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IM Game Plan
ENTRIES OPEN: Twelve events highlight the Intramural-
Recreational Sports Department’s Swim Meet. Entries open
today, Monday, Oct. 5, until Tuesday, Oct. 13. Preliminaries
for Fish, Corps, Women’s Dorm and Women’s Independent
will be held Tuesday, Oct. 20. Thursday, Oct. 22 will be the
preliminaries for Men’s Dorm, Men’s Independent, and
CoRec. Divisionals are on Tuesday, Oct. 27 with All-
University on Thursday, Oct. 29. The meet will be held at the
P. L. Downs Pool. Teams are limited to two individuals per
event except in relays. A Masters 100-yd free style for persons
over 35 will be a highlight event.
ENTRIES OPEN: The IM Department’s Putt-Putt Golf
tournament is coming, Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 5 p.m. It’s being
held at Pooh’s Park Amusement Center. Pooh’s Park is across
from the water tower, 1907 South Texas Avenue in College
Station. Entries open today, Oct. 5 and close Tuesday, Oct. 13.
All equipment is available at the course and a $3 entry-green
fee must be paid when you sign up at 159 East Kyle. For more
information stop by the IM office, 159 East Kyle. All-
University T-Shirts will be awarded in each of the five divi
sions.
ENTRIES CLOSE: Bowling singles. Punt, Pass & Kick and
Volleyball entries close tomorrow Tuesday, Oct. 6. Hurry by
room 159 East Kyle and sign up. You don’t want to miss it.
TEAM CAPTAIN’S MEETING: A volleyball team cap
tain’s meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 8 in 601 Rud
der. The meeting begins at 5:15 p.m. All volleyball teams need
to be represented. Schedules will be distributed.
Coming Soon
AGGIE
OLYMPICS
ENTRIES OPEN: Monday, October 19
ENTRIES CLOSE: Tuesday, October 27
CHECK NEXT WEEK’S McDONALDS
INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS
FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
Long Driving
Records are made to be bro-
I ken as the ladies in the Intramu
ral Long Driving Contest proved
last Wednesday evening.
The opening contestant, Janet
Steele, took only one swing to
| eclipse the previous record of 48
j yards. Steele’s record of 163
| yards lasted only minutes as Su-
in Kuhn drove the ball 174
[yards. The competition re
mained heavy when Mary Flynn
[ erased Kuhn’s mark with a 180
yard poke.
However, the final female of
Ithe evening, Cindy Phillips,
(silenced the predominately-male
crowd with a smooth swing that
resulted in a new record of 200
yards. After Phillips’ perform
ance, several of the competitors
in the Men’s division had second
thoughts about their own abili
ties.
The Men’s competition saw 32
individuals vying for the title.
When the sun was setting and all
competitors had their three
drives, 2 men, Les Loggins and
John Gilbert remained tied with
drives of 271 yards. Each man
was given two additional oppor
tunities and Gilbert emerged as
the winner with a shot of 261
yards.
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Long-Driving women’s champion Cindy Phillips swings
into another drive.
Weight Lifting Club member John Jeffrey
gives a demonstration of Nautilus and Uni
versal weight training machines with assis
tant Donna Monroe. John is the winner of
our McDonald’s® “Be Our Guest’’ award
this week. He can pick up his card for a free
McDonald’s® meal in the Intramural office.
Officiating:
The Ultimate
Experience
When a prospective employer asks you about
previous experience, sports officials may proudly
claim the ultimate work experience.
There aren’t many jobs where an individual can
learn so much about people, including oneself.
Behaviors in sport are often unpredictable. Offi
cials must learn to deal with people who change
temperament as soon as they walk onto a playing
field or court.
Officiating, by nature, is not an easy job and
players, excited by the heat and pressure of com
petition, often can make the job of an official that
much more difficult. It takes a lot of patience and
skill to keep some games under control.
Joan Smith is a soccer official who manages two
other jobs and a full courseload. When asked why
she officiates, she replied, “You meet a lot of
people and it’s fun if you overlook the hassles. ’’
Few students are willing to accept the challenge
of an officiating position, but those that do are
carefully trained and paid well. The Intramural-
Recreational Sports Department employs approxi
mately 500 students each year to officiate football,
basketball, volleyball, soccer, innertube water
basketball and water polo, flickerball and softball.
A high standard is set and Intramural staff mem
bers, Dave Kerr and Lynette Ginn do their best to
instruct officials properly in the rules and tech-
niques of officiating.
Professional attitude and technique are stress
ed, and the ability to work with and for your peers
is needed. Attitude is especially important be
cause of the recreational nature of intramural
sports. Each intramural official is a vital part of the
overall program. Imagine a flag football game
without them.
Officiating is one of the primary components of
any successful intramural program because any
contest, regardless of player abilities, is affected
by it. The TAMU Intramural Department is proud
of its officials. Each year awards are given to the
Outstanding Official and Best Rookie Official in
each sport as well as to the Intramural Official of
the Year.
