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B8 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, June 23, 1999 An Oakville Beaver Feature Editor: NORM NELSON 845-3824 (Ext 255) Photo by Peter C. McCusker Erin Radford competing in the under 10 category of the Oakville Junior Tennis Championships over the weekend. She finished runner-up in her division. The Oakville ju n ior ten n is cham pionships The weather is only one element in pulling off a suc­ cessful tournament but it's a crucial one in tennis. Fortunately, the sun shone on the Bronte Tennis Club this past weekend and the Oakville Junior Championships wept off without a hitch. "The weather was awesome," said Natalie Nemez, club pro and tourney organizer along with Pierre Ranger. "We were so lucky to have perfect tennis weather. I was pleased about everything, except I guess I would like to see more girls in the draw. We'll have to work on that." The all-Oakville championships for unranked players under-14, attracted 56 competitors with boys outnumber­ ing girls more than three to one. Eric West of O.R.C. took top honours in the Boys U-10 group, besting Matthew Lynett of Wallace Park in the 8- game, pro set final. Eric lost only two games in the entire three-day tournament. The winner of the consolation trophy was Bronte's Zac Hage. In the Girls U-10 group, Melissa Kennedy took the championship trophy, followed by runner-up Erin Radford of Bronte Tennis Club. Chris Dold of Wallace Park prevailed over Alex Spiro, Meadowvale Club, in the Boys Under-12 final. Mark Radford, Bronte, captured the consolation trophy. Anya Douderina, Wallace Park, was a repeat winner in the Girls Under-12 age group, with Stephanie Schnobel first runner-up in the round-robin format. The finals of the Boys Under-14 division proved to be the premier match of the tourney with Wallace Park's Andres Alvarado narrowly defeating club-mate Chris Dold (4-6, 7-6, 6-3), in a tenacious battle of wills and skills, featuring long rallies and outstanding shot-making. Mark Chantaj of Bronte defeated his Bronte bud, Kyle McConnell, in the consolation final. Meanwhile, Samantha Schnobel, of Wallace nailed down her second consecutive championship in the Girls Under-14, with Sharon Hibberd of the Oakville Club tak­ ing first runner-up kudos. Another highlight of the weekend was the Good Sportsmanship Award, donated by Bronte Tennis Club and presented by club President Lynn Kirk. The elegant plaque went to Jeremy Powell Petriw, an under-10 com­ petitor from Wallace Park whose sense of fair play never seemed to desert him. According to Kirk, the decision for this award was made difficult because all the players were such great sports, complimenting each other on good shots and call­ ing their own lines honestly. "We are really excited about hosting this event at Bronte," added Nemez. "The players seem to have fun, as well as the parents. We have a good facility, great spon­ sors, and a whole whack of enthusiastic volunteers. It just works. And it was neat having Dave Brown (former Davis Cup player, winner and organizer of the Oakville Junior Championships), helping to present the trophies. About the only thing I would change is, maybe, next year include an under-16 category." The organizers and the players in the 1999 Oakville Junior Tennis Championships wish to thank all the spon­ sors who made the tourney special, namely Maryann Thompson of Royal LePage who provided the trophies, Arly Flegg of Flegg Promotions who provided the sou­ venir water bottles and Shirley Johnson of Catered Fare for the hot dogs. In addition Jane King at Loblaws provided the pop, John Gillespie at the Merchant of tennis contributed some draw prizes and facilitated the tennis balls supplied by Blair Rickers at Wilson. Paul Hird from Corbett's also gave neat prizes, Ian Oliver at the Oakville Beaver helped to promote the event in his newspaper and provided a big bunch of Blue Jay tickets, and Jaqueline at Business Depot donated the nifty player badges. Finally, once again this year Myra Lofts at Good Humor Breyers sent along two cart-fulls