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| PAGE 16 â€" THE WHIGâ€"STANDARD, THURSDAY, MARCH: 18, 1976 s % e memmemmmnenmennmenmenenemensesnecemmmmensesmenten * Starts play today" Susan eyes Canadian j Staff Sports Writer o o _ > f | gyom rmoscy:câ€"><+ W oo _ CroWwn | $sA : â€" s . The affair began with father Dudley, | [ M W e B _ se who, while employed as athletic directorat â€" W SWMA n S _ the Royal Military College, found the time â€" [ / PPAMI@H _ _ .. S _ both to play the sport and coach the | PWAAA D e e . Four of Dudley‘s sons took up the game | E0@ %%m and now play competitively. One of them, . @@**=% ;,‘“;?j,( § 0; \ the Ontario Winter Games last year in [ )* _ B _ _ _ | _ And now Dudley has a daughter who is *"“fifi&*% _ age division. w3Â¥ e |, _ Susan Hill, a 15 â€"yearâ€"old grade 11 stuâ€" /. ‘% _ _ _ . 1 inthe country. She is also ratedas the fifth | W zi Y se will have to overcome some obâ€" |. best singles player in the land, _ cce s stackes that have crept up to make things a Susan will get achancetoprovetherank:, [WM 222. Nitle more difficult for her. [uiet ing is justified when she opens play in Vanâ€" i sU: â€"Reg Whifty She pulled ligaments in her leg earlier in couver, British Columbia, today for the . |\ S‘@N HILL _: / the season and just after the Provincial.. _ Canadian championships. She will be| 7z No. 1 in Canada championship in Stratford she caught the _ | Wpaired with Steven McCoy of Hamilton in | flu. Since that time she hasn‘t been able to .. the mixed doubles and with Susan adhere to her eightâ€"hourâ€"aâ€"week training Pritchard, 01{ Pfii;e&or(fmgh ix:ithe doubles. schedule. ] 7 "I‘m rea ing forward to playing,"" t ‘A ooo is mm ks is The pulled ligaments have hurt me in out in the early rounds because they only the singles," she said. ‘"In singles you have y only m j had one junior class and that was for to be able to move quickly and there‘s a lot players 19 and under. We had trouble of movement. '}‘he injury has slowed me _ because the other players were older and down and hurt my chances. 4 | more experienced," she said. f ‘*As for the lack of training, well I‘ll just "This year, though, things look pretty have to go to Vancouver and do my best," good. I know some of the players in the she said. mixed dowbles and the doubles and it looks \_ Susan, who is amember of the Sydenham |â€" . like we have a really good chance." Badminton Club, doesn‘t feel any added _ Auas mc lt ves e pressure going into the National finals as ASusan and her respective partners won the No. 1 seed. 0 fls L the Provincial championships last monthiin | "I don‘t feel any more pressure,"" she ex~ | \ February at Stratford. ol |plained, "I just want to win there and | | | _ ‘"Tve been playing with Steve for three that‘s what I hope to do.‘ i. | years now and we make a good team," she Susan, who would like to play in Interâ€" |said. "We know each other‘s moves and national tournaments some day, says opâ€" | |styles on the court and that makes for good \portunities are devélfilflinréwgl that area. . \team play. f | "L‘ve never had any real International | _ "I only started playing with Susan | competition, but the Canadian Badminton, \{Pritchard) this year. She played last year | Association and the Ontario Badminton Cand did well but her partner quit so I asked > Association are both sponsoring teams \_her if she would like to play with me,"‘ Miss Wwhich will be competing internationally, (Hill explained. < y \ But for now, at least, Susan. Hill‘s WW thoughts are umit&d tO one thlng “‘"Van- ‘couver, and winning a national chamâ€" {pionship. _ "I used to play a lot of sifom but I‘ve \given them up now," she said, "I realized badminton was my best sport and I want to \ do well at it." _ A