Halton Hills Newspapers

Halton Hills This Week (Georgetown, ON), 5 September 1992, p. 20

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Page 20:Halton Hills This Week, Saturday, September'5, 1992 a youngster gets set to go through one of the drills. English skating with Jr. Continued from However, that isn’t to suggest others looking to catch on with the Raiders haven’t impressed. Georgetown natives Randy Bond, Jake Mashinter and Ken Koszwicka have performed well, Hanman said. “So far our training camp has been quite ers the second- year Raider coach remarked. “Once you get past the Panis yeas we've got quite a few un! “We may not have done well in the win-loss category (0-2 at recent NHL-OHA tournament), but we saw what we wanted and were — The Raiders went with rookie goaltenders Stefan Miffen and Ryan Grinnell on Friday. Tonight Jamie Szyc, who played Junior B with Fort Erie last year, and either Miffen or Grinnell will get the nod. Sirota, who is the Raiders No. 1 goalie, won’t dress . . Miffen is one of four Newfoundland natives looking for a spot on the Raiders’ roster. The others include defencemen Terry Walsh and Rod Peach and forward Keith King . . . The Raiders next exhibition game is Friday night in Guelph. On Saturday, Georgetown hosts the Hamilton Kilty Bs, and will entertain Guelph on Sept. 15. After finishing their exhibition schedule in Hamilton on Sept. 22, the regular season hosting Burlington on Sept. 26. . . Young hockey players in Halton Hills and area got a jump on the competition last week taking part in Hockey Camp ‘92 at the Alcott Arena. The event was organized by the Halton Hills Sports Academy. Here, Photo by Wendy Long. A Raiders Negotiations between the Raiders and the Erin Junior C franchise (which is the former Acton Sabres club) on an affiliation agreement are continuing . . . Jim English, a former Raider and Acton Sabre player, is currently skating with the Raiders. However, English isn’t sure just where he will be playing this year because he has enrolled at Sheridan College in Oakville . Georgetown’s Steve Marcolini, who patrolled the blueline of the former Georgetown Junior B Gemini before going on to play in the Ontario Hockey League with the Kitchener Rangers and the London Knights, is an assistant coach with the Mississauga Derbys. Minor Novice - born 1984 We Sat. Sept. 19 7pm - 8pm Minor Peewee (cont'd) M@ GEORGETOWN MINOR an HOCKEY ASSOCIATION REP TRY-OUTS ~ ALCOTT ARENA 92-93 SEASON Mon. Sept. 21 Sat. Sept 26 Thurs. Sept. 24 Mon, Sept. 28 7 pm - 8:30 pm 7:30 pm - 9 pm - born before 1975 Coaches Minor Ne - Jeff Sargent Major Peewee Major Novice = Paul Larose Bantam Team 1 Minor Atom: : Gerald Veltman Bantam Team 2 Major Atom - Dave Krause Midget Minor Peewee - Carson Mininch Juvenile 9pm-10pm 9pm-10pm 6 pm -7 pm 5:30 pm - 7 pm Sun. Sept. 13 |. Sept. 16 . Sept. Tues. Sept. 29 7 pm - 8:30 pm * Please arrive to the arena 45 minutes before ice-time - TRY-OUT FEES $5.00 PER SESSION * Carmen Chiovitti Moon Hoof Beat Record put on the The incredible Artsplace, unde- feated this year and harness rac- ing’s fastest horse will kick off Mohawk Raceway’s fall meet in grand style this Sunday, September 6, along with Grand Circuit stakes action and some great offers to wel- come racing fans back to the pic- turesque Campbellville oval. Artsplace, the sport’s hottest commodity boasts 11 wins in as ason’s earnings of $580,875 and career earnings of $2.7 million for owners George Segal and Brian Monieson of Chicago. His hefty bankroll puts him fourth in the all-time leading money standings which Nihilator leads. Artsplace’s latest win came in last Saturday’s $222,000 American National aged pacer for trainer Bob McIntosh and driver John Campbell. He won convincingly by 2 lengths over his stablemate Odds Against in a track record 1:51.3, which is also the fastest mile in Chicago harness racing history. Artsplace will race in Sunday’s Free For All Pace and is no stranger to Mohawk’s five-eighths oval. The son of Abercrombie paced to a brilliant 1:53.4 effort to win the 1990 edition of The Metro Pacing Stakes enroute to being voted the USTA’s two year old colt pacer of the year. Sunday’s race will give Artsplace a chance to acclimatize himself to Mohawk’s track in preparation for the Breeders Crown for aged pacing horses on October 9. Sunday night’s home opener also features the $300,000 Champlain Stakes for two year old pacing colts and the $220,000 Sophomore Pacing Stakes. Fans will be welcomed back with $1.00 general admission, ie gen- eral parking and free progr: Grand Circuit racing cotihies opening week with over $1.7 mil- lion in stakes events headlining the racing from September 6 through to September 12. Post time on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays is 7:30 p.m. Gates open at 6 p.m. each night and there is no racing Wednesdays or Thursdays. The 1992 fall meet is packed full line of world class harness racing. The $700,000 (est) Metro Pacing Stakes, which annually attracts the sport’s finest freshmen will go post- ward with eliminations on September 19 and the lucrative final on September 26. On Sunday, September 20, the aged distaffers will move into the limelight for the $100,000 (est) Milton Pacing Stakes for three year olds and up, fillies and mares. The Breeders Crown will high- light the fall meet. On Friday, October 9, Mohawk will host four Breeders Crown finals with a total of over $1.3 million in purse money for the aged pacing horses, aged pacing mares, aged trotting horses, and aged trotting mares. These events will showcase many of har- ness racing’s superstars — both horses and drivers. Racing fans can expect to see harness racing’s one hundred mil- lion dollar man, John Campbell in fine form behind the amazing Artsplace: Hall of Famers Bill O’Donnell and Ron Waples, the incomparable pacing mare Shady Daisy, millionaire No Sex Please, along with returning Breeders Crown champions Billyjojimbob, Delinquent Account, Camluck and Me Maggie. ack by popular demand for the fall is THE PEOPLE’S HORSE promotion where racing fans have an opportunity to share in the own- ership of a harness horse. In 1990 over 5,000 racing fans participated as owners of The People’s Horse — Magna Graphic who earned over $34,000 for his honourary owners. Of course the autumn meet wouldn’t be complete without the annual Mohawk Fall Fair, which is earlier than usual this year, sched- uled for Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26. The fair features handicraft booths and demonstrations, agricul- tural displays, homebaked goods, and auction, and nightly entertain- ment — something for the whole family! For winning entertainment, join us at Mohawk Raceway this fall. We'll see you in the winner’s circle! NOTICE LADIES Newcomers Welcome! BOWLING LEAGUES Tues. Aft. - Wed. Aft. - starts Sept. 8th - 1 p.m. starts Sept. 9th - 1 p.m. "NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY" Georgetown Bowl 12 Mountainview Rd.S. 877-9922

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