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PAGE 1à, WHffBYFMEEPRESS, W»fENESAYt, AÙUUT 1510 Redmen. win 2 cloee c ontest s g' CANAE>A' teani for the 1990M Worl Tanya Dervent, Victoria Robinson, Mounted'Gaines to be held in Wales Heather Robinson and Tosha Faller- 'è includes fo left) local ridera ham. Fr.. Prem photo ,,Flun is part of these Games By Chrls Bovie While the sport -of horse riding mfi»y seem very strict and dis- ciplined, there is a fun side in horsemanship, particularly evi- dent during the umounfed games. For the five young people who formn Canada's teamn their appearance in the worlcâ moun- ted games championship *i Swansea, Wales, willbe an edu- cation and a whole lot of fun. Local riders, sisters Victoria and Heather Robinson of Ash- hum, Tosha Falierham and Tanya Dervent of Brooklin wili be joined by Julie Schmidt of Don Mills and John Snider of London. The Canadian teain will be competing against ten other teaxus which include freiand, Belgium, Sweden and Britain, which formed the first Mounted Gaines Association back in 1983. Canada and the United States joined in 1985. For those not familiar with mounted games, the competition involves severai gamles of speed EOBA junior basebal TEAM W L T Nwmarket 16 8 1 Pt Hope 13 6 1 Peterborough 10 7 1 A«x 10 .7 1 Whitby 10 10 0 Bowmanvlfle 4 16 0 BeDevlle 4 16 0 EOBA j uvenile TEA" W L T Pickering il 7 0 Füt Hope 9 9 0 Ajax 7 il 0 o"Rnwa 7 il1O and sklll. Such events include weaving through p oies, charging down a path with a pole ana trying te, brek a balloon. Many cf these riders have corne froin pony clubs and are former Prince Phillip Cup gamers. While most people are farniliar with equestrian sports such as dressage and show jumping, the emphasis with Mountedt Games is on fun. Training centres for the Cana- dien team focus on the area nearèst to the core cf riders. In future years there may be more teains instituted. In Great Bri- tain there are currently 68 teems. Sue Robinson, mother cf Heather and Victoria, and a member cf the Mounted Games Association of Canada, is realis- tic about the Canadian team's chances against Britain. «They're a strong team because they send the best cf their 64 teains. We don't realiy stand a chance cf beating them overali, but we wili some gaines." For the Canadian teain which contains a larig ortion cf local talent they wiil elp brin g this relatively new sport to Iight on an international level. Three relier skaters from Whitby claimed gold medals in the national championships held recentiy in Montreal. Shayne Bay ord wes first in jno free- style and Paulina Mraldrn~o won silver solo dance. Gerry Hod who recently moved te Whitby, was flrst mn goid solo dance and third in novice B Olther members cf the Whitby Bolier Skating Club won medals. Stephen Pacholzuk was fmrt in both sophomore figures and free- s yle, whie Jeif Kidd wes second in senior figures end senior free- style. Bayford and Kidd were nemed ta, the Canadien team which wiii compete in the worid champion- ships in West Germany in Octo- ber. They wili join another WIthy skater, Jamie Crouch, who will compete with bis part- ner in dance pairs. Heather Schuyler of the Whitby lub was second in silver solo dence and third in sopho- more figures at the national championships. Rebecca -Woodhouse was seçond in novice A figures and tlurd in elementary frestle. Jennifder Mulgre was second in sophomore fgres, third in sophomore freestyle and third in goid solo dance. Carole Smnipson was third in classic figures. Twenty-two clubàe froin ucross Canada coepe tte Ii hal r ax- Brooklin Redmen took a steDp dloser to the Ontario major lacrosse finals with victories in their flrst two gie fthe round-robin piayoffîslast week. Redmen scored five goals in overtime to defeat Brampton Exceisiors 18-14 on Tuesday last week i Brooklin, then edged Peterborough Quakers 9-7 on Friday in Peterborough. (Redmen's third gie in the elayoifs was lest nght against eéterborough at