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THE HERALD Wednesday April 1IW Page 21 Center PERSONAL CONSULTATION 98 Mill St Georgetown hours 7 7 30 Sports and I Recreation IN GIBSON Herald Sports DOWNTOWN 1 SERVICE 1 Evenings Saturdays Too ill vounGs d a Downtown Georgetown 8772761 GEORGETOWN FIGURE SKATING CLUB S Juvenile Precision Skating team The Ice Dreamers caught the audience appreciative fancy during the and Saturday Precision Team skating show on ice The Juvenile team did ex well in their division placing fifth overall in Gold Medal Final standings in the Juvenile In vitalional competition Herald photo by Ben POLITICAL DIGNITARIES and figure skating of took part In the impressive Opening Ceremonies Saturday at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena for the Ontario Juvenile Team Precision Skating Championship and the JuvenileNovice Team Precision Skating Invitational competition From Ml to right Carol Lamb vice president of the Central Ontario Section of the Canadian Figure Skating Association Ellen Curtis precision skating coordinator of the COS Garth Turner Peel Member of Parliament Joceiyne Telrauit const tuent assistant for Halton North MPP Walt Elliot Elaine Mathews president of the Georgetown Figure Skating Club Pete Regional Chair nun Karen Sykes competition coordinator com petition organizer Joan Dobson and Georgetown skater Kristle Johnson taking the oath of lion on behalf of the competitors Precision teams in limelight SKATING Itll Novice Ice Itreamers Precision Skating team per at Gordon Memorial Arena on ilu weekend Ttw Novice Ice Dreamers took fourth in Novice Int itatlonal sliver medal segment of the Precision Team Skating competition Herald photo By COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports Editor A huge success in every sense of the word stated Karen Sykes enthusiasticallv As one of the Georgetown Figure Skating Club of the Ontario Juvenile Precision Team skating championships and the JuvenileNovice Precision Team skating invitational competition staged at Georgetown Gordon Memorial Arena Friday evening and all day and into the evening Saturday Karen Sykes felt that the success of the event bodes well not only for the local club but for the sport itself in area public perception While neither of the Georgetown representative teams the Juvenile and Novice Ice Dreamers mounted the winners podium both teams acquitted themselves very well lending to the success of thetwoday affair The Georgetown Figure Skating Club in conjunction with the Cen tral Ontario Section of the Cana dian Figure Skating Association cohosted the competition that saw skaters representing 32 teams from across Ontario descend on Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena Friday and Saturday The public response was ter rifle stated Mrs Sykes There was a crowd of well over 800 day night and welt over that again on Saturday People who didn t know Precision Team skating might have shown up out of curiosi but then they stayed and even came back because they liked what they saw We had countless complimentary remarks both for the event and the excellence of the skaters Precision Team skating has been likened to synchronized swimming but the skaters are required to display both technical skating skills originality and presence all in a teamoriented format Skaters were judged on compost tion originality and degree of in the routines in a variety of elements and presentation The actual competition itself can be confusing for the uninitiated In the Ontario Juvenile Cham section teams were divid ed into two flights with the top three in each flight advancing to challenge for the provincial title The bottom three teams in each flight then competed in the invito tional competition which was divided Into three flights to decide finalists for the Invitational Gold and Silver medal competition The Georgetown Figure Skating Club Juvenile Ice Dreamers didn make it into the provincial cham pionship round but did qualify to challenge in the Invitational Gold Medal competition and finished fifth The Ontario Juvenile Precision Team Skating Championship was won by South Windsor Figure Skating Club Rose City Second place was taken by Bramp ton Figure Skating Club Littlest Angels and third place went to Burlington Figure Skating Club Ice Image The Invitational Juvenile Gold Medal was won by Winter Club The MiniJets Figure Skating Club Royal Dlmen finished in second place and third place went to Figure Skating Club Heather s Honeys The Invitational Juvenile Silver Medal was won by Figure Skating Club Moonbeams Minto Figure Skating Club Mini Mints finished second with Bracebridge Figure Skating Club Blades finishing third JUVENILE ICE DREAMERS Coach Peggy Ward Members in elude Rachel Hepburn Julie Wat son Nadine Holmes Brown Rene Kitchen Christine Dawson Katie Stansfield Linda Lacroix Peter Johnson Jenny Smith Leslie Watson Brianne Beaumont Tim Baker Leckie Erin Longworth and Scott Bentley The Novice Invitational competi tion saw competing teams divided into two flights with the top three teams in each flight advancing to for the Gold Medal and he remaining teams competing for the Silver Medal The Georgetown Figure Skating Club Novice Ice Dreamers finished fifth in their flight and fourth overall In the Silver Medal com petition The Novice Invitational Gold Medal was won by Kitchener Waterloo Figure Skating Club Diamonds On Ice Fort Erie Figure Skating Club Fort Erie timistics finished second and the Burungton Figure Skating Club Ice Image placed third The Novice SJlver Medal was Won by Figure Skating Club Magic Motion Langton and Area Figure Skating Club Crystal Dimensions finished second and Kingsfield Gosfield Figure Skating Club Sun Parlour Ice Graphics finished third NOVICE ICE DREAMERS Coach Gale Verhaegan Team members include Johnson Yvonne Moore Amy Sykes Krysten McBride Susan Gilpen Cathrvn Vaters Amy Angela Lee Leslie Watson Peter Johnson Amber Lyons Jessica Hepburn Orton Came Crocker Louise Hatton Linda Lacroix Christine Dawson and Rachael Baker Exhibition squash SabirButt to visit Squash afficionados in Halton Hills are in for a treat this Friday evening as the Georgetown Rac quet Club located on Armstrong Ave has scheduled a special ex match in conjunction with the 1990 club championships Sabir Butt presently ranked Number One in Canada will be taking on former Georgetown Rac quet Club member Steve Eastwood in the special exhibition match which is scheduled to start The club championships began yesterday Tuesday and wind up this coming Saturday Tonight Wednesday starting at 30 p Mens semifinals Men B semifinals and Masters semifinals are scheduled Tomorrow Thursday at m Mens semifinals and Mens A semifinals are slated Friday night in conjunction with the 15 special exhibition match the Masters Final is schedjiled to get underway at 7 Saturday is the day with the MenB Final going at 1 the Ladles Final star ting at the Men C Final being contested 2 p m the Hens D Final getting underway at 3 30 p the Ladies A Final slotted for 15 the Mens A Final scheduled for 7 15 p and the Open Filial scheduled for 8