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Sports Recreation Wednesday April 1978 Year No Acton High S for allcomers T st meets High School la hosting a series of allcomers track and field mini meets each Tuesday in an attempt to give local runners some advance preparation for the regular season The meets began last Tuesday and will continue until May leaving three meets left to go Each will consst of four events two track and two field The running events will usually include a sprint and a distance run while the Held events will include one jumping event and one throwing Events will be changed each week This gives students a chance to get used to com petition without the pressure of running for a team cording to coorganiser Bruce Andrews of the high school physical education depart He and McLaren viceprincipal of the school are the prime movers behind the concept which they are copying from existing all comers meets held In various cities for club runners Runners are organized Into seeded heats with no age limitations They run ac cording to their ability said Andrews Everybody throws In the same event and the different age groups throw their usual weights In events like the shot put Results are the least portent aspect of these competitions They are designed to give students the eel of competing and par tlcipation is the big goal Participants are invited from all Halton County high schools and from feeder schools in the north The first meet attracted runners from Fergus Milton High School Georgetown High School Acton High School McKenzleSmlth Stewart town and Martin Street Field events are being held In the gymnasium and run events until the track has hardened are on the roads The meets are relatively unstructured with all ages competing together and begin at p m lasting about two hours Visiting coaches have helped with the of flciating Andrews told the Free Press he Is quite pleased with the first meets Ice out Arena staff have been busy all week getting the last vestiges of ice out of the arena When the main Ice surface is gone the excess water in the Door frosts up and this frost is what the staff have been working on RICK TAKES a poke at boxing instructor Armand Steeves during a sparring session Monday at the Y Boxing class has attracted eight or nine regulars despite the lack of proper facilities BILL FIELD LEFT AND Floyd right were awarded MVP and high scoring trophies at Friday evening s Acton industrial hockey league banquet Ancker and Near in PeelHalton meet Local curler takes top trophy in Canadian clergy championships Rev Andrew McKenzle his own rink I think he made in the Grand Trans- took advantage of a a mistake said Rev Atlantic Match no 2 a clergymen s convention held matchup between Europeans In Winnipeg during the world The East skipped by Rev and North Americans The curling championships and took the match 10- first version of this bonsplel got In some curling of his with the West conceding was held last year at the own walking home with the after eight ends broom competition in All Canada United Church was very gratifying to Europe and was designed In Observer Cup in the process win said Rev McKenzle the nterest of sociability The Canada Cup came as The next day he par A friend from Brampton the climax to four days of curling In the clergy bonsplel with about people par who was on the trip recom mended that as many people enter as possible so Rev did It turned out the Europeans not have enough curlers so some North Americans Including Rev McKenzle curled for them There were four draws on but they caught sheets of Ice with P to earn an lie I people curling It was a thought we were going to be smashing success clobbered cording to McKenzle All participants scores He was curling on a rink were totalled to get the final with two Scotsmen and a man results which saw the North from Reglna Saskatchewan Americans come out on top Their opponents were a rink to All participants of women from Vancouver were presented with scrolls Shirley and Lisa original fourth place finish spot and send them on Near assured themselves of Ancker and Near started by the special tying spot in the Peel bad toppling Burlington Central in match A fifth team wag added The bonsplel held finals witha with a win three games 153 and 15 to the action and took the top In the Highlander Club was over Georgetown yesterday In the second round they spot while the Acton duo win won by a Calgary rink which kept them In fourth spot were beaten by the same allowed them to slip into The challenge match for in the ladies doubles event in Georgetown team they beat fourth place spot and continue the Canada Cup went on yesterday losing by a 1915 Saturday and Rev McKenzie They had taken fourth place Two other Acton pairs were because he had won the All In the finals last In third round competition eliminated from further play Ontario championship Ice rates at arenas up 2 is all women vs all men and they nearly beat confided Rev McKenzle He explained their skip got off to Rev Is well known around town for his exploits on the golf course as well as the curling arena A two dollar increase In all not operate if they shared Councillor Peter Marks H la T polntea out the money from The recommendation be now goes to council available to the town if Rates for all minor sports week at the high school but lie shaded during the B rills January was give the lncl councillor Pat Patterson were forced to play a special u but lost In Peter and Sharon Cook privilege of choosing the rink W k J V a qualifying round against A heir final round of play to a dropped out the mixed that represented the East In clubs and top level players tecond Burlington Central doubles event after two losses the East West matchup Tit who sat out the preliminary earn by a margin to Lord Elgin Cord Bruce and The opposing skip was the an He sa parents rounds Their performance was Morris were edged twice skip of the rink thst won the cannot afford to On their way to their food enough to leave them In to fall