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Sports Oakville Beaver www.aplushomes.ca from 2 .4% ·Full MLS ·Full Service Call ADAM CAMPBELL Broker 905-844-4444 SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax 905-337-5567 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2006 31 Van Koeverden held off podium at kayak worlds By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR Dust in the wind Last week's flatwater racing world championships left Adam van Koeverden with an unfamiliar feeling. For the first time in four years, the Olympic champion kayaker failed to medal at a regatta, posting a pair of fourthplace finishes at the world championships in Hungary. Van Koeverden won his 500-metre "In short, I could kayak singles semifinal heat and placed second in the 1,000m say I feel okay with semifinal, but neither showing my performance but led to a podium appearance. I'm disappointed "In short, I could say I feel with my result." okay with my performance but I'm disappointed with my result," Adam van Koeverden the Oakville native and Burloak Canoe Club member said Monday after returning from the worlds. "I don't think my performance was necessarily completely indicative of my results. Unfortunately the wind played a bit of a factor... which is the nature of the sport. It's nothing you can complain about because sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you don't." The wind van Koeverden referred to was in the 1,000m final, blowing across the course into the second lane he was racing in. Competitors in Lane 9, the lane almost directly opposite van Koeverden, won both the kayaking and canoeing singles races that day. "When I woke up that morning and saw the wind, I was a ASHLEY CAMARA / SPECIAL TO THE OAKVILLE BEAVER SAFE AND SOUND: K. J. Uyeno of the Brampton Blazers slides safely under the tag of Oakville Angels pitcher Hailey MacArthur in the championship game of last weekend's provincial 10-and-under girls' fastpitch championships at Trafalgar Park. Brampton edged the Angels 8-7 in extra innings. See page 33 for more details. See Kayaker page 33 DON'T BE PUT ON A WAITLIST REGISTER NOW FOR OUR FALL/WINTER INDOOR SOCCER PROGRAMS OCTOBER 2 ­ DECEMBER 17 JANUARY 8 ­ APRIL 1 Boys/Girls U6 (2001) - Boys/Girls U18 (1989) $140 Per Session / Per Player or $260 Combo / Player COME CHEER ON OUR U8 AGE DIVISI AS THEY PARTICIPATE IN OUR ANNUAL FRIENDSHIP FESTIVAL AT PINE GLEN PARK ON SATURDAY AUGUST 26, 2006 SUPPORT YOUR CSL LEAGUE LEADING OAKVILLE BLUE DEVILS vs. ITALIA SHOOTERS SUNDAY, AUGUST 27 @ 5PM BRONTE ATHLETIC FIELD 504 Iroquois Shore Rd., Unit #11, Oakville, ON L6H 3K4 Tel: 905-849-4436 Fax: 905-849-3677 Thanks to our Key Sponsors The Oakville Beaver A Proud Sponsor of Oakville Soccer Club