athletes 1n ail to bream the schO to ol made it the.all.Ontario peel. metres with a Wow ; ekre8 ftnY blit diving bort! the top of • the the senior boys' pole vault event.; As Mike was soaring � ut to- the cross bar,� his - pole � suddenly snapped in two, resulting, in a. fast. descent`:by thelumper.wto the mats. below. Not allowing himself to get unnerved, he cleared the next jump on a shorter pole and went on to clear 3,90 metres on a borrowed pole, placing fifth in Ontario. It is a tough challenge even to qualify to compete at the All - Ontario Track and Field meet, and even tougher to win. Qualifying athletes had to place in the top three at the Huron -Perth conference meet to qualify for' the Western Ontario (WOSSA) the,; ; . h_ .a, then in the top five to advance to the regional meet (OFSAA West). At the region- als, they had to place in the top four to advance to the all -Ontario finals. Caroline Versteeg finished a very xn s , . g fi# in +Or+►ta ca l+riiceatd " did sd►iIte ��, as Anna Sakasov" wins all -Ontario gold SEVENTH -PLACE FINT'SH—_Alton_ n„i;® -�- c�f the Madill team was seventh in the 110 -metre hurdles at the recent West Regional Meet at Kitchener. Bailie ran the distance in 15.6 seconds. (Madill Track Photo) kit acrk. $il99 $')A99 or less or Tess for 4 litres for 4 litres SUPER LATEX FLAT FINISH WHITE (260-110) INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR EPDXY ESTER SUPER ENAMEL FOR FLOORS MEDIUM GREY (151`617) $2899 or less for 4 litres SUPER LATEX GLOSS FINISH WHITE (266-110) $2799 or less for 4 litres SUPER ALKYD GLOSS FINISH WHITE (140-110) 162 Josephine Street, W1NGHAM, 357-2002 :L ti X4 1 q,t 4:�. `n� �,'�.� ��if b� i R (k.l' iF���L��hQ. $ VIl IT; $YlesA. '.;',":4400..‘i 1 d ,h LL C. 19 0 Fish, game club joins_ with Wingham Sportsmen The newly -formed fish and wildlife club in Wingham has affili- ated with the Wingham Sports- men's Club. Terry Deyell, a spokesman for the fish and wildlife 'club, says he and his fellow members are pleased to be associated with the Sportsmen's Club, a long-established group. The committee will hold meet- ings at the Sportsmen's Club loca- tion, just outside Wingham. Execu- tive committee members are Richard Elliott Jr., Dale Edgar and Phil Marusaik, Fish and wildlife committee members will meet with represen- tatives of the ministry of natural resources later this month to dis- Prr k...ountry Convenience Wroxeter' 335-3446 Humpty Dumpty Potato Chips Assorted flavors $1:39 Hours: 7 am -8 pm, Mon. -Fri. 8 am-8rn, Saturday 11 am-4pm, Sunday a 1 erLe erwerei1r4'rICr cuss a summer project for the group, such as stream rehabilita- tion. Correction A story in last week's edition of the newspaper about area players picked in the Midget hockey draft, reported that Steve Gibson is a resi- dent of Fordwich. In fact, Gibson is a Wroxeter native. We apologize for any confu- sion this may have caused. Bares defeat Pizza Delight The Shoppers Drug Mart Blue - vale Bares were victorious over another Listowel team recently, downing Pizza Delight 5-1 last Tuesday night. The Bares' strong defense held Pizza Delight off the scoreboard until the sixth inning. Great pitch- ing by Judy Lappage and all-round good fielding, especially by centre - fielder Lisa Henry, contributed to the win. Tracey Nicholson recorded the only run -batted -in for the Bares. The Bares thank their local spon- sors for donating prizes to their lucky draws which will be held at home games. Make it Your Cause Hunt Na on'Dipease .�.�,�.