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Wednesday, September 6, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER C1 ENTERTAINMENT Every Thursday & Friday Thurs., Sept. 7 C H R IS S M IT H Fri., Sept. 8 K E N N Y V 5 -8 p m A S C E N S IO N 8-Close o a rv tf a QEW S at, S ept 9 - 9 pm R oy Jones J r 844-8703 Vs. Eric Harding . SportslW ednesday Editor: YOU WOULDN'T TRUST JUST ANYONE TO DRIVE YOUR CAR, SO W HY TRUST JU ST ANY COMPANY TO INSURE IT? Andrew Heidem an Sap 829-0018 An O akville Beaver Feature NORM NELSON Phone:845-3824, ext 255 Fax:337-5567 E-mail:nnelson@haltonsearch.com Tiger on the prowl The addition of Tiger Woods to the Bell Canadian Open has made ticket sales hotter than last week's weather. The final round, of course, was sold out in a matter of hours following his confirmation last Thursday (as reported in Sunday's Beaver) and the rest of the tourna ment rounds were scooped up by Tuesday. Perhaps the most popular athlete on the planet right now, Woods has the ability to draw new fans into the sport. For the sake of new fans who were lucky enough to get tickets to the Abbey, and to just refresh everyone else, the Bell Canadian Open organizers have provided this need-to-know list. The gates will open at 7 a.m., Thursday through to Sunday's final round (they opened at 6 a.m. today). Remember to display your admission ticket or badge at all times. The Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) is anticipating very large crowds during the week and is asking for everyone's cooperation and understanding should lengthy lines for shuttle buses, concessions or bathrooms exist. Free pairing sheets and course maps will be provided at designated areas throughout the golf club grounds with updated scores and start times. Cell phones or pagers are not permitted at any time on the grounds, and neither are video cameras. Cameras are permitted on the grounds only until the conclusion of the practice rounds today (Wednesday) and are not permitted during the tournament days from Thursday through to Sunday. The spectator drop-off area is located at parking lot #3 on Upper Middle Road. Public parking is free, and shuttle service will be pro vided to Glen Abbey. Public parking is available at the northwest comer of Hwy. #5/Dundas Street and Neyagawa Blvd, Thursday through Sunday (exit off Neyagawa). Public parking is also available at Sheridan College on Saturday and Sunday only. There will be parking lots that are not affiliated with the tournament located within the Glen Abbey communi ty that will charge a daily fee. Will Call is located at the Main Spectator Entrance off Upper Middle Road in the Admissions Trailer. Please note that parking tags cannot be left at Will Call. Individuals picking up passes at Will Call, must park in the public parking lot first, and then proceed to the Will Call area. · For more coverage on Tiger and the Open, our spe cial coverage continues in D-section. The Burloak Canoe Club, last month, won its third national club championship in four years in Dartmouth. A list of the above contingent is included below. Burloak best in Canada - again By Norm Nelson BEAVER SPO RTS EDITOR The above contingent helped the Burloak Canoe Club win their third nation al club championship in four years ... Larry Cain, Chris Stringer, Dennis Coghlin, Matt Taylor, Paul Keyes, J.P. Smouter, Mike Orschak, Nicole Minde, Lauren Fleming, Jenn Fleming, Mary Ann Siriunas, Meredith Brady, Adam Klevinas, Adam Vankoeverden, Lyndsay Oldershaw, Brant Oldershaw, Tom Milway, Mark Oldershaw, Courtney Kirkby, Caroline Verity, Janet Taylor, Chelsea Kirkby, Adam Oldershaw, Reed Oldershaw, Chanda Reid, Chantal Chretien, Matt Guthrie, Kyra Nabeta, Nathan Luce, Luisa Celis, Louise Verity, Ivan English and Dean Oldershaw. Kayaker Adam Vankoeverden won a bronze medal at last year's world champi onships, in the 1,000 metre event. And this year, while still a junior, he very nearly captured Canada's Olympic berth this past spring, finishing third at the trials. Undaunted at narrowly missing the rare feat of making the Olympics as a teenager, he has made it a summer to remember. He capped it off this past Saturday in Nova Scotia where he won the junior world marathon championship which is a gruelling non-Olympic 18K distance, and a race he finished 10th at last year. "He hasn't trained for long distance, so he's up against guys that train specifically for that distance," said Dean Oldershaw, a coach at the Burloak Canoe Club and former Olympian. "He's training for the Olympic races which are 500 and 1000 metres." But because of all the kilometres he pad dles every day out on Sixteen Mile Creek in Oakville, he was able to step it up. Vankoeverden had remained in Halifax after attending the national club champi onships which he also excelled at, scooping up an outstanding haul of seven gold medals in eight events. Most noteworthy to Burloak Canoe Club head coach Scott Oldershaw was that not only did Vankoeverden, a juvenile paddler, step out of his age group to win the junior championship, but he also won the national senior championship. "He actually won the senior K-l 1000 which means he's the best in Canada, over all, of any age," said Scott Oldershaw. "He won it quite easily, actually. He's kind of serving notice that he's the guy to beat now in Canada." Among those he beat in the senior nation al K-l 1000m was the competitor who fin ished ahead of him in second place at this past spring's Olympic trials. Finishing first at the trials (and represent ing Canada this month in Sydney) was Mihai Apostol from Dartmouth. He missed the nationals due to injury but both Oldershaws think Vankoeverden may have already bridged the gap over the summer. "He (Apostol) wasn't going to beat Adam that day, the way Adam was going," said Scott Oldershaw, when pressed. "Adam's a lot better than (at) trials. He's just developed over the summer." Coach Dean Oldershaw noted that the juvenile/junior/senior trifecta was last accomplished in Canada in 1980 by another chap from Oakville, Larry Cain (in a canoe). Cain, of course, needs no introduction to anyone the least bit familiar with the Oakville sports scene. 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