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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 10, 1981, p. 14

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Page SECTION B THE HERALD Wednesday June ItSt Ladies baseball Goldiggers hit bedrock in defeat By SIMON Ladle Monday night action began with the Blue Stealers creaming Go diggers with a score of The Blues reputation at fast base Ing keeps opponents on their toes Stars for the Blues were Linda for her Mary Dianne and Lorraine who also hit a homer stars were FournlT good catching Debbie Williams for fantastic snags in the field and Pat Mas hi titer for excellent baiting and good base running Wednesday Night In the first gome of the night the Green Sprouts out shone the Orange Appeals offensively and defensively defeating them 169 In the first six innings Sprouts allowed only four cross the plate The entire team earned star honors for fantastic all round play and Donna Peacock had a homer for the champs Appeals suffered first defeat of the season Saunders earned star honors for good show on the pitchers mound and for hitting a In other action home game advantage enabled the Grey Shadows to dtfeat White Lightning In the first few Innings the Score was back to back but by it third Lightning stormed past Shadows inalnta the However by the Inning Shadows made a strong comeback lhe were down only runs before last bat Grey team earned star honors for good all round play Anne Put ring star honors for Wh for excellent p lei In Good all round effort from re team In the game of lie night the burned the Dusters 1913 Tie first thret Innings wen by by the fourth rolled ahead to the lend Stars for the Reds and Debbie Day Monk and Sandy good team work at the plate Tins for good fielding Dusters stars were Juno mound Carolyn li were hit by Cindy Ford and Carolyn Barber fur Barber also hit two homers Geminis start training for jump on season With baseball and soccer Just barely underway hockey is still making news as thoughts turn to training camps for the coming season The Georgetown Geminis under the direction of their new coach Dave Switier started some players on a land training program which he hopes will keep them busy two n ghts per week until Gemini The players hove Georgetown fairgrounds park at 7 p Monday and Thursday nights to be put through a series of skills and exercises which will hopefully give them fitness early in he season Out helping with Switier have been many of the Gemini executive which seems to that they fully support his early season efforts to improve the team standings for next Fifty straight pushups Gems are not the only ones The Georgetown Rep hockey people Support Group hockey have announced a proseason program or their own starling August which will run through until Sept 10 Through the auspices of Stimulus Life Systems a partnership consisting of Boyd Hoddinott and Brian both of Georgetown a program has been developed to help prepare young hockey players or their hockey tryouts According to instructor Bob Webster who has years coaching experience with minor hockey says the program stresses attention toflexibility endurance strength power and muscle endurance This is the first time the Rep hockey group have held a preseason training program Nine hours of ice time and 12 hours off Ice time are offered for boys for a fee Those interested can call for Information at these numbers and Soccer school in July Soccer International which runs soccer schools around the province will be holding a course In Georgetown at the high school July With a ratio of coaches to players set at l 12 there should be ample opportunity for coaches to work on individuals to develop skills says spokesman Jeff Steven The course emphasizes fitness game knowledge sportsmanship and healthy competition The course Is designed for boys and girls ages and players will be divided Into groups depend ng on their and skill Session one will run from m and is exclusively for soccer buffs fl years to nine years old The session funs from Monday to Friday and costs Ions plus strategies of loum ament play Further Information on this program can be obtained by calling the Hills Parks and Recreation department at or Soccer International at 1 Sesslon two operates from 1 and is exclusive ly for soccer enthusiasts 10 to 15 years old the cost is Other activities featured will be special development drills tactics sessions for the goalkeeper laws of the game movies and discuss Royalettes in London The travelled to London last weekend for the second tournament of the season but they were unsuccessful in their bid for a championship crown Against Riverside an Saturday the Legion senior girls fastball team were leading 14 until the sixth Inning when their opponents got hot with the bat and connected for two runs Final score was 1 In their second game against which is In the league the local girls came off the bench to an early start as three runs were batted In during the first inning In the second inning they added a single but came back late In the game to score four consecutive runs to tie he game Bob Daniell finishes second at Metro zoo Georgetown Master Marathon ace Bob finished he Star Trek through Toronto zoo with a good effort duplicating his effort of last year by finishing second in he Masters division and 31st overall Daniell says that although he finished in the lime of for the kilometre race he was about one minute slower than last year time his placing In he race was identical Finishing first In he Master spot was Derek Fernec who also took top honors last year There were about wo thousand runners at the popular Ihrough Ihe Metro zoo and the weather was warm providing a good running breeze according to Daniell After running the Ottawa marathon a month ago says he has tapered off his trainlngandwasn sure how the Star Trek run would work out However he was pleased with the results Also running in the Star Trek were Master marathon husband wife team of Courtney and Anita Warner was reported that they finished the course In minutes High school student Scott Harris participated in the race but had drop out and It is believed that his injury was diagnosed as a stress factor Anita Warner has been accepted into the field of Avon women s marathon to be held In Ottawa this year and many name female athletes from around the globe will be participating

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