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SPORTS NEWS 13 Golf agjDes gowe LBaEeir THE GUARDIAN Monday August 8 1988 David Davles at Fulford touch of the Ballesteros's about it. The ball finished on the fringe of the green where, given Faldo's touch, it represented an almost certain four. Baker, having had to wait for a considerable time while Faldo cleared away television cables and general detritus, remained com the latter two were in the clubhouse and that they needed, respectively, an eagle and a birdie to overtake them. Much of the earlier part of the round had been played in comparative silence with the crowds perhaps lulled into somnulence by the sun. The 18th woke them up.

Baker went first and, aiming to cut his tee shot, smashed a driver down the fairway. Faldo stuck to his invariable game plan, evolved over the Fulford years, to play a two iron short of all the trouble, and then hit another two iron to the green. It worked insofar as he did hit the green, but three times the distance away as was Baker, who hit a five iron second to 15 feet. Faldo hit a good putt, tapped in for his birdie and then flinched as the roar which greeted Baker's eagle rose into the air. Off they went to the first for a sudden-death play-off and, after they had halved it, returned to the 18th.

This time it was Fal-do's honour and again he went with an iron for safety, this time, however, dragging in behind the line of trees on the left where most people are faced with an impossible shot. But Faldo is not most people A SULTRY, but hitherto largely silent Sunday was tnnlhngiy punc eftuated by Peter Baker yesterday. The 20-year-oia tor-mer Walker Cup player eagled the 72nd hole of the'Benson and Hedges International to get into a play-off with Nick Faldo, and then, incredibly, did so again to win it. In doing so he won his first European tour event, took away 41,660 and fulfilled the promise that has been evident since the days when, as a Shropshire county player, he attempted to follow in the oversized shoes of Sandy Lyle. "A new star is born," said Faldo later.

That seems right. During the week Baker played the par-five 18th hole, 488 yards, five times. He did so not only with all the usual pressures of the last hole, but knowing that his sponsors were fervently urging him on from a hospitality pavilion behind the green. He presented them with an eagle on the first day, birdies on the next two days, and yesterday with two more eagles eight under par altogether. He seems likely to prosper.

Baker and Faldo had tied at 17 under par, 271, one ahead of Craig Parry and Jose-Maria Olazabal. But they had arrived on the 18th tee knowing that Motor Cycling IS In the sights Ian Peel, six times British champion, aims at another target on his way to Seoul The CI itheroe Kid who is goi ng Cynthia Bateman finds out about clays from Britain's leading expert in the field Rainey sttrikes early to putt a brake on Gardner posed and again hit a five iron second, this time to 18 feet. He emerged from the crowds with a big smile on his face, a trait which will make him a lot of money. He will, of course, have to keep holing the 18 footers as well. He has been using a ladies putter, two inches shorter than standard, called La Femme, by Titleist, and it might be advisable for all wives to keep a close watch on their clubs in the coming weeks.

"I don't feel that I've played by best this week," said Baker, "but I've managed to keep calm, to keep smiling and to hole a lot of putts." Baker is proving a quick learner. In the Portugese Open this year he led going into the final round and allowed his temper to get the better of him on two occasions. He finished third. "That was a good lesson," he said yesterday. An other has been the abandoning of some of the racier friends of his first year on the Tour.

"I stopped going out with certain people," he said, "I felt better on the first tee that way." forearm because the brakes worked so poorly and on the 24th lap of the 30 he crashed, Ron Haslam was the worst af fected by the schwantz crash as he was pushed into the gravel pit. He got back into the race last by a long way but raised the biggest cheer from the crowed as he fought through to fourteenth. Meanwhile, Steve Webster and Tony Hewitt preserved their chances of retaining the world sidecar championship thanks to a thrilling win over tneir areiwrjvais wit Buana and Kurt wamsperg. Biland had won every previ ous race this season, so the British pair struck a timely blow with two races to go. "We have been waiting season to get a win and it eou! not have happened at a better place," saw weoster.

