D2 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, April 14, 1999 A $50 fundraising commitment is required. ALL EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED EXCEPT & SHORTS Goalie & Shooter Pads for rent Oakville Parks & Recreation Department Antoinettes preparing to host provincials May 7-9th ' Sixth title for Sawchenko *> Photo by Peter C. McCusker Antoinette Katey Ishikawa performing a straddle jump in preparation for the upcoming provincial championships. The Oakville Gymnastics Center, home of the Antoinettes compet itive gym team, is not only hosting the prestigious youth provincials, they will also have a sizeable contingent competing in them. The youth provincials, for up and coming provin cial and future national gymnasts between the ages of 9 and 12, will be hosted by the Antoinettes at the Glen Abbey Rec Centre on the weekend of May 7-9th. A companion meet, called Elite Ontario, is held for girls 13 and over, and it runs April 24/25th in Cambridge. The Antoinettes have qualified 15 competitors (through a series of regional competitions) to these provincial champi onships as well as four alternates. Included is a list of the Antoinettes competitors who have earned a berth in their respective provincials and their respective cate gories (the higher the number, the higher the skill level). Having been chosen to host this year's youth provincial championships, the club is actively seeking corporate and public sup- T H E Y 'V E Q U A L IF IE D N a m e C a te g o ry E L IT E O N T A R IO (in Cambridge April 24/25) N ico le S am u e l Jun ior 3 L au ra E an sor Jun ior 3 J a im e N ugen t O pen 2 E lysha Burt O pen 1 • Robin Merry Senior 1 Y O U T H P R O V IN C IA L S (at Glen Abbey May 7-9) C a rly M cM illan Novice 3 A lyssa Brow n P re-N ovice 3 K atey Ish ikaw a P re-N ovice 3 B rittany G a tava ckas Pre-N ov ice 2 Jess ica P ark Pre-N ov ice 2 Jessica Leg gett Pre-N ov ice 2 • Kendra Forgione Pre-Novice 2 M elissa M elia Novice 2 R achel P edros Pre-Junior 2 R eb e kah Lugsdin Jun ior 1 • Geraldine Aibanez Junior 1 ' Julie Gammon Junior 1 Lindsay Sm ith N ovice 1 D ea n n a D iC lem en te P re-N ov ice 1 * italics denote alternate status port. There are many ways to become involved. Corporate sponsorships are available at a variety of levels. There is also a need for other donations such as T- shirts for staff and ath letes, memorabilia for ath letes, food and beverages for concession sales and hospitality room, decora tions and other appropriate products. To become part of the exciting provincial cham pionships, which will attract upwards of 400 elite young gymnasts from all of Ontario's seven regions, contact Antoinettes G.M. Wayne Hussey at 847-7747. Photo by Peter C. McCusker Oakville curler Don Goodard in the world lefthanders tourney held last weekend at the Oakville Curling Club. I S H O O T , S C O R E & S A V E O N O U R | PRACTICE PADS The Oakville Rangers triple-A minor peewee rep team won the silver medal at the Ontario Minor Hockey Association Tournament of Champions. Silver The Oakville Rangers minor peewee triple-A team, sponsored by Polywheels, traveled to Windsor over the Easter Weekend for the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) Tournament of Champions. And there was a feeling of deja vu. Like last year they didn't strike gold, but their was a silver lining. Literally. Not only did they bring home the silver medal but the combatants in Windsor were exactly the same as last year. Besides Oakville, there was the Peterborough Petes, Richmond Hill Stars, St. Catharines and the reigning OMHA and Ontario Hockey Federation (OHA) champion Sun County from host Windsor. For the 1999 Tournament of Champions, the OMHA instituted a new medal format, with the top two teams in the round robin squaring off for gold and the next two battling for bronze. In the gold medal game, Oakville couldn't recover from a slow start in which they were down 3-0 before the second period was five minutes old. Lining The Rangers started pressing relentlessly at that point, but they could only muster one goal past a hot goalie to end the OMHA champi onship game with a 3-1 loss. Nick Prescott scored the goal from Tyler Donati and Daniel Ringwald. In the bronze medal match, the Peterborough Petes downed St. Catharines 5-4 in overtime. The Rangers earned their place in the gold medal match with three wins in the preliminary round against only one loss. Oakville opened with a 5-2 deci sion over Peterborough. Single mark ers were scored by Nick Davis, Brett Lain, Nick Dodge, Jeff Nabeta and Tyler Donati. Assists went to Justin Donati (2), Michael Gomes, Davis and Lain. In their second game, a rousing comeback went for naught as the Rangers dropped a 4-3 decision to Richmond Hill. The Rangers spotted Richmond Hill a 3-0 lead before coming back to tie it up at 3-3 early in the