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Show Page B4 Thursday, November 5, 1987 Park Record Watch the champions-a champions-a jolly smashing idea by RANDY HANSKAT Record staff writer To improve at sports it is a good idea to watch the masters play. Watch Magic Johnson if you want to learn how to handle a basketball. Watch Wade Boggs if you want to learn how to hit a baseball. Watch Wayne Gretzky if you want to learn how to stickhandle. Watch A.J. Foyt if you want to learn how to drive.. .well, maybe not. But you get the idea. If you want to emulate those with more skill than you on the tennis court, there is no time like the presentthe pre-sentthe Canyon Classic, a Grand Champions professional tennis tournament tour-nament is ongoing at the Canyon Racquet in Salt Lake City through Sunday. The Grand Champions circuit features players 35 years old and up. This is the sixth year of the tour, which has 11 stops around the country, coun-try, most of them in major markets such as Los Angeles, Orlando, Atlanta, Atlan-ta, and Chicago. This week's Salt Lake event is the ninth of the 1987 schedule, and marks the first time the Grand Champions have played in Utah. The Canyon Classic, which opened Wednesday, Nov. 4, features 12 Grand Champions, all vying for $40,000 in prize money. The format is round robin, with the final in both singles and doubles to be contested Sunday. Bob Lutz, Tom Gorman, and Tom Gullikson are three of the headliners, but more on the field later. First, here is the ticket information. informa-tion. According to Lisa Holley, tournament tour-nament director, the seating capacity capaci-ty at the Canyon Racquet Club will be 700 daily. She said she expects each day's action to be sold out. Probably the most accessible tickets will be available on a daily Pro circuit to open in Park City, Although the weather doesn't ex actly have everyone thinking about skiing, the members of the U.S. Professional Pro-fessional Tours are, and the place they are thinking about is Park City. Last year the Park City Ski Area opened the World Cup racing circuit with America's Opening over the Thanksgiving weekend. It was the first time the World Cup opened outside out-side Europe. This year, Park City will host another first over the Thanksgiving weekend. Both the men's and women's pro racing circuits will open at the same site the Park City Ski Area. It will be the first time both the men's and women's tours have opened at the same site. Scheduled for Nov. 25-29, "Park City America's Opening Pro Cup" will feature men's and women's slalom and giant slalom races, as well as a repeat of the VISA Women All-Stars of Skiing race. Organizers are gearing up already. "We've proven with our World Cup events that we know how to make ski racing exciting for both spectators and racers," says Craig Badami, vice president of the Park City Ski Area and chairman of Mercurio ranks in NASTAR Park City's own Jackie Mercurio Mer-curio recently garnered some honors for her recreational ski racing ability. Mercurio placed fifth in Utah in the 7- to 9-year-old category of the Coca-Cola Junior NASTAR (National Standard Race) racing program. "Jackie can take great pride in being ranked fifth in Utah in her age class. It's no small achievement achieve-ment for a young recreational racer," said NASTAR Commissioner Commis-sioner Bob Beattie. "Especially in this Olympic year, it's important impor-tant to recognize and encourage the efforts of our promising athletes." Mercurio earned her season-best season-best 84 handicap while racing at the Park City Ski Area. The Coca-Cola Jr. NASTAR program ranks the top 10 boys and girls in six age categories in each of 43 states. Racers are ranked according to their single best NASTAR handicap earned last season. For the first time, this winter U.S. Ski Team members will be setting NASTAR's national standards, stan-dards, so young skiers can now compare their handicaps to their favorites on the ski team. Last season, more than 100,000 youths raced in Coca-Cola Jr. NASTAR at 150 ski areas nationwide. nation-wide. Racers compete in the following age categories: 4 years old and under, 5-6 years old, 7-9, 10-12, 13-15, and 16-18. basis. Thursday's session will run from 2-10 p.m., with seats costing $7. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday action ac-tion will cost $10 per seat. Play on Friday will run from noon until 10 p.m. Saturday's semifinal play will begin at 4 p.m., again winding up at 10 p.m. Sunday's finals will go from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Of course, all times are tentative due to match length. Box seats and other ticket options are available, as well, but it is best to call the Canyon to find out what is left. The number is 943-1044 at the club, or you can call SmithTix at 467-5996. Back to the players, in alphabetical order, if you please. Ross Case was a member of the Australian Davis Cup team for nine years, and has 22 Grand Prix doubles titles to his credit. Colin Dibley was the number one ranked United States Tennis Association 35 and over player from 1981-83. Jaime Fillol is the current captain of the Chilean Davis Cup team, and was the 1985 Grand Champion top money winner. Tom Gorman is the current captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team. The Gullikson brothers, Tim and Tom, have combined to win six of the nine Grand Champion doubles titles