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roars to Leamington dirt hike victory Jon Cornwoll of Georgetown won the first half of the Canadian National Dirt Track Championship series Sunday at the Leamington Fairgrounds The 19 year old expert who has been honing his skill on the S championship circuit grabbed a bike length lead off the start of the class final and withstood the early lap charges from the 1980 Canadian champ Peter Grant and the S Amateur champ Charles Bowles to maintain hlsf place right to the chequered flag Earlier In the day pushed his Yamaha through the pack after a poor start to finish in a hard won third place end prior to that he had battled throughout the ten lap expert final with Brian Ilardin of Michigan to lake second place Racing in all three classes kept the entire Cornwell pit crew working feverishly or fl long hot hours Georgetown racer takes first half of Canadian championship The Cycle Centre considerably Improved after Its outing at ft repaid the family by running strongly enough to win Jon his heal and put and Hardin half a track length ahead of the rest of the class during the final Cornwell still lacking in top end power managed to hang onto Hardin by out riding him in the corners so that throughout the race the two riders traded leads as they muscled their si ding mounts through the bends Hard could grab the lead on the straights only to have dive under him Into the corner and on the finish line Hard n managed to win by half a bike Much the Cornwell pit activity involved the problem plagued 500 Yamaha The newly installed cam seemed to hove solved Cornwell horsepower problems but the stresses of national level competition have revealed weakness in the frame and cracks in the swing arm had to be welded between each excursion on the track During his final made a poor start second tost Into he first comer but sliced through the pack down the necks Chris Evans and Alan while Chuck Bowles and Martin opened up the lead It took several laps to maneuver Evans and into positions where he could pass them and when he took over third place he Immc- d closed on but quite pass him before the flag dropped Brian Olson of Acton part owner and mechanic of the Yamaha believes he can solve some of the problem before heads west for the second half of the scries During practice Cornwell EUF Racing team Hurley sucked in enough of the limestone dust that makes up the earning ton track surface to bother the Ignition During his heal the motor stuttered and missed causing Cornwoll to run a poor second to Chuck Bowles finely tuned machine Between the heat and final and between the other races he was running Cornwell laboured over he Ignition ing scorching exhaust pipes and cylinder heads to clean and adjust he points The of he pit crew members and anyone unwise enough to come within view found themselves fetching and carrying tools parts tires and wheels cold wet towels and dry rags to mop up he sweat In the end it was all worth It as Cornwell after running a perfect raw smooth and controlled from start to finish rode round the track on his victory la triumphantly waving the checkered flag In victory circle thanked his many sponsors The Inglis Cyd- Centre In London long time friend anil mechanic Brian Bel Ray Canada Lubricants Micro on Champion Spark Plugs and suppliers of his Aral helmet Thanking Jim Robinson of Robin sons Motorcycles In Ont promoters of the days event mentioned how much work and support It took to produce a winning combination As a final touch the organizers provided the winners with nicely chilled bottles of bubbly and the overheated champions promptly treated each other to effervescent showers JON CORNWELL the HERALD THE Wednesday July IS IH1 HARVEYS TIRE CENTRE Moore Park Georgetown 8775110 In plague ladien fastball club Legion split week games It took two weekends to claim the top team In the Halloa Hills Service club tournament in Cerebral Palsy as Park Lincoln emerged he champions last Saturday Seen here are the players front row left to right Paul Walt Dixon Jim Critchell Marly back row left right Stephen Keir Bill Tutt Randy Wayne Held and Ken Mining Frank Vandtrvalk White Adrian Pete and Ryan Wilson Herald photo by Asm Park Lincoln grabs benefit ball tourney Park Lincoln emerged the champ of the Helton Hills slow pitch cerebral palsy tournament which concluded its activities last Saturday late In the after The tournament started the week before but was rained out on Sunday and thus was postponed until the July 11 date In round three of the tourney the Kinsmen re- fighters Newfoundland Club Park Lincoln Car Club Royal Proa and Lions Club were left to spar for the winning trophy In the morning the Kins men blasted past the Firefighters with a score to take the first game at the Fairgrounds on day Newfoundland Club followed by walloping the Jaycees while Park Lincoln demolished the Car Club At 10 the Lions Club took to the field and roared to a victory over Royal Pitta The Lions then met a strong Kinsmen team and were edged out