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Sports I and and Recreation For 30 Years u Qc We Have Delivered SECTION THE HERALD Wednesday April 1988 Going in as dark horse Bennett harbors air of optimism Herald Sports Editor The M and Pro sports Ban tams would have to be considered a dark horse heading Into this weekends Ban tarn hockey championship But coach Keith Bennett Is dent the team can show Itself as a horse of a different color The Georgetown squad received a berth In the championship tour nament as the host team and will square off against thorn El on St Thomas MTHL champion and NOHA champion Valley East The teams will play a round robin set with the top two teams advancing to the championship game and the other two playing for the consolation title Bennett is heading Into the tour with a quiet air of op timism and a healthy team Defenceman Trent Cull who a shoulder Injury In the Inter national Bantam Tournament hosted here last month is back in top form and the remainder or the roster is also clear of Injury As a tuneup for the tournament Bennett has arranged an lion game against some local midgets juveniles and a few Junior B players for tonight Wednesday Bennett expects the team to be well primed for their opening game Friday night Sunday we had one the most intense practices we ever had he said Everybody hard They re Just waiting to get at it It the end of the season and It a big tournament Since the local Bantams have been relatively idle the last few weeks it has afforded Bennett the opportunity a little scouting last week he saw Hi Merest go up against the North Sfars in the Metro Toronto Hockey League final I too im pressed he said of the game There wasn much body contact and not much offence by either He also saw Markham play against St Thomas in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association final won the game 1 but alter that it was all St Thomas as they came back with three straight wins to lake the series There again I was not too pressed Bennett said St Thomas scored on their own net to lose the game I tried to visualize our team to see what we could do The Northern Ontario Hockey Association representative Valley East remains a question mark since little Is known about them or their style of play Bennett eels the physical aspect of his team play could be an port ant factor We have a big team and we like to hit he says We 11 definitely be using the body At the same lime though Ben nett says they will have lo be careful not to take themselves out of the game with foolish penalties The M and M roster will be bolstered this weekend with the ad two minor Bantams from the Chateau Restaurant learn Winger Duane Lewis and defenceman Adam Ha gen have received the call Lewis played a couple of games during the loc tournament and Hagen played in one contest We were quite impressed with the way they handled themselves Bennett says And because were playing four games In hours the extra tegs will definitely be an ad vantage Goalt ending be a pro blem for the teem despite the lengthy layoff Paul St Pierre has been trying to crack the lineup with a summer hockey team and Chris Cambourls has also been stopping pucks under game lions since the team last saw regular action Preparing for the provincial tournament was relatively easy for the team It was simply a matter of over the things they already new To try and put something new In without having seen more of the other teams would be difficult Bennett says The M and M Pro Sports Ban tarns open the tournament this day night at p m when they play Valley East MandM vs Valley East Friday 9 EN GARDE It seems like everyone hat an la with the sport of fencing regardless of their age Courtney half even decided she d give It a whirl Thurs day night when the Georgetown Fen clog Club held a special demonstra Hon Courtney whose mother the secretary of the club picked things up quickly but soon found fencing took a little more out of her than she thought The Georgetown Fencing Club Is trying to recruit new members For more on the sport of fencing tee page Hi Herald photos Trojans take lead in championship series Adult program openings The Halton Hills Recreation and Parks Departments exciting Spr Session of Adult Programs begins this week There are still a few openings so registrations ore still being accepted for the follow ing Ballroom Dancing Microwave Magic Countdown to Fitness A Better Lifestyle Sewing Shape Up For Summer PrePost Natal Fitness Fishing Fun Interior Decorating Dance to Fitness and Tennis Lessons Come on out and give us a try For more information please refer to our Spring and Summer Brochure or call The Trojans have taken a one game lead In their bestof three Georgetown Ladles Basketball League championship series after defeating the Mustangs 57 last Wednesday night In the consolation round the Caprlcoms surprised the Cougars to take a 10 lead in their best of three set Alice Anita and Zelek all had 12 points for the Trojans to pace the team attack Corrine helped the Tro jans cause with 10 points while June Nicholson had eight Kyra Irvine had seven and Mary Kelly Pat Nessct and Lou Oram all chipped In with two For the Mustangs Chung Kim led the scoring with points while Mariann had IS Carol added nine Diane Card ner had six and Penny Wright con tributedone Marie Smith paced the Caprlcoms to victory In the consolation match up as she hit for 23 points Tracey helped the cause with 15 while Kerry Gibson Sandra Cousens and Donna Peacock added four each and Laurel Heinz had two For the Cougars Boo Tufford replied with IS points Linda had IS Rebecca Caverly had six Judy Thomson added four