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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday January 13 1990 Page Sports Outlook COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports Editor Raiders host bitter rivals By COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports Editor What you see now isnt necessarily what you will get come playoff time in terms of the Georgetown Raiders roster Raiders added two new faces to the team this past week and ac cording to Raider general manager Bob Hooper more changes are in the works Raiders sport a woeful mark and are languishing in the cellar of the West Division of the Central Ontario Junior Hockey League Howeverf all teams make the playoffs and the Raiders have up until Feb to declare their final team roster comprising 21 players The Raiders added a left winger and a defenceman to their roster and have opted for age and ex perience rather than youthful ex uberance with the playoffs loom ing Joining the team is 19yearold left winger Andre Gregoire who ironically was born in Georgetown The Gregoire family Georgetown when Andre years old Gregoire is a sixfooter checks in at close to 190 pounds He saw some action this year with of the Quebec Ma jor Junior Hockey League and played Two Junior A hockey last year with Dolbeau near the Lac St John region in Quebec Also inked by the Raiders is Andy 20 years old feet 11 inches tall and left and weighing pounds Hoking is from the Sarnia area and played last year with Petrolm Junior A friend of Raider veteran Davin Ciglen Hoking along with Ciglen also plays on Peterboroughs Sir Sanford Fleming College hockey team The pair will commute for Raider games While the Raiders can add players to fill out their 21 man roster up to Feb a decision will have to be made soon concerning the affiliate players who still are eligible to play midget hockey Adam Hagen Trevor Elinesky Ken Koswika and Jim English have graced the Raider roster this season but after today I Wednes day if they play more than five junior games then they cant return to minor hockey play This could affect Sunny Acres Farms midget hockey teams pro spects in terms of a serious run at provincial honors According to Hooper no decision has been made as yet concerning the future of the affiliated players The Raiders are hoping to get on the winning track in with a pair of scheduled weekend Central Ontario Junior Hockey League West Division clashes Friday night Raiders hosted Brampton Capitals at press time the score was not available Tonight Saturday 730 at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena Raiders face off against bitter West Division rivals Milton Mer chants Beresf ord honored for track skill TriCountys Andy Beresford was honored with the prestigious MAX Award on Jan 7 by the International Motorcycle Show at the Toronto International Centre Andy received the award in recognition of winn ing four championships for Ontario Quebec and Eastern Canada in the Castrol RACE motorcycle championship series Also Andy was in terviewed on CTV CKOC Kitchener about his accomplishments Andys 25 trophy finishes during the season is a clear indication of his dominance in lightweight motorcycle road racing competition both in vintage and contemporary Grand Prix Formula classes Team manager and mechanic Bill Mathison of Batlinafad just north of Georgetown has ambitious plans for the 1990 season An all out assault on 125cc Grand Prix as well as another vintage championship will keep the team busy over National sponsorship is being sought for the National Canadian Championships If such funds are forthcoming then the team will also consider campaigning 125cc GP on the other side of the Atlantic RACE RECORD England 2nd Classic Club 2nd Classic Racing Motorcycle Club USA and Canada 2nd A Weekend 3rd RACEVRRA 6th RACEVRRA 1st VRRAWeekend 2nd VRRAWeekend 1st 250cc AMCan Challenge Formula 2 Race Amateur 250CC 1st Formula CMA Amateur 985 CMA Expert 986 First Canadian Daytona 100mile International Formula 3rd Formula RACE Amateur GP- RACE National Amateur 2nd 2nd 1st 250cc Serengetti Cup Watkins Glen 2nd Weekend 1988 1st RACEVRRA Set new lap record 3rd Supervintage GEC Diesels Trophy Most Improved Motorcycle 1989 1st Vintage World Superbike Championship Canadian Round Mosport 989 1st Belnap Cup 989 1st AmCan Challenge Series 1st 250CC lap records Ontario and Quebec 1st Supervintage RACEVRRA 3rdl25ccGP 1969 MAX Award by the International Motorcycles Shows for outstanding Road Racing performance in Vintage and GP in the ANDY of the Renaissance Racing team operating out of had his stellar career topped off by winning a MAX award at the In ternational Motorcycles Show for outstanding Road Racing performance in Vintage and GP In the Photo submitted Renaissance racing team Team effort key to success Andy Team Rider for the Renaissance Racing Team had a banner year in Racing on nine weekends at three tracks Andy racked up 11 first place six second and seven third place finishes In addition to winning four championships in vintage motorcycle road racing for On tario Quebec and Eastern Canada Andy was selected to receive the coveted MAX Award by International Motorcycle Shows for Vintage Road Racing The MAX Award recognizes his championship performance in Vin tage 250cc G P Lightweight Supervintage as well as his third place finish in 125cc This third place finish is particularly of note as Andy competed on a drum brak ed against modern disc braked Yamaha and Honda machinery Using his business and marketing experience Bill