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Page 16 â€" Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, July 26, 1978 Waterloo gymnast ranks among world‘s best LOOKâ€"HERE IS A BARGAIN! Electronic Bug Killer ‘69.95 Regular Retail ‘119.95 Will cover oneâ€"half acre of land. One year warranty on workmanship and materials. Come in and see this well priced buy. During the summer, she trains over eight hours a day. The extremely rigorous yearâ€"round schedule may explain the high turnover rate among topâ€"ranked gymnasts. For example, the only member of the Canâ€" adian National Womens 1976 Olympic team still acâ€" tive in competition is Karin Kelsall. ging the world‘s best gymnasts in international By Martin Zielinski ‘‘My neighbor started me doing somersaults and cartwheels on the back lawn." Eight years later, at the age of 15, Waterloo‘s Patty Jo Knorr is challen tallied the highest Women‘s score on the Canadian team and finished second overall, .7 points out of first place. As a top level competitor she is ranked 12th in the nation after two sets of National Team trials this Patty Jo trains with the Cambridge KIP‘s under Don Rope, founder of the club and father of 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist Patti Rope. She started with the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Gymnastics Club, and before the formation of the KIP‘s in 1972, Patty Jo trained with the Toronto Winstonettes. The demands of comâ€" petitive gymnastics caused her to leave the recreaâ€" tionâ€"oriented Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo club and since then Patty Jo‘s career has dominated her life. ' During the school year she attends Glenview Park Secondary School to better accommodate her daily, sixâ€"hour training schedule. Don Rope is the Physical Education Director at Glenview and the KIP‘s are currently located there. Weber Parkside Centre 550 Parkside Dr. Waterloo 884â€"6220 HOURS: Mon.â€"Thurs. 8 a.m.â€"5:45 p.m. Friday 8 a.m.â€"9:00 p.m. Saturday 8 a.m.â€"5:30 p.m. Recently, at a Canada vs. Hungary meet Patty Jo In Southampton _ you can buy The Record â€" on the day of ........., publication at: s a‘se." Sauble Beach: South Sauble Trading Post Carson‘s Camp Kirkland‘s Supermarket Tuâ€"Shop Grocery Medicine Chest Sauble Falls General Store Low‘s Foodliner Thomas House of Crafts Woodland Park K.O.A. Camp Kincardine: Hiway Variety Highland Taxi Allison‘s Grocery Bruce Beach Store Zehr‘s Market More dealers in: Lucknow, Amberiley, Point Clark, Pine River, Boiler Beach, Tiverton, Chesley Lake and Inverhuron. One of the nice things about holidaying in the Lake Huron area Artiotic Decorators td. Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Record Also available from these dealers in: Weber ; Parkside °~' Centre $ . % .€ Northfield Dr. Port Elgin: Tempo Discount Centre Ralph‘s Shopette Morrow‘s Gift Shop By JoAnne Ford The Waterloo Athletic A‘s defeated Oakville Uâ€"21 2â€"0 in their first home game at Seagram Stadium, Sunday. Athletic A‘s win, tie to move into league lead Waterloo‘s offence began strongly with the forwards Steve McNab and Glyn Morris putting pressure on the Oakville defence. Later in the half Jimmy Cameron scored his first goal of the Patty Jo Knorr season off an excellent inâ€" direct free kick by Bruce Ogilvie. Ogilvie came close «o scoring more than once. Despite Waterioo‘s dominâ€" ance in the half, they were held to a one goal lead going into the second half. During the second half, Waterloo‘s only goal was scored by Steve McNab after a fine individual efâ€" McKenzie Dairy Steven‘s â€" Gobel‘s Grove Zehr‘s Market fort. The offence continued to press and the defence played equally well. Their ability to play the offside created many. problems for the Oakville forwards, who mounted few threatening atâ€" tacks on goalie Gary Zettler. Midfielders Tom Abbott, Chris Ford and Malâ€" colm Lobban played well as did the hard working fullâ€" backs. The win gives Waâ€" terloo a tie for first place in the league standings. hhdtas Alfrindrtlibdibeti® 99 ADdnnary pmper n x training program? ‘‘Sometimes itfcupnttyhardlnt I guess when you‘ve been with it or so long it keeps getting better and better.‘* ‘ . Competitive gymnastics is a sport where there will alway:b’eroomiorinnovatonlnthegnoduluwveâ€" T° 2°C L. L. sLkallanaga is olwavenrecsent Last Friday, Waterloo held a strong Chinguacousy team to a 1â€"1 draw. Chinâ€" guacousy took the lead halfâ€" way through the second half Another motivation for Canadiawmm is the example set by Patti Rope, who re fromc%fi- tionaftertheolympicsmdisnowmchhgflle ‘s. “When:heuusumflnuwekmit’sgoodbe- cause that got her to the top"*, says Patty Jo." Theuccuso(both?attinopeinthelmmympic Gaxnuand?atty.lointbeflmariannnetharemlt o(aconcen&ateddfortbyCamdim;ymmtstoimâ€" prove the quality of domestic competitors. That effort has included ventures outside of the country for higher caliber coaching and competition. Miss Rope trained in Oregon for three years before the Olympics and Miss Knorr has toured the American West twice with the Canadian National team. e e * Why does Patty Jo Knorr continue her austere DUd â€" SCn _ dbO0 _2 14 wake amatir howl ht k1 £ 420 8 .14 Th C . L on ncbocdaton itcb intintetbeds on taiioeiecitinemtd Patty Jo prefers to compete outside of Canada. "When I‘m away from Canada I feel more calm....1 don‘t feel as much ‘tension because everybody from Canada is looking at you, tryingtopickateamand wondering if you‘re going to fall." e W ES i W oc no grrc cR via in in w m Ne n ie t C C m We CCC It appears the international ventures have begun to pay off. In Montreal in 1976, the Canadian team was ranked ninth in the world, and going into the Wotlid Games in Paris in October of this year, they‘ll be ranked seventh. The third set of trials for those World Games will be held at the University of Waterloo in September. Six competitors and two alternates will be selected for the Womens team, and Patty Jo is looking forward to them. She feels she has a good chance of qualifying despite the fact that they‘re in Canada. Waterloo is her town and what better opportunity can there be to show the home folks that she‘s part of the world class. on many in store men & women‘s regular and discontinued lines Uchweitzer 50 % 15 KING ST. N., WATERLOO , the challenge is always present. on a goal by Grant Walters before Steve McNab scored with ten minutes to go in the game on a pass from Sam Michaels and Nazar Brilâ€" hante. The Athletic A‘s next socâ€" cer game is Sunday 6:00 p.m. at Seagram Stadium against Oakville USF. Rundown? Take a walk. Feeling tired? Walk a hlock.Today. l Ts &~