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the acton ft press wednesday arfurch hro7 v v i aw ft ortofos down one by john mcnabb weil i believe it or not spring is en the way and this calls bot move in the sports cycle most of the hockey en- thusiasts have hung up the skates the curlers will soon cache their brooms and the skiers are planning their last big ski weekend for the coming easter holiday its about time for the end of the season hockey tourna ments to begin and one of the most interesting tournaments in the area is- the ninth annual tricounty juvenile hockey tournament played in the recently renovated milton arena the tournament which is now in progress started last saturday march 18 and carries on until march 25 acton lions juvenile team along with- 34 other teams from virtually all of southern ontario arrd one from south of the border a detroit b team have been competing for the top spot in this tournament and are playing some very top notch games for anyone interested in going down to watch the tournament was founded in 1959 to assist the families affected by the listowel arena tragedy at first the tournament was a twoday affair but for the past three years it has stretched from the saturday preceding good friday until the day before easter toronto maple leaf star ron ellis is a top ranking gradu ate of the tournament and who knows maybe actons team has something to offer acton novice adstar team is preparing for its participa tion in the brampton lions club eighth annual international novice hockey week held in the brampton memorial arena from march 24 to april 1 boasting to be the biggest novice hockey tournament in the world the tournament will host over 1000 pint sized puckstcrs playing in over 100 playoff games actons team will compete in the d series for communi ties up to 4500 which includes elora exeter delhi woodbridge harriston and walkerton just to mention a few sdh another team from acton that being the bantam all- stars will display their form at the international bantam hoc- key tournament held in georgetown and hosted by the george town kinsmen club the official opening for the tourney is to be held t night march 23 and carry on through week long schedule of fun and excitement for all attending the eighteenth- annual goderich lions young canada week hockey tournament opens in goderich ontario on thurs day march 23 and runs through to april i the biggest little hockey tournament in the world draws pee wee teams from newfoundland to california acton doesnt have any entries in the tourney this year but the word is that acton may be playing host to its own pee wee tournament next year through the sponsorship of a local organization and plans have already been put into action it while on the subject of word from the grape vine talk has it that acton may come up with a junior c team for next year this is great this is simply wonderful 1 but lets not flyjff the handle there are two sides to every story and this is no exception first of all a team of this calibre would require a great deal of care coach manager and financewise more so i would say than the intermediate team which hat been in the limelight for the last six years another query into the topic would be the acquisition of an all acton team or a team made up more or less of a reasonable number of acton players which the oha junior c division specifies acton does have a limited number of players which would comply to regulations and the competition but do they have enough these arc just a few obvious points i am trying to bring out and if they appear to discourage the idea to the point on forgetting it altogether they are not meant to because the innovation of a junior c team could do a great deal of goodfe for acton hockey the baseball season is beginning to shape up even though the snow still lies deep on the frozen ground murray hood third vicepresident of the halton county baseball association reports a meeting has been called for wednesday april 5 to organize leagues and schedule dares for the minor teams any association currently there are four which hasnt paid its share of the 1966 umpires fees will not be allowed to enter teams in the halton leagues mr hood stressed any town intending to have teams in the minors must have a representative at the meeting jackie palmer an ardent voung bowling enthusiast from the acton bowling lanes has been selected as a nominee for the trip to the national youth bowling championships being held at aprile lanes in scarborough ontario on march 26 27 and 28 best wishes for jackie in wales thev like a sport called purring the con testants put on heavy shoes with reinforced toes and standing facing each other with hands on each others shoulders they start kicking each others shins when the signal is given the man who breaks the hold first and backs away is automatically the loser some sport eh what m raiders could wrap up industrial loop sunday saturdays final playoff game will decide the closest race in years