fifth of a second -- highlighted the 16-heat harness racing programme at Vesey Street on Saturday.

Young driver Junior DeSilva scored a double victory with Bermuda Warrior in the 1:17 to 1:19/4 time bar while Timmy Boyles won two heats with his new pony Shamrock Temujin. Shamrock has been in Bermuda for about a year but Saturday marked his first appearance on the track.

Meanwhile, Diamondway, driven on Saturday by Joseph Viera, lowered the track record for a trotter with a time of 1:14/2. But it still wasn't fast enough to win the race.

Diamondway placed second behind Mowtown Scott driven by David Lopes who won the second heat of the 1:14-1:16/4 time bar.

The closest race of the day was in heat one of the 1:10-1:12/1 time bar in which Championne County, driven by Lopes, was followed home by Grand Magic with Viera and Chris Roque driving Formal Attire. All finished within a fifth of a second of each other.

Racing continues next Monday with a special holiday race card.

CROSS COUNTRY CC Kavin Smith scored another predictable victory while Julia Hawley registered her first win of the season as the senior cross country series continued over a hilly Spittal Pond course on Saturday.

Smith again was in total control over the four-lap, five mile course, winning in 32 minutes and nine seconds, a full minute and a half ahead of second placed Errol Cormack (33.39). Jamal Hart placed third in 34.09 while Jeremy Ball was the first men's master (over 40) in 38.45.

Hawley also won comfortably, clocking 31.12 over a three-lap, 3.75 mile course, followed by Jane Christie (first master) in 31.51 and Penelope Butterfield (33.54). The series continues this Saturday at PHC.

SCHOOL SPORTS SOC A sports squad from Saltus Grammar School, currently touring England, experienced mixed fortunes over the weekend.

Goals from Kevin Richards, Stephen Troake and John Barry Nusum led the Bermuda soccer team to a 3-1 victory over Millfield, but the latter's basketball team then defeated Saltus 61-54.

Meanwhile, Warwick Academy travel on a three match soccer tour of Orlando, Florida this week when they will be hosted by the Maitland Club. The annual tour begins tomorrow when a group of 22 boys and girls under the age of 14 depart.

The school will play against mixed teams from Maitland Club on Thursday, Friday and Sunday afternoon.

BRIDGE BDG Bermuda placed 48th out of 71 teams as the World Bridge Team Olympiad wound up in Rhodes, Greece on Saturday night.

The team now enter a play-off with Canada and Mexico to determine who will represent their zone in the Bermuda Bowl.

Bermuda also entered the multi-national mixed teams event and finished 40th out of 86. Going into the final day the team of Roman Smolski/Vera Petty, John Burville/Jean Johnson and Joe Wakefield/Margie Way were in 20th position but two losses destroyed their chances of a higher finish.