Golfers swing for Amateur berths.Byline: The Register-Guard CORRECTION (ran 7/24/03): Due to incorrect information from a source, Elliot Bishow of the Eugene YMCA YMCA in full Young Men's Christian Association Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members. was left off Oregon Swimming Inc.'s list of swimmers on Page E4 on Tuesday who made the Western Zone Championships team. WOODBURN - Five Eugene-area golfers will take on the OGA OGA Office Genuine Advantage (Microsoft) OGA Ontwikkelingsbedrijf (Dutch) OGA Office of the General Assembly OGA Other Government Agency OGA Ogallala, Nebraska (airport code) Members Course on Wednesday in a bid to qualify for the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Amateur Championship in Oakmont, Pa. The local contingent includes Jimmy White, Chris Dukeminier and Ted Whitney of Eugene and Wes and Justin St. Clair of Springfield. The top three players in the 78-player field after Wednesday's two rounds will advance to the championship, which is scheduled for Aug. 18-24. The OGA course will play to 6,674 yards with par of 72. REGIONAL ROUNDUP Another round of U.S. Amateur qualifying is scheduled for Monday at Illahe Hills Country Club in Salem. Two players out of the 55-player field will advance to the national tournament. Eugene's Michael Skillern, Chris Polski and Kyle Hudson will play at Illahe Hills, as will Springfield's Chris Barley. Eugene athlete chosen for Wheelchair Games Wheelchair Sports USA has selected John Roberts of Eugene for the track and field team that will compete at the 2003 World Wheelchair Games in Christchurch, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . Roberts, a 2003 graduate of South Eugene High School South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. , will compete in the 100-, 200-, 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter wheelchair races at the championships, set for Oct. 25-Nov. 3. The games will include championships in 12 sports, including athletics, cue sports, wheelchair rugby Wheelchair rugby The sport's original name was murderball; in the United States, it is referred to as quad rugby. All wheelchair rugby players are quadriplegic, with a disability affecting both upper and lower limbs. , fencing, powerlifting pow·er·lift·ing n. A weightlifting competition in which participants compete in the squat, dead lift, and bench press. , archery and swimming. Area swimmers earn spots on Oregon team A total of 12 swimmers from Eugene-area clubs have been selected for the Oregon team that will compete in the Western Zone Championships to be held Aug. 5-9 in Phoenix. The girls chosen were Micaela Boyd, Sarah Boam, Chloe Thulstrup and Andria Breeden of Emerald Aquatics, Adriana Quirke and Laura Fay of Eugene City Swim Club, and Rachelle Stice, Kacie Hogan and Erin Postma of River Road Swim Club. Christian Breeden and Ian Boyd of Emerald Aquatics and Patrick Naleway of Eugene YMCA were selected for the boys team. |
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