Wednesday, October 3, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER D1 s ± ,R l t E L IN E R IM K -s O 'NNECTIONS ni :Wu*« Great High Volume User Rates ^ T t e l u s mcb*y- 1151 South Service RdW,, 905469-1155 Unit 3_______ www.primeline.ca_______________ Spor Glen Abbey: 85-82-82 By Kathy \fenchus SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER APPLE AutoGlass J or UPHOLSTERY... SEATS, BOAT TOPS, CONVERTIBLE TOPSTM 1033 Speers Rd. 8 4 2 -6 0 6 0 An Oakville Beaver Feature Editor: NORM NELSON Phone:845-3824, ext 255 Fax:337-5567 E-mail:nnelson@haltonsearch.com Some golfers who have toiled away on the links for years, would still be unable to post the scores young Kyle Westhorpe did recently at Glen Abbey to become the Canadian Junior Golf Association's Champion of Champions. Read `em and weep. Kyle's scores of 85, 82, 82 gave him a three-round total of 249, easily surpassing the next best scores of 257 and 261. The deci sive victory topped an impressive sea son for the now 14-year-old Grade 9 Oakville-Trafalgar High School student who won three other CJGA Buick events this past summer in the 13 and under age group, at Corbyville, Aurora and Niagara Falls. Kyle also placed sec ond in the Canadian Junior Golf Championships at Royal Woodbine in August. ' Although an athletic and a deter mined young man, he and his family were somewhat surprised at just how well he performed, considering he picked up a golf club for the first time a mere three years ago. Mom Barbara says Kyle pursued more tournaments this year for the exposure,, and their expectations were that a top six place ment in any of the events would have been tremendous. Dad Paul is a golfer and Kyle was given golf lessons as a Christmas pre sent. "He just seemed to have a natural swing and an aptitude for the game," says Barbara, whose two younger sons, Sean, 13, and Christian, 11 also play. "He's very accurate and has a great short game." A member at Wyldewood Golf Club and a student of golf coach Doug Lawrie, Kyle plays every weekend and depending on homework volume, many weeknights as well. He has two upcoming International Junior Golf Tour events in the U.S., one in South Carolina, the other in Illinois, and a CJGA tournament over the Christmas holidays at Grenelefe, just outside Orlando. "I used to be a really big soccer play er but then I tried golf and it was fun," says Kyle. "It's just so fun and nice to be outside." The strength of his game lies in his putting and chipping, while Kyle says he needs to work on the mental aspect of golf. In the CJGA tournament of champions at Glen Abbey, 14-year-old Kyle Westhorpe won his age group with scores of 85-82-82. Photo by Peter C. McCusker OakviUe sports community mourns loss oftireless volunteer By Norm Nelson BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR Football was Richard Bell's favourite sport, but it was hockey where he had his greatest impact in Oakville. Count him among the unsung volunteer heroes that not only profess a love of sports, but who actually work tirelessly to ensure that our kids have the opportunity to play them. "He never had a bad thing to say about any body and nobody had a bad thing to say about him," said Mark Murray, the vice president of rep hockey for the Minor Oaks Hockey Association (which runs all of the town's Rangers rep hockey teams). "Which is tough. You know when you're the chair of discipline, you know you're going to make some people unhappy. But the people lived with what he decided." "It's a huge loss. It's unbelievable. I'm still trying to come to grips with it." The 56-year-old Oakville resident, who worked in sales for more than 32 years with Dow Chemicals before just starting with Cornell Chemicals, died suddenly at his residence on Sept. 22. He is the beloved husband of Christine and the dear father of Kevin and Janine. "The thing with Richard is he never ever asked how much time it would be," said Murray. "For instance, he sat on the coach selection committee, as well, and you know it was a case of phoning him up and saying, `hey, Rich, you know, you want to sit on the coach selection committee?' kind of guy." And this season was no different. "He did the coach selection again. He was scheduled to do the discipline again. He's on the uniform committee. All kinds of stuff." And, this, even though his son, Kevin, was actually suiting up for the second year in the GTHL. While MOHA and the GTHL have not always seen eye to eye, this case, not surprising ly, was a positive interaction for both organiza tions. After rising up through the Rangers rep sys