and thus were eliminated from further play Park Lincoln fought well against the Firefighters to emerge as the w The Kinsmen played against the Newfoundland Club at 12 noon and were edged out by their opponents 12 11 In the semi finals the New Club found themselves in trouble against Park Lincoln as they went down to defeat 103 The finals saw Kinsmen play Park lincota to a standstill until Park Lincoln emerged the champions of the tournament alter extra Innings Peter Warton was awarded the MVP trophy for the which was donated by Barrager Cleaners Georgetown Legion can seem to shake the injury jinx which has followed hem from game to game for the past month but spirits are high on the Intermediate fastball girls team says coach Ted Wilkes When veteran pitcher Barb Curry was injured after a line drive hit her throwing hand at full force last Wednesday night Michelle Mlehm came in and pitched for the even though had started the previous night under humid conditions Although delta tad day by Oshawa IMtheteam never quit says Wilkes Barb Curry was hit In the first Inning from a line drive coach Wilkes says he never seen come to hard or fast from home plate Barb will be out for a couple of games with a bruised hand and she should be back In plenty of time for the Ontario Inter mediate finals in George town August 14 The club bad at first thought Curry had broken her throwing hand The game against Oshawa was the first time the team has had a full roster for weeks after injuries had kept third baseman Monica Pollock Infected legs caused from sliding In the Infield and Jennifer Linton who sprained her ankle some weeks ago Becky wont be playing this week as she was hit on the end of her finger on her throwing hand The club is hoping she will be back for the Ontario Regional finals to be held In Stouffvllle starting July Cedar Hill id 13 When the set their mind to a comeback they do it In an allout determined fashion as when they bounced back from a IN deficit in the first inning against Cedar Hill to eventually win 1310 The Legion girls were bombed with seven hits while two runs were caused by defensive errors Michelle Miehm started as pitcher then Barb Curry came in for the during the rest of the first Inning but Michelle continued to pitch again once the second Inning began The slowly began to come out of their slump as they scored one run in the third Inning in the fourth and four runtln the fifth inning Cedar Hill got one more run In the fifth Inning to make the score 104 for Cedar Hill The Legion girls started to rally In the top of the seventh Inning they blasted seven runs the Cedar Hill girls Barb Curry came back Into he game pitcher In the bottom of the seventh and after walking one baiter to load the bases she struck out the next one and a pop fly caught the remaining hatter to retire Cedar Hill for the night Becky was the top hitler of the night for the connecting for while Janet MacKay and Joey Bennett hit twice while at bat The will be playing Elm vale Friday July 24 to begin their climb towards a lop position in the Ontario Intermediate girls fastball regional champion ships There will be other region si tournaments playing the same week in London and Kingston to determine who he top nine or ten teams will be hat can attend the Ontario finals to be hosted In Georgetown August 14 The Injury plagued Georgetown Legion Royalettes added another casualty their list last Wednesday when Barb Curry seen above bruised her d It was first thought thsl Curry had broken her hand the talented veteran pitcher was hit by a line drive Nevertheless Barb and her teammates should be icady for the regional Baals July Herald photo in brief Stingers defeat Last Friday evening the Georgetown Stingers midget girls fastball team narrowly defeated Lowville at the Glen Williams field Atone time the Stingers were leading 51 but a strong surge by tied the score at and the team actually fell behind 65 when Lowville scored another run However Georgetown came through in the bottom of the seventh inning and scored two runs Coach Brian James said the team had the determination to go out and win the game after a currant string of losses had hampered the Stingers play Scoring for the Stingers were Denean denes 1 Karen Penney Julie Sandra Marcinluk and Cindy who scored the winning run Cindy was one of the hitting stars of the game as hit for 4 during the night Julie was for 3 plus a tworun homer Donna Sedore was for and she drove in the winning run at the bottom of the seventh Inning Donna was also the winning pitcher Standings for he league as of last Friday are Georgetown IS S Hornby ID l 3 17 Acton I a Falcons downed by Malton The Georgetown Senior Falcons travelled to Malton July for a game against Black Bermuda and came away slighted 3 1 Coach Stu Bobbins called the game probably the poorest game We played all season After the first half the Falcons were Ilea with he squad However the coach game plan of working on the open spaces when the boys had possession broke down said that when Malton had the ball