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Wednesday, July 7, 1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER D1 These three photos show action from Sunday's U -ll final won 3-2 by NSSC Hurricanes (white jerseys) over the Oakville Acorns. TOP PHOTO: Acorns goalie Brandon Defazio is kept busy. BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO:, action is intense despite the searing heat. BOTTOM RIGHT PHOTO: Aaron Harrison of the Oakville Acorns waters himself down at the half. 23rd annual Friendship Tourney There were a lot of whistlin' Dixie's in Oakville this past weekend. Dixie teams won two of the four age divisions (U-15 and U-17) at the 23rd annual Oakville International Friendship Soccer Tournament, held amid searing heat. The other age divisions were won by NSSC Hurricanes (U -ll) and Kitchener Spirit (U-13). Oakville teams were shut out this year, although two teams -- the U-11 Oakville Acorns (top three photos) and the U-15 Oakville Lightning (bottom left photo) -- did make it to their respective cham­ pionship games. One other team, the U -ll Oakville Blizzard made it through to the semifinals. Close to 50 boys rep teams took part in the pres­ tigious tournament, run by the Oakville Soccer Club, Photos by Peter J. Thompson which is the biggest in Canada with more than 8,00 players. American teams are certainly no strangers to thi tournament but it took on a real international flavou this year with the Dungoyne Boys from Belfasi Northern Ireland (bottom right ph.oto), in the U-L division and Gladsaxe-Hero from Copenhagen (S ee 'F r ie n d sh ip to u rn e y ' p ag e D3) BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO: Lightning did strike twice with both the Oakville Lightning (red/white jersey) and Dixie Lightning making the U-15 championship game. Dixie won 6-0. BOTTOM RIGHT PHOTO: the Dungoyne Boys from Belfast, Northern Ireland helped made the tourna­ ment a truly international affair. They won this U- 13 preliminary round game 5-1 over the Oakville Comets (re^ white jersey). Photo by Peter J. Thompson Donovan Bailey is continuing his mission to rev back up to full speed. He raced in Paris Saturday finishing seventh out of eight runners. This photo is from the previous weekend's Canadian national champi­ onships in Winnipeg where he finished third. Bailey is not fazed w ith seventh place result in Paris Donovan Bailey finished sev­ enth out of eight runners at a meet in Paris on Saturday, as he contin­ ues his mission to rev back up to full speed following his serious Achilles Tendon rupture suffered last September. But he remains confident that his old Olympic winning form will return, and sooner than later. "That's probably the worst race I've ever run," he told a reporter from the AFP news agency, fol­ lowing the race. Surprisingly, he was slumped to the ground and smiling. "I'm not feeling really good at the moment, especially coming out of the blocks and my acceleration is terrible. "A lousy start and then I pan­ icked halfway through the race. It don't come much worse than that. "However, I will be a whole lot better in a month's time. "I'm going through a transition­ al period and these are two things that I've been working on. I'm not worried because I'm a two time Olympic champion (100 metre champion and the anchor of Canada's gold medal 4x100m relay team) and I will be looking positively towards Sydney." While the 2000 Sydney Olympics is still his overall objec­ tive, he told the AFP news agency reporter that he is keen to regain his world crown off Maurice Greene. Greene beat Bailey at the 97 world championships, with Bailey still earning silver. There were no world championships last year. Last month, Greene also took the world record away from Bailey with a blistering 9.79 seconds, erasing Bailey's previous mark of 9.84 seconds. Saturday's race was won by Britain's Dwain Chambers in a time of 10.12. Bailey ran 10.43. Canadian national U-19 Reid hockey championships here Once again this summer, the Oakville Field Hockey Club (OFHC) will be hosting a national tournament at Appleby College. The Women's Under-19 Championship will be held this weekend (Friday to Sunday). While this annual tournament usually moves around the country with each province sharing the responsibilities of being host, this is the second year in a row that Ontario got the nod. Field Hockey Ontario president John DeSouza didn't think twice about calling upon the Oakville Field Hockey Club to take care of all the technical aspects of the event. According to OFHC founder, John Picone, there's a lot of energy going into the affair. "It's our sec­ ond run at this," he said, "and we're determined to welcome our fellow Canadian field hockey (S e e 'N a tio n a l1 page D3) 23rd annual Friendship Tourney Bailey is not fazed with seventh place result in Paris