Hewitt had an equally tense time in the sidecar, which finished with its tyre worn right through the wheel arch. The two Krauser LCR outfits fought nose to tail all the way, and for the first half of the 24- lap race it was three-way battle, witn ugoert steuer ana Ber nard Scheiders' Yamaha LCR challenging the leaders until forced to drop back. Britain's Alex Bradford was unlucky to drop out of the 125cc race in a seemingly secure second position, because of his Honda's transmission failure. The event was won by Ezio Gianola on a factory Honda. first win 88, designed by Tony Castro, emerged the overall victor, and second place went to Billy McKay in Linn Hi-Fi, designed by Rob Humphreys.

The X-boat, numerically, was the largest of all the classes racing in the regatta, evidence of the continuing popularity of these 21-foot craft, designed 80 years ago. Eighty of them turned out each day. Boats from the original batch built in 1911 and brand new ones raced level. It says much for the class therefore that it was one of those original boats, Madcap, that won the Captain's Cup for the best performance in Cowes Week. for gold has bred a dislike of things new-fangled.

He has used the same gun since 1976 and worn the same green corduroy shooting cap since he was 16. There is a tradition in shooting that the winner throws his cap in the air, and the others take pot shots at it. "It hasn't happened to me yet, but I'll tell you what: if I win the gold medal they can blast it to bits." He will be shooting against 54 competitors, six of them women, in Seoul, and he runs and trains with weights to keep in shape physically, but the mental effort of intense concentration, even though the competition is divided into 35-minute rounds over three days, will leave him zapped. For the first time in the Olympics the top six shooters after the first 200 rounds will go on to shoot an additional 25 rounds to add to their score. Ian Peel is not much interested in being sixth, or even second or third.

"The adrenalin comes from wanting to win, and the elation comes from winning." Hark there at The Bounty, another party might be on the cards, but no champagne please. "I'd rather have a pint oflager'hesaid. 82. 250cc! 1. Cadalora (It) Yamaha; 2.

Sarron (Fr) Honda: 3. Garriga (Sp) Yamaha. British! 10. McLeod. ENC-Rotax; 24.

Bosworth, Aprilia. World Ch'ahlp standings, 12 rdai 1, Pons 178: 2. Garriga 173; 3. Cornu (Swi) Honda. SOOeei 1.

Rainey (US) Yamaha: 2. Gardner (Aus) Honda; 3, Sarron (Fr) Yamaha. British! 4, Mackenzie. Honda: 9, Burnett, Honda: 14, Haslam, Elf Honda: 21, Leach, Suzuki; 23, Buckmaster, Honda. World Ch'ahlp standings, 12 rdai 1, Lawson (US) 195: 2, Gardner 175; 3, Rainey (US) 163.

Sldecan 1, WebsterT Hewitt (GB) LCR Krauser: 2. BilandK Waltlsperg (Swi) LCR Krauser: 3, A MichelJ Fresc (Fr) LCR Krauser. Other BritJthi 7, JonesP Brown LCR Yamaha; 15, StirratS Prior LCR Yamaha. World Ch'ahlp standings! 1. BilandWaltisperg 137: 2, WebsterHewitt 116: 3, MichelFresc 69.

TT Formula 1 Challenge Race: 1, Morrison (Honda 750); 2, Phillips (Yamaha 750); 3. Rymer (Honda 750). Speedway WORLD INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP INTER-CONTINENTAL FINAL (Vetlanda. Swe). World finalists! 1.

Pedersen (Den) 14pts: 2. Nielsen (Denmark) 12: 3. Gun-dersen (Den) 12: 4. Jonsson (Swe) 12; 5, Tatum (GB) 11: 6, Ivarsson (Swe) 7 equal, Morton (GB), Davis (GB) 8: 9 equal, Jorgensen (Den), Wigg (GB). Ermolenko (US) 7.

Other British! 12, Cross 5: 14 equal Cox 2: 16, Knight 1. Rowing WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Milan). Junior finals, Women's eight: 1, Germany 4min 45.29sac; 2, USSR 4:47.93. 5, Great Britain 4:59.23. Coxed four: 1, Romania 2.

