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OAKVILLE IMiSSAN Fleet % 6 1 6 York St. Oakville Bob M cIntosh Direct: 9 0 5 -8 2 7 -7 1 9 1 We lease all m akes and models. Editor: Norm Nelson Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: nnelson@haltonsearch.com \ \ 't - : n \ t ; s n . \ Y . j i n e _><>. 2 ( x > 2 · w it> r c s SPORTS auto ··rwlo* $ - l Q 9 9 0 i l , Lube m Z3 & Filter Using up to 5 Litres of premium Central GTX 10W30. Most cars. Limited time offer. S ee M anager for D etails. 112 Speers Rd., Oakville Qust west of Kerr) Oakville teams shine at huge Waterfront tourney T he 6th annual O akville W aterfront R o ller H ockey Tournam ent, one o f the largest single w eekend tournam ents in N orth A m erica, w as a huge success. T he tournam ent this year attracted m ore than 100 team s from C anada and the U .S., playing in 12 different age divi sions, from U -6 to over-35. F or m ore info, log on to rollerhockey.net T he cham pionship gam es w ent as follow s: · 6 & under - B urlington 10, C hatham 2 · 8 & under - C hatham 11, H am ilton 8 · 10 & u nder A A - Sarnia 7, B urlington 3 · 10 & under A A A - T oronto 6, O akville 1 · 12 & under A A - N ippising 6, KW 2 · 12 & under A A A - O ak ville 8, Toronto 7 (SO) · 14 & under A A - KW 6, H am ilton 0 · 14 & under A A A - O ak ville 7, T oronto 1 · 16 & under - O akville Tour M avericks 7. O akville C oyotes 6 · 19 & under - O ak ville C oyotes 2, C hetaw aga 1 (SO ) · M en's S ilver - 7 O ld Fat G uys 10, C oyotes 6 · A dult G old - C anning M uddogs 11, E aston 9 This unidentified O akville C oyote U -16 player m isses a glorious opportunity in the W aterfront tourney opener w hich O akville w on 5-0 over H am ilton. The C oyotes went on to the final, only to lose 7-6 to the M avericks. Peter McCusker · O a kville B e a v e r Lang is youngest member of U-19 national team By Lindsey Craig S P E C IA L T O T H E B E A V E R O akville's K ara L ang, at age 15, is the youngest play er on C anada's U-19 w om en's soccer team w hich is hosting the w orld cham pionships in W estern C anada later this summer. Playing up an age group is nothing new for Lang, as she w as called up earlier this year to the national w om en's team fo r a tournam ent in Portugal. L ang had a dazzling debut w ith four goals in her first three Playing up an age division is nothing new for Kara Lang who has already played for the senior national team. Jamie Sm ith · Oakville B eaver gam es. The FIFA U nder 19 W om en's W orld C ham pionships kick o ff on A ugust 17 w ith gam es taking place in E dm onton, V ictoria and Vancouver. To prepare for the w o rld 's, the C anadian team is in the m idst o f a nine-gam e exhibition series. The first three, against the Italian national U -19 team , have w rapped up w ith C anada cleaning up 4-0, 3-1 and 5-0, in that order. L ang opened the scoring and then added an assist in the 4-0 series o pen er, played at S herw ood F orest Park in B urlington, but played a less p rom i nent role in the subsequent tw o w ins w ith coach Ian Bridge toying w ith the line-up. W ith the cham pionships less than tw o m onths away, tw o cuts still have to be made. "I 've got a pretty good chance," said Lang. "You ju st have to w ork hard on a consistent basis." A nd it seem s she does. N ational status began fo r the teen in F ebruary o f 2001 w hen she was called up to C an ad a's U -16 girls train ing cam p fo r the eastern provinces. She w as then invited back to the next training cam p w hich pooled the east and w est divisions together. Surviving the cuts, Lang played w ith the U -16 girls national squad until June o f last sum m er. It w as then that she m ade the ju m p to the higher age division. "A t the end o f June, I w as invited to a training cam p in T oronto for the under 19 team ," she said, adding that there w as a "big difference" in size betw een the tw o levels. A nother difference for the young player w as the position she was assigned. H aving developed her gam e on the front line, suddenly the striker found h erself on defence. "It w as totally new to m e," she said, adding that coach B ridge soon put h er back up as an attacker. T he team is now training together three tim es a w eek, in addition to a physical fitness com ponent w hich the players com plete on their ow n, said Lang. (See 'Lang', inside, page C7) SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM Name:. Address:. Telephone:. Credit Card: OVISA O amx O c Card#:__ Expiry Date:_ _ __ _ _ _ 0 Cheque Enclosed I prefer to receive: (select one choice) Q Wonderland Passes Q Hidden Lake Passes Fax 337-5557 or. Mail to: The Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Road, Oakville ON, L6K3S4 ` Cost of passes will be deducted from balance of any prematurely cancelled subscription. h m m m m m m m m m m J