of frozen treats for general consumption. Cool! < Ex-Leaf and form er Blades is kicking o ff girls hockey school C o y o t e s b a c k o n w i n n i n g t r a c k The Oakville Comets U-13AA advance to quarterfinal round o f the Ontario Cup The Oakville Comets U-13AA boys rep soccer team has advanced to the Ontario Cup quarterfinals. The Comets emerged as victors over the June 12/13th weekend from their first round preliminary tourna­ ment. Playing in stifling heat the Comets emerged from their competitive grouping with a tie (1-1 vs Oshawa) and three wins (3-2 over South Nepean, 6-1 over East York and 2-1 over Markham). Jared Millar provided consistent and, at times, superlative.goaltending, particularly in the draw with Oshawa. Ryan Eng, Kyle Plumb, Roberto Flores, Brent Lukowski and Jason Silveira were solid in front of Millar as they controlled some excellent attack­ ers from the South Nepean side.- Austin Canning, Ryan Flynn, Steven Meagher and John-Mark Ssennyonjo made numerous outside runs and key crosses to set up the Comet finishers. Josh Ledderhof, Mark Koloper, Chad Love, Tousif Islam and Brien Chamney showed some excellent cre­ ativity up front. Flores, Love, Islam, Chamney and Koloper took care of the scoring. Coach Matt Love and assistants Ron Millar and Roberto Flores did an excellent job of preparing the team for the weekend, in light of the difficult start they have had in the tough elite division of the South Region league. By winning this group, the Comets have earned the right to host an Ontario Cup quarterfinal match in August. Comet Notes: the team would like to extend its appreciation to parents, friends and sponsors of the club. A very successful silent auction and din­ ner dance was held on June 4th to sup­ port an upcoming trip to the U.S.A. Cup in Minnesota. By Scott MacArthur SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER For two weeks this summer, Oakville will be getting it's own girls' hockey school, and there will be a wealth of knowledge and experience there to teach it. Tom Fergus, a 12-year NHL hockey player, and Dino Germano, a local Physical Education teacher with over 10 years of coaching experience, will run two one-week sessions for girls ages 9 to 14. Fergus, a 37-year-old retired veteran of the hockey wars, split his time in the NHL between Boston, Toronto -- where he was an assistant captain -- and Vancouver, before retiring in 1992. Fergus now runs Blue Leaf, a company that manufactures logos for various businesses, with his friend and former Oakville Blades general manager Murray Walker. Fergus, who coached the Blades for one season, feels there is a need for a girls' hockey school in the Oakville area, and that he is the perfect person to provide it. "Through our business, we do a lot of work with the Oakville Hornets girls' rep hockey teams," he said. "I've done some rating of kids in the past for friends and I'm familiar with the girls' game around town, so it works out well." O a k v ille resident There will be two one-week sessions available, running the last two weeks of July. Due to limited spacing, those register­ ing will be limited to one week. The ses­ sions will run Monday to Friday, two hours a day for a 10 hour week of on- ice instruction. Fergus stresses that this camp might not be suited for beginners, it will be tailored more to those girls with experience in the game. "We're not going to spend much time working on skating," said Fergus. "This will be more of a fundamental camp. We'll work on things such as passing, stickhandling, and shooting, because those are some of the concern areas expressed by girls and their parents from that age group." The emphasis on the camp will be to have fun with the game of hockey, and Fergus will be on the ice for all sessions, along with Germano. A female instructor will join them for the on-ice sessions as well as to provide any needed help in the dressing rooms. Fergus says that the sessions will allow between 25 and 35 girls on the ice comfortably, with 30 being the target number. Applicants will be treated on a first come, first