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The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday, March 10, 1984 Page 67 Brohman assured of help Sir Dapper looks to be as safe as a bank Strawberry trials well Champion four-year-old galloper Strawberry Road, beaten yesterday in a barrier trial at Randwick, can go only from strength to strength, according to his trainer. Doug Bougoure. Strawberry Road, ridden by Mick Dittman. sat back in the middle of the field in his seven-horse trial before impressing with a big sprint over the iast 200m. Holborn Court won the trial by a short neck from Strawberry Road with Sir Game a neck away, third, in Imin 11.3s the fastest trial of the morning.

Sir Game was the pacemaker in the trial, taking a three-lengths' lead, with Strawberry Road and Holborn Court catching him with 50m to go and Holborn Coun. ridden by lightweight apprentice Darren Wallace, diving ahead at the post. "Mick told me he settled down at the back of the field and that when he let him go he came home well." Bougoure said from his Brisbane home. "It was a good trial and I wa pleased to see him settled." Top mare Emancipation, who had atso been entered in the trial, did not start, while the Tommy Smith-trained Chiamare. Open The Door and Read All About It ran behind the placegetters.

Strawberry Road will have his next start in 'the S20.000 weight-forage Chipping Norton Stakes. Barrier trial results. Page 65. Utility forward Chris Phelan has a slightly torn cartilage but will be available for the first round, against Canterbury on March 25. Balmain's rugged five-eighth, Olsen Filipaina, had a chip of bone removed from a leg yesterday and will be ready for the opening match against Illawarra.

Manly-Warringah coach Bob Fulton will be looking for a strong guide tonight to the problem of finding a replacement for representative winger John Ribot. Fulton has decided to give the slick utility back Phil Carey his chance against Riverina at Wagga tonight. Carey turned in some eye-catching performances last season, utilising his speed and footwork to overcome the opposition defence. Another experienced player who will be given every chance to earn a first grade position is Ross Wind-shuttle, who has had plenty of first grade experience. Penrith coach Tim Sheens is impressed by the quality of the voung players trialling with the club.

Penrith will play Group 6 today in the first half and Group 7 in the second half of a trial at Windsor, and Sheens will be looking for further improvement. "There will be a lot of new faces in the club this season. Some of the old faces did not do too much so we have to look at new talent." Sheens said yesterday. Traditional rivals St George and South Sydney clash at Redfern Oval tonight. The match is billed as a charity game, with the proceeds going to South Sydney and St George hospitals, but it is doubtful if there will be much charity once the forwards start to battle it out.

In the other matches tonight Illawarra play Canberra at Dapto. North Sydney meet Cronulla-Suth-erland at Henson Park and Eastern Suburbs play Group I at Grafton. By ALAN CIARKS0N Canterbury-Bankstown Jtugby League club yesterday assured injured prop Darryl Brohman that it would not invoke a clause in his contract to terminate his services. The new player contracts have a built-in clause that enables the clubs to terminate an agreement if a player misses six weeks play because of a recurring injury. Brohman will enter hospital on Monday for an operation on his injured left shoulder and will be out of football for half the season.

It is the second time in two that Brohman has been sidelined because of a dislocated tshoulder. After seeing a specialist, Brohman had a long talk yesterday with the Canterbury secretary, Mr Peter Moore. The specialist gave Brohman two alternatives. He could have an immediate operation, which would put him out of football for half the season, or a program to build up his weakened left shoulder. Realistically, the specialist pointed out that there was a 50 per cent chance that after spending six weeks on weights to strengthen his shoulder muscles Brohman could hurt the shoulder again.

After conferring with Mr Moore. Brohman decided he would not gamble on his immediate football career but have the operation to lighten the stretched ligaments in his shoulder. Mr Moore assured Brohman that the club had no intention of ending his contract. Brohman was assured that if Canterbury had a good season he would be paid in full for the year. "But if the unexpected happens and we do not have a good year then we will sit down and work out something satisfactory to both parties." Mr Moore said.

Tas Baitieri probably saved himself a heavy fine from the Canterbury club when he arrived back in Sydney yesterday after an off-season stint in France. Canterbury officials were upset when Baitieri did not arrive in time to play in last week's trial, but he was detained in France for a match against the French 'B' team. The Australian players created some problems for the French League when they won1 9-7. Baitieri, who was one of Canterbury's most consistent forwards last season, will be an essential cog this season with Brohman out of action. Baitieri has a swollen knee but he has been cleared by the doctor and is available to play against Western Suburbs at Belmore tomorrow.

