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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 14, 1988, p. 9

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NOTICE J GEORGETOWN HONDA 3 Sports I and and Recreation BELL CANADA OPEN TILL 900 pm I vounsi nov SECTION THE HERALD September Terry Fox Run set for Sunday Citizens Halt on Hills con honor the memory of great Canadian and combine healthy exercise with some much needed fund raising at the eighth annual Terry Fox Run on Sunday Both Georgetown and Acton will be hosting Terry Fox Run events on Sunday and organizers are hoping or large turnouts Acton High School will be the site of the Acton run while Georgetown District High School has been designated as Georgetowns Terry Fox Run loco- lion Participants can cover the tradl 10 km distance by running Jogging walking riding or wheeling around the respective high school tracks Both runs will begin at a a m with Georgetown wrapping up Its event at around 12 noon and Acton going until Participants can show up at any time during the events com- their 10 km of exercise An official ribboncut start will be held at Adens run beginning at a m and coorganizer Nan Hurst says thats when most of the annual runs regulars turn up Our regulars arc always there for the start said Hurst They really go out and get the sponsors too You dont need a big group as long as theyre dedicated Last year s Acton run attracted about 100 participants and donations and pledges reached over 14000 in total Hurst herself collected as a participant in 1887 Refreshments will be available at during the run and participants will be included In special draws for donated prizes throughout the event Hurst urges anyone not physically taking part in the run to add their name to a pledge sheet If you cant participate sponsor said Hurst Georgetowns event raised about last year and coorganizer Susan Decley Is anticipating a much larger figure this year both In terms of dollars raised and people taking part Hopefully well do as well or better than Acton did last year said Decley is hoping local schools will get involved and she said children con form relay teams to complete the run If they arent able to cover the entire 10 km distance Individual Pledge sheets arc available ughoi Georgetown and Acton and pur I lei pants arc asked to cither submit a sponsor sheet or make a donation at the time of their run Funds raised from the numerous nation wide Terry Fox Bun events on Sunday are directed to the Cana Cancer Society for ongoing research Fox died In 1980 after completing almost half of his proposed cross Canada run for cancer research Members of Georgetown United Soccer Club arc about as ready as theyll ever be for the biggest game In team history Its in the hands of the gods now said coach Sam as the team waits for the Ontario Cup final match at Oshawas Civic Stadium on Saturday United copping a magi cut string of victories in the provincial soccer touma merit will face Arsenal of Toronto in the On showdown probably go with the same lineup that we usea against Samla Inglis referring to the side that blanket Biuewatcr Blaze to earn the berth In Saturdays final Everybody should be there even if theyre dying Tony Hughes is a welcome addi tion back to the United roster after vacationing in his natUe Ireland and Howie Oram out two weeks with a groin pull also returns to active du tyfor Saturdays confrontation expects Braga to play a possession game and he feels the Arsenal squad will try to take ad vantage of Its experience Well have to give Uiem the mid ied said Well go with much the same game plan we used against Samia Eight of the IE players on the United roster arc teenagers and In is hoping the youth factor helps Georgetown Im hoping the young legs will be the difference he a lot of skill out there Meanwhile a supporters bus has been booked by United that will leave Arena on Saturday at IS m A charge will cover the cost of renting the vehicle said In The cup match Is slated for a kickoff The winner of Saturday Ontario Cup will advance to the Eastcm Canadian final tournament set for Sept In Montreal Saskatoon is the site of the Cana dian senior soccer final In early Soccer fans kick over youth coverage Pauls call Soccer supporters are a funny lot In Britain they riot and hurt each other at games In South America wars can start in the aftermath of an international match And in North America soc cer lovers sit on a most precarious perch Professionally Its been a disaster On the amateur side soccer has enjoyed growth spurts in Canada and the In some communities Georgetown Included the numbers of players