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Senior AA Raiders named organization of century By ROBERT RISK Herald Sports Editor Georgetown Raiders Senior AA team was voted the organization of the century in its category by the Ontario Hockey Association at its lOOth anniver meeting at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto last Thursday From to Raiders won eight championships along with being the finalists in six others a record that earned them the vote from the OHA Among the teams selected as best organizations only Hamilton AAA Toronto Malboroe Major Junior A and Waterloo Siskins Junior won more champion ships Raiders were also voted team of the decade for the hav ing won five championships and being finalists twice at the In termediate A level Aside from Oahawa Generals Major Junior A organization of 1941 they won more championships over a similar length of time To com memorate the accomplishments the OHA will be giving banners to the Georgetown Hockey Heritage Council Raiders President Finn Poulstrup a member of the organization that won the Hardy Cup in 198182 Intermediate A Canadian championship said the executive will try and get the banners duplicated and hung in Gordon Arena We have a history well be able to point to and tell our players they have a real reason to be proud of the teams past It will help give them an incentive to improve on that heritage Over 600 people attended the OHA convention including several long tune Raiders such as Del Beaumont a former Raider player in the and a former NHLer Bob Hooper a former Raider general manager and presently a scout for the team and Barry a team sponsor for years In another Georgetown hockey development Dave Kentner a former of hockey operations and general manager of Raiders in the 1970s indicated he will not stand as chairman of tlie Hockey Heritage CouncU after a 13year stint in that posi lion Earlier this month Kentner said he had circulated a letter outlining his intent to the council members but at the June 12 meeting nobody was prepared to step forward to take on that responsibility I guess after so long some people didnt seriously believe I wouldnt be continuing as chair man As a result weve ed the election of the new tions until the July meeting so people will have time to recon sider what they want to do Kentner has been a member of the Hockey Heritage CouncU for years having been one of the original six members who started the group While not returning as chairman he said he will con tinue to be a part of the councU Why I decided not to be chair man requires a very complicated and involved answer What it boils down to is that my company Catering like many others is struggling to get through the recession and I have to devote a lot more of my time to it right now Option play Burns Transport quarterback Jennifer previously both Transport and Arnie body Shop Reynolds prepares to lateral the ball to Denny had been undefeated with Arnie staying atop the during Georgetown Ladles Flag Football play at league by winning the match Herald photo Georgetown District High School on Sunday HERALD SPORTS SHORTS Athletic club The Georgetown Athletic Club took part in The Other Track Meet held Saturday and Sunday at Centen nial Stadium managing some top in the event at tended by 30 other clubs Scott Hobbs placed second in the open mens long jump with a distance of 6 metres Jean took third in open womens long jump with a distance of 25 metres Both Brandford and jumps were persona bests Lisa Carter placed fifth in open womens triple jump with a distance of 10 25 metres Rep juveniles Georgetown Juvenile rep team played baseball last week winning just one of Its four games two of which were at the Streetsville tournament on the weekend The locals lost 7fl in Burl ington after keeping the hosts off the board until the sixth inn Last Wednesday at home Georgetown allowed Cam bridge to walk away with a 126 win At the tournament Georgetown got its revenge on Cambridge winning but were eliminated from further play after losing 6 to Streetsville Boys soccer Georgetown Boys Rep soccer team got off to a solid start for the season with one win one tie and one loss in its first three league games The win came against Caledon 43 with goals from Mike Olsen Martin Johnston and David Boere and superb by Paul Sandifer The team also had a successful weekend at the Friendship Tournament in Milton where they won the consolation round a goal in the last minute against Grimsby by Gary Noteworthy players in the tournament were Ryan Martin who was awarded the Sport and Friendship Trophy for Georgetown Rob Topping David Boere and Ryan Gougeon Rep Tball The EUlott Custom Brokers Rep Ball team played a thrill ing game at the Fairgrounds on June 11 keeping the fans sitting on the edge of the benches for the entire game Although top placed Milton won by a score of 22 the win ner was decided in the last few minutes Ryan Van scored a homer Seaman Jason and Cameron Sisnett cracked A double was hit by Ryan Humberstone Pitcher Greg Tales caught a terrific fly Two days later in Guelph the team left their brains back in town as they played lousy ball and lost to Tigers The team then took part in the weekend Mills Chris Cormpilas and Greg Present were welcome additions Andrew Oesch Jeff Martin and Kyle were chosen as the most valuable player during games played against Clarkson Waterloo and Mills Triples were hit by Crews and Marc Monchamp while the field was carefully monitored by Kevin Binsell and Kyle Hotham The boys were delighted to receive a shopping bag filled with souvenirs and also participant trophies Coach Brian Hannah received an award on behalf of all the Eagles coaches for the most sportsmanlike team Winning ways continue for Limehouse Bantams Harry Browns Limehouse Bantams continued its winning streak with an win in on June The two teams went through five scoreless innings before finally scored two runs in the sixth and six more in the seventh Jason Bouman and Mike MacArthur both walked after one out and advanced on a passed ball Rob Brown scored from third with a ground boll to first and Fred McDonald scored MacArthurwith a single With one out in the seventh David singled Sheldon Stuckless doubled and David followed with a three run home his fourth home run of the season Jamie Willett follow ed with a walk Kevin Willett reached base on an error and both advanced a base on a passed ball Jason then hit a sacrifice fly to score one run and Rob Brown scored the final run with a single to make the score Pitchers Jamie and Eric Bodin shared the win allow three hits three walks and stinking out 10 On Thursday Ban tarns hosted a mixed squad of Ac ton Midgets and Bantams in a nine inning exhibition game and came away with an 86 victory scored five runs in the first two in the second two in the fourth and one in each of the fifth sixth and eighth innings Jason Bouman lead with two with single RBIs going to Jamie Mike MacArthur Fred McDonald and Sheldon visits Cheltenham June and Hornby on June Step on it A Georgetown Green Monsters runner steps on the foot of an Orangevllle Pleasure Pack second base player while beating the tag during the Ladles tournament at the Fairgrounds on Saturday Green Monsters won the game 16 8 and finished tied for their division title due to the finals being rained out Herald photo by Lisa Pot