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Sean O‘Meara _ Games this February in Grand Prarie, Alberta. ago in Sudbury. that fight. (See ‘O‘Meara‘ page 26) _ Sports Digest _ _ Here‘s a popular January sail Oakville Power and Sail Squadron will be giving their popular spring boating courses again, starting the first week of January. Courses are being offered in basic boating, seamanship, piloting, navigation, VHF radio license and weather. As well, there will be special boatâ€"wise courses for children and a skipperâ€"saver course for spouses. There will also be a new ‘boat pro‘ course developed especially for anglers, coâ€"sponsored by Mercury Marine. Registration is Monday, Jan. 2 and Thursday Jan. 5, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Oakville Trafalgar High School on Devon Road, west of Maplegrove. Courses start January 6. For more information, call 338â€"1472. Make some waves at Appleby Age is no barrier at the Appleby Masters Swimming Club, just the desire to improve conditioning in a casual social environment. The method is by establishing a regular regimen so that endurance and fitness are enhanced gradually over time. "It‘s remarkable to see how a weekly oneâ€"hour swim can ) enhance an individual‘s Gardner tries to keep the numbers to roughly 20 swimmers in order "to provide every swimmer with sufficient space." The swimming classes at Appleby are held on Sundays from 10 to 11 a.m., Mondays from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Wednesdays from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. For more information, phone 827â€"7869. Boxer is Alberta bound Oakville boxer Sean O‘Meara is heading for the Canada Winter The Grade 11 T.A. Blakelock high school student earned the right to represent Ontario in the 132â€"pound junior lightweight class with a win in Niagara Falls on the weekend over Gilbert Huard of South Porcupine, an old nemesis who had won their previous encounter a year and a half O‘Meara said his opponent basically brawled his way to victory in With more experience and finer skills under his belt, O‘Meara said he was able to handle the brawler this time, though it wasn‘t easy. O‘Meara came out fast from the bell, and was ahead 7â€"1 after one Pick up Wintario‘s New Holiday Season Gift Pack. 5 tickets in every pack, each with 2 chances at the quarter million dollar jackpot! But only for a limited time. "It‘s a great way to play an old Melanie Evans Skater off to nationals in Halifax A member of the Oakville Skating Club put in an outstandâ€" ing performance at the central Canada divisionals in Ottawa on the weekend and as a result has earned a trip to the national figâ€" ure skating championships in Halifax January 11â€"15. Melanie Evens, a 14â€"yearâ€"old Grade Nine student at White Oaks Secondary School, scooped up the fourth and final spot in the ladies novice division to advance to the nationals. The division includes eastern Ontario and western Quebec. Ironically, to get to last weekâ€" end‘s divisionals in Ottawa, Evens had also scooped up the fourth and final spot at the secâ€" tionals in Richmond Hill. The three competitors that had finâ€" ished ahead of her at that meet all finished behind her in Ottawa. Evens managed a fourth place finish, over all, with a secâ€" ond in the short technical proâ€" gram and a fifth in the long proâ€" gram. "She skated a clean short proâ€" gram," said coach Paul Fisher. With the long program she was "a little shaky in the beginâ€" ning and punched it out in the end." Success does bring it some sacrifice, however. "We have to skate over Christmas," chuckled Fisher. Blades‘ streak is over The Oakville Blades‘ sevenâ€"game undefeatâ€" ed string under new coach Ken Moodie came . to an end Tuesday in Streetsville where they absorbed a 6â€"3 loss. The Blades, who were tied with Brampton for fifth place before last night‘s league games, will try to get back on track against the lowly Royal York Rangers tonight, 8 p.m. at Oakville Arena. Royal York, which is in seventh place in the eightâ€"team west division of the Provincial Junior A hockey league, will host the return engagement Saturday at 7 