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Local wrestler is Canadian champ Scott TIMBERS Herald Sports tor Georgetown Dave Power is a Canadian wrestling champ on Power of Gower Court lopped 17 wrestlers from ill across the country to win the gold medal in the 130pound division the Canudi in Midget Wrestling Championships Saturday Secondary School in The Georgetown Rebel wrestler matches including a thrilling semifinal against hi friend and Rebel Scott tnroute to the national title Ho won the gold medal by narrowly out ponllngSarnlnsKarlBulilka in the final Power will now represent Conn da on a July tour through the United Slates with competitions set for New York and Washington DC He will be a member of the Canadian team that will compete at the World Wrestling Championships at the Ohio State Fair August After nipping s Blake in his opening match Power sailed through his next three opponents In a dramatic turn of events Power was pitted against hit friend Pundsack in his fifth match the semi final TOUGHEST In Power described as his toughest match of the day he edged by stealing the only point with 45 seconds remaining in the final round I was a real stalemate Power said of the match with We can seem to do anything each other I d already Scoll a of times Ihs year and I wis thai this would slum to bent me gave Power full credit for his victory He was still someone I had to beat said It was so close There were no ses out A host of other Hills wrestlers competed at in the Canadian Bantam Champ on Georgetown s Brett earned a fifth place finish among 10 wrestlers at the kilogram division won three of five matches on the i div on is won by Mark of Saskatchewan who upset Canadian champ In Kim of Scarborough in the final K had be Hen in a tough malch at the two wetks ago Julian of Acton was seventh all In the division Robinson out pointed Ash worth 10 in their match Steve and Greg Warner of Acton were eighth in their respective weight year old Eric Mutson of St Joseph Separate School in Acton wa second of three on in the kilogram division Dave Power lj vouncs itd Open Weekmghts Until 9 m PHONE the HERALD SAME DAY SERVICE GEORGETOWN PLAYING THE FIELD Gymnast Gail not a quitter Sometimes not knowing when to quit can work to your ad vintage If Gill Cook listened to her doctor her coach or her parents three years ago she would not have won a silver medal at the provincial high school gymnastics chomp two weeks ago She would have called it a career April 17 when she came tumbling off the mini tramp during a workout dislocating her left elbow She suffered severe nerve and ligament damage and spent the next year undergoing extensive physiolheraphy just to regain somewhat normal use of the limb Gail now go near a gym for the next IB months Dr Charles Bull a Sports injury specialist made It clear he wanted Gail to retire from competitive gymnastics She refused to listen He advised me not to go back to the gym ihesmiles today It wain t quite an order but he it clear he felt I I was getting bored though and I wanted to compete again- so close to making it to the provincial I nats when I fell that I just had to go and tram hard I felt I could si ill make it Employing an if youcan beat them join them attitude Bull manufactured Gail a special metal bract For her weak arm I could be forever but I to come back badly I II have train all with weights and swimming in the pool It was worth it this time though It would be worth it again to make It back la OFSU Determined to overcome her handicap Gail hit the weights A steady diet or bench presses and curls three nights a week It appeared she had come to the end of the road again in 1933 after an accidental fall down the stairs in the Dawson Crescent homo She smashed her tender elbow against the railing the nerves Bull became even more adamant that Gall retire Of course Gail didn t quit She persevered turning her misfortune Into a personal triumph At the OFSAA finals two weeks ago Gall narrowly missed the Elite gold medal by a fraction of a scoring point First of all I thought it was a mistake Gail said about her silver medal performance I was just glad to be going to I t think I would place and I t come first or second in any individual event Now Gail is facing another challenge She Is scheduled for surgery at St Michael s Hospital In Toronto this July to repair the nerve and ligament damage and remove bone chips from the area This time even Gall is ready to accept retirement She has been living with pain for three years now Enough Is enough I could be out forever