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Dixon named Heritage Award winner By GERRY TIMBERS Herald Sports editor The only man to ever coach a local team to the Georgetown International Bantam Hockey Tournament grand championship has been named the seventh recipient of the prestigious Hockey Heritage Award Fiftyoneyearold Ron Dixon a former Georgetown Raider great who became one of the most successful minor hockey coaches the town has ever known was notified Wednesday night by Hockey Heritage Council member Roy Ward Ward was choir councils fiveman selection committee I was shocked the owner of Dixon Milk Transport told The Herald I know my name had been nominated An hour before they called The previous winners were Jack Harrison Roy Norton Branch 130 of the Royal Canadian Legion Gerry Bud James and Bob Lane Dixon moved to with his family In 1MB Eight years later he married his wife Janice Dixon patrolled right wing for 12 years as a Georgetown Raider Known for his aggressive play and his goalscoring touch he was a member A champs and he 1957 SB Intermedute winners Dixon become most well known for his coaching exploits In Four years with bantams and another eight years with the Sunny Acres Farms midgets Coaching Ihe 1967 bantam earn to the Georgetown tourney championship was Just the beginning of Dixon s long and Illustrious coaching career The same club still under Dixon but competing as midgets won the Midget Tourney the next two seasons They were County champions both yea advancing the finals in the spring of 1968 Another midget crew coached by Dixon captured the overall champion ship at the 10- team Drummondvllle Quebec tournament In 1971 Dixon returned repeal the victory with another group of boys three winters later Dixon credits his coaching succcs his ability to get along with his players Some of them still call me Mr Dixon and I was the only coach in town who made them cut their hair Dixon sold I enjoyed coaching the boys Helping them was the most important thing It t matter whether It was Hockey Heritage Council president Dave was overjoyed at the selection of Dixon as this years winner I m extremely excited and proud Kentncr told The Herald Every year they seem lo come up with a more appropriate winner Ron Dixon is the Ideal model of the guy we want He Is exactly he type of person we are always looking for The Hockey Heritage dinner will be held Monday March at the Holy Cross Auditorium RON DIXOM Open Wooknights Until PHONE 2761 the HERALD Sportsweek THE HI- RAID Wednesday January 1984 Paget HARVEYS TIRE CENTRE Moo Pi Praia Qeo 877 5110 Two more wins Raiders unbeaten in five PLAYING THE FIELD Hockey coach is teacher Steve Curtis has seen a lot in his years of coaching minor hockey A lot of good some bad and some ugly Sounds like his coaching career would make a good movie eh To be sure there are good coaches and there are bad ones The unfortunate pari Is that the damage one bad coach can do to one small kid is probably more drama He and telling than the good a season with a fine mentor such as Curtis can instill That mean Curtis will accept less than respectable behavior from bis minor hockey lodge brothers however The 43yearold father of two still recalls bitterly the day be threatened to pull his team of nineyearolds off the ice rather than expose them to an IU tempered foul mouthed coach Sometime you see a guy behind the bench know henhouldnt be there Curtis said a pained look about him The way be centers his kids out or the way he tears a referee apart A coach like that corrupts his kids to the point where they are hollering at each other and have no respect for the officials I feel sorry for kids under a coach like that I think there Is a problem kid in hockey If be was a problem be woulda I play He would be oo too the street corner caus ing trouble STEVE CURTIS A veteran of the MTHL and the Catholic Youth Organization hockey programs In Toronto with a decade of service with the GMHA under his belt Curtis knows what be talking about And because he really no more than a big himself at times be finds It easy lo practice what he preaches Nineyearolds stupid by any means the coach of the local minor atom reps likes to make abundantly dear I try to be their friend somebody they can rely on and confide In If they can confide an Individual then be can give them the direction they need When Curtis refers to direction he Is defining his role He Is a hockey coach which translates Into teaching Wilh the really young ones Curtis says you re emphasizing offsides at Christmas By season end be hopes to have instilled a basic breakout play and one reliable attacking formation tot the offensive tone If there is any great moral lesson be tries to Impart It has to deal with setting goals and obtaining them In October he tola his young charges who currently stand third In their league with IB wins and three ties In outings that they would strive to beat each league opponent at least once over the course of the season Last week they recorded back toback decisions over and the league a onetwo punch to accomplish that target Everybody has to reach for something Curtis reasons We got satisfaction from reach ing those team goals and