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Halton Hilis recreation department sponsored a Canoe Clinic at Fairy Lake last Wednesday and to my sur when the van carrying eight 15 foot canoes stopped at the lakes beach area three young ladies emerged After removing the canoes to the lakes edge they stopped for lunch It seems that the girls have been elling around the province giving clinics on canoeing and canoe safety The troupe spent three days at Miltons Kelso Conservation Area before their stop In Acton on their way to a seven day stay in at the North Americas The girls along with another crew of guys are scanning the province The group is sponsored jointly be the Ministry of Culture and Recreation Ministry of Natural Resources Canadian National Sportsmens Fund and Marks and Spencer The group carries all their own equipment to their Paddlecades from the canoes to life- jackets and oars The three ladies come from all over the province Mary one mem her is from Pembroke while the two others is from Dundas and Sheena hails from Weston There were approximately people in attendance at the afternoon clinic last Wednesday to watch as the girls demonstrated the dos and of canoeing and general water safety Following a short skit the ladies took the willing to the lake were they explained different stroking techniques and put them to practical Acton Minor Softball teams should be improving their run production totals over the next few weeks Acton Minor Baseball has just pur chased a new pitching machine that will be used by ail the teams during practice Ron Hachey says that there is no way any other team can over take the Merchants before the allstar game thus leaving himself and Ed to coach the Georgetown Industrial League Allstars when they do battle with the Milton Industrial League All stars at the Georgetown Fairgrounds on Monday July 23 Industrial standings Acton Industrial Family Cleaners 11 9 99 IB Vans Welding 12 103 Hi J and Sports 11 a l 111 11 314 73 4 Halton Electric 4 76 9 Station Hotel Ltmebonie I ndnstria I League Standing T Hustlers 1 10 LimehouseRocks 3 15 Oilers Restaurant Achilles Motors Real Estate Home Hardware T 10 1 1 2 WEDNESDAY JULY 1979 One Hundred and Fifth YearNo 2 Second Section Curling Club Ladies capture title at first annual powderpuff tourney The host Acton Curling Club walked off with top honors in Acton first annual soft ball tournament at MZ Bennett and McKeniie- Middle School last weekend The local team de feated Georgetown Maroons 11 George town Yellow Georgina Gems of Acton and on their way to the Campbell Alter dropping their opening round match to the Curling Club George town Maroons led by the tournaments Most Valuable Player Betty Simony advanced to and won the Shortlll Chalet trophy as the consolation champions defeating Kathy of Acton 1011 Earlier the Maroons had topped 168 and King ham Ladies Georgetown Yellow Rock wood The tournaments eventual most sport smanllkc player Pot Buchanan started the tourney oft right for belting a home run as the event first batter Things failed to hold up for the Rockwood team as an 11 run second inning gave Georgetown total control Curling Club Georgetown Maroon Acton Curling Club started Ihelr way on trail as they belted the ball scoring runs in every inning Including 12 second inning counters Janet Marshall tallied a homer for the home side while Corcen Basklll re plied for the Maroons Belles KalhyCutles7 A six run first inning helped the Ballinafad Belles as they doubled the count on Kathy one of four Acton entries in the tourney The Belles added another six in the second to take command and then coasted home Georglnn Gems 13- Klngham Ladles In one of the closest games of the day the two Acton teams battled to the wire with the King ham team falling just short in their late inning bid The Gems counted eight second inning runs to lake command but a strong six run final in including a Susan homer provided a thrilling ending It- Georgetown Blue 10 A ten run fourth Inning capped a 2410 first round decision for over Georgetown Blue The Llmehouse team managed to score in every inning of the contest Curling Club IB- Georgetown Yellow 12 Home runs by Karen Shorthill and Nancy Vetricek lifted the Curlers a win over Georgetown Yellow Acton counted five runs in the second and six more in the fourth while limiting Yellow to a four run final inning outburst Ballinafad 13- LlmehomelO Llmehouse dropped be hind the Ballinafad Belles early in the con test giving up five first inning runs and then never quite regained enough momentum to take over the lead Lime- house fought hard scoring four fifth Inning runs and adding a three run tally in the sixth but it was too little too late Georgetown Maroons A time limit set on the game decided the winner of this match Trailing in the fourth Inning exploded to take a 1916 lead but a curfew set the game to the inning prior giving Maroons the win 14- Georgetown Blue 12 A pair of home runs by Marg Wallnga was not enough to lift Blue over Kathy Cutics The local Cutles scored half of their total In the second inning as they built up a lead and then held on to ad vance to the consolation final Curling Club Georgina Gems 1 The Curling Ladies ad vanced to the tournament final by trouncing team by a count The Gems only run came in the fifth Inning while the hosts scored each time at bat in cluding a ten run sixth The tourney s home run AetonCurl log Club first baseman Janet Fleming for the ball but not before the Georgetown Maroon player la called safe It I matter though The Ladies beat the Maroons 11 In the Acton Curling Club Powder Puff ball tournament queen Nancy Vetricek belted out another four bagger along with three other Curlers Maroon Kinghum Ladies Maroon slipped past by the narrow est margin of the touma ment Into the consolation final A six run first in ning supplied most of the Maroon punch as 11 batters went to the plate fought back over the remaining in nings but fell one run short gome s only home run for the team Georgetown fi lthy Georgetown stole the tournament consolation championship and the Chalet Trophy with their 12 run