Ontario Community Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 23, 1987, p. 10

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Panel SECTION Cycle safety is a twoway street left Debbie and Jim Hamilton roup I winners I la irn ton an I Photos Norma Mixed doubles winners crowned turd n Tennis Club its mi ted doubles tournament competition divided l groups si f thru matches were pined with nth gi I Linda Rice and Unite jn won their opening and against Joanne and Van Den Hook Other Group I mitthes had Audrey and Boo llxisliui and Andy Marilyn and Ed defeated Norma and Peter Hemming 1 the Barb and John II I and the deflated and Bruce In the finals Audrey and Bob Houston won the group champion ship over Marilyn and Ed Serjeant son by scores of In the consolation round the tons defeated Norma Maynard and Peter Hemming 63 and John and Barb win against Joanne and Ed Van Den Hock 76 In the consolation final Barb and John Dallison won out over Maddy and Andy 63 In Group play Susan and Fred Giray won their opening match against Greta and Ken Hopkins 76 Judy Payne and Frank defeated Chris and Jim Deb and Jim Hamilton won against Marilyn and Blake Baxter and the defeated Judy Payne and In the finals Deb Koster and Jim Hamilton won against Susan and In the consolation round Chro and Jim White defeated the Baxters In the Group consolation final Chris and Jim White won against Greta and Ken Hopkins The Gordon Tennis Clubs wind up round robin and meeting will bo Oct at 7 pm rain Running a red light Ignoring a stop sign Failing to signal turns or to pedestrians Operating an improperly maintained Sounds like a list of things motorists do wrong and It la But safety experts tell us it s also an Indictment that applies to those twowheeled operators cyclists The Ontario Cycling Association there are nbout one million cyclists In Ontnrio That means about one In persons ride a Unfortunate safely experts many don do it very well Twculy nine cyclists were killed In accidents last jKjr and more than 4600 injured They had accidents done tingled with other cyclists or collided with cars It believed many more accidents arc not reported The experts a combination of l knuwmp the rules of the road and careless vehicle operation by both car drivers and cyclists con tributes significantly to the accident toll Doth Ihf Ontario Cycling Assoclfl lion which sport cycling in the pro vine and the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation which supports amateur sports expressed about the safety problem OCA Executive Director Paul Jurbahays onethird of our revenue comes from by the Ministry and Fitness Branch With their help we just completed a manual for school children on using the road We hope to get a pilot program incorporating the manual la this fall He says much more needs to be safety Dan Bicycle Safety Educa Coordinator for the Toronto City Cycling Committee says many cyclists have an attitude problem as well For whatever reasons most cyclists don consider themselves vehicle operators They often operate unpredictably thus con to accidents Supervisor of Community Programs with the Metropolitan Toronto Police does a lot of work with school children on bicvclc safety The experts agree that bicycle safety comes down to two things more education and more reaponsl attitudes Most accidents can be prevented stresses adding that only five per cent of accidents involve motorists hitting cyclists from behind The real hazard Legion darts league TS DU talon Golden lights Firemen I linden mum Ensigns Independents Division Taxmen3 Bulldogs Aces High Rollers fl Inter County Sports Godwin mm Eliminators Bandits HIGH SCORES Dennis Thorogood Westendersl triple triple 17 High Start Division l Pete Pickering Fx aMogn ports 108 Finish Division Williams Danny Imifptnrici Squirt soccer results Foul weather mixes with language all flavour of the days llnm was created with the boys house league finals which seemed to start hi problems Lack of light in the evenings puts a strain on regular playing time most games are cut at this lime of year although not normally as much as now It several years since we last heed this situation Tins past weekend house It girls finals were postponed due the condition at Cedarvale the field is and up the middle The ladles lei usual round robin ltlusio I he and Bolton over Friday I Again the weather its winner morning game at Hi Ik soccer and tennis com 1 broken leg occurred during fiimn between Bolton and Mill Bolton were eventually i this time as Milton were julitl lo lave i tided on Ineligible for that game