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Page 4 THE BATTALION MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1978 McDonald's DRIVE-THRU WINDOW MCDONALD’S INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS McDonalds i® BREAKFAST EVERY Uajc cM s MORNING Ro Anchors Aweigh Bullseye! The weekend of March 25 and 26 will be a busy one for the A&M Sailing Club. The club is sponsor ing the Southeastern Intercol legiate Sailing Association (SE1SA) women s championship at Lake Somerville. The top two teams will go to the national competition in Maryland and the Aggie ladies have a good chance of taking first or second place. That weekend will also be an outing for the club. The club owns several sunfish, about half a dozen dolphins, two interlake sloops, and several 4-20 class dinghies for rac ing. Anyone who wishes can join the club. The club gives lessons to members who are rated by skills. A novice is a learner, a dolphin senior can check out and sail a dol phin or sunfish by himself, and a skipper is allowed to check out any of the boats. Ratings are based on written and practice tests. The 100 member club meets on the first Tuesday of every month. The sailing team is sponsored by the club and is made up of mem bers who are rated dolphin seniors or above. The team has about 20 members, 5 of whom are girls. For tournaments, team members are selected by sail-offs and how much practice the individuals have at tended. The team practices every Sunday at 9:00 a.m. at Lake Some rville. Each boat holds a skipper and one crew person. A team consists of two boats, one in A division and one in B. The club helps with some tournament expenses but members pay the majority of their way. The team competes in Texas and at Tulane University in New Orleans. Two weeks ago the team tied for third place with Rice L T ni- versity in a tournament at Tulane. On April 8 they will travel to Aus tin for the SEISA dinghy cham pionships, which will determine which team will proceed to na tionals. TU and Tulane are both rated in the top ten teams of the nation. To be eligible for the team you must be a club member, take the lessons, and own a life jacket. Team members will teach new members how to race. Many of this year’s team learned to sail at A&M as novices. The team is especially recruiting girls for weight balance against the heavier guys, although anyone is welcome to join. What do Robin Hood, American Indians, and William Tell all have in common? The same thing 35 Aggies (9 of whom are women) all have in common — archery. The Texas A&M Archery (Tub are target archers who shoot Olympic style. The club has been registered on campus for three years and is an affiliate of the National Archery Association. The club sponsors a team which is made up of club members. Before tournaments shoot-offs are held to see which six men and six women will make up the official team to represent the University. Other members can shoot in the individual honors di vision. At the tournaments, all team members shoot individually. The top two men and two vvomen scor ers form the co-ree team, the re maining members form the men s and women’s teams. This spring the team will be going to South west Texas University and TCU. TAMU will host a tournament here on April 8, and will travel to teasip-land for the regional cham pionships on April 22. Last year the TAMU team placed 12th in the nation even though many of the competing teams were varsity scholarship teams. Students pay their own tourna ment expenses. Although most of the team’s members came from the PE archery classes, the club is always recruiting for members. All it takes is motivation and desire. Practice is held Tuesdays and Thursdays in DeWare gvm from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Operation Freeplay Have we got a deal for you! Come recreate during intramural freeplay. Here is your chance to play vol leyball, badminton, or table tennis without reservations, tournament schedules, regulations, or officials. Any TAMU student, faculty, staff, or spouses can par ticipate. Just drop in to G. Rollie White Coliseum on a Friday or Saturday night and check out your equipment at the ID checker’s station. Volleyball and badminton can be played in the G. Rollie White Annex from 7:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. on Friday evenings. Table tennis is played in room 256 of G. Rollie White Coliseum from 6:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. on Saturday evenings. For more information, call or come by the 1M Office in DeWare Fieldhouse. The phone number is 845-7826. So, come on out and hit the birdie, bump the ball, ping the pong, and just have a great ole time. It’s great to recreate, and freeplay makes it easier. A member of Bracher’s Babes heads a pass through the stretching arms of her opponents, the AFC Saints. Both teams are competing in class A-B flickerball. Part of the Family in SPGRT SHORTS IN PROGRESS Have you ever been taking a Sunday afternoon stroll near Sbisa stopped to watch the antics and stunts of the frisbee players out on the field? If so, you have stumbled upon another one of A&M s Ex tramural Clubs - the Disc Associa tion. The Disc Association is a sub committee of the Recreational Committee and is an affiliate of the International Frisbee Association. There are 20 paid members, only one is a girl. Meetings are held every other Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in room 350 of the MSC. According to its members, fris bee is an interesting and creative sport. The trend is to keep it rec reational and fun. Frisbeers con sider each other ‘part of the fam ily.’ Most frisbee tournaments are mainly individual events. There are a few team events, but most are used for play among friends. One of the main team sports is frisbee golf, which is played on an 18 “hole course. During the last week in March the Disc Association will be spon soring campus demonstrations by professionals. April 1 will be the IM frisbee tournament which the association is helping to coordi nate. On April 8 and 9, A&M s club is hosting an open frisbee tournament which anyone on campus may enter. Frisbeers from Houston, Austin, and other places around the state are expected to enter. Also during the month, the club members interested in com petition will be traveling to Hous ton and Austin for tournaments. These tournaments are aetuallv in preparation for the Dallas na tional series tournament in May. March 4 and 5 started a round of 15 national series tournaments held across the country. Each tournament will feature 2 of the events held in the World Frisbee Competition. Individuals wishing to go to the WFC must be invited based on points earned during their best two national series con tests. The events for the WFC are rotated to keep interest and creativity. There is a men’s and women’s division in all events. How can you learn frisbee? Free University offers a course. Any member will be glad to help you and the club has Sunday sessions at LOO on the field by the All Faith’s Chapel. Frisbee is consid ered great exercise and requires no muscle, just coordination. The club recruits year round and spec tators are welcome. Come join the family. Flickerball has been going on for quite a while now and if it were up to the weatherman, it would still be in season during Com mencement. Because of the many rainouts, flickerball teams are being allowed to pick which class: A, B, oriC they wish to compete in for the®playoffs. Playoffs begin March 21. Regular league play w ill end March 9. If you are wondering about statistics, there are over, 120 teams only 3 of which are wo mens. There are no co-rec teams in flickerball. Entries Open: Golf Doubles March 20-March 28 3-Man Volleyball March 20-March 28 Entries Due: Water Polo Innertube Water Polo Track Canoe Race Frisbee Bridge March 7 March 7 March 7 March 7 March 10 March 9 Special Events: Canoe Race March 25 at 8:30 on the Brazos River. Frisbee tournament April 1 at 8:00 at ski slope. S-L-O-W Pitch Softball The slow pitch softball statistics are looking good. There are 618 teams playing softball. Co-rec teams account for 201 of those teams, and there are 40 women’s teams. League play will finish on April 2 and playoffs will begin on April 4. Meetings: Fast pitch softball team mana gers 5:15 p.m. G. Rollie White, room 267, March 2. Innertube Water Polo and Wafer Polo team managers 5:15 p.m. G. Rollie White, room 267, March 9. Sports Club Meeting 6:30 p.m. C. Rollie White, room 231, March 22. And Here’s Frisbee “I SPY’S PARTICIPANT OF THE WEEK Margaret Corant reaches for the short one during a class A ping pong game played last week. She is eligible for a McDonald’s “Be Our Guest” card which can be acquired at the Intramural Office. The card can be redeemed for free food at local McDonald’s Re staurants. Where can you have a jam ses sion without music? At a frisbee tournament. On April 1, IM is featuring a frisbee tournament with the coordinating efforts of the A&M Disc Association. There will be five events with a men’s and women s division in each. Points will be scored and there will be a men s and women’s champ in each event and overall champs. Win ners will receive IM t-shirts. Entries have been extended until March 10. Distance will be one of the events. The frisbee is thrown into the wind and the distance is mea sured from the thrower’s pivot point to the frisbee s impact point. Maximum distance determines the w'inner. Each contestant is allowed four throws within five minutes of the first release. Points will be scored as distance times one. Maximum Time Aloft (MTA) is geared toward keeping the frisbee in the air for the longest time. The boomerang throw has been found most successful in this event. Time will be measured by three stop watches from release to a clear one-handed catch. Each partici pant is allowed four throws. The longest time multiplied by ten will count as points. Accuracy is throwing the frisbee from seven different stations through a hoop approximately' five feet in diameter. Three of the sta tions are head on to the goal at 15, 25, and 35 yards away. The other four are angle shots, two to each side at 15 and 25 yards. Four throws are allowed at each station. Five points are scored for going through the hoop, two points for hitting it. A smooth delivery with a quick and easy wrjst snap is rec ommended. Folf is golf frisbee. The object is to tour the 18 hole Course around President Miller s home with the lowest number of throws. It re quires long distance throws, hov ers, accuracy, curves, skips, and running shots. Total throws are subtracted from 150 for points. Free style is a non-competitive event which will be done for dem onstration after the regular compe tition. Partners are drawn into two-men teams. Each team will “jam” for three minutes, concen trating on execution, difficulty, flow, and variety. TAKE HEED Don t forget the IM canoe race on March 25. Entries are closing tomorrow, March 7. The race will have men’s, women’s, and co-rec divisions in aluminum or fiberglass canoe classes. Each team will con sist of two persons. All teams must furnish their own canoe, paddles, and life jackets. The course is five mjles from EM 1688 to the high way 60 bridge. Ya 11 come and bring your friends out too! All Around the Card Table More information can be gotten at the IM Office in DeWare Field- house. Don t forget that entries have been extended until March 10, and you have until April 1 to practice. See you at the ski slope at 8:00 a.m. (and that’s no April Fool’s joke). Here s something new . IM is featuring a bridge tournament this semester. Leagues will consist of four teams and competition will be Swiss team play. The round robin leagues will have weekly matches scheduled at night. Entries are now open and will close March 9. Schedules wall be posted Monday, March 20, the day school resumes from spring break. Entry forms can be obtained from the IM Of fice in DeWare Fieldhouse. Win ning teams will receive IM t-shirts. For more information, call Henry Robin at 846-6772 or Stuart Walker at 846-3849. Man mm Woi »8p. H hw i Kill, [V i Will Larry Jarret follows through on his tennis serve during onet men’s doubles games played last week. Refs Corner M01 Baske tball Officials Me eting Maid i 2 7 or 8 p.m. , rm. 267, G. Rollie White Maid i 9 7 or 8 p. m. , rm. 267, C. Rollie White Maid i 23 7 or 8 p.m. . rm. 267, C. Rollie White Maid li 30 7 or 8 p.m. , rm. 267, C. Rollie W hite Softb; ill Off icials Meeti "g Maid !i 2 6:00 p.m.. room 267, G. Rollie W hite Maid li 9 6:00 p. m., room 267, G. Rollie White Maid li 23 6:00 p.m.. room 267, G. Rollie W hite Marc] li 30 6:00 p.m.. room 267, G. Rollie W'hite lUOf George Snyder suspends himself from a passing frisbee as tW Intramural Frisbee Tournament draws near.