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Oakville Cycling Club member Tim Hadfield bagged a gold medal in the 100 kilometer team trial event at the Canadian national road cycling championship in Brandon, Man. last week. The 21â€"yearâ€"old Oakville native | 'l l‘ I = l l who moved to Acton two years ago, teamed up with Erick Wohlberg of Sudbury, Darko Ficko of Toronto and Adam Walker of Calgary, Alta. to win in a time of two hours, nine minutes and seven seconds â€" just one second better than the secondâ€" place team from Alberta. The win came as a shock because Hadfield and his three teammates had never ridden together before. And Hadfield had had little time to pre pare for the event because he was invited to go only a week earlier. Hadfield is known as a track specialist, having made the Canadian national track squad last year for the first time after being a member of the Ontario team since 1988. "It came down to the fact there were four strong guys who were all individually really good...We surprised everybody, including ourselves Hadfield enjoyed a fine medal haul at the Canadian track champiâ€" onships the week before in Victoria, B.C., taking a gold in 4,000m team pursuit and bronzes in individual pursuit (4 km) and the 40 km points race. An Oakville player takes his lumps in an Ontario Cup underâ€"18 quarterâ€"final game against Woodbridge, Sunday at Shell Park. Oakville was one of six local teams to be eliminated. (Photo by Danny Pitiman) Oakville‘s Coralena Velsen had her first good pay day as a profesâ€" sional by finishing fourth in the McKenzie Checkered Flag Challenge eightâ€"kilometre run at Exhibition Place. The 23â€"yearâ€"old former University of Florida track star was clocked in 28 minutes and 15 seconds, 1:20 behind winner Jackie Mota, who also won Velsen‘s first race of the summer, the Coors Light Skm on July 3. ato dte ts e ts After being spurned in the Ontario Hockey League draft, George Cooke has decided to take his act to Wyomine. An Oakville native now living in Waterford, Ont., Cooke has signed to play with Casper Drillers of the brand new USA Junior A Hockey League for the coming season. The 6â€"footâ€"2, 208â€" pound winger played Jr. C this past season with Port Dover Clippers. Cooke, 17, was attending a powerâ€"skating school in Hamilton when Casper coach Dave Cole of Stratford noticed him and made him one of four Canadian players each team is allowed to sign. Tim takes the title Lee Janzen, winner of this year entry into the Canadian Open golf Abbey Janzen, 20, HC® ""ZU CC CC s us € and is less than $40,000 short of the $2 mill ings. Since joining the tour in the fall of 198 up the money list, going from 115th to 72nd He is currently ranked among the leaders categornes. ic ~Bante .x an hecome thi Janzen Wi)} DC the U.S. and Car turned the trick in 976â€"4321 will be attempting 1O I ind Canadian Open in rick in 1971, when he i2 â€"~SPORTS ave Smith admits the deck is stacked Dagainsl him and the rest of the national canoe/kayak team. A member of the Oakvilleâ€"based Burloak Canoe Club, Smith will make just his second international appearance when he takes part in the World Junior (18â€"andâ€"under) Championships, opening tomorrow (Thursday) in Racice of the Czech Republic. By TOM MICHIBATA Oakville Beaver staff Members of the Canadian junior kayak teamâ€"â€"including Burloak â€" leaving for the Czech Republic and the world championships, beginâ€" Canoe Club‘s Dave Smith (far left) were training in Oakville prior to â€" ning tomorrow (Thursday). (Photo by Paeter McCusker) Paddlers train in Oakville on way to worlds and do someth: appearances at final. "Things are going really well," said Smith, a BCC member for eight seasons and the club‘s representative on the Canadian squad. "Somehow all four of us have hit it off well in Kâ€"4. I think we have a really good shot of makâ€" ing the final. We all paddle similarly, we all had the same type of training and all have similar body types." methin THE OAKVILLE n h vent SN one in its past S1x qualify for a Kâ€"4 Soccer stars capture national crown GOLDEN GIRLS Ontario managed to break a string of three straight losses to British Columbia in the Canadian champiâ€" onships by beating the older and more experienced Westerners 2â€"1 in overtime, Sunday. Tasha Ellis scored both Ontario goals in extra time. Graham, an 18â€"yearâ€"old midfielder and threeâ€"year veteran for the Ontario squad, played all three games and had an especiallyâ€"strong game against B.C., according to Ontario coach Bill Miller. Hunter, a 17â€"yearâ€"old firstâ€"year goalkeeper on the squad, split all three of Ontario games with Taryn Gord and didn‘t allow a goal. "It was nice," Hunter said Monday. "There wasn‘t as much as revenge factor for me as much as the other girls. I hadn‘t been there before...We just wanted it more." championship Both Graham and Hunter play for the Burlington Bandits rep team and were teammates on the Queen Elizabeth Park team that won the Halton high school in( The quarterâ€"final round of the Ontano Cup was not kind to local teams. A whopping 13 of them had made it as far as the quarterfinals but by the end of the weekend, only six had advanced to the semifinals of the provincial soccer championships, Aug. 28â€"29. Another team, Oakville underâ€"17 girls, had its quarterâ€"final game postponed until Aug. 8. Three of the losses came here