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Hound Robin Thai Sunday from around the area will gather at Prospect Park for a rather gruelling event the Acton The race like very few other The Mayor Road Race is a five kilometre run So is btathalon The only dt Terence is that in the Ys Mens event you cycle just aa far as you run It sounds easy You run kilometres ride kilometres run another and ride tbe final While you are doing that your teammate or partner is doing the opposite riding while you re running and running while you ride Entry fee for he event runs at per participant now and begins at Propect Park at 9 am 16 different categories In the Parent and Child class there is a father ton fatherdaughter motherson and mother daughter In the male female and mixed classes there are four groupings with a 12 16 yearold event 17 24 age class to 34yearold division and another for the over The course itself runs the outskirts of town through all Ihe subdividlons with the points at Frederick Street on Acton Boulevard at the School Lane and the Acton Community Centre With tbe race taking place this week it is urgent to get applications In as soon as possible They can be picked up and returned to the Town OH ce If tbe talk at the Mayor Road Race a few weeks ago Is any indication there should be a fair number of participants this time out Several of those over heard talking about tbe event were from Georgetown and they were plana an attending Let a show some old Acton group Could be rather embarrassing if all those people from show up and walk off with all the awards Every Wednesday you may notice a group of young men at Prospect Park umpiring tbe kids ball If you don t know them you never watched the A a Every week four of the young men take off their gloves and put on umpire mask to help the local ball organization calling tbe balls and strikes Maybe It s coach Steve Marshall way of teaching them the rules of the game and what the strike really is Anyway haven seen of theA arguing with the of late Maybe they realize that calling the game lsn always as as it looks Good job guys and good luck In the Canadian lions Thomas take title and gain revenge Bears hotter than the weather For the past couple seasons the Bears have wallowed near Ihe basement of the Acton Industrial Fastball League but the past few weeks they have been hotter than Ihe weather Chalk up two more ctories for the green and gold as they disposed of the Royals in a come from behind win and gained two points when couldn t field a team The Royals avenged the loss to the Bears defeating R J while topped Desmond s All other re ported games were Canadian Tire lasses The Royals topped the Tire team the A took them 1 and Hal ton Hills Furniture took a 202 triumph Ladies edge Georgettes The Acton Ladles dropped a 125 decision to Erin at home June 14 Natalie Russlanl knocked in a pair of runs with a triple for the local side while Teresa Dunn collected with a couple of singles Rhonda Hall and Mardie Phillips shared mound duties in this one In the next night the learn was beaten in Shelley Young hurled five strong Innings for Acton in pitching debut Susan Paulsen brought in Sally Briggs for the lone local score in the game Tbe Ladies went on to down Georgetown Monday evening to get back into the win column The game was played in George town Pitchers Janice Inglis and Phillips shared the victory Phillips and Russian pounded out triples in the victory while Sutie ford and Dunn also had nights at the plate Young took to the mound in the bottom of the seventh inning to get the save for Acton On Tuesday evening tbe squad was beaten by at home Briggs and Young collected Acton RBI In this one Inglis and Young shared the mound In tbe loss Squirts squashed The Acton Squirts dropped an decision to White Thursday Tbe Acton Thomas Video Bantams gained a championship and some revenge this past weekend as they competed with other squads in the annual Fergus tournament The Acton team war tripped up in their opening match falling to Kitchener but rebounding with wins of over i 0 over Hillsburgh and 1 over to claim the series silverware marked revenge for the Thomas squad as the opposition eliminated Acton from the Ontario last season Acton bad trouble getting their bats going in the opening match with Kitchener pick ing up only four hits lone Thomas run came in the fourth inning as Jeff White and Kevin picked up base hits Lob- scored on a David Haynes sacrif giving Acton the lead Kitchener used four hits to claim four runs in the to gain control of the match and the win Theother Acton bits came from Jon Hammer and Randy Mclntyre In the sixth Inning In their second match Acton rallied early against scoring three first inning runs and a couple more In the third on their way to a win Cyril Nibbs Heath Norton and Hammer all reached safely in the opening Inning rounding the bases while Randy Mclntyre and Steve Wagner did the damage In the third Conestoga got their lone run off Acton starter Mclntyre In the fifth inning Lob singer fin shed up the pitching chores hand final six In series semi final action the Thomas bats were existent as they picked up a win over It was a pitchers duel with Hammer winning out firing a two hitter while Hills burgh Colbourn gave up four Tbe lone Acton tally came in the fourth Inning when Hammer helped his own cause leading off with a single and scoring on a base bit by The Thomas squad felt poor batting performance had to be rectified before tbe Sunday final and met at Prospect Park early Sunday for extra batting practise It paid off UpagwstMarkhaminthefinal tbe locals let loose with three runs in the first inning and two more in he second before coasting to win While led the genu off with a walk for Acton scoring as bbs tr pled touched borne on