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OkillOAKVILLESMUSIC STOREwww.gearmusic.netSports324 Kerr St.905-339-3515SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2011 23There is joy in MudvilleWestlake leads Canada to world sledgehockey crownBy Herb GarbuttOAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFTwo things you dont want to do poke a sleeping bear with a stick and anger a Canadian hockey play-er.Greg Westlake had grown accustomed to winning. He and his Canadian sledge hockey teammates won Paralympic gold in Turin in 2006 and followed it up with more gold at the world championships in 2008. It was part of a run that saw Canada win five straight international tournaments.So after recent disappointing results in international play, the Canadian captain was becoming a little perturbed.I was so sick of losing, Westlake said. Vancouver (fourth at the Paralympics), the Greg WestlakeCzech Republic (bronze at the2009 world championships), wedefinitely were not satisfied.He and his teammates will head into the off-season BARB BLACK / SPECIAL TO THE OAKVILLE BEAVERon a much more positive note this year after a domi-nating performance at the World Sledge Hockey SLICK PASSING:Claire Newman of the Oakville Trafalgar Red Devils (left) fishes the ball out of the mud during the final of last week'sChallenge in London. Canada crushed the worlds Saltfleet Storm pre-season rugby tournament. OT got its girls' rugby campaign off to a good start, winning all three of its games by a combinedmost decorated team, Norway, 8-0 in Saturdays score of 72-0 to claim the championship in its division. The defending Halton champion Red Devils' toughest test came in the final, where theyfinal.blanked a big and physical Westdale Hamilton side 5-0. Julia Zigrossi, Syd De Marchi and Meredith Joaquim anchored a strong OT defensiveThe Norwegians are the only team to win a medal effort that shut down Westdale's strong centre tandem.See Canada, page 25