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Ali – Simply the Greatest

his chosen sport. His dedication to proud. His words rang like a melody in the ring and a man who fought for
training and desire to be the best was to our ears and in the hearts of every what was right not just for himself but
only matched by his enormous talent African American. They could do and for all human kind. It’s hard to fathom
and gift. Born to box. achieve anything they wanted and be that one man did everything he did
In the 1960’s Sonny Liston was free. Free to be proud and good and and became everything he became in
a feared heavyweight champion, equal. Free to be beautiful and not be only 74 years. He made young men
considered greater than any champion afraid. like me believe you could be like him.
before him; the Mike Tyson of his Who can forget Ali standing up to You could be your own man, use your
day. Yet who can forget, or could the government of the United States; own voice, stand up for your beliefs
believe, Ali toying with Liston to give up the prime years of his and be respected for who you are and
with a style never before seen. He career for a cause? In the end his what you do. To have strength and

completely dominated Liston like a most unpopular stand was justifi ed. love. To live a life defi ant, but with
child. Muhammad Ali in the 1960’s The Vietnam War was a pointless dignity. Simply Ali was a role model,
as a boxer and athlete was simply an needless war and Ali’s biggest win a man of action; most of all a man
By Jorge Luis
alien from space. His grace, form, came in the courts because he stood of principle who affected me and all
style, footwork, and speed were out for his beliefs. Was he intelligent? Ali mankind throughout the world.
t will go down in history that in
I2016 the world, our planet Earth of this world; never before seen. He was not an intellectual but was guided Everywhere in the world everyone
began a new era of athletes, bigger, by an innate internal intelligence. knows who Muhammad Ali was and

lost the great Muhammad Ali. Who
was Ali? A champion? An outcast? stronger, faster, more graceful, Although not formally educated, he is. One of a kind, an original, an
magical, and in Ali’s case never to was simply brilliant. He was true to alien from space, an athlete like Ali
A hero? A legend? Ali was all of
those at one time or another during again be duplicated. Ali was an himself and he innately knew “the comes along once in 100 years. We
his life. As an athlete and boxing original, one of a kind in the ring and secret” …belief in himself and his will never see another one like him in
out. “I don’t have to be who you want destiny in the Universe. He just knew our lifetime. Thank you Champ….
champion he was simply amazing and

one of a kind. Natural talent flowing me to be, I’m free to be who I want and lived it, making it happen. for being you.
to be”. “I’m young, fast, handsome, He was a fighter as skilled as any in RIP Muhammad Ali

out of every pore, combined with a
work ethic and love and passion for and can’t possibly be beat, I must be history with speaking skills outside the 1942-2016
the greatest”. He was black, loud and ring never before heard of. A fi ghter Yours in Sport - Jorge Luis
Looking for a Social Way to Get Active?

The Cornwall Cycle Club May Be for You

By Molly Kett end of the year and to keep growing
from there.
roy Blackadder, president of the
TCornwall Cycle Club and avid This growth has a lot to do with
participant, says the Cornwall Cycle the city’s change in perception of
Club has been constantly growing in the Cornwall Cycle Club. “I believe
terms of memberships over the last year. it’s because we’ve really opened up
the cycle club to a lot of different
The Cornwall Cycle Club has been classes of riders, where it used to be
an instalment in the local sporting world everybody thought the Cornwall cycle
for a long time. “We do everything
from some racing, a lot of club riding, club was just an elite club, just for the
and a lot of events we put on. We few guys that were really into racing,”
do mountain biking in the fall, road says Blackadder. “We really tried to
riding in the spring through summer, change the mindset in this city, and
we’re getting bigger every year,” says among people, that we’re not just an
Blackadder. “We do developmental elite race group we’re just a bunch of
rides on Wednesday nights which we people that love to ride their bikes.
started about three years ago now, to We started doing these other types
get new riders out to get a feel for the of rides, coffee rides on Saturday and A group of riders from the Cornwall Cycle Club out for a 100 km ride.
road and get them riding in a group and rider development rides on Wednesdays Troy Blackadder is 2nd from left. Photo Submitted
get them feeling comfortable on their to show more of the social aspect of Cornwall to Lake Placid. We’ll be is the longer bike tours. “I’m a tour
bikes. We do everything from higher cycling and showing people that there staying overnight in Lake Placid and rider; I like long tours on the bike. I
tempo riding for more advanced riders is a lot more to the club than just getting then the next day cycling throughout like getting on the bike and going 5 to
on Tuesday and Thursday nights, on on your bike and making it go as fast as the Adirondacks and then back home 6 hours on the bike,” says Blackadder.
the weekends we do larger group rides you can.” by vehicle,” says Blackadder.
trying to get as many club members out Blackadder says the club enters The club is always accepting
as we can.” teams in events like the Rideau Lakes Blackadder says the club has many members, and for those who are on the
different levels of cyclists. They have a fence about joining, Blackadder says
With all this variety, it’s no wonder Bike Tour, and other similar events. group with a strong competitive edge, a he would “tell them to come out on
the club is on the path of continuous There’s always an exciting event to
growth. Last year, the club sat at around look forward to as a member of the group that likes occasional races along any bicycle they own, come out on a
with tours, and other groups that prefer Wednesday night social ride and we’ll
60 members. This year that number has club. “Coming up on the long weekend the social aspect of the club.
grown to 90, with Blackadder hoping in September we have events leaving show you how much fun biking with
the Cornwall Cycle Club can be!”
that number will reach past 100 by the Cornwall, we’re going to cycle from Blackadder’s personal favourite