second inning The two teams played even over the first inning but the big Maroon bats came to life In the second giving Ihcm total control of the contest and the win Curling Club Belles The Curling Club capped a successful tournament drive by out scoring Ballinafad The local ladies counted six times in the first and last innings of the contest on their way to the Campbell Furniture Trophy Nancy smashed her third homer of the tournament for the Curlers Peewees nip for title Carol Jordan of the Hill Ladles showed her stuff Saturday her team fought desperately for the lead over the Acton Gems was eked out 1311 however In spite or Carol wallop In to the outfield Top Crichton Merchants revenge loss Last week Acton Restaurant 16 Achillea Real Estate 3 With only six games remaining in their Georgetown Industrial League schedule the Acton Merchants remain in first place but their lead may be diminishing The Merchants their fifth loss of the season Monday night as Publishing out scored the locals In action earlier in the week the Merchants revenged a pair of losses to Chrichton Brothers Sports by scoring a win The Merchants managed only two sixth inning runs against Phllp as Terry Mosaics and Chris crossed the plate for the locals Phllp took the lead in the bottom of the first Inning as the Publishers tagged Merchant pitcher Frank Daley for four runs including a three run homer by Doug Anderson The Merchants pulled to within two in the top of the filth inning but came back with another two run homer to put the game out reach At home to Brothers last Thursday the Merchants scored the first run in the bottom of as Bob singled and scored Crichton evened the count In the third inning as Al Moore tripled but the Merchants came back lighting in the fourth as Actoi pitcher Joe DeForest helped his own cause by rounding the bases The Merchants added a pair of runs in the sixth inning as a Bob single and a Joe Deforest Acton Restaurant were the first local ball team to bring home tournament silverware this season The local team was in Rockwood on the weekend capturing that village s event Acton played three very tight games on their way to the crown edging 3 in the final In first for round play the Restaurant team topped double accounted runs Rexway Towing will and in semi visit the Merchants this final action the Acton Thursday at Prospect team slipped by the host Park for on 8 30 p m Rockwood entry confrontation Paul CargUI carried Silver for Swanston swimmer Alan is ex pected to return today Wednesday from Puerto Rico and the Pan Am Games When be does be will be touting a silver medal Swanston was a member of the Canadian 100 metre freestyle relay team that finished second to the United States Teammates are Steve Plckell of Vancouver Jay of Win nipeg and Graham of CJareshoIm Alberta It will be a nice souvenir to bring home said his mother in a telephone interview Tuesday the big bat for the locals hitting four home runs In the three matches two of which came in the tournament final Acton got on the board first in the final as Cargill belted out a three run homer Darren Wriggles- worth had doubled to lead off for Acton and Rhys Glbb walk accounted for the runners Maryhill grabbed one run back In the top of the second Inning but Paul second home run of the game restored Acton two run margin in the third Ian Paul extended the Acton lead in the fourth belting a single and scoring on a Rhys Gibb hit managed to regain two of their runs in the fifth inning to make things Interesting but Acton pitcher Bruce Canary put out the fire preserving the Acton win and giving them the championship A four run third inning supplied the punch for the Restaurant team in lead in the game but worth cracked a homer the four run third put and Bruce Canary Acton on top Two more tripled runs in the fourth ex The opposition made a tended the Restaurant valiont effort to over- lead as Darren Wriggles- come the deficit in the Still problems for Innouters Acton midgets managed only three hits are having their prob- the longest being a lems finding the winning Murray McNabb double combination in Trl- added insult county Fastball League to injury as the game play progressed scoring an added seven runs in the After starting the inning season off with three straight wins the local midgets have come up Tennis losing their seven contests in but cession including last week a drubbing by tournament Eramosa and 240 shut weekend out at the hands Ponsonby The Kcnts really cleaned up at the Alcott Invitational tennis the Frank Noseworthy was the top Acton hitter In the Eramosa loss belting a pair their opening game as Ditcher Bob championship PirirT Marcia Gregg they relegated to consolation play Again it was a Paul Cargill homer that brought the runs to the plate Hickson took an early Allsop Don Collier and Denis Kirton added trip les for the Innouters Kent and Peter Marks won the men doubles crown and Linda Rice and Pauline Kent teamed to win the women doubles and Joan Morris women s consolation round and the men s con solation went to Jim and Sid Harris trophy last Inning scoring twice but it was too tittle too late A six run first inning and a sixth inning triple by Bruce Canary gave the Restaurateurs an win over the host in semi final play Seven first inning singles gave Acton a first inning lead and then needed everyone before the game was over A Paul Cargill homer in the second added an other run for Acton before struck back with a single counter In the second as Randy Covcrdalc singled and scored Three more singles scored three runs in the third as the side picked away Three more fourth Inning singles brought Eramosa to within one Acton regained a two run lead in the sixth as Ian Paul singled and scored on Bruce Canary triple A Randy Coverdale single brought the host team back to within one of the visitors in the last inning but Acton hung on to advance to the final where they Would cap ture the championship TV Mies treat Maria their ae- fa Lake WeM4y IatlwFfctnMtawlentMtwbMtrfKlondra right the garb a accusal After the safety acawastraUaa the willing lea men to the waters t aUffereat strata