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GEORGETOWN HONDA SUMMER SALE and Recreation NO CHARGE MAKE YOUR BELL CANADA PAYMENTS AT ft I vounci a ito i own Gtorgt town 877 2761 TIIF HE- KALI Wednesday AuguU 17 I9KH Page I Bring Members of he North Rugby Football Club en y a light hearted moment during a nicking drill at a am practice last week James Paul bottom I appear lobe getting the worst of maneuver as from the let Rich Lawion Tim Kunlca Cam and Ted Ford em on King demonstrate their loose rucking style At the back are left Brian Collier and right Wilson North llalton Is preparing Tor its Aug home dale against a British touting side from Tollbridge England Herald North Halton prepares for British invasion That when the Tonbridge Rugby Football Club from Kent County England comes town o lest the mettle of the North RFC and North is hoping thai at least the off field portion of this invasion will be friendly We II be competitive says North Halton coach Sandy Mack en lie It the biggest game or the year or us The club on a four game tour of Quebec and Ontario actually arrives In Georgetown next Monday night A total of 3a playing members and executive officers of the English touring side will be billeted by North Halton players leading up to he midweek Interna contest next Wednesday at Georgetown Field According lo Mackenzie North will try to be the hosts during stopover in Georgetown as well as trying give them their toughest com pell lion on the playing field North plans to show the English lads some good old Canadian hospitality featuring traditional Ontario twists They II be visiting Niagara Falls on Tuesday and then wc have a corn roast planned for Ihem on Tuesday night said Mackenzie They II have a lighl practice on Wednesday morning and be ready to kickoff on Wednesday night A post game social has been scheduled for Arena where the visiting British squad will receive a Halton Hills Town flag from Mayor Miller Mackenzie said each North player will present his opponent on Tan bridge with a Town lapel pin Meanwhile Mackenzie was happy the international contest doubled y the rugby highlight of the season for North could be played in Georgetown Originally the club wanted to host he Tonbridge Over Tonbridge Rugby Football Club Declining membership Cricket Club struggles to survive One of the kept secrets in Halton Hills would be common knowledge if certain local athletes had their wish The Georgetown Cricket Club has been operating for the past 10 years often veiled In a cloak of anonymity with a great degree of on field sue cess But a dwindling membership and the tack of a grass roU rebuilding program has recently left the organization teetering on Ihe its very existence We have very few members now sold Dr Kumar cur rent club captain We also have tew supporters Cricket English game from which baseball is said to have ed has been played In Georgetown by a small but committed group of devotees since 1978 Ten years ago the prognosis was healthy for the Georgetown Cricket Club Founded by Kumar and recently retired GDHS history teacher Tom the club boasted a playing contingent of about players and found mediate success on the playing field Georgetown fielded two playing sides in the Hamilton and District Cricket League where the club con finished In the top two lions Several local players found honors at the provincial represen level and one Georgetown player Ashley Windsor was chosen as a member of the Canadian Na tional Cricket Team Kumar was a member of the Hamilton and District League team that competed at the last Masters Games In Toronto where he was named top overall bowler He hopes to represent the area in Deal wakes cents almost everyone Pauls call tears for Wayne Gre your tear ducts also on Ed Oiler fans Janet Jones Peter Pockllngton Glen Sather Jan Kum John Zicgler hey these people all got wealthier least week in the wake of the biggest sports deal of the Don cry or hem Who cores whether or not The Great One was run out of town by Who cares lhat Ed fans are blaming Jones for stealing the golden bay Who cares whether Pock ington ego is bigger than Gret just matter Think about It When the Oilers traded the best player on skates to the A Kings last week they made everyone richer Even you Thats Is million dollars richer and gets sit by the beach year round tome on a con do by Venice Beach has got to be more appealing than an apartment overlooking the frozen Saskal River The Edmonton fans Well once they get over their whining and complaining they be okay I guess they are after all entitled to some bitterness after losing the hockey equivalent of But they ll soon dry the lears long enough to realize thai the Oilers hockey future has been secured for years come Jimmy Carson is nothing to sneeze at Martin will likely blossom In Ed and three year worth of first round draft choices isn ex scrubs on skates As for Janet Jones receiving the brunt of abuse from uninformed blaming her for kid napping Gretzky and whisking him away to LA with her some fate just be glad she docsn call Jonesboro Arkansas home Then I suppose the NHL would have to locntr an expansion team in Little Rock overnight No save the tears and save Ihe abuse Everyone got jusl a little bit richer when Wayne Gretiky left Edmonton LA Kings are now a legitimate contender The Kings will draw on the road probably for the first time ever and other clubs around the NHL now know that anything can happen Maybe Janet Jones move to Toronto The NHL Itself can now promote its brightest star in Ihe second largest media market In North America Maybe now they be able to secure a network TV contract Call that survival Little kids with a shoe box full of Inst years NHL hockey cards will smile with knowledge that Ihe Wayne Gretzky card the one in which ho wearing that foreign looking Oiler uniform may soon Ail the new products in dorses L A will make money and so will workers In all factories owned by American conglomerates Isn that everyone The list goes on and on THE TRADE made us rich We should be happy cricket once again at next Masters Games in Denmark The club original executive in eluded as president Kumar as secretary Raj as vicepresident and Bryan Chadwlck as treasurer Twenty Iwo prospective members attended the club first ever organizational meeting and the team was off and running In time for the 1978 season Despite bouncing between a host of local fields for its home games and practices the Georgetown Cricket Club managed to be promoted from division play to the highly