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The two teams playing for the prestigious Unico Provincial Cup at Centennial Stadium in Kitchener are the Oakville Blazers girls underâ€" 13 squad which takes on the Burlington Sting on Saturday at 5 p.m. and the Oakville Winstars underâ€"17 boys team which tangles with Whitby Celtic Sunday at 11 a.m. The winner of the latter game will represent Ontario at the national underâ€"17 champiâ€" onships which will be played at Etobicoke‘s Centennial Stadium, October 7â€"10. In the semiâ€"final match, the Oakville Blue Devils underâ€"16 boys team will take on Pickering Power Sunday, 3 p.m., at Shell Park This weekend is a busy and important one for the Oakville Soccer Club with two teams playing for their respective provincial champiâ€" onships in Kitchener and another team playing a semiâ€"final match in Oakville. The winner of that match gets a trip to Kitchener for the Ontario Cup underâ€"16 chamâ€" pionship the following Saturday (Sept. 17) at 3 Three Oakville teams are involved in Ontario Cup action "It‘s a great way to play an old favourite" y 414 in Oakvil p.m. The opponents will either be Hamilton Sparta or Scarborough Malvern (their semiâ€" final match is being played Saturday, 11 a.m., at Sackville Hill Park in Hamilton). The Oakville Winstars underâ€"17 team needâ€" ed two goals in overtime to defeat the North Rockets 2â€"0 in their semiâ€"final game in last Sunday. Neither team threatened to score in the first 77 minutes of the game with both the Rockets‘ The action takes place at the River Oaks Sports Complex on Sixth Line with the first of 12 games slated to get under way at 8:30 a.m. The Oakville Minor Baseball Association (OMBA) is holding its annual championship day Saturday (rain date Sunday). OMBA holds championship day In all,.24 teams inâ€"six diviâ€" Amateur thrilled to play with Price and Frost For Belcher, forking over the big bucks to play in the traâ€" ditional proâ€"am event has been well worth it. Last year, his foursome teed off with the world‘s best golfer, Nick Price, Donnie Hammond shot a sixâ€"underâ€"par 66 and was the low professional at Wednesday‘s Bell Canadian Open proâ€"am event. One golfer who wasn‘t about to give his score was amaâ€" teur Val Belcher of Ottawa who came in from Ottawa to tee up with the pros. "I played some good rounds and some bad rounds," he said, as he walked off the 18th hole. Defending Open champ Dave Frost (left photo) and Craig Stadler got plenty of practice in for the Canadian Open, participating in Tuesday‘s skins classic and Wednesday‘s proâ€"am event. (Photos by Barrie Erskine) in Oalkwille, or wherever you happen to be. sions â€" from major Tâ€"ball through to midget/juvenile â€" will compete in the various championship and consolation games For those players unlucky enough to make the finals, they‘ll still find a hot dog and drink waiting for them if they show up with their officml OMBA However, at the 77th minute, the Rockets‘ James Hugh (who had come on as a substitute only minutes earlier) was given the boot for foul, abusive and threatening language directed at an opponent. Six minutes later, his teammate Marcello Gortari joined him on the sidelines after being tagged for violent conduct. Stephen Spano and Winstars‘ Tomasz Zawislan playing perfect in their respective goals. The last seven minutes of regulation time North Diamond 8:30 a.m., major Tâ€"ball consolation 11 a.m., major Tâ€"ball championship 1:30 p.m., minor mosquito consolation 4 p.m., minor mosquito championship Central Diamond 9 a.m., bantam consolation 11:30 a.m., bantam championship 2 p.m., midget consolation 4:30 p.m., midget championship (best two out of three â€" may require a late game at 8 p.m.) South Diamond 9:30 a.m., major mosquito consolation noon, major mosquito championship 2:30 p.m., pee wee consolation ,5 p.m.,.pee wee.championship . . . Lietzke won five skins and $7,000 during the nineâ€"hole event, played on the Abbey‘s front nine. Lietzke, a perennial favorite at Glen Abbey, won his skins on the parâ€"3 third and seventh holes, Stadler won his skins on the parâ€"five fifth and Gallagher Jr. claimed his skins at the parâ€"four eighth and ninth. The skins event also included Jim Gallagher Jr. (two skins, $5,000), Craig Stadler (two skins, $3,000) and defendâ€" ing Open champion David Frost (shut out). Play at the Bell Canadian Open continues through to Sunday at Glen Abbey golf club. Twoâ€"time Open champion Bruce Lietzke was the big winâ€" ner in Tuesday‘s $15,000 skins classic at the Bell Canadian Lietzke edges Price for $7,000 skins win Just two strokes off the pace were Keith Clearwater and Tom Lehman. Top Canadian on the day was Dave Barr who shot an evenâ€"par 72. Richard Zokol shot a 75. The winner of five tournaments this season, including the British Open and the PGA Championship, Price finished with a flurry, shooting a 33 on the back side. A twoâ€"time winner on the PGA tour, Hammond posted seven birdies and fired a 31 on the front nine to finish a stroke ahead of Price. "The greens are very slick, and if you hit a ball in the rough it‘s tough to get out." Like Price last year, he said Frost was "a tremendous genâ€" tleman â€" he was a lot of fun. He helped out with putts and gave lots of advice." For instance? "I need longer clubs â€" that‘s what I learned today." The pros, he said, seem to possess an almost instinctive "feel of the course, and feel of the greens." "And when they‘re challenged with a shot, they make it." Besides the calibre of the guest pro, Belcher said he also noticed a difference in the actual course itself. This, of course, is by design as the organizers, in the weeks leading up to the Bell Canadian Open, cut the greens shorter and allow the rough to grow longer. and this year he walked the fairways with defending Open champion Dave Frost. The amateur said he was very impressed. "It‘s nice to play with guys who take the time to talk to the people." was all spent in the Rockets end of the field as North York played two men short. However, with the North York goaltender continuing his inspired play and with the Rockets playing their other eight players in defence, Oakville was unable to get the crucial goal, sending the game into overtime. Surprisingly, the North York players picked up their game for the final 13 minutes and, although playing two men short, apphed conâ€" stant pressure on Oakville: Just prior to the first overtime period, Rockets‘ coach Georgio Piotte, in a surprise move, substituted Spano with Ricky Molina in the North York goal. Claudio Facchini of Oakville responded by scoring 33 seconds into the first overtime period. A disillusioned North York team seemed to lose its determination and Oakville dominated the play for the entire first overtime period. At the second minute of the second overâ€" time period, Anthony Shaw scored the insurâ€" ance goal for Oakville. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1994 PAGE 16