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ramflMcv im PHONE the HERALD S HARVEYS TIRE CENTRE MootB Pa Plaza 87751 Sunny Acres runnerups in consolations Arena In George town played host to a flurry of excitement this past week reminiscent of the Hardy Cup playoffs lost April The 16th annual Midget hockey touraa drew close to fans for Georgetown entry the Sunny Acre Farms team In their bid for a consolation chant pionshlp The hard pressed Sunny Acres team did to the consolation finals but they were defeated by Gait Tournament chairman Fred Hammer said that after some lopsided In the first round the stronger and weaker teams were sorted out for more challenging match es Newmarket won the championship while Gait took the consolation trophy The Owen Sound and game played Friday Jan 7 kept the fans off their seats when Owen Sound came back from a 1 deficit to win in the first round A tough match up be tween Whitby and the Toronto Aeros shaped up Thursday night when the 1962 champs of George town tourney Toronto met up with the 1982 consolation champs of Georgetown tourney Whitby took a 1 lead at the end of the second period after a scoreless first period Toronto then tied the game at 33 In the third with two consecu tive goals after Whitby scored In the final period In a fourth period the Toronto Aeros rallied with left in the period for a advantage The Toronto had 16th Annual Midget tourney their share of hard times In he next round against Richmond Hilt where they were downed in overtime In a game play Saturday at S Georgetown met a fir- cdup team In the first round and Ihey were beaten Wednes day night In round two of the consolations the Sunny Acre Midgets gave their fans something to cheer about with a drubbing of Orongevllle John Catling gave his local team the lead In the first period with a goal at the 7 18 mark In the second period Orange ville rallied to tie the game but conse cutive goals by the Sunny Acre Midgets gave them the win The game winner came from Kent follow by goals from Scott Farley Rich Ward and Scolt Georgetown were Involved in one of the two overtime games at the Midget tournament when they met Sat Jan and defeated them Markham led the scor ing with the first goal at the mark George town then connected for three consecutive goals from Brent Smith John Hodgson and Scott Markham came back with two goals In the third period to tie the gams at In overtime George town were awarded the game by Derek Roys goal coming with left in overtime In the consolation round Georgetown faced a talented team from Gait In one of the tourn more penalized games Georgetown look a 31 lead in the first period on goals from Derek Roy and Tom Forbes Gait came back In the second period with three consecutive goals before Georgetown Tom Forb es could break the streak with his own goal at the 2 mark Gall took control In he third period with two unanswered goals Richmond Hill tried valiantly but they were outclassed by a towering Midget squad from New market In the champ final In the first period New market took a 10 lead then advanced that to the end of second period The third period was scoreless GMHA vicepresident Wayne Pries said he was quite satisfied with the tournament indicating the Whitby Toronto was one of his highlights The following Is a run down of the games played at the Midget First Round Whitby OokviUe Toronto Aeros Milton Levak2 South London Second Round Championship Whitby Toronto Brampton Richmond Hill 2 Third Round Championship Toronto Richmond Hill Newmarket Owen Sound 3 Grand Championship Final Newmarket Richmond Hill 2 Second Round Consolation OakvilIeS Milton 1 Creek Gait 11 Second Round Georgetown 5 Orange 1 Markham 3 Third Round Consols on Oakvllle Gait Consolation Final Georgetown 4 Bantam tournament preparations underway Chairman hopes to increase teams Club wins against Barrie Bathgate becomes a Gemini Not only did the Gemin Is finish off their week with a win and a lie the local Junior B hockey club acquired the es of the son of NHL Hall of Andy Bathgate Bill Bathgate who has one year of Junior eligibility was given to he on waivers from the Strcetsvllle Also Included in the deal was Kerry a left winger Both were attained for cash The arrival of Iho Iwo new players to the Gemini camp was arranged Sun day night after Thomhlll tied Georgetown 3 Thursday Jan the Gemlnls defeated third place The deal for Bathgate and Leggle comes after some of Georgetown own goal scoring talent has begun shine Dave Doucette and brother Lance powered their way to a twogoal output each in the game Meanwhile Bob Dean had an excellent game against Thomhl scoring the last two goals of the contest Defence man Jay Barwell has had three goals the past two TEAM TIES Bathgate and are coming to George town largely because of tilt lies between Gem coach Jules Russian and Strcetsvllle GM Stan Russian once coached Strcetsvllle Major Midgets a Silver stick and All Ontario championship Bathgate a smooth skating forward had 16 goals and IS assists In the first games of the 1931 season This season he has 12 goals and 9 assists in games and is coming off an injury Is a player like the Leafs Dan said coach Russian meaning a hustler who is good at killing penalties and defensive play as well as being able to put the puck in the net Good sound against the Barrie Colts and a good of f and defensive effort by the