a base hit and reached the plate on a ground out later in the Inning The second inning was just as productive as tripled and Mark Pries singled and scored building the lead to looked as if they might be coming back in the sixth with a solo rutin off Video pitcher Hammer but Acton roared back shutting the door as Wagner and Peter Car gill touched home building the lead to i A triple brought Markham one more run but it enough as Acton cla med the crown The Acton squad Is idle this week in Inter county action awaiting a rematch with league leading Woodstock next Wednesday on the road The Acton Thomas Video Bantams came home from Fergus is Champions this past weekend claiming a I win over Markham for tbe title Member of the squid Include front tor David Kevin Mark Pries Mike Baker Heath Norton middle row coach Fred Hammer Jeff While CyrilMbbs Rogers coach Dour hack row coach Robin I Chris Coooey Randy Steve Wagner Jon Hammer and Mike Cunningham Missing Is Colin Lewis SPORTS Bantam Girls ftrstsacker Jenny McDonald reaches for a throw in tournament action at Prospect Park on Saturday Two tourney titles for Margot Bollert by Paul Nolan For most tennis players winning two different tournaments in the span of a life time would be something worth celebrating However of R 4 Acton recently managed the coup over the course of a single day Saturday Mrs Bollert took the Inter mediate Ladies crown of the Milton Tennis Club s annual event by outlasting a Hilton player in a final that took over two hours in gruelling heat to play Later that day she travelled to the Burlington Racquets Club to take the Jeff Button crossed the plat twice for locals sn gam Scan Coleman Pad Glass Greg Auger Scott scored km rum or Acton Ladles Singles championship there It was the biggest highlight of my career for sure commented Mrs I still can believe it Earlier in the season she took second place in a club tournament at Cobblestone Racquets in Misslssauga She only started playing tennis five or six years ago but since then has taken upgrading lessons throughout the season both indoors and out Mrs credits her first tennis Instructor Don Steel for love of the game as well as wmnlng technique Steel is currently the executive director of Team Canada ac cording to his former pupil When I was younger I played handball from towntotown in Germany recalls Mrs Bollert but never tennis Her husband biggest supporter and five children are all in tbe game one way or another and It is plain to see that this is Important My husband Is Wiling me to goon she explains For now Mrs is content to compete to area dub tournaments but if she keeps winning there maybe no stopping She hopes stamina doesnt wear thin but judging by weekend accomplish meal she shouldnt have to worry Acton teams in tourney finals Both local entries In the weekend annual Minor Baseball G rls tourney made it to their division finals before bowing out to some tough competition The Acton Pee Wee Girls took off In fine fashion winning their opening game over Tammy Barb Dunn Karie Gudgeon Carrie Gallant Linda Bottero Brenda MacMillan and Kim Hagan all scored three runs for Acton In the win Chrlsta recorded a pair of scores and Alex Bev Dunn and Pam De each grabbed single runs In the PeeWee final the home side lost out to Milton Gudgeon and Kim Hachey each crossed the plate a couple of times for Acton in this one while Corkum and MacMillan registered lone runs In the division Consolation contest Omagh got by Glen Williams 17 In the bantam group the Hal ton Hllla nlture and Appliances Girls also made It Ip the championship game The girls squeezed past Glen William White in their opening of tfe weekend Diana Dunn Betty Tufford and all collected three runs in the for the local side Chris Grimes Johnson Diane Hancock and Shelly Mason each grabbed two runs and Cheryl Roberts crossed the platen in the victory The Bantam Girls then met Glen Will fart Green In the final matchup losing 24 Johnson and Dunn both collected four in the loss while Hancock brought In Recording pairs of runs were GrlmeK Tufford Mason and J en kin son In the Bantam Consolation final White defeated Carlisle 1M Squirts split league play fall in exhibition match The Acton Halton Rural Squirt Boys defeated 124 on June 13 in Mike Williams picked up three runs for the locals in the game while Mike Brouwer crossed the plate twice and Shawn Chris Lindsay Paul Sankey David Harrison Greg Smith Troy Winters and Jason Campbell all collected singles On June 16 the squad was beaten 102 by Bramnlea Lindsay and Harrison were the lone Acton runners to cross the plate in this one Dryden and Williams shared mound duties in the loss IN exhibition action at home against Guelph on June 17 Acton dropped a Dryden and Williams picked up the Acton runs In the contest On Friday evening the team couldn hang on to a lead and ended up losing 104 to Glen Williams at home Mike Williams and Sankey scored first frame runs for Acton Williams hurled the full game for the Squirts A toms take 2 of 3 The Acton A B Atoms dropped a decision to Eramosa Tuesday in Acton Acton runs were scored by Matthew Glnn with a pair and Jason Dunn Kenny and Chad with single scores The next night the team travelled to and defeated their hosts 334 Sean Auger Jaffray and Jason Piper alt collected four runs each in the victory Dunn Rowsell Adam Fabian Jonathan Sheldon Stuckl ess Chris Schick and Jeremy Burt each crossed the plate twice for locals and Danny Jennings Jason Crawford Eddie McCormick and Graham Ruse recorded lone runs for Acton Acton continued their run production on Friday when they beat White 12 at home Piper Auger and Dunn alt hadthreenmseach In thewin Schick Ruse Jennings and Burt each crossed twice and Fabian contributed a single run aaktfleWer turn Gseriay left tar a header