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26 economist sun stoufiville tribune thursday aug 26 1999 sports brennan digs beach volleyball unionville resident hopes to spike provincial title bymikehayakawa sports editor w dip hile a lot of people enjoy the beach during the sum mer months to soak in the suns rays or in the jordan jordan brennan says beach game is more challenging take a water brennan has a dif ferent reason for taking to the sand for the 20-year- old unionville resi dent a trip to the beach means serv- ing a volleyball to an opponent set ting up a teammate or spiking it for a point or side out this season brennan and his partner elie shermer of toronto are experiencing a satisfying campaign on the ontario volleyball associations age division beach volleyball series 111111 taking to various beaches across the province in the series junior category under21 the pair has won one tourna ment while finishing third in four others and was eliminated in the quarterfinals in another forming a team last year the pair is entered in the junior national champi onships which begins today and con cludes sunday atwasaga beach a third- year beach player the 6foot3 brennan says theres a little extra incentive to do f luiyssesibh passenger allseason steelbelted radial tires whitewall sldewall styling available in 75 and 80 series depending on size m starting from gjg jp- evhyoay otmwextu hw8s1tri74y asn good tracker lighttruck radial tires namebrand allposition allseason for highway driving cood highway traction and h handlingforasmoottiilde j karttvoridng fanaevenweartread 2ply radial polyester with 2 sturdy steel belts starting from rasmis cvnroar well as he is in the final year of junior eli gibility elie and i have made a lot of sacri fices like training three four or five times a week weve been going to bed at 1 1 at night and getting up at 5 in the morning to drive to the different tournaments its been a productive summer hopefully if 11 pay off a former player at unionville high school and on the club circuit with jcc and various regional and toronto all- star teams brennan was sold on the beach game after meeting 1996 canadian olympic bronze medalists john child and mark heese at a volley ball camp just after the summer games concluded they are like the founding fathers of beach volleyball in canada brennan said of the two olympians because we only have five months of a beach season whereas other countries can do it year round they never expect canada to be one of the top countries in the world so their accomplishment was a big deal with the beach game escallating in popularity over the last few years brennan aspires to become a profes sional beach player and to represent canada at the 2004 summer olympics i see beach volleyball as the sport of the 21st century the fivb federation of international volleyball had tour stops at ashbridges bay last year and this year and it was amazing they had incredible attendance the sport has made leaps and bounds and if s gotten big in the last 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points out the beach game is a far tougher version to play than its traditional indoor cousin to run on sand is more difficult he points out its also more of a technical game because you have to be more of an allround better player you have to do every skill well or the opposition will expose your weaknesses its also a game that requires a lot of patience you can go back and forth maybe 15 to 20 minutes a game without a team scoring when you get a point ifs a big deal we know how each other plays and thinks and when we know each others weakness we try to cover them up and you also have to deal with the elements like the sun or wind its a draining game he also insists height is no factor in the beach game as the top players in this version might be 6foot5 at the most if youre 6foot9 you can make any indoor team they cant teach height or if youre tall and hot that good they can hide you in the back court it comes down being able to excel in one thing in the indoor game tm only 6foot3 and indoors id be just another player but i knew i had a good allround game which is impor tant in the beach game sports digest getting into the spirit the spirit of stoufiville will open its provincial junior a hockey league pre season schedule tonight with a road game against the ajax axemen at 730 pm the spirit will then take to the road for its next two preseason matches against caledon tomorrow and brampton on sunday lupien earns bronze markham aquatic club member yannick lupien was part of the canadian mens relay team that cap- tured a bronze medal in the 4 x 100- metre freestyle event at the pan pacific championships in sydney australia ori sunday craig hutchison jake steele and graham durhie joined lupien on the team which set a canadian record of 32073 the prior mark was 32127 mariners off to provincials the markham mariners mosquito selects gained a berth in the upcoming provincial playdowns on labour day weekend after clinching first place in the york region standings with a 43 victory over newmarket on sunday finishing the regular season with a 7- 1 record the mariners were led by greg edmonds edward rhodes paul ruffolo derek mackenzie dipin puri stefan wadas braydon wilson josh marek ian mcdonald brandon chong warren tayles and billy davidson staff photosjoerd witteveen a defining moment jessica shepley 16 sinks a putt and ties with tennessees may wood to rescue a half point for canada in ruth eller cup singles play at the york downs golf and country club on tuesday shepley came from behind on the last hole to tie with the pres sure putt canada however lost the cup to the tennessee team 6 12 tol 12 in the fourth annual two- day event lions claw provincial bronze the markham focus on flowersmayfair pools mite lions softball team captured the bronze medal at the recent provincial championships in stratford after suffering a 72 loss to chinguacousy in the semifinals keying the lions to its successful run was the live arm of jenna caira who struck out 79 batters in 35 innings she also tossed a no hitter in the clubs 61 firstround win over oshawa caira took a perfect game into the seventh and final inning against oshawa before a runner reached base on an error and scored on a passed ball but caira picked up the no hitter and struck out 18 batters cassandra mcnichol ignited the offence with three hits and three runs and lori myers added a pair of hits and two runs after absorbing a 100 loss to eventual tournament champion brampton in its second game the lions received a sevenminningleadoff homer froni cassandra warne to edge guelph 21 the lions then faced kitchener and required one extra inning to emerge with a 76 win a twoout triple by warne which scored lori myers from second base proved to be the big play caira men struck out the side to raise her total to 17 in the game to earn the win the win enabled the lions to meet chinguacousy with the winner to face brampton for the gold medal warne belted a fourthinning homer in a losing effort also contributing to the lions bronzemedal run were hailey toner sandra rabow kaiuyn storton hilary stone jackie desouza erin carroll adrienne willoughby and ashley speed jenna caira pitched a nohitter in clubs fiisfgame i i pi 14 i i