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The Waterloo Regional Synchronized Swim club held its 10th annual invitational meet Saturday at the Wilfrid Laurier University pool. The local team was named the top club at the meeting, winning the Aggregate Award. Firstâ€"place honours went to the local Tier 1 team, Tier 2 11 and under team, Tier 4 team, and the Tier 4 and 5 duets teams. Tummy troubles can put a damper on a great golf junket BILL "SKIP" JOHNS Although 1 have no proâ€" fessional training in golfâ€" course architecture or design, I‘ve played enough and read enough books by some of the world‘s best craftsmen to know when the hole was strange or bizarre. Well, as I also discovered on a 10â€"day junket to the sunny south. the Orlando n my many years of traâ€" Iversing golf courses all over Canada and the U.S., 1 would often play a particular hole which 1 didâ€" n‘t think â€" in my humble opinion â€" was designed very well. The winning moves Playing in midâ€"Decemâ€" ber was a particularly good time for my group. In addiâ€" tion to OK weather, the greenâ€"fee charges hadn‘t yet gone into their "tourist time" and Kissimmee area has more than their share of golf courses, and I had a chance to tour nine layouts in weather considerably drier and warmer than what we‘re experiencing outside in Waterloo Region right now With more than 170 courses in Orlando/Kissimâ€" mee, there is plenty of variâ€" ety and, of course, price range. SPORTS wNMiFEA ORMSTO® rHOTO We played Panther Lake, the other half of the comâ€" plex, the next day and found it was an enjoyable way to launch our midâ€"winter break. Both courses were designed by the trio of famous teaching pro Phil Ritson, tour player Isao Aoki We started our playing schedule by getting off the plane in Orlando and less than three hours later, teeâ€" ing it up at the Crooked Cat course, one half of the outâ€" standing 36â€"hole facility at the Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge. mode Gray said that the first year would be used to expose new players to the rules and make them proficient with them. Making the team excel will be a threeâ€"year project. Waterloo‘s RIM Park is the early favourite to be the home of the local entry. "I think this is the first attempt by the league to raise its profile," Gray said. He will have his work cut out for him, as the Triâ€"City Bulldogs tried to form in 2005 but never came to fruition. And if players can be found in Waterloo Region, Cambridge will be added to the mix in 2007. That expansion can be seen mostly in Ontario, where the Ontario Ausâ€" tralian Football League (OAFL) boasts nine teams and is looking to increase by three next season. at‘s the difference between a Wrumberjack and an Australian rules football player? Not much, according to Greg Gray. The coach and manager of the forming Cambridge Warriors Australian rules football club said that the stereotypical Canadian image â€" rugged, masculine and outdoorsy â€" compares so much to the brute and athletic characters that Local players needed to make up Aussieâ€"rules football squad By Biu. Doucet For The Chronicle The third game featured the Southern Dunes layout in Haines City, just south of Orlando, a Steve Smyers design that is ranked four and oneâ€"half stars (out of five) by Golf Digest and No. 6 in the Sunshine State for public access layouts by Golfweek. The weekend proved to be a delightful treat with a and Dave Harman and preâ€" sented four sets of tees with handicap and slope ratings from 140 and 75.4 to 120 and 70.3 at the Cat and 137 and 75.7 and 125 and 71.5 at the Panther. WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, February 21, 2007 * 23 "Come hell or high water, we‘re going to be putting some people on the field." Anyone wanting to try out for the Warriors can call Gray at 519â€"220â€"0114 or email gpgray@sympatico.ca. The ball is moved through passes â€" punching the ball â€" and kicks on an oval field. The field is substantially bigâ€" ger than a normal football field, with cricket pitches usually used for games. In addition, teams can score only by kicking the ball between posts on each end of the field and players running with the ball must bounce or touch it to the ground every 15 metres. With the season running from May to October, Gray said he wants to start tryouts next month, but will announce them when he finds enough players. No more than 18 players from one team can be on the field at a time. And if people expect just another version of rugby, Gray said they would be surprised. There are no offsides in footy (as it‘s called by those in the know) â€" as players are allowed to roam the field freely â€" and there is more rubâ€" bing and jostling for position than actual hitting. By the third year, the team should be competitive and start thinking about the league‘s championship â€" the Conacher Cup, named after the nation‘s greatest athlete, Lionel Conacher. "The ball moves differently in this game," Gray said. The second year will be increasing the players‘ conditioning and starting crisp ball movement. Sunday was a fun day for your ancient scribbler with a full 18 at the Eagle Creek course, not only because it‘s designed by one of my favourite Florida craftsmen Ron Garl, and European Howard Swan, but because 1 scored a respectable 93 off the nearly 6,000â€"yard blue Saturday trip around the Metro West layout designed by legendary Robert Trent Jones Sr., spoiled only by the fact that we ran out of dayâ€" light and managed just 16 holes before heading in. Continued on page 25