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GeorgetownActon Wednesday Aug 31 Steen edges out Gregg for ladies tennis title by Morris Lots of actum on the Acton courts this week as the ladies men and Junior Singles tournaments have been progressing through to the finals which were held on Ciderfest The ladies offered no surprises as far as the final contestants were concerned Marcia Gregg and Chris who re cently combined to lake the doubles crown staged another of their many battles and it was anyone guess as to who the winner would be steady returns with accurate placements were countered by Christine more forceful shots and in the end Christines edge In tactics and steadiness resulted in her winning the singles troph The senior men of our club were ceremoniously dumped by a couple of youngsters who are Just due to graduate from Juniors this year Scott Hibbard and Ken Kavanagh a ready the club doubles champs faced each other on Sunday to provide some excellent top grade tennis full of staling rallies Scott started off in fine style as he took a 1 lead but at this point Ken decided to steady up and toolt the first set The second set was dingdong battle as Ken edged Scott This was to be a best of five final and Just as the first game of the third set was taken by Scott the rain came down stopping play for the day This match is far from over so slay tuned for the final result next week As the above match was being played the men doubles consolation final was under way also and El don Comfort and Harold who incidentally have been out of the juniors for quite a few years beat the old firm of John Kavanagh and Peter Marks to take that trophy The younger members or the club have also been having their fun this last week as Holly Cooper edged Susan Wilson in the girls final The boys final was also postponed be cause of rain and Steve Martin and Winston Pun will be staging their battle this coming week With a few results still to be received as the Rural League winds up Acton is second in the five team league Standings are Erin io Acton a Fergus and Rockwoode As these standings indicate all fixtures ha been enly ma ched and some excel en a exper end an first season th eague Final a thank you on behalf of all club members Sco doing such a Job as organ This con be a rough Job a but Scot has put many hours of and prov ded us with an fin sh the teurnamen season Juniors do it again to lead playoffset The Acton Junior found way to beat II After dropping mat ihcs to thim Ihi A took pair from rivals to win recently did it n scoring a 1 Melon in tin tnmt of thtir best Ontario Junu fin it Tht A never in matin inks to a first inning run by Cord but they never had much room walked to lead off scoring on Glenn but would be all the locals would gel until the seventh lied the count off it in thi third us lhi put pair of hits together but neither turn could a second tally until Don stored in the seventh Rusty Elliot led off the inning with a walk and Casselman came in to run scoring on McArthur two out triple The A added another in the eighth as Glenn Scott led off a double scoring on Roy Spear before got their second tally f A walk to the off man in the eighth brought an end to Spears pitching for the day as Dave Wilson cleaned up The walk scored by Wilson picked up the save giving Acton one one game series lead Game two of the series was slated for last night Tuesday Prospect Park with the third game If needed going Thursday in Maryhill Any interested spectators are welcome to travel with the team for the third match leaving the Churchill Church Thursday Thomas claim second with season ending split The Thomas Vidio Bantams wrap ped up their schedule this past week splitting a pair of that left the local in second spot in the final standings Thomas dropped a I contest to Guclph at home on night but back to top Kitchener I on Monday to 1 claim to second behind Woodstock and points or third placed Gall Thomas could have with a win over but came out up runs the fifth sixth lone tally with two out in the bottom of the seventh David Havnes provided the lim run for Acton scoring on Jeff White two out Thomas stranded runners it second and third in the inning Mark led the offensive attack with a pair of hits while While and Heath Norton provided thi others Jon Hammer took the loss while hits and fan the Monday night match as White and Lobs inger scored in the first inning Randy Mcln Pries picked up base knocks Kitchener tied the match in the second despite getting only one hit but the Video squad roared back with a single in Ihe third and another in the fourth to claim the vie lory Thomas loaded up the bases in the third but managed only one run as home Mike Baker added to the lead in the fourth as hi walked and scored on a safety by picked up four singles in four at bats to lead the learn while Pries was three for three Mike Cunningham Hammer Mclnlyre and While also hit safely Hammer picked up the victory allowing Kitchener four base hits while fanning ten The Thomas Video squad will be idle over the next few weeks before travelling to Woodstock for a double knockout league playoff tourney Woodstock earned the right to host the tourney with win two loss and one lie record Acton finished up with wins and seven losses and in second s Mooring opponent In Butcher makes mincemeat of understaffed Villa A by Dave Dodds For the third straight week Acton Villa A ran into a manpower problem forcing coach Dave Lewis into action again It wasn enough though as they were ham 1 by a talented Butcher squad In a four