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I 1 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, AUGUST23,2000 PAGE 15 Newcastle native Todd Yarrow has qualified for Canadian finals Long drive golfer on par to win big money BY BRAD KELLY Sports Editor That old professional golfing adage 'Drive for show and pull for dough' isn't necessarily true anymore. Willi longest drive competitions competitions becoming more popular among the long ball hitlers, some golfers arc teeing it up in hopes of winning events that offer cash prizes. One of the players hoping to cash in on his ability to send a golf ball over 300 yards off the tee is Newcastle native Todd Yarrow. In his most recent competition competition held this past weekend in Oshawa, he qualified for the Canadian Canadian championships to be held later this month. His drive of 345 yards was the best among the field of entries. "Swing speed," was the answer answer when asked the key to hilling hilling the ball so far. "You got to have swing speed to hit it that far," he says, adding that his height of 6-foot-6 also helps. Admitting that hockey and baseball were his sports of choice until about five years ago, he was introduced to golf after getting a job at Dalewood Golf Course in Port Hope. "I could golf for free so I picked up a set of clubs for $100 and I haven't turned back. Now I'm addicted" to the game, laughs the 30-year-old. His introduction into long drive competitions came innocently innocently enough. Hitting balls over 300 yards that sailed out of the driving range and into a farmer's field in Cobourg during a long drive competition last fall started him on his way. "Six guys waiting their turn left," says the graduate of Clarke High School. "One of them asked me if I was one of those long drive guys. I didn't know much about it." To better understand just how far Yarrow can hit a golf ball, those who have golfed at the Newcastle Golf Course can appreciate appreciate that he has driven the ninth green, driven the tenth green with a 3-wood, hit it over the creek on 11, and driven the 15th and 16th greens. The 10-handicappcr says that he hits "a large bucket of balls every day, sometimes two or three" to maintain his distance When it comes to watching her family play lacrosse, Sarah Mahoney is much more than an interested bystander. While the Ajax resident enjoys enjoys watching her husband and seven-year-old son play box lacrosse, Mahoney also enjoys picking up the stick and playing the field rendition of Canada's 'other' national sport. Mahoney has played in a Durham women's field lacrosse league and now she wants to take the game indoors for women. She's looking for other women 16-and-over to join her in the new Durham Women's Lacrosse League, which begins and smooth swing. With sponsorship help from Newcastle Golf Course and the Tap and Tankard Pub and Eatery in Whitby, Yarrow is hoping to qualify for a long drive competition competition in Las Vegas later this year that attracts all of tjie big hitters from around the world. The four- time champion of the event is Jason Zuback, a Canadian, who can hit the ball 380 yards, says Yarrow. While he hopes to qualify for the Las Vegas event at a competition competition in late-Scptembcr, he intends intends to take the sport "more serious serious next year." The winner in Las Vegas pockets $75,000 US. play Sept. 5 at Whitby's Soccer City. Women from all over Durham are welcome to play in the league, which will run Tuesdays and Thursdays during September and October. "Right now I'm looking for at least four teams and after that I'm hoping to get more people interested," interested," says Mahoney. "I just need people to know about it." Mahoney will hold a registration-session registration-session Wednesday, Aug. 23 at Iroquois Park Sports Centre in Whitby from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. The cost of the league is $150. If you can't attend the registration registration session, but are interested in playing, call Mahoney at 683- 6909. Lacrosse players needed for women's indoor league BY BRIAN LEGREE Stuff Editor St® gil» xx;,;,~' RON PIETRONIRO/ Statesman photo Newcastle native Todd Yarrow has won a couple of long drive competitions, and is hoping to cjualifyfor an event in Las Vegas that offers $75,000 US as the top prize. Former Olympian Nicole Devonish-Gilmore misses out on Games THE GENERAL MOTORS CANADA WIDE CLEARANCE BY BRIAN McNAIR : Staff Writer / Durham Region's Olympic connection is growing. Three athletes who got their start locally earned spots at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Australia, with stellar performances performances at the Canadian Track and Field Championships Championships in Victoria, B.C., held recently. Hurdlers Adrian Wood- ley of Whitby and Perdita Felicien of Pickering and sprinter Esi Benyarku of Whitby won their respective respective events to officially nail down spots for the Games beginning in about a month. Things didn't go so well for Newtonville native Nicole Devonish-Gilmore in the long jump event. Devonish-Gilmore, 27, fell short in the long jump, an event in which she competed competed at the Atlanta Games four years ago. "I was just so sure I'd be going," says Devonish, who finished second with a 6.37- metre leap. "I was numb with disappointment." 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