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Sports Week Wednesday January SI Barber and Johnson win Barber and Johnson won at inartlans be held In Thunder Km Figure Skating camped I Ian held a l Montreal over Ihc photograph is taken during one or the dar and Johnson will now prepare for Ihe Herald photo This Raiders have to cut down The Georgetown Raiders must have only Oil A piny cards in possession by midnight That means that at least three of the players who ore at present signed by the Haiders will be cut by mid night There is no doubt that even more than three players will be given their walking pap ers by Raider executive Here ts how the system works Each Intermediate A club is Issued cords at of the year They can sign players to as many of those cards as they When January rolls around team has to give the OHA back nine of hose cards either signed or unsigned That means that the Raiders decide to cut only three players they will not have any empty cards left which would leave the Raid with no recourse than lo finish the season with the players who own cards of Raiders nit leaving themselves with it least a few unsigned cards are i bout as good as town go ng through January and February The will definitely trim three or more unsigned Here are Ihe Raiders who are at present signed Piter McDuffe Ron Twiss John Kudrasovs Sieve No vis Colin Cordon Pierre Pilolt till I Slurgion Pit Raj Evans Ray Milne Dob Tom Daley Terry Porter Steve Blundy Rill Masters Ron Fog Ma no MacDonald Britney John Neil Cotton The fact the Raiders have trim the roster may put an official end to Cottons as a It Up to now there had been hope in some Continued on Page J Wrestlers win meet page 24 Geminis drop two page 26 Philps takes page Kris Barber and Kelly Johnson from on Monday one step closer to achieving their goal Barber and Johnson look the title in the dance pairs competition at the Eastern isional figure skating In m pi on ships From his home In Glen a tired Barber told The Herald on Monday that he is now very confident that he and Johnson can make good run winning he Canadian championship The national championship will be held in Thunder Bay later this month Barber and Johnson finis fourth at the champion ships held last in British Columbia last voir was Ihc first year two young skaters had learned up or thi Canadians MLtHlMPHflVFl said earlier this year that the are improved vcr a ago as both have been training very hard He the taken hive helped them the Ontario Sectional Championships held in last month irbtr and Johnson hid a icryeasj time winning their division as they topped Ihc scores on the judges The story was much Ihe saim this lime around as again Barber and Johnson dominated Ihc event Lynn Black and of Toronto who finished a distant second to Barber and Johnson at the sectionals came up with a third at Canadians Second place in Montreal went to and Wayne of Ottawa and Jean Benuer of Montreal were fourth at the competition All four dance pairs will qualify for the Canadians This is the last year that Barber and Johnson will be eligible to compete In the junior division No matter what happens at Thunder Bay will be seniors next or CFSC competitions he members of a junior dance pair can be any are How ever must not have ivcrwnnlhccompctiti ind they can only compete in junior section for three years Barber skated at the natio nals with Johnson last year and the year before he competed there with Pat Fletcher as his partner There is no doubt the dance pair will be going all out In cap their junior careers a championship later this month at Thunder Bay Kevin Parker skates steady Kevin skate to vntorv in the nun mill at Central mad an iurc Skating di first tin mpbtlhilli ken tin or n en title at veonto tint id an champ to bi hi Id at B ij Januirv t J In the held last n Parker v is to tome up with a big perfor in tht free i plait I This lime although it was very competition throughout is to or in the whole i Parker was in 111 figures and they to Mitch Grilfcn I irktr who skates out of Waterloo had the scores in the tompul figures When were he and Griffin wen tied f r first dice on I age Lise Smith in two events Lise Smith of George town will be a very busy young lady when the Canad Figure Skating Champ ionships take place at Thun Ray later Ihis month I ise qualified In two scpa rate events at Ihc Central Canadian Division its held in Sarnia over the weekend third in the Novice partner Sidney Shanks came fourth in the pairs compel Is qualifies to compete In Ihc Canadians 1 and her partner skate out of the Preston Figure Skating club It is uncommon for a skater lo compete In two events but to qualify for the Canadians in more than one event is almost unheard of 1 and her mother live in Preston during the skating season but the family home is still in Georgetown Up until year Lise skated as a member of the George town Figure Skating Hub