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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, JULY 11,2001 PAGE 15 Durham's host venues anticipate Olympic decision on Friday BY BRIAN LEGREE Sniff Editor OSHAWA - Will Durham become part of Olympic history? The answer to that question question comes Friday when the International Olympic Committee reveals which city will host the 2008 Summer Games, with Beijing, Beijing, Toronto and Paris considered considered the front-runners. The Toronto bid features two Durham sites - Durham College for women's soft- ball and the Oshawa Sheet and Gun Club for shooting events - and officials from both organizations are ea gerly awaiting Friday's announcement announcement from Moscow. "1 think we're kind of anxiously anxiously excited," says Ken Babcock, Durham's athletic director. "It's an anticipated event and we'll see what happens. I'd like to sec Toronto get the Olympics and so would the college." Jerry Gagnon, president of the 500-member sheet and gun club, says "everyone "everyone is so excited. Especially Especially for shooting sports. We don't get much recognition." recognition." Both organizations say their involvement to date in the bid process has been limited. IOC inspectors toured both sites on March 9, but since then they've only been able to sit, watch and hope. "Everything went well with the tour," says Gagnon. "But that was about it. We haven't done a whole lot." If Toronto's bid is successful, successful, both venues will undergo massive renovation. renovation. Durham will transform its softball complex into a 7,000 scat stadium and the gun club will bring in 5,000 seats, improve its clubhouse and will need new trap and sheet machines. Durham College and the City of Oshawa have committed committed $200,000 each toward toward the softball project and $1.1 million in in-kind facilities, facilities, says Babcock. The gun club, a non-profit non-profit organization, isn't committing committing funds to the project and no final tally on upgrades upgrades has been done, says Gagnon. "There's not a lot for us to do," says Babcock, "but sit and wait and anticipate great news. Friday is going to be a big day. "The college will rally around this, it always has for big events." Seven in a row for Darlington U-13 soccer team Yüh Bas ««*] YOUR CAÔI RAM I TOUR I SPECIALISTS! The Darlington Cedar Park Resort/Zellers U-13 boys' premier soccer team remain unbeaten with a 7- 0-1 record. Darlington hosted Scarborough North and turned the visitors aside by a score of 7-4. Greg Bathe and Chris Jukic registered a pair of goals and assists each. Kyle Harris, Mike Tuz and Jonathan Kocrssen had the other goals with assists assists to Scotty Miller, Eric Bonazza and Geoff Powell. Powell. Darlington blanked Unionville 4-0 in the next outing. 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