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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Friday October 19, 2007 - 49 Local paddlers, coach help Canada win four world dragonboat gold Oakville paddlers Sheila Kuyper, Kara Reid and Chanda Reid, coached by local resident and former Olympian Gavin Maxwell, helped Canada to a gold-medal sweep in premier women's action at the recent world dragonboat championships in Australia. SPORTSBRIEFS The team, which featured paddlers from the Greater Toronto Area, Montreal and Nova Scotia, finished first in the 1,000-metre, 2,000m, 200m and 500m events. The four-gold performance one-upped the team's performance at last year's worlds, when Canada did not compete in the 2,000m event. Another Oakville resident, Verna Dalgleish, was on the Canadian over-50 team that earned a bronze. Canada won a total of 23 gold medals at this year's worlds. The United States claimed the Nation's Cup, awarded to the country that earned the most points in premier mixed, women's and open competition. SILVER BELLES: Allowing only one regulation-time goal in five games, the Oakville atom AA Hornets won silver at a recent girls' hockey tournament in Willowdale. Seven-point week earns honours for Tavares John Tavares has been named the Ontario Hockey League's player of the week for the second time in the fourweek-old season. The 17-year-old Oakville native had four goals and three assists in two games. Tavares had a goal and an assist in the Oshawa Generals' 9-2 win over Erie and had a season-high five points, including three goals, in an 8-2 victory over Kingston. Last season's OHL MVP leads the league in scoring with 13 goals and 22 points in eight games. He was also named the Canadian Hockey League's player of the week. Atom AA Hornets start with silver The Oakville atom AA Hornets served early notice that they should be a contender in the newly-created Lower Lakes Female Hockey League, earning silver at the recent Willowdale Red Wings fall tournament. Oakville yielded only one goal in round-robin play, posting shutout wins over Burlington, Mississauga and Brampton while tying the London Devilettes 1-1. The Hornets faced London again in the final, a game that remained scoreless through regulation time and a fiveminute overtime period before London won an 11-round shootout. Nikki Cece earned the shutouts for the Hornets. Also contributing were Olivia Atkinson, Kaitlyn Norris, Cassidy Miller, Kristin O'Neill, Claire Merrick, Madison Field, Jacinta Kennedy, Kaitlyn McAllister, Taylor McMaho, Laura Crowdis, MacKenzie Stamper, Breeann Gallagher, Chloe Morrison, Emily Schnarr and Jessica Geddes. The team is coached by Lou Merrick, Chris Stamper, Gary McLellan and Neil Morrison. Trish O'Neil and Barb McMahon are the trainers, and Grace Norris serves as manager. Minor peewee AA Rangers Two strong tournament showings and a five-game undefeated streak to begin the regular season suggests the Oakville minor peewee AA Rangers are determined to repeat as OMHA champions. The Rangers began the year with a 5-1 win over arch-rival Stoney Creek, then edged Orangeville 3-2, earned a come-from-behind tie against Guelph, doubled Caledon 6-3 and dumped Brampton 7-3. Members of this year's squad, which was a finalist and semifinalist at earlybird tournaments, are Lukas Marek, Patrick Shea, Connor Chambers, Chris Dumont, Callum Fryer, Tyler Hipple, Matt Norris, Gordon Schneider, Douglas Bertrand, Nicholas Caissie, Logan Crozier, Ryan Garvey, Christian Hayes, Theo Lewis, Joel Matson, Zach Moll and Jake Smyth. REPHOCKEY Dave Crozier, Kevin Gordon and Dan Dumont coach the club, which is managed by Charlie Hayes. Ray Caissie is the trainer. Minor atom A Rangers Playing six games in three days, the Oakville minor atom A Rangers earned silver at the Peterborough Nationals tournament earlier this month. Oakville competed against teams from Waterloo, Ajax, Peterborough, St. Thomas and Cobourg, falling 5-1 to Cobourg in the final. "Key to our team's success was having our players play together as a team," said Rangers general manager Anne McGinnis, "while, at the same time, the coaching staff has done a terrific job in having our kids believe in themselves." Cassidy second at national 10K road race Oakville's Josh Cassidy finished second at the TransCanada Canadian 10-kilometre road racing championships in Ottawa. Michel Filteau of St-Jean-Batptiste, Que. won the wheelchair division in 22 minutes and 47 seconds. Samuel leads U of T to golf championship Scott Samuel of Oakville fired rounds of 72 and 68 to lead the University of Toronto Varsity Blues' team to victory at an NCAA golf tournament hosted by Robert Morris University last week. Samuel's four-under par 68 at the Montour Heights Country Club in Pittsburgh gave him a two-day total of 140, tying him for third place, three strokes off the lead. Three of the Blues' five-man team finished in the top 12 as U of T posted a new tournament record of 586, giving it a 13-stroke victory over Clarion University and Canisius College. The Blues concluded the season this week at the Ontario University Athletics championships in Ottawa. Multiple goal-scorers in the tournament for Oakville were Bradley Byers (four), Benjamin Hamburg, Michael Pare (three each), Kyle Kolwich and Luke Vasilaros-Wilson (two apiece). Also netting markers were Jacob Zedor, Colin McLeod, Brian McGinnis, Craig McCormick, Christopher Howarth and Sean Garvey. Among those contributing assists were Caleb Cutcliffe, Andrew Ciuffreda, Graham Parker and Michael Sweeney. Alex Filippini and Elric Schreinert provided quality goaltending throughout the competition. Jody Zedor, Steven McCormick and Tom Howarth coach the team. Tom Howarth is the trainer, Gary Filippini is the goalie coach, and Val McLeod coordinates team fitness. OT would visit Irish Continued from page 38 Grade 12, and White Oaks will have as few as five players returning next year. "It will be interesting, but it's not going to be the same," Prieur said. "We have a lot of great, talented players. We have some good players coming up. It's still sad to lose our experienced players, though." Oakville Trafalgar also advanced to today's semifinal round with a win Wednesday, edging the Holy Trinity Titans 2-1. Candice Hawksworth and Annika Rinas tallied for the Red Devils, who will host the Assumption Crusaders today at 3:30 p.m. Winners today will advance to the Halton final, scheduled for Monday. Should the final pit the two division winners this season, OT and Notre Dame, the game would be contested in Burlington at 3 p.m. Lowest Prices Of The Year Flyer in today's paper! (Only in selected areas.) See in store for complete details. Look for our