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) ! "Scugog 's Community Newspape | r of Cho _--h 7 2 DDD A Stefan Timms competing at ~ World Triathlon Championships By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star Stefan Timms is in England "riaht now, but it won't be a holi- a The 20-year-old triathlete from Scugog is in Manchester, England, with a Canadian con- tingent, to compete in the World Triathlon Championships set for Sunday. Although he is not expecting to fare well against the world- class field, he has seta personal goal for the race. "My goal is to be the top Cana-" dian (inthe field)," he said last week. "Tt: will be toygh, it's a pretty tough goal. SR In . order to achieve this Timms said it was necessary for . him todo well in all three évents during the race. A triathlon i isa' three-part' race consisting of swimming, cycling and run-. ning. "It1l be a" learning experi- ence," he said. "My swimming and running have been going really well. I want to have a good race where 1 really cycle well also." And this is something that he has been concentrating on re- cently. Admitting that the cy- « cling portion of the event was "his weak point, he has turned - his attention to the bicycle in' pursuit of his goal. He has been training with the Oshawa Cycling Club in order to improve his performance on the bike. "I'm learning the hard way about cycling," hesaid. And indeed he has. A recent mishap in Whitby in which he was struck by a motorist almost put 'him out of competition for the season. But after a few hours in hospital and a number of cuts and bruises he was back atitagain. But this accident almost de- nied him of his chance to repre- sent the country. The mishap, . , which occurred in early August, was only days before he was set to compete in Kelowna, B.C. A good showing in this race would assure him a spot on the nation- alteam. But he was healthy enough to compete and qualify for the world championships. If doing well at the world: championships is a short-term goal which could be realized lat- er this week, he has set an even higher goal for himselfin the fu- ture. 'Timms hopes to be a member of the first Canadian Olympic triathlon team. The sport is not yet officially recognized by the International Olympic Commis- -.1sion. It is expected to become an event by the year 2000. . This goal is something that he is not taking lightly either. In fact, heis putting his life on hold in pursuit of it. -The Kinesiology student at "Nhe University of Western Onta- rio will take this year offto train in Austin, Texas with a number of other Canadian athletes. If all goes according to plan he will leaveindJanuary. Timms made the decision af- ter realizing his studies were in- terfering with his training schedule. An ideal training schedule consists of approxi- mately 500 kilometres of work each week. He is currently log- ging 250 to 300 fm; E: Scugog England. See story. Cartwright Following in the tradition of past years, Cartwright Minor Ball Association (CMBA), is pleased to announce that Awards Day 93 will be held on Sunday, Aug. 29, 1993 at the Blackstock Fairgrounds. The event will begin at 12:30 p.m. This year's event will differ from previous years. Instead of "a ball game, CMBA will be fea- turing "The Great Dog and Soda" event. You can purchase" a delicious all-béef hot dog and _ a soda pop for only $1.60. Al- though unconfirmed at press - Despite taking the year off, there is no doubt he will return to complete his degree. "I'll want to go back to school, I'll miss it," he said. "But if I get really good it will be tough going back." - But the migration to the south is a long way off as he.is expected to compete each week- end before wrapping up the sea- sonin October triathlete Stefan Timms will be y COMPRING. in the World Triathlon Championships on Sunday in Manchester, 'Minor Ball awards day August 29 time, we are also planning to have a special guest speaker at- tend. All of this year's players in the Cartwright Minor Ball As- sociation will be receiving an award, along with the tourna- ment champions from each divi- sion. The Most ' Valuable Players, Most = Improved Players and Best Sport from each team will also receive an award. | Please mark your calendars and plan to attend this exciting event! " Gamblers. JOST a win and a tie The Greenbank 'Gamblers | managed to cling to top spot in the, Oshawa. City &. District Fastball League, even though they only managed a tie and a win last week, On Monday night, at Oshawa Durham Fields, the Gamblers Jim Chilvers and Oshawa Dou- ble "B"s Phil Yahn hooked up in a tight pitcher's duel that ended in an extra inning 8-3 stale- mate. Chilvers sat. down 17 Oshawa batters via the strikeout route. While Yahn only fanned six Gambler batters, he was tough in