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Sports Oakville Beaver SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax 905-337-5567 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2006 29 Locals win volleyball silver Local residents DD Dionisio and Rachel Vukson helped the Durham Attack to a silver-medal showing at the Canadian National West volleyball championships recently in Calgary. Competing in the under-16 category, which featured 130 teams from across the country, Durham went undefeated until dropping its final game, 21-25, 25-20, 17-19 to British Columbia 3. The loss particularly stung since the Attack had dominated British Columbia 3 in pool play the first day of the tournament. Still, the second-place finish BARRIE ERSKINE / OAKVILLE BEAVER capped a very successful season for the local girls and the Attack. Durham won the National East championships in Moncton the previous weekend and was victorious at the provincials in April. Vukson was named to the sevenmember all-star team at the western nationals. Dionisio and Vukson are also competing on the Ontario Volleyball Association's beach volleyball circuit this year. Playing as partners for the first time, the girls earned a third-place finish in their opening tournament of the year. SIGN OF THE TIMES: Members of the Oakville Sports Hall of Fame stand beside the Hall's new sign, located in the lower centre court of Oakville Place. Pictured are (left to right) Dan Ferrone, Mike Morningstar, Sean Stewart, Maria Jelinek, Melanie MacKay, Chris Pridham, John Base, Phil Iafrati, James C. McDougall and Larry Cain. Sports hall moves to the mall By Jon Kuiperij said Hall chair Bob Labbett. "There will be more cross-community exposure, more people from more walks of life. In the rink, it's more specialThe relocation of the Oakville Sports Hall of ized." Fame suits Melanie MacKay and its other memThe Hall was temporarily housed at the mall bers just fine. several years ago and was well-received by shopAfter all, with the move from River Oaks pers, according to Labbett and Oakville Place genRecreation Centre to Oakville Place, more people eral manager Doug Peters. will see the displays and bios of the "It really got a lot of reaction," town's prominent athletes -- includ- "It's great to Peters said. "We decided to do someencourage our ing the athletes themselves. thing more on a permanent basis. All "I'd seen (the Oakville Sports Hall young athletes the community is here all the time... of Fame) once when I had to do a try- that you can it's great to encourage our young out," said MacKay, a former Olympic athletes that you can strive for the strive for the best swimmer who was inducted into the best and get there." Hall last year. "It was really tucked and get there." Thirteen of the Hall's members away, kind of far away. I only saw it were represented at the official open Oakville Place GM before I was in it." ing, while Oakville MPP Kevin Flynn Doug Peters Visibility and exposure should no and Town councilor Ralph Robinson longer be a concern for the Hall of -- a director with the Hall -- also Fame, which officially opened its new location in attended the event. the lower centre court of Oakville Place with a Labbett used the opportunity to announce the ceremony Thursday. Hall's new Oakville Sports Endowment Fund, Details about each of the Hall's 22 members which was created through the coming together are on panels wrapped around seven columns in of funds in the names of Donovan Bailey, Larry the centre court, with several more columns cur- Cain and the Oakville Sports Hall of Fame. The rently barren and ready for the next inductees. fund will be administered by the Community The Hall also plans to eventually use a kiosk in Foundation of Oakville, with proceeds to benefit the middle of the court for displaying memorabil- athletes and sports in the town. ia. The kiosk is currently rented by Royal LePage, The Hall's next induction ceremony is schedwhich has a year remaining on its lease. uled for February 2007. "We wanted to have a place that was more pub-- Jon Kuiperij can be reached at lic than where we were at the rink at River Oaks," sports@oakvillebeaver.com. BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR Scheduled Events Face painting and balloon animals Free Public Skating 10:30am-12pm Free Stick & Puck 10:15am-12:15pm BTNL Skills Comp 12:15pm-2:15pm Prizes drawn for 3on3 players New Haro BMX Bike Grand Prize! BBQ Outside $2 skate sharpening all day long $15 Esporta equipment washes all day Bernard Ford Ice Dance Show 12-12:30pm Obstacle course and airbounce amusement rides for the entire family We'll see you there!