26-The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, June 12, 2001 Wait nearly over for much-needed sports facilities Ail good things come to those who wait. So, for those who have been waiting about 20 years for Milton to get new ice facilities, congratulations, they're on the way F kr ngi v lkId i , ve hefl1a dthtTmpson Road arena would add an additional ice surface. For as long as I've lived here, the only additional ice I've seen around there has come in the form of slushies at the snack bar. As early as the end of this year, construction could begin on a new arena. "We're still in the process of completing implementa- tion strategy," said Ken McAlpine, coordinator, parks and facili- ties development for Milton. He says a location has to be confirmed and then it has to be deternined whether they build a rink with two pads or four. After that, it goes to town council for approval, and then they get into detailed design and construction. The Parks Master Plan recommends that in order to keep up with population growth, two new ice pads are needed by 2001 and an additional two more by 2009. We could get ail four from the start. According to one proposal, and again nothing has been approved yet, there could be a Community Park, which would be built on Derry Road, between the hospital and Hwy. 5. It would house the new arena and ail kinds of sport facilities, including baseball diamonds and soccer fields. If you've traveled much around the province for your kids' sports, it's the new wave. "It allows a one stop shopping for recre- ational facilities, which is ideal." notes McAlpine. It's not the only new recreational facility planned, either. with MURRAY 1 They've mapped out a proposal of needs and pro ail the way to 2016 when Milton is expectedt approximately 85,000 people. In fact, it makes the whole process of the populai palatable, and even exciting. New tennis facilities, indoor and outdoor poo] courts for basketball and bail hockey, lit and un] monds and soccer fields, all coning our way. Recreational facilities are being given a high p comes to the expansion of Milton. Now all we have is that they do it right. One report shows input from outdoor user groups in November of 1999, which documents their id suggestions. Good stuff there. What concerns me most, though, is the hockey a go with four pads because I'm greedy and becaus find pienty of use for them. More ice surfaces ar naments, maybe figure akaters could get some better timea, and hopefuiiy we can atart a girls hockey league. Maybe even the AAA Halton Hurricanes could play their games in Halton. O ut in is to put a restaurant/bar hrough the middle at the top, which " "ailows viewing access to ail the ice surfaces. If they provide any /ifîItIoutdoor seating at ail, it's usuaily a amail area and appears to be an :ftfii ßeld touh Keep the people in the bar area and have themn spending money is the plan. There's no hockey atmosphere in those places and no posed locations character. to be home to The oniy good one I've seen is Iceland in Mississauga, near the Hershey Centre. When you go in, an open glass concept lets you tion boom more see ail the gares in action fror the ground floor. More importantly, each of the ice surfaces has ample outdoor ls, hard surface seating, as weii as upatairs indoor viewing areas. The indoor view- lit basebail dia- ing areas actualiy have a speaker that shows you to hear the action on the ice. They have one of those restaurant/bars but it only over- priority when it looks the main arena, an you have a choice between indoors or e to worry about outdoors. When I' m out of town and it cornes up that Irm from Milton, do s at a workshop you know what they say most often about our sports facilities? deas, needs and "Oh yeah, they have that great snack bar at the arena." It's funny and it's not funny. arena. I hope we I'r proud to be fror Milton and ar proud of our town when e I think we can people core to visit. Let's make sure we buiid the type of facili- great for tour- ties thatwil make us even prouder. i Correction to race story A story in Friday's Champion regarding the Subaru Milton Triathlon contained incorrect information. The article reported that Miltonian Marath Bannock was the top local female finisher in the duathlon - 2km run, 30km bike, 8km run - when in fact it was Campbellville's Mary Morandin, who tamed the course in 1:48.36. She placed 95th overall and won her age class while Bannock was the second best local woman finisher