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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, October 13, 2016 | 48 Readers Readers Survey Survey contest contest inprizestobewon! continued from p. 46 the Synchro Quebec Sports Hall of Fame and more. "I have known Claire for a long time, and was thrilled to hear that she was selected as Chef de Mission," said Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities. "She is a wonderful choice for this role, and will bring to it passion, professionalism and focus. Claire will lead Team Canada to the Gold Coast 2018 Games with distinction. She will serve the athletes extremely well and make all of Canada proud." "With her background as a Commonwealth champion, coach and Canadian sport Commonwealth Games will feature 71 countries competing in Australia leader, she is perfectly suited to lead our Team at the Gold Coast Games," said CGC president Richard Powers. "We thank her for this significant commitment to our organization, and we look forward to working closely with her as we prepare our country's team for 2018." With 71 participating countries and more than 4,000 athletes taking part, the Games are an integral step for Canadian athletes to Olympic and Paralympic success. The 2018 Games will take place April 4-15, 2018 in Gold Coast, a city in Queensland, Australia. The 11-day sporting and cultural event will feature 18 sports and seven parasports. Blades manage only one goal in two OJHL losses The Oakville Blades were held to a single goal in a pair of weekend games. The Blades were shut out 4-0 at home by the Toronto Jr. Canadiens last Friday and then fell 3-1 in North York two days later. The shutout was the first time Oakville had been blanked in an Ontario Junior Hockey League regular-season game since Jan. 19, 2015, snapping a streak of 78 games without being shut out. Sunday, Jack Jeffers scored midway through the first period to open the scoring but North York responded with a pair of goals in the second and added an empty-netter in the third. Netminder Brendan McGlynn made 36 saves for Oakville in a losing cause. The Blades host the St. Michael's Buzzers tomorrow (Friday) at 7:30 p.m. at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex They're in Orangeville on Saturday to face the Flyers. Participate in our survey for a chance to win! Visit: pulseresearch.com/metroland to enter. No purchase necessary. Contest open to Ontario residents 18 years of age or older. Odds of winning depends on the number of eligible entries received. Six (6) prizes are available to be won: (i)One (1) Grand Prize of $5,000.00 CDN (Five Thousand Dollars CDN) in cash; (ii) Two (2) second place cash prizes in the amount of $1,000 CDN each (One Thousand Dollars Canadian); and (iii) Three (3) third place cash prizes in the amount of $500.00 each CDN (Five Hundred Dollar Canadian). Entrants must correctly answer, unaided, a mathematical skill-testing questions to be declared a winner. Contest closes November 11th 2016 at 11:59 p.m.. To enter and for complete contest rules visit www.pulseresearch. com/Metroland. WMU's Ben Blacker rookie of the week in NCHC ONE thing in common Walt Disney · H. Ross Perot · Bob Hope Ed Sullivan · Danny Thomas · John Wayne Bing Crosby · Jimmy Durante · Dwight D. Eisenhower · Herbert Hoover · Ed Sullivan Martin Luther King Jr. · Harry S. Truman Isaac Asimov · Carl Sandburg · Tom Brokaw Wayne Gretzky · Dr. Norman Vincent Peale Warren Buffett · Jackie Robinson ese famous personalities all started their careers Oakville's Ben Blacker was named the National Collegiate Hockey Conference rookie of the week after backstopping Western Michigan University to a pair of victories last weekend. Blacker won his NCAA debut Friday by turning aside 31 shots in the Broncos' 5-3 win over Ferris State, which scored one of its goals on a five-on-three advantage. Blacker also picked up an assist on Western Michigan's third goal. The following night, Blacker made 17 saves in a 2-1 victory over Ferris State, which entered the weekend ranked No. 20 in the NCAA. Blacker recorded a .923 save percentage and a 2.00 goals-against average for the week. ON NOW AT THE BRICK! DELIVERING NEWSPAPERS! Join this list! WE ARE LOOKING FOR CARRIERS CALL 905-631-6095 TO FIND AVAILABLE ROUTES IN YOUR AREA SAVING YOU MORE For more details go instore or online @thebrick.com.