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35| The IFP -H alton H ills | T hursday,January 4,2018 theifp.ca hockey associations. From 2009-15, Norton volunteered with the Ontario Minor Hockey Founda- tion's (OMHF) Let's Learn Hockey pro- gram, which provided 30 to 40 underpriv- ileged participants with a full day of hockey, a new set of hockey equipment, on-ice skills development, modified hockey games and a medallion that could be presented to their local minor hockey association for one year of free registra- tion paid by OMHF. "It was like Christmas for those kids," he added. "Watching them taking that new equipment out of the bag was fantastic to see." Equally satisfying for Norton is spending Sunday mornings with grand- son Cohen in the HHMHA's Skills Pro- gram at the Mold-Masters SportsPlex while his sons are playing in the same building in the men's recreational hock- ey league. He has been employed in sales for the same Georgetown-based company, Econ- omy Forms of Canada (EFCO), which makes steel forms for concrete for the construction industry, for 43 years. His wife Heather was a receptionist in the office of 2015 Hockey Heritage recipi- ent Dr. Ron Lefebvre until recently retir- ing, and daughter Brittany was a compet- itive cheerleader, with dad accompany- ing her on the non-hockey road trips, too. Norton received the Georgetown Hockey Heritage Council (GHHC) Cita- tion Award in 2010 and counts fellow re- cipients such as the late Gerry Perkins and Hal Pells, Carson Mininch, Dr. Le- febvre, Geraldine Hardcastle and Sheila Campbell among his closest peers. Guest speakers for the GHHC Awards Dinner, slated for Monday, March 5 at the Acton Legion, are a pair of "insider" broadcasters, Darren Dreger of Sports- net and TSN's Pierre LeBrun. Tickets are $75 each and can be pur- chased from Dave Kentner by calling 905- 877-6710. l Continued from page 34 Norton point man for OMHA coaching programs Picking up the team's second tournament win of the Volleyball Ontario season, Georgetown's un- der-14 girls' Black Impact defeated host Milton in three sets in the championship match of a tourna- ment held just before the holidays at the Mattamy Athletic Centre. The relatively young Impact side dropped the first game 25-20 before rallying to take the match 25-23, 15-13 to improve its ranking to 22nd out of 135 teams across the province. On the way to the final, George- town beat the Cambridge Scorpi- ons, lost in three sets to the Moun- tain Volleyball Club, then defeated the Venom Cobras and Cambridge in the playoff round. The Black Impact didn't drop a single set in winning the U-14 Pro- vincial Cup tournament in Stouff- ville in November, bettering To- ronto West 25-20, 25-16 in the final. VOLLEYBALL Pair of tourney titles for U-14 Impact Black All house league teams in the Halton Hills Minor Hockey Association's an- nual Bob Goldham Memo- rial Christmas Classic saw action this week in tourna- ment games played at the Mold-Masters SportsPlex. Teams in the initiation program also played their first games of the cam- paign, without scores be- ing kept. Goldham, a local native, won five Stanley Cups dur- ing his esteemed career, two with Toronto and three for Detroit, and was the first graduate of the Georgetown-based "Little NHL" to make the big league. Following are the re- sults of each of Saturday's division championship games. Novice Blue Kings 3, Blackhawks 1 Novice White Bruins 2, Canadiens 1 Atom Blue Flames 6, Blackhawks 2 Atom White Kings 5, Blackhawks 1 Peewee Blue Bruins 1, Stars 0 Peewee White Leafs 2, Canadiens 1 Bantam Blue Avalanche 2, Penguins 0 Bantam White Blackhawks 5, Sharks 3 Senior Team #8 6, Team #2 5 Blackhawks' goalie Nolan Murphy got some help from teammates Travis Hilts and Carter Leslie (15) as Max Culpan (7) of the Flames tries to score during their atom white division preliminary-round game at the Bob Goldham Memorial Christmas Classic on Thursday at the Mold-Masters SportsPlex. The teams skated to a 5-5 tie after Jake Brozier notched the equalizer with just 37 seconds remaining for the Flames, who also received a hat trick from Ryder Hayes. Matt Barczynski potted three for the Hawks.Eamonn Maher/Photo Champions declared at Bob Goldham Memorial Christmas Classic Don't be a LitterBug! Please keep our community clean. For more details, please visit georgetownsoccerclub.com or contact info@georgetownsoccerclub.com Now accepting sponsorships for 2018 outdoor house league teams Support the not-for-profit Georgetown Soccer Club by displaying your company name on a house league team jersey. Cost is only $350 with choice of age group (U6-U16) and some choice of colour.