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D2 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, July 19, 2000 Little league Majors face first hurdle to World Series The path to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania for the Oakville majors starts Friday in Dundas. The Oakville Majors, a team select ed from the ten-team Oakville Majors house league, face Orangeville for their first game in the double-knockout Ontario District playdowns. The 2000 Oakville team is managed by Duke Dickson and has a formidable pitching staff of Anthony Amone, Jeff Egan, Russell Gilroy and Kyle Grootjans. These pitchers also double up as position players: Amone (first base), Egan (outfield), Gilroy (second base) and Grootjans (third base). Liam Bryant, Zack Dickson, Paul Mooney and Justin Neufeld(from the Little League hot-bed of Langley, B.C.) round out the infield, while Chris Bonnell, Daniel Hanley, Brendan Skeete and Jason Tuske man the out field. Photo by Peter McCusker Front row: (left to right) Kyle Grootjans, Jeff Egan, Zack Dickson, Paul Mooney, Daniel Hanley; second row: (left to right) Jason Tuske, Brendan Skeete, Anthony Amone, Russell Gilroy, Justin Neufeld, Kris Bonnell; third row: (left to right) Wayne Hanley, assistant coach, John Mooney, assistant coach, Duke Dickson, manager/coach. Missing from photo is Liam BryanL Junior Little Leaguers host District Championships Oakville plays host to the Little League Junior District Championships this week at Neyagawa Park. The first game starts tonight at 6:30 p.m. and winds up Sunday with the District Championship game. "We've got a great group of guys who can taste the win," said Augie Bonnano, the team's head coach. Assistant coach Richard Stokes added, "A lot of these guys have been playing together for a number of years, and they're getting their strategy and plays down to a reflex action." Over the past number of weeks, the boys, aged 13-14, have been holding a number of practices and exhibition games to refine their skills, their exhi bition matches have included such notable teams as Dundas, Erindale and others. If Oakville wins the District Championships, they move on to the Provincials in Ottawa on July 26th to 31st, followed by the Nationals next month in Sydney, Nova Scotia Photo by Ron Kuzyk Bronte Tae Kwon Do Club's National Junior Championship medal winners included (clock wise from the bottom centre) seven-year-old Destiny Chrysler (bronze) Barry Meakings, 13, (silver), Nick Leblanc, 11 (silver), Owner/Operator Bill Pallo, and Alex Pallo, 12 (gold and bronze). Bronte Tae Kwon Do Club brings home National medals The Bronte Tae Kwon Do Club won six medals in the Canadian National Tae Kwon Do Junior Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick, July 1st. In the Patterns Division (judging based on balance, control, power, speed and concentration) Chelsea Plunkett won a gold medal and Destiny Chrysler and Alex Pallo earned bronze medals. In the Sparring competition (judging based on scoring on the targeted areas, head and body of their opponents dur ing two 1.5 minute rounds): Alex Pallo won the gold with B. J. Meakings and Nick Leblanc winning silvers. Prior to the nationals, Bill Pallo, the owner/operator of Bronte Tae Kwon Do, took his students to a summer camp at the Chung Won Institute of Tae Kwon Do, the host of the nationals, for intense training under the guidance of headmaster Won Kap Chung. Front row: (left to right) Chris Heath, Tyler Chuddy, Tyler Train, Mike Bonanno, David Hyatt, Eddie Skeete, Mike Clarke; second row (left to right) Augie Bonanno, manager/coach, Michael Burgess, Craig Smith, Darren Grant, Brad Leeming, Ryan Reiter, Trevor Jones, Steven Mills, and Rich Stokes, assistant coach. find focus forcffocus s e sedan If you have a n ew s tip or story idea, call the Oakville B e ave r at 8 4 5 -3 8 2 4 . · Air Conditioning · Automatic · 2.0L SRI S O H C 1-4 Engine · Rem ote Keyless Entry · A M /F M Stereo with Cassette · Dash Mounted Trunk Release · 60/40 Split Folding Rear Seat · Power D oor Locks · Manual Driver' s Seat Height Adjust North American Car of the Year* YOUR ONTARIO i r FORD DEALERS. WISE BUYERS READ THE LEGAL COPY: 'Purchase a new 2000 Focus SE Sedan for $17,995. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price. Offer excludes freight ($720), licence, insurance, administration fees and all applicable taxes. Dealer may sell for less. Limited time offer. Offer may be cancelled at any time without notice. See Dealer for details. tVoted by 47 Automotive Journalists in Canada and the United States. Ontario FDA, P.O. Box 2000, Oakville, Ontario L6J%E4 A H Vehicles, N e w & U se d P rice d to M o v e w wim/uunmnw/m CADILLAC PONTIAC BUICK INC 4 1 0 S O U TH S E R VIC E RD. W. (J U S T W E S T O F D O RVAL) --HAM. CLEW. TOR. -4 S . SERVICE®. KERRB W Y E C R O E TR D .