Involved In youth soccer tops many traditional North American sports such as hockey and baseball Recently this has come under fire for a perceived lack of coverage for local youth soccer see Alex Toughs column page two I must admit as soccer the gentlemens game played by hooligans while rugby claims to be the hooligans game by gentlemen But the nth is and 1 hope every sport- worth his weight in copy paper agrees I enjoy soccer as much as enjoy any sport I cover Heck I used to play soccer In high school and I once even stopped a breakaway with my face while ten ding goal As 1 told Alex upon our first Here the Herald and Im sure the same can be said for all com munity newspapers we try to pro vide balanced coverage for all sports In our area Obviously some sports will receive irtore coverage Lets face it hockey Is Canadas game and most communities of geographical location are deemed hockey towns Community papers ore also dedicated boosting youth and school sports Get the kids names in the paper is one of the first rules of thumb delivered to budding at Jour school However due to the nature of the Job Its Impossible to be everywhere at once and to supply truly equal coverage for all ac tivities Thats where cor respondents come in Alex Tough Is one of the better correspondents Ive been associated with in mv as yet brief sojourn into Journalism His col umn provides an updated review of local soccer activity and presents a forum for the sport on a regular basis During the soccer season I rely heavily on correspondents game reports and story submissions And If we cant get out to a par game for action shots or use submitted photo we encourage teams or coaches or cor respondents to arrange team photo sessions or group shots No excuses ore being made here Our Intention Is to provide coverage for all sports and none Is more important than those played by our youth With operation and com munication we here the Herald hope to continue to do so We welcome your input Wheres the puck A diving Milton lie tender alls this by Kell foster during t enough llockr League exhibition action Arena lost Haiders drilled fil shot at for Haider iuldn1 find scoring handle often doubled by the Merchants in Kevin Dance turned the raid photo blanked in PeelHalton soccer final A hot and cold hindered the Georgetown soccer league champion ship run last weekend as the team ended the 1Q68 season with a win and a loss Unfortunately for George iown the loss came in the league final against a classy club that took a shutout win over the locals on Sunday On Saturday Georgetown earned its spot in the cup fine by douuling up on Mills Jonasson made some outstanding saves In the Georgetown net on Sunday but the Under b Just couldnt hold off a determined Chlnguacousy side Mark Covert ployed his best game of the season for Georgetown while Billy Murphy Martin Barnard were equally impressive The Georgetown bock four of Varlcchlo Cull and Oram all played exceptionally In Saturdays semifinal win over Erin Mills offence was no pro blem for Georgetown as Martin Barnard booted home a pair of goals with Billy Murphy and Duane Coleman scoring once each Outshoot Milton 6147 Goalhungry Raiders lose Its not often o hockey team fires shots at the opposition and loses the gome But that just what happened to the Georgetown Holders lost night as were dumped by the visiting Milton Merchants despite shooting their counter ports The loss Icfl the Holders with on record in Central Jr Hockey league exhibition action Despite the loss Raider Sturgeon was pleased with Ihe effort of another rookie lineup for Georgetown in Saturday the sophomore boss dressed IB only our of veterans In the earn first pre season two weeks ago against Richmond Hill SturReon it a rosier featuring IB rookies Any time you ton get shots gut be good said Sturgeon seemed the was in Miltons favor We missed three breakaways early on after that their goal tenders stoned us I think things would have changed had wc scored early As forgiving as he was of the Raiders Inability to put the puck in the net Sturgeon was less tolerant of Georgetown defensive miscues and penalties Weve got to be more disciplined said Sturgeon We made stupid mistakes and wc gave the puck away twice Four of Miltons eight goals were scored with a Holder In the penally box and the Merchants insult to Injury by notching one shorthand goal as well The Raiders tallied three goals of their own finally got on the board with less than a minute re maining in the second period as Kevin Donee notched his first goal of the night The diminutive centre Jammed a loose puck past Milton goalie Corey Vincent during a