Germany 5:08.35. Double sculls: 1. A ShultzeS Otto (EG) 5:13.56: 2, WangfZ Jiang (Ch) 5:16.22. Coxless pain 1. ZaharievaI Zoija (Bui) 2, I MoschC Benter (EG) 5:34.37.

Single aculls: 1, Thieme (EG) 5:36.06: 2. Tersi (USSR) 5:48.31. Coxlass four: 1, Germany 4:50.34, 2, Cz 4:54.01. Man's coxed eight: 1. Germany 4:08.17: 2.

France 4:10.20. 6, Great Britain 4:16.08. Coxed four: 1, Germany 4:30.25: 2, France 4:33.39. ouaarupie scuiis: ussh 2, Germany 4:20.20. Coxless four: 1.

Italy 4:27.69: 2. France 4:28.34: 3. Great Britain 4:28.71. Coxed pair: 1. I VizitiuC Banica (Rom) 5:03.99.

4, TranmerG Searle (GB) 5:16.29. Coxlasa pain 1. PinsentT Foster (GB) 4:47.17: 2, ThiedeJ Bredernitz (EG) 4:48.24. Double sculls: 1, FialkoO Solo-makhln (USSR) 2, ReimC Nutlmer (EG) 4:39.49. Single sculls: 1.

Sollici (It) 2. Jason Day (Aus) 5:07.24. Lightweight finals: Woman's aingle aculls! 1, Karlson (US) 7:45.25: 2. A Schuster (WG) 7:48.13. Double sculls: 1.

Ver-mulstE Melesie (Neth) 7:11.85: 2. Lie-geoisA Peyrat (Fr) 3. BondC Lucas (GB) 7:15.94. Coxless fours: 1, China 2. Australia 6:54.98.

5. Great Britain 7:06.81. Men's single sculls: 1. A Otten (WG) 2. Gobel (Neth) 7:09.86.

Double sculls: 1, GandolaF Esposito (It) 6:30.42: 2, Scha-ferR Ehrenfels (WG) 6:32.83. Coxless fours: 1, Italy 6.09.48: 2. Great Britain 6:13.31. Eight: 1, Italy 5:43.35: 2. United States 5:45.88.

Baseball AMERICAN Minnesota 7, New York Yankees Minnesota 11, NY Yankees Baltimore 4, Milwaukee 1: Milwaukee 3, Baltimore Detroit 3, Boston Detroit 3, Boston Toronto 7, Kansas 6: Texas 8, Cleveland California 6, Chicago White Sox Chicago While Sox 1, California Seattle 4, Oakland 1. (Saturday) NY Yankees 5, Minnesota Kansas 11, Toronto Oetroit 4, Boston Oakland 5, Seattle 4: Cleveland 5. Texas Baltimore 7. Milwaukee California 7, Chicago White Sox 5. NATIONAL Philadelphia 9, Chicago Cubs 3: Cincinnati 10.

San Diego NY Mats 3, Pittsburgh Atlanta 8, San Francisco Houston 6, Los Angeles Montreal 3, St Louis 1. (Saturday) NY Mels 5, Pittsburgh Atlanta 7, San Francisco Montreal 5, St Louis 4: Los Angeles 5, Houston 3: Chicago Cubs 7, Philadelphia San Diego 4, Cincinnati 1. American Football UROBOWL CHAMPIONSHIP (Crystal Palace). Helsinki Roosters 35. Amsterdam Crusaders 14.

Canoeing EUROPA CUP K1: 1, Killlan (W Ger) 12min 42.02sec; 2, Provide (It) 12:42.08. Canadian singles: 1. A Jelenc (Yugo) 14:25.86: 2, Wells (Notts) 14:38.36. Canadian doubles: 1. SimonElch (W Ger) 2.

WeldermannStelzer (W Ger) Ladles K1: 1. Wahal (W Ger) 2, Profanler (Aut) Overall standings: 1, Germany 10pls; 2, Italy 40: 3. France 44: 4.GB51. Hockey MEN'S INTERNATIONAL. Great Britain 3, Scotland 0.

Great Britain 7, Scotland 0. WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL. West Germany 1, Ireland 0. Germany 6, Ireland 0. INTERNATIONAL SERIES (Lahore).

