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21 · OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, October 15, 2009 For the love of the game The Oakville Club is a family oriented, multi-recreational, fitness and social club with facilities and programs to enhance the quality of our Members' lives and well-being. Badminton at the Oakville Club is played in a gymnasium that was carefully converted from what was once a World War I airplane hangar. Four dedicated courts are home to this year-round sport and a program of organized leagues, round robins, socials and reciprocal events. Every evening during the week our Club Badminton Professional Stu Arthur runs a competitive, intermediate and beginner Junior Badminton program for ages 4-18. Junior Members Allison Bennett and Josh Morawetz both became interested in Badminton when their parents signed them up for lessons at eight years old. Soon after they began competing in regional matches and eventually provincial level tournaments. Little did they know that ten years later they would still be playing together in the Oakville Club championships. Today, Josh is keeping up his game at the University of Western Ontario and tries to play with his Oakville Club Badminton team mates and coach Stu when they are all in town. Allison is a member of the McMaster University Marauders Varsity Badminton team and continues to take lessons and work on strategy with Stu during the off season. Despite the different courses their lives are taking Josh and Allison have developed a love of the game that is not dissipating. Our Club Professional Stu Arthur runs a competitive, intermediate and beginner junior program for ages 4-18 every evening on the Badminton courts. Stu has been the Club Badminton Professional for 5 seasons and brings his expertise from being a director of the Canadian Badminton Coaches Association and a former member of Canada's National Badminton Team. Badminton is a fun, fast paced sport that is a great work-out and, most of all, a great time! To find out more about the Oakville Experts reveal why this recession is a great time to go green Michel Bergeron, Vice President, Corporate Relations, BDCIt's understandable to think this recession has put a damper on "green" or environmentally friendly business practices. Going green or staying green may be a luxury many struggling businesses simply can't afford these days. But while that may have been the case for past downturns, times have certainly changed. For starters, many green initiatives save companies money. Catherine Swift, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), which represents 105,000 small businesses nationwide, says she's seen no indication from her members that saving the Earth is taking a back seat to saving the business. "One reason is that for smaller companies, the recession hasn't been as dire as for large firms that are driven by the stock markets. Our members are privately owned companies, and among them, we're continuing to see a focus on environmental practices," she says. Continued on page 22 Allison Bennett and Josh Morawetz at the 2007 Provincial Championships Club and all the social and recreational activities offered, or to arrange a tour call 905.845.0231 or e-mail info@oakvilleclub.com