S Recreation rt and. S sachs Georgetown hoc key school provid "PROMAR Karate" INSTRUCTION FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS HILDRE NORTHEND SALES SERVICE LEASING HWY. #25 & 401 878-4137 MILTON es intensive, innovative instruction By Mike Zrostek flag football and soccer _ ing of the concepts of hockey. school is geared to helping Hockey season is fast coach. Golding will be the Featured in the program are the youngsters improve his approaching and what better Sports Director of the camp. - video instruction, fitness and overall hockey game. way to give the youngsters a Curtis Green is in his strength classes, sports and “This camp. is run as a headstart than enroll them in © fourth year working with the game classes and hockey “hockey school”, they will be the Halton Hills Sports Academy 1993 Hockey School in Georgetown - the camp. Green also played minor hockey in Georgetown, played three years for the Jr. seminars. Many of these aspects are continued today by professional hockey play- learning all aspects of the game. It’s not a playground atmosphere. The participants only hockey school operating B Raiders and spent time with will get sound training of locally. , the Guelph Platers.. Adam Bennett stresses that _ basic hockey skills,” stressed The school runs from Green currently is on a everything taught in the Bennett. August 30 to Sept. 3 at Gerdon Alcott Memorial Arena and will be headed by baseball scholarship at Troy State University in Alabama where he is studying Criminal Raiders rarin’ to go local hockey player Adam Justice with a minor in By Mike Zrostek Bennett of the NHL’s Psychology. Green will be the = The 1993-94 season is slowly creeping up and the Chicago Blackhawks. goaltending instructor. Georgetown Chrysler Junior A Raiders have been busy This year’s Halton Hills Sports Academy hockey school will be the best one yet, said Dave Krause, who operates the Academy. “We have great instructors and a great program for the kids, “ he said. “Plenty of room is available with about 50 spots left, but parents should regis- ter their kids as soon as possi- ble because the spots fill up very quickly as the date approaches and unfortunate- ly, we have to cut off at 120.” Indeed, the instructors are top notch, having plenty of qualifications which will defi- nitely benefit. the kids. Along with Adam Bennett the other instructors include, Jay Anderson, Tim Bennett, Simon Golding, Curtis Green and Rod Pasma. Anderson, a supply teacher at Georgetown District High School, played through the Georgetown minor hockey system and played for the Georgetown Gemini Jr. B squad, He was. an assistant coach for the Raiders between 1988-90 and an assistant with Brandon University of the CIAU from 1990-92. He rejoined the Raiders last year. Anderson will be ‘the dryland training instructor. Tim Bennett, who is a Fitness, Health and Recreation Consultant at the © Brampton YMCA, played 11 years in the minor hockey system in Georgetown and Simon Golding two years in Belleville play- ing college hockey. Bennett has coached Novice AA Rep, Women’s College Hockey, Midget / Juvenile House league and Atom AA Rep. He has a diploma in Recreation Leadership and received the Esso Medal of Achievement in 1988. Bennett will be anon ice instructor. Simon Golding graduated from Brock University with Honours in Phys Ed. in 1992 and from Lakehead University in Education in 1993. He was a camp coun- selor for two years with Community Living in Mississauga. working with handicapped children and is a of minor hockey in Georgetown and a year with the Jr. B Raiders. He was drafted 9th overall by the Cornwall Royals in ‘89 and drafted 30th overall by the Washington Capitals in ‘90. Pasma has worked at the will be an on- ice instructor. ages of 6 and 12 will be taught the basic skills of skat- ing, puck handling, passing, shooting and checking. The program will provide a more intensive week of inno- vative instruction for each player. Thorough teaching of Early indications from th Brampton are very positive. “This is the best been here,” Rod Pasma played 10 years measuring up talent as they head for pre-season tournament i IF ¢ Thursday night praotices in group of local players at camp since I’ve said Raiders general manager Finn Poulstrup. “We are very pleased with the players who have shown up for the workouts.” Local players that have stood out early are Doug camp the past two years and Sheppard, Gavin Glassard, Ryan Pirie and Kevin Lunn. Taking to the ice from last year’s squad have been Ian Youngsters between the Allison and Trevor Brandt, who are both expected to do a majority of the scoring for the Raiders this year says Poulstrup. “We have two of the best this year I think they will goal scorers in the league and move up into the top five in league scoring. Hopefully we can find someone to play with them. Overall, the Raiders are | put them over the edge at de! looking for some toughness to fense but are carefully looking skating techniques will be a at the goaltending position as an area of major concern. The coaching staff have been concentrating on trying to fill the position by looking at a fair number of candidates major component, as well as gaining a better understand- ote, during the summer sessions. goal is six-foot-three, 200. Raiders will finish in the top sion. One player the Raiders are looking at’to fill the void in -pound 17-year-old Stephen Miffelin who played with the North York Canadiens last year. As the Raiders get ready for the NHL Mini Tournament in Etobicoke Aug.. 27-29, Poulstrup says he thinks the four this year in the West divi- “We had a strong finish last year and we know what kind of talent we have and the prospects are looking very good. With the players returning from last year, I think we will have a strong season. 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