Benny Elias or Neil Whittaker? That is the big question facing Frank Stanton, the Balmain coach, as he weighs up the ability of both players for the vital hocking role in the first grade team. The players will share the first grade spot tonight in the trial game against the premiers, Parramatta, at Cessnock. Both Elias and Whittaker have strong claims to the position. The only certainty about the contest is that Stanton will be criticised, whoever he selects. Elias and Whittaker are the new breed of players who are continuing to erase the myth that hookers are not as smart as other players.

The former Canterbury hooker George Peponis struck a significant blow for the hooking brigade with his doctor's degree. Whittaker ie a Bachelor of Engineering, while Elias is studying for a degree in business administration. Both Parramatta and Balmain received good news yesterday after specialists examined key players. Parramatta winger Eric Grothe has slight cruciate-ligament damage but will be fit to play in the opening premiership round after treatment to strengthen his knee. By ALAN AITKEN Despite the painful, lingering memories of Emancipation's stunning defeat in last season's Hobartville Stakes the bank tellers will again be out irt force at Warwick Farm today.

The grey filly, as Emancipation was in 19S3, went to the barrier a 2-1 on favourite in the semi-classic but never looked likely to threaten in finishing seventh to Marscay. Strawberry Road and Veloso. But Sir Dapper looks an even more certain winner than Emancipation did, and anything missing from the vaults over the weekend should surely be there again on Monday. The last two favourites have been beaten in the Hobartville, with Macro Boy finishing seventh at the reopened Farm in 1982. but six of the previous eight public fancies saluted the judge.

The only two to start odds-on. Kapalaran (197S) and Imagele (1973). were successful. In revised markets Sir Dapper firmed from 4-1 on to 5-1 on, and it would be a surprise to see him much belter on course. Reports from the Les Bridge stable suggest that Sir Dapper will be improved by the run his first since beating Emancipation in the weight-for-age Expressway Stakes.

at Rand wick. Stable foreman Reg Young said: "Hes done everything right. "Les wanted to run Sir Dapper at Randwick a fortnight ago in the Apollo Stakes, but it was too much of a risk on the heavy surface. "He will be improved by the ran tomorrow, but that" not to say that he wil be beaten on the score of fitness. "I don't think Les will have any particular riding plan in mind.

"Mick Dittman is a top jockey. more at the longer races later on." The Colin Hayes-trained Beech-craft, conqueror of Sir Dapper in the Caulfield Guineas last spring-has not lived up to thai form since and is having his first start 3round Warwick Farm. Ron Quinton's mount. Wage Freeze, is another who will appreciate more distance. His trainer.

Neville Begg, said yesterday: "He was slightly disappointing first-up. but the going was fairly heavy that day. "We expect him to run well on Saturday, but the extra distances later on will suit him better." A victory for Sir Dapper should help Dittman in his jockeys" premiership battle with Ron Quin-ton although Quinlon has a stronger overajl book of rides. He will pilot the first and last favourites. What A Dancer and Bungarby, for Begg.

and it's no help to tie him down with instructions. "Sir Dapper is a very relaxed horse and Mick will be able to place him wherever he thinks is best when he has summed up the early pace." On paper, the race looks likely to be run at a slow pace early, and Sir Dapper should easily outsprint the opposition around the tight Farm circuit. His main rivals, Beechcraft. Bounty Hawk and Wage Freeze, will all be better suited by the longer i aces coming up. Stable foreman Anthony Cum-mings was not conceding defeat to Sir Dapper last night.

"Bounty Hawk is in the race, so lie must have a chance," he said. "He has pleased us since he came back from Perth. He spent a month reting on the beach at Glcnelg, in Adelaide, after the Australian Derby and he has picked up well. "But obviously we're looking Darryl Brohman helped off the field last Sunday. Arok to seek aid of ex-Soceeroos Beaten sailors off to Los Angeles ADELAIDE.

Two beaten Olympic contenders in the Windglider class yesterday won a trip to Los Angeles to sail Windsurfers. Bruce Wiley. 1 7. of Belmont, and Bobby Wilmot, 21, of Sydney, will represent Australia in a Windsurfer demonstration after the Olympics. They finished first and second in the Windsurfer selection trials at the end of the TAA regatta off North 1 Haven, near Adelaide.

