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April J Our towns travelling gymnast Sara spends time overseas gaining valuable experience on the international circuit it Hungary dimension to her world class experience Sara has competed In countries such as Moscow East many upland and Holland in her travels member of the Canadian team when they have toured In particip ating at world meets The Grade 11 student at Georgetown District High Minor hockey elects new man Tier 2 coachmanager duo earns end of year award At the District Minor Hockey Associations annual last April mug Rick and Paul Aist were named Oil 1M1 Coach Manager duo of Cwch and Man West guided their T Midgets to inpic champ ionships alter an ass a record the season president Tom selections for Coach of tie Yeir are made inform the so the was not the most import factor in why West won the award was selected the older players and his ability lo with hem which is especially fficult the age Davidson says IHltF coached bantam house and midget use for two before moving up to Tier lalibre of I Is better and we had an except strong team this year the coach Kays At the age his players are at he a conch can only bring the talent Ihey already have been aught In discipline kids but some leaders on the team made his job much easier As a coach ho tried to stress the role of the team Continued on page Hi il Wot drill and Coach Dick were voted the rot the Year filer id photo Womens Recreational Soccer For Women 1 8 and over MEETING AND TION Wed April 28 30 PM I CENTENNIAL SCHOOL GEORGETOWN Registration Fee Playing Members 20 NonPlaying Members 2 50 FOR FURTHER INFORMA CALL 8777803 Georgetown Womens Soccer Club The Georgetown District Minor Hockey Association House League Tier and Selects have elected a new executive as Jim Bray a former veteran GDMHA commissioner takes the president chair from Davidson will stay on as past president in the new executive which Includes Bill Hawkins as vicepresident Ken treasurer and Monica Donaldson secre tory Included in the executive membership ore the follow Ing Individuals Don Smith Nick Cord Stewart Walt Wendy Stewart Sandy Paddle Rita Davidson D Dunning Jim Hepburn Derek Williams Fred Wallace and McDougol The newly elected dent Jim Bray says other appointments will follow Bray considers In his new appointment that It Is an important thing for everyone lo be up front about the The new president has three boys who play hockey He stresses the GDMHA philosophy which outlines that hockey is for the kids TALKS Considerations for he 1382 season Include continuing talks with Recreation Department head Tom and TriCounty exe cutive on the topic of ma ion of the two hockey leagues in town Bray would like to see the players In the GDMHA receive more lime espe cially for practice sessions He sees trie need to reduce the number of fights and rough play In the older age divisions One new implementation for coming season will be a 5polnt which was tried in the playoffs Bray says The system has also been tried by some of the leagues during the regular season and Bray thinks lhe system wilt help The system gives a team who may DC losing In the first two periods the chance collect points In the third period of play thus reducing lhe frustrations of lopsided scores which con result in unnecessary rough play Another new development to be Implemented will be a new set of mandatory skill levels for the coaches to attain before they can coach In the Next season a coach must have a level one coaching certificate which Includes theoretical and practical training couth Two years from now coaches mult have attained a level two standing before they will be allowed to coach Bray says DRAFT CHANGED The controversial draft men ted lost year in which coaches picked the players from a draft then drew from a hat the team has been revoked The players will still be graded A B C by their former coaches but coaches will be able to keep the selections they pick As past president Tom Davidson says lhe new exe cutive is promising because there are as many as 10 new members and some of those who complained in the post have finally come forward to offer their assistance Most of the sponsors have returned from last year and Ok JIM Hit A Pro Id en 1 chair hands for House League and Tier Bray will usher In new year of minor hockey Change all the commissioners are set for the new year Davidson Davidson wished that amalgamation talks between the town and TriCounty to Join the two minor hockey leagues had gone further and faster than they have thus far The still has no indication from the town about the Ice costs for next year although it is time to work on next year s budgets and this is a source or frustration for the executive Davidson says One other area to be looked at will be the development referee training for the coming season Jim Bray Swordsmen awards night Players fans and of lhe Acton Junior B Sabres participated In the annua send off and awards banquet at the Legion Hall last Saturday night In which seven players