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•T he I FP • H al to n H ill s •T hu rs da y, A ug us t 1 5, 26 15 MOUNTAINVIEW RD. N., GEORGETOWN 905-877-2296 www.georgetowntoyota.com 2013 Rav4 LE $25,560 + taxes ALL NEW RE-DESIGNED Model #ZFREVT-AA Financing Available 2.9% up to 48 mos. OAC 4 LE Model #ZFREVT-AA SPORTS "Quote/unquote" 'Some of the women hadn't seen each other for 20 or 30 years, so we had a great time catching up on things.'-- Norma Maynard, see pg. 27 Veteran PGA Tour caddy Mike 'Fluff' Cowan was in the area recently for the Canadian Open cham- pionship in Oakville and brought his own clubs to play in the fi fth-annual Steve Duplantis Memorial Tournament at The Club at North Halton. Local native Duplantis was also a well-known PGA caddy who died in Jan. 2008 after being struck by a taxi cab in San Diego, California. Cowan, a 37-year caddy on the PGA Tour who carried Tiger Woods's clubs from 1996-99 and Pe- ter Jacobsen's for 19 years, currently works for vet- eran Tour player Jim Furyk. Duplantis also caddied for Furyk at one point and the golfer took part in the inaugural tourna- ment in 2008. Several current PGA caddies also take part in the local tournament, which raises money for a trust fund for Steve Jr.'s 17-year-old daughter Sierra. PGA Tour player Spencer Levin, who had Du- plantis toting his clubs at the time of the latter's death, has played in the tourney at North Halton the past couple of years but was playing in a Web. com Tour event as part of his recovery from wrist surgery. The low gross score for an amateur at the tour- ney was Ashley Chinner with a 67, while Missis- sauga's Brian McCann won the pro division with a two-under-par 70. The winning foursome in the best-ball event was Patrick Doherty, Justin Worby, James Allen and Jeff Dablut at 21 under par. The Halton Hills Blue Fins fi nished their season at the recent Swim Canada Age Group Championships in Montreal with Matthew Fox winning a silver medal in the 200m backstroke and Aysia Leckie earning a bronze in the 50m freestyle. The 15-year-old Fox also fi n- ished fourth in the 100m back, sixth in the 50m free and eighth in the 100m free. Leckie, 14, was eighth in the 100m free. The week prior, Blue Fins Kyle Haas and Matthew Fox competed at the Junior World Champion- ship Trials in Pointe-Claire, Que. The 18-year-old Haas, who had strong hopes for making it on the World Junior Team, fi nished 10th in the 100 backstroke, just outside of qualifying for the team. "It is disappointing that I was not fast enough, but that's al- right," said Haas. "I'm looking for- ward to training harder next season and sighting towards other goals. It's what you have to do as an athlete." Fox managed to make a fi nal in his specialty event, the 200m backstroke, where he fi nished 16th. This is a signifi cant achievement for Fox, who was competing against a fi eld of 18-20-year-olds. "I was really nervous, but it is something I had to ex- perience so I am better going forward," said Fox. Britney Dortona (left) and Lauren Monhemhuis (right) won their respective races at the Provincial Open Water Swim Champion- ships in Brampton recently, while Halton Hills Blue Fins' teammate Michael Jans (centre) was sec- ond his age group. Submitted photo The Halton Hills Blue Fins col- lected two gold medals and a silver for the local swim club at the Pro- vincial Open Water Championships at Professor's Lake in Brampton, among several other top-10 results. With 18 swimmers taking part, the Blue Fins were the largest team at the meet. Fourteen-year-old Britney Dor- tona and teammate Lauren Mon- hemhuis, 12, won their respective age group races over the 2-km dis- tance, while Michael Jans was run- ner-up in the 14-year-old boys' cat- egory. For the 15-&-over divisions, com- petitors had to swim 5 km and Blue Fin Keri-Lyn Copeland fi nished eighth. Mitchell Krafczek (14th) and Brooklyn Shelley (19th) also repre- sented Halton Hills. Other local results in the 2-km swim for 14-year-olds were Emilie Knighton (6th); Quinn West (6th); Felipe Escobar (8th); and Brett Rus- sell (11th). For the 13-year-olds, Blue Fin re- sults were: Livy Olson (6th); Kath- erine Peel (9th); Simon Olsen (9th); Mackenzie Warnock (14th); Megan Brosseau (15th); Laura Jean Bonifa- cio (17th). Twelve-year-olds: Darian Zuraw (9th); Cassandra Sant' Angelo (11th). Blue Fins perform well in open water Fox, Leckie earn medals at national Age Group meet The fi fth-annual Steve Duplantis Memorial Golf Tournament took place recently at The Club at North Halton. Pictured (from left) are Steve Duplantis Sr., Danny Duplantis, Steve Jr.'s daughter Sierra and longtime PGA Tour caddy Mike 'Fluff' Cowan. A new trophy (seen here) was introduced, consisting of the remnants of a trophy from a caddies' tournament Steve Jr. won years ago. MATTHEW FOX PGA caddy Cowan takes part in Duplantis tourney