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Sabres lose their major supporter COUNCILLOR Les Duby easily finished the laps required of celebn ties at Sunday s Skata thon Junior Sabres will go into action next year without the backing of their major sponsor of the last three years Joe Gardin According to Bill Campbell secretary of the Sabres Gardin cited reasons ranging from lack of support attitude of various Acton players to in his opinion poor newspaper coverage Mr Gardin twice refused to comment to the Free Press on any of these allegations The executive was surprised by Gardins decision according to Campbell We got the impression it would be longer than a one year deal he remarked There was nothing written on the deal according to Campbell It was a gentlemans agreement Campbell says that Mr Gardin s decision will cost the Sabres about four fifths of their sponsor ship It costs he says in excess of 20 000 to operate a Junior B club an increase of about 5 over the previous year s costs for the Junior C team Mr Gardin backing was a contributing factor in the decision to move from Junior C to Junior B His continued support came at a time when as Campbell said We were pretty well in a position of going or getting out according to Campbell didn inter fere that much but he was always in the back ground Campbell said While emphasizing the team record had nothing to do with his de cision Mr does feel that the record should have been much better and would have been if certain players attitudes had matched their abilities Gardin would not comment on this When phoned at home he said I don t say anything on the phone I don know you He also said I told you once already no comment I wish you would stop hassling me In spite of Gardin s pufiout Campbell said there will be a team next year We re quite con Thereare a lot of irons in the fire The club will be an incorporated company instead of an association next year according to Campbell By incorporating the assets are limited to the company and its officers can be sued Theswitchwillcostmoney hesaid Club President Milt Ball is predicting a much improved team this year citing the j ear lence which the team now has as a big plus Hui Stcond Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH BRAD gets off breakaway shot Hockey action Saturday The game ended in a 3 in spite of tight coverage by Hamilton in Legion tie Sports Page Overtime victory Major Atoms even WW playoffs 42 Atoms fought hick from a laic deficit drill unloaded twice in overtime to lit up their Wellington sines garni at Waterloo Jim sent the into overtime with 1 rim lining in regulation play mt to David Kevin scoreboard Paul opining the second period Willi an unassisted goal Hut stood until midwav through third frami whin beat defense and found m irk from Itiihanl Hon Vanillin Tin seconds iterluu took lead aiam ind held it thwarting of fence until found and ive Ihe Moms second With less thin a minute of one look ad int ije if ihurixln It Caryl thi victor with his on i feedirfrom with 1 10 Tin defense held tight 1 give to dominated the first 1 fans win the of a shut ml until Milne I roki through from Unlet and Hick Press pressed Vans blanks Hellers Both semi final were tied up Sunday is Vans shut out Station Hellers surprised Blow Press This Sundays atlion will determine the of all four teams trying to reach the finals Eight points An eight point second period highlighted the high scoring game between Hellers and Press It also proved to be the difference as Hellers outscored their J in the frame Hellers opened the scoring in the game on a Cecil less marker and Cord Colton llilher for Press with help from Irwin and John Kivanaugh They look a brief two minutes iter on an unassisted effort John Mason Hellers closed the period when fed for his second Hellers took lead it 17 the second period when netted his unassisted third but Mason connected on Pete Morrison pass two minutes later to even the count again minutes later Hellers v is up two on an unassisted marker from Henry a effort assisted by Steve and in the fast moving second period leads were not lasting long and Press came back to tie when pulled the Iriggir twice Irwin and Lyndon Thompson on the first and Bob fed on the sciond Gary put Hellers on top lo slay at 15 when he 500 Club winners Club winners for were Norm Lock Dale Gillies JlmMcKnighl Tom Weir 371 Howard Itoszell 387 Julian Winnirs for March were Gordon Kay Hot Phil Slaves and A Malhie- Indusln ii e Station at Mow rcss Hellers in kes stats converted a Bmnelt pass into told Hoes followed with the eventual winner from and Hugh Press made it close on Irwin marker early in the third frame Thompson got theoal Bennett put thi garni on ice with an it I lo close the storing Records shutout Hoy Jenkins wis unheal able in goal or Vans gar the first shutout of the Dave Morris unloaded at of the first frame and it wis ill Vans needed got the Bruce was the next person to hit finding the mark in the third period from Morns iced win from Dickinson and Morns Hope to arrange series for selects A special home and home series between the atom bantam and midget house league select teams of Georgetown and Streetsville may be arranged for later this season to make up for the hockey those teams missed by not pating in the recent town tournament Georgetown and District Minor Hockey Association President Joe Pentesco said this week it not likely the tournament as it was originally planned will be held this season but that officials are trying to arrange some games for the Georgetown boys A special meeting in Acton Thursday failed to resolve all the town tournament problems It was decided however that the tournament