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WINNING TRY: A Balmy Beach rugby player dives in for the eventual winning try, 22-19, over Toronto Scottish Sunday at T and G Gage Field in Ashbridges Bay Park Saturday.

Welcome to the new ’hood - Beach Hill Thomas Neal the 2012 Beach Citizen of the Year JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Thomas Neal is one of those people who sees a need and, if he can help, works to fill it. A 25-year-plus Beach resident, Neal is the 2012 Beach Citizen of the Year, a special honour he shares with notable Beachers Anne

Butler (2011), Pat Silver (2010), Jean Cochrane (2009), Joan Brent (2008), Mary Christie (2007), David Breech (2006), Arie Nerman (2005), Marie Perrotta (2004), Ted Randall (2003), Glen Cochrane (2002) and Gene Domagala (2001). A committee consisting of past recipients as well as members of >>>CITIZEN, page 9

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The Gerrard-Woodbine neighbourhood has a new name. After more than two months of voting, members of the Gerrard Wo o d b i n e N e i g h b o u r h o o d Association (GWNA) decided to call their community Beach Hill. Throughout the summer, the GWNA hosted a three-part Name the Hood contest, starting with residents and business owners submitting a range of names. The group’s members then submitted their vote for @BchRivMirror

the Top 10 entries. From there, a third ballot whittled that number down to four. The winning name was unveiled during the association’s first potluck social last Saturday. “The neat thing about Beach Hill is every ballot it went up,” said Kate Tennier, the association’s founder and coordinator. Tennier said it makes sense to call the community Beach Hill because if one looks down Woodbine Avenue, the Beach is clearly visible.

“It’s kind of a natural name,” she said. Tennier credited Steve D’Souza, Shelly Baboolall and Bill Anderson for running the contest. “It was a lot of work but it was fun and it connected the community. Everybody was talking about it,” she said. “We’re just hoping (Beach Hill) will kind of grow organically. Hopefully people will one day say, ‘I live in the Beach Hill neighbourhood’.”

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