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Wednesday, September 13, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER D3 O p e n w ill n o w h it t h e ro a d (Continued from page D3) 22-under Tiger Woods billing. The PGA journeyman, 21-under Grant Waite with one PGA-Tour win to his Sergio Garcia 15-under credit at the `93 Kemper Open, Glen in Markham in 2002 (and also in was able to elevate his game to go 2007, although on a new course). stride for stride with Tiger, in the end In 2003, Ross confirmed that losing by one measly shot but certain "we're aiming west." ly gaining our admiration, respect and In 2004, the Bell Canadian Open our undivided attention right to the will turn 100 years old and it's a good very end (much to the delight of CTV bet that it will return back to Royal Sports). Montreal, site of the first Open in Was it the best ever Canadian 1904. Open? A travelling Open is part of a There is no doubt in the mind of renewed RCGA commitment to better Stephen Ross, the executive director promote the game throughout all of of the Glen Abbey-based Royal Canada. Canadian G olf Association (RCGA): The initiative was kick-started in "I would be happy and honoured to February of last year when the sale of say it was." Glen Abbey to ClubLink was com Ticket sales were halted after num pleted. bers started reaching upwards of They have earmarked the proceeds 35,000 per day. But the crowd was of the sale to setting up three regional actually much larger because of the RCGA practice of allowing kids-under centres across Canada -- in Calgary, Toronto and Montreal. 15 years of age in for free. The RCGA has previously stated "We know there were a lot of that the Toronto area will retain the kids," chuckled Ross. national headquarters, which is cur Still, he doesn't see the RCGA rently located at Glen Abbey. But changing this practice in favour of Ross said there is no news on Glen attracting even more paid attendance. Abbey's future replacement, and that "W e'll review it, but w e're very it's still on the back burner. much interested in bringing new peo "I haven't done any work on it at ple to the game and our Future Links all," he said. program is evidence o f that. "We're focusing our attention right "Our practice to allow the youth in now on (the regional centre in) to see professional events -- not just Montreal, actually." the Bell Canadian Open, but the The RCGA's lease at Glen Abbey senior Open -- feels good to me and I expires in February, 2002 but Ross can't see us changing it." said "we have an option to go It turned into a heck o f a goodbye beyond." party for the Bell Canadian Open Oakville is still in the running to which has called Oakville home for house the future Toronto site as the all but two o f the past 24 years (it was only stipulation is that it be no more held at Royal Montreal in 1980 and than 30 minutes from downtown 1997). Toronto (and presumably they're not Now, however, the Open is hitting measuring it in rush hour). the road, though it has promised to Meanwhile, conditions of the sale return often. stipulated a minimum number of The next two years are already times for the Bell Canadian Open to spoken for, with the Open slated for return to the Glen Abbey and that was Royal Montreal next year and Angus 2000 BELL CANADIAN OPEN $594,000 72-65-64-65-266 $356,400 69-64-68-66-267 $224,400 67-69-70-67-273 Atom paddlers win top honour The Burloak Canoe Club atom team, last month, competed at the Western Ontario District (WOD) atom champi onships, which were held at the Mississauga Canoe Club. These young paddlers demonstrated that the Burloak Canoe Club's domi nance in sprint canoeing and kayaking, although well-established on a national and world level, is equally as clear at a grass roots level. The WOD championships are the highest level of competition at which atom aged paddlers can compete. For many of these young paddlers, it was their first regatta experience. Under the ever-patient and skillful guidance of their head coach ConnieLee Oldershaw and her assistant coaches Adam Oldershaw and Chelsea Kirkby, the Burloak team demonstrated their pad dling expertise. Points were awarded for performance throughout the day. After all the results were tallied, it became clear that the Burloak team had dominated throughout the day, and were awarded the WOD atom burgee! A special thanks to big brothers Jamie Andison, Ben Holland and Mark Irish who helped get the boats on and off the water! Highlights of the Championship included: (male) K-l Jordan Von Been 2nd; K-4 Patrick Irish, Chris Anderson, Ryan Moore, Jordan Von Been - 1st; C-l Patrick Irish 1st, Chris Andison 4th; C-2 Patrick Irish, Chris Andison 2nd (female) K-l Tessa Oldershaw 2nd; K-2 Tessa Oldershaw, Amy Bingham 1st; K-4 Oldershaw, Bingham in an inter club crew 1st; C-l Tessa Oldershaw 3rd. Representing Burloak were: Jordon Von Been (Oakville), Adam Greiss (Oakville), Robert Burton (Oakville), Spencer van Nus (Oakville), Chris Andison (Oakville), Patrick Irish (Oakville), Amy Bingham (Oakville), Evan Smith (Burlington), Tessa