16 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, August 21, 2001 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Mosport track hosts PlayStation Gran Turismo 3 event Big swinger : eae TLL I aN 0 ) 0a AR 4 ° 0 Smee | Audi team lays claim to PROSeeoes sl | ) Mosport's Le Mans race By J. Wally Nesbitt ir 3 wedding RARE AT ASI] VR SATAY 5 Sr na From Corner Five After their 16 race winning streak was snapped two weeks ago in Portland, the Audi Sport American Le Mans Series team rebound- ed by claiming the PlayStation Gran Turismo 3 event run Sunday at Mosport International Raceway. The #2 Audi R8 Prototype sportscar piloted by Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela completed 115 laps of Mosport's 2.459 mile long race cir- cuit in the two hour and 45 minute contest, tak- ing the victory by two laps over the second place Panoz LMPI-RS car of Jan Magnussen and David Brabham. Magnussen had led much of the early going until a botched pit stop relegated him to third place behind the #2 Audi and the privateer Audi R8 of Johnny Herbert and Andy Wallace. With 15 minutes left to run in the weekend's feature event, Herbert lost control of the #38 car, stuffing it nose-first into the turn two tire AN wall, handing the runner-up position back to the Atlanta-based Panoz team. The pair of Emmanuel Collard and Christophe Tinseau in their #7 Cadillac LMP held off teammates Wayne Taylor and Max Angelelli for the final podium position in the Le Mans Prototype divi- sion. Local driving hero Ron Fellows along with partner Johnny O'Connell took top honours in the GTS class, finishing in seventh place over- all. starting near the rear of the 26 car field due to a failing clutch in qualifying, Mississauga's Fellows stormed through the pack, taking the #3 G.M. GoodWrench Corvette into the class lead on the 39th circuit. Despite suffering some rear bodywork damage from a sideswipe of the turn three tire wall, Fellows and O'Connell bested their nearest GTS division competitors, Franz Konrad and Terry Borcheller in the Saleen S7R by nearly a full lap. The race started under 'Full Wet' conditions, Turn to Page 17 Girls sought for new Port Perry minor hockey league Ix RIK DAVIE / PORT PERRY STAR Emma Foster takes a swing that was good enough for an easy sin- gle as the Techstar squirts took on the Mike Tobin Photography squad in Game 2 of the Port Perry Minor Ball year end-tournament held on the Water St. diamonds last Saturday. Finals for many youth sports are taking place across the region as the summer sports sea- With the new hockey sea- son fast approaching, the Port Perry Minor Hockey Association is looking for girls interested in participating in this year's program in the Novice (8-9 year olds), Atom (10-11 year olds) and Peewee (12-13 year olds) divisions. Last year marked the first season of girls' hockey in Port Perry. Three teams were assembled, one each in Novice, Atom and Peewee. All three teams entered the Central East Girls' Hockey League in the "C" Division. By all accounts, the girls had a great year. The teams were competitive and the girls enjoyed the camaraderie and companionship associat- ed with the great sport of hockey. There was a nice blend of first year players combined with experienced skaters out of the ringette program. This year in the Peewee age category, there will be an additional opportunity for girls to play at the house- league level in town due to the increased enrollment in this age group. Womens' hockey is grow- ing exponentially across Ontario. PPMHA would like to build upon the successful start of last year and encour- ages girls to enroll for the 2001-2002 season, regardless of ability. Any questions concerning the girls' hockey program in Port Perry should be directed to Lynda Ashton at 985-4636. son winds down. Finesse Fishing By Chris Hockley Walkin' the dog It has forever been ingrained into the minds of anglers that the longer the cast, the more fish you will catch. We praise those new anglers that are finally able to make a "good" cast, we buy reels that will "cast a country mile", and we are forever spotting those little holes just ahead of us... Despite all of this, some of the biggest fish that you could catch can be caught using techniques that will keep your bait within twenty feet of your boat. Think about some of the most popu- lar "big" fish techniques used today. Flipping, pitching and vertical jigging are all examples that consistently pro- duce fish within the twenty-foot radius. There are obviously reasons that long casts will always be a part of fish- ing, but there are many disadvantages to them as well. A long cast gives you little minute control over your bait, the stretch in monofilament leads to poor long dis- tance hook sets, strikes can be hard to detect, fish can bury themselves into the weeds much easier, your line will get caught in the weeds easier as it lays on them and a fish caught on a hundred foot cast can spook fish fifty feet away when they go splashing over them. A vertical presentation is the best if not the only way to go about fishing, particularly in the real heavy weeds that are so common in the Kawarthas. Not only do you have a lot of control over your bait by imparting the small move- ments in it that make it appear real, but one good hook set and you can get the fish right on top of the weeds and into your boat. Fishing this way also allows you to have maximum control over the depth that your bait is fished at. Fish will often suspend at different depths under weed beds, in log jams, and over rocks. By fishing within the twenty-foot radius from your boat you are able to raise and lower your bait to the depth at which the fish are at and effectively keep it there. Next time that you are on the water, try asking yourself, "To cast, or not to cast?" Refrain from making the long casts that you would usually make. Limit yourself to a twenty-foot radius around the boat and cover the water effectively. Even that spot that is almost under your boat can hold fish. I've caught them less than six-inches away from the side of the boat before! Give this a try; it is worth it. Boat safely and good fishing! Drop by my web sjte at www.blitzcreek.com or drop me a line at blitzcreekprofishing@hotmail.com