(4th match) Pakistan 1. Indiad 1 (India lead 2-1). Peter Clifford II JFAYNE RAINEY VtfV steered his Lucky WW Strike Yamaha into the lead before the first corner and stretched that lead to the chequered flag yesterday for a convincing victory in the British Grand Prix at Donington Park. In brilliant sunshine Wayne Gardner kept his world championship hopes alive with a hard-fought ride into second place on the Rothmans Honda, while Eddie Lawson struggled into sixth on the Marlboro Yamaha complaining of a slow engine and a rear tyre that started to slide early on. Gardner had similar tyre problems but it was brake troubles that denied him any chance of catching Rainey.

Gardner was soon into second place but Rainey was already pulling out a lead in the opening laps when the brake problem started and Gardner ran on to the grass at the chicane. That dropped him to a distant fourth behind Christian Sarron on the Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha and Niall MacKenzie's HB Honda. Gardner fought back and by lap eleven was second again but the effort had asked too much of his tyres and he could not even think about catching Rainey who continued to pull away. "The brake discs warped and they were juddering badly. The tyre went away and I started sliding so I couldn't brake or accelerate," he said.

Thorpe suffers a Jack Burnlcle in Namur BELGIUM'S Eric 'The Kid' Geboers on a Honda won the SOOcc World Motocross Championship in his home town above the beautiful valley of the Meuse yesterday by taking the Belgian Grand Prix. He becomes the first man to win world titles at 125, 250 and SOOcc. While his British teammate, David Thorpe, crashed when second in the first race and broke a finger, Geboers stayed out of trouble to finish fifth. This put him out of reach of Thorpe and the other British challenger, Kurt Nicoll, who also fell while pressing Geboers. Sailing "I felt I should have gone to Los Angeles in 1984; I was shooting really well then, better than I'm shooting now, but the qualifying system went back two years, and I hadn't shot well in '83." His discipline is Olympic Trap, which means hitting a disc one inch deep by four and a quarter inches in diameter travelling away from him on an unpredictable trajectory at up to80mph.

He has about two-fifths of a second to get off his first shot and another two-fifths maximum in which to register a hit or miss, re-sight and fire while the target is still in range. He has to do this 225 times without missing the target more than twice to stand a chance of winning an Olympic gold. His biggest problem will be if he misses targets early on. But he has tucked away in his mental armour the fact that his near neighbour, the Olympic gold medallist, Bob Braith-waite, missed two of his first 12 targets and then blasted the next 187 to win with a score of 198 out of 200 at the Mexico Games in.WW, The lowest target can travel at just one metre from the a spin tion problems which have af flicted it all season, while Maur-icio Gugelmin's Leyton House March and Patrese's limping wuuams rounaea on tne top half-dozen. Jonathan Palmer's Tyrrell was out within three laps of the startwhen its engine died while Derek Warwick's Arrows retired with braking problems after a spectacular spin.

It was one of the closest fought races of the season, the McLaren-Hondas having little fuel to spare in the closing stages. However, the relatively gentle pace set by Senna in the early laps enabled them to save up some of their 150-litre allowance for the fierce battle which ensued later in the race. Senna also found himself forced to balance a desire for victory with a pressing need to conserve his front tyres. In fact Prost reflected that, if he could have stayed ahead after his scramble down the inside, he would have been able to pull clear to victory. That he did not do so is a measure of Senna's unflappable skill.

It reflects a talent which. is maturing all the time. After yesterday's race the two McLaren drivers share the championship lead with 66 points apiece but Senna now has six wins to Prost's four. HUNGARIAN OP 1, A Senna (Br) McLaren Ihr S7mln 47sec; 2, A Prost (Fr) McLaren at S2sec; 3, Boutsen (Bel) Benetton 31.410; 4. Berger (Aut) Ferrari 1mln 2B.6sec; 5.

Gugelmln (Br) March one lap; 6, Patrese (It) Williams one lap. ChamolonshlD standings (after 10 1. Senna 66; 2, Prost 66; 3, Berger 28; 4, Alboreto (It) 16: S. Boutsen (Bel) 16; Piquet (Br) IS; 7, Warwick (GB) 8. Man-sell (GB) 6.

