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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 12 Mar 1997, p. 23

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Milano lainsworth, a member of the Kitchenerâ€" terloo Water Polo Club and the Hamilton r Polo Club, competed with the national ior B team, which had trouble keeping its above water, so to speak, when it came to ning. Their record was 1â€"5, but, according to nsworth, the adventure was well worth the nence. We got together without any major team ning," said Hainsworth, one of four Ontario bers on the team. "If we had a camp with or two practices, 1 think there would have n more team cohesiveness," tournament, which featured teams from ited States, Canada and Mexico, saw Canada‘s ior A 18am finish with a 2â€"3â€"1 record, losing the Americans in the bronzeâ€"medal game. f2insworth, with two goals to his credit, was pre than pleased with his personal perforâ€" ince. At 5â€"footâ€"10, 150 pounds, he admits that ‘s not the biggest member of the team, but his sition ds the driver enables him to use his eed for making key plays. "I‘m small, but quick, and have pretty good Hainsworth knows that practice makes t â€" e also knows that if the National Junior ter Polo team had found time to practice r to a recent threeâ€"country tournament in ction time Soles who knows how well they would have Kâ€"W‘s Brian Hainsworth hopes _ [ to qualify for junior national water polo team It‘s a rough sport and other than a Perer Cudhea Chronicle Staff â€"~W‘s Largest up to himself traveling to Hamilton once a week to train with Hamilton‘s junior club team. Howâ€" ever, he still maintains contact with the KW club by coming out to weekly Monday and Thursday practices at the Waterloo Swimplex, home of the KW club. Hainsworth was able to compete on the (B) team after York University (water polo) coach Ross McDonald recommended him to Murphy. It also gave the Canadian coaches an opportuâ€" nity to assess his skills, which could open the door for him to find a place on the team. At last year‘s Pan American Games Canada beat Cuba to win the bronze medal. As for the senior team, Canada was blown out of the water in the Olympic qualifying tournament in Berlin, failing to make the trip to the Atlanta Olympics. Since the Kâ€"W club doesn‘t have a juniorâ€"evel team, the 18â€"yearâ€"old, who also played the sport in Guelph, Windsor, Hamilton and Kâ€"W, finds Newfoundland, still has four openings and although Hainsworth represented Canada on the team in Dallas, he still has to earn a spot on the Aâ€"team â€" something he hopes to do during the provincial championships, that is if his "We have a pretty good team and I‘m conf dent that we‘ll be in the provincials." _ > couple of black eyes and a bloody nose, I‘ve been pretty lucky over the years." With the Canadian team playing split defense, scoring opportunities were few and far between and his only two goals came when the team was able to mount counter attacks. The junior team, coached by Garth Murphy of 118 King St. N., Waterioo (corner King & Spring) 884â€"8500 70 (sizes 4 â€" 11) "In Store" Special "Everybody Loves A Bargain" (‘lfi-”.byhu%ummhhnulh-m include from left) Jon Morbey, Matt Kicswetter, Michacl Aldworth, Dan Nowak:; (middle, from left) coach Roger Barbosa; Doug Foley, Marc Larean, Kyle Melcher, Tim mmuâ€".«qmwum.b-u)mm,m Jakubaitis and Jason Barrows. The Kâ€"W team, comprised of boys and girls 13 and under, placed second in their division and defeated Yorkâ€"Scarborough t advance to the goldâ€"medal game where they lost to the host Ottawa team. Malcolm Jastrebski and lan Porter, of the Kâ€" The coed Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo bantam water polo team captured the silver medal at the provincial championships in Ottawa last week. W team, were named to the Ontario allâ€"star Bantams capture provincial silver Off Reg. Price Tues. â€" By apt. only Sat. Mon. 1046 Jake Pouier, lan Porter and Weil MacDonald The remaining weam members are Paul Sulliâ€" van, Matthew Eby, Andrea Manns, Gabor Ankucza, Simon Porter. Marcin Wikcznsk: team, while KW couch Paul Potmerâ€"was selecred as the Oniinio all ssar coach. Posser also represemied Canade at two Obympics and copmaned the Canadian squad in Los Angeles a the 1984 Summer ympics: Top scorers for the team were Jasirebski Max Pottier, Monica Blazon and Regan Reid Latest Styles for Fri. Bridal Parties 124

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