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Pirates plunder Volunteers needed for Labour Day Half Volunteers are needed to help stage the upcoming third annual Labour Day Oakville Half Marathon. The event, which includes a half marathon, 10K and 2K Family Fun Run/Walk, is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 7. The course will start and finish at Coronation Park, winding through both downtown Oakville and the scenic waterfront. The Labour Day Oakville Half Marathon focuses on community involvement, active living and healthy lifestyles while supporting a number of local charitable partners including the Oakville Hospital Foundation, YMCA of Oakville and the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada. The Oakville Half Marathon will depend heavily on the local community to provide the many volunteers required to stage the run through Oakville. Cheering Stations will also be positioned throughout the route. Teams, squads, office friends or interested groups are invited to contact event organizers by emailing info@oakvillehalfmarathon.com or calling 905-949-1910, ext. 235. For more information on the event, log on to www.oakvillemarathon.com. 39 · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, August 21, 2009 SPORTSBRIEFS the LCBO at Upper Oakville Shopping Centre, located at Eighth Line and Upper Middle Rd. Sporting goods, electronics, DVDs, CDs, toys, books, collectibles, furniture and more will be up for grabs. Upper Oakville Shopping Centre merchants have also donated new items that will be raffled off at the end of the day. MacDonald headed to Xavier Oakville Trafalgar High School graduate and tennis player Brandon MacDonald has accepted an Honor Award from Cincinnati's Xavier University. MacDonald plans to major in business at Xavier. All incoming freshmen are evaluated for Xavier's Honor and Schawe Awards and awards levels vary. Cycling club hires high-level coach The Oakville Cycling Club is hiring a Level 4-certified cycling coach at reduced monthly rates for the 2010 cycling season. Training will begin in November, and is open to all ages, road and mountain bike. For more information, visit www.OakvilleCC.com or email OCC_Rob@sympatico.ca Peewee Rangers garage sale excellent house league season by winning the playoff championship. The Pirates went 12-1 in the reg- to raise funds for the upcoming season. ular season, were undefeated in the league's rookieball tournament in May, and defeated the Blue The garage sale will run from 8 a.m. to 3 Jays,Yankees,White Sox,Athletics and Diamondbacks in the playoffs. Members of the team are Jerome p.m. in the parking lot between Harvey's and Bibeau, Adam Green, Alex Green, Nathan Jager, Dylan Jackson, Connor Lindsay, Matthew Panizza, Jibran Quresti, Andrey Renkema, Miles Renwick, Alex Venerri and Joshua Wood. Phil Jager and John Renwick coached the team. ROOKIEBALL CHAMPS: The Oakville Little League rookieball Pirates recently concluded an hold a team garage sale tomorrow (Saturday) The Oakville peewee AAA Rangers will SECOND IN ONTARIO: The Oakville tyke 1 Hawks earned silver at the provincial lacrosse championships, winning four of their five games. Tyke Hawks win silver at provincials A one-goal loss to Hamilton was the only thing that stood between the Oakville tyke 1 Hawks and a provincial lacrosse B championship. The Hawks won their first four games at the provincials before dropping the championship game 9-8 to Hamilton. Oakville's wins came against Halton Hills (7-1), Windsor (12-5) and Elora (5-2) in round-robin action, and St. Catharines (3-1) in the semifinal. Members of the team are Liam Salerno, Mike Fabiano, Chris Ishmael, Matthew Hledin, Jack Follows, Ben Doherty, Kyle Kachan, Alton McDermott, Justin Sykes, Bryce Cordingley, Bradley Somers, Gareth Mann, Thomas Nasato, Matthew Hill, Kennedy Cooper, Jack Travassos and Aden Walsh. Bob Sykes, John Salerno, Steve Doherty, Scott Hledin and Troy Cordingley coach the team. Bryan McDermott is the manager.