Conatruclora' UUai 1, McLaren 132pts; 2, Ferrari 44; 3, Benetton 22; 4. Lotus 16. scotch Pappin, their Seoul-bound goalkeeper. But Knapp, Yellowlees and Cuthill competed enthusiastically in an over-run side. Oh Saturday Sherwani made the first two goals for Leman, who was particularly impressive at inside right over the weekend, and Kerly, with Kerly getting his second after following up a penalty corner shot from Barber.

Yesterday Britain were 5-0 ahead by the interval with goals from Batchelor (2), Kerly and Bhaura (2). Leman and Kerly added second-half goals. CHEAT BRITAIN (v Scotland yesterday; England unless Taylor Faulk-nor, Barban Garcia, Dodda, Pot-tan Bhaura, Leman Kerry, Klrfc-woodNorlhern Ireland). Batchalor. ground, the highest at four metres, and the angle can vary from 0 to 45 degrees left or right to a distance of up to 82 metres.

Every marksman has the same target at some stage in the competition, but he never knows which will be when. "One of my faults is that I try to read the targets. I know which targets I've had out of the traps, and as it gets towards the end I think I know where they will be going. But that's a fault because you tend to shoot before you see the target and you might have read it wrongly." The Olympic and European traps throw straighter targets than most of their creaky English counterparts which skitter clays in windy conditions on eccentric trajectories. "I've been told I really ought to go to Europe for a few weeks before Seoul, rather than shoot in England." Time and money are the reasons he doesn't.

His employers support him with paid leave for competitions, "but there's a limit to now much time you feel you can ask for." Anyhow some of the stolid-ness that must have seeped into him from his good countryside Results Soccer WORLD CUP Group! 1st round, 1st lea Ghana 0. Liberia 0. FRENCH WMUIfH-ens 2, Sochaux Bordeaux 1, Toulon Monaco 1, Paris SG Nantes 3. Auxerre Melz 3, Lille Cannes S. Toulouse 1: Marseille 3, Nice Caen 0, Monlpelller 1: Matra Racing 2, Strasbourg 1: Laval I.Saint-Etienno 1.

Leading standings! 1. Sochaux (P5 Ptsll); 2, Monaco (5-11); 3, Toulon (5-11). OBRMAN CUP. Werder Bremen 4, Hanover Karlsruhe 2, Stuttgart Bayern Munich 11, Blau-Welss Schalke 1, Borussia Moenchengladbach 1: Wolfsburg 1, Elntracht Frankfurt Heidelberg 1, Waldhol Mann-helm 3: Armlnla 0, Bochum Ottflngen 0, VB Stuttgart Erlangen 0, Bayer Leverkusen S. Ulm 1, Nuremberg Kaiserslautern 2, St Paul! 1: Borussia Dortmund 6, Einlracht Braunschweig 0: Cologne 6, Darmstadt 1.

Golf BENSON HEDGES INTERNATIONAL OPEN (Fulford). Final round (British and Irish unless stated): 271 Baker 68, 68, 66, 69 (won sudden death play-off. 41.660); Faldo 68. 68, 66, 69 272 Olazabal (Sp) 70, 71. 66.

65; Parry (Aus) 68, 68, 69, 67 (14,075 each). 274 James 72, 69, 68. 65 (10.600). 275 Lyle 70. 67.

69. 69 276 O'Connor inr 70, 65, 71, 70 (7.500). 277 Clark 72. 70. 68, 67: Ous-sart (Fr) 68.

71. 69, 69: McNully (Zim) 68. 68. 68, 73: Smyth 70. 70.

65. 72 (5,362 each). 278 Baiocchi (SA) 71, 69. 71. 67; Durnian 75, 69, 70.

64; Anderson (Can) 72, 69, 70. 67; Walton 71, 70. 68. 69: Marsh (Aus) 71. 68.

69. 70. 279 Senior (Aus) 76. 68. 70, 65.

