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www.oakvillebeaver.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, June 18, 2010 · 38 TOP ATHLETES: Some of Oakville's athletes of the year include (far photo) King's Christian's Kristina Marra and Cameron Eisses, and (near photo, front, left to right) OT's Mike Turnbull and Erica Pearson,Aquinas' Lauren Kadet and Paterson Farrell,White Oaks' Jillian Bekker, Blakelock's Kelly Hannivan, (back row, left to right) Trinity's Kristin Sprukulis and Eric Labelle, Abbey Park's Chris McLaughlin,White Oaks' Brett Fong,Abbey Park's Renee Helmer and Blakelock's Peter Copeland. ERIC RIEHL / SPECIAL TO THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Numbers on the back of the jersey don't matter to everyone Continued from page 37 "Whenever I played soccer, I was always number 10," said Oakville Trafalgar's Mike Turnbull. "Growing up, everyone wanted 10 but I ended up with it. When I started playing rugby, numbers are assigned by position, so I picked my position (prop) based on my number." But not all athletes are as concerned about their number. Abbey Park's Chris McLaughlin isn't too particular -- he wore three different numbers (21 in basketball, 27 in volleyball and 16 in soccer) -- but he does have one criteria that must be met. No single digits. He wants something that is going to fill his jersey. "For me, mainly it's a size thing. The lower numbers are too small but other than that it doesn't mean anything." Of course, sometimes a player simply can't get the number they want. Erica Pearson got her preferred number 5, which she has worn "since before I can remember", for field hockey but was out of luck when soccer season rolled around. "Our coach refused to get numbers below 7," she said. "So I ended up with 23. He said it added up to 5." White Oaks' Jillian Bekker has limits on her favourite number. She wore 8 in her first year of house league soccer and when her team won the championship, she decided it was her lucky number. But when the OFSAA silver medalist in 100m freestyle is in the pool, she has no interest in being in lane eight. "When it comes to swimming, I want lane four," she said. "That's the fast lane." Reinders considering his options Professional football hopeful Joel Reinders won't be able to develop his game at the University of Waterloo this fall. Waterloo suspended its football program earlier this week after drug testing revealed nine Warriors had committed doping infractions or admitted to them. Reinders and other players with clean drug tests will be allowed to transfer to other universities and play football immediately, Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced Wednesday. Under normal circumstances, a player who transfers to another school is required to sit out a season. That one-year rule has been waived because UW suspended its football season, the CIS ruled. Reinders has one more season of university eligibility remaining and would likely have his pick of alternate schools. The King's Christian Collegiate grad, currently auditioning with the NFL's Cleveland Browns, said he would consider playing for the Toronto Argos, who hold his CFL rights. "That final year of (Canadian university) eligibility is also definitely attractive, " Reinders said in an email from Cleveland. "So playing for the Warriors (in 2011) is still in the back of my head." -- With files from Christine Revet, Metroland West Media Group MARAUDER SPORT CAMPS BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, SOCCER, SWIMMING, VOLLEYBALL FROM FUNDAMENTALS TO HIGH PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT CAMPS | AGES 7-19 | 1 WEEK SUMMER SESSIONS FROM $205 EXTENDED CARE FROM 7:30AM-5:30PM | BUSING FROM OAKVILLE, BURLINGTON, DUNDAS & ANCASTER WWW.ATHREC.MCMASTER.CA/CAMPS