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GEORGETOWN TOYOTA SALES 15 MOUNTAINVIEW RD. N., GEORGETOWN 905-877-2296WEBSITE at www.georgetowntoyota.com Model #BD33VPA *Lease payments are plus taxes. All leases are 24,000 km per year with an excess mileage charge of 10 per km. See dealer for full details. PER MONTH FOR 48 MONTHS WITH $4573 DOWN OR TRADE EQUIVALENT. FREIGHT AND P.D.E. INCLUDED. LEASE FOR$299+ TAXES MSRP $26,050 for 36 months Purchase Financing 1.9%APR* Power Group Speed Control A/C CD 2008 RAV 4 Special pullout section Friday, September 5, 2008 12 Pages Circulation 22,500 www.independentfreepress.com Local players spark Warriors Page 10 Junior Highlanders place fourth Page 9 SPORTS AND LEISURE Halton Hills Community Newspaper Riding high Rider Yann Candele of Nobleton was aboard Mystique for a sixth-place finish at last Sundays $50,000 FEI CSI Swisscan Properties Grand Prix in the marquee event in the three-week Canadian Country Classic eques- trian show at Halton Place. Hillsburghs Erynn Ballard took Robin Van Roosendael to top spot at the event. The Canadian Country Classic wraps up this weekend at its Halton Place location, just west of Georgetown on 15 Sideroad, with a $40,000 Grand Prix this Sunday beginning at around 2:30 p.m. Photo by Ron Stiel Adam Salisbury of Georgetown fired a one-over-par 73 to win the boys 17-19 age group at the Canadian Junior Golf Associations Kaneff Series event held recently at the Carlisle Golf & Country Club. Salisbury, 17, was seven strokes bet- ter than the runner-up. At the CJGAs Junior Linkster Tour stop at the Annandale Golf & Country Club, Nicklaus Naumovski of Halton Hills finished in a tie for second spot with a six-over-par round of 80, nine shots off the lead in the boys 8 & under division. Callum Biehn of Georgetown placed 12th in the boys 11-12 age cate- gory at Annandale with rounds of 91- 104. Georgetowns Mary Ann Lapointe tuned up for this weekends USGA Womens Mid-Amateur Champion- ships in Michigan by finishing tied for third with partner Aron Burch of Hamilton at the Golf Association of Ontarios Mixed Team Championship at the Wooden Sticks Golf Club on Monday. Lapointe and Burch combined for a 70, three shots behind the winners. Eagle Ridge Golf Club members Pamela Piotrowski and Bryan Francis placed seventh while North Halton members Robert and Donna Davey of Georgetown finished tied for 23rd. Samantha Spencer of Georgetown South recorded a round of 82 to win the girls division by two shots at the GAO Bantam Tour tourney played at the National Pines Golf Club in Barrie. The 12-year-old North Halton member was chosen to play for the GAO Team at the Ontario Junior Tour Championships, tying for 11th in the open girls category with an 86. Georgetowns Candice Swartz, 16, tied for fifth after an 80. Spencer also made the 36-hole cut at the CJGA Mizuno National Championships at National Pines, placing 12th thanks to rounds of 87- 88-94-91. After posting a sub-.500 pre-season record, the 2008- 09 edition of the Georgetown Raiders should find out fairly quickly where they stand at the start of the OHA Provincial Jr. A Hockey League campaign. The Raiders will begin their regular season on Saturday night at the Alcott Arena beginning at 7:30 p.m. against the Huntsville Otters, who have a dozen players back from their team that finished first in the North Conference last year. Georgetown, which had a 2-3 record in the exhibition schedule, including a pair of losses to the Orangeville Crushers last week, also has several returnees off the 2007-08 roster that made it to the West Conference finals. But Raider head coach and gen- eral manager James Richmond is somewhat concerned about some of his clubs goals-against totals in the pre-season and is hopeful the team can raise its level of play against the Otters, who are stocked with prospects with the Ontario Hockey Leagues Erie Otters. I dont like to play anything and lose and we had a losing record in the pre-season, said the third-year bench boss. Were not killing ourselves about it, but were con- cerned, especially because Huntsvilles going to be a tough team for anybody to beat. We need some of the guys who had big years last year to get things rolling for everyone else as we bring in some new faces and get used to playing together. Georgetown was supposed to begin its regular season tonight (Friday) in Brampton against the Bramalea Blues, but the Powerade Centre is being used for the best-of-7 Mann Cup lacrosse championship between the host Excelsiors and the New Westminster Salmonbellies. Raiders look to put poor pre-season behind them EAMONN MAHER Staff Writer See RAIDERS, pg. 6 Golf roundup Salisbury wins event