third period. Richmond Hill, however, potted the winner with 1:27 * remaining. Goals were scored by Nick Prescott, Nick Dodge and ! Justin Donati. Assists went to Brafl McKenzie (2), Ben Heersink, Geoff Pearce and Tyler Donati. That left the Rangers a daunt ing task on the second day of besting both the 1998 OHF and OMHA champi on Sun County and the 1997 OMHA champi on St. Catharines. And thanks to stellar netmind- ing from their dynamic duo, Jonathan Allen and Chris Rowan, the Rangers did it, 4-1 and 4-2, respectively. In the 4-1 win over host Sun (S ee 'Rangers' pg. D3) TENNIS CLUB * 90 REGISTRATION Saturday, April 17th, 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. ^ AT THE CLUBHOUSE 2310 Bridge Rd. (between 3rd Line & Bronte Rd.) RATES Junior/Student .. .$40 * Adult ...S80 " C o u p le ...S125 Fam ily ...S140 ™ W e E nco u rage N ew M e m b e rs 9 0 Active membership, ladder, leagues, lessons, Sunday Socials. # excellent teaching pro. jfe For more information, call ~ Lynn Kirk: 847-7838 W Margo MacLean: 825-3588 ^ ^ 9 0 9 0 ^ 9 0 ' 9 0 9 0 9 0 9 0 9 0 9 0 9 0 ^ r World Lefthanders Tourney at the Oakville Curling Club Oakville is the site of the annual world lefthanders curling championship, and this year's version -- which attracted 60 teams -- was held this past weekend at the Oakville Curling Club. The 26th annual men's championship, sponsored by Financial Concept, was won by an Oakville rink skipped by Ken Sawchenko and rounded out by Ken Leach, Steve Flanigan and Ted Bassett. It's getting to be old hat for Sawchenko who has won the unique southpaw event for a sixth time. Fie defeated a rink from the Burlington Golf and Country Club skipped by Kurt Tamowski and including Don McAlister (bonspiel chairman), Mike Fairbaim and Scott Muir. The consolation championship of the Financial Concept Event was won by an Oshawa Curling Club rink skipped by Hans Top and including Mickey Bonner, Jeff Douglas and Ed Hong. They defeated the Sarnia Curling Club's Bill Lennox, Doug Booth, Rob Durance and Bill Ferguson. The Case Tech Leather event was taken by the Grimsby Curling Club team of Carl Thomas, Fred Andress, Steve Walker and Barry Staz. They defeated Steve O'Donnell's Arthur C.C. team of Steve O'Neill, John Jansen and Dan Martin. The Hiram Walker/Corby Distillery event was captured by Keith Martin's Arthur C.C. team of Ken Gilbert, Arden Edmonson and Randy McLennan. They defeated the Acton rink of A1 Corbeil, Scott Kerr, Pete Vidler and Dan Kostjuk. The Molson event was won by Brian Sheridan's Oakville Curling Club team of Rick Tousaw, Bob Betts and John Delaney who triumphed over the Elmvale C.C. team of Morely MacDonald, Kevin Fleming, Pat May and Paul Steele. The Ramada Inn Event winners were Al Munroe, Barry Elliot, Bill Hunt and Bob MacMillan from Ayr C.C. They defeated the Alliston rink of Gord Skeoch, Ted Lawler, Richard Eppenberger and Jim Tugnett. The final Men's Oakville Curling Club event was taken by the Oakville Curling Club team of Bill Geady, Chris Dion, Ross Armstrong and Cam Hegge who outpointed the (S ee 'Next yeari page D3) Oakville Summer H ockey League M ay - August Schedule Including 'vacation week" to assist w ith holiday planning. O Non-contact O 14-game schedule O N o weekends or Fridays O Prime time evening games O Games on brand new Olympic size River Oaks surface O Balancing o f teams O Divisions for boys & girls ages 5-13 O Trophies & awards O Certified officials O Coaching & sponsorship positions available O N o fundraising A p p l ic a t io n s available a t R iv e r O ak s, G l e n A bbey, M ain w a y & A ppleby C o l l e g e a r e n a s . F o r in f o r m a t io n o r t o r e c e iv e a n a p p l ic a t io n (905) 510-1447 This is not affiliated with the M0HA Registration on Saturday, April 17 12 noon - 2 p.m . at River Oaks Arena Oakville Little League Umpires REGISTRATION Friday, April 16th 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at W hite Oaks High School Saturday, April I 7th 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. atWhiteOaks High School Sunday, April 18th 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Location TBA UMPIRE CLIN IC Sat. April 24 & Sun. April 25 Location TBA All umpires are required to attend registration sessions. N ote: T h e re will be a pay increase at all levels for this season. F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n , please call M el S w in to n a t (9 0 5 ) 6 16 - 4 0 4 4 Are you between 6 &16 yrs of age? _ _(as_of Aug. 31)_ FOOTBALL REGISTRATION For BOYS & GIRLS Saturday April 17thApril • 3 p9 am • 3 pm Birth Certificate and Health Card Required R e n t e r n o w S T A M PEDER REP F 0 on ALL SUPP F00TWI LOCATION: Equipm ent Centre (behind Nelson High School) BURLINGTON MINOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION For information please call 637-2055 R E G I S T E R E A R L Y