the clutch. Oshawa jumped into a com- manding 3-0 lead in the fourth ~ inning as Chilvers had his only bad inning of the game and. it appeared that would be enough for a Double "B" win. But in the top of the sixth inning, Green- bank struck for four hits and a pair of runs and were back in the ball game. Steve Durham, Terry. Till, Don Beaton and Chilvers all hit safely in the sixth. In the top of the seventh, Bill - Buys was safe on an infield er- ror and eventually scored the base hitby Terry Till. = . The game went into extra in- nings but there was no more i Scoring before the 11 p.m. cur- few ended thegameina 3-3 tie." on 2 LL iE Ean | Thursday night' saw the Port Perry Antrim: House club 'in 'Greenbank' Park 'and a good crowd saw: an entertaining 'game; with the Gamblers final- ly winning by a5-1'score. Greenbank's Mark : Goreski tossed a six-hitter at the Port squad while the. Gamblers touched Lawrie Williams and John Annis for a total, of nine base hits. Port. Perry's downtall: was failure to cash in runs as they left runners at third base in three consecutive . innings as Goreski pitched himself out of _ run-threatening situations. "Gambler's catcher Paul Gore- ski was top man at the plate with a towering two-run homer and a pair of walks for a solid night with the bat. Terry. Till and Jim Chilvers each _had a' pair of Greenbank hits, with" Bill Buys, Steve Durham, Tre- vor Till, and Mike" Giroux all picking up a base hit, Larry Pil- key was Port Perry's top batter. The regular season is down to the final two weeks and this Wednesday night, the Gam- blers are in Stouffville Yd the next night host the second place Oshawa, O'Toole's at Green- ; tying run on a crucial two-out: "bank Park. 'This 8 p. m. ie with the | Gamblers and O'Toole's could" - "very well decide the pennant winners of the Oshawa: a. * League. © : ~ Advance fo All-Ontario finals Peewee MoJacks \ Ee | zone championships The Port Perry Modack Yee- wee fastball team won their best of three playoff series two - games to one against Campbell- ford to become zone champions and qualify for the All Ontario Championships to be played Aug. 21in Joyceville. . After winning the first game - in Port, the MoJacks travelled: to Campbellford on Aug. 9 to try -and wrap up the series. The first inning went scoreless for both teams but then in the sec- ond it was the MoJacks who would draw first blood as they managed four runs in their half 'of the inning to take a 4-0 Tead at the end of two, The third in- ning went by scoreless but it. was " Campbellford- that was gaining the momentum as. they kept on plugging away until they finally picked up a couple of runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to make it a 4-2 game. This seemed to inspire the Campbellford team while it un- ravelled the MoJacks as in the bottom of the fifth, Campbell- ford broke the game open with a gix run burst to 'take an 84 lead. There were no more runs scored in the game but the Mo- Jacks and their 'never say die' attitude did make it interesting as they had the bases loaded.in the seventh but just couldn' t get that timely hit. Jon Froats started on the mound for, Port but then lost control of the strike zone so Clayton Brown came on to fi- nisht the game up. Doing the hitting for the MoJacks were: Mare a with a triple and single, Big ick Skerratt -and Owen St. John with two singles . gle. Aaron. Lev apiece, Jason Best. with. a don- ble and Doug Short with a sin- showed 'he doesn't need glasses as he walked four times. The following night; Aug. 10, the MoJacks returned to Camp- bellford for the third and decid. ing game. This game was also a tight affair as the first i 'inning went by scoreless 'again and once again it was the MoJacks who drew first blood with a run in their half of the second in- ning to make it a 1-0 game. The Mojacks stretched their lead out to 3:0.in the top of the third only to have Campbellford pull back even with a three run in- ning of their own. After a score-. less fourth, the MoJacks made their move in the top of the fifth. With Ryan Hawkins on to pinch run for Clayton Brown, Brad Monsma and Jason Best hit back to back singles to score both Ryan and Brad, who showed good speed on the base ath to give the MoJacks a 5-3 ea After a 'scoreless sixth ifining, it was a pinch runneér that: got things going for the MoJacks in the seventh. Doug Short sin- gled and was replaced by Big Nick Skerratt to run. Nick promptly stole second and went to third on a Jon Froats single.' Jon quickly got into scoring po- sition uncontested as he moved to second. Now with runners on second and third, Campbellford 'decided' to intentionally walk 'Ryan Williamson to put a force _'on at all bases and set up a Dos- sible double play situa This didn't work out too well for Turnto Page 26°