irifc OAKVILLE BEAVER O a k v ille S u m m e r H o c k e y L eague M ay - August Schedule Including "vacation week" to assist w ith holiday planning. O Non-contact O 14-game schedule O No weekends or Fridays O Prime time evening games O Games on brand new Olympic size River Oaks surface O Balancing of teams O Divisions for boys & girls ages 5-13 O Trophies & awards O Certified officials O Coaching & sponsorship positions available O No fundraising Applications available at River O aks, G len Abbey, M ainway & A ppleby C ollege arenas. F o r i n f o r m a t i o n o r t o r e c e i v e a n a p p l i c a t i o n (905) 510-1447 This is not affiliated with the MOHA Summer Sports Schools at A ppleby College O akville Inform ation: (905) 845-4681 Ext. 266 F u l l D a y P r o g r a m m e s Supervised Swimming • Excellent Instruction • Awards Tennis School Ages 8 -1 6 Beginner to advanced levels Expert Instruction $189 one week ($170 add'l week) " S p o r t s D is c o v e r y " Ages 5 - 6 1/2 day AM or PM Variety of sports & cooperative games $119 one week Soccer School Ages 7 -1 4 Beginner to advanced levels Goaltending Instruction $149 one week ($120 add'l week) C r o s s C o u n t r y R u n n i n g "Be The Best You Can Be" Co-ordination, flexibility, focus and conditioning benefits across all sports. $119 one week 'E xploring T he S ports' Ages 8 - 1 4 Variety of activities emphasizing recreation, participation. Includes soccer, volleyball, swimming, softball and more! $189 one week ($160 add'l week) Y M f i J Silvia Ruegger, Record Holding Woman Marathoner Lending Support To The Oakville Y's 10k Run Silvia Ruegger, Record Holding Woman Marathoner; Mike Schmidt, Brooks-Sponsored Athlete through The Running Company's Ambassador Program; and Steve McKinnon of The Running Company. On May 8th, participants in the Oakville Y's 10k Run will be given a boost from Silvia Ruegger, Canadian record holder in the Women's Marathon (2.28:36). While Ruegger won't be competing, she will be on hand to support the event and provide inspiration for the runners. A highlight of Ruegger's successful 20-year running career was her 8th place finish in the inaugural Olympic women's marathon in the 1984 Olympics. A remarkable achievement given it was her second marathon, ever. Ruegger, representing Brooks, will join the other generous supporters of the 10k Run, Christopher and Dr. Frank Invidiata of The Invidiata Team - Re/Max Aboutowne, Steve McKinnon of The Running Company of Oakville, Ken Robertson of Complete Party Rent- Alls, Kevin Yates of Sharkey's Dockside Cafe, and Media Sponsor, The Oakville Beaver. The 10k Run will start at 9 a.m. from Sharkey's Dockside Cafe. The route will take runners through sections of picturesque Olde Oakville and then head west. The 3k Family Walk/Run will also leave at 9 a.m. from Sharkey's but their route won't leave Olde Oakville. New this year is the lk Run for 12-and-under and Special Olympians. Honourary Chair, Michael "Pinball" Clemons will be joining run ners in this exciting new event. Participants with children too-young-to-run will be pleased to find the Y's Child Care team will be there to provide Kindergym and other activities during the Walk or Run. Another new feature is the Ron Sanderson Award for the first male finisher in the Grandmaster (55+) category. Ron Sanderson was instrumental in organizing the first of the Y annu al runs. Event brochures can be picked up at the YMCA on Rebecca Street; at the Running Company on Thomas Street; Sharkey's Dockside on Forsythe Street, or The Invidiata Team office at 83 Reynolds Street. Please call the YMCA Customer Service Desk at 905-845-3417 for information and watch for more news in The Oakville Beaver. On May 8th, It's Your Move as THE INVIDIA TA TEAM - RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE presents the YMCA of Oakville's 10k Run/3k Family Walk and lk Challenge. IT'S NO ORDINARY TRUCK SALE. 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Cost of Arrowing is $603^ T o ™ o b lig e ™ $10i o 3 20 d e m n n S w mrlSuf , S ' deP7 ' may-ba 'required Monthly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. - t fO tie rs apply to select 1999 new or y o u r * d M t e r ^ , ^ ^ m n d r t j o n s ° a n ^ d e t a i l s ^ n ^ S C X ) ' ^ * * " * Ke" 0ra)- Um" ' d ^ ^ "0l ba = <*•»■ ° e a £ cxderAraTmay be necessary. IZ Team photo deadline is fast approaching This coming week is the last week for submissions for this month's Oakville Beaver special team photo edition. Response has been great, as usual. Hockey, of course, forms the bulk of our submissions but we have plenty of other areas covered as well, including basketball, volleyball, baseball, gym nastics and cheerleading. Photos should be