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Pa ge 3 6 T hu rs da y, O ct ob er 2 2, 2 01 5 - T he IF P - H al to n H ill s - w w w .th ei fp .c a 312 GUELPH ST., GEORGETOWN 905-877-2296 www.georgetowntoyota.com Sat. Oct 31, 2015 7:30 pm at Mold-Masters Sports Plax Georgetown Raiders vs. Burlington Cougars SPORTS 'Quoteunquote' 'I've been to those business conferences many times and I'm always looking for coffee to stay awake.' -- Ace2Putt co-founder Albert Winata Ace2Putt recently held its business launch event at the Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Georgetown and a number of local dignitaries attended. From left are: Halton Hills Catholic school board trustee Mark Rowe, Ace2Putt co-founder Maureen Winata and her sons Theodore and Alexander, Town of Halton Hills councillor Ted Brown, Peter Lambert from the non-profit organization Start2Finish and Ace2Putt co-founder Albert Winata. Submitted photo How often have you been sitting through a business meeting, struggling to stay atten- tive, or at a social gathering, birthday party, fundraiser, etc. that needed an infusion of fun? The Winata family thinks their Ace2Putt portable mini-putt business venture will be a smash hit off the tee for event planners looking to keep their captive audience enter- tained. Proprietors Maureen and Albert Winata, who've lived in Georgetown for five years with their two young sons, say the initial re- sponse to Ace2Putt has been positive and they've already booked an event to lay out a temporary course inside the Halton Hills Public Library's Georgetown branch in the spring for an open house. Corporate functions, retirement homes, team-building exercises and non-profit ac- tivities are other target events for the Wina- tas, who've done their market research and feel that Ace2Putt is a unique service in the Greater Toronto Area. And, oh yes, they'll do weddings too. "I've been to those business conferences many times and I'm always looking for the coffee to stay awake," said Albert, an infor- mation technology security consultant for IBM. "We think those types of events need some stimulation. The key to networking is the point of contact in a relaxed social set- ting, and mini-putt is a fun activity for a lot of people. It's also not as time consuming as playing 18 holes on a golf course." Maureen has a background in project management and says that adding personal touches for each event is the key to success, such as providing food tables at each hole-- with cookies as sand traps or potato chips as a reward for successful chip shots-- or incor- porating sponsorship throughout the course for fundraisers. Sydney scores gold, silver at national championships Georgetown resident Je'Land Sydney picked up gold and silver medals at the Ca- nadian Track Championships held earlier this month in the new Milton Velodrome at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre. The Grade 11 Georgetown District High School student was the fastest finisher in the 500m time trial and collected a silver in the matched sprint event in the men's under-17 category. Sydney, 16, has been competing in cy- cling since age six and is a member of the Kallisto Cycling Club based out of the Forest City Velodrome in London, Ont., where he's coached by Rob Good. Next year, Sydney, a sergeant in the Royal Canadian Army Cadets, moves up to the ju- nior men's age group and has already set his sights on the World Junior Cycling Champi- onships in April. He emigrated to Canada in 2011 after winning the most outstanding cyclist for his club in Trinidad six years in a row. His fam- ily moved to Georgetown two years ago in part to be closer to the Milton Velodrome. Green outlook for Ace2Putt By Eamonn Maher emaher@theifp.ca Another OFSAA top 10 for Giles For the second straight year, Georgetown Rebel Kristen Giles placed ninth at the provincial high school golf championship tournament in a field of more than 100 competitors in Windsor last week. The Grade 10 student was one stroke better than last year's result over 18 holes at the Ontar- io Federation of Secondary Schools Association Girls' Golf Festival with a round of 79, seven shots back of winner Isabella Portokalis of London's Oakridge, who shot even par on the day. Giles, a member at The Club at North Halton, has won the Halton Secondary School Athletic As- sociation championship in both years she's been eligible to play. Also at OFSAA, Christ the King's Jennifer Knox shot a 94 to finish in a tie for 57th in a field of 113 golfers. GDHS's Erin Oughtred was 72nd after a 96.Continued on page 37 Kristen Giles pictured above at this sum- mer's Golf Association of Ontario Junior Girls' Championship in Kanata, where she tied for 29th. Submitted photo Je'Land Sydney took two trips to the podium at last week's Canadian Track Championships in Milton, scoring gold in the 500m Time Trial as well as a silver medal in Matched Sprint. Submitted photo