Iroquois Park). Paul Gait had five goals and five assista to lead Redmen against Brampton, and scored four goals against Quakers. Gary Gait, who had three goals and five assists against Branmp- ton, was unabie to play against Quakers, due to iilness. League scorin g champion Peter Parke hnad four goals againet Brampton. Tom Mara- chfek and Tom Wreggitt each had two goais and Ken Colley and Greg an Sickie each had singles against Brmapton. Van Sickie, caled up frorn the junior A WhtbyW amrors for the piayoffs, scored three goals for B3rêokliii against Quakers. Mara- chek and Wreggitt each had sin- gies. Excelsiors, surprisingiy tough ini the round-robin, were led by Jeff Wilfong who had seven goals against Brooklin. Ontario lacrosse AU& G Pterborough il1- Bmmptam 9 AU& 85 Brookln 18 - Brampton 14<(CM Aug. 10 Braoklin 9 - Petebovaçgh 7 Aug. 12 Peterborough 15 -Brampton 8 Aiug. 14 Peterborough at Dro"ln (hroq"&lPaMk AU&g 16 Brooklil nt Brampton JUNOR A PLAYOFF FINAL Aug. a COmme 1) Peterborough 10 - St. Catinrlnmm 9 Aug. 8<Gerce2) St. Cathari 1-PwnA.uoghls Aug. 10 COme 3) St. Catharines 1<-PMtntoe 6h Aug.,12 Cmme 4) St. Catharines 12 - Petoboogh 7 Aug. 14 COmme 6) 5from Whitby on team Five Whitbye residents are niembers cf the Ontario teain which will compete in the women's field lacrosse national championshps starting tommor- Larry Windovero 'Whitb i manager and BarbBoecfsh awa is coach cf the Ontario team. which is aiming te upset British Columbia, national champions in each cf the past seven years. The scoring attack fQr the Ontario team, is led by 16-year- old Anne Windover cf Whitby, who already lias four years' experience on the Ontario squad. Windover, aise a, member cf Whitby's champion precision skating teams, bas been playing lacrosse since age 6. Natalie Brousseau cf VWhitby who wili attend the University oi Ottawa in the fali, bas been an, Ontario teain member for three years. .Margot Jacobs, 20, cf Brooklin, an Oshawa YWCA program coor- dinator, plays defence for the Ontario teain. Shannon Tackney cf VWhitby, aise on Whitby precision skating teains, has been on the Ontario teain for three years. The Ontario team, which has had considerable success in tour- nament play this season, wili. open the nationals with a ganeý on Thursday against B.C. Selects. Finals wiil be piayed on Sun- day. Orilia wins bash battie ByChyle Bovie gans in before the ram, drop- Whitb y Spruce Villa Cana- ping Kendall 11-7 and barely dians bad a shcrt-lived p1a f losing te Orillia 8-7. Dormer got series as they dropped wo the win in the opener. gaines to Orilia and were eli- Whitby faces Kingston on minated from further play. Saturday with Burnett listed as John Turner was te staring the starting pitcher. Whitby pitcher in the opener but was muet win its remaiig gaies to rocked in a 12-2 loss. Scott Bur- continue in the double-knockout nett, Jody Turner, George Yates, series. Keith Powell and John Heffer each had one-hit performances in a night that saw limited Whitby Melien winsl raoe offence. It was a tight second gaine as at swim nationals the Canadiens were eliminated ina 20-19 contest in Orillia's homer stadium. Bob Laightle star- Swimmer Lori Melien of ted on the mound with Scott Whitby, coming back stronaly Burneti and Steve bornier coin- after knee surgery, won thé ing in relief. 100Om backstroke at the Summer Dave Imeson had five bits Nationals heid recently in Etobi- which included a home run. With coke. two hits eacb were Burnett, Melien, who won a bronze DougShearer, Lytie and Donner. medai at the Olympie Gaines in Whitby is stiui involved in the Soeul, Korea, also earned a league championsbip tourna- bronze in the 100m butterfly and ment which seted on the was fourth in the 50m butterfly August long weekend. Rein post- at the nationals. poned the tournament *wicwii She was on a team with Kvris- continue in Belleville this week- tin To haM, PeggY Corkum and Whitby skaters daim gold medals A--- -- AIR ý@ àýàqý ý m in