Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), March 25, 1981, p. 9

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Gym team wins Invitational the first victory of lilL boys loam won the cot Iiivllntioiul last Wednesday grade nine novice vert also victorious as on their division their division by deflating last crnmp- lon from Highlands Two weeks Iht senior Rebels were narrowly difntid by by I Outstanding individual led i Dave who won the senior title He did this by placing first in the a score of first on Hit floor first on the and second in Hit vnult and high bar Then were strong dual by Brag third in vault and floor scores and H J respectively Peter the HERALD Raiders advance to finals Georgetown wins league championship in beating Owen Sound now advance to Timmins Tin Georgetown Chrysler Raiders proved they ore indeed made of champion ship material whin they rebounded from a drum by Owen Sound last week to defeat their rivals over the weekend scores of and 103 In their home game loss March 17 Haiders got caught g Sound The Greys ipped five goals past Peter in second period Georgetown tallied two during pi nod Ron and Keikr wen lost to tie for the game in Last Saturday night al Gordon Alcoti the Georgetown Chrysler Haiders completed one more obstacle in their goal winning Ihe Hardy Cup the Intermediate A Comdian Championship Georgetown defeated Owen bound In five games to the final round of Ihe OHA provincial Intermediate against Timmins The team leaves tomorrow night iThursdoyi for Timmins where they will play games on Friday night Saturday night and possibly on Sunday Will last the did just that is liny hard pressed con lest Sound in thtir own ruk won 1 stl tin tout of tilt line for til in hit in Own Sound on a tough check and knocked him slid in Hit second 1 tht scon 1 1 vtr liss Kiiiiv I his iulivifoiloflhtniflil string ir who ihit second period were given game mis conducts After the game president of the Raiders Bob Hooper said angrily we re gitting inlimidated by GM Dave Kenlncr said after the game that the Georgetown squad will have to slop the retaliation or we can beat them We have lo go back to beating them with talent Kenlncr said by maiij rushes Iinci Kiilcy for n the of the first iuri broke spill fir was lis robbed constantly Il UN Hut inn ibrough for ji proved lo In bit or turn as find on past llosi jus Itft Raiders spirit just starting for finals against Timmins The Chrysler Raiders now proceed North to prove they are champions of ail the Ontario Hockey Association leims Raider GM Dave Kentner says the team is ready for and the enthusiasm and spirit is just starting to come Timmins have bad tough competition against Kirkland all year and they will be an extremely difficult team to heal says The last time Georgetown played was five years ago and that was under unfortunate lances which led to Ttmmms walking away from the playoffs before they were completed Timmins were not informed thai the was j sines 1 two of ihrei game scries and they refused play the extra Ktnlmr says that Timmins had their pride hurt lasl lime Ihey played Georgetown so they will be to this time around All of the games in the best three garni scries will Timmins The rink is smaller ind has corners which makes it more difficult for the to play the puck off the boards The Raiders will be playing for Ihe John Ross Robertson trophy which given to the Ontario A champion The Raiders have won the trophy five limes lontl Tin it into the drissing room The of game chanted tin third period is began to puck Colin Gordon got 1 with power pi from I- is Tt siconds iter Hon oilier Me lit tori at H from Colin Gordo 1 John Winder Willi one minute to Hill II million put the 1 or Haiders in a goil from Toielii nieht faied Dele nee man Richard Green breaks In unmolested on Haider goalie Peter In March 17 playoff action In Init week s game against Owen Sound Greys the Georgetown Raiders were dumped 3 but they showed discipline and determination In the remaining two games The Raiders edged Ihr Greys in Owen Sound and blasted Ihem Ihe next night at Gordon The Raiders now leave tomorrow far Timmins to bailie It or provincial Intermediate A hockey championship On the parallel bars John Thorpe placed second with a store of Wilson a first year senior demon st rated the depth of the senior team as he scored in both the rings and vault but did not place in cither Individual performances or the novices were led by Kevin as he placed second in the rings and third on the parallel bare and James who placed second In the vault and tied for third on the bars There were also numerous seconds by Keith McLaugh in on the vault Scott Klein on the vault and the floor and Scan Stroud on the high bar Coach Fred said the win at this meet was clal to the Rebels because ihcir two meets in which toughest teams in the pro vince Ihey needed a win to psych them up for the upcoming Peel Hal tons He also said the Rebels finally have the depth is needed to win He went on to say that once a few weak areas are concert on they should be more than ready for Die Peel veteran Owen So goal der Jiiiks winch nitwit 1 the kiy Ihe Haider 103 viclorv llackup Dave had placet on Ihtir 7 J Georgetown d aain last hnday night win 1 the Haiders just squtiked past the However Coach to go with mil is blasted by Ihi overpowering offensive strength of the Kudrasovs who has playing much of tilt snson under discomfort from Injury wns 1 key factor 111 llu win or Ihe Raiders us In lilted three goals and slsttd on three more GDXITrMHHSUIWGr Kudnsovs scored a goal from a Steve I yon pass four minutes into tin period John Cook added two more before ihe fin period buzzer sounded lo end pi Kudrasovs assisted on both of goals With the Haiders leading the end of first pinod came back even stronger in second and four consecutive iK a surprised villi Kudrasovs scored twice in the second period Hit first oil on powtr play to boost the score to Hoy added mid way through Ihc pi nod issisttd by Bill Hamilton and Joe Colin onion tied llu period strn issisled by Kudnsovs and I yon Jot a strong llnrd period as he netted the first two goals of the third Mike Keck r scored a si joal assisted by Hon lo cap off the scoring for the Raiders score 103 for the the lot il with trophy for winning the league championship The now advance lo Ihe finals againsl Timmins Gary Gary McFndyen forward for Ihe Raiders and Georgetown resident Is losl for the Benson He suffered a broken ankle in Saturday night game againsl Owen Sound Murray of