competitive A league after only two full seasons as a unit While still active in the Hamilton mid District circuit Georgetown Cricket Club has fallen upon hard times In the post couple of seasons We dldn operate at all last year said Kumar during a recent Inter view with The Herald This season we re trying to avoid too much The biggest problem currently facing the club is a glaring shortage of playing members On occasion we have ployed with just seven or eight players said Kumar A regulation cricket game normally calls for ll players on each team The people that do get to play usually have lo run around like mad during a game Kumar says it not unusual for him to make 30 or phone calls prior to each game just lo round up a minimum number of players Kumar says the club replaced enough of its original play ing membership to keep the team properly afloat He said several of the club founding core lust hasn t had the time to invest in the team Ten years ago we hod members w lots of lime to put Into the club says Kumar Wc also had many younger players then Now everyone Is a little older and many don have the same amount of time to invest Despite those realities Kumar says ex players must still shoulder the responsibility for the clubs cur lack of players Ex players Just back off once they re through playing he said They need to stay and help develop new players That the basis of a club Kumar sold the club has tried to attract newk players to ihe game but the absence of a solid grassroots development program has hurt its efforts Wc vc tried all Sorts of means to attract new players he stated vc tried to run coaching clinics at local schools In on attempt to build a Junior program According to Kumar however there has been some Interest albeit small at the moment expressed at the school level for the game of cricket Officials at Georgetown Chris I Ian School have apparently contacted Kumar with an expressed Interest in starting a junior pro- Kumar said the club would welcome the opportunity to initiate a junior development program In Georgetown and he added that the involvement of former experienced players would be crucial in pro moting the game to youngsters Meanwhile the Georgetown Cricket Club manages to carry on The team is undefeated in its only two starts this season and looks for ward to continuing a winning trad Hon Construction on the grounds of the club previous home at Stewart town Public School has forced the learn to move its playing head to Plncview Public School the 1988 season Georgetown has three home games remaining in its Hamilton and District Cricket League schedule Cambridge visits on Salurday while Guelph is in town on Sunday The club wraps up its 1988 schedule on Aug with a home encounter against Hamilton Halton Hills sends nine to Senior Games Nine residents of Hills will represent Region in the On Senior Games on Aug 2931 In Brampton The local contingent will moke up port of the person Region that will compete against over MOO other senior and games players from different districts across the province Local competitors include Reg Bill Lawrence Margaret Davidson and nil of Georgetown who will compete in the Senior Games golf tournament Chris Robertson and Connie Granger of Acton will pat licipate In the euchre competition while another of Aclonltcs Pat and Jean Jackson will lake part in the bowling event Georgetown s Norrls will see action In the lawn bowling compel special reception was held in honor of the nine area competitors and the of the ton Region Senior Gomes team earlier today Auu at the regional a dm In 1st ra Hon building The reception hosted by Chairman Pete Pomcroy and the four Region Mayor eluding Miller of Hill Club Tour to Canada August side will meet the Niagara Rugby Union Old Boys in a curtain raiser before the regular club match under the lights at Ccdarvale Park That request wis denied by Town Council and the games were moved south toOakville Crusader Park North Halton has since secured the full time use of Field In Georgetown for Its home matches and later decided to host the British side on Its home turf Mackenzie said Ihe Aug doubleheadcr will with the Over game beginning at m and scheduled for two halves The regular club match will start at p with a pair of regulation halves scheduled Mackenzie says he hopes Georgetown residents will take the advantage of an opportunity to sec on international rugby match right In their own backyard It should be a good contest said Mackenzie The Club regularly fields senior sides a junior side and an Over 35 s side and competes at the Division 1 eel In England Kent County union Apparently the club has had several players receive county and representative since its inception in 1904 The club motto is Modest In winning dlgnl In losing Prior to arriving In Georgetown Tonbridge will have played matches against the Montreal Wanderers and the Blues of Ottawa Follow ing Its encounter with North the English unit will be hosted by the Toronto Lions before departing for Great Britain While touring sides can often be a mixed bag when It comes to fielding their side overseas Mackenzie has no doubts about the way Tonbridge will play They 11 be tough he said They play rugby from day one over there just like most Canadians ploy hockey from day one here North plans to field its beat captain and number eight Terry trail and the brother combination of flankers Ted and Bob Ford King Wily veteran Paul return to supply his experience at the crucial position after recovering from rib injuries fered last month in a game with Brampton Beavers Jamie fly half Paul Inside centre and John Watt wing have all been playing well recently in the North backfield and will be counted upon heavily to carry a good portion of the locals offensive load as well as plytngstondup coverage on defence Other starters for the North First Team on Aug 24 In clude Brian Hall and Mark Arm strong at the prop positions Craig Lonsdale at hooker Cam and Tro Kunlca locks Casey Vandersluis outside centre Tim wing and Duane Wilson fullback Although the match will observe standard rugby union rules whereby only two Injury substitutions per team are allowed during a game North will dress five prayers as reserves They are Greg Macfcen- Brian Collier Bob Bingham Rich and Injured regular Ian The North club is Inviting the public to attend the post game social at Alcott Arena following club match at next Wednes day night INSIDE THIS SECTION J SPORTS I Soccer reps rolling B2 B2 SPORTS I Cobras golden B3 hopeful B4 in playoffs B4