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32 Sp Sports SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011 Appleby l b golfer lf earns OFSAA gold ld GOLDEN TEE: Appleby College Grade 10 student Osama Khan won the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations boys' golf championship last week in Belleville. The 15-year-old carded scores of 70 and 66 to finish tied for first, then won the tournament on the first playoff hole. RIZIERO VERTOLLI / OAKVILLE BEAVER Khan h also l h helps l Blue l Dogs earn school's h l f first-ever team medal dl By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR It was the simplest of sights that led Osama Khan to fall in love with golf as a youngster in Barbados. "It was a game that I really enjoyed when I first saw it," the 15-year-old said. "I really liked the basics, like putting the ball and watching it go in the hole." Khan did that quite efficiently at last week's Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) boys' golf championship in Belleville, though he might have needed binoculars to see some of those putts drop in the cup. The Grade 10 student at Appleby College drained 30-foot putts on the 17th and 18th holes of the tournament's final round to force a playoff, then defeated Clinton Central Huron student Paul Doig on the first playoff hole to win the OFSAA title at Trillium Wood Golf Club. Khan carded a score of 66 in the second and final round of the tournament to overcome a threestroke deficit after Day 1 of competition, when he shot a 70. "I was in the hunt (after Day 1), which is always a great feeling to have," said Khan, who moved to Mississauga with his family several years ago. "I knew if I just gave myself opportunities, I was confident enough that my putting would help me throughout the tournament." That it did. Khan stayed a shot behind Doig by sinking the long birdie putt on 17, then put the pressure on the leader by hitting another 30-foot birdie putt. Doig had to settle for par after his birdie attempt lipped out. "Once (Khan) made that putt, I knew he'd have it in the playoffs," said Steve Poplar, Appleby's golf f coach. Khan opened the playoff by drilling his drive down the fairway and putting the pressure on Doig, whose tee shot found the hazard. Khan played the rest of the hole conservatively to make par, while Doig scrambled back into contention but missed a 12-foot par putt. Khan, who developed his golf game during three years at the world-renowned IMG Academies in Florida before attending Appleby, won the Harvey Penick Junior All-Star American Junior Golf Association tournament in Texas earlier this year. Last month, he was named to the provincial See Blue, page 33 OSC Annual General Meeting Notice OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2011 Annual General Meeting of the Oakville Soccer Club Inc. ("OSC"), will be held in the Oakville and Trafalgar rooms at To T wn Hall, To T wn of Oakville (1225 Trafalgar Rd., Oakville) on Saturday, 3rd of December, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. Proposed amended By-Laws and proposed amended Vision, Mission and Value Statements have been drafted by the Board of Directors over the past year, r through the Governance Committee, and the proposed amendments have been reviewed by the OSC's solicitors. A copy of the proposed new amended By-Laws, together with a version that highlights marked-up amendments from the existing By-Laws, as well as a copy of the new amended Vision, Mission and Value Statements are available for your perusal at: www.oakvillesoccer.ca/bylaw -Satinder Bal, l Secretary ry, By Order of o the Board OAKVILLE SOCCER CLUB. 1420 Pine Glen Road. (905) 849-4436. www.oakvillesoccer.ca