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Local cricket club wins pair of titles in Hamilton District league Oakville Cricket Club recently concluded a successful season by claiming both the premier and first division titles in the Hamilton District Cricket League. Oakville downed Hamilton by six wickets in the premier final at Oakville's Glenashton Park, taking seven wickets while allowing just 84 runs in Hamilton's at-bat. Kamran Habib took three wickets for Oakville, with Zaid Rehman and Gautam Thakur adding two each. Rehman and Saad Zafar then combined for a 131-run partnership during Oakville's at-bat, and Mohsin Iqbal finished the inning with two massive sixes, securing Oakville's first-ever premier division title. In the first division championship, played at Niagara Cricket Centre, Rehman paced Oakville with 56 not out in 29 balls (four sixes and five fours). Oakville got its 72 runs in 6.5 overs to defeat Niagara Cricket Club by nine wickets and reclaim the first division title for the first time in four years. Defensively for Oakville, Aizaz Paracha had three wickets while Habib collected two. Niagara was limited to 71 runs in 31 overs. Earlier in the season, Oakville also won the first division title of the shorter format of the game, Twenty20, at the Ed Burn Tournament in Hamilton. Niagara batted first and put 82 on the board while cruising, but Oakville put on a great bowling display, taking seven wickets for only 19 runs and getting Niagara all out for 101. Niagara bowled well in Oakville's at-bat, but Tabish Khot and Arsalan Pervaiz batted watchfully and a boundary by Arsalan with five balls to spare saw Oakville through. Oakville earned its berth in the final with a comfortable victory over Hamilton B, when Varinder Bhathal and Saad Zafar combined for 108 runs. Oakville finished the game with 206 runs while limiting Hamilton B to 87. 49 | Thursday, October 22, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com The 1v1 Soccer FC under-16 boys' team, pictured after winning the prestigious FC Delco tournament in Pennsylvania earlier this year, has its sights set on beating the top-ranked U16 team in the United States. | photo submitted Powerful soccer team hoping to finally get noticed by Jon Kuiperij Beaver Sports Editor Aleks Balta believes he may have the distinction of coaching the best boys' soccer team no one's ever heard of. "Yeah, I would say so," said the 30-year-old Stoney Creek resident, who oversees the 1v1 Soccer FC under-16 boys. "In terms of the level of this team, given its age, we're right off the radar." That's because 1v1 Soccer FC essentially leads a nomadic existence. The team of 1999-born players, many of whom are from Burlington and Oakville, has been without a true home club for the past year. Balta began coaching the team when the players were youngsters in the Burlington Youth Soccer Club system, guiding the squad to BYSC's first-ever provincial indoor title in 2013. But after Balta accepted a position as the competitive head coach at the Mount Hamilton Youth Soccer Club last fall, he could no longer coach the team due to the BYSC's conflict-of-interest policy. Rather than have a new coach, Balta's players and their parents followed him, even though it meant they'd no longer have a club affiliation. "These guys spend a lot of time together, they're very good together, they have a very positive dynamic and a good work ethic... but Aleks is certainly the core," said Gerard Holmes, an Oakville resident whose son, Garrett, plays for 1v1. "They want to play for Aleks, and the parents... see Aleks as the best coach they could possibly find. He gets a lot out of them." Unable to get into local leagues that would offer enough competition, 1v1 Soccer FC ended up joining the under-20 division of the Toronto-based Soccer Academy Alliance Canada (SAAC) league. Despite playing against opponents as much as four years older, 1v1 won the spring season championship with a record of seven wins, two losses and one tie. This fall, the club has five wins and a draw in six outings, outscoring its opposition 20-3. 1v1 Soccer FC's success has not been limited to the SAAC league, either. The team defeated Oakville Soc- cer Club's U17 boys -- a squad that won the Tier 1 Ontario Cup this year and finished third at U18 nationals -- in a recent exhibition game. 1v1's greatest highlight this year, however, came at the prestigious FC Delco tournament in Pennsylvania during the Memorial Day Weekend. Not only did the team advance out of group play at the competition for the first time in four years, it defeated the secondranked U16 team in the United States, the New York Thunder, 3-0 on its way to the tournament title. "Anyone who knows soccer in depth knows that's a bigger (accomplishment) than winning a provincial championship," said Balta, whose team scored 13 goals during the tournament while allowing just two. "The level of competition is so much higher... Success for me was just getting out of the group." The FC Delco win elevated Balta's sights towards bigger challenges. The team has been accepted into the Disney Boys Soccer Showcase in Orlando, where Balta is optimistic 1v1 will be entered into the highest division. Ultimately, Balta's goal is to have 1v1 face Penn Fusion Soccer Academy, which he believes is the top U16 team in the U.S. But without Ontario Cup or Ontario Youth Soccer League results to point to, 1v1 is reliant on strong performances at tournaments such as FC Delco, the Disney Showcase and others to beef up its resume and earn such a match. "It's exposure. It would just give our players more interest from schools," said Balta, noting Division 1 colleges have already expressed interest in several of 1v1's players. "Part of playing at this level and beating this level is to show Canadian players are equal or above the American standard at this top level, which in the end will hopefully get them scholarship opportunities." Other Oakville residents who play for 1v1 Soccer FC are Adom Brako, Brett Goold and Bryan Lourenco. The team has begun an Indiegogo campaign in an effort to compete in more major tournaments, which costs more than players and parents say they can cover on their own. 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