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"Scugog"s Community Newspaper of Choice" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, March 21, 2000 - 23 Around Lake Superior safe and sound Eight local men sled almost 2,000 miles around Lake Superior By Chris Hall Port Perry Star A group of eight local men returned home safe and sound last week after travelling almost 2,000 miles around Lake Superior by snowmobile. Months of planning were put to the test beginning Jan. 30 when a group of local men -- including Mike Fowler, Earl Cuddie, Bob Coleman, Gerry Goreski, Karl Herder, John Richardson, Guy Latrielle, and Lorne Thompson -- set out on their sleds to circumnavigate the largest of the Great Lakes by snowmo- bile in I 1days. The group began their journey out- side of Sault. St. Marie, and made their way into Michigan, through Wisconsin and Minnesota, and back into Ontario near Thunder Bay where they returned to their starting point. "It was a great trip, just incredible, fantastic. Some of the trails we were on ranged from the best in the world to brutal and even non-existent," said Mr. Fowler, a local lawyer. "It was definitely a trip all of us will remember for a long time." The group's journey got off to a bit of a rough start when the motorin Guy Latrielle's sled blew 15 miles into the trip, Mr. Fowler said, but the local real estate agent joined his friends at the end of the first day after purchasing a new machine at a Sault St. Marie deal- ership. "That was a hell of a way to start off, but he got a good deal on a 2000 machine and he was back with us at the end of the day. We were back in business." Their journey also took a bit longer than expected upon entering into Michigan, when the group couldn't cross the channel to Drummond Island and had to take a longer route to their des- tination. "The ice wasn't really safe, so we took a less-direct route by island-hop- ping. We stuck to club trails, we weren't taking chances by running the ice," he said, adding that they used a car ferry to make the final leg of the journey to the mainland. It was then smooth sailing until arriv- ing in Wisconsin, when they had to trailer around the western part of that state and around Duluth, Minnesota as well. "That was a bit disappointing, but there was just not enough snow for us. We lost about 225 miles off of our total trip, which brought us down to approxi- mately 1,825 miles. Our goal was 2000 miles this trip... you know, 2000 miles in 2000." Trails ranged from "incredibly good" in northern Michigan to "disappointing and very rough" in Minnesota, said Mr. Fowler. "But it was like night and day when we got back into Ontario in terms of the quality of trails and scenery. We abso- lutely have the best (trail) systems in the world. They're incredible." Along their way home back through Thunder Bay, Mr. Fowler said he saw two amazing sights that he'll remember forever. "We got into Thunder Bay and the trails take you right downtown... we cam e to this one intersection and there was the button for snowmobilers only. You A group of eight local men recently completed a 2,000 mile trek around the largest of the Great Lakes on their snowmobiles. Taking off near Sault St. Marie, the group made their way down into Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota before heading into Thunder Bay and back home. pressed the button and all the traffic stopped for us. They hold up downtown city traffic for snowmobilers there." Another memory will be the trails from Red Rock to Marathon. "The mountains there were incredi- ble, just phenomanol. We went up hills that were more than a thousand feet high, one after another after another... we just got to the point where we pinned it and hung on. That one day was the highlight of my whole trip." Helping to make the trip a huge suc- cess was the people the group met along the way. "There was a guy in Minnesota who helped us out incredibly. When we needed to trailer, Greg Sorenson, the past president of the Minnesota United Snowmobile Alliance, helped us out. We owe him," said Mr. Fowler, noting that he is thinking about joining Mr. Sorenson and his friends in their planned journey around northeastern Ontario next winter. "We just had a great time, the best. We had hardly any problems with out machines and the weather was great. We've tossed a few ideas around for next year, but don't think we could ever top that experience." Uxbridge Swim Club members strut their stuff at Etobicoke meet At the Central Region "C" Championships held in Etobicoke recently the l0-and-unders from the Uxbridge Swim Club made big waves in their age group. A large contingent of USC swimmers, 35 in total, qualified for the championships by having Provincial ""C" or better times. There were 30 teams competing in the meet and Uxbridge placed 13th out of 30. On the same weekend, nine of the senior swim- mers were competing at the 'Senior Circuit' in London, Ontario. These are swimmers who are preparing for the Olympic time trials. Results of the Central "C"" meet are as follows: Nicole Aldcroft (18): second - 400 Free; fourth - 200 Back; sixth - 200 IM. Hans Frackle (13): third - 100 Back. Bryan Fumerton (10): first - 200 IM; first - 200 Back; first - 100 Back; sec- ond - 100 Free; second - 100 Fly; third - 50 Free. Kaitlin Olidis (10): fifth - 200 IM; sixth - 200 Breast; eighth - 100 Breast. Nicole Peacock (10): third - 200 Breast; seventh - 100 Br, eighth - 200 IM and 100 Fly. Stephanie Peacock (12): first - 200 Back; third - 100 Back; seventh - 100 Free. Lindsay Spielmann (17): fifth - 400 IM. Melanie Thompson (10): fifth - 100 Back; eighth - 50 Free. Megan Yeadon (13): sixth - 100 Back. The relay results were just as impressive: N. Peacock, C. Hale, K. Olidis, M. Thompson (all 10) - fourth in the 200M Freestyle relay. Peacock, Hale, Olidis, Thompson (all 10) - fifth in the 200M Medley relay. M. St. John, |. Baker, C. Campsall, M. Yeadon (all 13/14) - fourth in the 200 Medley relay. J. Larsen, J. Yeadon. C. Broughton, N. Coyle (all 1/12) - seventh in the 200M Free relay. S. Coyle, B. Scott, D. Brooks, M. Luck (all 11/12) - seventh in the 200M Free relay. At this particular meet there were close to 1,000 swimmers. For each event there were at least nine or 10 heats. The results above are that much more significant because of the From Page 22 Electric. Assists on those goals went to Terry Flieler, Bill Eade, Jamie Menzies and Wayne Norton. Monsma got on the board with a goal from Jeff Card assisted by Brad Meekins and Duane Bronson. Pineridge Sports 5 B. Callery & Associates 7 B. 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