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. D2 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Big Brothers Bonspiel raised more than $20,000 Wes Johnson and his rink of Cathy Parker, John Cooper and Amberle Bocsy won the 'A' side of the bantam mixed zone championships earlier this month. Coached by Gordon Parker, the team beat David Stammers from the High Park Curling Club. Stammers went on to win the 'B' side over Mark Mellalieu from the Oakville Curling Club. On Mellalieu's team were Megan Adderley, Mike White and Laura Manderson with Jim Adderley coaching. Both the Johnson and Stammers rinks advanced to last weekend's regional championships which were held at the Scarborough Curling Club. Oakville's Wes Johnson, unfortunately dropped his first game to eventual 'A' side champ Mike McLean of Peterborough. Johnson then ran into his old rival Stammers in a do-or-die game, and it was Stammers that prevailed, eventually going on to win the 'B ' championship. The McLean and Stammers rink move on to the provincial mixed bantam cham pionships in Woodstock, March 31-April 4. The Oakville Curling Club also came out on top in the junior mixed zone championships. Ryan Shea and his rink of Karen Vachon, Scott Rasmussen and Jill Hegge won the 'A' side, advanc­ ing them to last weekend's regionals. They also bowed out with a pair of losses. SILVER TANKARD In the Silver Tankard playdown (two team entry), teams skipped by Ed Desormo and Dan Hamilton of the Oakville Curling Club went down to defeat at the hands of teams from the Boulevard Curling Club. SENIOR BONSPIEL The Oakville Curling Club recently hosted the eighth annual CIBC senior bonspiel. The one-day bonspiel attracted 32 teams from around the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas. The definition of a 'senior' team is rather unique, explained chairman Doug Lang. The age of each Photo by Peter C. McCusker Oakville Mayor Ann Mulvale takes part in the Big Brother's Bonspeil at the Oakville Curling Club Saturday morning. team must add up to at least 280 with each player at least 65 years of age. Top team was the Humber seniors, skipped by A1 Warrick with Lome Christie, Don Mansz and Ernie Gremell. In a tie for second were three teams, including Phil Atkinson from the Oakville Curling Club (rounding out the team were Doug Lang, Jack Toten and John Parrish) as well as Vic Burnett from the Dixie Curling Club and Glenn Watson from the Brant Curling Club. BIG BROTHERS BONSPIEL The Oakville Curling Club hosted the Big Brothers of Halton charity bonspiel this past week­ end. Thirty-two teams participated in the fundraiser and the big winner of the day was Big Brothers which were handed $21,165. According to chairperson Michael Johnson, it's a very important fundraiser for the organization. The other big winner of the day was Steven Dyke's team which raised $2,535. Big Brothers thanks the many volunteers and companies for their generous support and donations. Special thanks to Molsons and the Toronto Dominion Bank for their kind generosity. LEFTHANDERS The 26th annual World M en's and Ladies' Lefthanders World Curling Championships will be held April 8-11. Deadline for entries is this Saturday, March 20. INTERNATIONAL TUNE-UP The Oakville Curling Club is helping to warm up the world for the upcoming Ford World Curling Championships which kick off in St. John, New Brunswick on April 3. The club recently played host to the Finnish national team. On Wednesday, March 24 at 9 p.m„ perennial Nokia Cup (provincial championship) challenger John Base of Oakville will host the New Zealand team. New Zealand won the Pacific M en's Curling Championship for the first time, defeating Japan in the finals to win the trip to the worlds. Three of the five Kiwi team members are from Canada while the other two actually still live in New Zealand. The Oakville Curling Club welcomes spectators to this match (the club is located at 224 Allan St. in downtown Oakville with parking at the rear of the club, off Reynolds Street). The King has le ft the building, and is headed for the worlds What a treat for skaters and parents at River Oaks Arena on the weekend with a visit from figure skating star Elvis Stojko. "Elvis joined our skaters on the ice to practice for the worlds," com­ mented Oakville Skating Club president Kathy Belchers. "I'm sure that the skaters enjoyed sharing their practice time with Canada's skating hero, and the crowds around the rink certainly showed their appreciation. "As Elvis flies out for the Worlds on Thursday, the Oakville population, everyone at the rink, and the Oakville Skating Club, certainly supports the 'King' and wishes him the very best of luck." ... 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They opened with a 0-0 tie against Mississauga Falcons, edged Belleville in the second game 1- 0 (Ashleigh Lynn), won more convincingly over Belleville in the third game 7-0 (goals to Ashleigh Lynn 2, Diana Matheson, Lauren Massey, Wendy Hand and Erin Dodorico) and Mississauga 1-1 (Ashleigh Lynn). Besides Erin Dodorico and Diana Matheson. other Oakville players are Lyndsay Zeller, Melissa Palmieri, Yola Kolodzeij, Katie McCarter and Jackie Singer. MOHA - house league highlights FIRST PLACE WITH 16-0-4 RECORD The first place Bantam Red Gators of the Minor Oaks Hockey Association completed league action with a close 2-1 victory over the second place Eagles at Maplegrove Arena. The Gators, coached by Ryan Neill and Adrian Biggs, finished the season undefeated with a 16-0-4 record in the eight-team division. A big reason for the team's success has been the outstanding goaltending of Dave Collaton who finished league play with a 1.25 