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Wednesday, May 5, 1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER D1 YOU WOULDN'T TRUST JUST ANYONE TO DRIVE YOUR CAR, SO WHY TRUST JUST ANY COMPANY TO INSURE IT? - John Bauman 627 Lyon's Lane #308, Oakville 842-2225 Sports An Oakville Beaver Feature Editor: NORM NELSON 845-3824 (Extension 255) Fax:337-5567 ■ ' w a v e ACOGECO PRODUCT Photos by Peter C. M cCusker Might as well jump! The Antoinettes are hard at work, preparing for the youth provincials which they are hosting this weekend (Friday through Sunday) at the Glen Abbey Rec Centre. LEFT PHOTO: Rebekah Lugsdin practices a layout flyaway. RIGHT PHOTO: Carly M cM illan jum ps high above the balance beam. Tickets on sale The Oakville Gymnastics Center will host the Youth Artistic Provincial Gymnastics Championships, for up and coming provincial and future national gymnasts, at the Glen Abbey Recreation Centre from Friday to Sunday, all day. It will attract upwards of 400 elite young gymnasts from all of Ontario's seven regions. Tickets are on sale at the Oakville Gymnastics Center (North Service Road) or may be purchased at the door. Individual and corporate support is always appreci­ ated. For further information, please call 847-7747. Youth provincials are on tap at Glen Abbey Friday to Sunday Antoinettes well represented By Kathy Yanchus SPECIAL TO TH E BEAVER r | he big weekend is almost here. It's what the intense practice, the gruelling repetition, the J |L . hours of visualization have been leading towards. As a talented group of Antoinettes prepare for the 1999 Women's Artistic Youth Provincial Championships, being held this weekend at the Glen Abbey Recreation Centre, they look like kids let loose in a playground as they go from one piece of equipment to the other. The similarity, however, ends there. Surrounded by thick mats and dusted in chalk, their wrists bound with sweatbands, they flip, cart­ wheel, swing and somersault with grace and skill. It's down to the wire now, and the practices have become more frequent, every skill, every body movement under scrutiny. They know what's on the line and they are a disciplined bunch, the largest ever Antoinettes contingent entered in the provin­ cials. "The kids are getting better," comments technical director, Glen Cooper. "It's a neat sport and the club is growing rapidly. We've gone from 800 to 2,000 members over the last four or five years." It is quite an honor hosting a gymnastics meet of this magnitude, and one that a committee of hard­ working organizers won hands down. Included in individual club proposals are the venue you can offer, sponsorships and hotel rates and availability The Antoinettes' offer was deemed "exceptional", thanks in no small part to the work of club general manager, Wayne Hussey says coach and competitive director Kathy Hubbard. ' Volunteers by the hundreds have been recruited to (See 'Antoinettes' page D3) The Oakville Gymnastics Center, home of the Antoinettes competi­ tive gym team, will be well represented at the Youth Provincials which they are hosting this weekend at the Glen Abbey Rec Centre. The Antoinettes have qualified 14 athletes, including three alternates (see list). As well there was a com­ panion meet to the Youth Provincials, called Elite Ontario, for competitors 13 years of age and over. The Antoinettes qualified five athletes to that meet, including one alternate. THEY'VE QUALIFIED N am e C ategory ELITE ONTARIO (in Cambridge April 24/25) Nicole Samuel Junior 3 Laura Eansor Junior 3 Jaim e Nugent Open 2 Elysha Burt Open 1 * Robin Merry Senior 1 YOUTH PROVINCIALS (at Glen Abbey May 7-9) Carly McMillan Novice 3 Alyssa Brown Pre-Novice 3 Katey Ishikawa Pre-Novice 3 Brittany Gatavackas Pre-Novice 2 Jessica Park Pre-Novice 2 Jessica Leggett Pre-Novice 2 * Kendra Forgione Pre-Novice 2 Melissa Melia Novice 2 Rachel Pedros Pre-Junior 2 Rebekah Lugsdin Junior 1 * Geraldine Albanez Junior 1 ' Julie Gammon Junior 1 Lindsay Smith Novice 1 Deanna D iC lemente Pre-Novice 1 " italics denote alternate status '3' denotes the highest level Coyotes open campaign with 0.71 Pho to by Peter J. T hom pson Oakville Coyotes David Dunn (#77) rips a shot at Brantford Thunderhawk goalie AJ Spencer during Sunday's Major Junior A Roller Hockey season opener at Oakville Arena. The Coyotes lost a 7-6 heartbreaker in overtime. The Corbetts Oakville Coyotes gave their fans ari exciting finish in their Major Junior A Roller Hockey home opener Sunday afternoon by erasing a two-goal Brantford lead in the last two minutes of regulation time. Unfortunately, for the Coyotes, it was the visiting Brantford Thunderhawks that finished off the scoring 3:46 into sudden death overtime for the 7-6 win. The Coyotes will try to even their record on the young season as they play their second straight at home this! Friday, 7:30 p.m., at Oakville Arena against the Georgetown Wolfpack. The Coyotes then play their first on the road on SaturdajJ night, 7:30 p.m. in Georgetown at George Alcott Arena. * In a surprisingly tight checking game, scoring chance^ were kept to a minimum. "This was not the shootout we expected from these two teams," stated general manager Jay Labelle, "but it was a great game. The goalies were unbelievable today." Jeff Elia (a 40 goal man in '98) wasted little time reac-| quainting himself to the scoresheet, scoring the first goal the Major Junior A Roller Hockey League season and the first Coyote goal of the season three minutes into the game; Brantford evened it up at 1-1 and then the Coyotes wenj up again, for what would ultimately be their last lead of thq game at 2-1. Brantford then scored three straight for a 4-2 lead and then held leads of 5-3 and 6-4 before Oakville equalized to send it into overtime. Dave Dunn and Jeff Elia each had a pair of goals witK singles added by Kevin Gibbons and Shane Labelle. Assist^ were earned by Steve Elia (3), Jeff Elia (2), Steve Kinnunen, Jamie Barlow, Mike Muldoon, Kevin Gibbons,* Brandon Cordua and Dave Dunn. Jason Lesky led the Thunderhawks with four goals including the overtime winner. Brett Smith scored twd goals and Daryl Moore a single. 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