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Call Jessica at 905-845-3824 ext. 299 jlangero@oakvillebeaver.com YOUR AD HERE ADVERTISE YOUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES HERE Painters Builders Renovators Decorators Plus all other home improvement services AND BE NOTICED! PAINTING Plaster Repair Stucco Wallpapering/Stripping Interior/Exterior Personalized Service Free Estimate Inter-Can Painting Inc. PROFESSIONAL PAINTERS (905) 469-0092 Over 30 Years In Business Hubert Klein (owner) 1426 Wallace Rd, #3 Oakville PAINTING & WALLPAPERING SERVING OAKVILLE SINCE 1963 (905) 827-5584 ALVIN T. JONES Royal DECORATING LTD. DECORATING & COLOUR CONSULTANTS COMPLETE PAINTING & WALLPAPERING SERVICE QUALITY WORKMANSHIP BY QUALIFIED TRADESMEN RESIDENTIAL SPECIALIST INTERIOR & EXTERIOR CUSTOM COLOUR MIXING RESTORATIONS PLASTER REPAIRS & TEXTURING HOME IMPROVEMENT Drywall specialty Remodel your shower/ bath enclosures eg: tiling Install cabinetry & more Quick, precise completion of all jobs Rate is the best bar none Complete basement renos (established connections with people in all trades) Reno/Handyman 10 Years' experience with custom builder 289-337-1171 C O N S T R U C T I O N jchartrand12@cogeco.ca Sports 26 SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2011 Dawick building year-round lacrosse facility in Oakville Jamie Dawick doesnt like to wait. When the Toronto Rock season ticket holder saw the one-time National Lacrosse League powerhouse struggling through its third straight losing season, he bought the team. Two years later, the Rock are NLL champions. So when Dawick saw a need for a year-round lacrosse facility, he didnt sit around waiting for someone else to build it. He took action. The Oakville native will break ground on what he calls a world-class lacrosse facili- ty Wednesday that is expect- ed to be completed by January or February of 2012. The multi-million dollar facility will be home to the Toronto Rock, serving as the teams practice facility but Dawick envisions other uses for the facility. Im really excited. Theres a huge need for a facility like this, especially in the GTA, Dawick said. Im happy to do it in Oakville. I was born and raised here, I live here. Im proud to be from Oakville and if I was going to build a world-class facility, I wanted to do it in a world-class town. Finding the right property, which took a little more than a year, was the biggest chal- lenge. Dawick did look at other communi- ties, some of which he said might have been less expensive, but in the end found an easi- ly-accessible property on Invicta Drive, off the North Service Road east of 8th Line. The idea first came to Dawick when he purchased the Rock. In the winter, the team practised on the Six Nations Reserve near Hagersville because it was the only indoor facility not being used for hockey. Come September every- thing turns to ice, he said of the arenas that host box lacrosse during the summer months. Over the years, cer- tain teams have practised in gyms or soccer facilities. You take what you can get. The facility will have two pads, one with a concrete floor, the other with a turf floor and seating for 500 spectators. It will also have a retail store, a fitness centre, physiotherapy clinic and the teams offices. Dawick will be financing the project on his own. He said he had preliminary discus- sions with the town and while he said there was support and some interest, Dawick con- cluded that it would be a much slower process. It would have been a five to 10-year project and to be honest, I didnt want to wait. By Herb Garbutt OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF There's a huge need for a facility like this. I'm proud to be from Oakville and if I was going to build a world-class facility, I wanted to do it in a world-class town. Toronto Rock owner & Oakville native Jamie Dawick See Lacrosse, page 27 ROB MASSEY / METROLAND MEDIA GROUP BUZZ OFF: Nolan Apers (right) of the Oakville Buzz protects the ball while taking a crosscheck from Nate McKenzie of the Guelph Regals Saturday at the Ontario Lacrosse Association midget championships in Guelph. The hosts edged Oakville 4-3. In its other games, the Buzz tied Whitby 5-5, beat Centre Wellington 6-4, lost to Orangeville 6-4 and tied Peterborough 4-4 to finish the tourna- ment with a record of 1-2-2. That left Oakville in a three-way tie for third with Peterborough and Centre Wellington. However, it was Peterborough that earned the final playoff berth. Orangeville claimed the championship by beating Peterborough in the final.