this season. Bob Lutz has won the most Grand Champion titles. He also is a four-time U.S. Open doubles champion with Stan Smith. Frew McMillan was a member of the Davis Cup winning South African team, and has 74 Grand Prix doubles titles to his name. Marty Riessen is the current U.S. captain of the Wightman and Federation Cup teams. Sherwood Stewart is the reigning mixed doubles champ of the Australian Open, teamed with Zina Garrison. Finally, Dick Stockton has had tour wins over Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Conners, and was ranked in the U.S. top 10 for singles players five times. Nov. 26 America's Opening Organizing Committee. "We're looking forward to generating the same kind of ex citement for Park City America's Opening Pro Cup." A number of former U.S. Ski Team members are expected to compete against the field of international pros for the $120,000 purse. Christin Cooper has already committed, as has Holly Flanders. Mark Tache, Cary Adgate, and Lynda McGehee will be among the other former national na-tional team members who will challenge pro veterans such as the Halsnes brothers and 1986-87 Women's Pro Champion Cathy Bruce. "The head-to-head race format used us-ed by the pros, combined with Park City's ability to draw a crowd and provide an exciting atmosphere, will make for a spectacular weekend of ski racing," Badami says. All races will be held on PayDay run, finishing near the base of the ski area. PayDay, of course, was the site of last year's women's World Cup races. The race schedule calls for eliminations on Wednesday, Nov. 25; qualifying Thursday, Nov. 26; women's slalom Friday, Nov. 27; men's slalom and the VISA Women All-Stars of Skiing on Saturday, Nov. 28; men's and women's giant slalom Sunday, Nov. 29. Primary sponsors for Park City America's Opening Pro Cup include VISA, Revlon, Coca-Cola, and Rolex. AEROBICSNAUTILUS -Main Street Fitness, second level, Main Street Mall offers aerobics class 7 days a week. A workout room with free weights and nautilus equipment is available. Call 649-6808 for schedules. GENESIS ATHLETIC CLUB CLASSES -Morning Mania: M-F, 7-8 a.m.; Low Impact: (new time)M-F, 8:30 a.m.-9:40 a.m.; Body Aerobics: M-Sun., 9:45 to 11:00 a.m., Saturdays 8:30-9:40 a.m., M-F, 5:30-6:45 p.m.; Water Aerobics, M-W-F, 4-5 p.m., T-TH, 8:30-9:30 a.m.; Skiercize coming Sept. 28, M-W-F, 7-8:45 p.m. Babysitting available Mon.-Sat. 8:30-11:30 a.m. and Computerized fitness evaluation and personal weight training programs also available. Call 649-6670 for more information. Mi WATER AEROBICS - The Genesis Athletic Club will offer water aerobics in the pool Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 4-5 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. taught by Marty Gordon. The class format for-mat utilizes the natural resistence of water to give you an aerobic workout without stressing the joints. The class incorporates 4 warm-up, stretch, muscle strength and toning, along with the cardio workout to give you the safest, calorie-burning exercise class possible. Call 649-6670 for more information. t Tennis Tips Repetition hones skills by MARK JENSEN Park City Racquet Club I have been fortunate to have been around some great coaching and teaching in sports. A message that is characteristic of successful teachers is their understanding of repetition and its effect in promoting better performance. My high school football coach, who I now understand after teaching tennis ten-nis for 20 years, understood execution execu-tion through repetition. He made us run the same football play over and over, until it seemed we had done it a thousand times. There was no defense, no blocking or tackling, just repetition of execution. Our football team won. To perform well in tennis, a conscious con-scious committment to repetition will produce better performance. The following simple exercise can help you play better. The drop and hit or self feed is one of the best exercises of repetition. This exercise can be difficult for it can become tedious. Muckers finish fall with impressive win by STEVE CREER Record guest writer The Park City Rugby Club closed out a strong fall season Halloween day with a 16-10 victory over the Skyliners of Salt Lake. A cold blustery day at City Park was the backdrop for the first Mucker triumph over the Samoan team. Park City gained the wind and downhill advantage in the first half and were quick to put it to use. After consolidating play in the Skyliner end early, the Muckers controlled the ball in the forward pack. Forwards Roger Hawk, Dave Sun-dquist, Sun-dquist, and Bill Magneti eventually won the ball off loose play, with Magneti pouncing on it for the first Mucker score. Mark Cotgrove's conversion con-version gave Park City an early 6-0 lead. The Skyliners played sloppily all afternoon, and Park City made the most of it several times. The clearest instance came when an obvious ob-vious offsides was called against the Skyliners, and Cotgrove converted the penalty kick. It was the Park City back line which combined for the second Mucker tri. Veteran Rick Phaler began by shovelling the ball out quickly to standoff Cotgrove. Steve Creer slid in to take the next pass and dished off quickly to Jack Sherman. Sher-man. The speedy center nearly made were fighting for American Heart vojrufe Association ADD SOME A. Make sure self feed is slow. Loft the ball up to one or two