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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), April 22, 1987, p. 23

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THE HERALD Wednesday April IM7 Page Selects claim bantam Volleyball championship The Georgetown Schools Select volleyball team capped off a tremen dous season April 11 when they cap tured the Bantam Girl Volleyball championships In Scar- ff The Georgetown Selects won provincial champion- Itcmedloa and Myleric Ren It Back row Brian recently after lopping a tournament In Scar- Manager Kim borough Front row from left Andrea Jans Jennifer the vera Lily Twiner llarkley Julie Arnold Jim Joanna Miller and Dave loach Coach Bridget McCauley Hamilton Herald photo The SelecU finished off their season with wins in all IB matches played and suffered only one loss In games In the opening round pool of games Georgetown split with a strong Scarborough Cosmos club winning isfi and losing For the locals this proved to be the only tune they would be beaten In age class competition Despite a lethargic start In their nest match against Ottawa Glashan Georgetown came out on lop by scores of 1510 In their final preliminary match against Pickering the Georgetown team turned up the In tensity and came away with con vindngwinsof By virtue of their record in the open pool Georgetown earned top pot in the division and advanced to semi fine action Georgetown continued their fine ploy through the semi finals and cosily disposed of Toronto by scores of 159 In the other semi final match up the favored Henry Hudson was upset by the Scarborough Cosmos two games to one medals had emerged from the pool In t roared out on to post a victory as the Casinos staged a dramatic com eback In the second game it was the Cosmos tuna to tale control u they But with strong serving by Jen nifer Cheevers and a attltude exhibited by the entire team Georgetown fought back to tie the game at and went on to outlast the Cosmos 1715 giving them a sweep of the gold medal match Members of the teams coaching staff Jim Atkinson Dave and Brian were understandably pleased with the ac complishments of the team and thanked the parents who offered fan support throughout the season They were also appreciative of the schools which helped lo sponsor the team including Holy Cross St Francis of Sam Stewart own Show jumping proves to be popular WINDSHIELD REPAIRS We Handle All Insurance The sport of show jumping Is growing In popularity by well leaps and bounds And no one is happier about that trend than Jim Bunnell president of the Show Jumping Council of Canada Our country has the current world champion Gall and also the thirdranked snow- tumping rider In the world Ian Millar says Bunnell With the Calgary Olympics on the horizon well this a very time for the sport In Canada Part Of Bunnells job is to promote public awareness of show Jumping which Is the motivation behind an upcoming promotion with Studio store a special ap pearance with Canadian Equestrian Tteam members at Ontario Place and participation in the 2nd annus Town Country Home Show May In our booth well be publicizing shows coming up this season and telling visitors where tbey con go to see corn petitions explains Bunnell And well be using the space as a greeting and presentation area for the top riders who will be on hand The whole idea of our entire cam palgn Is to interest the public In the sport of show jumping Bunnell and staff will also be presenting seminars that go beyond the toplevel aspects of the sport ex- plaining such things as where go for riding lessons the dos and of buying a horse and how to get started in showing Most of all we re trying to over come the elitist Image the sport still has In many peoples minds says Angling group speaks out against gill nets Citing two governmentsponsored studies Ontarios largest provincial conservation association has renew its demands for a complete ban on the use of gill nets by commercial fishermen Gill nets kill virtually everything that swims into them not Just the fish the commercial fishermen are aiming far stated Rick Morgan executive vicepresident of the On tario of Anglers and In addition to thousands of fish gill nets have even been known to tangle and kill diving ducks and loons Morgan referred two specific studies as further evidence of the nonselective of gill nets The Lake Huron Assess ment Unit produced figures which when presented to the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission In March in dicated that commercial netters in killed 126456 salmon and trout while fishing for chub and perch in 1984 and on one portion of Lake Huron alone Another study conducted for the Ontario Ministry or Natural Resources in eastern Lake Ontario showed that gill net fishermen seek ing whltefish are likely to catch The is convinced that governments would serious strong action against a pollution In that incidentally killed so many fish and cant understand why a commercial fishing Industry is allowed to get away with using equipment that virtually guarantees such kills while alternate less wasteful fishing gear exists Bunnell Frankly you can take riding lessons for the same amount of money It costs to take tennis lessons Theres no denying that if horse ownership is the goal its an upscale activity to a certain degree But to call It the sport of kings and a rich mans pastime Is simply tut ac curate The Show Jumping Council of Canada will present Its seminars at the 2nd annual Town and Country Home Show at noon on Friday May 1 and at pm of Sunday May 3 Regular show hours are 10 a to 10 pm Friday and Saturday and id am to Sunday Admission to the show which takes place at the International Cen tre Airport Road is for adults for seniors and children under years of age seminars are free with regular to the show 8779896 CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Phone 416 CCCEE Find out how Cantel Cellular Telephone Service can make you and your business more productive Every hour out of your can be valuable Now fnrthefiu time mobile that pun tie communication power you have on Cantel Approved Agent TEL MARTIN STREET TORONTO UNE MILTON ONTARIO Putting you person to person while 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