Independent & Free Press (Georgetown, ON), 21 Apr 2006, p. 19

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Georgetown skaters celebrate Decades on Ice Bobbi Lyn Forbes (left) performs Love during The Georgetown Skating Club's annual carnival held recently at Mold-Masters SportsPlex. Also as part of the club's Decades on Ice show, skaters peformed Thanks For The Music (centre) and The Sound of Music. Two shows were held and featured music and costumes from the Roaring 20s to the present day. Photos by Sabrina Byrnes Centennial Chargers edged in semifinals by Oakville's West Oak Georgetown's Centennial Middle School Chargers pressed until the final few seconds but lost in the semi-finals 27-24 to West Oak of Oakville in the Halton District School Board's Tier 1 girls' basketball championships at Milton's E.C. Drury on Tuesday night. The north-champion Chargers trailed by one point with six seconds remaining in regulation time before West Oak sunk two free throws to seal the victory. Sarah Chapin led Centennial with 13 points, with Lindsay McCabe, Sophia Troop and Hillary Banks netting three points each. West Oak advanced to play Rolling Meadows of Burlington in Thursday's Halton girls' final, while Oakville Eastview took on Burlington's C.H. Norton in the boys' title game. Good season for local skaters Three Georgetown residents enjoyed their second full season of training and competition with the Milton Speed Skating Club and capped off the year with a medal haul at the recent Brampton Invitational meet. Racing against clubs from the Greater Toronto Area, all three skaters recorded personal bests on their way to collecting eight medals between them. From left, Matthew Carr, age 9, earned a gold medal in the 333-metre race and picked up a silver in the 500 metres, while also recording a personal-best time in the 666 metres; eight-yearold Lydia Geng raced to goldmedal performances in the 333-m and 500-m events and also placed first in the 111-m and 222-m distances; Philip Geng, 11, finished runner-up in the 333-m, 500-m and 666-m races for his age group. The Milton club trains out of the Tonelli Arena and attracted several new members in its second year of existence. It will start up again in October. Gordon Alcott Tennis Club to open season April 29-30 Tennis anyone? Join Gordon Alcott Tennis Club on opening days, April 29 and 30 at 1 p.m. to register for the new season at the clubhouse, north of the MoldMasters SportsPlex. The club offers social/competitive house league play Wednesday evenings and inter-county play for juniors and adults. For further information contact Norma at 905-8778918. Photo by Eamonn Maher

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