The pro were held up pending the of the local ambulance vice At large gatherings of it may well be advisable to first aid service on hand for fast action The local club did provide a couple of repair hands to fill In holes and patch up the fields as the day wore defeated Brampton in the game on penalty kicks In two previous matches In the consolation round the final was fought out by Brampton and with coming out on lop Georgetown 1 played with nine players all day and sported a win and a loss Even In the loss they almost pulled off another win Georgetown were involved In an ex citing secsaw battle with Brampton before going down on a penalty kick shootout CRSC United lost both gomes one a heartbreaking shootout to eventual winners Pinevlew also lost both Saturday games although they put up spirited displays One thing I did notice was in crease in the use of foul language and gestures most of which did not go entirely unpunished This Rested a new competitiveness In the league and ia a far cry from the con of the league when started several ago The teams which came through were the more com pctitive of the league and full of younger players However this is the natureof the game Behaviour problems are not the province of only soccer witness the McEnroes Exhibition and Yankees stadium sports fans baseball cheaters who are condoned by their leagues Ice hockey goons wrestlers professional that is and others at the socalled top levels of port and no wonder there are pro blems Hooliganism Is not confined to England s soccer fans minority though they be witness fan pro blems all over the world And it is a violent world we live in Bryan Turner split my sides the other even when he suggested that all fans should be strapped In their seats and therefore be made unable to throw etc Meteor Blue Ancient Mariners Eagles Ajax and Meteor United have all qualified for their rcspec the divisional semifinal berths In Inter County playoff action Park Avenue collision and Varlan still have the chance to qualify for the remaining first dlvi si on spot Rose and Thistle and Villa ore the sole nominees for the re maining second division spot The deciding games take place tills even lng Sept vs Blue Rangers vs Ancients Villa A vs PAC Eagles vs Milton Ajax Villa and Masters Rose and This- t He Games are at p m with the exception of Trexcon Blue In Streetsvllle at 30 p m Last Wednesday Milton gained their first win with a 30 decision over Villa B with the game abandoned due to lack of light The game may have to be replayed before the semi finals Trexcon defeated Ancients lo at Ccdarvale to maintain their strong showing Blue look Varian and have a bye this week and wait for their section opponents to decide if they may continue Villa A gained a 10 win over Rangers who were short of players for their match up United defeated Rose and Thistle to give them four wins In four games Eagles were held to a 2 tie by Masters in a hard fought match Friday at Georgetown Legion hosts the end of the season dance of the Georgetown soccer club We art reminded to show up and support thi evening which begins with dinner at Tickets are per couple or J 12 single and may be obtained from Dove Moloney 1867 George 5573 and Bill Harrison A good time should be had by all as usual With all the light problems we perhaps It would be a good idea The Care Bears edged Busy Bees 10 and the Purple Panthers improve cycling bicycle the Grasshoppers ployed to a deadlock as Girls Squirt Soccer League wound down its regular season recently Julie Pollock scored for the Core Bears lo give them their margin of victory against the Busy Bees and Angela and Rence Kitchen also had strong games for the Bears Ttw Bees received standout per from Rebecca lo the clocks in September so that we may end our season In good light instead of semi darkness which can be the cause of so many injuries at this time of year Or nil fields should be floodlit and it would not matter Of course timers would have lo be set in order that they were able to switched on when light or lock of it required Soccer has had problem all year with trying to have the lights ad justed and completed ith bulbs soldier on regardless Annie Schaefer and Tara In the other squirt matchup Valcrit Hudcc Jennifer Shields scored for the Purple Panthers while Sarah Arnescn and Cheryl replied for he Grasshoppers Carolyn Ann and Alison Van played excellent games for the Panthers and Michele Coe Rachel and Amanda were effective for the Gnss hoppers In the contest MILTON GEORGETOWN 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