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SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax 905-337-5567 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2005 OAKVILLE BEAVER SPORTS YEAR IN REVIEW · PART II Jr. B lacrosse squad Buzz of the summer W . By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR Dubai. A U G U ST · The Canadian men's 4x200m relay swimming team, featuring two-time Olympian Andrew Hurd and local resi dent Colin Russell, wins silver at the World Aquatic Championships in Montreal. Several months later, the two swimmers qualify-for the 2006 JULY Commonwealth Games, to be held in Melbourne, Australia. · The Oakville Minor All-Stars win · A terrific season for the Oakville Oakville's first Ontario Little Buzz junior B lacrosse team League District 1 minor (10ends one step away from the year-old) championship in a Founder's Cup national decade with a 3-0 blanking championship tournament of the six-time defending as the Buzz falls 3-1 to the champion High Park Braves, Elora Mohawks in the qualifying the All-Stars for Ontario Lacrosse Association the provincial champi final. In the franchise's fifth onships. year of existence, Oakville · Adam van Koeverden's finished first in the OLA reggold medal in kayaking sin ular-season standings with a gles highlights Canada's Adam van Koeverden 17-2-1 record and earned strong showing at the Pan home-floor advantage American canoe and kayaking champi throughout the playoffs. onships. Tanya Thomson helps the · The Oakville Longhorns are national junior team win three gold upset in the quarter-finals of the and four silvers, while Mallorie Northern Football Conference play Nicholson earijs gold and silver in offs, falling 14-12 to the Tri-City women's canoe. Outlaws. Tri-City goes on to win the · OT student Mark Hinnen, 17, wins NFC championship. the national time trial · Hosting the provincial, cycling championships in squirt tier two fastpitch Kamloops, B.C. The victory championships at Trafalgar earns Hinnen a spot on the Park, the Oakville Angels put junior national cycling team on a show for their home and he represents Canada at town crowd. Led by the the world junior champi pitching (0.78 earned-run onships in Australia the fol average) of Alex Sagl and lowing month. slugging (.700-plus batting · Aided by the average), of Crystal tions of OT students Andrew Marantette, the Angels win Bimm, Andrew Buxtonan Ontario championship, Forman and Alistair Clark, clinching the crown with a the Canadian men's under-19 rugby 10-5 rout of Stratford in the final. team wins the North American West · Mallorie Nicholson leads a strong Indies Rugby Association qualifying contingent, of Oakville athletes at the tournament with a 41-3 rout of Canada Summer Games, winning four Jamaica. The victory qualifies Canada gold medals and adding a bronze. for the 2006 world championships in See Storm page 31 The Oakville Beaver Sports Year in Review began in yesterday's (Friday's) edition with a recap of the first six months of 2005. Following is a synop sis of some of the biggest sports stories that took place in the latter half of last year. Brenden Thenhaus (10, above) and the Oakville Buzz Jr. B lacrosse team enjoyed a stellar 2005 campaign, going 17-2-1 in regular-season play and reaching the provincial final before falling to the Elora Mohawks. Left, Hilary Dawe (17), Brittany Parkes and the Oakville squirt tier tw o Angels w on an Ontario title in a tourna ment held at Trafalgar Park. 7J Keep them WARM & COZY this winter A new high efficiency furnace installed by the experts at A ir Calm ClimateCare delivers improved comfort, better efficiency/significant fuel savings and most of all, a little peace-of-mind. St heating & cooling cooperative e -m a il: airca lm @ c lim ate ca re .c o m 905 844-7354 - w a rn AIR CALM KsEI c l im a t e c a b e Com fort Accountability. Reliability. Excellence. . th* Hating and coding profe»ionais who c.a.r.e.