with a time of 1:56.16. The Champion regrets this error as well as any embarrassment or inconvenience it may have caused. baLCon COUNTRY INN presents 30 yeaPs of Blues & Classic Rock , Opening Act: ý Gerry Arpa & the Flashbacks BIG ON VENUS Sixth Une, Nassagaweya Shuttle bus available for Milton and surrounding areas. Licenced LCBO for more information call 905-876-3018 $5 Cover charge ci M Campbellville S.R. Hwy. 401 Milton ,Mavericks'title runs crushed with overtime bsses at tourney Overtime heartbreak struck twice for the hosts during this past weekend's Milton Lacrosse Tournament. The 12th edition of the invitational showcase saw both the local peewee reps and tyke selects van- quished in sudden death during playoff action Sunday. The tykes' demise came in an unprecedented triple overtime, when Mavericks netminder Cody Krauss was finally beat for a 4-3 loss to Mimico in the qualifying round at Memorial Arena. The hosts' goals in the marathon moming clash were delivered by Sean McGovem, Mark Nordstrom and Keenan Peppiatt. Milton finished third in its division with 8-3 and 5-1 defeats to Burlington and Whitby respectively. Spencer Abraham did all of the round robin scoring. Meanwhile, Milton's peewees rallied from a two- goal deficit in the semifinals against Halton Hills - only to fall 3-2 nine minutes into sudden death at John Tonelli Sports Centre. Joey De'Athe potted both goals, including the equalizer late in the third period, to force the extra session. He also tallied twice in the peewees' weekend highlight - a 7-2 round robin toppling of Brantford. Leading offensively in that one with a hat-trick was Scott Stover - who two gaines earli- er exploded for four goals to tane Burlington 6-2. These wins sandwiched a 2-1 heartbreaker to Fort Erie. Milton's only other team, the novice selects, were bornbed 11-1 by Scarborough in the qualifying round Sunday. Andrew Brown recorded the lone marker, and scored twice in a 5-3 round robin loss to Burlington. Other multi-goal efforts - in the defeat to Burlington and a 9-3 humbling at the hands of Brantford respectively - were offered up by Ethan O'Connor and Richard Monk. The Mavericks were not represented in either the bantam or midget age divisions this year. By SANDRA SNYDER Special to The Champion An exciting line-up of three-year-old pacing fillies are slated to take part in tough Gold Series racing at Woodbine Racetrack Thursday night. A total of 28 talented youngsters will take to the track in three Gold Eliminations and only the top three finishers from each race - plus one fourth-place fin- isher - will advance to the $100,000 Final. Having already seen one of his fillies post a track record time of 1:56.1 in this year's Ontario Sires Stake action at Western Fair Raceway, Milton trainer Ben Wallace is looking forward to getting both of his entries into the Final. Wallace is hoping that post position nine in the fifth race of the evening will give rookie Queen Of Jacks an edge over some much more experienced competition. According to the 1999 Canadian Trainer of the Year, being in the inside lane off the gate at a big track line Woodbine can be a detriment, and as far as Queen Of Jacks is concerned "better the outside than the inside." In her last start, in what was only her second outing, the Dexter Nukes daughter came out of the nine slot on the Woodbine track to grab an early lead and win in a credible time of 1:54.4. However, if Wallace is expecting to see a quick fin- ishing time Thursday, he anticipates seeing it in race nine, when his speedy second entry of the night - Armbro Vanilla - goes head-to-head with some fast competition. It was the Village Jiffy sired Armbro Vanilla who negotiated the tight London track on June 1 to estab- lish a new record time of 1:56.1 - shaving a full two seconds off the previous benchmark. For her veteran trainer, the key to the bay filly's suc- cess has been her good gate speed. Guiding Armbro Vanilla off the gate in al of her 2001 races has been Milton driver Mario Baillargeon - who will once again take the reins Thursday for Mardon Stables of Loretto. Starting two posts down from Armbro Vanilla in the last Gold Elimination Thursday will be another record- breaking pacer with excellent gate speed - Countryview Miss. In the Gold Eliminations in Windsor, the Nat Varty trainee absolutely dominated the field to set a new track, Ontario Sires Stakes and Canadian mark of 1:52.1. Local trainer has top contenders in Gold Series hunt on Thursday