PAGE 30, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1984, WHITBY'FREE PRESS' w w SPORTS WEEK Whi1tby seët to host Canodian cross By MARC VINCENT Free Press Staff Whitby will be the hast for the national Crosscycle champion- ships next weekend. The event wiil be held at Heber, Downs south parking lot at 12 noon on Saturday. A cross cycle cham- Pianship event consists of 10 laps on a 1-2 mile course. The terrain is rough and competitors have to surmount numerous obstacles. The course is split into tbree parts; one-third is road racing, one-third rough terrain and the final one-third on foot with the competitors carrying their bikes. Jimn reside peting descri tough. plisheï cycle iNolan, ýa Whitby ent wiil be com- gin the event and ibed it as very tMany accam- >d raad racers en- ONsEK NY WHY NOT wîth VILLAGE CHRYSLER and FAST, ECONOMICAL & SPORTY 1985 CARAVELLE 2 DR. 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HARD WORKING. & GOOD LOOKING 1985 DODGE D1 00 MISER PICKUP FREE AUTOMATIC Inci 225 siant six, p. steering & brakes. cioth seats. dtiai low mount mirrors, rear step bumper, H D shocks. P2O5x15 steel radiais, plus al standard features. w-s champ-ionsh ips ter the race and then find it tao difficult to finish. The bikes used are normal 10 speeds that are slightly modified ta handle the course. The gears are on the han- dlebars sa, the racers do not have ta remove their hands from the handie bars. Tires on the bikes are knobbly for traction. The bikes weigh about 25 lbs. so, are easy ta carry over the ai>- stacles. The championships in Wbitby are the culmination of a series, of races in which the riders, collect enough points ta enter the nationals. .Riders from ail over Canada participate in the race. In arder ta be an official national race there has ta be par- ticipants from at, least four provinces. For same reason Quebec has nat entered the nationals even though it dae have provincial cross cycling races. Cross cycle has been in Ontario for at least 16 years but is most popular in Europe. According ta Nolan, thousands of people came out ta watch cross cycling events in couni- tries like France and Germany. Ini Switzerland, cross cycling is the national sport and the courses are more difficuit. "In Switzerland the races are up and down mountains so are much more difficult -than the anes here, " Nolan said., In any case the event should prove ta, be in- teresting on Saturday and everyone is invited ta came out and watch. The $21,000 Sun Life Bonspiel will have a decidedly international flavor when curlers take the ice in the 32-rink, double-knockout event to be held at the Whitby Curling Club on Nov. 29 and 30 and Dec. 1 and 2. Former world- champion Jurg Tanner of Switzerland tops the prestigious field that also includes another worl d champ -- Ed Werenich of Toronto Avonlea, the 1983 win- ner., "Several weeks ago Jurg phoned me to see if I could get him into some top cashspiels in Canada and 1 was able to find spots for him in tbree (including the Sun Life)," said Doug Max-, well, the executive director of the Air Canada Silver Broom. "Not only is Tanner laoking ta sharpen up his curling skills to regain the Swiss titie, but I know he, wants to win some big money. " Tanner,, who took the world titie in the 1981 Broomn in London, Ont., with a 2-1 victory over the United States squad skipped by Bud Som- merville, will be eyeing the $6,000 top prize at Whitby. It was a long drap but worth the effort ta order Chrie~s supplies tram Dickson Printing & Office Supplies in the Ajax Plaza. But he wiil not be alonel "Fast 'Eddie" Werenich has already won over $25,000 this season while qualifying in the Regina banspiel and taking the Molsan's Classic at Torongo Royals. "Good luck ta Tan- ner," chuckled Weremich. "But I!think my rink is the- one ta beat. He'll be lucky ta score an end if I meet up with him. " Besides those two world champions, there will also be an im-, pressive crew of provin- cial wirnners from On-ý taria and Quebec. Russ Howard of Midland .and GeorgetaWn's Bob Fedosa represent the former Ontario skips while Quebec's hopes rest with Brian Ness of Howick and Rallie Paquin of Lachine, last season's winner. It could also be the time when Canada's former junior champs flex their muscles,,. Denis Marchand, who won the national junior title in 1981, is entered along with former world junior skip John Base of Mississauga. Defending banspiel champion Jim Sharpies of. Dixie will also, have something ta say about who wins this one, since he's the only skip ta have ever 'won the- title more than once. Ottawa's strong con- tingent is weil represen- ted by Bruce Delaney of Hylands and Earle Morris of Navy. Guelph, is strang with Bob Charlebois. And the local curlers - Oshawa's Bob Turcatte, David Lawes and Rick Vesey along with Whit- by skip Ron Cameron and Jim LeVair of An- nandale - are 'ail famillar with the ex- cellent ice at the Whitby Curling Club. 4'.,--f ~ t-#~4 4ê z GOLD KEY Top curlers coming to enter- major bonspiel iL m