were dually awarded Two of the players Mike Monahan and Wade Vlckcry earned two separate trophy presentations for their efforts over the 1981 Coach Jules who made the presentations stressed to his team that he was proud of all his players for their abilities and that lhe trophies presented were for those who gave perhaps that little bit of extra effort In on page School student was disap pointed at her showing in Hungary where she compel against gymnasts from the top countries In the sport She finished out or com pell tors Her beat event was vault but her floor beam and uneven bar routines were not up to par she said Sara coach from the Cambridge hips Benito Rope said that Sara needs to develop consistency in inter national competition but she has excellent international routines BAD TIM The Hungary meet came at a bad time for Canadian gymnasts who are training to peak tor the national compe titions al the end of the month Sara will be competing In the provincial gymnastics meet this weekend Rope sees Sara travelling more for Canada as part of their gymnastics team She also has a good chance to make the world team for next year and eventually Sara has a good chance lo compete in the 1984 Sara was a member of the Canadian team which travel led to Moscow for the world gymnastic championship last year Although Sara is 13 years old coach Rope docsn feel Saro a age is In anyway a disadvantage lo world comp etition In gymnastics We will always see the little but gymnastics Is a women sport Rope says She thinks the trend Is now reversing itself and is going back to being a women I event Coach Rope finds that in teaching a young woman of Saras calibre that it Is important to understand The coach was happy that Sara decided stay with lhe Cambridge Kips while she enters University maet like ly at Sir Wilfrid in nearby Kitchener 11 is belter to keep a solid foundation than have to ad- Just to a new environment and coaches Rope says a nationally carded ath lete Sara has her university expenses paid for by the Canadian government Sara is a hard worker who Is very dedicated She has come a long way since she first joined the Klpi Rope workouts She responds very well and can toko suggestions which makes the coaches Job easy Rope says Sara Is hoping lo be select lo begin the gymnastic trials in September The George I own gymnast must drive the minute route to Cambridge alter school each day the spends tour hours training on four events At the end of the night Sara admits she is tired and I ho practices arc gruelling Her coaches Rope set up a strict practice schedule which varies from night to night which Sara must follow Senior gymnasts 3rd at OFSAA meet HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS The Georgetown District High School gymnastics team were competing In their junior and senior cate gories for the OFSAA Pro vincial championships last week with the seniors taking third place overall The Junior learn pulled out some surprises of their own by placing fourth In Ontario only 3 points out of first place Dave the senior team defending Individual provincial champion lost his crown finishing the day In third place was first on the parallel bars second on the pommel and third on the floor In Dundas the junior boys from George town were parti In Ihcir first competition Georgetown totally dominated In the vault In addition five of nine boys placed In the top six In their event In the vault Jim Hole and Kevin scored tied for fourth Scott Kline took second with Glenn Edwards led the team on the rings with an good enough for fifth position Brian Kemp took team honors on the pommel horse and Scott Kline and Kevin each placed on the parallel bare taking a sixth fifth respectively Kevin seventh place finish overall led the team in that demanding category John Thorpe and Dave Bootle gave their teammates on lhe senior team a boost with their competitive scores last Saturday at their meet The seniors finished Just four points behind the winners from Peterborough Dave Bootle was third and John Thorpe was sixth in the all round competition John Thorpe placed fourth In the high bar and fifth on the parallel bars Excellent scores by Dunne Wilson Steve Keith McLaughlin Sieve Brown and Scott Ball round ed out the team score and helped In Georgetown high finish The coaches congratulate the boys and wish to thank the staff and students who supported the team during the season UMPIRES REQUIRED for Rep Baseball Clinic being held May 1 st 1 982 Contact PAT BROOKER 8779175 Ontarios Fish Testing Program Ontario famous for Its fishing Ontario government constantly chocks this valuable resource through its continuing fish and testing program has now been done in 1 102 lakes and rivers The results are published In lhe Guide GUIDE TO EATING GUIDE TO EATING ONTARIO SPORT FISH ONTARIO SPORT FISH Northern Ontario Lake Superior Southern Ontario and Lake Huron tho Groat Lakes NOW AVAILABLE FOR You can gel your free copies from your nearest office of 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