and Kelly Forsyth Natalia and Wen dy Forsyth all added two Both series resume tonight Wednesday beginning at pm at Centennial Middle School In the final games of a round robin series to determine who the two championship finalists would be Ihe Trolns downed the Cougars and the Mustangs beat the Caprlcoms on March 30 The Trojans were paced by the points of Corrine while Anita Stankus contributed Pat Nesset had 10 June Nicholson chip ped In with six Kristensen Irvine had four and Alice ad dedtwo For the Cougars Boo Tufford had 12 points Rebecca Caverly had 10 Linda added nine Kelly For had four Judy Thomosn had three and Sue Cooke and Jennifer Reynolds added two apiece In the other contest the Mustangs were paced by the points of Mariann Lott Penny Wright clicked for Carol Kovacevlc had 20 wood had 12 added nine Laurel Heinz Maureen Kerr and Debbie Pace all contributed and Kelly Cunningham and Sandra Cousens added two each St Thomas is final entry The final combatant for the Pro vincial Bantam hockey crown has been decided St Thomas will represent the On tario Minor Hockey Association at the allOntario tournament being Georgetown this weekend St Thomas fought back from a twogame deficit to win their five OMHA final against 32 who took the Metro Toronto Hockey League title by defeating North Starr ValleyBatt of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association and Georgetown and Pro Sport as the host squad round out the four- team slate The first game of the tournament will have playing St Thomas at at the Arena Following this there will be the of opening ceremonies for the tournament and a game featuring Georgetown and Valley Bast at Saturday schedule ho at It Georgetown facing at and Valley East playing St Thomas at The consolation between the robin play slated for reception for the team to plann ed for at the Communi ty Hall Friday and a luncheon planned for Saturday at l the hall Georgetown residents recognized Five people honored with Athlete Achievement Awards Five Georgetown residents have been named to receive Athlete Achievement Awards which honor accomplishments of athletes at the national international or world levels of competition Over I 000 people from the Central Ontario region will receive the award to note their Individual or team efforts In their respective fields for From Georgetown the recipients are Brian Bell Bowling Kylo Drever Artistic Roller Skating Ken Hildebrand Pistol Shooting Melanle Jons Squash and Melvyn Barton The Annual Sports Awards Banquet will be held at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto this Friday and presentations of Athlete Achievement Awards will be made there Other award presentations will also be made to honor volunteers and corporate sponsors Following arc the list of Georgetown recipients who will receive Athlete Achievement Awards and highlights of their compllshmenls for 1967 BRIAN BELL was a member of the Central Ontario FivePin Bowl Ing Team that captured the In the 20th Annual Pepsi Challenge The Central Ontario team com bin for a 804 total which gave them both the provincial and the national titles Other members of the team were Mike Rowe Jerry Irvine Jason and John Milton all of Brampton and their coach Sandy also of Bra Tip ton had the highest four game total with 1 Brian was second on the team with a four game total of and also had the team s gamehlghwltha335 In Brian also won a bronze medal In the provincial Junior championships and was a member of the Central Ontario team In 1966 when they won national title won three gold medals at the National Artistic Roller Skating Championships held In Calgary last summer ana earned the right to advance to the World Championships in New Zealand In October After winning the provincial com petition at Cambridge went on to Calgary where she look top spot In figures freestyle and over all com for the Junior division and came the only Canadian to earn the right to compete In both figures and freestyle at the world championships In Aukland amid tough compel lion was out of 26 com titers in figures and out of In freestyle Over all she placed loth skates with the Scooters Club out of Burlington KFN has been pistol shooting competitively for over three years and last July returned from the National cham pionshlps held in Quebec with two gold and two silver medals Ken won an Individual silver medal for be sport pistol lion and won his other three medals as a member of a threeman team He was in good company at the competition shooting with the likes of a top standard and centre fire shooter and Antero thcOntarioteomcoach Ken shoots with the Georgetown Revolver Club MI- 1 ANIL JANS won the Under National Squash plonship at a tournament In Van last May In Pickering she defeated Number seeded Joanne Richardson of Ot three games to one to win the Ontario Junior Squash champion ship and advance to the national final Melanle is member of the Georgetown Racquet Club and recently won the Under division at the Toronto and District Junior Squash Championships BARTON won first place at the National championships in London last May as a Master in the kg weight During the competition which In cluded three lifts had lifts of 397 5 lb In the squat lb in the bench press and lb In the dead lilt Melvyn works out regularly at Muscleworks in Georgetown and will travel to Kitchener at the end of this month to compete at tional championships mis SECTION SPORTS Sports Briefs B2 Fencing Track and Field B3 Scoreboard B3 ENTERTAINMENT Celebrate spring B4 Jazzing it up Showcase 88 Exit the Body B4 ENTERTAINMENT Simply Simon B5 Arctic journey BS Rotary musical BG Society kickoff B6