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Wednesday, April 25, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER D5 Frew will be music to marathoners' ears By Norm Nelson BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR A lan F rew w as back in O akville on M onday plugging an upcom ing charitable event. A nd, no, the form er G lass T iger frontm an w asn 't p lugging his popular, and alw ays sold o ut A lan F rew and F riends concert at O akville C entre w hich annually raises m oney fo r C am p T rillium , a cam p for kids fighting cancer. T h a t's a little too far dow n the road. T his y e a r's fu ndraiser in F ebruary w as another huge su ccess, and although w ork has already started on n ext y e a r's -- tickets a re n 't even on sale yet. Instead, the m usician w as at the R unning R oom in O akville to help plug a m arathon in B urlington next m onth. N o, Frew w o n 't be running in it -- not hav ing had "four knee o p eratio n s." "I w as a soccer player all m y life and blew my A C L and all that stuff, so running is kind o f o ut o f the q u estio n ." W hat Frew w ill be d oing at the finish line, how ever, along w ith his new band, is playing a little ro c k 'n 'roll. " I'll save m y energy fo r the stag e," he quipped. W hile he c a n 't run, he does keep in shape. H e can still "cycle, in-line skate, g o l f ' and does w ork out regularly. H e tries to w ork out a couple o f hours a day, at le ast three o r four tim es a w eek. · H is busy schedule had him leaving fo r the w orld h ockey cham pionships in G erm any yes terday (T uesday) w here a p erform ance w ill include a specially w ritten anthem fo r the event. He also has his ow n telev isio n show on H am ilton C H -T V called Road S tories w ith A lan Frew. "I t's an hour long. T he first h alf is m e w ith my peers -- like D an H ill this w eek. A nd the second h alf is p rom oting a local, up and co m ing (m usician). A s w ell, Frew has a curren t hit, `A ll I E ver W anted' from his W onderland C D w hich is doing very w ell on the radio. N ot that h e 's forgotten about his past. G lass T iger, he said, "w ent out last sum m er and did a few festiv als." "I th o u g h t the tim ing w as right. I had a new CD o ut and I thought, you know w hat, I'll take ad v antage o f every gig I can get so I kind o f cut a deal w ith G lass T iger that if they do a Photo by Barrie Erskine Form er Glass Tiger frontm an Alan Frew (left), now with his own band and with another hit song. All I Ever W anted, annually headlines the alw ays sold out Alan Frew and Friends evening in Oakville, in support o f Cam p Trillium. H e's also chipping in with the Plain and Sim ple Rock `n ' Roll Canada M arathon in Burlington next m onth which expects to raise m ore than $100,000 for tw o charities. H e's pictured here with (from left to right) race organizers Kelly Arnott and M ike Berze and O akville Running Room representatives Roland Kreisig and Todd M illigan. show I w ould bring my band w ith m e and bring the b and on stage fo r a few songs. "So I'm presen tly d oing a co m bination o f both. I go out playing, w hen it's w arranted w ith G lass Tiger, som e o f the b ig g er stuff. W e're playing N iag ara Falls, for exam ple, M ay 20, before the m arath o n ." Frew is actu ally the head lin e act o f next m o n th 's m arathon, on S unday M ay 27, w hich has a unique tw ist. A ctually en titled the R ock n ' Roll C anada M arathon, it w ill feature 20 rock and roll bands along the m arathon route -- ab o u t one every m ile o r so. A lthough B u rlin g to n -b ased , the route w ill also cut in to so u th w est O akville fo r about one kilom etre. T itle sp o n so r is Plain and S im ple in B urlington and there are m any supporting sponsors including the R unning R oom (w hich has an O akville location w here race form s can be p ick ed up). The tw o b en efacto rs are Joseph B rant M em orial H ospital in B urlington and Rose C h e rry 's H om e in M ilton, a hosp ice and resp ite centre fo r children. T he honourary ch airm an , fittingly, is Don C herry, and he hopes to m ake an appearance d ep en d in g on his N H L b ro ad cast schedule. It's a huge ev en t and it's aim ing to raise a huge am o u n t fo r the co m b in ed ch arities, in excess o f $ 1 00,000, said o rg an izer K elly A rnott. T h e y 've certain ly m ade it easy to p artici pate w ith a h o st o f options. B esides running solo in the fu lly certified 26.2 m ile m arathon, fo r in stan ce, there is the fo u r-p erso n relay (10, 10, 10 and 12 m iles, resp ectiv ely ), the 13-person co rp o rate ch a l lenge (tw o m iles each) an d the 13-person stu d en t challen g e (one m ile each). A s w ell, there are 1/2 m arath o n , 5K and IK runs available. A nd there is also a m arathon and h alf m arathon fo r w h eelch air athletes. T h e re 's even a w arm -u p , `frie n d sh ip ' run on the Saturday (M ay 26), 9 :3 0 a.m ., startin g at the R unning R oom in O ak v ille, an d fea tu r ing O ly m p ian and ru n n in g guru Je ff G allow ay as w ell as R unning R oom fo u n d er John S tanton. T hose tw o w ill also be speaking at the annual p re-race pasta d in n er later that S aturday evening. SportsBoard The Burloak Canoe Club is hold ing its Lakeside 5K and 10K Run fundraiser on May 12. Race forms can be picked-up at all Running Room locations in Oakville and Burlington. For more information call Susan Redgrave at 905-637-9261. **** The Invidiata Team (Re/Max) pre sents the YMCA world's largest run June 2, kicking off at the Family Y in Oakville, 9 a.m. Included are a 5K run, 5K fun walk/run and IK challenge. Entry forms available at the `Y \ the Beaver and the Running Room. Race hotline (905) 845-3417, ext. 399. **** Lawson Park Family Tennis Club is holding its registration Saturday, April 28, noon-3 p.m. at Lawson Park (Morrison Rd., just north of Lakeshore). Rain date is April 29. * * * * First annual Heritage frails races attract 150 runners The O akville H eritage Trails 5K and 10K races, along the scenic, groom ed trails, attracted about 150 runners on Saturday. All proceeds w ere in support o f the H eritage Trails Project. R unning R oom organizer Scott M yers term ed it a "real ly challenging course." T h e O a k v ille H erita g e T rails 5K and 10K races w ere held la st S atu rd ay. In the top p h oto, D avid B o u let is not try in g to push o v er this tree but to stretch his m u scles in p rep a ra tio n for the race. T h e b ottom tw o p hotos sh ow th e a ctu a l race in progress. Photos by Barrie Erskine Call 1-800-905-0270 www.russellhockey.com The Minor Oaks Hockey Association (MOF1A) is holding its spring tryouts from Saturday, April 21-30. Check out the website at www.moha.on.ca. **** The Oakville Field Hockey Club, which runs both an adult and youth league, is continuing with its pre-season rookie clinics at Appleby College April 28, 10 a.m.-noon. Stick and balls required. Shin guards and mouth guards required. On site $5 membership sign-up. **** The Kinsmen Minor Softball League is presenting two umpire training clinics April 21/28 at White Oaks Secondary School, 1-4 p.m. KMSL is hiring umpires for its spring league which runs May and June only. Players are aged 6-19. KMSL still has openings in its spring league for girls aged 9-11 and 15-19 and boys aged 15-18. For more info, phone KMSL at (905) 464-9551. * * * * Oakville Oldtimers Low Level Adult Hockey League (River Oaks Recreation Centre) Individual or group registration. 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