our boys really came together as a unit to do it That as far as Curtis likes to go when It comes lo the spiritual enlightenment of his Savers He t feel he Is Ignoring an iportant part of the Job when he declines the opportunity to become a role model He argues simply that the boys need It I don think there Is a problem kid in If he was a problem he t play He would be out on the street comer causing trouble So what does the coach need Why does be End five hours each week at tbe rink with his and whistle a clipboard and runny noses Why does he spendfour hours each week on the phone running up he Jongdistance bill Why does a grown man tired from a Jong day work trek off to a gym every Wednesday night after supper to play nail hockey with a bunch of squirts enjoy sitting In the arena and having the kids from the past yean come up and chew the fat with me Curtis explained Fair pay for a Job welldone be reasons The Georgetown Raiders are still perfect for the month of January winning two more Ontario Senior A Hockey League games on the weekend With their and 9 decisions over Colling wood and straight In 10B4 They respect vely Raid currently stand third crs have won five overall In the Georgetown Raider winger Ron Twin IB steps out in front making the save one or shots he bandied had pair of of Barrie defender Joe Ml during Friday night assists In Raider romp Raider win Bronco Mike concentrates on Herald photo league trailing Cam bridge and by three points The Raiders hold games In hand over both of the leaders Saturday night before a small crowd at Gordon Arena the turned back a less talented but determ bunch of Barr Broncos In act the Georgetown lead was a shaky minutes and at the 13 jO mark of final frame It was a goal by center m Ampleford third of the night that sent the Raiders on to Dave and Doug Fry connected games closing minutes to put the game on ice The Raiders never trailed this one but they seem to shake their pesky oppo nents Gary McFadyen and found the range as George town led 1 after one period John Saunders made it 31 but the vsltors fought back lo even the count Team leader Paul Colin restored the Raid n when he tipp ed In a Fry shot with 11 seconds left on the second period clock Newcomer Rick scored a third period goal for Georgetown Brad Miller was fairly busy In the Raider goal hand or 46 shots he faced The home team fred shots at Barrie minder Mike Laycock It was a Gallagher goal in the opening minutes of the second period thai turned out be the winner as the Ha dcrs dumped the Shipbuilders in Colling wood Friday night Rugged winger Ron counted a pair of f period goals both from Bince and Gary Landry also scored for Georgetown in the opening period from Fry Landry and Fry then comb to set up Gallagher with the deel marker just 15 into the middle frame added an a nee marker when he scored an unassisted goal with less than three mnutes left in the period Friday night the Raid ers host Dundas Ham ton before travelling to Saturday night Gemini top Thornhill tie moving in on fourthplace finish Sports in brief The Georgetown Gemini wen I undefeated In three Central Ontario Junior Hockey Lea gue starts his week as they continue to gear up for the upcoming play With five regular season games left Ihe Gems are currently battling the Burlington Cougars for fourth place overall In the netcam standings and Barrio will finish one-two- three re spectively The Gems have won 15 and tied two of 35 starts for points The gars lead Georgetown by a point but have played one more game Burlington visits on Alcott Arena Tues day night In a game that could decide fourth place and which team will enjoy home ice advantage in the open round of the ploy The Gems and the Cougars will almost cer meel In the finals Lions give up bantam tourney GMHA executive taking over By GERRY TIMBERS Herald Sports Editor The Georgetown International Bantam Hockey Tournament will be the last for the Lions Club After the bantam tourney for the post sis years the Lions are handing the job over to the experts the Georgetown Minor Hockey Association GMHAvicepresiden Wayne Pries has been named tournament cochairman He told The Herald this week that the annua Bantam Tournament would go ahead as scheduled the week of the March school break March 1017 John Finn of the Georgetown Lions will Join Pries as a tourney cochairman He told The Herald this week that the Lions will support the GMHA In the running of this year tourney in a supportive role Lions will look after ticket sales promotions the hospitality room and program sales Both Finn and Pries confirmed the takeover was due to sagging interest In the tournament With less than seven weeks left to he March break just 12 tourney applications have been confirmed Historically Georgetown has hosted between and teams for the event Pries Immediately announced some format tourney The final lineup will consist of four eightteam divisions AAA AA A B Also meals will no longer be served at the arena for the players ending a longstanding tradition We saw this coming last year Pries said The interest is dropping and the service clubs just don have the hockey background we do We have to go out and get some teams now We re going to go