found ed Renaissance Racing in 1983 with Andy The initial objective was to pool resources so as to be able to compete in motorcycle road racing at a more competitive level By pooling not only finances but ex pertise and equipment Renaissance Racings aim was to become a consistent successful competitor in lightweight Grand Prix styled motorcycle road rac ing In the ertsuing years Renaissance Racing has grown to a full fledged team with a 1500 square foot shop and a dozen race bikes The team has raced across Canada with numerous trips to the U SA such as Daytona or Watkins Glen Wherever the team goes to race they arrive with a professional look and usually achieve con siderable success using their years of accumulated knowledge and experience Their interest in GP styled machinery is exhibited by their concentration in the Grand Prix classes of Vintage 125 G P and Formula 2 Their objectives of being a consistent top finisher and always presenting well prepared machinery has provided excellent representation for their sponsors Renaissance Racing has also developed a reputation of helping fellow racers as well as building quality machines Their success has attracted customers for both race engine and race bike prepara tion A well equipped shop provides facilities for welding machining painting engine building and bike assembly Services include brake drum turning machining exhaust systems engine building and com plete race bike preparation The primary thrust of Renaissance Racing is still however the racing of styled motorcycles Renaissance Racing race a variety of four stroke and two stroke machines and receive pro duct discounts service or cash sponsorship in return for providing advertising Some of last years sponsors were NGK Sparkplugs Canada Broadfoot and Lennox Manufacturing Elora Castrol Oil O Cycle Salvage Toronto din Enterprises Guelph Valvoline Oil Racers Edge Milton and Brampton Cycle Renaissance Racing teams ob jective for the season was to win two RACE Racing Associates Canada Events series champion ships Vintage GP and Lightweight Supervintage To win two championships any form of is an ambitious objec tive However the team felt that the venerable Ducati and soon to be ready Astro would be up to the task but it was going to be tough In the Vintage class Andy started off with a second in the first race at Shannonville In the next race at Sanair Quebec Andy roared back with a win and would go on to win the four remain ing rounds to clinch the champion ship by points Lightweight Supervintage turned out to be a real dogfight all year Four riders including Andy all scored wins in the six race series For the first five races Andy rode the Ducati 250 against the competi tion with up to 360cc machines Go ing into the last race he was sitting third in points The Bultaco debuted in the RACE series at the last race which Andy won handily winning the championship by two points The G class could not be entered for the first race of the season due to the schedule RACE revised the schedule for the second weekend and Andy entered the re maining five races With spirited riding against faster machinery Andy pulled off four third place finishes in four races In the last race of the season An dy led from the flag but a lapped rider balked him to let second place Marianne through for the win Regardless Andy had ac cumulated enough points to get in to the medals with a third Mid season the RACE series was interrupted by the World Championship Superbike race at Vintage was invited to form one of the three support races The opportunity to race at a world event was not to be passed by In a race long battle of swapp ing leads Andy emerged vic torious with some spirited last lap action to win the Vintage 250cc G P race by one second Writeups in both American Roadracing and Canadian Performance Racing News recognized Andys success The annual Vintage Road Racing Association annual vin tage festival was like the rest of the season a success for the team For 1989 the event was held at Mosport in conjunction with the United States Classic Racing Association The team went with four bikes to compete in five classes In the feature races on the weekend Andy garnered a total of four first place two second place and one third place finish The new disc braked Bultaco Astro 360 made its first appearance for a shake down test before the last RACE weekend The scored a second and a first and sounded like it had a lot of potential At this event Andy rides his rare Bultaco fac tory road racer Though not com petitive in any Canadian vintage class its appearance on the track is welcome sight to many spec The weekend was very hectic for mechanic Bill but more so for An dy as he rode over 300 racing miles The performance of the weekend would not have been possible without the moral and physical support of Carol and Jen ny As everyone loaded the van for the last time supervised by two- yearold Sean the team reflected on Andys success In finals at nine race weekends Andy had col lected as trophy finishes The team continued their record of no mechanical DNFs did not finish since Two new complete Bultaco road racers had been built achieving almost instant success with even more to come Renaissance Racing operates on a management by objective philosophy For the prime goal will be the GP RACE championship A Honda MT12S has been purchased to be developed in to a competitive mount for Andy The Honda may also be faced in selected Formula Two event to speed up development and give An dy additional practice on the bike