Wilmot is the current world light-heavyweight champion in the Windsurfer class and Wiley was runner-up. Wilmot was second and Wiley third behind Greg Hyde, of Sydney, in the Windglider Olympic trials earlier this week. In the women's division the representatives will be Sydneysiders Melanie Braund, 16, and Sarah Kenny, 19. Close behind the top scorers were Phil McGain and Keill Price in the men's and Jessica Crisp and Jeanette Bacon in the women's. Arok said he would probably name bis main assistant on Wednesday.

Of the Australian Soccer Federation's decision to field a senior and a reserve national team in the international series, Arok said "We hare to try out as many good players as possible in order to arrive at the best team for our World Cup campaign. "I have to do a detailed analysis. I'm not going to pick World Cup players because they've got blond hair and blue eyes. "I'll be looking at four goalkeepers, four sweepers, maybe eight backs, 10 midfielders and 10 strikers." Arok said he would prepare an "information bank" about local players and on the teams Australia hope to play. They are Glasgow Rangers.

Fior-entina, a Greek team yet to he named, and either Manchester Four Socceroos of the past will be elevated to important coaching positions under Frank Arok, who succeeded Les Scheinflug as Australian coach on Thursday. Arok said yesterday: "I will need one permanent assistant for the international series against overseas teams in June and at least three other assistants as we will have an A' and a 'B' team playing against the overseas visitors almost simultaneously in various capital cities. "1 am thinking of former international stars now involved in coaching. "You can talk about guys like Jimmy Rooney. Peter Ollerton, Atti A bony i and Manfred Schaefer.

"I will seek the help of such assistants and also the State directors of coaching before I name my squad after the sixth round of the National League competition. United or Nottingham Forest. Arok. 52. coach of reigning Australian champions St George, brings to the national coaching job 28 years of experience, including 16 years with Nov" Sad and four years with Vojvodina, both in Yugoslavia.

Scheinflug. who was sacked to make way for Arok. was bitter yesterday over the ASF's decision. "They said that Arok had more experience against European opposition than I do. yet I've been coaching against Europeans since 1970, when I was assistant to Rale Rasic." lie said.

"And what happens if we play against a Brazilian team? "Will we then hire a Brazilian coach?" Scheinflug. who had been national coach since 1981. said he had been gitcn no reason for his dismissal. Ovett's best the best Move to align Vic racing boards MELBOURNE. Victoria's Minister for Youth.

Sport and Recreation, Mr Trezise, yesterday shortened the Harness Racing Board's period of control by six weeks. Mr Trezise said he would be appointing a new board at the end of next month. The board was due to end its term on June 14. He has also shortened the term of the Greyhound Racing Control Board by 12 months. It was due to end its term on February I ft next year.

Mr Trezise said he was shortening the terms of both boards so thai the new boards could be in place before the appointment of the new TAB Board. The present TAB Board's term expires on May 31 Under legislation passed by the Victorian Parliament last year the new TAB board will have an independent chairman and a government-nominated deputy chairman. A member of the Harness Racing Board. Mr Arthur White, said yesterday that Mr Trezise was bringing the controlling terms of each of the three racing codes into unison. "We're happy to be working io with the Government to align the three boards." he said.

"We understand the Govern ment's point of view. "They are simply making sure that the new TAB Board nominees will come from the newly-appointed Harness Racing Board and the Greyhound board." 'Mean Machine' breaks relay record From Page 68 While in Australia, where Oven spent his honeymoon, he has been in shorts and singlets. In Britain he would be rugged up in several tracksuits. Not only has training been more pleasant in Australia but the better conditions have allowed him to do more speed work. The change in environment has also relieved the tedium of the endless training.

A day's training would be typified by his efforts last Wednesday when he ran 12.8km in the morning. In the late afternoon he ran 4km to a park where he completed six 600m sprints with a minute's recovery time between, five 1 00m hill sprints and a 4km run home. The change of climate has been difficult for Ovett. He has found the air hot and dry. In Britain he had been training in temperatures close to zero for six months.

When he competed in Melbourne during the week the temperature was 30 degrees. Ovett lost his first race to Peter O'Donoghue. of New Zealand, in the 1.500m in Melbourne on Tuesday, but he was not too perturbed at the result because he expected it would take several weeks of training and competitive running before he was anywhere near his best. He realised that it would be very difficult to win a gold medal in the l.5O0m at the Olympics because there were 15 athletes capable of breaking the world record. There have been times when Ovett has run so well it has frightened him.

