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te7flW Week Wednesday June Page Runner named top athlete Ian Clark was named 1979 Kilts Athlete of the Year at a dinner St Georges day night The runners up were figure skaters Kris Bar Kevin Parker Clark received the Hoy a I Bank Trophy from Bill Ward who is manager of the downtown branch in George town The event is sored by he Hilton Kills Herald and Royal Bank All three of finalists have competed internatio nally If they all stay and persist at their res pec live sports should have their best years ahead of them The three athletes are also in the middle or beginning of very strenuous training Clark is hoping he will travel to Vancouver this weekend try and cam a berth on Canada Pan A Games team He hopes to compete in the metres event it the Pin Am Trials To qualify for nils i runner must have recorded a turn within the past year of better minutes and seconds Because Clark has been running as i mem of Georgetown dis high school team throughout the season he Iff raid phot Michael llollell I Athlete builder finalists are honored at dinner There were actually six people honored at Milts Athlete of the Year Dinner held Monday night from the Ihrce who were the finalists for the award winner Ian Clark and runners up Kris Barber and Kevin Parker The Builder Award winner Gerry Perkins and the run up for thai award Jim Kail and Harry Levy were honored Five of the six were at Jim Kail who had jusl returned from Russia had made a previous Georgetown Member of Parliament John Member of the Provincial Julian Heed and Ration Hills Ma or Peter presented let tors personally addressed Perkins and Clark from Mln istcr of Fitness and Sports Steve Propowski Reed actually made three presentations He presented es from the Provincial government both Clark and Perkins and he also gave last year Alhlelc of Ycr Peter a new one name was mis spelled on the plaque he received last year Perkins who aside from being head of local minor hockey referees is umpirein chief of the Georgetown Ind Hockey League rece ived a present from his colle agues In the ions Perkins said he has had great years of officiating In both hockey and fastball I have spent a lot of time in and bill parks during the list years Perkins said The person I should most is wife because have not been able to spend all that much time at home Ills wife was the dinner with had to metres he bettered the qualifying lime last year when he was not nearly runner he is now Clark club coach is hoping to con running the trials to let runner compete despite his not run the event so far Barber and his partner Kelly Johnson travelled up Georgetown from where they are parti in a figure skating clinic is the second year in i row Barber has tri veiled back here from London to be part of ihe ceremonies The pair are for their first in the senior category In Decern of they will be of three Can dance to travel compete in the Soviet Union Parker has just returned from a long overdue holiday in Honda His sister and brother in law treated him lo The skater who will also begin his first full season as a senior this coming live year will now begin train rigorously Later this summer Parker will be i member of the Canadian Figure Skating niijcnt travelling com pete the Coup Ihe Prix Si in France and the Me Trophy competition inGnrmisch West Germany IIIrHINTPRTS The three finalists are from different parts of Hills Clark lives in Barber re sides in Glen Williams and Parker is a of rural one can see from the athletes choosing a winner fr among them was a very difficult chore The commit tee which made final selection was composed of Kircn Harrison Miclnel Brian James Rick John McCauley Ruby Wilkes When il got down those final were 13 athletes nominated for the it became very difficult not lo consider a lie for the award However in a very light vole which was held after long discussion Clark was the w For Barber is second year In row it to final three is no mm in and he too vtrj serious con persun of the IIj who mended the dinner rem rk three guvs could be finalists f r this iwardfnrlht next lOvears aihivcmenlsof all the Ihree over he hive been printed this over couple of months Folio in the highlights from each of athletes seasons MUDS win three eild medals during the an to win one all Ontario champion ship is an exceptional i icvemenl In fall of Clark was i runaway winner in the junior crosscountry nee Tht yejr before he second in the Dennis Stirk In this rite Clirk beat Slirk by yards In tic just recently held Or SSUnekand field Clark showed a great kick to win both the 1 and 3 metre races However Clark s greatest of the year was taking first place at the Canadian junioi try champ and then March going Limerick Ireland to in World championships where ht finished fifth During the past year Clark also set a Canadian Junior on Page This Week High school crowns top athletes page 30 Royalettes are nipped page 31 Acton defaults page Coaches comments on Clark page 32 WayJays win in ninth page 36