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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday January Ontario Hockey League Gymnasts raise funds The Hills Gymnastic Club is hoping will be the year that the club moves into new and better facilities To this end the club has staged a number of activities Club head coach Paula Geniole states that despite the success of the efforts donations will be accepted towards the hoped for new facility The club presently operates out of the Rose Room situated on the top floor of the Georgetown Memorial Arena on Mill Street Pictured above Paula Geniole congratulates Cindy Boone who raised the most money selling chocolate almonds Pictured below club Instructor Elaine Euwen is flanked by left Shannon Nolan and Kristin Boyle Absent when picture was taken was Miranda Jamleson The three gym rusts raised the most money performing cartwheels when the club par in the Georgetown Santa Claus parade All gymnasts taking part in the parade were required to perform at least cartwheels Herald photo GEORGETOWN CUSTOM CAR SOUND THE CAB STEREO EXPERTS SINCLAIR AVE 8772425 NORTH END NISSAN 610 MARTIN STREET MILTON ONTARIO 874137 Major juniors attract crowds Through the first quarter of the season the Ontario Hockey League has experienced an overall league attendance increase of 355 fans or 6 per cent The in crease follows a trend set last spr in the playoffs when the league set an all time playoff at tendance record of 225 fans in games an increase of per cent or 66 508 more fans than in the 1988 playoffs Twelve of the teams have in creased crowds this season with Sault Ste Mane Greyhounds show ing the largest gam 9 fans followed closely by the Sudbury Wolves at a The sion leading Kingston have the third highest increase 512 fans followed by the Owen Sound Platers with a 3 836 in crease Of the three remaining teams one team is even and two are down in totai attendance The three top teams in average atten dances are drawing over 000 fans per game Kitchener Rangers have the highest average attendance at 3 212 followed closely by Sudbury at 3 204 and London Knights at fans per game OHL Commissioner David E Branch attributes the increases to an almost re birth of junior hockey There is no question that spectator interest and support of the Hockey League has been on a steady increase over the last several years and this season confirms that trend In my opinion there are several factors which have come together Firstly the quality of play has steadily improved and this cn be directly correlated to the adjust made in our arrangement with the National Hockey League Players such as 1989 NHL first round selections Scott Thornton Steve Bancroft and Rob Pearson Belleville Jason Soules Hamilton Steven Rice and Shayne Stevenson Kitchener and Adam Bennett Sudbury are all in the league this season and for the most part were left in junior hockey to hone and fine tune their skills Branch continued There is also a tremendous combination of player makeup in the league when one considers the bright young stars such as Mike Keith Owen Nolan and John Slaney etc The league and the member teams have become so much more sophisticated and pro fessional in terms of how we pro mote and present our product like the TV Gameof the Week package and the increasing support we are now experiencing from the cor porate sector Branch also added that another major factor is the quah ty of management and coaching both of which have never been bet ter When you look at the Kilrea s Todd s s McMaster s and McDonnell s etc you have professionals their field second to none which of course has led to APPLE Auto Class WINDSHIELD REPAIRS All Claims HYUNDAI OWNERS For Service Call 8731318 DISTRIBUTORS COMING SOON SPORTS VIDEO Nintendo Game Cartridge RENTALS 8730500 S Go org town POSSIBLY THE WORLDS BEST BAR B QUE CHICKEN FRIES HONOLULU SPECIAL 5 Complete Quarter Chicken Dinner 232 GUELPH ST Si the league becoming much more competitive thus increasing in terest and awareness The top four teams with creases are a reflection that lm provements in franchise stability is to those teams which were once atten dance problems Owen Sound has its first chance at an OHL team when the Platers moved there from Guelph this past summer while the other three teams Kingston Sudbury and Sault Ste Mane are on the rebound from lean years at the gate Sault Ste Marie kept its fran chise from moving this past sum mer with a strong season ticket drive while Kingston has iced a competitive hockey club which leads not only the Divi but is first overall in the league In Sudbury the Wolves may have turned the corner despite making the playoffs only once in the past eight years The increase in attendance and an improvement on the Ice to the team s current third place standing in the Emms Division is a result of general manager Sam s efforts over the past two and onehalf years believes one of the major reasons for the increased at tendance in Sudbury is the fact that they the fans have been waiting for a competitive hockey team for most of the 80s The play of the players has been most enter taimng so the community has got ten excited about it He has been the architect behind other successful franchises name ly Sault Ste Marie where he was GM from through the season and also in Toronto where the Marlboros experienced a large increase in 197980 when McMaster was the Director of Promotions Sudbury is a community of about people and it is in a location in the province where the Junior A hockey is the top of the ladder for family entertainment Probably a third reason for the in crease in crowds and interest is the calibre of teams coming into the building and the competitiveness of the league both of which has the people enjoying the OHL Sunny Acres host rival Ancaster Georgetown Sunny Acres Farms major midgets will be lookming to end their Tri County Hockey League season on a wmn ing note this weekend with two scheduled games Saturday afternoon 30 p m at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena Sunny Acres host Sunday afternoon Sunny Acres journey to Streetsville for their final game of the 198990 regular Sunny Acres are sporting a 1990 twogame winning streak and their season record to date in Tri County play has the team com in first place Rebel Midgets capture second The Georgetown High School Rebels midget girls volleyball team finished in second place in a four team North Halton league round robin volleyball tour nament staged Wednesday at GDHS Teams from Milton Bishop Reding and Acton high schools challenged the Rebels on their home turf The teams played best twoof three matches with points awarded for games won The Rebels beat Milton and tied with Acton but lost to Bishop Reding Fina1 tournament standings showed Milton in first place the Rebels and Bishop Reding tied for second place with Acton finishing in third place The Rebels last round robin league tournament is scheduled for Feb at Bishop Reding while the North Halton league champion ships are slated for Acton High School Feb Rebels are 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