Eight Oakville players suiting up for all-star hoops team Eight local players are part of the Halton high school all-star boys' basketball team that is competing in this week's Hamilton Spectator All-Star Boys Classic. Holy Trinity's Jordan Clarke and Jordan Catterall, Loyola's Mike L'Africain, Adam Presutti and Ostap Choliy, and St. Thomas Aquinas' Ryan Thomson, Kyle Enright and Charlie Drouin are joined on the Halton team by five players from Burlington schools. Mark Maga, coach of the provincial AA champion St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders, is the team's head coach. Mike Giammichele, Dom Ragonetti, Andrew Saulez and Audrius Stonkus round out the Halton coaching staff. The Halton all-stars were scheduled to open the mini-tournament yesterday (Tuesday) against the Hamilton public school team, while the Brant County allstars faced the Hamilton Catholic squad. Winners of yesterday's games will meet in today's (Wednesday's) championship game, a 6:30 p.m. tip. The two other teams will play in the consolation final today at 5 p.m. 35 · OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, April 8, 2009 SPORTSBRIEFS All games are being played at Hamilton's St. Thomas More Secondary School. OMBA adds three tournaments Baseball Oakville's tournament schedule will be busier than ever this summer. The Oakville Minor Baseball Association has added three events -- two select tournaments and the peewee provincial championships -- to its long-standing roster of five rep tournaments. "It's fantastic for Baseball Oakville and for the town for us to be able to host a larger number of tournaments, which will bring many more competitive teams here to match up against our own squads and to see what our great community has to offer," said OMBA president John Holloway. "We couldn't do this without a large, growing and dedicated group of volunteers from our association." The peewee provincials will be contested Sept. 4-6, while the select tournaments will be held June 12-14 (mosquito) and July 17-19 (peewee). Rep tournaments will be held May 29-31 (minor peewee), June 5-7 (minor bantam), July 10-12 (minor mosquito), July 24-26 (minor midget) and Sept. 17-20 (midget Cannon Cup). Garvin, Ruhl top lefty rinks Bob Garvin's Dixie rink and Tina Ruhl's East York team were the men's and women's champions at the Lefthanders Curling Championships last weekend at Oakville Curling Club. Garvin's squad, which also includes Tom Viegandt, Bill Matheson and Glen Darling, defeated Oakville's Brian Sheridan, Richard Sammons, Bernie Poirier and Henry Vanburgsteden in the men's final. In the women's side, Ayr's Joy Wright was gunning for her 10th title but was downed by Ruhl, Beth Woolnough, Virginia Warren and Marsha Speevak. Wright has won the event twice as a skip and seven times as a vice for Nancy Schmidt. Oakville Curling Club teams were not shut out at the tournament, however. Cynthia Quigley, Lisa Coulman, Cathy MacIntosh and Lynn Downey won the ladies' consolation; Lessia Parks, Ruth Alexander, Janet Lucas and Cheryl vander Kroon won the ladies' second event; Bruce Webster, Greg Ramier, Doug Pole and Jamie Anderson won the men's third event; and Lew Falconer, Dave Haigh, Don Goddard and Jason Massey won the men's fifth event. Both Falconer and Goddard have played in all 36 Lefthanders Curling Championships. The four-day tournament consisted of 56 teams from Scotland, the United States, Quebec and Ontario. Masters swimmers medal Oakville Masters swimmers combined to win 17 medals, including seven gold, at the Ontario Masters Provincial Championships recently in Ottawa. Jackie Hatherley was the top Masters performer, claiming three gold, a silver and a bronze. Michael Liepner added two gold and two silver. Janice Gibbs won a gold, silver and bronze, while Mette Jensen Novais won Oakville's other gold at the meet. Sonia Lopes added a bronze and Valerie Scott had six top-eight finishes for Oakville. The Oakville Masters will compete again at the Canadian championships next month in Etobicoke. The club's Sylvie Trembley, Petrina Tulissi, Claudia Hutchinson and Liepner will also compete in the World Masters Games this fall in Sydney, Australia. W e are the e Champions! Sports-Arts-Academics SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH, 2009 FREE SKATE Sun. April 12th open to the public Roll into Corbett's for more than your player package. Oakville Arena 12:00 - 1:00 PM Come out and talk with the roller hockey equipment reps, plus pick up your schedule, helmet sticker and free stuff! TIME: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM John Guzzo's 2005 Minor Atom AAA Richard Bell Tournament Champions LOCATION: CORBETT'S SOURCE FOR SPORTS 450 South Service Road, Oakville (Just west of Dorval) Drop off your used equipment to Corbett's no later than April 9th for the big sale on Saturday. (Inline skates, pants & girdles only) PLUS Don't miss the annual equipment swap. Special Souvenir Edition Alexis Mastromarco, Footloose 2005 International Competition Overall Junior Champ published by the Oakville Beaver featuring Oakville's Champions 2009 Tour Oakville Coyotes Open Tryouts SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2009 9:00 10:00 AM 10:00 11:00 AM 11:00 12:00 PM 12:00 1:00 PM 1:00 2:30 PM 2:30 4:00 PM 4:00 5:00 PM SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2009 TBA All players attending tryouts must be registered with Halton Roller Hockey, or an OMRHA member league. A fee of $7.50 per player per 1.5 hour skate and $5.00 per player per 1 hour skate will be collected. All tryouts will be held at Oakville Arena. 8 under 10 under 12 under Girls 14 under 16 under 18 under TBA 00', 01', 02 98', 99' 95', 96', 97' 91' and under 94', 95' 92', 93' 90', 91' TBA Are you the coach/manager, teacher or sponsor of a team/athlete, musician or academic stand out? If so, you may have already appeared within the Oakville Beaver. Now you have an opportunity to have your superstar or team appear in a special supplement dedicated to champions! This special feature, publishing on April 25th, will include photos of this past winter's teams and individuals of the 2008-09 season/competitions. Email your picture with a small description of the win. Photos accepted until April 20th, 2009. Pictures without descriptions will not run. email: kmencfeld@oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver N O R T H A M E R I C A ' S M O S T A W A R D E D C O M M U N I T Y N E W S P A P E R For more info call 905.849.0132 or visit www.rollerhockey.net