280 Kent 70. 72. 72. 66; Fowler (Aus) 73. 72.

69. 66: A Sherborne 73, 72, 69. 66; Russell 72, 70. 70. 68: 0 A Russell 71.

68, 71, 70; Bland (SA) 72, 72, 67, 69; 0 Williams 67, 69. 72, 72. ST JUDE CLASSIC TOURNAMENT (Cordova, Tenn). Third round (US unless slated): 203 Mudd 68. 68.

67. 204 Simp son 68, 68, 68. 205 Rummells 70, 69, 66. 207 Kite 71, 69, 67; Strange 69. 71, 67.

British: 213 Brown 73. 70. 70. BOYS' HOME INTERNATIONAL (Formby). Great Britain and Ireland 02, Continent of Europe 2'2.

Pourtomaa (GB and Ire first): FraterS Syme bt FulkeR Sioberq 2 and 1: PaulP Harrington lost to OreisenT BJom 1 up; HaatleR Johnson bt ThuenF Coupillard 3 and 2: SmithP Page halved with AnsorenaD Borrego. Slnglest Fraser bt Fulke 1 up; Paga bt Grel-sen 7 and Syme bt Joberg 2 up; Hastie lost to BJorn 4 and 3: Paul bt Coupillard 2 and Harrington bt Thuen 5 and Smith bt An-sorena 2 and 1: Johnson bt Borrego 2 up. Tennis OP TOURNAMENT Sanchez (Sp) bt Mattar (Br) 6-3, 6-4; Carisaon (Swe) bt Perez-Roldan (Arg) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Flnah Carisaon bl Sanchez 4-6. 4-6, 6-3.

US MEN'S HARDCOURT CH'SHIP (Indianapolis). Singles" SemMInaisi McEn roe (us) bt seguso us) 7-5. b-a: Decker (W Ger) bt Wilsken (US) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. Finab Backer bt McEnroe S-4. 6-2.

Doublet! SemMlnalai FlachR Saguao (US) bt AldrlchfD Visser (SA) 6-7, 7-6, 6-2; LeachJ Pugh (US) bt ConnellG Michi-bata (Can) 6-7. 6-4. 6-1. Flnah LeachPueh ot nacnseguso o-a. VIRGINIA SLIMS TOURNAMENT (San Diego).

Semi-finals: Rehe (US) bt Graham (US) 6-2, 6-2; A Oronman (US) bt Fairbank (SA) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. Ooublest Na-geleenD van Rensburg (USSA) bt Our-ieS Walsh-Pete (GBUS) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1; FendlckJ Hetherington (USCan) bt FalrbanWG Magers (SftlUS) 7-5. 7-5. LANCASHIRE SENIOR CH'SHIPS (Bolton). Final, Mam Peat (Bury) bt Shaw (Southporl) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Ladien Cart-wright (Bury) bt Whatmough (Rochdlae) Swimming LAKE WINDERMERE TWO-WAV MARATHON (21 miles). Mem Davey (Folkestone) 8hr 27mln 17sec (rec). Ladk! Bradshaw (Blackpool) 9:56:12. Cycling NATIONAL TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS (Leicester). Pirelli OP International Sprlnli 1.

Neiwand (Aus): 2, Alexander (GB). Pirelli International Kelrim 1. Go-tlnelli (II); 2. 0 Dazzan (It), Fosters International 20knu 1, Moser (It) 41pts; 2. A Doyle (Ever-Ready) 34.

Amateur team pursuit final! 1, Man Wheelers 4min 33.99sec; 2, Dlnnlngton RC 4:43.21. 3, Team Haverhill 4:38.85 bt Zenith CC 4:45.36. Motor Cycling SHELL OIL BRITISH OP (Donington Park). 12Scoi 1. Gianola (II) Honda; 2, Martinez (Sp) Derbi; 3, Brigaglia (It) Rolax.

