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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, May 30, 2013 | 30 Dawick NLL's top executive Rock owner third Oakville resident to receive major award from league in past month Jamie Dawick is the latest Oakville is determined by a vote of the NLL 's resident to receive a major award board of governors. from the National Lacrosse "I'm honoured to win the award, League. especially because it's votThe owner, president ed on by my fellow board and governor of the members," said Dawick, Toronto Rock has been adding the award is also a named the NLL 's execucredit to the strong comtive of the year for the mitment and dedication 2013 season. of his staff. "To me, it just "Jamie's goal is to tells me that people recmake the Rock a worldognize my commitment class sports franchise," to growing the league said NLL commissioner Jamie Dawick and that's all I'm trying George Daniel. "He's to do ­ help better my very passionate about his team, our franchise but also help improve the league and the sport as a whole. He NLL. Whatever I can do to achieve deserves this recognition and award that, I'm all in." by his peers." Other local residents recently MacIntosh top transition player MacIntosh, who had 55 points recognized by the NLL were Jordan MacIntosh of the Minnesota (27 goals, 28 assists) and ranked Swarm (best transition player) and second in the NLL in loose balls Troy Cordingley of the Rock (coach (197) and fourth in faceoffs won (241), was a six-time winner of the of the year). Among Dawick's many contri- league's transition player-of-thebutions to the Rock, the NLL and week award last season. The Oakville native played unithe sport of lacrosse over the past 12 months was his investment in versity lacrosse at Rochester Instithe Toronto Rock Athletic Centre tute of Technology and was Minne(TRAC) that opened last fall in east sota's first-round selection (fourth Oakville. TRAC, the first venue in overall) in the 2011 draft. "MacIntosh's play has continuNLL history specifically intended for lacrosse, hosted the 2012 ously got better and better," said NLL combine and various train- Swarm head coach Joe Sullivan. ing camp sessions and preseason "His attention to detail is second to games in preparation for the 2013 none. He can play a great transition game and, as good as he is finding campaign. "The TRAC is great for the sport and feeding the ball to his teamand the NLL," said Dawick. "I'm mates, he's equally as effective gothrilled that it's open and operat- ing to the net himself." ing. It will only increase things that we can do with the league. There's Second coach award for Cordingley benefit to the Rock and Oakville laCordingley is the first head coach crosse community, but the NLL is a in Rock franchise history to win the huge part of it, too. I think it can be Les Bartley Award as the league's a great hub for our league." top bench boss. He also earned the Dawick took ownership of the award with the Calgary Roughnecks Rock in 2009 and helped lead the in 2009, the same year he won his team to the NLL championship two first NLL title as a head coach. years later. This past season, the "This is a real honour," said team won the NLL regular-season Cordingley, who played nine seatitle with a record of 10-6 and fin- sons in the league -- winning titles ished in the top third of the league with the Buffalo Bandits in 1993 in average attendance. and 1996 -- before retiring as a Dawick secured TSN as the of- player in 2001. "Our coaching staff ficial television partner of the Rock puts in a lot of time year-round and for the fourth year in a row with this award is a reflection of their a league-high 10-game package commitment and hard work as we of live coverage of home and road strive to reach the goals we set for games. Viewership numbers have this team." increased each year and many The award is named after the of the TSN-produced broadcasts late Les Bartley, who lost his battle also aired live across the U.S. on with cancer in 2005. Bartley won ESPN3.com in addition to regional seven championships in his 12-year sports networks. coaching career, posting a .710 winThe executive-of-the-year award ning percentage. The Oakville Hawks peewee A (top photo) and bantam A field lacrosse teams both won Division 1 gold at the recent provincial championships in Brampton.| photos submitted Field lacrosse teams win Division 1 titles at provincials Two Oakville Hawks teams won Division 1 gold and another earned a Division 4 title at the Ontario Minor Field Lacrosse League championships May 17-20 in Brampton. The under-13 peewee A and U15 bantam A Hawks each defeated teams from lacrosse hotbed Whitby in the Division 1 finals to claim true provincial supremacy. Oakville's peewee D squad edged Halton Hills in the Division 4 championship game. Peewee A Oakville's top peewee entry won all five of its games at provincials to finish the field season 13-0. The Hawks defeated Peterborough 9-5, Clarington 7-3 and Guelph 7-4 in round-robin play, Centre Wellington 5-2 in the semifinals and Whitby 8-5 (overtime) in the final. Hawks coach Darin Kew said ability and desire to track down loose balls allowed Oakville to control its opponents throughout the season. "Our team is very hungry for loose balls. We don't get beaten," said Kew. "I actually give awards to players who get the most loose balls in a game. In field lacrosse, the team that controls the ball wins the game, since there's no shot clock like in box lacrosse. If you get the ball and hold onto it, the other team can't score." Members of the peewee A Hawks are Aden Walsh, Alton McDermott, Ryan O'Hara, Kyle Kachan, Bryce Cordingley, Jack Follows, Ben Doherty, Jack Travassos, Michael Jackman, Cole Salmon, Matthew Hill, see Bantams on p.32