TRIATHLETE BILL Buck- Ingham takes to Mount Newton Crossroad, late one affernoon part of a six-mile-per- Gay regime. He also must practice cycling and swimming for his exercise Program, sO ~ | have to balance them out, Buckingham says the crossroad is “‘a beautiful place to iy Lawn bowlers gei ready for spring National television coverage of Canadian lawn bowling planned for this weekend has members of the Central Saanich lawn bowling club looking forward to spring. ~ Of the eight bowling greens in Greater Victoria the most norther- ly, and the best, is located in Central Saanich,” said Jim Easter- brook. “It has a six-year-old sand- based green that has now reached top quality.” The clubhouse, at the end of Hovey Road just west of Centenni- al Park ball diamonds, boasts about 100 active members who reside from Sidney to Cordova Bay. A recent extension of the club- house is finished and fumished and is a social center dunng winter months for whist, bridge, darts and pot luck dinners, Easterbrook said. “This fine outdoor sport is great for mild exercise and is a way to meet people and have fun,” he said. Fees and costs are moderate and there are some openings for new members, singles and couples, for the upcoming season. The lawn bowling season gets rolling about April 15. Easterbrook said the growing and popular sport will be shown on national television for the first ume Jan. 13. CTV’s Wide World of Sports _will carry the men’s finals for the Canadian Championship between B.C. and Ontario and the ladies’ finals between Alberta and Mani- toba. For more information about Central Saanich lawn bowlers, call Jim at 652-4995. singer performs Friday evening Cowichan Folk Guild performer Deb Maike brings her talents to North Saanich Friday, playing and singing for Deep Cove Folk. Maike sings traditionally styled songs, many of which she has composed. Her work ranges from gentle and charming to funny and silly. The evening of folk song and traditional music starts at 8 p.m. in St. John’s United Church, 10990 West Saanich Road. A $2.50 admission includes refreshments. For more informa- uon call 655-1225. ay = is) = re) we Sow TheReview The Sandown Harness Racing Club is ecstatic about the tumout for New Year’s Day harness racing intertrack betting — piped into Sandown from Cloverdale Race- way on the Lower Mainland. “The whole place was jam- packed,” club spokesman Lynn Wonnenberg said. Close to 600 people were in the downstairs lounge for 11 stan- dardbred races shown live from Cloverdale. A record total of $72,556 was added to a total Cloverdale handle of about $660,000 by Sandown wagerers in the first intertrack wagering Opportunity. this year. “We had a banner day,” Won- nenberg said. The total surpassed a $58,188 total in the for intertrack wagering Opportunity last year, on Jan. 28, 1989, she said. Some of the credit for the good tumout was the result of improve- ments made by the racing club to Wednesday, January 10,1990 — B6 Banner day as intertrack opens” the inside of the Sandown club- house. Members painted walls, made curtains and improved the flooring in the downstairs lounge area. “It’s really quite pleasant in there now,” Wonnenberg said. ~ They did a wonderful job.” Intertrack wagering will con- tinue at the North Saanich track each Saturday and Sunday. The next monthly mecting of the s Sandown Harness Racing Club will be Jan. 11, starting at 7 p.m. in the Ingraham Hotel. New mem- bers are welcome. VICTORIA “MEDICAL ALERT 24 HR. SECURITY & "INDEPENDENCE A NONPROFIT, “SERVICE JUST US Carpet Cleaners e CARPET CLEANING ¢ UPHOLSTERY CLEANING Owner Wilf Dorman gives personal attention to all orders 9570 Norithlawn Terrace, Sidney, B.C. 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