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Former CFL great found God Georgetown Joan Gilmer move oat to cover a loose puck before the Milton can poke home Georgetown forward Dentin Jones looks The local Order of the Royal Purple girls recorded a win over MUton to stay unbeaten In the playoffs Girls remain unbeaten By DOUGLAS Herald special The Georgetown girls hockey team shut out MUton 20 to earn their fourth consecutive win in the sixgame round- robin playoffs Sunday Captain Lisa Allen was the star of the game scoring both George town goals Her team has gone unbeaten all season but they are not becoming nonchalant about winning Winning for this team Is something new and something we re not first year weve ever had this kind of success Sign up this week Some news some views aye here we are again First some news Youth soccer registration is this Saturday morning at Gordon Hall at the arena from am until noon Registration bffdr players All Intending coaches as their signups will determine the numbers of teams and players The youth club Is determined to stand by their decision to limit registration to the numbers able to be handled by the numbers of coaches There are already some coaches known to the executive and commissioner The girts for example have almost threequarters of the estimated requirement The girls age group need a commissioner which will complete the complement of officials for their lection The boys require several coaches and are also looking for two commissioners at major atom and major squirt COACHING CHANGE A change of coach for the reps In Andy McNeilly who moves from the atoms where Ray Shire 8771427 takes over intending rep players must make the effort to register on Saturday otherwise they could be trouble Rep player registrations have caused problems In previous years by their lateness In getting their signing up done In time Make sure fads There is no rep soccer at the girls levels I understand that the girls will have tfidr usual set up with the same competing clubs of last year There will be separate tables for the coaches registration as well as referees The association will be registering their people for the season As with coaches we need ail the we can get There Is a level 3 course coming up In Brampton on April and The refs Intend to book some places for anyone Interested In taking course so please let us know The ladi soccer club take up the cudgels In Joseph Gibbons gym tomorrow evening from 830 pm All you ha veto do la turn the ready There Is no gym time for the youth this winter mainly due to the lack of decent turn outs last winter There Is a town policy of having minimum numbers for gym use and the numbers did not Justify bookings this winter for preseason workouts MINI SOCCER Mini soccer will continue for squirts and maybe into atoms There will not be any league trophies and there will be roundrobin playoffs with all players receiving pennants at squirt and medallions at atom for the first three finishers The girls will have their usual roundrobin finals day which rounds off their season In fine style The other boys leagues should end by midAugust when they will enter their play off in roundrobin with the four highest placed moving Into semifinals Youth registration Is ISO per mini player born In 7Band 77 Single fee registration Is same as last year with the family mailmum at 880 proof of age must be produced at time of registering The senior Inter County league accepted two new teams at their last meeting in Flyers from Brampton and Rangers second team The Rangers B are partly made up from the remnants of Milton Metal which folded In January There was some fur at Una session One executive member resigned and the resignation was not accepted at that time The situation is not yet resolved but should be by next month The local clubs axe all getting ready for the new season with a reduced registration due to the sponsorship of Motsons It Is hoped that she sponsorship will continue in 84 and this Is not known until the companys programmes are made public around the beginning of April The Mariners look like kicking off the new season lbs way ended last players are on the Injured list the most severe being Steve Turner Steve received a serious How at the close of a hockey match and could be out of soccer for good as a result Lea and John Cobby are others at the moment Loon like a come back from retirement folks for some of us older The team is Improv ing all the lime and theres still room for Improvement she said Milton had only seven players pitted against Georgetowns two full lines so Georgetown should have had more goals than they did Allen said With two full lines we should be able to skate them Into the Ice she said Part of the problem was Barb Edwards Mil- tons netminder Edwards Instinct and speed robbed Allen and her teammates a numb er of times Allens first goal came at the mark of Ihe first period and was unassisted At the 2 mark of the second period Allen counted again as she picked up a pass from Jodl Peebles and shot the puck through a crowd Osborne drew the other assist Miltons best scoring opportunity came with less than five minutes left in the second period They were when they picked up the puck In their own end and carried It in on Georgetown goalie Joan Gilmer Gilmer stayed with the Milton shooter putting an end to the oneonone break and leaving Milton down two points and almost out of steam Although Milton seemed be conserving energy In the first period the players were tired and dejected by the third Neither learn scored in the third chapter of the game Milton couldnt get anything going on their power- play and Georgetown couldnt get the puck past Edwards Marty Dunning also put In a stellar perform ance for Georgetown The team may be losing Allen when she starts university next year Shes unsure about which university she will be attending so she doesnt know If she will be playing If Its possible I will she said top Brampton Waiting for the Trl- County hockey playoffs to start the George town LI tech major atom A team hosted an exhibition game against the Brampton team on Thursday Coach Parent us ed the opportunity to sharpen his teams skills and came up with a victory The fastpaced game delighted players and fans and demonstrated that an enthusiastic team effort can over come seemingly impossible odds In the first period Georgetown challenged the Brampton team until Brad Tutt was able to break through and score on a pass from Mike Oldrelve Bramp ton was