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GEORGETOWN TOYOTA SALES 15 MOUNTAINVIEW RD. N., GEORGETOWN 905-877-2296WEBSITE at www.georgetowntoyota.com $14,835 SMARTER. SAFER. CLASSIER. AND NOW THE EXPERTS SAY ITS A AJAC NAMES 2009 COROLLA BEST NEW SMALL CAR UNDER $18K. COROLLA. DRIVE IT AND YOULL KNOW. Fuel-efficiency, safety and value is the winning combination for the toughest auto experts on the 2009 Automobile Journalists Association of Canada awards panel. What yours? Starting from MSRP 2009 COROLLA WINNER of the CANADIANDRIVER.COM 50-LI TRE CHALLENGE HWY: 5.6L/100KM 50 MPG CITY: 7.5L/100KM 38 MPG Special pullout section Friday, October 31, 2008 8 Pages www.independentfreepress.com Local youth skaters get tips from the best Page 6 House league scoreboard Pages 3, 5 SPORTS AND LEISURE Halton Hills Community Newspaper Even though the team he was cheering for this week in the World Series came up a little short, Georgetowns Hal Ridley can take consolation in that hes a world champion in his own right. The 66-year-old recreational slo-pitch softball player was somewhat disappointed that the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in five games Wednesday night, but a glance away from the television at the engraved gold medal he recently won at the Huntsman World Senior Games in Utah could quickly help him think about something else. Ridley batted cleanup, played first base and pitched a few innings as well for the Brantford Nissan squad that won the mens 65-69 AA age group after posting a 9-1 record in the 12-team dou- ble-knockout tournament, defeating the Milwaukee Seniors twice in a row to claim the cham- pionship. The Olympic-format Hunts- man Games have been held in St. George, Utah a two-hour drive from Las Vegas for over 20 years and this years event drew some 9,500 athletes from 20 countries in 25 different sports. Its considered the biggest senior slo-pitch tournament in the world with 330 teams alto- gether and its so well organized, said Ridley, a retired physical education teacher who taught at North Peel and Central Peel in Brampton. The whole atmosphere around it is a really fantastic experience. We were able to go sightseeing to places like the Grand Canyon, so it wasnt just about the slo-pitch itself. The victory was especially sweet for the Brantford side, which had lost by one run in the 60-64 AAA division final two years ago in the Huntsman Games to a team from California. Ridley, considered the elder- statesman of the Georgetown Slo-Pitch Associations over-35 A division with The Jumbos, has played on the side with Brantford Nissan for the past seven years. The core of that team captured a Canadian championship six years ago in Saskatoon and won provincial titles in 2005 and 2006 in Niagara Falls. The path to winning this years title in Utah was hardly a stroll in the park for Brantford and Ridley, who had double knee replacement surgery in July of 2007. They tuned up for the Huntsman Games with a tourna- ment in Mesquite, Nevada, los- ing to a team from Michigan in the AAA final, before heading to St. George, meaning they would end up playing 15 games in eight days. My knees feel really good. Its amazing what they can do, added Ridley, who keeps fit by playing golf, swimming and hik- ing with his wife Janette. I wasnt sure at first how it would go after having both (knees) done but I got myself back into shape and now every- things fine. Ridley also has the advantage of being on the diamond for a couple of more months a year than most as he plays in a league and some tournaments with a bunch of Snowbirds in his winter home in Lakeland, Fla. (Eamonn Maher can be reached at emaher@independentfreepress.com) Local resident Hal Ridley was a key contributor to the Brantford Nissan slo-pitch softball team that recently took top spot in their age group at the Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George, Utah. Submitted photo Adam McGour ty (8) of the Georgetown Rebels won this battle at the net with a Notre Dame opponent on Wednesday in the final match of the Halton Secondary School Athletic Association senior boys volleyball league regular season. The Rebels beat the Fighting Irish 25-20, 25-21 and head into the playof fs in third place in the Poliziani Division with a 9-4 record. Georgetowns seniors will be on the road for their opening-round playoff matchup, while the first-place Rebel junior boys are set to host a post-season contest, both on Monday afternoon. Photo by Eamonn Maher EAMONN MAHER Staff Writer Playoff-bound Howling winds and rain didnt stop Georgetown Souths Samantha Spencer from claiming top spot in a field of four players at the final stop on the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tours Ontario Fall Series in Cambridge recently. Spencer, 12, carded a round of 16-over-par 88 to win the open girls division by six shots over 17-year-old runner-up Brittany Davidson of Mississauga at the one-day tournament held at the Whistle Bear Golf Club. Spencer overcomes rain and wind to capture Jr. tourney Sparks Brantford teams win Ridley basks in world title glow