will be held in Georgetown next year with Acton Streetsville Georgetown and hopefully Orangeville participating Georgetown and Streetsville teams withdrew from this years tournament at the last minute under the threat of suspension from the OMHA if they participated The tournament was not sane tioned by the OMHA When Streetsville and Georgetown withdrew house league teams from Toronto were brought to play in a tournament which has never entries from any town except Acton Georgetown Streetsville Orange ville Brampton Milton and Fergus in its year history Representatives from Acton Georgetown and Streetsville are hoping the internal problems between the rep and house league hockey associ ations in Orangeville can be settled before next years tournament is held Haton Hills second in Sunday swim meet by Helen March Acton I ions Pool was the scene of a valiant effort as Hills swim team finally sue to a point loss igiinst final scon was Hilton Hills Sever swimmers parlicipitcd although the has plagued with illness On the eight and under events Nadini Balkind look 3rd in butterfly backstroke 3rd in breast stroke and free style and helped the girls relay team to a 3rd place finish In the to and under age group Tina won place in butterfly 3rd in backstroke 3rd in breast stroke and free style and helped with the 3rd place HAMILTON S Tim Gurton gets control of the puck from John Gardner after some action at the boards Saturday atom game Curlers lose crown rink of M irg loth in Hurst Palnik Rams executive New executive for the Hams are Larry Porte and Dave cochairmen Hon secretary Ann Mac treasurer Bob president of the booster club Managers will be Ian Campbell and Wayne Young Coach Rams Sun luh The winning rink Lame from under I Rams will be Manager Ian Campbell said SvKn rills Vice wis Mir holding i gel icquamted that players and coach will ion was muting for potential players find out what they expect of nam 1iPiem ind liad it pm in the each other during the meet is l ln finish in a free style relay Jeff Balkind took In back stroke in breast stroke and in free style Mark Bray look 1st in butter fly and free style and 2nd in backstroke John Vadeika took 1st in back stroke and breast stroke and 2nd in fly and freestyle Jeff Mark and John contributed to a 1st place in a relay In the 11 and 12 events Julia took 1st in breast stroke and freestyle in and in fly Karen Coals look in backstroke and Heather took in breast stroke Julia and Karen helped with a in a relay Frank took 2nd In 3rd in back stroke and free style and 4th in butterfly His relay team finished In the 13 and 14 events Lisa Thomas took in back stroke and free style and I isi Connie McCristall and Tin McGrath took a 2nd in the free style relay ageless sport still strong at AHS mil hands mil feel hod tint I ends like e ordination speed ability is will as it physical strength ire thi minimum require mints of a grc it easy pirt with all this you mid drive and lo practice i single move over and over until it is second nature definitely cant iimtd l block out tin pain of torn hinds unstrings bruised hips It mi nil si much fun but it is linn is a ititndous filling if pride whimver r new Hit Inline lint an domj snnclhint whith most people in t i in ikes it worthwlnlt inn when i in there com petmg is very iry sport ind person ichieve high in im port met IHlIimIuhh cam is one of the oldest spurls in Ihe world and it Alton High an 14 jirls tridition under the direction of I time is limited be nisi the have no per ihur own so gym lime must shared with the sports at the school floor ANNE suggests some moves to fit with the music in Zonya Baker floor routine All floor routines in womens gymnastics are done m lis beams vaulting horse ind uneven irallel must be set up for each session and taken down afterwards Lack of equipment is one of the s biggest handicaps do nol own a floor it now which is perhaps tin most need of any gymnastics team They bor row a low beam from M school next door and their own balance beam is best described as ade quate equipment though The team recently set of high quality uneven parallel bars and are hoping for a proper floor mat when the new sehool opens up If the team had this equipment they eoutd hold meets here in Their competition is among the area schools and the girls arc gearing up for the Peel finals coming on March Six girls will be going into his meet led by MacMillan a third year who placed third in last yeirs Senior all around competition There arc five levels of in High school gymnastics Novice junior intermediate senior and elite Nov will be competing in the Peel meet but Acton will be sending juniors inter mediates and seniors The eight novices will have a meet of their own in April llight now practices are aiming get the older girls ready for their competition After hat the Juniors in lermediates and seniors will be helping coach the novices Coach emphasizes the enthusiasm the girls show FLEXIBILITY is the key to performing many moves demonstrates a front handspring for the sport They re all keen Most of them are bus students but The In is there so the girls get in Miss experience as a gymnast is In the field of rhythmic gymnastics and she has performed in Toronto with the Kolcv company there Another coach is necessary she feels for the girls to get as much as possible out of their training Some schools have a coach for each event she said The lack of coaching is Ihe reason lhal there Is no boys team Gymnastics because of its nature is one of most beneficial sports there is Some may give you more and some more flexibility but none can teach you the amount of control over own body gymnastics can The sport can hardly be commended too highly