but I want to come back so badly she says 1 have to train all with Die weights and swimming In the pool It was worth It this time though It would be worth it again to moke it back to OFSAA If three years of pain frustration and hard work haven taught Gail about quitting It unlikely she will ever learn COOK Thirty compete in Triathlon More than com pet tors came out to MacKcnzlcSmith School in Acton day for the first annual Triathlon competition The athletes com of three events with their total combined limes for cycling running and swimming events deter mining the overall winner The main com petition was divided into two groups under and over age 25 The Under con required to swim meters run two kilometers and cycle Tour kilometers The Over compe titors swam meters ran a kilometer and cycled two kilometers Fourteen yearold Frank of Acton was the male Under champion with a combined lime of minutes 31 seconds He completed the swimming segment In II the running In and the in David Leslie of Acton was second behind Ami and George town Kevin was third John of Georgetown topped the men Over compe tition edging out David Continued on Page Georgettes split opening pair Bomb Glen ladies 167 Monday night The Georgetown George split a pair of high scoring contests as they opened their Ladies Fastball League his They rebounded from a 107 bomb ng in their opener Wednesday night in Erin to pound Glen Williams Monday night at the The Georgettes did most of the damage in two innings in victory over the Glen ladies They scored four times in the home half of the second mnlng to snap a I tie and then put five more runs on the board In the fifth to blow the game wide Beth Haines touched off the second Inning fireworks when she singled to score Anna who had walked Bonnie Penney followed with a base oil balls and Gloria Haines cracked an RBI single Linda McClure double scored another Georgetown run and Linda Domis cashed in a fourth run when she stroked a single There were more fire works in the fifth when Becky crashed a double to score a pair of runs Gloria Haines McClure and Dona is had all singled to fill the Marion and Cindy all followed with run scoring hits as he Georgettes their advantage to 14 and put the game out of Disaster struck for the Georgettes In a single at bat in their opening game loss to defending league pions Erin The locals trailed going int of fifth but bo to six runs later the game was history Don as and Penney were the bitting stars fur the Georgettes both collecting three hits Janet MncKay was or four with a double The Georgettes have several new players this year is they battle six other teams for the Ladies league honors Outfielders Donals and Beth Haines inftelder Gloria Haines and pitcher Barb Curry a former arc new with the club Returning veterans include McGugnn Swinkles Penney McClure Joan Hansen Jennifer olds and Becky and Cindy Eden Mills is a new team this year joining Acton Glen Williams Erin ind Georgetown The next two He games are Wednesday n affairs both on the road Ton Jit they trnv el to while next week they visit Their home appearance is Monday May 28 when they host Eden Mills the Fair grounds Two local gymnasts compete at Central Ontario finals Georgetown gymnast Jenifer Arnold placed sixth overall to help the Central Region team to a title at the Ontario Gymnastics Federation Championship meet at Burlington Central Arena on the weekend Arnold 12 piled up a total score of 35 to finish sixth among the Argo A com pel I tors Her best perform was in vaulting where she earned a score of to finish fourth Arnold was fifth overall on the beam and seventh on the bars Arnold Milton GAIL EASTWOOD Springer and Central Region teammate Gail Eastwood finished seventh overall In the Junior competition to help her team to a second place total JENIFER Eastwood a- Grade student at District High School was a surprise to compete at all after she severely injured her right wrist in the finals six weeks ago She competed at the finals with a Eastwoods best per form a nee was on the floor where she came sixth among tors with a score of Her outstanding score of on the bars was only good enough for 11th overall in a very competitive field Both Eastwood and Arnold are former Hills Jills who joined the successful Milton Springers club four yeirs ago Georgetown third baseman Mark appears to be doing a dance step during Saturday minor peewee game against Bramp ton The North Sports minor lost this contest 132 but bounced back the following day to defeat Baseball back for the summer Minor split two The