THURSDAY: High school soccer; White Oaks at Q.E. Park, St. Thomas Aquinas at T.A. Blakelock. Stoberman is in her rookie season with the soccer team that played in the fall. She helped it to a 13â€"4â€"2 record and a 20th place in the National Collegiate Athletic Association rankings â€" its best finish ever. In 10 games, Stobermann, a forward, had one goal and one assist. Her sister, Melissa, is on a soccer scholarship at the University of Wisconsin. Senior boys soccer: Q.E. Park at St. Thomas Aquinas. 3:30 p.m. TUESDAY: High school rugby; T.A. Blakelock at White Oaks. 5 p.m. Stobermann set a school record with a distance of 35.74 metres. Second was teammate Betsy Gillette with a toss of 29.0m. The White Oaks Secondary School graduate is at FIU on a soccer scholarship but is also a member of FIU‘s track and field squad. Track and field is only in its second year at the school. MONDAY: High school girls soccer; Loyola at Oakville Trafalgar. 3:30 p.m. RECORDâ€"SETTER Oakville‘s Andrea Stobermann captured the women‘s javelin event at the Florida International University track and field meet last weekend in Miami, Fla. Regional basketball tryâ€"outs for Ontario Mior Development Player Program at Oakville Trafalgar High school. May 5 845â€" 2875....Oakville Crusaders‘ nonâ€"contact rugby begins May. 1. 338â€"7533....Appleby College Summer Sports School: Hockey, tennis, soccer and Exploring the Sports. 845â€"0072. Announcing QP . TICKETS TASTEOF THEMONTH _ rexrueme "There is this perception of expense," said OTA communications direcâ€" tor Keith Marnoch. "It‘s only expensive if you want to play yearâ€"round at a top quality club. If you‘re just a summer player, you can play from April to October for about $50 a head." The game itself is both a healthy and social pursuit. "Tennis involves a lot of discipline," said Oakville‘s Bobby Armitage ranked fourth in Ontario open men‘s last year. "It requires athleticism, carâ€" diovascular strength, handâ€"eye coordination." From a strategic point of view, the game always presents a challenge. "It‘s a thinking game," Malvestutto said. "I enjoy the tactical side of it," Armitage said. "I find I‘ m still learning. It never gets boring." McCarrol says innovation is making the game easier to learn for people picking up a racquet for the first time. "Now you have different methodologies of teaching and graduating lengths of racquets for juniors. The success rate is that much higher now." The major vehicle is the Ontario Tennis Association‘s Schools Program, in which teachers in eleâ€" mentary schools are taught to become instructors of miniâ€"tennis. The affordable costs for the recreational or novice player make the game attractive. There are 24 public locations, totalling 68 courts, in Oakville where you can play for free or take advantage of lessons through the Town. The racquets used in the program are smaller, nets are lower and foamâ€" filled balls are used. These features are aimed at facilitating learning for youngsters while at the same time keeping it fun and lightâ€"hearted enough not to discourage them. In Halton the program is in place at 12 public and four separate elemenâ€" tary schoolsâ€"â€"including Sunningdale, St. Ann‘s and St. John‘s in Oakville. "With the mini racquets and low bounce ball it‘s easier to play," said Halton physical and health education coordinator Sue Amos. "Any program that enhances lifestyle, the board is always in favor of. First is a concerted effort to develop tennis at the grassroots level. Make it attractive to the kids at the entry level, the thinking goes, and they‘ll stick with it. Parks and Recreation instructor Moira Malvestutto says there are more players than ever before. "Tennis is being more recognized in Oakville," she said. At the public level, the Town has slowly added more courts. In 1990 there were 57. That went to 61 in 1991, 65 in 1992 and 68 for this curâ€" rent year. At nearby Ontario Racquet Club, on the Oakville and Mississauga border, director of tennis Jeff McCarrol figures 50â€"60 per cent of the membership hails from Oakville. By TOM MICHIBATA Oakville Beaver staff According to Ontario Tennis Association statistics, there are about 60,000 players in the province through its member clubsâ€"â€"and that not even counting those that play the odd game on public courts. That trend is reflected in local clubs and through participation in the Town‘s Parks and Recreation lesson program. Wallace Park in Oakville will boast a membership of about 800 this summer, while the Sheridan College tennis bubble is filled to its 400 limit, with a waiting list of 40â€"50. io There are a number of reasons why tennis is so popular. The venerable game of tennis aliveâ€"andâ€"well in the provinceâ€"â€"and in Oakville. "We had a tremendous year (in 1992)," he said. Young or old, Oakyville players still enjoy grand game of tennis BACDN Do ow%x l W tak singles in the Association of Tennis tour wil _ ish of 75th place in March ‘88. his :-playmg, is 406th with a careerâ€" r-Brower is currently 698th On the international scene, three players are most prominent â€" Chris Pridham ,and Martm Wostenholme in men‘s and Jillian Alexanderâ€"Brower P olme. put Oakville on the map in the urnament results and with the Davis Cup team. JANE YATES: Former underâ€"18 outdoor and Indoor champlon, cumnfly mlsiant cnauh 4or ‘Arizona University \ woman‘s varsity taam > JOHN KLAIBER: Two~flme men‘s overâ€"60 singles thamplon, notched the over "65 doublos litle with Finntunde lastyear . _ BDB AARMITAGE: Ranked No. 4 in Ontarlo |n men‘s singles. : ADHAM ALAILY: Ranked No 7 ln Onlarla in men‘s singles. JEFFREY ALEXANDER Ranked No. 3 in Ontario underâ€"18 hoys; No. 9 in men‘s singles. . MICHELE KLAIL: No. 13 in Ontario tadies singles. He players register highly in Tennis aces play ratings game SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1993 PAGE 20 PALMER: No. 22 in underâ€"16 girls. ALWYNN TAYLOR: No. 24 in underâ€"16 girls. LINDA VAN STAFFORD: No. 18 in underâ€"18 girls. TODD GREEN: No. 7 in underâ€"16 boys. JAMES DODD: No. 2 in overâ€"55 singles. JIM SHETLER: No. 11 in overâ€"55 singles. PAM OLLEY: No. 1 in overâ€"d45 ladies singles. GISELLE DODD: No. 3 averâ€"45 ladies singles. ROY GATENBY: No. 2 in men‘s overâ€"65. 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