Challenging Tough Guys - Two fight promoters have organized a province-wide “Tough Man Challenge,” which comes to Victoria next week. Don Amott and Trevor Wall- den, of Boxing Thunder Inc., have set up a series of elimina- tion fights in various regions of the province. The champions of each elim- ination round will meet in Van- couver on Nov. 14 at the PNE Agrodome. The challenge, which is open to B.C. residents who are not professional fighters, began last month. It rolls into Victoria on Oct. 18 at Memorial Arena. There will be three divisional winners at each elimination round, with the winners receiv- ing $1,000. B.C. champions in each divi- sion receive $10,000 each. The divisions are 145-159 Ibs., 160-184 Ibs. and 185 Ibs. and over. Contestants fight two one-and-a-half minute rounds. Heat and humidity triathletes in Most people go to Hawaii to relax. But some would say triathletes aren’t like most people. Theyre a different breed, and they flock to Paradise to sweat if out among the lava fields in the world’s most prestigious triathlon. One Sidney resident and a local dentist have qualified for the Gat- orade Ironman Triathlon World Championship, and both are in Hawaii getting ready. Brenda Cairns is making her second appearance in the triathlon, and she is hoping for a better result this time. She left earlier this month to get acclimatized to the hot, humid conditions. The event runs on Sunday. “J went last year and sort of survived it,” she said, noting tem- Sidney’s Kevin Gardner is somewhat satisfied with his 14th- place showing in the National 10-K Road Race wheelchair divi- sion. However, he was hoping to fin- ish in the top 10 in the race, which was held Sept. 29 in Ottawa. He said the course was relative- ly flat and favored good sprinters over climbers. Alas, he falls into the latter category. “T tend to be a better climber than a sprinter,” he said recently. © The one-kilometer downtown Ottawa course, which riders cruised around 10 times, had many spots for sprints, “which is where I tend to get dropped,” he said. The 23-year-old’s unofficial time was 29 minutes, 35 seconds,: well back of the 27 minutes riders needed to reach at some point in the season in order to qualify. However, Gardner said all riders were slowed because of the tight course, where riders bunched in packs like a criterium in cycling. He added a brisk wind ham- pered athletes and made for slower times. Gardner has raced in the Nation- al 10-K race five of the last six years. A UVic student, he is a member await Hawdii peratures reached 45-50 degrees on the bike course through lava fields, while winds gusted to about 55 km-h. Caims, 42, who competes in the women’s 40-44 age group, com- pleted the course, and wants to try again “for the personal satisfac- tion,...and because I had such a tough time last year.” It is the world championship for triathletes, she said, and competi- tors have to match qualifying stan- dards at a prior meet in order to qualify. The course includes a four- kilometer ocean swim, 180-K bike ride followed by a marathon 42-K Tun. Sidney dentist Don Neal also qualified and is off to Hawaii for the competition. RICHLOCK RENTALS S LTD HOMELITE HB-100 BLOWER PRICES IN EFFECT UNTIL OCT. 31/91 SALES/ REPAIRS 10115E McDonald Park Rd. (opposite Slegg Lumber) 656-9422 SALE PRICE: 179.99 of Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association’s athletics team, and was on the 1988 Seoul Paralympic team. He is training towards mak- ing the team for the 1992 Paralym- pics in Barcelona, Spain. Canada is one of the stronger countries in wheelchair racing, and there isn’t mush separating the top five to 15 finishers at the nationals, Gardner said. He said groups of riders formed as the race evolved. The lead pack of about eight athletes gradually pulled away from Gardner’s second pack, which in turn splintered into a third pack. His strategy was to ride in other people’s drafts, much like a cyclist will, rather than charge into a lead and drain energy. “It was very windy so it was a more tactical race than just going all out,” he said. “You have to ride more with the finish in mind.” Gardner plans to compete in the upcoming Richmond Flatland 10- Sun Ray 1! Window ~/ — Tinting — Lid. i Home « Business » Auto Provides daytime privacy. You can see out. Others can not see in. 656-5744 TheReview Wednesday; October 16,1991 — Sok : : | Gardner close to pack in National 10-K _ K race, and then begin his winter the Fracquekry training routine. WEST WIND HARDWOOD INC. 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