in the legion towri league as these two atom teams battle right to the final game for a champion the two teams ended up tied for the league lead and each has won one playoff game top photo is the brampton team front row left to right mike warel danny webster tim taylor brian ashley steve mcknight steve dalgle back row mike mccabe john mchugh joe cent ner scolt withers derrick dixon arid ford alton missing are mike sojka tim dalgle and doug cooper bottom photo is the wes ton team sitting in front on the ends terry bateman and scott malcolm next row mich ael morris trevor davies mark morrison jeff shields fred allen norm thornhlfl back vow bob kilby john scoyne paul tyers ken swan gord bruce ricky holmes missing was david brown staff photos sunday nights playoff open er in the industrial hockey leagues best two out of three series saw the raiders whip the orioles by a decisive 104 tally oriole troopers just didnt seem to be in top shape to overpower the raiders as they pulled ahead in the second period raider caught the totalling onslaught of 12 penalties in cluding a game misconduct while the orioles played it cool with only four the gameon the whole wasnt as rough as it would appear but referees bar ry inscoe and don lindsay were not going to allow it to get out of hand ruddy gus holmes had just started things rolling for the raiders early in the first teeter- totter period when gary mosaics came back for orioles to score from denny gibbons and stu mcdonald in titrnraced one in from gus holmes for the raiders this was the first of five pointers for stu mcdonald the leagues top scorer this year and all five were well manoeu- vered markers ron heller as sisted stu on two of his goals while rick gordon aided on another alan mcnabb planted one in behind oriole netminder john leatherland on a pass from rick gordon and ken bud dha mclsaac tacked one on the same net from jim mcdon ald gus holmes scored his sec ond of the night from rick gordon and ron heller tallied unassisted peler marks and harold wat son outwitted raider goal guard andy williams for unas sisted oriole markers leaving gary masales to come back again from denny gibbons next sundays game should prove to be exciting as its do or die for the orioles and everyone should be in great shape after attending easter church services nfmgoiitfi 3klmnvntsnnm town league nr novice novice playoff action which started last wednesday night saw st catharines and ham ilton eliminated in the semi final games friday night play ended in a 40 lead in the finals for niag ara falls over oshawa bernie taylor notched a pair of markers and an assist while billy ware and bill mokcnzie picked up points from taylor and glen widowski bants tie win games prepare for tourney acton firefighter bantams start the georgetown bantam tournament at 730 ajn fri day morning against wood- bridge the came two teams meet again friday afternoon at 3j0 and the winner will go on to the next series on satur day march 25 at 10j0 ajm and 6 pan two exhibitions this week in preparation for die tourna ment ended in a m deadlock with milton here saturday night monday m hespeler dte acton club downed hespe ler bantams 51 juveniles lose tourney start acton juveniles lost their orst game at the milton juve nile ho tournament 62 d to stoney creek sat urday morning three stoney creek goals in die hut period sewed the deci sion up after acton had crept to within a goal at the end of the second b ebsott bagged the first acton goat from brian farrejl and sen owen notch ed the second from kevin hal the lose automatically put acton in the consolation ser ies against markham who lost to mflton against muton in a clean well refereed game the fire fighters got goals from bill field assisted by george mc- phail and handy weldon pete marco from don dunbar and don dunbar notched the third from jim stevenson and joe tar pick of the acton crop was don dunbar who turned in a strong game both ways bq1 field drilled two goals and collected an assist to spark the team against hes peler pete marzo got a goal and an assists jim steveson and peter morrison each hit the target once dale fisher george mcphail and mike field drew single assists the acton chib drew four foolish penalties but played well enough in all departments to win in the second game of the finals held saturday morning a 22 tie developed calling for a third game to be held this saturday at 2 pm bernie taylor scored for st kitts from bill mckenzie who in turn came up with one from steve brunelle oshawa s markers came from david allen and bill viv- js ion who assisted on each otfi ers goals pee wee baltimore eliminated spring field in the second of the best two out of three games by a score of 32 baltimore point ers came from john fuchs on an assist from tony swim who assisted again on harry law- sons score david forster pop ped in his marker unassisted baltimore met cleveland on saturday morning in the first game of the finals only to fin ish jn a 44 tie randy marsh picked up a hat