from the men I double- and he All other local adult groups lo Suggest rate of subsidization The recreation department She said the three should subsidize arena and arenas in Halton Hills are all pool facilities to an amount of subsidized at the rate of per cent of their per hour per hour operating costs In the opinion of the Georgetown Recreation Advisory Committee Conditions of the Subsidization rates for the pools are per hour at the Acton Lions Pool 25 at the Georgetown Indoor Pool and hope you know are going to Pkl events S per hour at the outdoor scream about cW Miss Pickering at and Memorial Arena Smith interjected that the rate of dance at public events and that the subsidy level should operates for only That too bad be reduced over a five year weeks a year The Board of period Education pays all main Colin Wilde said Committee chairman Clare recreational soccer players said It was members can get a field to play on Job to recommend a policy Miss Pickering said the Saturdays and Sundays on aimed at a break even figures are based on the the diamond are out yet financial arrangement not revised rental rates which in baseball the youth of town necessarily specific hourly council finance and don use the diamonds on the his group the least to have rental rates committee has weekend he said pay for the use of fields Recreation coordinator recommended It calls for a In tennis percent of the we just put the Anne Pickering presented per hour across the board courts are for public use and era up he said hour for all type games Ball hockey leagues will pay an hour Junior lacrosse charges will go from to an hour practice time from to 17 for games and 17 for playoffs or per cent of gross whichever Is greater Community organized functions serving liquor will j jl iuwui j pay 175 an Increase of double clergy he chose wm w ftt Ac plus for equipment and without liquor will pay Georgetown arena and an Minor lacrosse will pay I25 up hour time at arena Out of town groups renting ice will pay at Acton and Barry Gambles sold he hope it would be the policy of Memorial and at thinks rate increases should the recreation department to Councillor Peter Morris Acton Minor Hockey Association will be using a be assessed against groups encourage use of facilities so If the town received grant of to help pay for new goalies equipment for the the actual coats of operation of gate receipts upcoming season public Is not able to use them would level off You have charging ad The association Is looking to buy two sets of protective all of the lime increased revenue You d mission equipment for three different age groups making a total of The organized groups I hope to increase It by the use Harold Acton i arena manager said the That stuff is getting pretty darn expensive pointed out groups pay their Ice time with league president Frank He told the Free Press the the gate receipts and could association has not yet decided what age groups Spring courses are underway for more parti pants In recreation according to coordinator Karen Minor hockey replied for the arenas would be cut by more than half per hour if they were open for rentals seven days a week hours per day Wilde who also belongs to the Georgetown Youth Soccer Club said It bother There is still rooi department spring ci King Ten people ore registered In the ladies conditioning course to be held at school Monday evenings The same number are attending Swim and Trim at M Z Benne school and Tuesday night Judo also had sufficient interest to con the course Those interested in the trampoline with Keith Moore at can still register The program will be held with present registration however Wendy Nndine Eaton will be teaching gym nasties at Speyslde school The course was cancelled as was adult modern dancing and jazz Beginner and Intermediate ballet under the direction of Michelle Good eve Preschool classes with Lynda at St is the only program filled to capacity Ladles slim down club was cancelled due to lack of registration figures on present increase the subsidization should be a What sort of groups lot less Gambles suggested afford to pay more than Committee Chairman Clare others he asked Do we Riepma calculations need to subsidize the Raiders showed that only four percent and the junior team or are of the arena hours per week they making a profit out of are for public use He said it that either public lime should Obviously not said Mrs be increased or rental rates Smith They reduced their should be Increased for rates last year public groups Wilde said he thinks Maybe 1 build another anybody associated with the arena down the road and offer recreation department it to groups Dt a lower rate have to supply an audited suggested John Day Maybe that what has to be done Gambles added Gambles said that if family report Do they give out free fee skates and extras and If they didnt do this could they afford to pay more for ice time They have to get layers for a strong team but far do they subsidize these players And yet you re telling it LOOKOUT This one came just a bit too fast for Shirley just leaving her time to get out of the way Ancker and Lisa Near were dropped 21 by Barb Near and Demse of Burlington Central to finish fourth in the Halton B Ladies doubles badminton finals other groups should go up six per cent too Riepma said he thinks Increases In admission all minor soccer kids are charges to public events subsidized 100 per cent said should be such that the level Mrs Smith of subsidization remains the said it Would be same helpful to also have operating a vert negative costs figures for ball way of looking at it diamonds tennis courts and suggested Mrs Smith I soccer fields REPRESENTATIVES OF THE Standardbred Magazine made a trophy cooler presentation to Joe winner of the featured trotting race at Mohawk Raceway Friday April From left to right are Karen Cole Alex Chidley Lynda McDonald Clark Wallace Richard Van Dine Bar Lennox driver Charles and trainer Walter Clarke The Standardbred Magazine is published and printed in Acton