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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), April 26, 1991, p. 17

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THE HILLS HERALD THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday April Ml Buying or Selling List With Success I NRS BRAND REALTY INC Em Sports and I Recreation ROB RISK Herald Sports Editor 8772201 18 18 Athletes 19 Sports Calendar 19 Ladies basketball ends 18th season A Golden Girls player gets pressured by Bome Timeout opponents to give op the ball daring ladles recreational basketball playoffs at Centennial Public School on Wednesday evening Timeout won the conMlaUoa final In the first game of the night while Pistons took the championship by defeating Heinz 57 Herald photo Womens recreational league basketball in Georgetown has Just completed its 18th year of ex having finished its playoffs on Wednesday night The league named the Mc- Cauley Ladies Basketball League after its founders John and Irene is one that varies anywhere in size from four to six teams each year Coordinator Alice Ogden who has helped organize the league with Wendy Wilcox since 1984 Bald involvement with basketball tends to go in cycles This year we have four teams and next year we could have more About five of our regular players are pregnant this time around so that makes a bit of a difference When we have a lot of our players getting between 2532 the numbers drop off a bit since many of them dont come back unto their kids are about four or five when they can bring them to the games Ogden said the league was renamed after the in 1968 after John died and Irene had to drop her involvement due to health problems The ladles involved wanted to recognize the couples contribution in getting the league started noted Ogden She said approximately ladies were signed up this season putting about players on each team Ogden said one of the reasons the league remains popular with its regulars and newcomers alike is the way its team are organized at the start of the season We have scrimmages the first two weeks to determine how skill ed and experienced each player is and they are then divided even ly among all the teams That way one group isnt loaded with all the tallest or most accurate shooters said the games are kept as fun as possible with a few tournaments organized during the season midSeptember to end of April to provide more of a challenge for those interested in trying their skills outside the area We just played in a masters tournament in Brantford last weekend The team selected from among all our players just missed being in the champion ship side by losing by just one point at the buzzer to a team from Montreal said all ladles over 18 are welcome to join anytime Games are played every day at Centennial Public School between and 30 Membership is For more in formation call Wendy Wilcox at 8774062 Local gymnasts capture bronze medals Katie Rowland Local gymnasts Angela Stiles and Katie Rowland put in efforts worth bronzing at a weekend gymnastics meet in Richmond Hill Stiles 13 a Glen Williams resi dent and Rowland of Georgetown are both members of the Bramalea Gymnastics dub and each placed third in events at the Elite Ontario Gym nasties Championships Their coach Barb Fraser said the recent successes have come at a good tune for her athletes Rowland is in her first year of competition and has climbed quickly among her peers moving from a 12th place ranking to sixth in her division StUes had been slowed by a knee injury and was looking to boost Fraser and Stiles is headed to a France Canada dual training camp competition on Sunday followed by the national cham in Saskatchewan in May The positive results on the weekend showed Stiles she has the ability to Ho well after her recovery pointed out the coach Stiles earned the bronze medal in the floor routine in Richmond with a IS score and placed sixth overall with a She was fourth in the vault and sixth on the beam in the prenovice level Stiles competing in the junior high performance level placed third overall She earned a se cond in the floor routine fourth on the vault fifth on uneven bars and fifth on the beam Rebels soccer team blanks Drury 30 Georgetown District High School Rebels soccer team got its season of f to a positive start with a win over C at GDHS on Monday Rebels which finished tied for third after the regular season last year shut out Drury in conditions that t ideal for playing cording to coach Ken The field was pretty bumpy but not as wet as we thought it would be considering how much rain wed been getting It was still pretty cold out there though Castledine said he expects Nelson and PearBon to be Georgetowns toughest competi tion in the Richardson division with Rebels scheduled to play at Nelson on Monday Nelson was the team that ad vanced to Ontario Federation of Schools Athletic Association championships last year and they ve only lost a few players from then Castledine said his team has many returning players as well and are likely to be one of the four top teams in this season The three from Mon day game Kim Nairn and Helen are also expected to continue to play a large part in the team s suc- Board of Fducation recognized three District High School coaches for their with Rebels teams this Nell for guiding the senior girls volleyball learn a fourth place finish at the Ontario lion of Schools Athletic Association Championships in on March Sharon Cook left and Shfrlenc played central roles in helping the senior swim team take the bronze medal at In Etoblcoke on March Herald photo SPORT SHORTS BikeAThon The Town of Hills Recreation department is en couraging residentds to help make this year a bikea thon a big success Both riders and volunteers are being sought for the May 26 event one of the ac tivities being organized to celebrate Canadas Fitweek May 24 to June 2 People Interested in taking part as riders can contact Mike Arnold at Ollies Cycle Shop 8732441 or the recreation department at 8732600 for pledge sheets and further in formation The department would also be happy to assist people wanting to help out with road marshalling refreshments registrations and checkpoints Alcott tennis The tennis season gets under way at the Gordon Ten nis Club with its opening on April 27 28 from 00 m each day Registrations and tags will be given out and a round robin will be played if weather permits Refreshments will also be available For more informa tion call Norma at 8778918 Crushers lose Orangeville Crushers are now trailing Hanover Barons in its best of seven AllOntario Jr C final series after losing 74 in Hanover on Tuesday Crushers dropped the opener at home 94 and will need to win game three tonight on the road to get things turned around Crushers return home for game four on Sunday at 7 30 m with game five if necessary on Tuesday in Hanover at 7 30 Game six is scheduled for May 3 in at 8 30 and game seven is in Hanover on May at 7 30pm Bridge club This week s Duplicate Bridge Club play featured a threeway tie for first place at the Georgetown Legion 1 Mike and Jake tied with Rene March and Karol as well as Elsie Whitham and Norma Maynard 2 Dons Barber and Adele Gladicic 3 Harry Arbic and George Sargent Acton bowler Deb Mills led the Acton ladies bowling high triple standings last week with a triple In A A league play Her scores of 316 313 and 305 allow ed her team to move Into first place Baseball Rebels baseball team begins its season at the Fairgrounds on Tuesday afternoon against Burl ington Central The team finished atop its division last year and Is looking to Improve further this year

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