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The Oakville Beaver, W ed n e sd a y February 6, 2002 - D 3 Marika rink settles for third, still has shot at Canada Games The Oakville Curling Club hosted the bantam boys and girls provincial curling championships over the weekend. Marika Bakewell had a shot at forcing a tiebreaker for the championship in her last game, but she lost and had to settle for third place with a 5-2 record. The good news, however, is that her third place finish kept her in the hunt for the Canada Games. That's because the top four teams from southern Ontario will compete against their four counterparts from Northern Ontario to see who will represent Ontario at the Canada Winter Games which will be played in New Brunswick in March. Also on the Oakville team are Stephanie Corrado, Lisa Weagle and Kristy Wallace. Helen Nicol's rink from the Unionville Curling Club won the championship with a 6-1 record. Second place, also with a 5-2 record, went to a team skipped by Erin Morrissey from the Rideau Curling Club. Wrapping up the fourth and final berth was Laura Payne from the Prescott club (who did it by beating the Marika rink from Oakville in that final match). The guys title was won by the Andrew Nixon foursome from Highland Country Club in London with a round robin record of 6-1. The next three teams were all 5-2. However, only the top three teams advance to the boys' curl-off against Northern Ontario. So the tie breaking shakedown resulted in Mike Anderson's team from the Bayview Curling Club earning second place. To secure the third spot, Chris Gardner's rink from Carleton Heights Curling Club had to win a tiebreaker against Troy Winch's team from the Sutton Curling Club. NOKIA CUP Oakville's John Base in his ninth trip to the Nokia Cup provincial men's championship didn't have one of his better results, finishing 4-5. OTHER NEWS In other curling news, the Oakville Curling Club will be hosting a Business Women's Invitational Bonspiel on Saturday. February 23rd . There is still room for a few more entries. Please contact the club at 905-844-6982 or visit the website at www.oakvillecurlingclub.com. A reminder that the Worlds Lefthanders Bonspiel will be held April 4-7th. For more information, please contact the Club or visit the website. PRO VINCIA L M EN 'S (NOKIA CUP) John Morris Phil Daniel Craig Kochan G reg Balsdon Stayner Granite Club Curling Club o f Kingsville 6 - 3 Thornhill Country Club 6-3 Weston G o lf & CC 5-4 Glen Thiessen · Oak\>ille Beaver Team Marika finished third at the bantam provincials and earn a shot at the Canada Games. Left to right: Marika Bakewell, Stephanie Corrado, Lisa Weagle and Kristy Wallace. Skip PRO VINCIA L BANTAM CHAM PIONSHIPS WYL Club Unionville Curling Club Rideau Curling Club 6- I 5 -2 5 -2 Laura Payne Prescott Curling Club 4 -3 Jennifer M etzloff K-W Granite Club 3 -4 Nicki Wilson Sarnia G o lf & Curling C lu b 2 - 5 Rachel M cKee Bram pton Curling Club 2 -5 Fiona M uirhead llderton Curling C lub I -6 Hollie Nicol Erin M orrissey M arika Bakewell Oakville C urling Club J o h n Base M eaford Curling Club 4 -5 4 -5 4 -5 3 -6 3-6 2 -7 Richard Chorkaw y Burlington Curling Club Heath M cCorm ick Exeter Curling Club Bryan Cochrane Ottawa Curling Club Bill Hope Trenton Curling Club Mark McDonald Gananoque Curling C lub Olympic hopeful drops by Oakville school the day before he leaves for Salt Lake City C lanm ore M ontessori School stu d en ts gave C an ad ian O lym pic dow nhill sk ier Edi Podivinsky a send-off fit fo r a cham pion as he heads to com pete in the S alt L ake W inter O lym pics which kick o ff this week. Podivinsky's visit on Monday was the highlight of the students learning about Olympics, as they research the spirit of the games. "It's so cool to have met an O lympic ath lete," says Patrick Aubrey, a fifth grade stu dent. "I hope that someday I'll grow up and be an Olympic skier like Edi." Having studied the Olympics in school for the past two weeks, the children spent days preparing draw ings, letters and tokens to give the Port Credit resident before he was slated to leave yesterday (Tuesday) to com pete in three Olym pic skiing com peti tions. "Edi em bodies the spirit o f com petition and the O lym pic d re am ." said G race Kidney, director o f C lanm ore M ontessori School. "H e's a real role model for our chil dren." The 2002 W inter O lym pics will end an 11-year racing career and Podivinsky's eyes are set on a medal perform ance for Salt Lake. Although his career is ending, he hopes to instill in the students, the thrill o f sport and the drive to succeed." " I set a goal for m yself and I achieved it. 1 com peted on the w orld's stage," said Podivinsky. "1 hope these kids realize that it is okay to have big dream s." P o d iv in sk y w on a b ro n ze m edal at the Halton Roller Hockey registration on tap Oakville-based Halton Roller Hockey is holding its final regis tration at Oakville Arena. Times are Thursday (Feb. 7) and Friday (Feb. 8), 7-9 p.m.: Saturday 10 a.m.