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D4 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, September 12, 2001 Vytis basketball club holding tryouts The Oakville Vytis Basketball club is holding a series o f upcoming tryouts at St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School. Girls Bantam (Gr. 8 Team - bom 1988): Sept. 16/23 - 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sept. 30 - 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. . Girls Bantam (Gr. 7 Team - bom 1989): Sept. 29/30 - 10:30 a.m. to noon Boys Bantam (bom 1988 & 1989): Sept. 16/23rd - 4 p.m. to 5:30 pjn. Sept. 30th - 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Girls Minor Bantam (bom 1990 & 1991): Sept. 16/23 - 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 3 0 - 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Boys Minor Bantam (bom 1990 & 1991): Sept. 16/23 - 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 30 - 12 noon - 1:30 p.m. Girls Atom (bom 1992 & 1993): Sept. 16/23 - 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 30th - 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. For info contact Mary Quinn at (905) 469-8435. New Oakville Synchro club kicks offMonday The new Oakville Synchro Club begins its practices at Centennial Pool on Monday, September 17, and will complement the popular recre ational (non-competitive) synchro nized swimming program operated successfully by the Town of Oakville for many years. The club will begin this year with one or two teams of 14 and unders, and expand into older age groups in future years. Potential team members need not have previ ous synchro experience, but should be strong swimmers, and be keen to compete as part of a close knit team. Interested swimmers and/or par ents should contact the Club's head coach, Melanie Bowes (416-8341069), or check out the club on-line at www.oakvillesynchro.com. ACE holding free open house this Saturday Cedar Springs Health Racquet and SportsClub and ACE Tennis are holding a free Tennis Open House, noon to 2 p.m. Saturday September 15th at the Cedar Springs Health, Racquet and SportsClub, 960 Cumberland Avenue in Burlington. This is a community grass roots event and all members of the public are welcome. All junior tennis players or prospective junior tennis players under 16 years old are welcome. The emphasis is on fun and there will be games and prizes. This is a great opportunity to expose your child to tennis the sport of a lifetime. Kids are guaran teed to have a great time. Prizes include a tennis racquet, tennis bags and t-shirts. Pizza will be available at the end of the clinic. Information as well as registra tion forms on a wide range of youth tennis programs will be available to parents. This is also an important link age for summer tennis club affilia tions to a year round indoor Tennis Development Center. Tennis professionals include Miguel Cysneiros, formerly of the Ontario Racquet Club, Bobby Armitage of Wallace Park Tennis Club, Alex Benyi o f Appleby Tennis Club and Natalie NemezArmitage of Bronte Tennis Club. Under the leadership of Pierre Lamarche, ACE Tennis is the top junior tennis training program in Canada with junior programs rang ing from beginners to international level. ACE tennis is the home of top Oakville tennis players such as Ekaterina Shuleava 2001 Canada Games gold medallist. Phone Bruce Cates o f ACE Tennis at (905) 632-9500 for more info. Tuesday, September 11,2001 By Norm Nelson BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR This column being written just after 6 p.m. is the last item o f business before putting a wrap on this sports section. It was tough day for obvious reasons. How many people felt like working yesterday. Especially mid morning as the news was unfold ing. It felt like the sky was falling. And indeed it was. One tower hit, two towers hit, the Pentagon hit, the towers crumble, Camp David hit, another plane crashed. Airports closed, borders closed, is the president safe. Is it over. My god, the towers are no more. And the thirty, forty thousand people that went to work, just like I did, are no more. They didn't know what was coming. But the people on the planes did. My God, what kind o f world am I raising a child in. What kind o f world. To me it was that world -- and not America -- that was under attack. And that's why the dread was palpable in the gut. With Pearl Harbour, the devastation must have been just as shocking. But the enemy was immedi ately known. There was no puzzle. And it was a military target. How am I supposed to work on a sports section on a day like today. The Oakville Storm lost Sunday's Ontario Cup. If the Oakville players hadn't already put it in perspec tive -- betcha it is now. But in the end, it wasn't too difficult. Daily papers are more about big sports stars and their teams, and that's n o t a criticism -- I'm a faith ful reader over my morning coffee. A community sports section -- this one, at least -- is more grass roots. It's about the community we have built, and how we can make our lives better through sports. Today's edition features a lot of stories that tell young and old, alike, how they can get involved in grass roots sports -- you name it, swimming, syn chro swimming, tennis, baseball, boating, skating ... There's a story about Mark Oldershaw who spent almost all of his teenage years paddling hard on Sixteen Mile Creek in Oakville -- and was rewarded for his hard work and dedication with a double gold medal haul at the world junior championships in Brazil this past weekend. These are stories that make our world a better place to live -- either through the sporting opportu nities they list or the inspiration they provide. Kids We love love to to play help. B e tw e e n now a n d N o v e m b e r 3 0 t h 2 0 0 1 , e v e ry box o f P o s t S hreddles c e re a l you buy m e a n s an a u to m a tic c o n trib u tio n to p ro v in c ia l m in o r hockey. 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