www.oakvillebeaver.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, December 18, 2009 · 10 Olympic torch relay runs through Oakville on Saturday Continued from page 9 The Olympic Torch will also be travelling along Sixteen Mile Creek by the Burloak Canoe Club. a speedskater with the Oakville Speedskating Club. He also plays soccer and is a referee for the Oakville Soccer Club. Taylor, born and raised in Oakville, has been speed skating for eight years and playing soccer since he was four. Anna Lydall of Oakville is 29 and was born and raised in Oakville. She is running with the torch Sunday in Grimsby. "I love the Olympics. I remember watching the 1988 Torch Relay and all the excitement leading up to the Olympics in Calgary. If you can't compete at the Olympics as an athlete, I think the torch relay is the next best thing," she said. "I feel very lucky and honored to participate," said Lydall, who loves running, but only when the weather is nice. Pat Kearse, who has lived in Oakville more than 50 years, is running in Grimsby on Sunday. "I would have loved to run it in Oakville, but am thrilled to have been chosen to run it at all," said Kearse, 54. "I got an e-mail from a running friend and applied online never imagining I'd get chosen. I had to pledge something, so I said I'd help mentor anyone interested in running or power walking: that a fit Canadian is a Torch route Torch kayak route Start Finish Water St Rebecca St Navy St Randall St Map not to scale Visit www.oakville.ca. Lakeshore Rd Mary St Lakeshore Rd happy Canadian," said Kearse. "I'm pretty sure it's as close to being in the Olympics as I'm ever going to get," said Kearse, who has run with The Running Room for half a dozen years. "I'm pretty cool about it, but the day I got the confirmation e-mail, and when my outfit arrived I got pretty excited. When I watch the news and see the pictures online, I get very emotional and realize I'm part of something really big and inspiring for Canada. Everyone I know is so enthusiastic and supportive. I purchased my torch, so we're having a torch party for all our friends and family afterwards. It's going to be an amazing day," said Kearse. "I'm training for my eighth half marathon in March, but I don't tend to run with my arm in the air," said Kearse. Oakville resident Frank Fortino, will be carrying the torch in Toronto today. Fortino, 38, has lived in Oakville for 35 years. He is running in Toronto today (Friday, Dec. 18) just before 7 a.m. "I am extremely excited and honoured to be carrying the torch for the winter games. This is truly a once-ina-lifetime experience and I will try to soak in every second of the experience. My parents, wife, Stephanie, and two children will be there to share the experience," said Fortino. "Most of the torchbearers are only carrying the torch for about 300 meters so I didn't really need to train, although I have to admit I've started jogging again over the last few weeks to get prepared," said Fortino who is a vice-president of operations and privacy with Workopolis. Anna Sheridan-Jonah, who grew up in Oakville, carried the torch in Sackville, New Brunswick on Nov. 23 -- two days before Robert Cameron Lundy "Cam" Grout of Oakville carried it in St. John, New Brunswick. Oakville's Catherine Pollock will be carrying the Olympic Torch in Trail, British Columbia on Jan. 24 and is following a family tradition of carrying the torch, as her great uncle Ken Pollock carried the torch in Oakville for the 1988 Olympics, according to her mom and dad, John and Robin Pollock. Jessica Bryce, 18, who just returned home to Oakville from her first term at the University of Western Ontario, will run Saturday in Oakville starting just beyond Charnwood and ending just before Maple Grove. "It is, literally, the second-closest leg of the relay to our home in Canada," said her mom Heather Bryce. Jess is on the Ontario U18 Field Hockey team, was starting lineup on the Western varsity field hockey team and was captain of the Oakville Trafalgar field hockey team last year. Oakville resident Jeff Pattison will take the torch on Navy Street, from the Oakville Public Library to Forsythe Drive. Shelagh (Foster) McGrogan, of Oakville, carried the torch, while pregnant, at the outset of its 106-day journey in late October in British Columbia. After having passed through more than 1,000 Canadian communities, the torch will arrive back in Vancouver to open the 2010 Olympic Games in February. While more Oakville residents are carrying the torch outside of the Oakville leg that takes place this Saturday, it carries the same pride and honour for each. Alastair Hood is running in Welland on Dec. 21 while Mauro Galli, who owns the Mamma's Pizza chain and a Trafalgar location, will carry the torch in London, Ontario on Dec. 27. 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