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Olympic paddler Mark Oldershaw (in foreground) and other Burloak Canoe Club members will be down in Florida next month for spring training sesions. | Oakville Beaver file photo Sr. A Rock makes six-player trade World Series of Poker veteran Jamie Dawick apparently isn't the only member of the Oakville Rock executive who likes to make the odd gamble. Josh Sanderson made his first big move as general manager of the senior A lacrosse team last Thursday, acquiring two players from the Brampton Excelsiors who haven't competed in Major Series Lacrosse for several seasons. The Rock acquired forward Kevin Ross and defenders Brodie Merrill and Dan Macrae from the Excelsiors in exchange for forwards Mike Mawdsley and Ethan O'Conner, defender Patrick Miles, a 2017 second-round draft pick and future considerations. "The players we had to give up were all younger players who will get a chance to play right away in Brampton," said Sanderson, who was named the Rock's GM last month -- when Dawick was appointed as the club's director of lacrosse operations. "But we need to improve on our six wins last season if we're going to compete with the teams at the top of the league." Merrill helped the Excelsiors win the Mann Cup national championship in 2009 and 2010, but hasn't played in the MSL since. Macrae, an Oakville resident who played his minor and junior lacrosse locally, has spent the past several summers playing for the Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association. Ross scored seven goals and added 17 assists in 10 regular-season games last year with 25 | Friday, February 27, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Burloak HP paddlers head south Major League Baseball players won't be the only ones in Florida next month for spring training. Twenty-two of Burloak Canoe Club's high school-aged high-performance athletes will soon depart for Florida to train with either the Ontario team at Camp Ocala or other provincial teams at Indian Harbour. This is Burloak's largest-ever contingent of highperformance junior athletes to travel to Florida for spring training. In addition, two Burloak paddlers will attend CanoeKayak Canada's junior national development training camp and two more will attend the U23 national development camp. Burloak coaches Hunter George, Adam Oldershaw and Scott Oldershaw will also be travelling south to oversee the training. Nine senior Burloak athletes, including Olympians Adam van Koeverden and Mark Oldershaw, have already begun their onwater training ahead of the national team trials slated for the first weekend of May in Georgia. Those trials will be part of the selection process for the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games team. Burloak will hold a Pan Am send-off party on Sunday, July 5 to honour Oakville and Burlington athletes who will represent Canada at this year's Pan Am Games in Toronto. The public is welcome to attend the event, which will take place from 2-5 p.m. at the club. Brodie Merrill (in blue, pictured in action for the National Lacrosse League's Toronto Rock this season against the Buffalo Bandits) was one of three players acquired last week by Major Series Lacrosse's Oakville Rock senior A squad. | Richard Lautens -- Toronto Star WORLD LEADER IN HOCKEY, MAPLE SYRUP, AND MS. In Canada, you have a greater risk of developing multiple sclerosis than in any other country. Simply put, it's Canada's disease. Give Up To Give Brampton. He, Merrill and Sanderson are all members of the National Lacrosse League's Toronto Rock, which is owned by Dawick and practises out of Oakville's Toronto Rock Athletic Centre. O'Conner was the 2013 MSL rookie of the year with Brampton before being traded to Oakville prior to last season. Mawdsley had 13 goals and nine assists in 18 games last year for the Oakville Rock. Miles, a former captain of the junior A Excelsiors, suited up in 14 games for the Rock as an affiliate player lended from the Oakville senior B Titans. The Rock will open its season May 27 in Brooklin. Oakville's first home game of the year will be against the Excelsiors, June 1 at TRAC. 1 in 10 students arrive at school without enough food for the day. So what will you do? FLEE FIGHT Join the fight at Give a donation by March 1st to help kids in your community live free from hunger. Learn more at livefreecampaign.ca Sponsored by: