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The Canadian Champion, Friday, February 3, 2006 - A13 sleblanc@haltonsearch.com t T r -~ A) Usa Brown wiIl compete with Teamn Ontario's Under-1 9 8 squad at the indoor nationals, whille fellow Miltonian Deb Fullerton (inset below) wlI coach th. A team Photo by GRAHAM PAINE ý IBrown bound for field hockey nationals Drury senior earns spot on By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion E' C. Drury's field hockey prograrn has ils first bonafide success story. Wroîîng il s Lisa Brun, îî. b receîîtly eamed a ,fp)t %%îîb ()ntanuos B teai and is set tu cumpete ai next sseekeîd's Canadian L'rder-l1Q indour champîonships in Caigar>. -I feels great. Ise ne\ser made anything lîke ibis belure.- saîd the 18-vear-old. a siandout \niîb the senior Spartaiîs last faîl and an MVP for the Richardson Dis ision squad ai tbe Halion ali star game. 'Me pros incial ness corner seemed a litile surprised to make the eut. although longtirme Drury coach Geoif Sheppard believed the honour wasnit unexpected. -Wben Lîsa came here in grade nîne. nve knew witb ber size and strengtb she bad potential. and sînce thai lrne sbe*s improved b, leaps and bounds. It s"as just a case of ber genting exposure tu ibis ( provincial) lev el.- 1Uwould love tobe y ...so corne SHOW ME Y New Patients an re Always Ontario Under-19 'B'tzeamn Brosn's Tearn Ontariu inclusion. he added. is a strong indication ibai the ssork he and others, base dune t0 intr(iduce tbe sport ai hotb E.C. and among local pre- teens is payîng off. i'sually ssitb a program lîke ibis il takes about fise tu sesen sears. to pruduce a inir- quee player,- saîd Sheppard. ssbu's mun sseekly clinies oftf and on sînce 2000O. *We*re noun ii ibai range and nes "t our Oirsi rnarquee plaýer.- Heading west %vitb ber provincial îeam- maies on Tbursday. Bruown said sssitching Deb Fullerton gears to indoor field hockey bas heen quite an adjustieni sînce witb a smaller pia> îng surface and nu grass tbe game is sîgnifi- cantly faster. -The iecbnical aspect of the sport is even more important indoors.** explained the f ive-foot-nine -incb lefi ving. Yus really got to bave your skills boned." ur FamiIy Dnit on in and DUR SMILE! dEmergencies Nelcome! Browsn bas been working bard to do so over the past several weeks. And wbile she nas no slouch 10 begin witb in ierms of iecbnical proficiency the up-and-coming field hockey player fig- uires her bertb onto the prosvincial program bas as mucb t0 do v, itb a less tangible aitnibute. -I tbînk une o) my strengibs is that l'in pretty coachable. 1 real- lx trv to listen t0 every litile thing tbey re teaching.- F-el11(n% Miltonian Deb Fullerion concurs vât tîhiai assessmeni. An instructor niih the provincial pmogram and head coach of ihe Under- 19 A squad. she figures Brun% n bas the poiential tu be in the Ontariuo field bockesý ranks tor sears tu corne. iasgui the size and strenzih tbai \ocre louking for" said Fullerton. a former junior prosvincial cumrpetîtor nbuo mused tu iossýn issýo-aîîd-a-hall years agu. "Wese gut Under-21 and Under- 23 îeams as sseIL su, she's gui the oppo)rtunt tu deselop \vithin the prugramn. The two provincial squads %% ill be in dîfferent disvisions for nexi vneekend*s round-robin cumpeiton. but rnay evýentually cross paths in gold-medal play - srnce Ontaano is a perennial contender in field hockey. Suggesîed Fullerton. -Yeah. that could very ssell happen.- Dr. Catherine Zacal Wlakçfw iddDenta 106 Wakefield Rd., Milton H wy 25 south of Main Street, Just past Childs Drive 9L 05-878-0555 Lzz 1 -