BritJthi 6, Galatowlcz Honda. 19, 1 McCon-nachie, Cagiva; 25 A Patterson, Honda. World Ch'ahlp standings, rdai 1, Martinez, 157pts; 2, Gianola 140: 3, Spaan (Neth) and, having seen Baker again nail a drive down the fairway, he knew something special was required. He manufactured a low, hooking, running two iron under the branches that had a Rainey had no worries about tyres and had stated after prac tice that he was sure they were going to do the distance without any problem. I was determined to go right from the start and the bike was great.

The tyres were superb, the harder I pushed the better they were. I knew that I had a good lead but there was no point in slowing down. I was happy at the speed I was doing," said the Califor-nian who claimed his first grand prix win. MacKenzie was disappointed to miss out on a rostrum position. "I chose a harder rear tyre because we knew that the softer ones that were good for a quick lap would not go the distance.

I gambled on being able to go quicker at the end of the race even if I was going to lose ground at the beginning." There was drama at the chicane on the first lap when Kevin Schwantz crashed putting his Pepsi Suzuki team-mate Rob McEInea on the grass along with Ron Haslam on the Elf and Kevin Magee on the second Lucky Strike Yamaha. "I did not think I was braking too late," said Schwantz. "The bike just kept going so I pulled out to go up the inside hoping I could get it slowed in a straight line but it was still going too fast when I had to turn in and the front tyre wouldn't take it." Magee regained the circuit in seventeenth place and then rode superbly eventually pass ing Lawson to take fifth place. McEInea only dropped to tenth but suffered cramp in his right losing hand The rest of the day belonged to another great champion, Hakan Carlqvist, riding a Kawasaki. The two-times world champion even stopped for a beer while leading the first race.

It was bought for him by his brother down at the cafe alongside this track, which weaves around Namur and through wooded parkland. Thorpe, trying to pass the flying Swede, hit a trackside post, fell and went immediately to hospital. BELGIAN GRAND PRIX. First Race 1, Karlqvlst (Swe) Kawasaki; 2, Banks (GB) Honda; 9, LBea (US) Kawasaki: 4, Qeukens (Bel) Kawasaki 5, Geboers (Bel) Honda; O. Nicoll (GB) Kawasaki.

Second Racat 1, Kartqvlit; 2, wan dm Van (Neth) KLM; 9, Nicoll; 4, Lhjngqvtst (Fin) Yamaha; Banka; Oeboere. Championship points! 1, Oeboera 333; 2, Nicoll 277: 9, Thorp 251. week. He had steered this Bene-teau 35.5 to three other wins, and he captured the overall week's trophy for CHS Class 5. Stephen James's Jacobite, a four-year-old design by Stephen Jones, took the two most prestigious trophies the Britannia and New York Yacht Club cups and went on to collect the week's points trophy as well in IOR Class 1.

She had her work cut out to do that since Barry Polley's Blue Diamond won four of the week's races but not the ones which really mattered. The three-quarter tonners in IOR Class 2 had some very close racing and were also pushed hard by the half-ton-ners. Chris Bonar's Batteleur IAN PEEL comes from the Forest of Bowland which I isn't now a forest at all but that high area of lonely northern fells, blue-veined in the long shadows of a summer evening and so beautiful it was nicked back from Yorkshire by Lancashire a few years ago. His father farms in this high country, and as a boy Ian Peel potted with airgun and then shotgun at rabbits and pheasants. He soon ran out of those on the 100-acre dairy farm and, with neither the money nor the inclination as a teenager for game shooting, took, like so many others, to clays, He is a tall, blond, outgoing lad, a textile colourist tor a Blackburn yarn dyer down the valley with his sights set far beyond the end of his FN Browning 12-bore over and under.

Have gun, will travel; he has shot in. competition in most countries of the world and fears most among his opponents the flussians, Bast Germans and talians. Motor Racing Manselll Alan Henry In Budapest IGEL MANSELL's val iant efforts to disrupt the Honda-Marlboro- McLaren team's monopoly of the Formula One winner's circle ended in disappointment yesterday after a hectic drive in the Hungarian Grand Prix. After following in the wheel-tracks of the eventual winner, Ayrton Senna, for the first ten laps, a quick spin dropped him from contention and he eventually crawled into retirement after 60 laps, utterly exhausted by the sweltering conditions and the after-effects of chicken pox. It was a bitter blow for Man-sell who had qualified his Canon Williams-Judd second alongside Senna's McLaren on the starting grid and had almost beaten the Brazilian on the crucial sprint to the first corner.

