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AN PST VCTRYAT THE KAWARTA Gerald Robin"son o rono c1 amne LIP with a surpriseý victory ati the awthonS nyin the ninth race.. Driving Rogelan Robie ook hevin in a timie of 2.09.8 which was thew second fastest tmeof the d ay. WVhipper Snapper paced th -;e i :1 .0.4in inigthet, enth. Roigerland paid a nandsome 23.30 o win, $8ý80 and 2.0.pril M Magic and R'aola's MaidfoowdRgrad Gord Iin of OrnoaSo",placed la the winners circle driingJosdal Tia i th fithpacing the mile in 2.13.2. Duncan Herbert and TueColor followed. The fîrs, racýe went to lHarhour Hill, Little Joe Gun and Duke's Llla. Second race to Màac Colby followed by Chasmer Billy and Br-ight Beau, Thir-d!race - TarpotScty Joe Stadt, Randon Chief. Fourth race - Liner Exp)ress, M,,axi Valley, ramnac Argo. Sixthi race - The Liltte Hobo, Long Deals Lad, Mudlily Seventh race Peaches, Piniedale Jean, Mini Valley. Eighth race - Ti-p Cee Chief, Hempsted Stan, j9PGP 0RTS OEONO BANTA'M TEAàMS:VAND PARENTS VISIT LORKRAINE, QUEBCEC The Orono Bantamis along with their parents returned to Lorraine, Quebec after a year's absence and again fouind great hosp,,italîty inv what has become an annual event in the exchangýe of hockeS turam ninthe two centres, Orono, and orie itwa off by bus for thie orono contingent late Friday; afternioon, to arrive in, Lorraine at the Com-munity Centre. 'Phe players were under th& wings qof their young ijusts in individual hlomes wiethe parents seta f ew hours toehr ~\Saturda afeno ttree icock hehockeyactivity ~~ted at thie St. Donatf arena whlere both1 the Orýono E agles ndthe Oronoc Falcons 'were shut out by Scores of 9-0 and 6-0. Follow,ýing supper the action then. moved to St. Agathe where ,lhe thîrd and fourth games were played commiencing at 10.30' and 1.0pm The, Orono Fal' cons in their gamne tied Lorraine at one ail while the Eaglecs where again blanked by a score of 80 The lonie rono goal for the Falcons was scored by Mark Charland with assist to Dnug Hancock andllAuna Farrow.. Robbie Hiili, Allan PlîsselI, Richard Des$auraît, Lou Paquette, Dan Foregt and Alain Trembley were promninent in the Lorr-aine scoring. Activities for the teamis came to an end around 1.00 a.mi. Saturday morniing and the group lef t St. Agathe for 1,orraine. Sunday miorning the contingent from Orono at 11.00 a.n-m. gathered for their trip home which as last year was flot tcibe without incident. Last year the bus broke down and the Xtic to Orono this year met with the same problem and did ~"~tarrive into the Villagre until 2.00 a.m. Monday morning. ' appears that the bus break-down is as much of the trip east a. is the hockey and the social actîvities. ORPONO FIGURE SKATING CLUBS NEWS The followîý,ng sýkaters passed tests on Sunday February 24th, 1974 at the Orono ,rena: PRELIMINARY FlýiURlES:Kath.y Moffat, Karen Quantrfll and Paisley Stutt. DUTCH WVALTZ Vicki Clark, Mary Lowery, Colleeni Moffat, Michelle Phip, Julie Ried, Andrea Wiliamýs, and Heather Sawyer. CANISTA TANGO Karen Quantrill, Christina Storsbergen, Paisley Stutt, and Janice Wood. FIESTA lTAýNGO Michele Major and Wendy Watson. Also on Firday February 22, 19741 ln Newcastle Mr. Craig Tennant passed bis third test figure. Congratulations to a-1. NEWCASTLE TOWN LEAGUEF HOCKEY REPORT AR,ÂTNERS DOWN 01UEENS 5-2 Partners Plumibing settled matters early by takings a 4-1 lead over Queens Hotel la the first two periods of play at Newcastle Arena Sunrday nighit. The pipebenders held conitrol of the play fromn the first whistle. They had no trouble winiding their way through the Queens defence and riflinig twenty seven shots on goalie Rîck Moraz. As this was the third and deciding gamne between the two clubs, the win moves Partners ahead to the finals. Apart fromn a couple of hard drives on net and two goals one by J. Cunningham and one by B. Hazelden it was an off nigbt* for the htelmen. Brian Anderson, one of Partners most valuable players led' the scoring witb a hat trick while teamnmates Hughie LittleI and Bob Stiles each scored singles. each going to Gerry Garnett and Robbie Robinsoïi and a single b y Dean West. The Ail Stars scored two, one by Dennis Budgen and one by Mike MacGregor. CONMENTS Next weeks action wilsee the first of the best of five finals with Partners Plumbing hosting Elmhurst Hotel. The, winner of this serieswill be thec Newcastle Town League Champions. A SPECIAL 'THANK YOU'-A special "Thank You" to Nick and Rea, Van Seggelen, Muarice and Lenore Hickey, Bill and Irene Brandt, Mrs. Farrow, Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Heard, Mrs. Dykeman, Orv and Betty Chatterton, John Moffa t, Maria Opoka, Mrs. Malda.for ail their assistance over the week-end at Lorraine. ORONO TYKES DEFEAT BOWMANVILLE, 4-2. With, ý-Rodney