point game The Tour points gives Butcher the Inter County First Division league title Butcher who led at the half scored early in the second half before Rod Leech scored Villa only goal to close the gap to 3 After that Acton ten men faded and Butcher scored another five unanswered goals Villa a best player on the night was Kilpatrlck who had another strong game This was a one affair as score Indicates although Acton had several chances but couldn match the fine soccer displayed by the Butcher Coach Lewis must be disappointed with the poor turnout of players especially for an important game at home like this one was Villa open the playoffs this week against an opponent who was unknown at press time due to some outstanding games which had to be played to finalize the league standings Hopefully Acton can field a complete team for the playoffs anything can happen in a short two game series There will be a general meeting of the Acton Villa Soccer Clubon September a place to be named later Everybody Is welcome Villa B enter Eagles nest and leave with 21 victory Dave Dodds Acton Villa opened their playoff series on a successful note with a win against Georgetown Eagles in Georgetown Wednesday night Villa controlled the first half and came off the field leading 10 at the break The goal was set up by a bad pass by the Eagles fullback intended for their goalkeeper Fred intercepted and calmly crossed the ball to Ted who put It in the net In the second half Acton continued to press and took a lead thanks to another bad pats by the Eagles fullback Ted picked up loose ball and scored his second goal of the match Eagles came on and scored a goal to make the score 1 but Villa hung on for the win Coach Bernie Fryers was pleased with the overall performance of the team and thought everybody played well Apart from Blain stood out at centre forward and Go r die Bruce was a standout svely The series continues tonight Wednesday in Acton with a This is a two game total point series so a draw tonight will get Villa through to the next round If Eagles should win penalty kicks will be taken immediately after game to decide who goes on to the next round The winner of this series will face the winner of the Milton Metal Fab Varian series Milton Metal Fab won their first game by a score Jan Del top Glasvan by Sheila Martin Major Squirt Jan Del edged Glasvan 3 in MajorSquirt action last week Shane booted a pair of goals Tor Ihe winners while Jeremy Cooney had a single For Trevor Splinter and Bradley both hit for goals In other action last week Jan Del dropped a final to Eagles Shane Corkum and Jeremy Cooney registered Acton goals in the contest Bradley Cripps had a pair of markers as defeated Can Am Splinter had the other Glasvan goal while Ryan Brain kicked the lone Can Am paint In further MajorSquirt play Hock wood squeezed past Can Am 1 Am failed in this one despite on allout cam effort Improvement was shown by local players Mark Pearson Brad Ford and Foster The Cougars defeated the Wolves 1 in Atom action last week Derrick netted a pair for the winners while Michael Thompson added the single A strong defensive effort by Brad Thorpe Eric and Derek Martin helped produce the win for the Cougars Jimmy Sale made it close with his boot for the Wolves Both goalies Ashley and Bryan Dunn made some excellent stops The Cougars blanked A in their second win of week had a in the game with Kevin and David Pa ley hitting for pair each Thompson and Mark Sears rounded out the scoring In a closer shutout the Leopards downed the Wolves Chris McGeraglc and Craig had the only goals of this one Acton Standard Products trounced Milton Syers Flooring a I in Pee Wee play last week Richard and Anthony Looyenga both collected a pair of goals for Acton In the victory while Walter Kronen Eric Veld man Troy Foster and Troy Nolan con trlbmed singles Standard Products had a tougher time with last Wednesday evening as Ihey dropped a 1 decision Kroien con for the lone local goal in Ihis one Mosquito In their past four games Wilson Car Sales Mosquitoes have collected goals against their opponents They have collected six points In the stretch of a Mid Ontario League race In their most recent contest the team defeated Fergus at home Thursday evening Steven Robertson had a hattrick In the game while Paul McLcod hit for a pair Single goals went to Kevin Priest man and Sean Before this the team had a pair or 1 1 draws with Guclph and Against Fergus the week prior Aclon won Rene Van fired five goals In In Is game while Robertson netted four Paul West away registered a hattrick Sean Van Kesteren and Bryan a pair apiece and Tim Briggs scored a single Yesterday Tuesday the squad was to play in Orangeville Then will play next Tuesday in as their regular season draws to a close Leathertown Men have another setback Safe be the ampin T Mile ap their awards for the a bad a Acton Hen suffered another unlucky setback on Sunday a they dropped a decision to Boris of Portugal at the St Lawrence Soccer Grounds find the back of be net early in game From then on it was simply another of hard luck lor the squad There will be no game for the tea weekend bulpUywinraanetbefoDowtng with a semifinal League Cup match Weekend tourney The Acton Industrial Fastball ment will take to the Prospect Park dia this weekend as 15 teams are scheduled to do battle Friday Saturday Sunday and Monday Each entry is guaranteed at least two games over the long with partial proceeds of the event going to Acton Minor Ball Admission per day for adults while children under get in free of charge