Oakville Beaver, 23 Apr 1993, p. 20

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The club is in the midst of a fundâ€"raising drive so that conâ€" struction can begin as scheduled this spring. Oakville Trafalgar High School is one of the sites being used for selection of the provinâ€" cial underâ€"17 basketball team. The cost of the Oakville Soccer Club‘s proposed indoor complex was incorrectly reported in last Sunday‘s Beaver. The actual cost of the facility at Shell Park is $1.5 million. In Senior III men, Chuck Courchesne led most of his race before settling for second place (Dave Righy was fourth). Courchesne‘s results in the first three races of the year allow him to now move up to Category II. Rigby‘s seventhâ€"place showâ€" ing and a sixth from John Powell were best at a McMaster University Criterium, Sunday. Meanwhile, Oakville mounâ€" tainâ€"biker Don Vrooman won a 10â€"kilometre race in Milton, clocking a time of 25 minutes, 55 seconds. HooPs TRYâ€"OUT The Ontario Minor Development Player Program will hold its regional tryâ€"out at the Devon Rd. school, May 5 from 6â€"9 p.m. Top players will be invited to the main camp in June at Oakville‘s Sheridan College. Registration is $20. Call Bill Rennie at 845â€"2875 for details. Oakville Cycling Club‘s Leigh Hargrove pedaled to a first place finish at the Canada‘s Wonderland Criterium, Saturday. On a day when several riders crashed, Hargrove easily won the Junior Women event. Kim Langton was third in Senior Women. CORRECTION That same division saw Megan Doody win the beam (6.73) and place second in floor en route to a secondâ€"place overall finish. Robin Merry, Colleen Steers and Erin Williams also competed. Nugent won gold medals in barsâ€"â€"scoring 7.15â€"â€"and beam (7.05) and was second in floor among Novice I competitors. Alexander was first in floor (6.86) and third in bars in Preâ€" Novice L. Jaime Nugent and Courtney Alexander captured allâ€"around titles as Oakville‘s Antoinettes Gymnastics Club members comâ€" peted in the Provincial Challenge meet, Saturday in Grand River. GYMNASTS SOAR BIKERS ROLL | THE OAKVILLE BEAVER | "It didn‘t really make a differâ€" ence that I won last year," said Hardabura. "It was in my home gym so I wanted to do well." He had scored 8.875 in the comâ€" pulsory portion of the floor but tumâ€" bled to a 7.5 in the optionals. He also managed combined scores of 16.20, 17.35, 17.80 and 16.40 to Already a member of the Ontario and Canadian junior teams, Hardabura was the favorite going into the weekend affair. Still there was something at stake, he said. Hardabura finished first in five of the six events â€" pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and high bar. In the only other event â€" floor exerciseâ€"â€"he placed fourth but was inhibited by a jammed left ankle he incurred during the vault. Oakville‘s Jason Hardabura capâ€" tured his second consecutive Elite Ontario junior (18â€"andâ€"under) gymâ€" nastics title over the weekend at the Burlington B.G.‘s club. The 17 yearâ€"old Loyola Secondary School student has now won Elite Ontario for three straight years. He won the novice competiâ€" tion two years ago. Highâ€"flying Hardabura captures another crown The golf season is here and last weekend saw several area duffer take advantage of the spring weather to venture on to the links at Oakville‘s Richview Golf Club. Right, Pat O‘Dell putts out, while below, Andy Bergmann tees off. GETTING IN THE SWING (Photos by Riziero Vertolli) "It goes back and forth. I‘ll just go there, do the best routines possiâ€" ble and the results will come from that. Last year he placed third behind Richard Ikeda of B.C. and Eric Saintoge of Quebec. Ikeda has since graduated to the senior ranks, leavâ€" ing only himself and Saintoge as the prime contenders. Whoever has the better day will win." Hardabura is now eyeing the Canadian junior national champiâ€" onships May 16â€"24 in Calgary, Alta., where he‘ll be up against the top 32 junior gymnasts in the counâ€" » "It‘s fairly close between us,‘ said the 5â€"footâ€"6, 135â€"pound Hardabura, who finished second to Saintoge at Elite Canada last month in Fredericton, N.B. win the horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and high bar, respectively. His total score of 100.675 put him a full six points ahead of secâ€" ond Roshan _ Amandra _ of Scarborough. Burlington clubâ€"mate Shawn Doyle was third with 89.875. IS BACK IN STOCK FOR A BOCK BEER

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