-I p.m. and Sunday, 1-3 p.m. Phone 332-1234 or visit www.rollerhockey.net. O a k v il l e S u m m e r M in o r H o c k e y L e a g u e May - A ugust S ch e d u le In c lu d in g "vacation w eek" to assist w ith holiday p lan n in g · Non-contact · Diviriotu fot boys & gitU jges S-\S · 14-game schedule · Trophies 8c awjtds · N o weekends or Fridays · Certified officials · Prime time evening games * Coaching & sponsorship · (iames on Olympic size River Oaks surf'acc positions available · Balancing o f teams · No fundraising Applications available at River Oaks, Glen Abbey, Mainway & Appleby College Arenas. For information or to receive an application 1994 W inter O lym pics in Lilleham m er, Norway. He has won gold m edals at the 1994 World Cup and at the Canadian cham pionships in 1991/95/96. Podivinsky will be com peting in three events -- dow nhill, giant slalom and the com bined. The W inter O lym pics in Salt lake City runs from this Friday (Feb. 8) to Feb. 24. r o 905-510-1447 or vmw.hmhi.bizland.com A STAFF W IT H SEVERAL YEARS OF COACHING, OFFICIATING & LEAGUE I ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE GUARAN TEES A WEI L-ORGANIZED 8c QUALITY LEAGUE FOR YOUR C HILD______________ REGISTRATION: SAL FEB. 9/02 · `M10 I IKK) A.M. AI KINOAK ARENA SUN.. FEB. 10/02 - 11:30 A.M.-1:00 RM. AT RIVER OAKS ARI NA Oakville schools make finals In the Mentor College Invitational Grade 7/8 basketball tournament over the Jan. 26/27 weekend, Oakville schools made their share of finals. The most successful team was the boys squad from Oakville Christian. After downing Sommerville Manor of Mississauga in the opening round, the Jaguars fought off a tough Glenbumie team 38-33 to advance to the championship round. In the semifinals. Oakville Christian came back from a 47-41 deficit with two minutes remaining to tie the game with Allan A. Martin of Mississauga and send it into over time. In the first overtime, the Jaguars fell behind six points again, but fought back to tie. A second overtime also did not produce a winner. But in the third overtime. Oakville Christian took a sixpoint lead of their own and hung on for a 61-57 win. The boys were obviously tired in losing the finals 50-20 to a strong Queensway Christian team from Etobicoke. Jrcon Lim led Oakville with seven points in the finals. After their close loss to Oakville Christian, Glenbum ie downed the hosts from Mentor and then dumped TEAM School of Mississauga 51-24 to win the consolation championship. Oakville Christian girls defeated TEAM School before losing 35-20 to Mentor College in the consolation championship. The Glenbum ie girls lost their con solation semifinal to host Mentor. H alton Region Safety Council Award Nominations Every 18 months the Halton Region Safety Council pays public tribute to citizens who, by their courage and without regard for their own interests, help to save lives. Your assistance is requested to identify citizens of this commu nity who have performed an act of bravery, in the saving or attempted saving of another's life in 2001 or 2002. All nominations will be forwarded to an Awards Committee, who will make the final decision concerning the award recipients, Nominations are to include the complete name, address and tele phone number (with area code) of the nominee, together with a brief description of why you feel they should receive this award. Nominations must be mailed or faxed to the Halton Police Children's Safety Village Attn: Derrick Marshall 1151 Bronte Road, Box 2700 Oakville, Ontario L6J 5C7 Ph: (905) 825-4747 (905) 825-9420 Please forward nominations by: Friday March 1st, 2002 Thank you in advance for your continued support V,.. v KINSMEN SOFTBALL REGISTRATION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 y . , > 0 1 sw O ` A ·s. o 9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Oakville Place Mall Lower level near the Bay Registration: $60.00 B o y s 6 -1 8 G irts 6-1 9 PRO O F OF AGE REQUIRED S p o n s o ts (905) 464-9551 kinsmenclubotoakville@coQeco.ca please mum + Giant Annual Re-grip SALE!------- Blades hot (Continued Irom page D1) You can have all your clubs re-gripped by our staff of club repair specialists You just can't find fault with the Blades, though. In their last 18 games, they've lost just one game in regulation time, while posting 14 wins, two ties and Friday's overtime loss (which is still worth a point). You just can't do much more than that. And here's hoping they'll be able to carry that momentum right into the playoffs! Speaking of the playoffs, the Blades hadn't drawn up their playoff schedule as of our press deadlines. The logical kick-off date with Georgetown would be Friday at Ice Sports Oakville but an earlier start is possible so fans should keep close tabs. I pRO GOLF [O A K VILLE HALTON j 3 0 0 North Service Rd. West Oakville Town Centre I (l>eside L iq u o r Store) (9 0 5 ) #138-9210