After the spin Mansell's Wil liams team mate, Riccardo Pa-trese, took up the chase in second place but it was eventually the Benetton-Ford of the Belgian, Thierry Boutsen, which moved in behind the leading McLaren. He was chased in turn ny Senna's team mate, Alain Prost, who had spent the early laps making up ground from an atypically low seventh place starting position. Hopes that the naturally aspi rated runners might make serious inroads into the current McLaren-Honda domination proved sadly misplaced. Poor mechanical reliability pre Britain's Pat Rowley RE AT BRITAIN finished I In off a long period of in-3wJ tense pre-Olvmpic train ing at the weekend much to the relief of the players with two matches against Scotland at Lilleshall. They played poorly to win 3-0 and improved yesterday to win 7-0.

The centre-forward Sean Kerly scored twice in each game. Roger Self, the Olympic team manager, said afterwards that he was pleased his players had come through the hard work with very few problems. He felt that they would all find it a relief to play seven interna Hockey At 16 he earned the nickname the Clitheroe Kid after the nearest small town to his home up beyond the village of Slaidburn where, more recently, they gave him a reception at the Hark to the Bounty pub after he won the Commonwealth Games. Now 30, he has been British champion six times but lost the title yesterday at the national championships in Chester after tying with 196 out of 200 with Peter Croft who went on to win the 25-round shoot-out by one shot. Peel could have done without bruising his ego in the run-up to Seoul.

Britain was granted only one place there under the Olympic quota system, and Peel shot the qualifying score for the country in 1986. "I always knew it was the country's place and not mine, but since then I always hoped I would be the one to go to Seoul," But he was not certain to go until he beat three contenders in a shoot-out stretched over three International events. is Jeff in vented them from sustaining a challenge, Patrese and Boutsen were both handicapped by broken exhaust pipes and consequent loss of power towards the end of the race, leaving Prost and Senna to step up the ferocity of their personal battle tor world championship honours. Once Prost got into second place on lap 47 he launched a massive counter-attack against his team mate. Two laps later, his right-hand wheels almost shaving the pit wall, he lunged down the inside of Senna into the tricky first downhill right-hander at the Hungaroring circuit just at the moment that Senna in turn was lapping a couple of slower cars.

Prost slithered wildly across Senna's bows into the lead but immediately ran wide and was re-passed by his McLaren colleague before the end of the 180 turn. It was a breath-taking manoeuvre which had both men and most of the crowd sucking through their teeth as the cars teetered on the outer edge of adhesion. That both survived was a masterly display of control from the drivers and a taste of what can be expected in the remaining six races. Shortly before "the finish Prost eased up suddenly after detecting a worrying vibration from his left front wheel but he crossed the line less than a second behind Senna with Boutsen trailing in third, half a minute adrift. Gerhard Berger's Ferrari fin ished a steady fourth, plagued by the marginal fuel consump double tional matches in the next fortnight.

Britain are due to play in the BMW at Amstelveen this week and the Lada at Luton at the end of next week. Their only real problem at the moment is with the specialist left-halves. Martyn Grimley will not play in Holland because of a thigh muscle injury and his cover, the Irishman Billy McConnell, may have broken a thumb on Saturday. Jon Potter could be switched from right-half for the BMW. Scotland, preparing for their Inter-Continental Cup qualifier in Lille next month, will not be too displeased with their weekend.

They had a depleted side, and particularly missed Veryan Points trophy for Jacobite Bob Fisher GOWES WEEK yesterday almost faded out into the sea mist, very few boats taking part on the last day of the regatta. Only 18 yachts started in the seventh cruiser handicap classes, and there were no more than a few. day-boats. Those who stayed ashore missed one of the best of racing days with a good breeze and sunshine after an hour's delay. Brian Stillwell's Wave Train won her class, as did Ian Atkins For Atkins this was a perfect conclusion to a near-perfect.