bounces, giving yourself time to do a backsw-ing backsw-ing and forward swing. B. The self-feed of the ball should be put in front of the body, so that the swing and weight transfers forward. C. Hold the follow-through until the ball hits the backdrop or fence. This exercise will immediately indicate in-dicate weight transfer and balance. Try to do the exercise on balance. D. Get a critique from a tennis professional. This will help practice and repetition be productive. E. Use targets to enhance accuracy ac-curacy and depth. Tennis ball cans, pyramids of balls, racquet covers, etc. make good targets. Like almost anything, there are levels of performance in tennis. The drop and hit can help you get to the next level. Good luck! Play tennis for a lifetime. the goal, but was stopped just short. Just before going down he passed to Packie Lennon, who dove in for the score. Cotgrove's kick was no good. Then, just before the half, Cotgrove took another feed from Phaler and made a demoralizing drop goal. That closed out the Park City scoring at 16-0. In the second half, the Skyliners made a match of it. Pisa Fini dragged dragg-ed two Muckers across the goal line for the first Skyliner tri. The successful suc-cessful conversion made the score 16-6.' The Salt Lake team then added another tri, following some Mucker communication problems, but Paul Lamphier blocked the conversion. The score stood at 16-10, and that was how it ended. The win was the Muckers fourth in five attempts in October, closing out the season with a 12-12 record, going 7-3 after August. The keys to the success were the return of several needed players. Cotgrove, George Austin, and Wally Burns all returned late in the season from extended sabaticals. Creer and Lamphier both recovered from early ear-ly season injuries, and rookie Greg Makowski emerged as a fine forward for-ward pack player. Next year should be a good one for Park City. The Muckers look to have a strong mix of youth and experience, ex-perience, and will have some momentum heading into the 1988 season. ID LOW IMPACT CLASSES - All of the fat-burning and endurance benefits of aerobics but without the running and jumping. Excellent for those beginning a fitness program pro-gram and rehabilitation. Advanced fitness levels can also benefit from the strict techniques and use of additional addi-tional handweights. Taught M-F, 8:30-9:40 a.m. Instructors Instruc-tors Allison Larsen, Kim Mayhew and Teresa Williams. Call 649-6670 for more information. Genesis Athletic Club. BACK SCHOOL CLASS - The Cofer Chiropractic Clinic is offering a free back school every Tuesday evening from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at our clinic located on North Park Avenue. Come and learn how to prevent back problems and see how important chiropractic care is in maintaining maintain-ing your good health. Call for more information 649-1017. SCENE STUDY WORKSHOP is being held at the Egyptian Theater Sunday afternoons from 4:30 until 5:45. It explores different types and styles of acting using us-ing scenes from famous plays. The Class is free. If you wish to attend, but are unable to, please call 649-9371 between bet-ween 10-4, Monday through Friday. t,K !P&:-L .V WTflT adults nave waited a long time to be proud of their smile. Is it time for you? Call Dr. Richard E. Randle, D.D.S., M.S. 649 Member of American Did you know that in the last 2 years the average wood roof has increased to over $7,000? Let us show you how we can help you protect your wood, shake or shingle roof against the upcoming freeze fall cycle and save thousands of dollars in eventual re-roofing costs. Included in this year-round special, we will seal your cement driveway at no additional charge. 1NTERMOUNTAIN WOOD CARE (801) 350-8844 Free inspection & evaluation of your shake and shingle roof. Is Your Back Problem Getting Any Better? a r If not, Cofer Chiropractic Clinic can help. There is absolutely no need to suffer from chronic back pain. The Cofer Chiropractic Clinic uses only the most modern techniques and equipment to free you from the discomfort and inconvenience of back problems. If your problem is work-related, the result of an automobile accident, or any other form of accident, insurance will probably cover the cost. Don't spend another day with discomfort or risk further injury. Call today for an appointment. Cofer Chiropractic Clinic l-c'.iU'J ;it North Iirk Avenue (;k ross hum the P;irk City Golf I ure) 6491017 CLASS SKIERCIZE -This hour and a half class offers a complete com-plete program for all your pre-season ski conditioning needs. Focusing on both upper and lower body muscle endurance, the format includes exercises to improve flexibility, leg strength and power, aerobic and anaerobic capacity. Start now and be in shape for opening open-ing day. Classes: Mon., Wed., Fri., 7-8:30 p.m. Non-members Non-members welcome. Call Genesis Athletic Club for information. infor-mation. 649-6670. PARK CITY NORDIC CLUB - and the Park City Rec. Dept. is sponsoring a lecture on cross-country ski construction, con-struction, by Pete Philips, including different flex patterns, pat-terns, types of bases, and what you should look for when you're buying. Come to the Park City Rec. Bldg. at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 5. Everyone is welcome. l Si " r q INVISIBLE BRACES - 6066 Free Consultation Association of Orthodontists if 0 J |