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, APRIL 11, 2007 37 Shout it out TOPS IN ONTARIO: Jeff Inglis calls out instructions during last weekend's Ontario Curling Association bantam and junior mixed championships, contested at the Oakville Curling Club. Inglis skipped his local bantam rink, which also includes Jessica Corrada, Matthew Hardman and Stephanie Piper, to a 5-2 record at the event, winning the provincial title. The Highland Country Club rink of Scott McDonald, Brit O'Neill, Andrew Clayton and Jenn Minchin went 7-0 to claim top honours in junior competition. For more on the Inglis rink's victory, see page 41. Local rink wins national masters title on final shot Visualization pays off for skip Edmondson By Jon Kuiperij ished the round-robin portion of the tournament with a 7-2 mark, tied for top spot with Alberta. Alberta, however, As he prepared to attempt the claimed first place and a bye to the final biggest curling shot of his life, Bob due to its 9-4 rout of Ontario in the Edmondson felt as if he'd already done fifth draw. it many times before. Edmondson's rink surrendered Edmondson drew to the button in three points in both the first and secthe final shot of last weekend's ond ends of that round-robin match, Canadian Open Masters but played a much more Championships in "Some of us conservative game in the Hamilton, nudging out an practice twice a final and was rewarded. Alberta stone to take two week at noon Ontario started the champoints and lift his Oakville hours... simulating pionship game with steals Curling Club squad to a 5in the first and second some of those 4 win in Saturday's ends, and carried a 3-1 shots ahead of national final. lead into the sixth end. "When you're throw- time." Alberta used last-rock ing it, you don't think advantage to score twice in about (the implications)," Bob Edmondson the sixth, then stole a the 63-year-old point in the seventh after Edmondson said of the pressure shot. Edmondson gambled with a runback "Part of it is mental rehearsal before attempt for two. However, that left that. Some of us practice twice a week Ontario with the hammer in the eighth at noon hours, playing a little skills and final end. game and simulating some of those This was the Edmondson rink's shots ahead of time. (The pressure) is third Canadian Open Masters appearalways floating around in the back of ance in the past four years, and the your mind but you try to park it as well team's first championship. The rink as you can." finished second at the nationals in Edmondson and Ontario team- 2004 and placed fourth a year ago, mates David Stewart, Graham when Edmondson missed the tournaMacEachern and Brian Longley fin See Longley page 38 BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR PLANNING YOUR SUMMER? INCLUDE YOUR SOCCER SUPERSTAR IN OUR SOCCER CAMP SUMMER SERIES July 3-6 July 16-20 August 13-17 July 9-13 July 23-27 August 20-24 RANGERS FC SOCCER CAMP July 30-August 3 Visit our website for registration details! STILL WANTING TO VOLUNTEER AS A COACH? CONTACT CONNIE: cruetter@oakville-soccer.on.ca for further information www.oakville-soccer.on.ca Oakville Soccer Club A Proud Sponsor of Oakville Soccer Club Sponsored by: 504 Iroquois Shore Rd., Unit #11, Oakville, On L6H 3K4 Tel: 905-849-4436 Fax: 905-849-3677