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Joining or starting teams
good way to get into sports
By Jennifer Jordy
Reporter
Does golf get your ball rolling? Do
you get a kick out of karate? Do you
love tennis? If so, a sports club might
just be for you.
There are presently almost 600
recognized student activities and 30
sports clubs on campus. If you can’t
find the club you desire, you might
consider starting your own club.
Students must apply through the
Student Activities department to
start a club, says Rhonda Bolich, Stu
dent Activities secretary.
She said anyone can come in and
apply for recognition but they do
prefer students.
Forms must be filled out by stat
ing the group’s name, purpose and
activities. A student group must
have a faculty advisor, officers and a
constitution.
“Most people are suprised at how
fast they can get the paper work do
ne,” Bolich says.
After the application is complete,
it is presented to Dr. Carolyn Adair,
director of Student Services, for ap
proval. If she approves the applica
tion, the club receives campus priv-
12th Man Scoreboard
Aggie yachting sails to win in Rice regatta
The A&M sailing team cruised
to a big victory in the Armadillo
Regatta in Seabrook two weeks
ago and travels to Austin this
weekend to race in the McCarthy
Cup Regatta.
A&M won 11 of 12 races in the
Armadillo Regatta which was
hosted by Rice University at the
Seabrook Sailing Club. Club
member Jeff Lewis says A&M
finished well ahead of second-
place Baylor and the rest of the
field.
Points are given for standings
in each race and totalled to deter
mine a winner for the regatta.
The lowest point total wins the ti
tle. A&M had a low total of 10.25
points while Baylor had 30, and
Rice was third with 37 points.
This weekend’s regatta will
Sailing
consist of team races in which
three boats from each school race
together in tactical races to deter
mine a champion, Lewis says.
Teams from Rice, Springhill Col
lege, Houston, Baylor, Southern
Methodist, North Texas, A&M-
Galveston, Tulane and the Uni
versity of Texas are expected to
participate in the regatta accord
ing to Dave Jones, spokesman for
the team.
Tulane and Texas are among
the top teams in the nation, rank
ing second and 20th, respectively.
The club will host a women’s
regatta on October 29 at Bryan
Utilities Lake. The team is a part
of the 29-member A&M sailing
club and competes in races
throughout the year.
Aggie ultimate team spins into sectionals
The Texas A&M ultimate Fris-
bee team opens its season Octo
ber 1 with the sectional tourna
ment in Alvin and is looking for
more members.
The team now has a mem
bership of about 30 people.
"This has been a really good
fall for us,” says Tom Blinn, vice
resident of the team. “We’ve
ad a pretty good turnout, but we
can always use more players —
both male and female.”
Anyone interested in joining
the team should attend one of the
practices. They are. held every
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
at 6 p.m.. The practice field is lo
cated next to Cain Hall.
Ultimate Frisbee
“Anyone who is interested
should just show up to one of our
practices,” Blinn says. “If you
show up, you’re automatically a
part of the team.”
No specific qualifications are
needed to play the game.
Since the team is an extramural
club, it plays against teams from
Austin, Houston, Dallas, San An
tonio and Baton Rouge.
The team participates in an av
erage of six tournaments per
year.
Lacrosse club gearing up for big season
ileges. The organization can then
advertise and hold meetings on cam
pus.
If the club has a sports-related in
terest, the organizers may choose to
operate through the Intramural-
Recreational Sports department.
Paula Opal, assistant director of
sports clubs, says to become a sports
club the activity must first be a rec
ognized student activity.
To qualify as a sports club, the stu
dents must offer instruction at all
skill levels and offer competition for
the more highly skilled members.
Opal said of those sports with na
tional competition, 76 percent of
A&M’s clubs went last year.
Funding tops the list as a benefit
for becoming a sports club. Opal
says.
“All of our clubs receive allocation
of funds of some kind,” she says.
Clubs must first go through a
year-long probation period. This al
lows the office to determine the val
idity of the club and its activities.
Mark Benden, president of the
Pistol Club, says he feels the proba
tion period was well worth it.
