Lakeside earns provincial silver Lakeside Volleyball Club teams recently earned provincial bronze and two regional silver medals in Ontario Volleyball Association play. The club's under-17 girls team achieved the all-Ontario bronze -- the best-ever finish for a Lakeside squad -- by upsetting the top two seeds en route to a 4-1 overall record. Lakeside won its first three matches by 2-0 scores before falling to the Durham Attack in the semifinals. Lakeside bounced back to win the bronze-medal game over Ottawa by scores of 24-26, 25-17, 15-11. Local members of the U17 girls team are Rebecca Forbes, Katie Venturi, Leah LoweDavies and Megan Williams. Meanwhile, the club's U15 girls and U14 boys teams added silver medals in the Ontario regional division championships. The girls team defeated Oakville Thunder White, Halton Hurricanes Blue, Etobicoke Titans Black 14U and Halton Hurricanes Blue 15U to reach the final, where Lakeside fell 19-25, 18-25 to the Brantford Tornadeos. Lakeside's U14 boys team swept its roundrobin games against Pakmen, Burlington Blaze and Markham Wasps. In the final, Lakeside was downed in three sets by the top-ranked Barrie Elites. 19 · Thursday, February 2, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com SPORTSBRIEFS recent Mississauga Monarchs Tournament. Oakville won its first three games (50-43 over Toronto Triple Threat 1, 68-56 over Mississauga Monarch 1 and 75-56 over Oakville Vytis Green) before losing 71-41 to the Brampton Warriors 1 in the final. Members of the team are Jaelin Lewellyn, Dmitri Lim, J.B. Cabrera, Elijah Lostracco, Jordon Anderson, Samory Fonderson, Graham Burski, Jordan Malo, David Cruz, Joshua Armstrong, Romello Smith and Jamal Stewart. Bobby Bloublou and Maurice Armstrong coach the team. Shot-putters claim gold, bronze at York Four members of the Oakville Track Club/Athletiques International combined to earn two medals and set five indoor personal bests at a York University meet last weekend. Fatim Ammor, a provincial junior silver medalist in Sudbury last June, won the under-17 girls' shot put with a heave of 10.54 metres. Paige McCowan, in her first-ever club competition, earned bronze with an indoor-best effort of 7.90m. Mikayla Fedele finished the U15 girls' 2,0000-metre run in a time of 7:10.92, eclipsing her personal best by 30 seconds. John Breeson sliced seven seconds off his best time in the U17 boys' 800m, crossing the line in 2:07.03. OUTDOOR ACTION: Members of the Oakville atom BB Hornets (in white) and a mixed team from Flamborough line up for a faceoff on the outdoor ice of Hamilton's Ivor Wynne Stadium. Atom Hornets play outdoor game Giving back to their community earned the Oakville atom BB Hornets the game of their dreams. The Hornets were part of the recent AHL Outdoor Classic Steeltown Showdown, getting the chance to face a mixed team of boys and girls from Flamborough on the outdoor ice at Hamilton's Ivor Wynne Stadium. Former Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Ric Nattress selected the Hornets to play in the game in reward for the team's recent donation of used hockey equipment to the Hamilton Bulldogs' Skate the Dream program. Nattress is the honourary chairman of the Bulldogs' charity program. Sophie Hamboyan scored the Hornets' lone goal in a 2-1 loss to Flamborough, converting on a penalty shot. Following the game, both teams lined up as a guard of honour for an NHL alumni game and were high-fived by former NHLers Doug Gilmour, Wendel Clark, Curtis Joseph, Derek King, Rick Vaive, Stephane Richer, Guy Carbonneau, Nattress and others. Other members of the Hornets, who have earned three gold and a silver in tournament action this season, are Olivia Bailey, Mattie Base, Lauren Choy, Chelsea Coderre, Emily Cross, Rachel D'Armiento, Grace Henry, Shaleena Madon, Payton Merkley, Kaitlyn McMahon, Kyra Lynch, Kyra Maher, Jackie Murray, Paige Murray, Sarah Penman and Emily Purdue. Lance Bailey, Pino Darmiento and Chris Penman coach the Hornets, Alison Cross is the trainer and Marc Choy is the manager. Silver for Venom major bantam boys The Oakville Venom major bantam boys 1 basketball team earned silver medals at the Oakville MINOR FOOTBALL Local resident new GAO president Oakville resident Ian Murray is the newest president of the Golf Association of Ontario (GAO). Murray became the 11th president in GAO history at the association's annual general meeting Jan. 28. "We have ambitious plans in 2012 to grow our GAO programs, including expansion of our sport development initiatives to help our high-performance athletes compete at the highest level, while increasing our push at the grassroots level to bring more kids into golf through the Callaway Golf for Kids program," Murray said. The Golf Association of Ontario aims to make golf better for everyone in the province through course ratings, maintaining rules and growing the sport's popularity. 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