tem to bantam AAA, Kevin went to the GTHL to play midget, last year. "He went because we w eren't sure we were going to have a midget AA team that year and Kevin wanted to play, and he didn't want to commit to Oakville and not have a team to play for," said Murray. "The year before that, you'll recall, we folded our AA team at Christmas time ... "I remember Rich, he phoned me, he phoned (MOHA president) Mike Zardo, he phoned everybody, to be sure no one was offended that he was going to be a director and his boy was going to play in Toronto. "And, of course, no one had a problem with that -- we wanted the boy to play hockey." So Kevin kept playing hockey. And his Dad kept right on volunteering. Why? "He just always loved sports," said wife Christine. "He just loved it. And he loved the kids. And he got great pleasure out of it." Football was his favourite, she said. "He played football and semi-professional football, also, for the East York Argos -- way back, you know. Richard always played high school, college ball and that kind of stuff. So when his son, Kevin, started playing sports, it was only natural that he would become involved. "He started, really, with soccer, and helped coach with soccer. That was only for a few years because soccer just wasn't my son's sport. "Then we went in to (Oakville) Little League and did that every year. "And, then, also most recently for the last, I guess, three years, it was OMBA (Oakville Minor Baseball Association), and coaching all the way along." With hockey, though, while his off-ice contri butions were extensive, his on-ice role was lim ited. "As far as the hockey itself, it was more that he was the trainer, and he always said that he was very good at opening the gates for the kids," said Christine, chuckling. Christine said she has been overwhelmed with the support the family has received from MOHA and the Oakville sports community. "It has been blowing me away," she said. "It has been so kind and thoughtful. I can't believe people." x And the feeling was mutual, she assured. "He enjoyed just working with those people -- the executive. They're a great group of peo ple, so he just thoroughly enjoyed i t ... Mike Zardo, Mark Bentley. Those guys were just so good. They're great guys. Richard just liked being part of it." Richard Bell "He'd say, sure. "He never bothered to say what's the com mitment. But he'd always fulfill it. He's that Blue Stars win Tom Dunleavy tournament of champions The seventh annual Tom Dunleavy tournament of champions was held Sunday at Shell Park. Oakville's lone representative -- the U -l 1 Blue Stars -- earned a decisive 6-0 shutout over Etobicoke. This year-ending annual showdown pits the south region champs (west of Toronto) with the central region (east of Mississauga). For the U - ll division, it's basically their provincial championship since there is no Ontario Cup playdowns below the U -l2 division. It capped off a year of perfection for the Blue Stars (as recounted in Friday's edition). They were perfect in the regular season with a record of 18 wins and perfect in League Cup with a record of five wins. The Blue Stars won three of the four tourna ments they played in their own age group, their only loss coming in the championship game of the Vaughan tournament, 2-1 to Caledon. It was their only loss in their own age group this season. The team is looking forward to a trip to England over the March Break in which a featured friendly will be against the Manchester United U -l2 acad emy team. Scoring in Sunday's game were Mitch Houlahan (2), Satpal Ubhi, Nick Agam, Robyn Sertic and Alex Semenets. Victor Carreiro got the shutout. "Great result," said Phil Iafrati. "That's what you always hope for when you get to a final like that, that the boys play up to their potential." It did take them a while to pull away, he said. "They (Etobicoke) actually put the ball in the net after about five minutes of play. But it was called back for an offside. At that point in time it looked like we were in for a battle. They looked quite strong; they had a lot of quick players." At about the 15 minute mark, however, he said his Blue Stars started to settle down and were able to score at the 20 and 25 minute mark for a 2-0 first half lead. The straw that broke the camel's back, he agreed, was the third goal in the first minute of the second half. Photo by Barrie Erskine The Oakville Blue Stars rejoice after winning the Tom Dunleavy tournament of champions. FALL INSPECTION c ir m m fJiArJlU iM iiUJ t 4 U L )D uiid'dJ iil. E . 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