p.m. For the Blades, Tuesday‘s game was a case of deja vu. General manager Murray Walker said he thought the streaking Blades dominated the first period but "buy a goal." They unfortuâ€" nately managed to put one into their own net to give the Derbys a 2â€"1 lead after one period. In the middle frame, the Derby‘s extended the lead to 3â€"1 before Oakville came back with two goals to tie it up. Itâ€"was all Streetsville in the third period with three goals, including an emptyâ€"netter. The Blades didn‘t help their cause when they twice failed to capitalize on five minute majors to Streetsville. They were also playing without speedster Darryl Curtis, out six weeks with a broken collar bone, and Brent Strike and Mike Gamble who are both day to day with nagging injuries. During their last visit to Streetsville the Blades were even more dominant during the first half of the game but still ended up with an even bigger thrashing â€" 6â€"0. He said there‘s no danger of the team takâ€" ing Royal York lightly this weekend. "They beat us the last time out â€" nothing is assured." B.J. Hamilton and Jason Slaney both scored on the power play with assists to Mike Byrne, Dave Smith and Kent Williams. Williams added an unassisted shorthanded goal. * for photo, see page 26 favourite" ‘91 13qwaoag ‘AKepuy YIAVAY ITIIAMVO â€" S¢ Rep Hockey PEEWEE TRIPLEâ€"AAA OAKVILLE 4, WELLAND 4 (Dec. 12, home): Oakville built a 3â€"0 first period lead and held on to tie the visitors. All of the Welland goals came in the third period as a result of intense pressure, hemming the Rangers in their own end for most of the game‘s final five minutes. Goalie Anthony Zicari made several fine stops to preserve the tie. Notching single goals were David Winger, Logan Walsh, Jason Sajko and Nick Brenner. Assists went to Rob Kapuscinski (2), Stuart Brown, Sajko, Brenner and Winger. MINOR PEEWEE TRIPLEâ€"AAA OAKVILLE 4, HALTON 4 (Dec. 7); Oakville played one of their best games of the year on Wednesday, and at one point, led the league leading Halton Hurricanes 4â€"1 before settling for a tis. Scoring for the locals were Paul Varteressian, Michael Mcisaac, John Viahovic and Chris Pethic. Assisting on the goals were Tyson White (2), Ryan Wetherly, Scott Piotrowski, Gavin Milligan, Greg Carr, Viahovic, and Pethic. OAKVILLE 2, WELLAND 2 (Dec. 9): the Rangers had to settle for another tie, this time with the Welland Tigers on goals by Wetherly and Varteressian. Credited with assists were Gregg Carr and Varteressian. OAKVILLE 9, STREETSVILLE 2 (Dec. 10): the Rangers pummeled the Streetsville squad with Piotrowski and Mclsaac each potâ€" ting a pair of goals and Trevor Luck contributing with four assists in the contest. The other four goals came on singles from Varteressian, Milligan, Wetherly, and Vlahovic on assists from Thomas Pasco, Carr, Pethick, Mclsaac, Andrew Elgar, and Varteressian with two. ATOM TRIPLEâ€"AAA OAKVILLE 5 ST. CATHARINES 2 (Dec. 10, home): Blyth Gill fired two low shots that beat St. Catharines goalie Dale Roy to lead The Mascot Truck Part Triple A Rangers to the win. Other goals went to Keith Zavitz, Chris Riddell, and Robby Tarantino. Assisting on Gill‘s goals were Bryan McLoughlin (2), and Chris Riddell. Other assists went to Brett McGrath, and Josh Pippy. Dane Gilbert played a strong game stopping 19 of 21 shots. Oakville fired 23 on the St. Catharines net. MINOR NOVICE TRIPLEâ€"AAA OAKVILLE 11, STREETSVILLE 0 (Dec. 11, away): hatâ€"tricks were notched by Derek Steele and Evan McGrath, Brad Deakin picked up a pair, and singles went to Nick Prescott, Connor Farris and Nick Dodge. Assists went to Brad Cossitt (2), Nick Dodge (2), Brad Deakin (2), Evan McGrath and Connor Farris. OAKVILLE 9, WELLAND 1 (Dec. 10, home): great goaltending by Thomas Love. Nick Dodge picked up the hat trick, Evan McGrath and Brad Deakin each contributed a pair and Derek Steele and Brad Cossitt rounded out the scoring. Assists were recorded by Brad Deakin (4), Evan McGrath (3), Nick Dodge (2), Connor Farris (2), Brett Lain, Vic Oreskovich, Nick Prescott, Derek Steele, Mike Gomes, Brad Deakin and Geoff Pearce. The team is sponsored by Polywheels/Greenline.