Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 20, 1983, p. 13

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Georgetown Acton Wednesday April 20 1963 13 SteveSheppardwinsOntariowrestlingtitle Ways The smallest member of the Smith wrestling team turned out to be a giant in the Ontario Bantam wrestling in Georgetown on Saturday Steve Soeppard the Monde haired blue eyed wonder kid reeled off three impressive victories to capture Ms first Ontario Bantam Champhmflfaip title Sheppard wrestling in the kilogram division won matches quite handily It took a combined time of seconds to pin his first two opponents With hi champio was also invited to participate In the annual New York State Trl Meet next bronze in the kilogram exciting final match by his op ponent Both Sheppard and Poster will be representing Ontario in the Canadian Championships to be held in London next Other standout Include Jim Wbeeter Duroae and Shawn who all placed fourth in their respective weight divisions All three wrestlers were within arms reach of winning the championship and if not for a few bad breaks they would be Joining Sheppard and Foster in London John Neely also snowed a fine effort in placing fifth In the 33 Kilogram Division- Special mention must be given to Julian Bryan Alexander Kevin Grubbe and Greg Wagner who rounded out toe team excellent performance Overall the squad showed a amount of class and good I and they also served notice of being top contender next year SPORTS Industrial ball league set eight teams hit diamond by Paul Nolan Acton Industrial ball league kicks off its regular season tonight Wednesday with a Desmond and Canadian Tire The Royals last year the Industrials and the Acton A s former Ha I on Hills Electric will be new on the Park diamond The season is starting three days early lumui mm jrji j i this year in order to be finished playoffs taj M Mr to Acton Royals If the wintry weather one can Imagine a post game scene frozen ball players huddling at a nearby picnic table sipping hot chocolate long Into the night When league dent Ron Mc Knight says he looking forward to the season his thoughts are likely more centred on those lazy Sundays In July than these blustery nights in April But enough about the weather baseball back In town This is McKnight first year as league president He is joined on the executive by Ron Hachey first vice president George Wallace treasurer and Rick secretary There will be eight teams in the Industrial loop this season down from ten last year The biggest problem is a lack of pitchers according to However no one seems to be very worried Fread Construction last playoff champions will be back So will the Road runners Halton Hills Furniture The Bears Metros and Station Hotel have withdrawn President McKnight offers an insight Into the success of the league through the years Everyone seems to have fun whether they win or lose He Is also aware that the league v as originally formed for the fun and recreation of the players Competitive ness is all anybody can really ask for Regular season games are played Wed nesday and Thursday evenings at and Sundays at a and All games are scheduled to be played McKnight hopes to initiate an Acton Georgetown Industrial league exhibition game this season The game which Is still in the planning stage would pit the first place team from Acton against Its crosstown counterpart with all proceeds going to charity A final note on the weather It nothing unique In fact Ron remembers that the league started In snow and finished in snow a few years ago Young people meet friends through sports by Paul Nolu The Acton Young People is a youth group operated out of the Christian Reformed Church in Acton which uses sports not as a way of competing but to simply meet with Allsop returned as president It that the Acton Junior officers is a formality It seems that no one ever wants the job of running the club Weil people showed an Interest in the club for the first time In a number of years there was voting for the presidents and vice- president positions Frank Allsop was returned as president of the group over Pat Klrton while Ray Graham kept his spot as vicepresident Mollic Allsop was returned once again as treasurer while the only new member of the elected board will be secretary Anne Dodds Mrs Dodds replaces Marlene Graham who retired The elected executive will now name eight directors to the club for the following season with each looking after specific functions While admits that the new group really began working on the coming season their application is In and they are now looking for possible coaching and managing Applications for the positions of coach manager general manager and trainer will be accepted up until May 15 friends in a social atmosphere Henry Kroezen has been a member of the Acton Young People for the past seven years This season he will be helping to organize a group baseball squad which will in a league against other such teams places like Drayton Guelph Clinton Cambridge and Kitchener In addition there are many other athletic social events planned throughout the year There are volleyball tournaments sports days nay rides winter camps and car rallies The Acton grouptravels alt over the region to participate In these events The Young People will be hosting a soccer tournament on June which will be held on town soccer fields The tournament will be followed by a square dance in the evening at Acton High School Every Saturday evening the group goes roller skating in Kitchener Most of the groups members are active In these gatherings according to Mr Kroezen The average age of the group members Is between and while the minimum age of a participant is 16 There is a ratio of males to females in the group The only problem this seems to create says Kroezen is the ability to field a girls Softball team General meetings are held every Sunday evening Winners of the Master Senior Bowling Tournament in Georgetown recently were Christine Kntaslemkl and Tom Shannon They beat Georgetown in the finals by points Acton bowlers tops in MasterSenior For the second year in a row a team from Acton has dominated the Georgetown MasterSenior Invitational Championships sponsored by H Video In the bowling finals the Acton team of Y B Seniors Christine and Master Wes Kutasienski combined to beat George town a David Chaplin Sandra Marshal and Master Andy Parent There were a total of teams from Town Country and Guelph Milton Bowlaway Milton Georgetown Bow Georgetown Acton Lanes Acton and Park Royal Misslssauga participating in the H H Championships After a qualifying round teams entered the knockoff playoffs 1 Park Royal Betty Scriver plus 324 Acton Bob plus 3 Park Royal Yvonne plus 4 Georgetown Shirley Chaplin plus Acton plus Georgetown Andy Parent plus 135 Georgetown Wendy Chaplin plus 103 8 Georgetown Chris Burke 101 In the quarterfinals the Kutasienski team knocked off Shirley Chaplin squad from Georgetown with a plus to Chaplin a IB Bob and his team of Graham White and Julie also got by the quarter final match as his squad rolled a plus 105 to knock out Georgetown Wendy Chaplin and her team In the semi finals the two Acton squads met each other with Master Kutaslnski and his duo finishing with a plus 36 to ad vance to the final against Andy Parent of Georgetown The Georgetown squad led at the half way point of the championship but Tom Shan non four straight hits and a couple of spares for a lifted the Acton team to the title Acton Master Sylvia Mages came home with a cash award for the day high single The oswllag seasea down the iMtsstrial Cacaaaercial Leafs the first to beat their year wrap PstoeftlegMaadBtayfTcaaBvfca Plastics row to Ray Tatt DaaMcGfibway Ways hack Rest Riga Mac sp at Jim Thalecfc Ways sal Nam Hay ward Above are ladJrMnl Rn 4M tingle Nana Carter Ugh average top triple tza Redmen advance in bird play The Acton High School badmin ton team have advanced two teams to the Peel Halton bird championships by virtue of their performances this past week at the Halton finals in Georgetown Harold Kroehler and Tony Wright played impressively in the men doubles dlvisloo picking up a second place finish to advance The ladles doubles squad of Sandra Brundle and Andrea duplicated the feat placing second as well Shirley Van Rljk competed in ladles singles but ran Into some hot competition while the mixed doubles squad of Scott Hibbard and Peggy Ancker failed In their bid to advance The other Acton qualifiers in ladles doubles were Andrea thy Coals but an untimely injury forced Arbic out of action Coats competed with Glenn but the pair were unable to reach the qualifying level for the next round Coaches to get in shape Coaches Keep up with your athletes and Improve your skills loo The Hills Recreation Parks Department is offering a Spring Theory Level I Course This Coaching Course is open to all interested coaches to various sports It covers such topics as role of the coach psychology of coaching motor growth and development and training methods A pass of Level I Theory is baaed on per cest attendance and persona must be years of age and over Theory Level I take place on Kay and u ism from M ajn to at the Georgetown District High School cost at person

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