serve basis. For more info on the Tomcats Hockey School for Girls, contact Dino Germano at 827-6850 or Tom Fergus at Blue Leaf, 339-0601. Germano is also available through E-mail at germano@glob- alserve.net. The Oakville Coyotes are hoping they have turned the cor­ ner on their season with a pair of big wins this past weekend. The Coyotes improved their record to 6-7 on the year, defeat­ ing the '97 league champion Brantford Thunderhawks 18-7 at home on Friday night and then beating '98 champion Georgetown Wolfpack 15-3 on the road Saturday night. In Friday's home win, Oakville held quarter leads of 5- 1, 9-5 and 14-5 en route to victo­ ry- "This is the most "one-sided win I have ever seen us play," commented G.M. Jay Labelle. Our two Jeff's -- Elia and Wells -- lit it up tonight. The other big bright spot was the play of one of our midget snipers who we called up. In his first game, Luke Domski netted one and set up three more." Coyotes Scoring: Jeff Wells, 4g, 2a; Jeff Elia, 3g, 4a; Mike Muldoon 2g, 2a; Brandon Cordua, 2g, 2a; Dave Dunn, 2g, la; Steve Elia, 2g; Jamie Barlow Ig, 2a; Luke Domski, lg, 3a; R.J. Carr, lg, 2a; Kyle MacDonald, 3a; Ryan Fitzsimmons la; and Shane Labelle( la. On Saturday, it was much of the same against last year's champs, the Georgetown Wolfpack. In the 15-3 shellack­ ing, Oakville held quarter leads of 5-0, 9-1 and 12-2 en route to victory. 1 -- were at it again with a hat-trick each. Coyotes Scoring: R.J. Carr, 3g, 3a; Jeff Elia, 3g, la; Jeff Wells, 3g; Luke Domski, 2g, la; Dave Kelly, lg , la; Brandon Cordua, 3a; Mike Muldoon, la; and Kyle MacDonald, la. HAMILTON LOSS In the previous week's game, the hard luck Coyotes took yet another one-goal loss, losing 7-6 to Hamilton. 'This is probably the best we played," said co-coach Ed Kirsten. "We completely out­ played them but got robbed of a win." The Coyotes led 4-2 at the half and 5-4 after three quarters. In the fourth quarter, Hamilton tied it up at 5-5 only to have Oakville go up 6-5. But Hamilton evened it up with two minutes The Oakville Coyotes spent a lot of time in their opponents' end last weekend, winning this game at home against Brantford 18-7 on Friday night and winning 15-3 in Georgetown on Saturday night. left and then finished off the Coyotes with only 15 seconds to play. Coyotes Scoring: Dave Dunn, 3g, 2a; Mike Muldoon, lg, 2a; Jamie Barlow, lg, la; Jeff Wells, lg; R.J. Carr, 2a; Shane Labelle la; and Kyle MacDonald, la. ALL-STAR GAME The inaugural Major Junior A Roller Hockey League all-star game will be held in Buffalo at Buffalo State Arena this Saturday (June 26), 1 p.m. The game will pit the east against the west division all-stars. The Coyotes will be represent­ ed on the west squad with three players, including goalie Joe Barber who leads all Major Junior A goalies in goals against average, despite being in his first year in the league. The two other players are: • Shane Labelle who will be suiting up in place of R.J. Carr who cannot make the game; • and Jeff Elia who will be playing in place of Dave Dunn MAJOR JUNIOR A ROLLER HOCKEY (west division) Hamilton 17 12 5 152 119 24 Niagara 12 9 3 109 93 18 Georgetown 13 7 6 88 96 14 OAKVILLE 13 6 7 104 89 12 Brantford 13 6 7 101 121 12 Buffalo 11 5 6 88 100 10 Kitchener 14 3 11 112 138 6 (east division) Mississauga 11 10 1 106 52 20 Brampton 12 8 4 113 96 16 Durham 13 8 5 110 74 16 Toronto 10 6 4 74 60 12 Pickenng 12 5 7 84 103 10 Vaughan 12 2 10 65 118 4 York 11 0 11 59 112 0 who is also unable to make the game. "We expect Shane, Joe and Jeff to really show well on behalf of the Coyotes," states Labelle. "They have proven to be among the best in the league for some time." COYOTES TOP SCORERS Player G A P Dave Dunn 30 22 52 Jeff Elia 18 16 24 Jamie Barlow 9 14 23 Jeff Wells 13 10 23 R.J. Carr 5 18 23 Shane Labelle 6 14 20 Mike Muldoon 9 11 20 > Kyle MacDonald 4 9 1 3 * Dave Kelly 6 5 11 Brandon Cordua 2 9 11 Luke Domski 3 4 7 Ryan Fitzsimmons 1 5 6 Steve Elia 2 3 5 Steve Kinnunen - 3 3 Photo by Peter C. McCusker « % 4 4 mailto:germano@glob-alserve.net mailto:germano@glob-alserve.net