“The time spent practicing, train
ing, and talking with people for just
a little bit of time is hardly a problem
compared to the benefits,” he says.
Opal says sports clubs have the
opportunity to use campus facilities
and receive funding for transporta
tion and entry fees. They can also
use University-owned equipment ei
ther through loan or rental.
“Sports clubs have priority in fa
cilities and equipment over recre
ational sports,” she says.
A national travel account was set
up to assist teams traveling out of
state.
“There are several sports clubs
who find themselves going to nation
als and no funding is available
through the University,” Opal says.
“Unless they are one of our clubs,
they are not eligible for those
funds.”
A club must prove that competi
tion is available in the area either re
gionally or at the state level, Opal
says.
“The odds are that we are not
going to start a club where the only
competition available is in Califor
nia,” she says. '
Most clubs at the University are
stable throughout the state.
Steensma
leads A&M
to easy win
Texas A&M’s lacrosse club is
gearing up for the spring season
with a chance of going to the
Southwest Lacrosse Association
finals.
Nathan Douglas, president of
the dub, says the team should be
ranked high in the championship
games of the Southwest Lacrosse
Assodation, a collegiate league.
The league has two confer
ences (east and west) with A&M
belonging to the east conference.
In the spring, conference
games will begin and each of the
teams will play every team in their
Dsse
conference twice (10 to 12 games)
with the top two teams advancing
to the championship.
This fall A&M will host the
Eighth Annual Fall Tournament,
play an alumni game against for
mer A&M lacrosse players and
several scrimmages.
Membership is open to both
men and women and dues are
$40. Members should expect to
P a y approximately $110 for
equipment.
Cheri Steensma had 19 kills in 48
attempts to lead the Lady Aggie Vol
leyball to a straight-set victory over
the University of San Francisco in
the first game of a three-game week
end swing through California.
Steensma hit for a .396 average
and was aided by Kelli Kellen and
Krista Hierholtzer who each had 14
digs.
A&M is 6-3 overall, while USF
drops to 1-7.
Head coach A1 Givens was pleased
with the team’s overall performance,
particularly that of some of the
younger players.
Pistol team shooting
The Texas A&M pistol team is
preparing for their first competi
tion to be held in Dallas this week
end.
The 20-member team com
prised of 15 men and five women
practices at least three times a
week for an hour and a half at the
indoor range, according to team
captain Mark “Bo” Benden.
“During the first two weeks of
school, we have competitive try
outs,” Benden says.
The team competes four times
each semester in three events: air.
away this weekend
Pistol
free, and standard pistols. The
top four shooters from each of
the three events comprise the var
sity team.
A different team is chosen for
each competition in the fall and
only one team is used in the
spring to begin training for na
tionals.
The team was 4th in collegiate
nationals last year, and has consis-
tantly been in the Top 10 since
1974, Benden says.
“Our experience and maturity
came out tonight,” Givens said. “In
the third game, we had three fresh
men in there, and they got a little
rattled but regained their compo
sure and put the match away.”
Givens was also pleased with the
play of middle blockers Lara Rupf
and Alysia Gonzales.
Givens feels the match will benefit
the team in more than just the win
column.
“We’ve got to win matches like
this,” he said. “We displayed great
flexibility and versatility and we
passed real well.”
Freshmen Volunteers Needed
The Texas legislature passed a bill establishing the Texas Academic Skills
Program that requires students entering college to take the TASP test beginning
in 1989. The TASP test will also replace the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST)
for students in teacher education fields. Texas A&M University will be serving
as a test site for the TASP test field trial on Tuesday,, October 18. We need
volunteers to represent TAMU in this state-wide field trial. The field trial will
take approximately 11/2 to 2 hours. Two sessions will be held, one from 10:00
a.m. to 12:00 noon and the other form 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. There is no charge to
participate in the field trial.
The TASP test consists of three skills: Math, Reading, and Writing.
Students who participate will have an opportunity to judge their mastery of
academic skills and help the state of Texas develop the best possible test for
colleges and universities.
To participate in the TASP test field trial or for additional information,
please call 845-0532.
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