Georgetown North Sports minor peewees split their two County League baseball games last weekend losing the home opener Saturday to Brampton and coming back to win Sunday against Streets vllie Saturday game saw Burke pitch the full seven innings re cording six strike outs Offensively Scott Van Valk Robbie Boyle and Burke all recorded hits with Burke picking up an RBI Defensively Jason Bonneville Eddie Doyle Dave Has kins and Mike Hughes strong support in the field Coach Colin Brookes noted that a few key errors by Georgetown cost six runs Brookes was very pleased with the team performance the stronger Brampton Sunday contest against Streetsvllle pro vided lots of action with Mike McElroy Scott Van Valk and Andy Pear sharing the pitching duties Jason Bonneville connected for an RBI double with Mark Lorito Kevin Usher and Eddie Doyle each getting two Mike Hughes Mike and Andy also picked up singles The next minor pee home game is day May against Clarkson Tworun single wins Jeff Mills delivered a tworun single In the top of the fifth inning to lead the George town and Video bantams to a victory in their County Baseball League opener Saturday In Mil ton Georgetown entered the fifth trailing Milton 31 the lone run coming courtesy of an RBI triple by Brian Hay ward In the second Inn Mike Ross and Shawn Milton singled In the fifth selling the stage for Pat McCarthys run scoring double Mills followed with his single scoring Mltton and Me Corthy Chuck Peebles pitch a strong gome for Georgetown striking out 14 Milton batters In going the The Video bantams will play 21 game schedule this summer with home games at the Fairgrounds on Thurs day nights Team members Include Mike Rosa Shawn Mltton Pat Mc Carthy Chuck Peebles Scott Mlzcner Jeff Mills Dave Tate Brian Rob Grana da Greg Tuck Maurice Kester and Jamie French Connections nip Dutch Exports The French third period go lis from Guy Vigne- Brian on from the Dutch Ex ports In Georgetown Ball Hockey League iclion at Memorial Arena on Thursday night The trams had split first period goals David Bradley scoring for the French Connections and Erie replying for the Dutch crew Paul scored less than three minutes into the final frame to give the Dutch Exports a temporary age but Vigncautt and Bcauchesne scored to give the Connections the win In other action it was A over Re- Max Realty 1 Nick Mar lino Motors over Daves Service Center Martin Structure over the 3 1 and Exchange House over Pompel Pizza Kim Banks popped a pair of goals for Le- Page to spark their win over ReMax Jim Clark added a single marker Scott Haines counted the lone goal Paul Wickens Gord Doig Mike Stone and Eric Clark scored for Nick Marti no Motors as they downed Dave Service Center eg Wayne rank Viscardry count for Martin Struc ture as they topped the Gary Nix potted the lone goat Kevin Frank Gary Lockwood both fired a pair of go lis as Exchange House continued to roll through the Kevin Phillips tallied Shawn and Mike Donnelly for Challenge Day in Halton Hills Today li the day of the Great Canadian Participation Challenge as Hills lakes on all of Canada In an attempt to prove we are the most physically fit community In the nation Whatever you do today take minutes out of your schedule Tor some kind of activity Then call It In to the special Ntllson a Hotline 8J7 1G9D so volunteer officials can register your partlcipa Hon Last year people In SI Canadian This year towns the same size as Hills have answered the call from Red Deer Alta so we have to get mating lleres a final list of activities planned for Challenge Day as we try to get the greatest percentage our residents exercising for minutes Tune In to Cable TV Channel at 9 30 am 10 30am 30a ore 30pm to lake In the IS- Minute Workout led by Parks and real Ion Department Illness true tort The Georgetown Track Club Is Inviting all senior residents of Hills to meet with them at Georgetown District High School at Tor a 15mlnute stroll will be available following the activity There will be free adult swims at both the Acton and Georgetown indoor pools today The doors open In Acton between 91pm or from 10 In Georgetown Hotline 1S91 will be open from to 11 p luK3SKV OFFICIAL KICKOFF The Georgetown Youth Soccer Club officially kicked off the 19W season Saturday with exhibition games at Cedarvale Park Pictured above Lisa VogI left or the Challengers battles Taracsa Smith of the Billiard as Challenger Heather Mac wan looks on in an atom league contest The Challengers won the contest 32 on the strength of two Booth goals Julie Nelll added a single marker