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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1978
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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
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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
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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.
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George Snyder suspends himself from a passing frisbee as tW
Intramural Frisbee Tournament draws near.