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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, October 30, 2015 | 22 Sport Oakville hands out annual recognition awards Sport Oakville held its eighth annual Sport Recognition Awards Sunday to honour the excellence, perseverance and dedication of Oakville's athletes, teams, coaches and volunteers in the areas of sport development, performance and contribution to the community. The awards were handed out during a ceremony at Operating Engineers' Banquet Hall on Speers Road. 2015 Parapan Am Games silver medalist Melanie Hawtin was also recognized with a special award. Award recipients included: Athletiques International · Elisha Donaghey-Johnston (Athlete Award) Burloak Canoe Club · U17 Men's K-4 Team (Team Award) · U17 Women's War Canoe Team (Team Award) Halton Field Hockey Club ·Elizabeth O'Hara (Athlete Award) Oakville Aquatic Club ·OAK Summer National Team (Team Award) · Melanie MacKay (Coach Award) · Jamie Altenhof (Volunteer Award) Oakville Girls Softball Association · Larry Snow (Coach Award) ·Tammy Podovinnikoff (Volunteer Award) Oakville Gymnastics Club · Nancy Carss (Volunteer Award) Oakville Hornets Girls Hockey Association ·Oakville Hornets 201-2915 Atom House League Team (Team Award) · Bradi Cochrane (Coach Award) · Mike Turczyniak (Volunteer Award) Oakville Legion Track & Field Club · Zaria Armstrong (Athlete Award) Oakville Little League Baseball · OLLB Minor Giants (Team Award) · Mike Hammel and Chris Fournier (Coaches Award) · Rachel Young and Andrew Potter (Volunteer Award) Oakville Minor Baseball Association · Tom Ford (Coach Award) · Minor Mosquito Tier 1 A's (Team Award) Oakville Minor Football League · Michael Luongo (Athlete Award) ·Oakville Titans bantam rep team (Team Award) · Mike Pastorek (Coach Award) · Marny Sharpen (Volunteer Award) Oakville Minor Lacrosse Association · Josh Dawick and Justin Sykes (Athlete Award) · U11 Girls Field Lacrosse Team (Team Award) · Dave Quinn (Coach Award) · Sherri Robertson (Volunteer Award) Oakville Speed Skating Club · Dania Elsammak and Alex Giannotti (Athlete Award) · Sigrid Zabel (Coach Award) · Sharon DeVellis (Volunteer Award) Oakville Thunder Volleyball Club · Taylor MacDonald (Athlete Award) · Oakville Thunder Girls' 17U Blue (Team Award) Skate Oakville · Natasha Beaudoin (Athlete Award) · Kaitlyn Chubb and Alexander Moses (Team Award) · Jeff Trott (Coach Award) · Kathy Zahakos (Coach Award) · Filomena Santonastaso (Volunteer Award) Special Olympics Ontario - Oakville · Oakville Sky Walkers basketball team (Team Award) · Debbie Boycott (Coach Award) · Teresa Demytruk (Volunteer Award) Presentation of Special Recognition Award · Melanie Hawtin (Canadian senior women's national wheelchair basketball team member) Sport Oakville presented its annual Sport Recognition Awards to recipients from 16 of its member organizations Sunday. In left photo, Oakville Aquatic Club Team Award winners were the summer national team of (left to right) Tessa Cieplucha, Tyler Altenhof, Rosie Zavaros, Gamal Assaad, Mabel Zavaros and Anaka Will-Dryden. In above photo, Oakville Thunder Volleyball Club Athlete Award winner Taylor MacDonald. | photos by Graham Paine -- Oakville Beaver -- @Halton_Photog -- Full bios of all award winners can be found online at bit.ly/1Gz75QJ professional baseball instruction, development, lessons, camps and clinics baseball development program november to may in 10-week cycles ages 9-12u and 13-16u softball development program novemeber to may - mon., wed. or sat. ages 9-12u and 13-16u development for little league players beginner, advanced, high-performance 10-week programs softball hitting fundamentals, softball advanced hitting, catchers clinic 10-week programs pitching, catching, hitting, fielding info@fieldhouseathletics.ca phone: 905-639-3421