able to score twice lata in the first period forcing the techers Into a come- frombehlnd situation In the second period Georgetown outskated the visitors and took control of game Leas than two minutes Into the period Doug Crawford assisted by Jeff tied the game Bob put his team ahead assisted by Jake Early In third period Brampton mounted a comeback and were able to tie the game Brad assisted by Mike Old- reive and Jake scored final and winning goal with seven minutes remain ing A late penally forced Georgetown to play defensive hockey but penalty killers Brad and Peter Lee refused to let Brampton get Solid from Jason and Jason duro along with extra effort from every player contributed to the team victory Pipe novices looking good Herald correspondent In the Georgetown home office ex- Saskatchewan der gos- pel music playing In the background spiritual literature hiding the walls Its difficult to picture the trim hand- X some articulate direct- or of Athletes in Action crushing bones on the football field But that was Gord Barwell of old The one who receives passes from quarterback Ron like the ball had a homing instinct Truth Is the man never was one of those types who eats sleeps and breathes football from the age of three wasnt Interes- high school in Saskatoon asked him to Join the team LOVED HOCKEY Hockey was his first love He played on the Junior A team He was the Canadian sprint champion In track and Held for three years he was a curler and he played baseball Football even on my list now said In a recent ft- Interview He was In grade 12 when who On Sunday George towns Concrete Pipe novices final game of the regular hockey season proved to be best game to date A superlative effort by the whole team earned them a upset over Brampton The only marker of the first period was scored by Andy Jones unassisted on a break away after he several defen ders The second period was a seesaw affair with the visitors coming back to tie the score on two occasions George towns Keith Montgome ry with explosive peed left the was looking for a pass receiver with s recordholding spec a approached him I succeeded in spite of myself said Bar- well I didnt know a lot about how to play foot ball but they were happy lo each me A year later he turned pro scouts spotted him at a provin cial track meet and liked what they saw They too needed a pass receiver with his speed It was the beginning of a pro career with the that would last a decade 1964 1974 and a very successful time for Barwell PREY CUP In 1966 the team took the Grey Cup and had three more tries at the trophy In 67 and also saw the team make it to nine Western finals In the meantime Bar- well was excelling in business with his own clothing store In he married wife Helen and he started a family with the addition of son Jay now 18 and daugh ter now Ho had a couple of of fere from other teams but he didnt want to leave where his business and family He had fame fortune family everything but It wasnt enough I got to the point where oil the victories seemed ralher shallow success In business left me unsatisfied and even our married life seemed empty said In 1974 he hung up his cleats Ten years is a long time to play football My body was being beaten up he said He kept his clothing store and began a two- year stint as color commentator for the on radio I always wanted to do It color commen tary and it was a challenge he said Im a bit of a ham and I love to talk so i was great loved It But the great calling his former teams plays and the owner of a thriving clothing business still felt a void TO GEORGETOWN Then In God brought him to George town had found Christ through the Ath letes In Action program he had been involved In during the last few years of his pro career He gave up his busin ess and his radio commentary to take the Job as Eastern Cana dian director of Athle tes In Action group of present and former pro fessional and amateur athletes who travel the country spreading Gods word also organ I sports camps for youngsters and speak at prisons and schools He headed east and landed in Georgetown because A number of friends lived out this way It was also close to Toronto Hamilton and the airport where he often has to travel on business Thats the Gord Bar- well of today In the Jesus Christ was something he said after missing a pass now he reserves words for prayers preaching and hymns NEW JOB He assumed duties as director of Athletes In Action last August and will be kept busy co ordinating bible studies chapel programs and off season outreach and speaking engagements for players from the nine CFL teams along with some professional hockey and baseball players He still works out daily plays a little golf cycles and plays on a team of retired NHL and players who hold charity games using the team as a Christian outreach I dont miss foot ball he said Neither the tension nor the war- liko altitude you had to have Its really not a war Its just a game played by a bunch of big He does miss the fellowship of the though I miss the guys You make some good friends have a lot of laughs He still enjoys watch ing football but he doesnt have a favorite team although he feels sorry that Saskatchew an is not even close to the team they were In his day Sending Joe Barnes to Toronto was a major They need a good quarterback The should have given coaches Ron er and Joe a little more time to show their stuff he said Theres a lot of insta bility in the executive levels of the team said Barwell Instability is one thing Gord doesnt have lo worry about In his life BUSINESS DIRECTORY ECIipsham Limited Surveyors Consult Engineers Former Saskatchewan great relaxes at A Georgetown home with a few of his memories Barwell Is now a director with the- Athletes in Action Christian group Herald photo by Douglas tion In awe as he charg ed unmolested towards their net to score the locals lone goal of the period An assist went to Gavin Closer an the clearing pass out of his own one Jones score a tipIn off an accurate Troy pass from the boards led the Pipers to three unanswered markers in the third period The highlight of the game came midway through the third period when Montgomery who had been flying all after noon was awarded a penally shot after being tripped one breakaway In his typical manner he raced in on net shot and scored in a singular moti on that left the goalie complete ly bewildered The final goal on another breakaway was scored by Glen Henderson after he was set 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