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Titans won league in first season 39 · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, October 23, 2009 Continued from page 38 athletes and the team. He coached his atom football team to an undefeated regular season. · Team Award - Oakville Titans junior varsity team (Taha Abukar, Nicholas Allen, Kyle Armstrong, Brett Braszko, Evan Carr-Hall, Christopher Cipolla, Artem Clement, Spencer Creed, Jake Cussen, Fabian Desantis, Wayne Doyley, Shaka Fonderson, Justin Godberson, Matt Hamel, Aaron Jervis, Erik Luciano, Giana Mancini, Eric Manning, Cole Munden, Te Nguyen, Ryan O'Leary, Tim O'Shaughnessy, Ashton Rochester, Mitchell Sadowski, Kaleb Sang, Kyle Sanson, Zack Secord, Frank Simone, Ford Simpson, Amarjit Singh, Alex Sipos, Michael Sparling, Daniel Stephenson, Matt Thomson, M. Toppen): Drawn together from various high schools in Oakville, the first-yearteam played in the SCOFAL League. They had been told that they would be unlikely to make the finals, but proved their detractors wrong by beating the undefeated Burlington Stampeders twice (their first losses in three years), winning the league. They showed grace under pressure, heart and great sportsmanship and citizenship during their first season. · Volunteer Award ­ Drew Doherty: As team manager for the Titans' Renegades atom team, Drew organized fundraisers and team get-togethers for the team with great enthusiasm. He was able to keep the players motivated through a tough season with many injuries and losses. through their tests and helped many achieve their gold medals, convenes and coaches Learn-to-Skate lessons and organizes many other club functions. · Volunteer Award ­ Michael LeBlanc: Michael has served as club president for the past three years. During that time, he has worked tirelessly to move the club in a new era of progressive development, establishing a positive environment in which skaters are able to achieve their goals. He has forged new relationships with many external partners which has raised the club's profile in the skating community. GUEST SPEAKER: CBC News at 6 anchor Diana Swain was the guest speaker at last Saturday's Sport Recognition Awards. NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER Oakville Speed Skating Club · Athlete Award ­ Joshua Sullivan: Last season, Joshua's second year as a bantam, he started the season ranked first in the province. Due to this ranking, he was able to attend four prestigious Ontario Cup competitions, and in each he finished first. Due to his Ontario Cup successes, he was able to compete at provincials, finishing first in his age category and taking home the gold medal for the club. Joshua achieved a perfect score in the meets he attended over the course of the year and was awarded the very prestigious title of Ontario Cup champion. · Coach Award ­ Mike Brazier: Mike has coached with the club since its inception 15 years ago. When the club started as a Parks and Rec program, he was one of the founding coaches. He has always been a role model for club members. He is a diverse coach and has coached all levels of skaters, from beginners to Oakville Skating Club elite athletes. · Volunteer Award ­ Lori Whibbs: Lori's son · Athlete Award ­ Danyel Wright-Dykstra: has been with the club for five years. During Danyel and her Nexxice Senior teammates won gold at the ISU World Synchronized Danyel Wright-Dykstra that time, she has always been relied upon to help on countless occasions. For the past two Skating Championships. It was the second years, she has volunteered countless hours running the world gold for Danyel, who is the only skater in Canada to hospitality room for the club's regional meets. In addition, have won gold at both the junior and senior world synchroshe writes newspaper articles to highlight the members' nized skating championships. successes and has helped out at the club banquet during · Coach Award ­ Lee Varteressian: Lee has been a positive club mini-meets and often helps new members understand role model to her peers and an asset to the club as a coach aspects of the sport. for more than 25 years. She has coached countless skaters Discover the Difference... The Oakville Golf Club is now offering a limited number of Social and Winter Social Memberships for those wishing to discover the private club difference. For more information on our new Social Membership Opportunities please contact Sharon Fraser @ 905.845.8321 ext. 32 or sharonf@oakvillegolfclub.com