Armstroýng starting lthe gamne with two goals the Orono Tykes were able to defeat Bowmanville 4-2. Randy Tennant and Scott Prescott co-mpleted the scoring the locais while assists went to Jeff Mitchell, Ed King and Bob Hutton. ORONO ATOM FLYERS EDGE ATHLETICS 2-1-The Flyers with goals from Ken Farrow and Bret Johnson took a 2-1 edge over the Athletîcs. The lone Athletic goal came off the stick of Terry Hedges with assist to Alan Webster. NEWCASTLE ATOMS DEFEAT ORONO 3-1-The Newcastle Atomis took a 3-1 win over Orunto with the lone Orono goal by -Kirk Carr with assist to Brute NMacLean. IPlEEWEE HOCKEY-The Orono PeeWee Flyersedged a 1-2 wîin from thie Orono AThletics on Friday. Patrick Willams scored the openiing goal for the Flyers as well as the winner with assists on these two goals going to Paul Reed, Ron. O )N)WEEKiYTIES. EBUAY27th, 1974 - B3am brick and Darreil Zoschlce. Mi chael Caln scored the second goaIlfor the Flyvers wijth an assist to Jo ey Seneco. Kýenny Evains ard VWayneMaIýcLean scored the two AThletic goals with assists to Peter Black, Don Hedges and Steve Haynes. The Orono PeeWee Hornets and the Newcasle PeeWees played to a one-aIl tie on Saturday. The Orono ga cam e from -the stick of Marcel Charland wi th as si st s to Tomr Hollinger and John West., The Orono Midgets suffered a 4-0 defeat over the week-end by a team from Toroato. Aroused over road to new a rena Somne residents ia the Hlam ptoni area near to the site of the new proposed $700,000. arena are objecting to increa- sed traffic over -residential streets, on wbich they live. The 'y also dlaim, la spme incidents, that land value could well drop due to the existence of the arema la the area. The residents state they are not objecting to theý arena but to the use of McCallum Street as' an) acess street to the arena parking lot. Some have: stated that information from individual -council members has beer contradictory. The arena project bas also Comi nd t(er fire from Mr. Keith Sbackleton of the Bow- manville HockeyAssbciation. Shackleton states that the four dressing rooms are not eaough and that this should be iacreased to six. The need is always there he said when tournamnents are .beld with about eight teams participa- ting. He also bas some doubts of some of. the planning aspects of the arena and is reported to have stated that no one consulted them on the arena. k The Ontario Task Force on Off-Tr-ack Betting stated, in its report to the Gcvernment cf Ontario in 1 972, that the objectives of an off-track betting system shoulci be te: * suppress or, at least, reduce illegal bookmaking * provide a service to the public * assist the horse racing industry * previde government revenue The Horse Racing lndustry Committee for Off-Track Betting4 agrees with the Ontario Task Force and believes that a geed systemn of off-track betting weuld: " substantially reduce illegal bookmaking en herse racing " give the public a service that it wants " give Ontario the best theroughbred and standardbred herse racing in the world " bene fit the residents cf Ontario by providing the provincial geverament with millions cf dollars ih additional tax revenue The anneunced pelicy cf the Government cf Ontario is te introduce such an off-track betting system and Ontario has requested the ce-operatien cf the federal government in passing legislation te facilitate the implementatien cf this policy. If you weuld like to see federal legislation passed to permit Ontario to have a properly supervised system cf'off-track betting, please complete the 'coupon which appears below and send it to the Committee at this address:The Horse Racing lndustry Commaittee for Off-Truck Betting, P.O. Box 6750, Station A, Toronto, Ontario M5W 1X5 *The Ccnmmtee consists cf the following persons: Mr. Lesie Ehirlick, Presidenit, Ontoriao Harness Horsemen's Associatlion Mr. Lorry 1-arin, President, Fàrsemnen's Benevolent and Prote( ssociation Mr. Phil Sherwood, President, Canoadian Thoroughbred Horse Society Mr. Aime DesRosiers, Chairman of the Boord, Windsor Raceway Mr. John J. Mooney, President, The Ontario Jockey Club The Comimittee will see that your views atre made known to both the fedleral and provincial gcverniments. -- - - - - MM- - - - mm- ~ 1 woeuld like Ontario to have a properly supervised system of off-trçack betting. From (Name) (Address) NEWCASTLE-ORONO OLDTIMERS DEFEAT NEW'-j CASTLE TOWN LEAGUE ALL-STARS. 1 An exhibition gamne between Newcastle-Orono Old Timers mm mm M m mm mm and the Town League Ail Stars saw the Old Timers show the -- - -- - ail stars what eé4ere'ïxe eari dol fy scorl gÔ gals, a pàkÈ SEND TO: THE HORSE RACING INDUSTRY COMMITTEE I FOR OFF-TRACK BETTING,I P.O. BOX 6750, g STATION Ai,i TORONTO, ONTARIO M5W 1X5 r j's I - -- - - - - - - 1