G.A.A. The defence was led by captain Jeff Tobin and included Bryan Dick, Patrick Ens, Patrick Mclssac, Andrew Moore and Tony Moreau. The forwards are Justin Brown, Jeff Chandler, Blair Cunningham, Ryan Hannigan-Daley, Andrew Kotulak, Shawn Potter, Kyle Snyder, Rob Stein and Steve Vivian. This team has demonstrated good skating and passing and emphasized all-around strong commitment to team play. ATHLETIQUES INTERNATIONAL ONTARIO MINOR TRACK ASSOC. Jonathan de Guzman of the Athletiques International Track and Field Club improved on his impressive debut at the Ontario Minor Track Association Indoor Championships. After placing a commendable third two weeks previous in the 60m, it was probably con­ sidered an upset for him to win against the same competition, leading wire to wire. In the 200m, he had to settle for silver in a time of 27.8 seconds. Jamie Kwiatkowski, 10, despite the distrac­ tion of worrying about technique changes that he has been working on in practice, still managed to come close to his best, heaving the six-pound ball 7.3m for bronze. LEGION INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Two Q.E. Park Grade 9 students, James Kozak and Paul Winger, led the way for Oakville at the Ontario Legion Indoor Championships at York University, each with a gold medal in their respective events in the boys 15 and under event. Kozak ran an excellent race on the oval track to win the 800m in 2:13.4 and Winger overpow­ ered the field winning the shotput by more than two metres, at 4.27m. Both were personal records (P.R.s). James Russell, in Grade 9 at Oakville Trafalgar, earned silver in the 1,000m race-walk in a P.R. of 6:08.8, 70 seconds faster than last year. Malcolm Syme, in Grade 7 at River Oaks, won bronze in the same event, clocking 6:28.8. In the girls walk, Sloane George, 8, earned silver in her debut in 7:31.9. The race-walk is an U-17 category. Leanne Lapp and Drew Kehoe, two more Q.E. Park Grade 9 students, both earned bronze in the triple jump, Lapp with a P.R. of 9.15m and Kehoe with a P.R. of 9.02. Also embracing P.R.s were Ken Nason, 13, in the shot put (9.93m); Kristina Kovar, 11, in the 50m (7.67); Andrew Ironside, 13, in the 800m (2:39.6); Carl Palmer, 11, in the long jump (4.51m); and Sonia Nason 16, tying her best of 1.55m in the high jump. BRAMALEA MEET The junior section of the Athletiques opened its 1999 season with 12 athletes entered into the Bramalea Indoor Games at York University. Nineteen personal records were set by the locals, accompanied by 18 awards, including five gold, five silver and two bronze medals. Carl Palmer, 11, and Shannon Laing, 8, accounted for four gold with Palmer winning the atom boys long jump (4.65m, P.R.) and high jump (1.43m) while Laing won the tyke girls 50m hurdles (9.4s, PR.) and shot put (6.68m, P.R.). Palmer also earned silver as part of the boys 4x200m relay team. The other gold came in the senior boys race walk with 12-year-old Malcolm Sye showing both excellent form and finishing speed to record a P.R. of 5:21.6,49 seconds faster than his previ­ ous best. He also had a P.R. in the 50m at 7.4 sec­ onds. Jamie Kwiatkowski, 10, came home with two silver medals, in atom boys shot put (7.37m) and the relay. He also had a fourth in the hurdles (10.6s, P.R ). Jonathan de Guzman, 11, made his club debut a good one, despite a cold, qualifying fifth in the 50m at 7.1 seconds and then turning it on for bronze in the final at 6.8 seconds. He was also on the silver-medal winning relay team. Matthew Jakubowicz, 13, had a good debut, grabbing bronze in senior boys hurdles in 9.7s (P.R.) and finishing fifth in high jump at 1.35m. Sloane George, 8, placed 4th in tyke girls 800m (3:21.9, P.R.) and fifth in hurdles (11.2s, P.R.) Melissa McKinnon, 9, placed fourth in the hurdles (11.2s) and fifth in the 800m (3:25.8), both P.R.s Nicole Rumble, 10, set P.R.s in both of her events, with a 10.2 seconds time in the hurdles for eighth place and a 34.9 second clocking in the 200m. Liam Dziedzic, 11, ran a P.R. of 7.7 seconds in the 50m and captured a share of the relay sil­ ver. * Tyler Maynard, 12, ran a P.R. of 7.5 seconds over 50m and placed eighth in the 200m at 29.4 seconds. COME ON OUT Anyone interested in attending a practice is invited to phone Bruce Burton (827-8725) and get ready for the outdoor season. OAKVILLE HORNETS HOCKEY WIN, LOSS AND TIE AT TOURNEY The Oakville Hornets bantam-B rep team, sponsored by GreenLine and M&G Steel, came out of the Whitby tournament with a loss (5-1 at the hands of Whitby), a win (2-0 over Mississauga) and a tie (1-1 with Barrie). Goals were scored by Mary Stuart (2), Jennifer Alexander and Laura Scarfone. Here's the results of recent league action. After spotting their opponents a four-goal lead midway through the game, the Hornets stormed back with three unanswered goals only to have Whitby pocket the insurance marker into an empty net in the last minute of play for the 5- 3 win. Scoring for the Hornets were Christina Alexander (2) and Lindsay Cook. Assisting were Chris Grimes, Jennifer Alexander, Jamie See and Laura Grigor. The Hornets beat a team from Montreal 4-0. Leading the scoring and playing forward position was captain Laura Grigor with a goal and two assists. Single markers went to Laura Scarfone, Meghan Cooke and Jamie See. Assisting were were Dana Rufh, Chris Grimes, Jamie See and Christina Alexander. Nabbing the shutout was Sonja Podealuk. A frustrating 1-0 loss resulted in a game against Mississauga Chiefs who only had one shot in the first period and only seven over all. But they had a hot goalie. • more Hornets reports, page D4 Wednesday, March 17, 1999 http://www.freewayford.ca http://www.ford.ca/offers/