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the HERALD ScneritiiiAiLJ ports and and Recreation HOURS Mon Frl Saturday 9 6 Tilt lire Were good and were going to show it says coach Gym club vaults forward The Georgetown Raiders B Hockey Club Is not the only local sports that has opted for a new look in 1968 The Hills Gymnastics Club has also sprouted a new profile this year and It s one the local club hopes will soon draw as much fanfare as that of the much improved Raiders It a whole new look straight across the board says head coach Paula Geniolc herself an integral part of the club transformation At the end of the season the Georgetownbased gymnastics club formally known as the Halton Hills Jills decided to hire a fulltlme in the person of Milton native Her arrival signalled a sweep of changes in the club beginning with the dropping of the name Jills and the official adoption of the name Hills Gymnastics Club Inc With the new name also came a new commitment improving the club both physically and com petllively Physical changes the Installation of a new tumbling floor updated uneven bar equip ment and renovations which a completely new job or the Clark takes fifth in meet Three members of the Hills Gymnastics Club tasted their first competitive lion or the 1988 season test weekend In Guelph with a respectable fifth place finish leading the way Clark 13 placed fifth overall out of gymnasts in the finish was by a silver medal performance in the vault Clark scored an in the vault and together with a sixth place finish 8 on the beam and fourth in the floor exercises she totalled to secure fifth Tracey had a good showing and with a little luck could ve placed in the medal round said coach Paula Genlole Darby Frier 13 competed for Halton Hills in the Tyro compel and placed 14th out of Erlcr was fifth in vault with an eighth on the floor with an 90 and ninth on the bars with an Marcoy also took part In the event as a Tyro com petltor Clark left Darby and he new competitive outfit Maple Leaf bashing becomes way of life Pauls Call Paul HenU Spoilt Question What would Toronto Maple Leaf fans are there still any out there and the Toronto medio do If things were still as rosy as they were in Ere expansion days down and Church Streets Yes it an interesting question For the past years the Leafs haveueen well Just plain bad Oh sure Iney Had their moments in the sun and they had some big stars But not since the Chief George Armstrong last skated around the House that Hal built in 1967 with the Stanley Cup high atop his bead has Toronto hockeydom had much worthwhile to cheer about In fact there is an entire genera tion of young adults In Ontario who have been born graduated from high school and may now be mar or attending college who have never known the Leafs as anything but just plain bad But again what would wc do if we didn have those tired old Leafs to bash around Con you Imagine if Pal Hal was one of those boring old owners like Peter who until last summer anyway Just sit bock and let their hired guns run the show and collect Stanley Cup after Stanley Cup Boring Can you imagine if Glen Sauier or BUI Torrey were Map a Leaf employees and were given carte blanche to run the learn the best way they saw fit Boring No no no It a much more in to have things at Maple Leaf Gardens Just the way they Sure Conn must be roll over continuously in his but at least things ore never nil at Hal House Of course things could still be fun and Interesting if the Leafs won But would any more fans be able to come the Gardens Why old rink is filled to capacity on most rights as it Is And again what of the Toronto media Who would receive the wroth of their scorn If not or Gerry McNomaro John or has it started already Gord Why even the losers In an eastern division final they were supposed to win and the Blue Jays a disaster last summer have taken the hint and have started to be Just plain bad They too have figured out Toronto fans will keep coming out to the gomes except or the and that the media types love a controversy But what If the Leafs tried winn Just for fun ATF Gemini Adam Bennett could be excused for feeling a little bit nervous these days Wncn bury Wolves traded sophomore John a couple of weeks ago he became the fourth consecutive first round midget draft pick of the Wolves to be dealt in the past four years Bennett was the first round choice second overall of Sudbury Inst summer Memorial Arena based club also shed the club previous navy and green color scheme for held new combination of black pink and royal blue We re good and we re going lo show It says an Genlole wants Hills lo be able to put its best foot forward in regional provincial and ultimately notional level com petition This province is going to be shocked said Geniolc Wc rabid enthusiasm and