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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), January 23, 1980, p. 27

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Week Wednesday January 1SS0 Page Clark wins again lan Clark may be a featured Canadian runner in the Feb 1 Toronto Star Indoor Games The Georgetown runner a veteran of many world class races is a front runner for on invitation to compete against some of the best mile runners in the world It would be a 1 500 metre He Increased his chances Saturday when he nipped Fd Tackas In the open 1 metre York University Both runners were limed in three minutes seconds Clark is a student at Czechs checked Raider president Bob Hooper like his NHL pari Ballard of the Toronto Maple Leafs agrees lhal the international teams are Just playing exhibition hockey games against Canadian teams for the money So there will be no In I emotional Raider contest in Georgetown this winter The intermediate A team who have the past two years hosted shinny teams from across the big pond will not do so again this winter We were offered a Czechoslovak inn team but I hoy wanted too much money They wanted We were prepared to go as high as COO Last year the Austrian national team came for The Ontario Hockey Association arc bringing In the teams and we have to negotiate with them said Hooper The OHA offered Hooper the Ciech team again as recently as a few weeks ago If it was the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association bringing In the might have been able to negotiate Want more time The Raider and Gem hockey ire concerned over the shortage of practice ice time available to their team in Georgetown and feci It may severely Ihcirehnnces in upcoming playoffs the Gems the shortage may even mean the difference into ihe next round of play They only have one in the nexi three weeks before the season I hi playoffs begins I an only tell Ihem the Gems what to do I in I show ihem says coach Tom Daley Haider coach Steve Biuiidy says There no way a mm of ihiscilibre A I should only have one wick for Sure there be some ice mewl ere but if re g In we a learn you in right Vc date two hours of prime ice Hint Tilt irate coach idds against he figure hue iht ice before each Haider practice ml iv nights but they should hive their own rink 1J spilt an increase in the of rental fees for at III and Gordon arenas Ihe is high in the preferred evening hours New recreation director Tom is looking Into the in renin setup See Super Bowl While mii of Amend mil miny in Canada and wire perched in of vision ihi final iiuirtcrs of Super Bowl XIV just under LOO men wnmin and children ipkd to watch i junior garni livi night Asked why hi decided lot rii In a cold art n Ho watch jusi in hockey garni whin he hive home tin rihiivc mfor f Ins home lo witch ihi sports Mir n In natty i f ilnll an I more intcresied in our own boys than Si ills I walchcd a bit of the Grey Cup Susan Robinson said I came to watch my brother lie pin score- if Ilk bis Angeles Rams Steele game nmnccd over the public during Iht When Ihi find set is announced is i large r of cheering ipplausi echoed through the anna It turned be for i Gim gut was stored siniulnnti Hit guest team at the Hockey Heritage dinner Don Carmen and coach leb IZwlllbelhel95I Legion Juvenile I Patterson Back row left lo right Alt Don Ford Bob Irani Many from this picture will be attending They are left I Inderson and Bob The picture Bud Haines Carl I Butch Bradley Dave from the collection of Don The cam beat George Date George games out of three Webster Fred Dickinson Paul Boyd Varey George Local figure skaters among top in Canada tour Ha 11 on Hills figure skaters proved they Mere the top in the in their classes at the in Championships in Kitchener this I and his partner Kelly Johnson placed fourth in senior dance Smith and her pirtner Sydney Shanks placed fourth in novice pairs and she was ninth in tidies while Wilson was fifth in novice men and Kevin was seventh in senior men The skiters practised and competed from until against the best in the land Watson in his first time at minimis tupped other novice men skaters to place first in freestyle skate Saturday afternoon His somewhat disappointing 13th place finish in tompulsory figures earlier hid put him on spot to perform in the freestyle I guess I just wasn t concentrating hard enough said ihe ieorgitown resident His first place averaged him out lo fifth I drc illy like to have been first Watson said But hi wis more than pleiscd with Ins freestyle showing He used i triple chow triple toe loop and a double axle during his three minute performance before thousands at lilt Kitchener ind more thousands Killing televised competitions I landed a triple ixle in practice but I decided not to use it The gride 11 student it GDHS will now rest a week before resuming Then he siys he will work on passing his junior competitive skills i up 11 who is competing for tht third year in a r it tin in idi ins said mil his partner had skated the best tver hid Ttit former junior gold medalists veir in Thunder moved up to the senior i a few other couples who had rev musk outdone during other international this past The two skaters are veterans of several trans Allan tic completions in Europe said he was quite at pricing fourth in his first year as a senior Now will lake two four weeks off Ihen prepare or his Toronto Cricket Skatinj and Curling Club carnival in Mirth The 19yearold Glen Williams native is his final yeir of school at tjiwrence Park in where he boards with another figure skater to be to his Toronto Cricket and Skating club He returns limit on weekends 14 earold Smith second year veteran of ilicse competitions said that this year Ihey were a lot toucher The competitors were belter Her fourth place in nonet pairs wis the same as last year However her ninth standing in novice ladies was a slip i le pint from I feel I skated better than last Smith will like a week off before resuming training rlht Mirth school break club carnival in Preston She is in idt it in Preston For to place in the senior mens meant a Irving and hectic week he said There is i lot of pressure skating in his home club in Kitchener the IB old said I know a lot of people and I to do well His home is in well he did In his short program he skated to a better than he hid expected That moved him into ihe lop flight where the better skaters arc adding more pressure In his figures he placed seventh and In his long rimhe wis ilso for on overall seventh plate could hive done better in the long program he fell Thcr 13sludenlsaysnowit is back lo school I haven been to school since before mas and I have to get up Education is as important as slutting though skiting comes first He has applied to the University of and Sir Wilfred to keep his club He will and get into business or urban studies he is in the top class and he will just keep skating there for a while I may try my itermtionil tests but re difficult and expensive he and the other three skaters decide to do they can do so knowing thai m I960 they were among the best m their

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