Selection of one particular person is often a
difficult task. Last year’s winners of the outstand
ing football official awards were Buster Renfrew
and Scott Smathers (Rookie). Teri Wood was the
outstanding soccer official.
Anyone playing flag football this year will notice
that the officials are knowledgeable, efficient, and
keeping the games under control so that everyone
has a good time. And when these men and women
graduate from A&M our loss will undoubtedly be
some perspective employer’s gain.
Lazelle Miller checks out a basketball to Brent Bertrand in the Intramural Check- Out Room.
TAMU Cycling Club
‘Break Away!’
The only University-sponsored cycling team in
Texas, the Texas A&M Cycling Club, is ready for
you. Are you ready for them?
The Cycling Club is a member of the United
States Cycling Federation and is open to anyone
interested in cycling.
Club president, Pat Moore, a junior civil engi
neering major from Dallas said, “It’s not easy. If
you want to start riding, we recommend you ride
every day — hard riding. YYm don’t have to race to
be in the racing community.”
Club members practice Tuesday, and Thursday
nights, Moore said, and members usually ride
between 300 and 400 miles per week to stay in top
form. And this club is serious about racing. They
travel every weekend in the fall and spring semes
ter to USCF — sanctioned races. Moore said
TAMU cyclists race all over the state and also
participate in out-of-state events.
Although Europeans have dominated the sport
in the recent past, Moore said he sees a growing
interest in cycling in this country. The Texas A&M
Club wants to generate interest in cycling among
the different organizations, fraternities, and
sororities on this campus.
Toward that end, the 20-member team sponsors
two all-university races annually in addition to the
USCF-sanctioned Aggieland Stage Race. The first
student body race will be held Saturday, October
24. The second will be early in the Spring semes
ter. Each race will have three divisions — Men’s
Independent, Women’s Independent, and a four-
person team race. Moore said the team race is
similar to the relay race in the movie “Breaking
Away”.
The Aggieland Stage Race is the third race of
the year and is established for USCF members.
USCF memberships are sold on race day, Moore
said. Initial membership is $15 for the first year
and $125 per year after that.
There are four levels of competition in bike
racing. Divisions are one through four with one
being the highest. Moore also said prize money up
to $200 can be awarded to the winner.
Cycling as a sport has come a long way, but
cycling as an activity has been around A&M since
the 1800’s, Moore said. He added, “Sul Ross was a
cyclist at the University”.
The 1981-82 Club meets every other week and
is open to anyone interested. Their next meeting
will be tonight, Qctober 5 in Room 140 MSC. For
more information about the club or any of its
races, call Pat Moore at 846-7285.
Susan Oakleaf, a TAMU Senior is a
two-time National Champion in
Women’s Intercollegiate Handball.
This year she will be competing in
Men’s Class B. Last Fall, 188 partic
ipants played 183 matches in the
Intramural Handball Singles Tour
nament.
Richard Harrison and John Lanig
are tied for the record number of
Putt-Putt Golf Holes-in One with
five.
Volleyball Clinic
To Be Held
If it’s been awhile since your
bumps and spikes came natu
rally, and you find yourself en
tered in Intramural Volleyball
this year, the Volleyball Clinic
this Wednesday, October 7 at
8:00 p.m. is just in time.
The free clinic, sponsored by
the Intramural Department, is
designed to help interested in
dividuals at all skill levels im
prove their volleyball game.
Demonstrations of proper tech
nique will highlight the ses
sion, and participants will have
ample opportunity to practice,
A question and answer session
to help clarify the rules is also
planned.
Whether you ’re interested in
skill improvement or just
would like to learn how to play
the game, this clinic is for you.
Bring your whole team or come
by yourself to Gym 303 East
Kyle Wednesday night.
Get Ready
For
October
Sport
Putt, Putt Golf
Swimming
Flickerball
Fun Run
Weightlifting
Racquetball (Doubles)
Aggie Olympics
Table Tennis (Doubles)
Badminton (Singles)
Entries Open Entries Close
10/5
10/5
10/12
10/12
10/12
10/19
10/19
10/26
10/26
10/13
10/13
10/20
10/20
10/20
10/27
10/27
11/3
11/3
Acknowledgements
McDonald’s® Intramural Highlights is sponsored each Mon
day in the Battalion by your local McDonald’s® Restaurants at
University Drive and Manor East Miffl. Stories by John
Bramblett’s; photos by David Einsel and Bob Sebree.
Footnotes
HANDS ALL-RACQUET-
BALL courts and tennis courts
may be reserved by calling 845-
2624 or coming in to the Intra
mural-Recreational Sports
Check-Out Room (157 East Ky
le). The Check-Out room at
tendant will take one reserva
tion per call and two per walk-
in. Reservations may be made
beginning at 8:00 a.m. the day
before you want to play.
REMEMBER: A valid student
ID or Recreation ID card is
necessary to enter East Kyle at
all times. Anyone having clas
ses in East Kyle after 5:00 p.m.
must still show an ID card to be
allowed into the building. The
Intramural Department asks
that everyone please refrain
from using any of the Intramu
ral fields when they are wet
because it takes a long time to
repair the damage.
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