Coventry Evening Telegraph from Coventry, West Midlands, England • 39

Coventry Erentng Telegraph. Friday, Augutt 4. 1971 2L HEATH GARAGE WU I nmn mvvi mnni (com oi tocUwmUMl TaL 314091 Qm mm WHUaiUiHUirf TYRIS Crowd can lift me ta bate he feefi Bees match rained off Ann Man A-Wallnb at Wcdara-ST British Flaal at Cwmnlry. there wee abaalateiy mm 4aabt ssrute'Sersy jpMiingBikk at Ipswich A tamalial dswnpsur there quartan af an -haw Mara Ika aUrt left the track wntertsggrd and thara vara laraa paddlm aa tha Inside af Ika heme straight. Befereo Laa tha track with rala atiU twadai down end hi4 aa haaiUtien la salting mtt the mealing.

Tha mteh aat ta ha mu aatil tflia af tha aaaeaa. It thM marking th Ipawieh (Man, ta aat. 3 t.re-. WAINFLEET TOURS Low-key start THE buildup is over and the 11th Commonwealth Games finally get under way In Edmonton today. More than 4800 people watched In the new Commonwealth stadium aa th Queen declared the Games open, but compared to the QiectacMlar opening ceremony, the tart of the actual apart will be low key.

The action began, reverential hush. Just after breakfast on the bowling greens at Coronation Park, far from the mala stadium amid the dig's suburban sprawl. Only five goM medala wm be settled today, none before evening. English swimmer Cheryl Bnacndale could he the first recipient If she can overcome Canadian girls Carol Kllmpd and Wendy Qutt In the 100 motrat freestyle, which atarte the nights swimming Mdns Other events to be decided during the night are the men's 4 10 metres freestyle May, the flyweight and bantamweight weightlifting, and the LON metres individual cycling time trial. Bayi tine bi threat, Moorcroft rib and dwrth.jai.aM03 i HMT.Agggfilg 1 I sn Ihegnam fir dm dap Pm JMtarassn Issr taMatalSb mwl eaMsn a m-- iMAggfcy II Competition SISS mrltanrn fiSNVAMtBw IB Waasaw WAINFIHT TRAVKL The Oodlva star baa not been wen rince landing at Edmonton, hung over from England developed Into severe sinus trouble pcoduehig At lint tt wee thought that Moorcroft bad an abeam but an x-ray led to come of sntHitottce and everything a fine N.

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-tt" STJJS. And Moorcroft a now giving ha a to guafifriaf ar Baytrtthe afi hopes to fact, Obviously, CHAICSL ISLANDS K0UDAY3 izl DAVE MOORCROFT cant wait for the chance to nail Filbert Bayi's invincible tag once and for alL Bayi has to be the big threat, says England's main hope for the gold medal In the 1,500 metres. But it's impossible to say wholl win. Itll depend on the day. And here lies the rub.

The 1508m competition doesn't Mart until next Thursday with the Anal two days later on the lest afternoon. The waiting Is killing. Buys Moorcroft: There's stm a magle about the event specially In the Commonwealth Gemea That? not to say that it Is the best event. But in Christchurch when Beyl worn was one of the greatest nose of all time. In Edinburgh then waa a greet battle between Kmno end Quax ana, of course, back to 1982 end Vancouver Roger Bannister beat John Landy.

It has always thrown up something special and 1 fed the romance sure but ru be glad when it starts," In strong. Ha aemUtnat as be quaBflen not to tat caught out. Wo stay even got time than we get the at Montrral. IVeaU Tame Viren a able to pace Juet get through. But tt would right for i Brave Weaver goes down fighting PHILIP WEAVER made a valiant but vain attempt to make up ground which Brian Wattes had secured with a record-equalling second round in the Midland Professional Championship at Lad-brook Park yesterday.

White set an almost Impossible target with hla for a 13S total. Wearer, the BfareU Country tournament prof am tonal, needed a to equal It and waa partnering the one man with a genuine chance, overnight leader IarTRichardson. The latter had to match Waites'! aoore to win the title. In the event. Weaver shot a and Richardson a par 72 to tie (or second place.

But the Coventry Flnhcm player was pot In great heart by an angle-bird ie start. He hit a drive and four wood onto the green at the long first and sank a 25-footer. At the nest, he holed a 30ft putt and must have fancied hla chances of catching Waites. But ha dropped a shot at the sixth, where he under-clubbed into a bunker, though ha regained it at the next when he chipped to five feet He missed a 11 foot putt at the eighth, and though he bird led the long ninth, three under at the turn left him needing a miracle homeward half. When anc.her abet slipped away at 11th, where he hooked Into ees, the chase was over, but he and Richardson were locked In a tense Mruggie for place.

Further birdies came at the 13th and 18th, but Weaver mined the chance cf outright second place at the 17th. where he was through the Pip El ten. the Coventry tournament player, had to withdraw after nine holes of the eeoond round, having suffered a back injury while practising before the round. LllSu gr.nr ISS I. Wall OMNI SS.

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