trick on two asists from glen mckenzie and one from jim mcnabb who notched one past the cleveland goalie aided by harry lawson and david norman petci morrison picked up a similar hat trick for cleveland assisted on one by danny mc- gilloway jeff goy started the team off with a marker from randy downes bantam hershey downed pittsburg 62 in the bantam final open er thursday night steve gar rett came up with a trio of markers on assists from jim holmes graham frazer on two brian binnie and david kennedy graham frazer netted a pair with the help of steve garrett and jim holmes gord wil liams planted one in on the pittsburg goalie from ted saitz and bill nicolak dennis haraden came up with the two pittsburg points from gary masters on two and oave pink atom western turned tables on brampton in atom final action to win 70 in the second playoff game john scoyne copped a hat trick on assists from bob kilby ricky holmes and ken swan mike morrison popped in his first marker of the year from ricky holmes who him self netted a trio of markers from fred allen and mike mor ris the legion hockey executive would likp to see more parents and spectators out to see their kids plav in the playoff games this thursday night and all saturday afternoon the banquet for the minor hockey teams this year has been planned for saturday ap ril 22 juves edge markham last night a goal by brian farreil as sisted by kevin hall and bar rio emiott gave acton lion juveniles a 10 win over mark ham in the tricounty juvenile tournament at milton last night tuesday paul cooper was outstanding in goal as he registered the shutout m the first game of the consolation round in four tournament games last night two went into over time the acton markham match was settled by one goal and another contest had a two goal margin ladies afternoon curling margaret toth 4 gwen tyler 4 eleanor goy 2 shirley hunter 2 anne moore 2 ethel holmes 1 may wilds i mae dumarsh 0 monday afternoon len lov- ells team defeated ted tylers team in the semifinals of the playoffs next week the lovell foursome meets bill toths rink for the thunder mug the mixed closing club bon- spiel is well underway with 22 teams playing their first games and 12 teams playing their sec ond games skips winning their first games were ted tyler sr len lovell ab irwin mel jordan ted tyler jr john goy wal ter dubois don timmings chester anderson fyfe somer- ville and bill toth winners of their second game in the first event for tjie ridley trophy were tetf tyler jr waiter dubois and chester anderson winners of their second game in the second event for the walker trophy were ken imarchment bill dumarsh and wes beatty play continues next monday rnd tuesday with winners be ing declared next tuesday night a rink skipped by kae han sen with phyllis patrick mary marks and ruth holmes won the one game high prize at north halton golf and curling club georgetown last wednes day they each received cen- stennial serying spoons russians invatfng theyre here now the russians are beginning to invade canada not by plane or guided missile but with bicycles yes the russians are ship ping a unique style of bicycle to canada which is swamping the market in sports stores this week the sports cor- nbrreoeived k shipment of the bike which can be adapted for use as a tricycle or two- wheel bicycle parents can buy the unit for a small child and by changing the rear axle can adapt it as the child grows up for use as a bicycle holiday a gogo i acton legion 5 march 23 z featuring the shaynes admission 1 per person dancing 912 pm acton arena schedule wednesday march 23 23 pm mothers and pre school children 630 pm public schools centennial ice carnival thursday march 22 67 pm referees hockey school 79 pm legion minor hockey 910 pm acton bp vs toronto bp friday march 24 91 1 am figure skating club 24 pm public skating 67 pm legion minor hockey 810 pm public skating 1012 pm industrial hockey saturday march 25 8 am1245 pm figure skating club 16 pm legion minor hockey 810 pm public skaflng 1011 pm industrial hockey s0ay march 26 aml pm rentals 130330 pm public skating 47 pm minor hockey 710 pm industrial hockey league monday march 27 curling tuesday march 2 curling wednesday march 2 912 am public schools centennial sports 24 pm public skating 69 pm figure skating club 912 pm industrial hockey in vienna c f pat patterson of nearby norval an esqueslng councillor and ojia referee- inchief is in vienna austria supervising referees at the world amateur hockey cham pionship f accidents what a man gets into when he hugs curves jbvesumdc acton juveniles blanked the industrial league all stars so in an exhibition last wednes day night as part of their pre paration for the milton juven ile hockey tournament old gossips gone to seed young flirts haltons sportsmens assoc steak and ham shoot trap and target friday march 24 1 pm club house upper bas lin milton ontario gftetu termer 124 mill st at wilbur phone tsmmo trophies 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