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Twenty players from Oakville Soccer Club | earn selection to Provincial Projects progjram Twenty players from the Oakville Soccer Clubs Ontario Player Devel opment League (OPDL) have been selected for the Ontario Soccer 2018 Provincial Projects program. The players selected were all born in 2003 or 2004. The program is available to all On tario Soccer-registered players com peting in the under-14, U15 or U16 age groups. (Jan. 13-14, Feb. 24-25 and March 24-25), a preparation weekend (April 21-22) and one Inter-Provincial Teams competition (April 27-29). Canada Soccer scouts will attend the Inter-Provincial competition in April with possible invites to Na tional Excel Environments events following. The provincial program focuses on player screening, talent identifi cation and benchmarking of players through competitions. "This is a tremendous honour for our players," Dave Harris, OSC exec utive director, said of the selections. "We wish them all the best in mov ing to the next level." Chris Grierson, OSC' s senior tech nical director, said the selection is a huge achievement for each of the players. "Each player will have an oppor tunity to showcase their skills among other players in front of provincial scouts and coaches," he said. "Well done to all the coaching staff at OSC for their dedication and commitment to player development." OPDL, which started in 2014, combines top level competition with Oakville Soccer Club players selected for Provincial Projects Program 2018 2003 BOYS A le k s P e tro vic N a th a n e a l C la rk e D o m in ik S te fa n s k i K evin E sp iro S a m ir G h o u li Y ve s M ic h e l T c h e u y a p M a u ro L u lli J o s h u a D u D o it C a lu m C h a u E th a n M e n d e s r 2003 GIRLS A la n n a D e l M o n a c h e A m rit A ro ra J e s s ic a D o u g a ll K e n d ra P e lto n fo rm The Knights of Columbus held its sixth annual Ball Hockey Blast at Loyola Secondary School. Competitors from seven Catholic elementary schools as well as Oakville Special Olympics athletes took part in the shooting skills accuracy contest. Connor Gillespie of the Oakville Cougars Special Olympics team shows the form that resulted in her scoring six goals to earn a gold medal in the competition. | Graham Paine/Metroland OSC made the announcement Monday. OPDL is the primary avenue to which potential provincial team players are detected. Players were selected by Ontario Soccer based on their performance during the 2017 OPDL season. The Provincial Projects is sched uled for January-April 2018 with three player-screening weekends 2004 BOYS D a n ie l C h ris tia n s e n K a c p e r A m b ro z e w ic z R o d rig o N o b le c illa M a n u e l R o d rig u e s 2004 GIRLS S o p h ie F ra n c u z M e d in a D o ka strict high-performance training standards with the goal of develop ing top soccer talent within the prov ince. thing in common Walt Disney · H.iRoss Perot · Bob Hope Ed Sullivan · Danny Thomas · John Wayne Bing Crosby · Jimmy Durante · Dwight D. Eisenhower · Herbert Hoover · Ed Sullivan Martin Luther King Jr. · Harry S. Truman Isaac Asimov · Carl Sandburg · Tom Brokaw Wayne Gretzky · Dr. Norman Vincent Peale Warren Buffett · Jackie Robinson These famous personalities all started their careers ME TIME TORON TO STA R OY YOUR SA V E 37% ON CONVENIENT HOME DELIVERY · Saturday & Sunday hom e d elivery · A w ard-w inning, trusted journalism · Access to the ePaper ^ DELIVERING NEWSPAPERS! iTiT A R E L O O K IN G F O R C A R R IE R S Burlington Post · Flamborough Review Milton Canadian Champion Oakville Beaver r m call 9 0 5 -6 3 1 -6 0 9 5 TO F IN D AVAILABLE ROUTES IN Y O U R AREA S p e c ia l o ffe r to M e tro la n d re a d e rs : SAVE 37% Pay o n ly $ 2 .4 5 p e r w e e k fo r 6 m o n th s . w w w .th e s ta r.c o m /re la x 2 a ( c r e d i t c a r d o n l y ) ; 4 1 6 .3 6 7 .4 5 0 0