whole team gave them the win over the coach said There was good disci in that there werent too many penalties In the game with the Colts Russian said BOB DEAN The 33 tic with Thorn hill didn feature a lot of goal scoring bul it was a close checking encounter in which both earns did a super job Russian sold From Burlington Rob Vail returned to the Geminis for the Thorn hill game Vail played the 198182 season for The Geminis will get their first test with their new players when Ihey take on the Acton Junior B Sabres In Acton Wed night Scoring goals in the Barrie game were Bob Davey and Herb singles while Jay Barwell Dave and Lance collected two goals each Kevin Frank had three assists In he game while Peter Haller had two In the game Wayne Cowley continued to ploy excellent goal tending for Georgetown Jay scored Georgetown first goal when he moved up from the blue line and slapped one past Thomhill Paul Duvan tied he all 1 In he second period on a power play with four minutes left until the end of he period Then at the 13 mark the Thunder birds scored again to take he lead In the third period Bob Dean exploded for two goals one on the power play assisted by Jay Bar well and Haller Thomhill went ahead 32 but Dean came back on a good Individual perform aided by Dave and Lance Doucetle To make room for new comers Kerry and Bill Bathgate import Gemini on a five game trial RobVailwaareleas- It was announced Monday night Inside Meet the Jills B4 Raiders vs AllStars B4 Women B4 Preparations for Georgetown Annu at Bantam Hockey are well under way according to chair man A Martin with the intentions of having a full contingent of teams We may endup with 40 cams but we are going for Martin said Last year he size of the tourn was reduced from 42 teams to 34 teams There Is a chance the Junior hockey playoffs might conflict with the tournament date but Martin said he t know for sure until Febru ary Id hate to have to move four gomes into Memorial Arena from Gordon Alcott Arena he sold We have to provide ice time If the Junior a are still play JAMES HELPING Helping out with Martin Is co chairman Bill James who takes over from Howard Murphy Members of the newly formed Georgetown Minor Hockey Assoctatl on have Indicated their willingness to help with the tournament Martin The chairman has sent out applications to pros pec live hockey for he tournament held during the March school break There are is paid entries received which means teams are still required Because he ment last year lost some money he cost of the 1963 registration has gone up fid per team Martin doesn slump In the economy Is keeping people away from tourn aments The people I talked lo they are only worried about playing and not the coats How ever he thought costs could be a factor In registrations this year Thus far teams such as Windsor Leamington Copper Cliff Levak have committed them selves with an inquiry from Petrolla which used to compete In the Bantam tournament a few years ago Toronto teams never respond early because Ihey want to know how they 11 fare In playoffs first Martin says A division powerhouses from the United States Detroit Little Caesar and Kord haven respon yet Martin said they usually get their regl in before Dec Martin ss Id he has sent with the tournament application forms a survey asking teams what type of format they would prefer for 1934 The reason is that tournament committee would liki to explore the possibilities of a round robin type tournament Instead of a sudden death elimination type The problem with a round robin is that the teams would stay around longer for their games and thus more would be required Martin said Now a team that docs not win t play any more games only If a team wins do they keep playing In recent years hero has been a problem In luring teams from he United States because our March school break no longer corresponds wilh theirs Gov John Alrd might be back for the Saturday morning present trophies to the top earns Martin said but he t yet sent a letter asking him A number of guest celebrities might be on hand for the 1983 trophy presentations Martin said CLIPBOARD LADY Billettlng supervisor the lady with the clip board Martin Jokes Karen Harrison will look after accommodations while timekeepers are under the supervis on of Ron Knight and Brian James The Georgetown referees association under Gerry Perkins handle the referee assign men la A committee is current ly looking into three possi billtics for serving food for the 14year old hockey players Martin said Ho said the tournament will probably offer one meal per day Darren advances to national level Figureskating Figure skater Darren Kemp became the third resident from Georgetown to advance to the Canadl an figure skating championships following In the footsteps of Kris Barber and Dave Watson The 18yearold cams fourth In figures In the Men a Novice Division then went on to an overall third place finish based on the performance of his free skate routine Placing well In the figures was Darren biggest surprise he said The diviaionsls In which Ihe top four skaters advance to the Canadians to be held February In Quebec were held In over the weekend Darren landed all his triples In his free skate routine He Is coached by Wally Distelmeyer of the Toronto Cricket Club At Central Ontario Sectional at Brampton In December Darren placed third overall to advance to the