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Page THE HERALD WedlKldy 1990 TO ADVERTISE IN the HERALD CALL 8772201 Sports and I Recreation ROB RISK Herald Sports Editor 1 DOWNTOWN FAX 1 SERVICE I Evenings Saturdays Too ill vounci a Downtown Georgetown 8772761 Rep Baseball Playoffs due to begin soon As the 1990 baseball season winds down for the Georgetown Rep teams the opponents they will be facing in the playoffs are becoming more apparent The Hills Trout Farm Tykes ranked will be travelling to the Exeter tournament on the Labour Day weekend to try their chances The Georgetown Lube Peewee C team begins its first best of three playoff series on Aug 19 against Little Britain or a team from that area that has yet to be announced The ReMax Mike Adams Ban squad ranked D for the playoffs faces in a best of three series and will ad vance to play in Corunna on the Labour Day weekend if they win A date hat yet to be announced for the Glanbrooke series The Lion s Club Midget C team starts its first playoff against An caster during the week of August in a best of three contest The Juvenile team ranked will begin its playoff series against a Windsor area team on Aug a three game series The Limited Junior A team will be playing in a playoff league tournament but a time and place has yet to be an This year Georgetown teams have a home game advantage in the first round of the playoffs meaning that the first game of the best of three series is played on the road while the second and the possible deciding th rd game will be played at home Local baton athlete faces foreign opponents Motorcycle poker run for Muscular Dystrophy The Venture Touring Society Chapter Eight Biampton is hav a motorcycle poker run to raise money for muscular research The motorcycle organization is holding the First Annual Poker Run on Aug 1819 starting at ly s located at Kennedy Road South in Brampton and running to the Kelso Conservation Area in Milton Registration for the event takes place on Aug 18 from 8 a m to noon Motorcycle riders will stop at seven checkpoints along a pre determined route and draw a play ing card the poker game is five card stud which costs a flat fee of for the full hand Arm Us are expected at the Kelso Conservation Area around after which a barbecue presentation and raffle draw will take place Prizes for the raffle include a microwave asher and gas barbecue ration is available for camping at per vehicle and 2 10 per person The barbecue and a pancake breakfast is free to all riders who camp overnight For more information call John Vos ride coordinator at 792 or Barn Watson fundrais ing coordinator for the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada at 2699 A Georgetown teenager is taking part in the International Baton Twirling Championships in Texas this week Deanna Guignard was chosen to represent Canada s alternate team which is com petmg in San Antonio against teams from around the world Guignard has done well in national competition placing second in the junior women s two baton finals in Montreal on the July 27 weekend She also did very well as a member of a team helping another local Andrea Chisholm and several girls from Scar borough win the Grand National in thelwirl also placed second in the solo dance and medley in the rounds at Montreal and was chosen to the Can team based n her performances at other compel lions this year lie not on the first team and the other alternates will be test their skills against other foreigners the open competition which includes solo twobaton and sole and pairs dance The championship marks the first time thai Canada has sent two learns to an international baton competition an indication of the growth of the event which was recently recognized as an official sport by Sport Canada shows some of the fine form she maintains while performing her baton routines Herald photo Hundreds to attend biathlon Georgetown will be hosting one of the last stages of the Nike Biathlon Series on an event expected to draw hundreds of competitors The local leg of the series in volves five kilometer run then a kilometer bike stage and then the family of rhtc might byre been grey over hollo another five kilometer run The run is set to go through the downtown area while the biking will be through some of the rural areas surrounding the town The race set to begin at a at the Fairgrounds has differenct age categones and also includes relay of mixed men and women Two or three people wiil do either the run bike or se cond run rhere will be prizes for all age winners as well as split time winners The winners of the series best five races will be presented at the Mount Nemo race near Carlisle on Sept 23 the last race of the series rhe scries began in Carlisle on April followed by the Waterloo Biathlon on May the London Biathlon on June the Milton Biathlon on June 16 the King City Biathlon on July and the Hardwood Hills Biathlon on ly After Georgetown the series moves to Barrie for Sept and ends in Carlisle on Sept Not all the biathlons in the series are set up the same way The Hardwood Hills Biathlon was an kilometer run followed by a kilometer bike segment while the Mount Nemo Biathlon is a seven kilometer run followed by a kilometer bike The physical pro perties of the course also plays a part in the distance decided upon by the The Waterloo race was particularly demamng one for the competitors because of the lulls that came into play In Hardwood lis the runners tested on instead of pavement for part of the event running on cross country ski trails The to enter the event is which includes I shirts a post race me it and prizes Cost of registering on site and no shirt will be available Anyone wanting more inform it ion on how to register can call Gerry Bruce at ok one of the sponsors at769573