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Pa ge 3 0 T hu rs da y, D ec em be r 3 , 2 01 5 - T he IF P - H al to n H ill s - w w w .th ei fp .c a SPORTS Comingup The 33rd-annual Egg Nog Jog set for Sunday, Dec. 13. Hosted by Georgetown Runners in Terra Cotta for charity. www.eggnogjog.ca Fourteen-year-old Abby Sweezie of the Acton Skating Club's intermediate division was the first member of the public to test out the super smooth new ice surface on the second pad at the Acton Community Centre Monday after- noon. Photo by Eamonn Maher The finishing touches are being put on the new second arena at the Acton Community Centre this week to complete the twinning of the complex. User groups got to skate for the first time on the NHL-size ice surface Monday afternoon, with the Acton Skating Club's practice serv- ing as the first official opportunity for mem- bers of the public to get an up-close look at the $11.4-million facility, which includes six full-size dressing rooms, 186 individual seats, heated floors and two public meeting rooms among the amenities. The second-floor mezzanine area is closed to spectators as some of the construction has yet to be completed, but Town of Halton Hills officials say it should be fully operational by early next week. The official opening ceremony will take place on Jan. 30 to coincide with the Acton Winter Carnival celebrations. Public skating is scheduled for Saturdays from 3-4:20 p.m. and Sundays from 2-3:20 p.m. Youth shinny takes place Thursdays from 4-4:50 p.m. and Saturdays from 5:15-6:35 p.m. on the new surface. For info about booking ice or one of the two new community rooms at the Acton Arena, call 905-873-2601 ext. 2257. Raiders send 5 to TCE camp Five Georgetown Raiders have been invited to take part in next week's Team Canada East selection camp at the MasterCard Centre in Toronto, including local residents Josh Dick- inson and Daniel Hardie at the forward posi- tion, for the 2015 World Jr. A Challenge Dec. 13-19 in Whitby and Cobourg. Three Raider defencemen were also se- lected amongst the 41 players invited to the camp, with Matthew Cairns, Matthew Thom and newcomer Austin Cho getting the nod. A 4-0 lead midway through the game was apparently too comfortable for the Raiders last Saturday night. The visiting Cobourg Cougars shook off their bus legs after it looked early on as if the home side would skate away with an easy two points and rallied for a 5-4 win in an Ontario Junior Hockey League contest at the Alcott Arena. Jordan Crocker, Jack Jacome, Michael Boushy and Bailey Molella had given the 17- 9-2-0 Raiders a healthy lead deep into the middle stanza before the 15-11-0-2 Cougars struck for two late scores and added three un- answered markers in the third. Cairns had three assists for Georgetown and Andrew Masters picked up the loss in goal, making 25 saves. Cho, an 18-year-old blueliner from Missis- sauga, added two assists for the Raiders Sat- urday. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Cho began the season with the BCHL's Vernon Vipers. Georgetown could have moved to within a point of first-place Buffalo in the West Divi- sion standings with a win but still does hold three games in hand on the Jr. Sabres. Next up for the Raiders is a trip to Burl- ington Friday night to take on the 16-11-0-2 Cougars, followed by a home date with the 17-10-0-1 Wellington Dukes Saturday at the Alcott Arena at 7:30 p.m. TEAM OF THE WEEK: The Halton Hills atom A Thunder went undefeated at the Capital Mid-Season Minor Hockey Tournament in Ottawa this past weekend to take top spot in their 10-team division. A 1-1 tie against Brantford in the preliminary round was the only blemish on the Thunder's weekend results, but Halton Hills flattened the 99ers 6-1 in a rematch for the championship, jumping out to a 4-0 first-period lead. Team members (front, from left) are: Goalies Andrew Reid, Davis Fearron. Second row: Deacon King, Jack Munday, Matthew Longmead, Victoria Price, Zach Burchart, Ben Lux- more, Ross Brown, Sydney Hood, Brett Yandeau, Spencer Malloch. Back row: Cam D'Amico, assistant coach Dave Hood, Matthew Gormley, coach Dan King, assistant coach John Bulhoes, Rory Campbell, Chris Cuthbertson, trainer Will Petryniak, Elias Barlas. Submitted photo 2nd ice surface at Acton Arena open to public Blue Fins shine at two meets Placing second overall out of 15 teams at a youth swim meet at the Etobicoke recently, members of the Halton Hills Blue Fins recorded several personal-best times and qualified for some big competitions on the horizon. Megan Hamilton earned a berth in the On- tario Festival Championships while Emily Collis qualified for the Ontario Age Group Provincials. Simon Olsen booked his trip to the Eastern Canadian Championships and Chris Zanewycz qualified for the Western equivalent, with Ben Holt, Aleks Plackoski and Zanewycz achieving another provincial qualifying standard. The Blue Fins also recently hosted the fifth- annual Halton Cup for swimmers 14 and young- er and held on to the title for the second year in a row by setting some club records and personal bests along the way. Swims of note were turned in by the 10-and- under girls' relay team consisting of Isabella Santana, Olivia Reich, Sofia Bosic and Mirna Bosic, combined with the 10-and-under boys' foursome of Alex Murgoci, Ian Woods, Christian Verghis, Dominic Vulpoli and Reyden Knighton to set four new Blue Fins' records in the 200m medley and freestyle relays. CHRIS ZANEWYCZ, EMILY COLLIS AND SIMON OLSEN