commitment to her first profes sional assignment has paid off so far Membership In the 12 year members while this year Ihe organisation boasts hopes the will con and that someday the can move into mure roomier confines than those by the Rose Room above Memorial Arena Most gyms have about 1013 to work with she said probably got between But will take what she got for the time being and she s not hesitant in placing the lion share of the credit for the club seeming rebirth squarely on shoulders of some pretty hardworking volunteers All tin renovation work has been done by the parents and assistant coaches she said We got some great parents The club currently welcomes members from age one and a half years to 20 in programs ranging from Kinder gym to Competitive Gymnasts are placed In classes according to age and ability with the majority entering in the retria or noncompetitive Gymnasts can try at any Unit for a spot on the competitive team which currently has tight girls working under tutelage three in competitive and five in The club trains from mid July straight through to the following June with only about two to three weeks off In the summer The com season goes from December May and gymnasts work during time spar They re In the gym about hours a week said The clubs three competitive gym Tracey Clark Monty Mncln and Darby In their first regional meet si weekend and will set in lvo more before be end of the com season All three athletes soy they were first attracted lo the gruelling sport by watching the Olympic ex of American Mary Lou on TV It s tinng but It worth It soys Darby of the training and com The Centennial school Grade competes In Tyro while and Morccy compete In Tyro Tyro A is the highest competitive levetl ds at school think it a when you can do tricks like cart wheels and the spills says says Ihe sport requires a lot of dedication and Darby agreed saying It leaches you not to quit About the only drawback seen in the sport by the trio dieting Keeping your weight down can be lough especially when you like in quipped Darby Meanwhile Gem lie who studied Seneca Colleges High Per Teaching School as still loftier goals in sight or llallon Hills club than the Jiort ones already achieved 1 d like to see us expand like 90 she exclaimed I d like to sec this club reach members says she dreams of a Hills school of arts somewhere In the future where local athletes could study academics and train for gymnastics under the same roof But her realistic self also understands the in her en I problems associated with local smalltown profit clubs Most clubs in the Slates are mult I million dollar outfits and most In Canada arc profit she says To make money in Canodo you almost have to slay strictly recrea All of the renovations and changes made within the Hills club were as a direct result of member shipsandfundraising saldGeniole sell raffle tickets we had kids turning cartwheels In the Santo parade and they were all sored and we sell chocolate bars she said herself finds she is almost living at the gym but her en approach to the game wont allow her to coach at any speed but full out She receives help from valued assistants such as Kole Jennings Elaine Ewen Jennifer Arnold Faith Richardson Catherine Wilson and Her com gymnasts of today will stay with the sport be tomorrow coaches says It a sport I believe In she says It works kids from head to toe Kids have to be in shape and they have be smart it takes a lol of mental preparation Id like Ihe li sen how important or kids With the strides the club has I ready made toward a higher pro file may not lakt the community much longer to sit up and take Raiders lack production in three tournament losses The Georgetown Raiders may have come out of the Henry B Hockey Tournament with a boat load of confidence despite recording three losses In the annual Weston based competition last week Raiders lost all three of their pool games and failed earn a louma ment playoff spot but an uncommon amount of ban luck around the op position cage was about the only recurring complaint heart from th Georgetown squad We seemed to have no luck around the net said assistant Joy Anderson We Just I put anything In A latt f offence almost foreign to this year Raiders The club has scored 121 goals in league games si far only to Burlington in lilt western division with We should won all our games but we didn I seem to be scoring said Todd King I was pretty nervous thought I could ve ployed better But what may provided tilt Raiders with a shot of confidence was their performance against eastern division leading Georgetown met their ntral league eastern rivals in both tcnmi final pool game and managed toekcouto43wln They didn look like a first place team said Anderson We can beat them Georgetown opened the louma ment on the ri end of a