Oldershaw (Burlington) and Ryan Moore (Burlington). six times over 20 years (further broken down to four times over the first 10 years, one in the following five year period and then one in following five year period). Ross, however, clarified that the final one is not quite set in stone. "I would say there is an option for both sides." The first two years, it should be noted, have already been used up with this year's and last year's Opens. At the same time, he pointed out that the above numbers are the mini mum case scenario. "There is a further opportunity to come here every year. And if we don't pick Glen Abbey -- for whatever rea son Glen Abbey isn't available -- we can pick any other ClubLink facility." It wasn't just Tiger Woods and the tournament as a whole that more than lived up to the advance billing. So did the volunteers. There was no shortage of support when the original army of 1200 had to be bolstered. "We had 1200 but when we're all said and done we had more than that, and I don't know what the final count is," said Ross. "But we had to add volunteers at the end just to keep up with the traffic. We had to add more people on almost every area, from will-call to admissions, to marshals to security." And even with that, he said volun teers saw their workload increased. "We had a lot of people that put a lot of hours in here and gave an awful lot of their free time. It was pretty exciting to see everybody go shoulder to shoulder and put their efforts into what was needed to put the Open on last week. "I mean we had volunteers in the past that would do their shift and go home and fulfill their other family and business obligations. But this year, they worked longer shifts and they stayed and they helped whenever needed. It was gratifying to see that." 504 Iroquois Shore Rd., Unit #11 Oakville, Ontario L6H 3K4 Tel: (905) 849-4436 Fax: (905) 849-3677 www.oakville-soccer.on.ca for the. Kids OAKVILLE SO C CER CLUB 2 0 0 0 /2 0 0 1 INDOOR SOCCER REGISTRATION For Players Born 1987 through 1996 Saturday, September 16, 2000 Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Rd., Oakville Between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. $95.00 per session DATE: LOCATION: FEES: Limited availability in all ages Preference will be given to Oakville residents and those players registered with the O.S.C. in the 2000 summer season. Waiting lists will begin as soon as the age group is full Please refer to www.oakville-soccer.on.ca for age group schedule. 1987-1995 1996 M cK ellar m em orial scholarship gam e The recent Randy M cK ellar M emorial Scholarship Game, in honour o f the former Canadian and Oakville C rusader rugby player, pitted the C rusader Over-35s against an Ontario invitational team. The game provided some fine entertaining rugby which \yas enjoyed thoroughly by all who attended It turned out to be a hard fought game with the Ontario team dominating the forward exchanges, but the Crusaders team were equal to the task as they managed to provide their back line with enough ball which they used effective ly as they easily out played their Ontario back line counter parts. The game raised more than $1,000 towards the scholar ship and junior rugby programs at the club. In addition the event turned out to be a social success as steak and bever ages were enjoyed by all who attended. Many thanks go to Labatts and the Kings Arms. A big thanks also goes to all the ladies who were involved in the preparation and serving of the fine food enjoyed by every one. - Girls & Boys Division - Mixed The new soccer store at the Club Office will open on registration day. Games will be played at AIR ATHLETICS CENTRE 1333 North Service Road, Oakville When registering please provide appropriate proof o f age and residency. Impact bow out of O nt Cup The Oakville Impact U-17 girls rep team got bounced out of the Ontario Cup playdowns last week with a 3-1 loss to archrival Burlington Impact at Shell Park. Heather MacDougall fired Oakville's lone goal. The loss ended a string of four consecutive Ontario Cup final matches (including three victories) for Oakville's Diana Matheson, Erin Dodorico and Melissa Palmieri. In league play, /4 * ty e C i, Oakville, which REP TRYOUTS was forced by the Oakville Participates in the Ontario Ontario Soccer W om en's Premier Fastpitch League Association to & The Peel-Halton League play in a tier two All tryouts to be held at Glen Abbey Rec Centre division, extended Southeast com er o f Third Line & Upper M iddle Rd their unbeaten Mites Sit Sent 16 km.Sert.17 SitSqt23 string to 13-0 with 5.00 pm 1100 pm 3:00 pm Bom'91 St a string of recent Squirts victories... Bom '89/90 1100 am 300 pm 5:00 pm · 5-1 over Guelph (Diana Novice 100 pm 900 am 11:00 am Bom'87'88 Matheson 3, Lindsay Zeller and Bantam Heather Bom '85 & '86 300 pm 100 pm 9:00 pm MacDougall) Midget · 16-1 over Bom'82'83'84 900 pm 500pm 1:00 pm Owen Sound Contact: Mark lohnson · VP Rep. ,* i 274-4099 (Janet Liquori 5, V isit o u r w e b site at: W W W . O G S A . O N . 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