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w w w . o a kv ill eb ea ve r.c o m O A KV IL LE B EA V ER Fr id ay , A ug us t 1 3, 2 01 0 3 2 The Oakville under-14 girls A soccer team was a finalist at an U16 tournament recently in Quinte West. The Oakville Soccer Clubs girls under-14 A team used a break in its Ontario Youth Soccer League schedule to test itself against some older competition with impressive results. Oakville reached the final in the U16 division of the 14th annual Cameron Memorial Tournament last weekend in Quinte West, allowing only one goal in its first four games before a 2-0 loss to the Ajax United in the championship game. Oakville did not allow a goal in its three round-robin contests, then whipped Aurora 6-1 in the semifi- nals. Members of the team are Lindsay Williams, Allison Clouse, Genevieve Crotty, Ali Rigby, Taylor Vandenbygaart, Kendra Wynter, Alex Ratcliffe, Ruth Remudaro, Erica Hubert, Ashi Paul-Ebiai, Carly White, Tayler Klein Hermelink, Lindsay James, Myranda Hobbs, Sarah Kelly, Celine DaCosta and Emily Droppo. George Readings coaches the team, assisted by Brian Ratcliffe and Kim Hobbs. U14 girls reach final of U16 soccer tournament Appleby College student Stephen MacInnis has been chosen to play for the Team Canada Selects in the under-16 International Cup hockey tournament Aug. 17-22 in Salzburg, Austria. The right winger, a native of St. Peters Bay, P.E.I., played on the Blue Dogs varsity team. Canada will compete against teams from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia and Austria. The Canadian squad will be coached by Hockey Hall of Famer and former NHL gen- eral manager Craig Patrick. MacInnis on Canadian selects squad Matt Dunigan from legendary quarterback to barbecue jock DAN COOPER Real Estate ...The Bottom Line Featured in the photo from left to right are Matt Dunigan, Dan Cooper, Kevin Andrew from Royal LePage Burloak, Debbie Cooper and Lloyd Warr of HouseMaster Home Inspections. One of the celebrities I had the pleasure of golfing with at the Dan Cooper Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament at Glen Abbey in June was Matt Dunigan. What a fascinating and very down-to-earth person. Sports fans recognize his name as one of Canadian Football Leagues great quarterbacks and currently a panellist on TSN football. But did you know hes quite the expert around the barbecue and host of Road Grill on the Food Network? As Matt tells it, barbecuing comes natural to someone who grew up in Texas and attended college in Louisiana. Being interviewed by a national newspaper not too long ago, Matt explained: My dad always barbecued back in Ohio where I was born. He always had a beer in his hand and I was always happy to take a sip. In Grade 7 we moved to Texas, the land of low-and-slow barbecue, wthich is an all-day affair. In Louisiana, where I went to college, they were into a whole different thing. There they werent barbecuing steaks, they were barbecuing alligator. How he got the gig as host of Road Grill is a whole other story. Apparently, when TV producer Chris Knight began a nation-wide search for a host to this guy-centric cooking show, he burned through more than 1,000 back yard barbecue jocks before Matt walked into auditions. My wife heard an ad on the radio inviting people to try out for this barbecue TV show, and she thought Id be good at it. After she brought it up for the third day in a row, and after quite a few cocktails, I said, OK, get the video camera. We made a tape of me barbecuing right there in the back yard, sent it to Knight Enterprises, and I got the gig. It was just meant to happen, I guess. Its crazy, but it also really melts my butter, so to speak. After 13 seasons in the CFL, maintaining peak performance in such a punishing sport, one would think a cooking show would be a piece of cake. But it is quite intimidating, Matt says, explaining that his show is in the middle of a string of cooking shows with all-star chefs, such as Mark McEwen, Jean Christophe Novelli and Jeff Corwin to name a few. Its a bit intimidating. Theres show after show with all these great chefs, and then theres me. But I never pretend to be a chef, and Road Grill isnt about that. Were all about fun. Our message is, Hey, if I can do this, you can do this too. Its really not more complicated than that. You can catch Matts show Fridays at10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Saturdays at 4 a.m. and 9 a.m. With such a busy schedule, I was thrilled that Matt made the time to participate in the June golf tournament which had a target of $60,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton. But then Matt is that kind of person charitable and ready to give back to the community. Hes my kind of person and Im proud to now call him a friend. Dan Cooper is an award winning Broker with Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage the Number 1 Royal LePage Team for Canada in 2009. He can be reached at 905.338.3737, direct line at 905.849.3303 or through his innovative and interactive website at DanCooper.com. Be sure to catch the Dan Cooper Real Estate Series on DailyWebTV.com. For his free booklet How To Sell Your House For Top Dollar Fast! or his Guide to Oakville Real Estate, please call the Dan Cooper Team. The Dan Cooper article that ran in the August 11th issue had an error. The corrected article is above.