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Oakville‘s Stephen Perkovic, a defenceman for the Guelph Gryphons, has been named to the Canadian Interâ€"universities Athletic Union allâ€"Canadian hockey team. Perkovic was earlier named to Ontario Universities Athletic Association West Division firstâ€" allâ€"star team for the second straight season. He was sixth in OUAA scorâ€" ing this year with 12 goals and 31 assists for 43 points in 22 contests. The Gryphons won the West with a 16â€"5â€"1 record and defeatâ€" ed Waterloo in the playoffs before losing to the Toronto Blues in the OUAA champiâ€" onship. They got a second crack at Toronto Friday in The Nationalsâ€" â€"the CIAU Final Four championships. Alberta and Acadia played in the other Final Four match. Winners meet for the title today (Sunday) at Maple Leaf Gardens (3 p.m.). Home Court Basketball is accepting registration for its summer men‘s, youths and chilâ€" dren leagues and clinics. Call 825â€"4117...Halton _ Field Hockey Club needs players for its rep teams and recreational teams. Call 257â€"0409... Burlington Ball Hockey League seeks teams for its upcoming season. 681â€"9215. FRIDAY: Halton Classic high school allâ€"star basketball game at T.A. Blakelock. 8 p.m. (preceded by threeâ€"point shootâ€" ing and slamâ€"dunk contests). SUNDAY: Hamilton‘s 99th Around the Bay 30 km road race. APRIL _ 1â€"4: _ Halton Challenge 12â€"team high school hockey tournament at Oakville Arena. World Lefthanders Curling Championship at Oakville Club. â€"CANADIAN OP TICKETS ULLETIN Squash Ontario estimates the numâ€" ber of players in the province, both at Oa the recreational and competitive level, has doubled to 200,000 since 1980. Across Canada, there are about 300,000 players, more than four times as many that played the game in 1974. It is, simply, ‘unsquashable.‘ Once viewed as an elitist toy of the of the baby boom generation, the game of squash continues to soar into the 1990‘s. At Sheridan College‘s J.M. Porter Athletic Centre, facilities manager Steve Blundy doesn‘t have any hard statistics but says the two courts are easily used 75 per cent of the time. And those trends are being mirrored in Oakville. At Glen Abbey Recreation Centre, for instance, the three courts are fully used in the evenings and about halfâ€"used during the day. A 30 to 40â€"strong Thursday night coâ€"ed league has been operating nonâ€"stop for the past four years at River Oaks. T Cheryl Pecarski, manager of club services at Premier Health and Racquet Club, says the club can‘t keep up with the demand for squash. Under previous manageâ€" ment, the club had 17 racquetâ€" ball courts. They are now being converted to squash because of the latter‘s poptlarity. Says Bob Pawliw, fitness coâ€"ordinator at River Oaks, "There are a lot of people comâ€" ing through. There are people that want to take lessons. There are people that want to get their workout through it. There are "It‘s never been busier," she said. Andrea Dowdall of Oakville‘s Antoinettes Gym Club grabs for the low â€" women‘s Central Region provincial qualifying meet, held recently at bar in her uneven bars routine in the Senior 2 category of the 1993 _ Bishop Reding Secondary School in Milton. (Photo by Graham Paine) DAKVILLE BEAVER â€" 3. GLEN ABBEY RECBEATIDN CENTBE (Foarm Llne saum DI Upper Middle Rd., 0063} > Ral ‘::One’year coufts only 13322 62, lhm mnnthsâ€" mness and squasb 8171 190 HPay 'a: you play Non wlma flma (845 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondavs to Ffldays) suach per la-mlnute seslan prime. flms (5 45 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Mondays Frldays Saturdays, Sundays, holidays), 311 25 lnr two Non members can hook one day in advance. > Facilities: Two enclosed international courts.. Programs: Group lessons, lnlormal ladders and round-mhlns soclal games. Lessons are Inlmduclory in nature and are usually taught by experlenced players in the s!udem body. Offered in small groups. Rates: Oneâ€"year full memhershlp (includes fitness), $170. Payâ€"asâ€"youâ€"play, $4.50 per person. Mondays to Fridays (Septemberâ€"May), 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 4p m. Sundays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Faclmlos' Six lniematlonal muns ; a 10 w men‘s Iaddm Rms Varlous pachyu Avaragc price ahoul $100 bpor year lnlflallon fee ranges lro, n ) to $199, No court fees, Oakville gets in the game PREMIER HEALTH AND RACQUET CLUB (474 Iroquois Shore Blvd., §42â€"2366): J.M. PORTER ATHLETIC CENTER (Sheridan College, 845â€"9430); people that left the game but are getting back into it." And it‘s easy to see why: First and foremost is its cardiovascular value. "If your heartrate is 60 to 80 per cent of your maximum, a 45â€"minute game is plenty of cardioâ€" vascular for one time," said Pawliw. Do that three times a week and it removes the need for further exercise. The key, though, is LEAP OF FAITH * By TOM MICHIBATA + SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1993 PAGE 21 TTLEC "I think squash is a lot more active and skillful game (than racquetball)," Blundy said. "There is a lot of strategy involved," Pawliw said. "It‘s an opportunity for people who are not as athletic to figure out the angles better than somebody else." Another builtâ€"in component is a social eleâ€" ment. Squash seems to lend itself to socializing with friends and acquaintances in a recreational atmosphere. Officials say squash is trying to shed its stereotype as a rich man‘s game by going into townâ€"owned facilities, such as River Oaks and Glen Abbey, and being introduced into schools‘ physical education curriculums. finding an opponent of equal ability, otherwise the rallies are short and exercise is limited, which is where house leagues and ladders come in. But for some, the competition of squash outstrips the fitness factor. Still, Sherry Funston of Squash Ontario, isn‘t sure if it will ever escape that label. At the same time the image isn‘t all bad. "Maybe it‘s working to our advantage in terms of corporate spinoffs," she said. "Big corporaâ€" tions like IBM are involved because they are appealing to a certain client." Actually the sport is economiâ€" cal, especially when compared to, say, hockey, An inexpensive metal or aluâ€" minum racquet can be picked up for $30 or $40, although Squash Canada technical director Nancy Cranbury recommends using a graphite composite racquet with See SQUASH, Page 22