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Page 10 â€" Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, February 1, Because of this lack of exertion my former rakeâ€" like physique has turned into one resembling one of my sisters! She‘s eight and a half months pregnant. Well, there‘s been a peculiar bug going around this office lately, as you probably read in colleague And when I took over this job in October I was forced to give up not only one but both of my weekly hockey games. Drat this weekend work. So for the last three months the extent of my physical exercise has been walking from the TV to the fridge between periods for a hardâ€"earned beer. Plus a little finger exercise pushing buttons on my brown box. y I only managed around eight or nine rounds of golf, none of them happy occasions either. You see, there is an inverse relationship between my score and the pleasure I obtain from compiling it. It was a losing battle, I‘ll admit, but at least it was exercise once or twice a week. Unfortunately, I was stranded at the Waterloo YMCA. Just as fortunately, I was stranded at the Waterloo YMCA. It‘s not that long a story, if you care to listen. For the past five years or so my meagre level of physical fitness has been maintained by playing golf in the summer and hockey in the winter. Well, somewhere this summer my fitness train went off the track. Where were you when the world went out last Since it was the first game of volleyball I‘ve played in seven years, I was rather ecstatic with the results. Oh, I missed a few shots but I also scored a few points too. in his auto. ~ He gave me a whirlwind tour of the place (I was most impressed) and then it was down to the serious work. I ran a half mile around the track, not bad for the first time in several years, but I still felt inadequate as I was lapped by several people including a young woman, heaven forbid. After that I dribbled a basketball furiously up and down the court for about 10 minutes, sinking at least two baskets. Then it was up with the volleyball net for what I soon learned was the daily game. It‘s played for fun, naturally, with less than stringent rules, but boy is the competition ever fierce. Terry James column last week. Everyone here is getting into shape. Mostly at the Y. So when editor Schultheiss asked me last Wednesâ€" day if I wanted to go to the Y\the next day, I said sure. Like the saying goes, I had nothing to lose but pounds. So, after getting snow tires on my car Thursday morning (an omen, yes?) I went to work and just before noon Johnny S. and I trundled off to the Y I couldn‘t believe was the overall talent Th\:::;::yi.s where you want to be on a day like last . Jj Cambridge "WVM% gymnast finishes 2nd Drove me home with my first, and probably a lastâ€" ing impression of the Waterloo Y. A good place to get physically fit. And a good place to make, and meet friends. They made me feel like I was right at level of the players involved, yes, including a few females. They were very, very good, probably beâ€" cause most of them were very, very fit. It was not until we had showered and dressed that the really interesting part started.. By then it was blizzard city outside and guess what, Johnny‘s car wouldn‘t start. Neither would about six other buys cars, we were soon to find out. So we sat, two Daves, two Dans, Merv, Johnny and I, around in the lounge, watching TV and playâ€" ing cards. Now I‘m not the greatest of extroverts, so I thought it would be a long afternoon and possibly night for me, stranded at the Y, of all places. You know, I had hardly met these guys, and well, I figured they‘d want to keep to themselves. . Not so, Horatio. They welcomed me into their game, we had a few bites to eat (loved those dill pickles, Dave) and had a great time exchanging jokes and stories. Made the afternoon go by in a flash until I was rescued by my buddies who drove me home. But the truest test of all, is to drive BMW for yourselft. _ BMW is unique among luxury sedans. For it was designed to be driven. Expert German engineering and uncomp(omising craftmanship combine to make BMW relentlessly responsive and singularly sureâ€" footed. smw 6 Patti Jo Knorr of Waterâ€" loo had 8.45 in vault, 8.25 in beam and 8.20 in floor, where she suffered a sprained ankle. She did not compete in beam. Cl Cmy q waTERALOO) ( & C C Mississauga. _ Hawco had a 36.55 comâ€" bined total to finish second behind Elfi Schligel of Toronto. Haweo‘s individual marks were 9.15 in vault, 9.15 in uneven, 9.05 in beam and 9.20 in floor. * Sherry Hawco of Camâ€" bridge finished _ second overall at the Provincial National Compulsory Gym Meet level three female competition _ Sunday in The ultimate driving machine. 15 UNIVERSITY AVE. E. WATERLOO 885â€"5090