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O c to b e r 2 6 , 2 0 1 7 | 40 Sport Oakville honours Jones, Sharp at annual award ceremonies Form er Canadian National Triath lon team member and Olympic Games competitor Kyle Jones was recognized by Sport Oakville at its annual awards ceremonies at the Operating Engineers Banquet Hall and Conference Centre last Sun day. Jones started his athletic ca reer in cross-country running at Pinegrove Public School and later Queen Elizabeth Park High School. He credits Olympic gold medal triathlete Simon Whitfield as the reason he wanted to compete in the sport after watching Whitfield upset the field on the way to the gold in the 2 0 0 0 Games. After winning the Canadian ju nior triathlon championship in 2 0 0 3 , Jones moved to Victoria, B.C. to train with Whitfield and the national team in 2005. The highlight year of his career was in 2 0 1 2 when he won his first Canadian senior triathlon champi onship and represented Canada at the Olympics in London. Also spotlighted for a recogni tion award by Sport Oakville was long-time Oakville resident Bill Sharp, who celebrated his 50th an niversary with wife Gail this year as well his 80th birthday. A skilled racer in singles and crew boats, Sharp was a coach and mentor and a multi-decade cham pion and promoter of water sports. Sharp founded the Oakville Racing Canoe Club, which later in New Zealand. In 2 0 1 6, he and friends took up open-ocean racing in the south Pa cific, medalling in Vaka Eiva and M otu-to-M otu 12-mile iron crew and 36-m ile change-crew races, respectively. There was also long distance racing near C ook Islands and spring racing in Rarotonga and Aitutaki. Sharp continues his regular Tuesday and Thursday steering for the Kupunas, Wai Nui' s daytime paddling `elders'. · · · Sport Oakville award recipients from various Oakville clubs are as follows: Oakville Hornets Girls Hock ey : Oakville Hornets Junior Team, team award; Stacey McConnell, coach award; Alison MacDonald, volunteer Oakville Legion Track & Field : Ibrahim Ayorinde, athlete award; Nicole Parsons, athlete award OAKVILLE BEAVER | T h u rs d a y , Oakville Little League Base ball : 14U W hitecaps, team award; Daphne and Dale McMenemy, Coach Award; Traci Clark, volun teer award Oakville Minor Lacrosse Asso ciation : Claire Mills, athlete award; Oakville Midget A, team award; Troy Cordingley, coach award; Tara Hamilton, volunteer award Oakville Rangers Hockey Club : 2 01 6 - 1 7 Oakville peewee A1 Rang ers, team award; M ark Bentley and Mark Moro, volunteer awards Oakville Soccer Club : John Bettio and Drew Munro, coaches awards; Oakville Speed Skating Club : Sherise Gratton, athlete award; An drew Liou, athlete award; Dallas Linley, coach award; Mike Giannotti, volunteer award Skate Oakville: Shannon Bow man, athlete award; Elementary-A synchronized skating team, team award; Michael Hopfes and Tigran Arakelyan, coaches awards; Joanne Chubb and Jennifer Mackey, vol unteer awards w w w .in s id e h a lto n .c o m | Sport Oakville Special Recog nition Awards : Kyle Jones, Ca nadian National Triathlon team member and Bill Sharp, Wai Nui O Kanaka Outrigger Canoe Club Athletiques International Track & Field Club : Jenna James, athlete award Olympic triathlete Kyle Jones of Oakville was an honouree and guest speaker at Sport Oakville's annual awards ceremonies last Sunday. Along with special awards to Jones and longtime water-sport champion Bill Sharp, a number of athletes, coaches and volunteers from Oakville sports groups were feted.| photo submitted merged with Burlington's Mohawk Canoe Club to become the Burloak Canoe Cub. As a master athlete, he competed at the W orld Masters Games in To ronto in 1985 and in Edm onton in 2005. Over 2 0 years, Sharp won sever al age-class medals including a C -4 After winning two Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Oakville's Scott W ilson is on his way to the Detroit Red Wings. The Penguins sent the 25-yearold W ilson and a third-round draft pick to the Detroit Red W ings in exchange for centre Riley Sheahan and a fifth-round draft pick. Wilson played in 106 games over three seasons for the Penguins. gold the year he finished his sprint career. Sharp also competed in outrig ger canoe racing in singles, dou bles and 12-person canoe with Oakville' s Wai Nui O Kanaka club, including the W M G in 1998 and the World Outrigger champion ships in 2 0 1 2 in Calgary and 2 0 1 6 After playing one regular-season game and three playoff games for Pittsburgh in the 2 0 1 4 - 1 5 season, Wilson established himself as a regular in the Penguins lineup the following season. Leading the American Hockey League in goals at the time of his recall, Wilson scored five goals and added an assist in 2 4 games before an injury ended his season. Burloak Canoe Club : Mitchell Barran, athlete award; U 19 W omen W ar Canoe, team award Halton Field Hockey Club : Halton Thrashers U16, team award; Vincent Mascarenhas, coach award Lakeside Volleyball Club : Ma ria Flores, athlete award Oakville Girls Softball Asso ciation : Alan Bartlett, volunteer award; Tony Peros & Tyson Levac, volunteer award Oakville Gymnastics Club : Lisa Doran, volunteer award That left him on the sidelines dur ing Pittsburgh' s first of two straight Stanley Cup runs. W ilson returned the n ext sea son and had eight goals and 26 points in 78 games and added three goals and three assists in 2 0 playoff games as he helped Pittsburgh defend its Stanley Cup title. The Red Wings were forced into Wai Nui O Kanaka Outrigger Canoe Club : Kathleen Clarke, vol unteer award making a trade to free up room under the salary cap to make room for Andreas Athanasiou, who the team re-signed last Friday. Wilson, a seventh-round pick in 2011, had no points in three games with the Penguins this season. Sheahan, who had a career high 36 points in the 2 0 1 4 - 1 5 season, had no points in eight games for Detroit. Penguins trade two-time Stanley Cup winner Wilson to Red Wings for Riley Sheahan LeaseBusters.com is the largest vehicle lease marketplace in Canada. We'll unlock you from your vehicle lease commitment... save time, early termination fees and penalties. Call now for a free consultation 1-888-357-2678 or visit us at www.LeaseBusters.com w w w .daredevilhockey.com EASE Ik USTERS B .COM