at Shell Park: Oakville underâ€"15 boys were ripped 6â€"1 by threeâ€"time defending Cup champion Malvern Nationals of Scarborough, while the underâ€"13 and underâ€"18 boys lost 3â€"1 to Scarborough and 2â€"1 to Woodbridge, respectively. The underâ€"14 boys, meanwhile, travelled to London and were bombed 8â€"2. But there was some good news. Oakville underâ€"12 boys handed Robbie Tournament champion Glen Shields its first loss of the year, 2â€"1, at Shell Park, Saturday. Oakville underâ€"16s were on the road and blanked Woodbridge Strikers 3â€"0, while the underâ€"17 and underâ€"19 boys both came up with stingy efforts, downing Guildwood 2â€"0 and North York Azzum 1â€"0, respectively. Both games were Sunday at Shell Park. The underâ€"15s had entered their contest with Malvern with a 28â€"1â€"0 overall record but the visitors‘ "overall team speed and quickness was better than ours," said coach Phil Tafrati. "Their centre midfielder scored their first four goals and absolutely killed us. We don‘t have anyone on our team who can do that." Oakville actually opened the scoring when Ryan Canavor scored off a free kick taken by Danny Gallagher. On the girls side, Oakville underâ€"19s crushed Windsor Nationals 6â€"0 at Shell Park on Sunday. Meanwhile, Oakville underâ€"12 girts pulled off a major upset in Ontano Cup pool action in Welland. Entered in one of four underâ€"13 tournamentsâ€"there is no underâ€"12 division in the Cupâ€"the Blazers advanced to the semifinals after winning the doubleâ€"roundâ€"robin competition over Nepean and West Rouge. See OAKVILLE, Page 20 NC ONTARIO CUP: Oakville‘s Leslieâ€"Ann Graham and Nicole Hunter d their Ontario girls underâ€"19 soccer teammates re riding high in Sherbrooke, Que., over the weekâ€" t BEAVER | Smith will combine with Scott Illsley of Halifax, N.S. in Kâ€"2 and Graham Cobb of North Bay, Ont., Dan Maksymiuk of Saskatoon, Sask. and IlIsley in the Kâ€"4 events. Smith‘s only previous taste of international competition was the 16â€"andâ€"under American and Canadian regatta in 1990, when he placed second in Kâ€"4. The group has been on the water on Sixteen Mile Creek three and half hours each day and are being billeted with Oakville families. They have quickly become friends, Smith said. Smith figures the 500m is the crew‘s best disâ€" tance. "Most of us are sprinters," he said last week. "The European crews have trained together for two or three years. The 1,000m is longer and you can easily fall behind." The foursome have entered a couple of regatâ€" tas â€" 50O0m at Centre Island and 500m and 1,000m at the Western Ontario Divisionals in Welland. Because the Europeans have the edge in workâ€" ing out together, expectations of the Canadians aren‘t creat. At Sâ€"footâ€"11 and 175 pounds, Smith occupies the No. 2 spot in the boat. That means he‘s responsible for giving instructions and controlâ€" ling the crew‘s rhythm. "I have to have an open mind â€" see where the other crews are, keep the whole boat relaxed and WEDNESDAY, JUL) And then there were six "She (Graham) played a tremendous game in the final," Miller remarked. "I spoke with the national team (women‘s) coach (Sylvia Beliveau) and she was very impressed. Ontario opened the sixâ€"team competition with a 5â€"0 rout of Saskatchewan before nipping Quebec 1â€"0. Miller said Ontario‘s youth, quickness and spirit were the telling factors against B.C. "They (B.C) did not have the skill level and the movement of the ball the Ontario girls had," said Miller, who just took the team seven weeks ago. Overall the Ontaria team was more offenceâ€"oriented than last year, Miller added. "This particular team was able to adapt to the situaâ€" tion. We played different styles, depending what the opposition had." Meanwhile, three other local players â€" Peter Eskit, Liviu Cananau and Danny Gallagher â€"will suit up for the Ontario underâ€"15 boys team in the Canadian chamâ€" pionships at McMaster University, starting Monday. Eskit is a goalie, Cananau a centreâ€"back and Gallagher a midfielder. Niki Budalich is a reserve midfielder. * ‘ 28, 199 PAGE 1/ The world championships aren‘t the only major competition for Burloak competitors. Meghan Hersey and Leigh Anderson, both 17â€" yearâ€"olds with Burloak, will compete in a total of four kayak events at the upcoming Canada Summer Games in Kamloops, B.C. Meanwhile, the Ontario Rowing Association has announced its 26â€"person team for the Games. Among them are two Oakville natives: Felicia Neil, a 17â€"yearâ€"old member of the Ridley College rowing club, and Mark Krause, a 19â€" yearâ€"old with the Don Rowing Club. They were chosen after a sixâ€"month selection process. controlled," he said. The head coach for the Canadian team is Smith‘s brother, Rob, 25. "They will do fairly well for the short time they‘ve been together," the BCC‘s head kayak coach for the last four years said. "These are the four best athletes we have in the country (at that age group). They are so smooth in the boat. Their techniques are so similar, which is surprising for people (who live and train) so far apart." Rob Smith points to the fact the crew‘s pracâ€" tice times have been close to the topâ€"six in the world. They‘ve done personalâ€"best times of one minute, 28.75 seconds at 500m and 3:10.0 in 1,000m. At the last junior world event in 1991, the (sixthâ€"place) times were 1:30.0 and 3:12.0 respectively. WV 976â€"4321