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m o en e e * 4 * * THE OAKVILLE BEAVER | _SPORTS j AND RECREATION 3 ARM UPS I SAILORS RACE Seventyâ€"eight boats, including 12 from Oakville, took part in the werld‘s largest twoâ€"man freshâ€" water yacht race on the weekend. The Lake Ontario 300, hosted by Oakville Harbour Yacht Club and Port Credit Yacht Club, sees boats ranging in size from 25 feet and 40 feet sail from Port Credit to Oakville, to Youngstown, N.Y., to Main Duck Island off Kingston and back to Port Credit. Sailors started at noon Friday and the first finishers were back to Port Credit Sunday afternoon. The actual distance covered was over 300 miles. The top Oakville finishes were by Step On It (second in Spinnaker 9), X Rated (third in Spinnaker 9); Broken Arrow (third in Spinnaker 2) and Ambience (third in Spinnaker 3), all from Oakville Yacht Squadron. Outer Limits of Oakville Harbour Yacht Club was fourth in Main Jib 1A. YOUNG DIVERS Two members of the Oakville‘s Gatquatics Divers Club competed in the National Age Group championships in Edmonton, last weekend. Jenny Arntfield and Kylie Nelson finished 12th and 17th respectively in the girls ‘D‘ 11â€" andâ€"under oneâ€"metre competiâ€" tion. Arntfield had a score of 150.35, Nelson 132.70. Both are 9. They were the only Gatquatic divers to meet the national qualifying score. "These two did a fantastic job...in representing themselves, their club and Ontario..." said cqach George Timmerman. VISITING LEAFS Two past and present Toronto Maple Leaf stars will meet fans and sign photographs in Oakville tomorrow (Saturday). Darryl Sittler and Dave Andreychuk will be at OK/Black‘s Tire Store (2470 Royal Windsor Dr.) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. . Proceeds from sale of photos and concessions will go to Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Ontario. HOT WALKER Mike Alexander continued his undefeated streak in the race walk by winning the Ontario Legion Championships over 1,500m recently. A member of Oakville Athletiques Track and Field Club, Alexander, 15, is hoping to be selected for the Ontario team competing at the national compeâ€" tition in Saskatoon, Aug. 12â€"18. Meanwhile, Richie Barrett, 14, sixth against older competiâ€" tion in the javelin. Jammin‘! | Andre Baptiste shows the form that won him the Oakville Home Court Basketball slamâ€"dunk conâ€" test at Sheridan College last week. (Photo by Barrie Erskine) FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1993 PAGE FF16 Soccer squads eye Cup Thanks for coming out. That might have been the mesâ€" sage to the other teams from the Oakville underâ€"15 reps at the Unico Ontario Cup preliminary tournaâ€" ment in Orangeville. Blue Devils outscored the oppoâ€" sition 46â€"0 in mounting a 4â€"0 record to become the 10th local team to advance to the quarterâ€"final round of the provincial championships. Oakville underâ€"12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 boys will all be attempting to move on to the Aug. 28â€"29 semifinals this weekend. And six of those teams will have home fieldâ€"â€"Shell Parkâ€"â€"advantage. Tomorrow (Saturday), the underâ€" 15s play defending Cup champion Malvern (11 a.m.), the underâ€"12s meet Glen Shields (5 p.m.) and the under 13s play Scarborough. Sunday, Oakville underâ€"17s, 18s and 19s take on Guildwood (11 a.m.), Woodbridge (1 p.m.) and North York Azzurri (3 p.m.), respectively. Oakville underâ€"19 girls host Windsor at 1 p.m. Oakville underâ€"14s, who also won their preliminary tournament on the weekend, will visit London White Eagles, while the underâ€"16 boys go to Woodbridge, Saturday. Blue Devils, who boast an overâ€" all record of 28â€"1â€"0, routed Orangeville 20â€"0, Brampton ‘B‘ 9â€" 0, Richmond Hill 15â€"0 and St. Catharines 2â€"0 in preliminary play Bryan Seguin and Pat Luciani paced the attack with eight and seven goals, respectively. Joey Renella added six, Ryan Canavor and Nicki Budalich five each. Ryan Grieve and Mike Petricca supplied three goals apiece. Mayors drop a line in honor of skipper When the Ontario Charter Boat Association set out to honor one of its most revered members, it decidâ€" ed an ordinary fishing derby wouldn‘t do. Tom Big Canoe had led fishing excursions in his boat, the Margaret Ann, out of Oakville for years. He knew Lake Ontario and was always willing to share his knowledge. "His customers loved him and his competitors respected him," said David Angas, president of the Oakvilleâ€"based OCBA. So, after Tom Big Canoe died suddenly at age 37 two years ago, the OCBA opted to remember him in a special way. The result is the inaugural Tom Big Canoe Memorial Mayor‘s Challenge, Aug. 14. The event is meant not only to honor the 37â€"yearâ€"old former iron worker, but to draw attention to the â€" vast recreational fishing resource in the western end of Lake Ontario. Invitations have been sent out to mayors of the lakefront communiâ€" ties of Burlington, Hamilton, Stoney Creek, Grimsby and Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Lake. Oakville mayor Ann Mulvale will host theâ€" event. Mayor Gord Krantz of Milton has also been invited to repâ€" resent the community where the Big Canoe family still resides. It was not known how many of the mayors would participate. A series of charter boatsâ€"each with a mayor and his or her team of three anglersâ€"will leave Sharkey‘s dock in Oakville Harbour at 8 a.m. and return by 12:30 p.m. The winâ€" ner will be determined by the comâ€" bined length of all fish caught. The skippers‘ only job is to find the fish; the mayors will have to do the rest, said Angas. Another benefit of the challenge will be tourism, he added. ‘We figured it was time to proâ€" mote this aspect of our resources," he said. "We all wanted a chance to show that Port Credit isn‘t the only fishing capital of Canada."