Halton Hills Newspapers

Independent & Free Press (Georgetown, ON), 13 Apr 2007, Sports & Leisure, p. 6

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Halton Hills Men's Slo-Pitch registration begins online. For men, aged 30 and over, the games are played at the Georgetown Fairgrounds on Sundays, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. from May 6 through to Sept. 20 (no play on holiday weekends). Fee $90. The league is interested in adding two teams; call Ed, 905-873-4977. For individuals, register online at www.leaguemanager.ca or call Ed at the above number. Sports Briefs ··· Just a few spaces are remaining in the Georgetown Minor Baseball Association's newly expanded Coach Pitch division for six- and seven- year-olds in 2007. The T-Ball division has been eliminated this year and instead youths born in 2000 or 2001 will be grouped into the Coach Pitch league, which is also known as Squirt. Blastball will remain as a skills development program for children whose birth dates fall in 2002. For more information visit the website www.georgetownbaseball.ca or call 905-877-3748. Impact Black in provincial tournament Three Georgetown Impact girls' volleyball club teams played in Bugarski Cup zone tournaments recently in preparation for the upcoming provincial championships and the under-15 `Black' squad was victorious in Barrie. The Impact dropped its first game of the day to London's Forest City before coming back to win the match, then clinched first in their pool by sweeping away the host Barrie Elites and the Durham Regional Volleyball Club. In the playoffs, Impact Black rolled through the Northumberland Breakers and the Durham Attack, setting up a rematch with DRVC in the semifinals, in which Georgetown won 25-19, 25-15. The Halton Hurricanes provided the opposition for the championship, with the Impact prevailing 25-19, 2325, 15-13, earning a berth in the Ontario Volleyball Association Tier I championships April 14-15 in Windsor. Playing in an under-15 division to tune up for provincials, the under-14 Red Impact earned silver medals at a zone tourney in Collingwood, edged out by Midland's Georgian Bay Vistas 22-25, 25-15, 15-10. Georgetown's under-15 Red placed fifth at the Collingwood zone tourney. See photo page 7. May 14 Sign-up soon for Murr golf tourney The 23rd annual Paul Murr Memorial Golf Tournament takes place on Monday, May 14 at Blue Springs Golf Course in Acton and spots are still available. More than 250 players are expected to take part in the fundraising tournament with all proceeds going to the Acton Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society. Over the 22 years of the tournament just under $600,000 has been raised and this year's goal is to meet or surpass last year's record total of $53,000. There are a variety of packages available for the tournament: A 7 a.m. Turtle Lake package at $150; a 1 p.m. Turtle Lake package at $175 and a 1-5 p.m. Trillium nine-hole package at $100. Sponsorships and /or in memoriams are also available, with gold sponsorships going for $500 and silver at $175. For further information contact John McNabb at 519853-5615 for details and registration forms.

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