good quality with all the faces showing (please, no pho tos with the hockey helmets still on). Include the names of all the people in the photo, back row to front row, left to right. And please do include a page or two listing the team's highlights and accomplishments over the past season. Photos can be returned (please drop by and pick them up). Sports Scene The seventh annual Al Nicholls Memorial Track and Field Meet will be held at Oakville Trafalgar High School this Saturday (April 24th). The meet, organized by Athletiques International Track and Field Club, will offer a variety of track and field events as well as relays for U-8, U-10, U-12 and U-14. Anyone interested in gaining more info about the meet or coming out to a club practice should phone Bruce Burton at 827-8725. □ □ □ □ The Lakeshore Football Officials Association is looking for people interested in officiating youth and adult touch football from May to October. Contact Peter Moore at 335-2626. A certification clinic will be held at Assumption High School, Woodward Ave. in Burlington, this Saturday (April 24). □ □ □ □ The ice has melted and the kayakers and canoers from the Burloak Canoe Club are out on Sixteen Mile Creek in full force. The senior high performance ath letes are preparing for their first national team trials in Montreal in the beginning of May. The senior and junior high performance athletes will be traveling to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia to compete in national trials at the beginning of June. All members of the Burloak Canoe Club will soon be on the water training for a season packed with fun and competition leading up to the Canadian champi onships in August. Burloak has won ________________________ this championship for the last two years. The club caters to all abilities and ages: the elementary group (8-14); high performance devel opment and crew (15 years and older); and masters (25 and older). The Burloak Canoe Club will be holding an open house and regis tration for their spring and sum m er programs on Sunday, April 25 and Saturday, May 22, 9 a.m.-noon. Come down to the clubhouse on Navy Street and tour the facili ty and see first hand, national and Ontario level paddlers training on the water. But don't be intimi dated. While the club has a stable of international athletes like 19% Atlanta Olympic veteran Gavin Maxwell and Canadian Sports Hall of Famer (and a 1984 Los Angeles gold medalist) Larry Cain, the club is equally home to a huge contin gent of grass roots pad dlers, particularly in the masters division where the camaraderie and social aspec ts as impor tant as the competitive aspect. For more infor mation, call the club at 338-8287. □ □ □ □ The Oakville Hornets will hold their 1999 annual general meeting Monday, April 26, 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road. Rep tryouts for all novice to intermediate age groups will be held April 24, 25 and May 1, 2. Applications for rep coaches are now being accepted. Call the Hornets Hotline at 847- 1400. □ □ □ □ Toronto F i t , a run ning training program, designed to help all lev els of runners complete the Canadian International Marathon, is holding the second of two sign-up sessions this Saturday (April 24), 8 a.m., at Glen Abbey Rec Centre. Come dressed to run. For more info, phone 842-6490. □ □ □ □ The Running Company is hosting a couple of long-running m arathon (half o r full) training clinics, one aimed at experienced runners and the other aimed at beginners. The one for beginners runs on Sundays from May 2 to Oct. 14, and the one for experienced runners runs Mondays from June 7 to October 4. The sem inars, which are run by Marathon Dynamics, culminate in the 1999 Canadian International Marathon irfToronto on Sunday, Oct. 17. For info phone the Running Company at 815-1952. □ □ □ □ An all new six-week clinic aimed at the beginner runner kicked off last Saturday at the Running Company. Call 815-1952 for more info. □ □ □ □ For all runners and aspiring runners, the Running Company is hosting an evening of information about run ning this Thursday, April 22, 7-9 p.m. Guest speakers from Marathon Dynamics, a recognized Canadian leader in the develop ment of proven group training clinics and run ning programs, will pre sent 'the 10 most shock ing truths about run ning'. Subjects of con cern to runners that will be discussed include the emotion of running, relaxation techniques and injury prevention. For first-time runners and recreational runners of all ages, this is an oppor tunity to leam the facts about running. Since seminar location could be determined by atten dance, advance registra tion would be appreciat ed. Call 815-1952. 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