Georgetown moved away but when Georgetown had the ball in tlie second half they didn utilize the open spaces In the second half we didnt deserve to win said half of play to give the Georgetown team an early lead Then Malton tied the score with about 10 minutes left In the half In the second half Malton scored 15 minutes Into the half and then again on a penalty shot Georgetown Ian Clark says be disappoin ted his of California Bear team t reach the college finals However Clark had a good a fresh for the team and he a looking forward to an even better season this Herald photo Local track champ recalls year on the hoof Georgetown Ian Clark our homebrew nationally ranked crosscountry runner and University of California team member has returned home for the summer altera brief trip to England with his of teammates Clark returned to Georgetown last month after completing his first year of Hes d that he and his live California Bear teammates didn reach the goal they far themselves last September that or placing within the top three schools In the 10 The crosscountry Pacific 10 or 10 a as they are called Is the race in which ten schools from the West coast in California and Arizona compete to see which top Ihree schools can go on he represent the region in the nationals Clark said his team was doing well until the 10 s ami they had even beat the loth and 17th ranked teams in the during the regular season Is not listed in the national rankings On the whole our goals were to go to the nationals It put pressure on us but it comes right down to it that we just come through Clark says GOOD FORTUNE However the season was marked by some good fortune for Clark and his teammates throughout the crosscountry season Ian completed the Stanford Invitational race In a time that was better than the top rookie freshman from last Clark finished second at the University of California Invitational break Ing the school record by seconds But the hoped for icing on the racing cake for the of Cal crosscountry learn was to attain third place at the so that they might compete at the national crosscountry championships In Wichita in November Clark team finished fifth out or the 10 teams was particularly disappointing Clark says the team should have Mayors Roadrace winners beaten Stanford and Oregon Ian had some trouble himself in that particular race having to because of what was later diagnosed as a stress fracture in his left leg and a muscle tear In his calf Meanwhile back at school Clark concentrated on his studies during the Winter and Spring terms taking general courses In sciences math and sociology He says he likes he Berkley campus and his processors In the University which has 30 students Clark says there are a lot of pretty weird people He says the people are more liberal than he used to seeing and protests about Ronald Reagan and on nuke demonstrate is are common Clark is living at home in Georgetown for the summer and is now working with Stationery in town Although he a member of the Scarborough Optimist track club Ian will do most of his running on his own time and he won be competing for the club In any races this summer Clark was on the Canadian national team in and 1979 In 1979 Ian finished fifth in the World Junior crosacountry championships Smith Mclntyre head for Canada Games Two of Georgetown long d stance runners are on their way to the Canada games to be held August 10 after they qualified at the Ontario trials in Ottawa last week Doug Smith and Bruce Mclntyre two well known track names In Georgetown have been selected to the Ontario team Bruce who competed for Georgia Tech last year on an athletic scholarship came second In the 10 metre run In Ottawa Doug Smith won the metre event and finished first ahead of a runner who had beaten him at the Provincial track finals last May Smith won the km run at the Mayor race this year while Mclntyre won the 11 km run In record time The Canada games to be held in Thunder Bay featur some of Ihe best young athletes from across Canada The games ore open for male and female athletes years old and younger The games are of partlcu Interest to who was originally from Thunder Bay but has lived George town for is years It should be a real homecoming for the BRUCE McINTYRE local track star Mclntyre feels the hardest part of Summer games was making the Ontario trials He a been competing for the Scarborough Opt mists for six years and two years ago he won the Ontario Junior 000 metre at the provincial high school championships Bruce is recently home from hla studies and track activities at Georgia Tech where he had a very success ful season for the University track team finished fourth La the State University cross country finals last fall and came In first the State metre run this put spring Last March finished first at the Florida Relays In the metre event Doug Smith won his metre event at the two day Ottawa trials lost week by of a second over his arch rival Mark finished first at to high provincial champion- ships OFSAA while Smith came In at fourth spot