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C 3 T ‘st 4ing ‘Aepug ; A 12â€"yearâ€"old Oakville swimmer posted times that not only won her two golds at the recent provincial championships, but also lifted her to the top of her age category in Canada. It also won Christina Kubacki, a New Central stuâ€" dent who will enter Grade 8 in the fall, a position on the Ontario Tour Team. Duo to sail in land of rising sun The team is comprised of 24 swimmers, between the ages of 11 and 14, chosen from the recent champiâ€" onships. Oakville swimmer is top rated 12â€"yearâ€"old in two events The young swimmers will travel to Santa Clara, California to compete in the Far Western Age Group Championships from Aug. 3â€"7. The best swimmers from the western U.S. as wellâ€"as other nations like Japan will be competing. Two members of the Oakville Harbour Yacht Club will represent Canada at the Snipe world masters championship in Japan. Bent Poulsen, 62, and Idwal Crook, 66 ("bent and crooked," as Idwal likes to say) will team up to sail against 58 competitors from 13 countries. In 1971, the pair represented Canada at the Panâ€"Am Games, finâ€" ishing fifth out of 12 countries. The duo, with Poulsen as the skipper, will race in the masters (56 to 64 years of age) category. Other categories are apprentice (45 to 55) and grand masters (65 and over). Five races will be held between July 28 and Aug. 1. In previous U.S. Masters compeâ€" titions, the team finished fifth in 1993 in Chattanooga and fourth in 1992 in Boston. She‘s Canada‘s best Kubacki, who still swims out of Mississauga where AND RECREATION | "We‘ve been sailing together for more than 40 years," said Crook, adding that they average about 25 events a year. Student sailors will strut their stuff at twoâ€"day regatta later this month A twoâ€"day regatta being held in Oakville later this month will give stuâ€" dents enroled in area sailing schools an opportunity to put their newâ€"found knowledge to the test. The Oakville Yacht Squadron sailing school is hosting the event which will be held July 25 and 26 (Monday and Tuesday) and is expected to attract at least 20 other sailing schools along the lake, and hopefully a few from the south shore. The mostly teenâ€"aged competitors will use the one and twoâ€"person Lasers. The 13â€"foot craft employ one and three sails, respectively. Z‘Spectzitors are invited to come out," said head instructor Michael Rustom. The regatta, he said, will allow the bronze and silver level students to "apply their skills in a competitive environment, and to hopefully get hooked on sailing." Oakville‘s Christina Kubacki She is hoping to smash both marks when she comâ€" petes at the national championships in Etobicoke during the last weekend of July. her family used to live, won gold in both the 100â€"metre and 200â€"metre butterfly, in the process setting personal best times, respectively, of 1:06.51 and 2:28.86, A longer term goal is to make the junior national team. She‘ll be 13 next year and hopes to have a shot at making the team even though it‘s comprised mostly of 14â€"yearâ€"olds. Reaching such a competitive level has required a lot of dedication: there‘s few lazy hazy days of summer for her. In fact, her summer practice sessions have been upped from the usual oneâ€"aâ€"day to two sessions a day â€" two hours in the morning and 90 minutes in the evening. To David Ferguson and Peter Crnogorac of Oakwille, both $10,000 winners! "It‘s a great way to play an old favourite" ongrAUu@t ons ! He said it keeps them in good shape. Snipe class dinghies are 15 feet overall with a sail area of 128 feet. On Tuesday, the A‘s scored five runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to record an exciting 5â€"4 comeback victory over Bloor. The A‘s strong defence was highlighted by plays by shortstop Matt Martin and centre fielder Trevor McElrea. Hosick tallies 14 strikeouts in 8â€"0 victory The Oakville A‘s juvenile rep baseball squad won two games last week to extend its present winning streak to six games. On Wednesday, Anderson went the distance, giving up only three hits, in Oakville‘s 6â€"1 win over Streetsville. The rally was highlighted by a triple by Brent Gray and a twoâ€"out single by Dave Anderson. It‘s back to school for Nina Demowski, but she‘s hitting the paveâ€" ment not the books at Appleby College‘s annual summer sports school. The sports school is holding an introductory tennis clinic for youth aged 8 to 12 this Monday (July 18) at 3:45 p.m. To reserve a place, call 845â€"4681. (Photo by Peter McCusker) Oakville A‘s extend winning streak to six Tyler Hosick continued his assault on opposition batters, leaving them shaking their heads as they headed back to the bench. Hosick pitched 14 strikeouts and gave up only two hits in a complete game shutout for Oakville. Defensive highlights included a great 2â€"5 play between Peter Kissel and Jordan Strofolino to catch a very surprised Clarkson player sliding hard on a thirdâ€" base steal. Right fielder Josh Crowley made an outstanding mid air catch for the third out of the sixth inning. Offensively, aggressive hitting and base running caused all kinds of trouble for three different Clarkson pitchers. Rob Kapuscinski went threeâ€"forâ€"four with three singles, three RBI‘s and five stolen bases. Jonathan Cooke hit two hard singles, cashing in two RBI‘s with three stolen bases. Catcher Peter Kissel hit a screaming double in the fourth and eventually came in to score after stealing third and comâ€" ing home on a while throw. Jordan Stofolino drew an important walk and later sinâ€" gled in the game. Marc Walton added a single and a stolen base. Bobby Chapelle got on base the hard way â€" a hard pitch off the helmet. His revenge came by way of aggressive base running and scoring on a wild pitch. Tyler Hosick and Shaun Benay both contributed with walks and stolen bases. The Oakville underâ€"14 girls rep soccer team edged previously unbeaten Erin Mills 1â€"0 last Thursday. The Oakville underâ€"11 girls allâ€"star team won the Erin Mills tournament last weekend. In the championship game against St. Catharines, a 1â€"1 tie carried through overtime, sending them into penalty kicks where Oakville goaltender Julie Pressad came up big. Nadia Manes booted in Oakville‘s regulation time goal. _ Oakville went undefeated in the preliminary round, defeating Erin Mills 2â€"0 (goals by Kristina Melhuish and Allison Moffatt), tieing St. Catharines 2â€"2 (goals by Kristina Melhuish and Nadia Manes and defeating Mississauga 5â€"0 (goals to Heather Sullivan 2, Kayla Nolan, Jacquie Cox and Kristin Melhuish). + Maggie Webster scored from 25â€"metres out, completing a nice counter attack made by Emily Rowland and Allyson Wright. Underâ€"11 girls win Erin Mills tourney Oakville edges unbeaten Erin Mills FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1994 PAGE 18