this year provincial legion senior curling champion learn lakes a look at the game curling with Ihe previous champions Branch 120 of the Royal Canadian Legion Seen here are Back Row Murray Cord Campbell Harvey Front Row Ken and Pat Chamberlain Branch lose provincial crown Battle of nerves for Legion curlers Georgetown Branch 120 of the Royal Canadian Leg ion went down todefeat in the provincial senior curling championships this weekend finishing second behind their arch rivals from helm for the George town rink Harvey Chappell said thai local Legion team has only beaten Gutlph once has been playing against the skip for years Branch of Georgetown were the provincial defend ing champions winning I isl year and placing bird at the Canadian finals The rink of Ken Taplin Pot Chamberlain Camp- bill and Harvey Chappell have defended Ihe provincial lit lo for two years in a row tacit team played eight during Ihe fourday even clinched their first place victory on Salur day after sweeping the series with seven wins George battle of during Ihe competition Georgetown were tied against Sutton in their fourth gime after 10 rounds The local team ended up losing to Sutton by For the Guelph learn they have paid their dues in vying for the provincial champion ships They have been threetime runner up to the Ontario crown During the weekend the learn had to play some tough games before finally emerging the winner Four of hi eight games played were won by one point Against Georgetown was never ahead of local team Ihe final round We went to final end lied in the and won In the 11th skip The Team also went into the llth round against Kirk land Lake and ended up winning 76 town wis second with six The Georgetown rink lost their first game to Georgetown lost their sixth game also by one point when the Legion team from button defeated them Chappell for Georgetown said the first game wis ihe turning point for the Legion Branch 120 team It been the first lime that Guelph has beaten Georgetown he Murray btalen us we gone on to win Chappell The team was disappoint but it was nice for Guelph lo win said we go Murray rink should go They are four real nice guys I give them a good chance of winning Chappili said be may to Saskatchewan for Ihc inn championships to watch the learn anyway In what Chappell described Recreational gym program On Saturday March 14 1JB1 participants from the Recreation Department Gymnastic Program com in the North York Invitational Recreational Gymnastics Meet held in Ontario The fallowing girls received rib bons for their outstanding efforts In the Tyrol division under 141 Caisslc placed fifth on Moor and sixth on Vault In the division under 12 Marie placed sixth on Vault Jen Lamon sixth on Vault Susan say sixlh on Vnull and Caro- lynbewellsixlhon Vault All from Acton l fa Hudson of placed first on Bars second on Floor fourth on Beam and Vault and second overall Other Acton participants in the meet were Truant Argoi and Paula Gunn Tyrol We were very pleased ill Ihelr and the girls a ribbon and acknowledging their participation gymnasts active On Saturday March gymnasts from both Georgetown and Ac lon competed In the North York Turners Invitational Competition In Ihe Argo under 12 division Lii Hudson had an outstanding day piecing very well on the following Bars Beam fourth Vault fourth Floor sixth round second Marie Fitzgerald Susan Lindsay and Carolyn were all tied for sixth on vault Young Juamia Kroeicn and Laurie Truant also participated Coaches Terl Lamb and were very pleased with the superb effort of every Saras next step December world championships It hard not to admire a 17 yearold gymnast from Georgetown who spends her only day off from four hour practices to coach the Hills Jills But Sara of Cambridge Kips made some major commitments beyond her role as one of Canada top gymnasts Sara who recently return Europe representing Canada in girls gymnastics placed first In Ihe Root routine competing against the team from trie United Kingdom Besides her stringent sche dule In Cambridge which works out to about hours per week of practicing Sara also manages keep up with her school work She a hard worker and an organized person so its no surprise to her mother when she docs her homework In car to and from gymnastics practice in Cam bridge Either Sara mother or fatrer drive her to practice which takes about one hour travelling time Sara is also able to keep up with her school work while helping out as a coach for the Hills JUL every day From Tuesday to Sara practices from m Practice on Saturday and Sunday la during he day for five hours each day Although Sara Is currently fifth ranked in Canada as a gymnast the twelve student at Georgetown net High School always like the sport she is now so Involved in dldnt like gymnastics at first but I still went because of my sisters says Sara si all liked gymnastics Is currently competing Ihe university level Her Jane 18 Sara first competed in a Milton meet when she was ten years old and on Hills Jills In 1376 she went Cambridge when Jill coach left In Cambridge of coaching and facilities and training methods were more than what Georgetown could match She was also compel against some of the best ists in I inula such as Slurry hid lo re learn some techniques such as proper form and her lining Included a strict Her practice si iris with a warm up and lien a certain amount of lime is spent on each piece of equipment The longest amount of lime Is spent on tile beam which is considered the difficult considers floor routine and the vault as her best two routines She practices and competes all year round although in the summer the Cambridge Kips practice five days a week all day long Sara a Immediate goals arc to compete the nation at Ihc end of May and do well at that competition Before then she leaves to represent Canada at an East German invitational meet which will her more International experience Sara would like lo compete for Canada al the World championships lo be held In December of next year To qualify she must place with in the top six places after averaging two world trial meets The first world trial meet Is in Juno while the second will be In September After next year at high school Sara would like to apply for a scholarship to a United Slates College such as Slate which has program Her interests ore In physical education which would be one possibility for her major university Sara right keeps a busy schedule wilh hour gymnastics practice

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