score to the Metro Jr loop Blues who eventually lure the championship with a Red Wings In game two lack of scoring again hurt Georgetown as Buffalo dumped the Raiders- Against Saturday Shan non Kevin Dance and Lee did the scoring for Georgetown with Brent Press wood Kelly and Mork Pries assisting Georgetown trailed 2 1 lifter first period and after minutes Curtis Green faced shots while the Raiders fired the same amount at the cage On Friday against Don Cruise scored lone Raider marker from Chuck Lore to and Trent Cull Don had an excellent tournament he really played well said Anderson Tidd King faced Buffalo shots while Georgetown tested stateside Ron I tender times Against on Thursday King made saves while Bramalca was tested only 16 times RAIDER INGh not uncommon for scouts outnumber fans the annual Henry event and this years tournament was no exception Three underage members of the defence men Trent Cull and Rod and forward Bryan I reportedly scouted by the s central combine Raiders relumed to league action last night in They visit Milton on Friday before hosting Burlington on Saturday Egg Nog Jog hits streets on Sunday Joggers of oil ages and descriptions will hit the streets of Terra this Sunday for the an The run sponsored by ihc Credit Valley Conservotion Authority and the Georgetown Track Club will begin at 10 a at the Terra observation Area Coming to grips on where right In a day long round robin tournament litre wrestler Keith top Is from pinning oppo nent Ron of Nelson In a riajj Herald photo Raider trio wooed by college hounds A pair of Georgetown Ha id en could become Flashes next year and a third member of the squad could be stopping pucks in upstate New York Chuck Loreto Don Cruise and Todd King were contacted by of ficials from a pair of American university hockey teams the conclusion of lost week heavily scouted Henry Jr B ment at the Weslon I ions Arena and Cruise Uncinates for the past two seasons met BUI an assistant coach from the Stale University lashes while King was contacted by a scout from Pittsburgh University In New York All three players may be offered hockey scholarships to the respective schools next season It was pretty exciting the tournament there were scouts said Cruise Mr Beard asked us questions about our grades and gave us a basic Idea of the Kent Stole program He talked to my parents and said he d be bock to scout Chuck and me later in the season Kcni State playing Division I hockey out of Kent Ohio ran Into a bit of notoriety this season when the entire hockey program was barred from competition for one year senior players were charged with breaking the states haling laws whole year off to prepare for next Cruise was introduced to a Kent Slate representative last season but the meeting with Beard was his first formal Information session regarding ihe possibility of recelv ing a full hockey scholarship as good a calibre of hockey as you II find outside of pro said Cruise who spectated at a Miami of Ohio game last year They get some big crowds as well All indications point to Kent State being interested In Cruise and attending he col lege and playing as Uncinates We re really used to each other after being on the same line for two ears said Cruise That would great if we could go down there and play on the same line agreed Last season both and Cnnse were scouted by Hamilton College in New York and Loreto is still expecting to hear from College near Boston Loreto hod and assists for Georgetown last season while Cruise potted 15 goals and assists The 18yearolds both at Mean while another 18y carold who will graduate from Grade at Georgetown next spring Todd King was met by a scout represen ting Pittsburgh State He sounded pretty sincere when he asked me If I was In- Senior players were suspended after being caught serving to rookie players during on Illegal initiation party Mr Beard sold it was something they the coaches had no control over said Cruise re basically taking this teres ted In a scholarship said King of the Pittsburgh agent I m really Interested In obtaining one that one of the main reasons I came back Georgetown this Pittsburgh was a top club in Division II last year and plays competitive program against some of the cast coast s toughest collegiate teams Lost year King a former member of the Blades received a letter from Lake Superior State University which subsequently went on to capture the NCAA title last season I guess 1 should ve replied he quip ped King also heard from New Yorks Hamilton College but nothing Both King and ore In created In studying business at the secondary level while Cruise for a career In law INSIDE THIS SECTION SPORTS Sabres look sharp B2 High school report B2 Midgets tuckered out B2 SPORTS Consolation champs Scoreboard B3 Darts Fly 4H honors Getscrooged Classifieds