Halton Hills Newspapers

Independent & Free Press (Georgetown, ON), 28 Mar 2008, S04

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GEORGETOWN SOCCER CLUB Deadline for 2008 OUTDOOR REGISTRATION is fast approaching!! March 31, 2008, is the last day! To register online please go to our website at: georetownsoccerclub.com Interested in trying out for one of our Select Teams? Go to georgetownsoccerclub.com for more info. Name: __________________________________ E-mail: __________________________________ Phone: ___________________________________ The Everything Soccer StoreThe Everything Soccer Store The Everything Soccer Store * Outdoor & Indoor Sho s * Apparel & Team Wear * Goalkeeper Equipment & Shinpads * Training Equipment & Accessories * Custom Embroidery & Screenprinting * Camps & Coaching NEW SPRING STOCK HAS ARRIVED!! 348 GUELPH ST (BESIDE QUIZNOs SUBS) 905-873-2273 soccerplus1@bellnet.ca WIN WIN WIN A FREE OFFICIAL TORONTO FC HOME JERSEY To enter return this Ballot by April 26, 2008 to Soccerplus @ 348 Guelph St., Georgetown. ArenaPro SUMMER HOCKEY BEGINS 905-451-9275 MENS TEAMS/INDIVIDUAL www.arenapro.com YOUTH-BOYS/GIRLS 7 TO 17 YRS. OLD 4 & 5 & 6 YR. OLD INSTRUCTIONAL OUR 12TH YEAR OUR 36TH YEAR 905-840-7370 4 Sports & Leisure, Friday, March 28, 2008 I said I would help out for the first year until we could get a real coach, and here we are 20 years later, joked the retired factory work- er, who was assisted by daughter Julie for 15 years. Having also established a Masters program for adults in Acton, Ocken- den reluctantly had to step down from the Aqua Ducks last year after find- ing his Halton District School board trustee workload didnt allow him to spend enough time at the Acton Indoor Pool. Not that Ockenden was known by his pupils as the drill-sergeant type; he shunned the notion of early-morning prac- tices and workouts totaled no more than six hours a week. Yet the Aqua Ducks were consis- tently competitive against much larger teams at the Central Ontario meets, which was a source of pride for Ockenden, but not the main moti- vation for his involvement. Teaching life skills was always a focal point for me, he added. Katie Rowland When asked to recount a career highlight from her outstanding 15-year career as an elite- level gymnast, Georgetowns Katie Rowland could be excused for the pause that followed. Considering the all-around womens indi- vidual Canadian championship she won in 1998, her stellar four years at Penn State University, or wearing her countrys colours in international competition, the now-retired 26- year-old understandably gave an ambigouous answer when put on the spot. I never went to the Olympics but the Commonwealth Games (in 1998 in Malaysia) had such great spirit, coming into the stadium for the opening ceremonies and just being able to represent Canada at meets like the world championships was a great thrill, the Georgetown District High School grad said. Winning the Canadian championship in 1998 was special too because I was able to do it in front of my family and friends in Hamilton, and then to be offered a scholarship at a school like Penn State, where I spent the best four years of my life, was phenomenal. Inspired by a demonstration she witnessed Sports Hall of Fame grows by five GERRY OCKENDEN Swimming Continued from pg. 1 KATIE ROWLAND Gymnastics See FIVE, pg. 6

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