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NEW CAPTAIN Chris Pridham and the Canada's Davis Cup men's tennis team have a new captain. Louis Cayer of Verdun, Que., was named last week as the 28th captain in the 80-year history of the Canadian Davis Cup squad. This comes as good news for Pridham, an Oakville native and the country's top-ranked player. Pridham quit the Davis Cup team early this year over a dispute with Lamarche. Lamarche announced his res- ignation shortly afterward, fol- lowing a loss to Chile in the American Zone series in March. Cayer, who has served as head coach of Canada's ABB Davis Cup team since 1989, succeeds Pierre Lamarche of Burlington, who will retain his duties as technical director for Tennis Canada, That loss relegated Canada in Group 2 of the America Zone, the third tier of Davis Cup play, in 1994. Also on the team is Martin Wostenholme of Oakville. Minor hockey registration 257-8992...Club volleyball try-outs (girls midget, juvenile, junior): Peel Selects (634-7251; 873-2407; 519-853-0978); Waterdown Raiders (333-3828; 689-5646)...Teams needed for Air Canada Dream Come True charity mixed slo-pitcll tour- nament 847-8505...The Secret to Successful Coaching semi- nar, Sept. 29 at Credit Valley Hospital. $10. 820-2564. WEDNESDAY: 14th annual Beaver charity golf tournament. Wyldewood Golf and Country Club. Oakvillc Longhorns vs. Lancashire Wolverines. Exhibition football. 7:30 pm. Nelson Stadium Pre-season hockey: Oakville Blades vs. Barrie Colts. 8 pm. at River Oaks Recreation ’ SPOR TS hm} MW’ {Hui 'Ilfi!‘ AND RECREATION W6“ English football team hopes for jolly old time ‘ By JIM WILSON Beaver sports editor ut-numbered and out-sized, all the Lancashire Wolverines can do is promise they won't be out-hustled. And even this might not be enough to win for one of the top football teams in England in a pair of exhibition games against Oakville Longhorns. The teams met Friday night and will meet again Wednesday night at Nelson Stadium in Burlington in what is being billed as the "Commonwealth Challenge," a two-game, total point series that pits the Northern Football Conference champion Longhorns against a coun- try where American-style football is barely a fad. Mind you, the Wolverines are a decent team They finished second in the 28-team English Premier Division and, early in the season, became one of the first English teams to ever beat a US. squad, when they met the Oregon McDonald's serves up classic toy ' W [olhctallfwrBarbic'figuirine’ianflourHot'Whnls'Attack Pack" nhitkntfldhmld’s}, _ f' They have a good quarterback (John Iddon), a fine all-purpose running back (John Nuttall), a sure-handed receiver (Nick Edginton), a solid offensive line and a defence that features the country's top linebacker (Gary Burnford). State All-Stars in an exhibition game. But is this enough against the Hours? Likely not. The Wolverines brought just 28 players with them, 23 of them regulars and only 14 starters. And then there's another problem "People in England don't grow over six feet," said Wolverines co-coach Dan Brooks, a former Longhorn who arranged the trip, along with 'Horns head coach Tony Molnar. He was joking, of course, but the size factor is probably the biggest difference between the teams and Brooks was hoping the Wolverines wouldn't be intimidated. "I need to convince the players that we're all human and-bleed the same," he said. There are about 8,000 players and 126 teams SUNDAY: SEPTEMBER 12, 1993 PAGE 19 playing football in England. And Brooks notes that fans are very "gung ho" about this unusual sport-even if they can't figure out what all the whistles are for. A Burlington native, Brooks attended school in Iowa and was signed by lads Cougars as one of four imports each English team is allowed. H0 married an English girl, had a cup of coffee with the Longhorns and then returned to England. "Now I pay to play," he says. While Brooks promised the Wolverines will give everything to win ("we wouldn't have brought the guys over here if they weren'tgoing to play their ass off"), the score is not important 7"Fer us, it's not about points...but respect. We want to see how we measure up with North American players," he says. For the Longhorns, the game is a way of pro- longing the season. The NFC season ended a month ago but players said they wanted to play some more, Molnar said.- . ' [com a: my rmucnnon CARFIND MAKES IT EASY TO BUY OR SELL A VEHICLE 655-0222