At one meeting in Milan, after almost breaking the world l.500ni record, he was not breathing heavily. "It just happens sometimes," lie said. "But you do not go out and try-to reproduce that feeling. You just try to do your best. "Often you have too many problems to cope with to relax.

It is a ruthless sport." HAMILTON, NZ, Friday. -The Australian 4 100m freestyle relay team put itself on course for an Olympic medal by-breaking its own Commonwealth record here tonight. The Australians Greg Fasaia, Michael Delaney, Neil Brooks and Mark Stockwell clocked 3min 22.37s, which was 0.8s inside the time for the first 300m but McVann changed gear over the final quarter and won comfortably. Pearson picked up her third title when she swam a respectable 2min lS.84s in the 200m individual medley. Lisa Curry, who won the Commonwealth Games gold medal in this event, was reduced to swimming in the consolation final, which she won in 2min 22.92s.

There was a reersal in the men's 400m freestyle when Wayne Shil-lington upset Ron McKean to clock 4min 0.16s. the first of many relays together, and we're going to build towards the gold in LA." The relay record overshadowed some fine earlier performances, particularly from Anna McYann. who found some of her lost form in the 400m freestyle final. She clocked 4min 17.45s 6s faster than her heat time and came within a touch of her national winning time in Brisbane last month. She looked much happier after her failure to qualify for the final and her defeat by Michele Pearson in the 200m.

Suzie Baumer was at her shoulder benefit of the flving start. Delaney clocked 51.19s. "We were physically flat so the whole swim was on emotion, Brooks said. The relay quartet styled themselves the "outriders' of the Australian Olympic team. Dubbed "The Mean they spend a lot -of their time psyching one another.

"It was our first swim together (Stockwell has replaced Graeme Brewer since the Brisbane Games) and we knocked nearly Is off the record," Brooks said. "We told one another it would be than a fortnight ago for the Olympic trials. It was the only Commonwealth record of the New Zealand national championships so far. The Australians went a full 12s under their heat time this morning and were within 3s of the world record. The four predict that the world record will be within their reach by the time they get to Los Angeles in July.

Brooks swam a tremendous split of 50.39s 0.04s faster than anchorman Stockwell. Fasaia set up the record with his opening leg of 51.46s, without the which won them the Commonwealth Games gold medal in Brisbane 18 months ago. It was an outstanding effort considering that they peaked more Overseas visitors boost Aust rowing Cino Ricci, who will be the skipper of the Italian boat, said that he expected tough competition from the US entries in the qualifying round beginning in 1986. "After unexpectedly losing the Cup to Australia, several US consortiums are working hard to get the trophy back and American participants will be extremely dangerous in qualifying runs." he said. On Thursday, the New York acht Club officially challenged for the America's Cup in 1987.

The written challenge and SA1 2,000 nomination fee was handed over by the head of the America II syndicate. Mr Charles Kirsch, at a meeting with officers of the Royal Perth Yacht Club. Mr Kirsch. a NYYC member, is in Perth to look at local facilities for the America's Cup. GOLF: Jan Stephenson, her putting problems behind her.

fired a six-under-par 66 and held off a late-charging Chris Johnson to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Classic at Phoenix, Arizona. The 32-year-old Australian, who lives in Arizona, carded six birdies and 1 2 pars over the Adobe course at the Arizona Biltmore Country Club. Johnson, 25, of Tucson, posted seven birdies and had a 32 on the back nine to be one shot behind Stephenson on 67. "I hit every green." Stephenson said. "It was really an easy round.

"This course suits me because I'm a long hitter and you can go right for the pins and be aggressive, and I like the greens because they're not trickv. I know how to read them." Pat Bradley was alone in third place at four-under 68. Defending champion Anne-Marie Palli. of France, shot a four-over-par 76. Stephenson is trying to overcome the worst start of her ten-year professional career.

In the first four events on the 1984 tour, she has tied for third place, tied for 1 2th, tied for 35th and missed the cut altogether. world championship." the president of the Tasmanian Rowing Council. Mr David Schier, said. It was hoped to persuade FISA to allot Australia the 1988 world lightweight and junior rowing titles. Participation in the championships by crews from China will be a first for the sport in Australia.

Mr Schier said that Chinese crews were just beginning to enter international rowing at lower levels. At Lake Barrington they will row in events for men and women. The Swiss and New Zealand crews in the senior men's fours will provide high-level international competition for Australian crews. There have been 388 entries for the regatta, which culminates in the blue-ribbon interstate King's Cup race for senior eights on April I. HOBART.