out and ask for help from all hockey centers We re going lo mail out about 200 applications After this year the bantam tournament will be a GMHA fundraiser tourney raised approximately earlier this month The ban tourney was founded In 1961 by The Kinsmen began organizing the event In 1967 lo do so for the next 11 years Al Martin and the Lions stepped in originally in 1978 and have been running the tourney as a solo project since isso Heritage feature team named The 1967 Georgetown bantams the only leam to ever win the Georgetown Internatio nal Bantam Hockey Tournament Grand Champ have been named the ISM Hockey Heritage Feature Team The Pontiac bantams were coached by this Hockey Heritage Award winner Ron and managed by former Georgetown Bob Hooper The record show that the Georgetown bantams swept to the C Division crown In the then defeated Hamilton and to win the overall title The locals cruised through Markham Heapeler and Milton to face Leamington In their divisional final They won that 32 of an overtime goal by presentdny Georgetown Raider center Kudrasovs John Blair allow another goal as Georgetown defeated Hamilton and 30 Kudrasovs counted a in the final game while Cllve Paul and Jamie Moody notched single markers Georgetown team Ray lnglls was honored as the tournaments most valuableplay while teammate Benny was selected the most gentlemanly player Team included Kudrasovs Llewellyn Moody Fendley Blair InglU Dave Ward Ron Gerry Nell Foster Brian Beaumont Dave Ray lnglls and Neil Korzack The same club was defeated in the plnydownsby Saturday night the Gems rode a Bill Bath gate win In Thornhill The home town Thun dcrblrds struck I rst but Bathgate connected on the power play from Dave Douce to even the count with less than three minutes to play In the period Douce lie then teamed w in Bob to set up Terry West In the f nal minute of per as the Gems took Ihe lead Kennedy and Bathgate both counted power play goals as the Gems tailored a advantage after minutes Kent Falby bagged the winning goal exactly 12 minutes into the f frame Bathgate third of the evening was a short handed affair at the 19 mark of the third period As always Wayne Cowley backs topped the victory turning away 35 of Thornhill shots Friday night at Gord on Arena the Gems watched a Iwo- lead disappear as the Mimico Monarehs scored twice in the final 46 seconds to gain a tie Chris two power play goals and a marker by were good enough to send the Gems off Ice tied at 3 3 after the opening session Pete Bates and Bob Dean scored second- period goals for George town and It appeared Gord McArthur had wrapped It up when he connected for an marker at the 12 mark of the third Friday night the Gems travel to Milton to face the Steamers before hosting the powerful Streetsvillc Derbys Saturday at Gordon Arena Volleyball winner Sophomore Jenny th of Dr Georgetown was a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology women volleyball team which recently finished fourth in the National Colleg ate Athletic Association NCAA Division HI Championships La Verne Ca Smith a setter helped MIT post a record this season which was the squad best mark in nine years or competition A twoyear varsity Smith is an aeronautics and astronautics major at MIT Squash men win The Georgetown Racquet Club mens League team hosted and easily defeated the Toronto Squash Club last Tuesday Murray Jans Ken Thorn and John all won by perfect scores for the home side while Brian Day was a winner Kev Sand fer fell in his match The Georgetown ladles travelled to Richmond Hilt In Day League play where they defeated their hosts Wendy Cotton Pat Harris and Jan Cook were all winners for the locals Gloria Sinclair fell 3 in her match Rebs take two of three The Rebel basketball learns went to White Oaks in on Thursday Georgetown defeated Oakvilie in the midget and junior games The midgets won 4340 Jeff Jansen played well substitute in this particular game Pat Braund scored points for the Rebels Dean Marks and Lou DePaoll scored points each Glen had six points The junior Rebels also defeated White Oaks 4340 The seniors however were defeated Atoms finish first By GARY LANE Herald correspondent In a dramatic game this week the George town McNally Construe Firefighter atoms edged out Burlington for first place En the final contest of the regular season Going into Sundays final game Georgetown trailed league leading Burlington by a pair of points but a win would give Georgetown title on a better goals forandagainst basis In the opening period Jason Smith tucked In a Dave Lawrence re bound after some fine work by Robbie Lang to keep the puck In Burlington zone to put Georgetown in front In reversal of roles a Smith shot resulted In Lawrence burying the rebound to up the score lo while in the Georgetown end Dusty Lane foiled several big scoring attempts by Burlington shooters Adam Hilts hit the top corner on a backhand shot with Lawrence and Smith helping out mid way through he third period to sink Burling tons hope of a come back That spark of hope appeared momen tarily when the visitors scored with left In Ihe game but Trevor from Guistlnl and Shackle Cull put In an Insurance goal seconds later to give the crew a win J