goalmouth scramble Id 29 with Georgetown on the Shan picked up an assist on the goal Hut Milton picked up the pace again in the first minute of period three as the Merchants took ad vantage of some lax defensive play to go up wilh Inn taking pass from behind Haider whipping a past St Dame followed with his second goal of the game at as he flipped a pass John over the outstretched glove Milton net minder Alex Piazza with both teams skating at full strength Dances tally seemed to provide some much needed spark or the Haiders as they their tempo midway through the final frame But Don Cruise was the other Georgetown veteran in the Saturday lineup along with Dance and Shannon Storr Fresh from the Windsor Spitfire camp was easily the flashiest player on the ice Saturday as he led numerous rushes and came close lo scoring on more than one occasion Another veteran Greg Is expected back soon after recovering from a knee injury Three other Haider vets remain out of town Mike Dunphey is at camp with the Niagara Falls Thunder formerly the Hamilton Travis Cole is trying out with the Brock University Badgers and Mark Dunning Is cur rcntiy with the University of Toronto Varsity Blues The Raiders proposed working agreement with the Guclph Platers may yet produce an ex perienced for Georgetown Raiders were back on the ice early Sunday moming for a practice that Sturgeon said would include heavy emphasis on systems Training con tinued last night at the Arena with an exhibition game visit to Richmond Hill tonight A busy week continued with a Thursday night and a Friday night gome In A crowd of about 150 fans down slightly from the Raiders ex hibition opening two weeks ago was on hand for Saturdays tussle Milton actually took more penalty minutes than Georgetown with the Merchants serving 34 minutes to the Raiders Georgetown received a pair of fighting majors and Milton was tag with one Georgetown forward Kevin Dance showed hes ready to excite local hockey tons all over again as he fired ha I trick for the Raiders Jim English GMHA ban torn product Impressed with a single goal Milton led 1 otter the first period on goal by Chris Turner 12 with two Raiders In the sin bin Georgetown peppered Milton star ting nctmlndcr Carlo Slmone with 21 first frame shots but he backstop managed to keep the puck out of the net display Included a big stop on a breakaway by Chris Lee with Georgetown two men short The visitors built up an impressive 40 lead In the second period with two more powerplay markers and a effort Miltons victim was Georgetown goalie Paul St Pierre who replaced starter Charlie Potvin mldwoy through the period their sixth goal of the gome at as George Bach blew a slap- shot past St Pierre from the Georgetown with Donee off for sloshing Another Raider defen lapse allowed Milton to score again just 1 seconds later as Sean took a pass from behind Georgetowns net and beat St Pierre from the slot Georgetown third period barrage didn pay dividends again until IB 31 when Jim English tucked a rebound Into the Milton net with the Haiders enjoying the man ad Milton replied less than two minutes later as Derek pounced on an errant Georgetown pass in front of the Haider net to beat a handcuffed St Pierre Dance completed his haltrick and the scoring for the night as he deposited rebound past Piazza with seconds left on the clock with Georgetown working on the powerplay HAIDER Sturgeon cut three more plovers after Satur days gome to reduce the Raiders lineup to about players Were getting there he said of a finalized regular season lineup The goaltcnders are deciding who wants to ploy and the Is shaping up Sturgeon cited rookie Trent Cull who dress for Saturdays game as looking really strong Veterans Mark Pries and Brent Presswood would also seem to have spots locked up on the Georgetown Sturgeon was satisfied with the Saturday play of Rob and Rod on defence Up front veteran Kevin Dance and winger John Latour received praise from Sturgeon They dominated he said Rookie Jim English cough Sturgeons eye as did Eugene Guy and Chris Lee Guy is tough kid right In with plans sold Sturgeon Lee looks good up the middle MVP MM Susan proudly displays the the team which dropped trophy she received lail week as the close match to Pictures and Most Valuable Player In the Presents In n exciting Kinsmen Senior Softball ship final League for IB88 Susan played for INSIDE THIS SECTION SPORTS Eagles have landed B2 GBAsetsAGM B2 Off and bowling B3 SPORTS I Umpire has Seoul Tennis titlists B4 Flag finals B4 ENTERTAINMENT Mob marriage magic B5 Athome art B5 Olympic time zone B5

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