The president of the international rowing federation and crews from three countries, including China, will attend the Australian national regatta at Lake Barrington from March 28. The visit by Mr Thommi Keller, president of the Federation Internationale des Societies d'Aviron (FISA), is regarded by Australian officials as an important step towards hosting a world championship at the new northern Tasmanian course. The pre-Olympic participation of fours from Switzerland, New Zealand and China is seen as a boost for the national championships. "If Mr Keller is satisfied with the facilities at Lake Barrington and the conduct of the regatta Australia will be well on the way to securing its first you're regular Sydney Morning Herald Reeder aged 15 years or over who ha and main tains the Sydney Morning HerahJ home delivered si: day per week. Monday to Saturday (inclusive) here's all you do.

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third time at the 1970 World Cup tournament in Mexico. Geist said that the Eastman Kodak-company is picking up the bill for the replica. RUGBY UNION: British Lions halfback Terry Holmes will make his comeback to international Rugby Union on Saturday week for Wales against England. Holmes was injured last June in the first Test between the Lions and the All Blacks in New Zealand. He has played only a handful of matches since then and only a few weeks ago said that there was no possibility of his playing international Rugby this season.

But in those matches he has done enough to show Welsh supporters as well as selectors that he is fit for the fray. The Welsh team is: Davies, Title', Ackerman. Bonen, A Hadley, Dacey, Holmes, I Stephens, Watkins (cant), 1 Eidman, Perkins, Norster, Moriarty, Butler, Pickering. Reserves: Evans, Rees, Douglas, Whitefoot, James, Brown. SAILING: Twenty Italian companies have announced a 15 billion lire (SAI0 million) investment to finance a challenge to Australia in the 1987 America's Cup.

The new Italian boat, which probably will be launched in 1985, is likely to be called Azzurra (blue), the same name as the Italian sailing boat which did unexpectedly well in the America's Cup elimination rounds at Newport, Rhode Island, last year. Commercial sponsors of the consortium financing the Italian challenge include Fiat, the automotive group, Cinzano, the sparkling wine company, Alitalia, the State-controlled airline, Honeywell Information Italia, a computer group. Barilla, the pasta maker and Banca Nazionale del Lavoro. a leading bank of the public sector. Top riders to test skills SOCCER: Ailing British Soccer club Charlton Athletic was hauled back from the brink of extinction by an llth-hour agreement in the High Court in London on Thursday.

Justice Mervyn Davies, approving an eagerly anticipated rescue plan, agreed to order the Official Receiver, currently in charge of the Second Division club under a winding-up order, to sell the club's assets to a consortium which will resurrect it as "Charlton The order was made 25 minutes before the 5pm deadline set by the Football League. Afterwards, lawyers for the Receiver and the Sunlcy property group, which heads the consortium, rushed by taxi to the League's London headquarters in Cannon Street to thrash out final details. The agreement, unde'' hich the consortium guarantees off most of the club's debts stage estimated at overl million nig i 1 .5" million) was so hastily concluded that lawyers had not read all the details even as they came into court. It was a race against the League's 5pm deadline, after which Charlton faced expulsion. Surname (MrJMnJMit): Given Address: Suburb: SOCCER: A West German goldsmith is creating an 85,000 mark (SA34.000) replica of the stolen World Cup Soccer trophy that even will duplicate the scratches on the original.

"We are reproducing the trophy from pictures taken from all angles before it was stolen," said Reinhard Geist, owner of a shop in Hanau, near Frankfurt. iThe replica will be 98 or 99 per cent 'exactly like the original, including all names of winners and scratches," Geist raid. The World Cup trophy 1.8kg of 'eight-carat gold was stolen last December from the Brazilian Soccer Association hi Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian authorities said that the original was probably melted down. The South Americans had permanent possession after winning the trophy for a Postcode: Showground on Thursday.

The cross-country will be run at Centennial Park on Friday and the showjumping in the main arena on Saturday. One of England's top course designers, Mr Bill Thompson, was called in to create an interesting but demanding cross-country course. Three weeks after the trials conclude the team of six horses and four riders selected for the Los Angeles Olympic Games will begin seven weeks of intensive training in Canberra. The cream of Australian and New Zealand horses and riders is gearing up for the Sydney Morning Herald's three-day horse trials next week. The trials, a testing ground for selection in the Olympic equestrian team, consist of a gruelling program of dressage, endurance and showjumping events designed to test the skill, flexibility, fitness and courage of both horse and rider.

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