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Tilt HERALD Wednesday December 19 Sports Editor Has organized hockey run its course First f ill if jo please Itus column When Jeff molhtr oiled me limn to inform me of her si dilemma rtardin the hockey teams I like many others wis ire such praelict is on In the minor house ItnRucs saj I aware of Hit concept of out o prevent stronger teams from dominating weaker But I realize thai it was young hockey pi iers of ye old in atom league I always believed tint it was just something tl did 1 the professional leagues I it tin Iioikiy plajtrs are tnded around nil to 1 lip even out the igut but lo mil hockey panics To the iiuptlitivt ispect of tilt garni Tint is I same as doing it with guys ind jals The spirit of I will the out lo tike in this of likes to loebut when team is winning because of to be good coaching rather than all star phyers then the Certification program ould be for ill Such appears to be the case here Pil pet wee league commissioner is i first m in on the job trying lo dolus best lo help the phyirs as ill people involved m the minor hockey He look what Appeared to him to be i situation where one team was domlmliiiR the rest of Ihe teams and supposedly spoiling fun of the or the players on the losing sides At question tome Is not his sincerity but his wisdom in this regard Perhaps as I has himself he may have waited a long the son before what he termed as an imbalance in league and acted fe took what steps were most readily him and which would seem o work best The fact tint they had seldom been used is not the point either The point is thai parents or players arc aware that such an option is open hockey officials People just want to know where It is assumed that once a is draltedby learn in the house leigue he will stay therefor two of his limit or unless he is called up one of the four town teams or In town teams If tile matter wire out in the open to parents as will lie now perhaps oilier players and Is will eel that this is the way to run a Rime being played children Young Jeff earn has developed a sense of team about ihem winch coach Doug Lowe has Ins teams Tins is pro In blj one of the reasons for rise from a weak team yi to strong one this Both tie finders and Gems stress As any n ember of anything will tell part on team is feeling a part of it Gelling ilong with others Developing a kinship Maybe wiler is as HUNKS OF The consequences ire already high One lost hockey phverlsonctoomaiiy If Jeff has been affected this way It is possible that others will be too As parents say they ire only children and hive feelings which can easily be or upset by a move from some form of sceuntj Pliyug the for fun and sport of it seems to be by the wayside with practices is the players is commodities and hunks of melt More and more people are idvociting the competitive of the loday No body d more skills g If more skills were learned tl en players would be of the general level and the imbalance is supposedly seen would not occur Some people say that there is not that much difference in the talents of the players in the house league that would warrant Once the two upper hockey groups pick their players the rest are rated on the same plane in Miybe organised hockey has run its course Less organization could be the best thing Too many cooks spoil the broth Let the kids return to playing the game for the The town should spend the money it hands out for the upkeep of the big arenas and put into several smaller outdoor rinks where the game began and prospered Swimming lessons end with Red Cross testing The fin week for si llcistrili lessons Jan Tuesdiy through to April will December Jaiuirj 11 ftcRistntion will bo it the Indxirl behind school aid it Acton Indoor Im McKtnzie Smith Middle School Tidpolcs beginners i i KISS ehsses listed dun i last mediate were tested by fled ex on Monday lit in Georgetown in i clown swimmers tl it passed Junior level ire I nidi dm Ginny Slew nicy in Hub Glen Hopkins Junes I isi Walters Morris M irk Gary Teeuwissen Derek Geoffrey Good fellow aid Passing intermediates were Christine Harris Kevin Stem Joanne Jennifer lovely Brum Charlie and Those passing Iheir lltd Cross senior are Todd Collins Jiekie Keith Spiller I Anita at easy Retting a bound Ka it goes up on an Hawks during Saturdays basketball ir Rebels lost out In the tournament championship but won Brian Hay ward at Cornell More an border Brian a sophomore at on til New irk is tie sou of Mr and Mrs Norman of Crescent The Enndale Secondary School is i business major enrolled Ihe of Ancullurt and Life Sen rices lit is in his scco id year as a the hockey team Last year he was a second Ml recorded two sliulouls on the wiy loa named of the Week for Ins in the Cornell festival and earned of Week for his Hiding perfurminct aRainst Tin year he should be a key player in the Big title hopes when he recovers from a bout with Ward Partner harlemd 103 Main Street North Acton Ontario TOWN OF HILIS NOTICE PARKING midnight a throe rations pic 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