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Wednesday, August 16, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER YOU WOULDN'T TRUST JUST ANYONE TO DRIVE YOUR CAR, SO WHY TRUST JUST ARY COMPANY TO INSURE in C1 LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Every Friday Corderoy A u g u st 18 lw»n Centre I 8 4 4 -8 7 0 3 Fat Stick A u g u s t 25 Sports Wayne McGill 2345 'X^xxoft Rd. #21. O M 847-5671 An O akville B eaver Feature Editor: NORM NELSON Phone:845-3824, ext 255 Fax:337-5567 E-mail:nnelson@haltonsearch.com Photo by Julie Fairrie Crusaders keep perfect record intact The Oakville Crusaders continue to nail down top spot in Ontario's top senior rugby league as they won 18-5 on Saturday, over one of their top challengers, York Yeoman. Although Yeomen had only just lost their first game of the season on July 29th, this game was always going to determine who had what it takes to go all the way with a bruising encounter expect ed. The Crusaders bolted out to an 18-0 lead before the Yeoman pack drove the ball across for a try. Chris Foster collected a pass and sidestepped through the defence to put the Cru up 5-0, which held up through to the break. The Crusaders were the first to react after the start of the second half as their kick off went over the Yeomen forwards heads and in to touch five meters from the Yeomen try line. Yeomen won the lineout, but lost the ball in the ruck. Making the most of the turn over, the Crusaders forwards set up the platform for their back line to take advan tage and they spun the ball wide to an unmarked Graham Bridges on the right wing who ran in to score the try. Robbie Wolfenden converted and the Crusaders were up 12-0. Robbie Wolfenden took care of the rest of the Cru scoring with two successful penalty kicks. CRUSADER 2nd-XV Yeomen must have been confident coming into this game after having a great start to the season with six wins and no losses, but the host Crusaders 2nd-XV were ready for the party and they eked M iL out an exciting 13-12 win. The Crusaders opened the scoring in the first half. Mark Morrison chip kicked over the Yeoman back line and burst through to collect and score the try. Christian Evans slotted the conversion for a 70 lead. The Yeoman responded, in kind, with a con verted try to end the first half at 7-7. In the second half, the Cru went ahead 13-7 on two penalty kick conversions by Evans. All credit to the Yeomen as they made valiant attempts to turn the tide and scored their second try in the game 30 minutes into the half to make it 13-12. They missed the subsequent two-point con version attempt, however, which would have put them in the lead, for the first time in the game, by one point. CRU WOMEN The Crusaders women lost 47-5 against a tough and very physical York side. Although the first half was dominated by York, the Crusaders team took the game to them and managed to keep in striking distance, down 15-0 at the half. The York team came out hot in the second half although the Crusaders, to their credit, showed great spirit and never gave up. Newcomer to the Crusaders team Ruud AbouMarie capped a fine all round first performance with a try after she collected the final pass from Ellie Wray with great work in the build up coming from the Crusaders forwards and inside backs. ·P Zamuner: in praise of his hometown Shepley a t nationals Jessica Shepley practicing at Trafalgar Golf and Country Club just prior to departing for the junior nationals By Norm Nelson The National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA) have a regular `question and answer' feature that looks into their members' home towns. This month they will feature Oakville product Rob Zamuner, a member of Canada's Olympic hockey squad and an Ottawa Senators forward. They have kindly allowed the Oakville Beaver to present the full text of the interview which won't be posted on the players association website until this Monday (www.nhlpa.com). Here's the feature ... There are plenty of things that Rob Zamuner loves about his hometown. But you might be a little surprised when you discover the first thing he calls to mind when you mention the word Oakville. And why exactly does the Ottawa Senators forward jok ingly refer to himself as a "30-year-old mooch"? First off, let's talk about your favorite Oakville hotspots when you were growing up. "Favorite hotspots? (Laughing) Do you think / was out at the bars when I was 12 years old? 1 actually grew up out in the country part o f Oakville so to speak. We had a nice piece o f land and a great pond on it. I did a lot o f skating and playing hockey on the pond. I didn' t have to head down to Sixteen Mile Creek. " (Z a m u n e r p a g e C 3 ) BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR Oakville's Jessica Shepley, who will enter hep final Grade 12 year at Iroquois Ridge this fall, is steadily building up a heck of a golf resume. So far this summer, she's finished second at both the Ontario women's amateur golf championship and at the Ontario junior ladies championship. A member of the Trafalgar Golf and Country Club, there's no doubt about her goal at the Canadian Junior Ladies Championship which is being held this week in Fredericton. A practice round was held on Monday and the three tournament rounds will be held Tuesday through Thursday (yesterday's results went beyond our press deadlines). "I'd like to go there and win," she told the Beaver, in an interview at the Trafalgar Golf Club. As for her practice agenda following this Friday interview, she explained that "I'm going to spend two or three hours chipping and putting today, see if I can tune up a few things." 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