a good time at Oktoberfest. Sure there is the drinking, dancing, eating and monthâ€"long party that bring the city alive with excitement. No one is going to argue with those good times but there is another way of enjoying Oktoberfest that doesn‘t involve morning sickâ€" As Grant Cooper, committee member for the organization of cultural and recreational activiâ€" ties for Oktoberfest says, "there is a lot more to Oktoberfest than drinking beer and eating Over 74 cultural and recreation events, including 35 sporting events have been planned for Oktoberfest and more than half of them are "You can leave the wallet at home," says Cooper, whose committee has tried to cater to a whole range of interests in setting up this year‘s events. Richard Adair‘s five ‘Cats in Waterloo Youth touchdown receptions Football action on the from the arm of weekend. Roughrider quarterâ€" Johnson and running back Darren Johnson back Mike Presco both led the team to a 65â€"8 scored twice and Warâ€" trouncing over the Tiâ€" ren Thirsk scored once There is the atom hockey tournament, cross country events, offâ€"road competitions, speed skating, go cart races, bowling tournaments, racquetbaill tournaments and included in this year‘s events are the world championship wrist wrestling tournament, a power lifting competiâ€" tion and an amateur cycle race. "We are offering more events than last year and we‘ve even added some world class events," says Cooper. â€" o c The wrist w‘restling and the power lifting competitons are both scheduled for this weekend at Cameron Heights school. Wrist wrestling will begin Saturday at noon and continue until 11 p.m. while the power lifting will go the same time the following day. The cycle race is expected to continue both days. Racers will take to the streets surrounding Cameron Heights for the race. Johnsonâ€"Adair combo paces Roughriders You know there is more than one way to have Elbow bending isn‘t the only festivity ren Thirsk scored once to round out Roughridâ€" DRIVEWAYS SIDEWALKS PATIOS PARKING LOTS‘ AROUND SWIMMING POOLS Decia several designs and colors PAVING STONES including the Oktoberfest barrel race (October 16th) down the middle of King Street. About 30 teams will be rolling out their barrels of fun to see who the best rollers are in town. The races will be broken into three classifications men‘s, women‘s and mixed. The Kâ€"W Invitational judo Championship kicked off the sporting events Saturday at Breithaupt Center with an exciting display of the Martial art by more than 100 participants from the ages eight to 16. Some of the other sporting highlights of the festivities include the Proâ€"Am Golf Tournament which begins Thursday at 11 a.m. at Westmount Golf and Country Club in Kitchener. As Cooper says, "things go bananas on Saturday‘" with sporting events scheduled for all over Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo area. An invitational cross country meet, that last year attracted more than 1,000 particifAnts, will run from i1 a.m. to finishing time at the Chicopee Hill Conservation area on Friday. Speed skating Saturday (Conestoga Centre arena), a bowling tournament (Victoria Bowl, Kitchener) and go cart races at Bingeman Park will round out the weekend sporting activities. MACBOURNIE Racquet enthusuasts will be treated to a tennis and squash tournament at Doon Pines racquet club in Kitchener on Saturday and Sunday. Ice stock sliding (Oct. 15th, Rink in the Park 9 a.m. â€" 11 p.m.), men‘s basketball tournament (Conestoga College 7 p.m. â€" 11 p.m.) round out Friday‘s sporting events while Saturday feaâ€" tures the men‘s field hockey tournament (Breithaupt Centre 9 a.m. â€" 8 p.m.). The following weekend action goes into full gear again beginning with the Bauer atom hockey tournament. The sevenâ€"day tournament is the biggest atom tournament in North America featuring 32 teams including teams from the United States, Quebec and eastern Canada. More than 550 tenâ€"yearâ€"olds will compete for the prestigious Bauer Skate Cup. The list goes on ... so there is no excuse for not getting out to see some other event besides the beer tents. er scoring. Tiâ€"Cats, coming off a big win against the Als last week, got a single early in the game and a late touchdown on a run by quarterback Mark Hopkins. All the familiar events will be returning lo€ 3 (off pamweon King ang Atort 60 SCHAEFER ST. WATERLOO The only other game was awarded to the Als when Argos could not field a team. 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