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Members of the Waterloo Huskies Under-11 girls celebrate the game-winning goal in the finals against Kitchener. Taking part in the celebrations with goal scorer Kyla MacEachern, centre, were Alena Renton. left, Natalie Buttinger and Nazli Sokmez, The Huskies won the game TO. PAM surrmu mom Waterloo wins 4 titles e Waterloo Minor Soc- cer Association cele- brated the 30th anniversary of the Waterloo International tournament by having one of its best-ever showings at the three-day event held last weekend. More than 113 teams from across Ontario partici- pated in the tournament. with boys and girls, aged 10- 17. competing in 15 different divisions of play at three dif- ferent venues including hex~ ington Park. RIM Park and Bechtel Park. Waterloo used the home- field to full advantage, win- ning four division titles. the most out of any centre par- ticipating, and finishing in second place in two other divisions. Leading the way was the Waterloo Under-ll Boys soc- cer team, which continued its tournament winning ways with a 1-0 win over Brantford in their division. A second boys title was turned in by the Waterloo Under-16 boys team, which heat Stratford 3-2 for the tournament title. Not to be outdone the Waterloo girls teams also turned in a strong effort. The Waterloo Under-ll girls had the most dominant showing of any local team,beating Kitchener 3-0 in the finals The Waterloo Under-10 Girls also brought home a tournament title. beating London 1-0 in the finals Waterloo's two finalists were the Waterloo Under-12 Boys team,which lost 2-0 to Brantford, and the Girls A member of the Waterloo Boys Under-16 team battles for a loose ball against Cambridge. Sunday at Bechtel Park. Other winners include Oakville in Under-10 Boys, London in Under-13 Boys, Cambridge in Undet-i5 Boys, London in Under-tit Girls, lac St Innis in Under- " Girls, North Bay in Under- 15 Girls and Pikering in Under-Hi Girls. Under-13 team which lost 3- 1 to Kitchener in the finals. SPORTS successful Winter i)siiiiiii1 Games might ave lessened the impact but there's still a lot of work to improve a failing sys- tem. says a load track and field And while the kudos have aorneloatllyfbrthe32rarsof hard work Brent McFarlane has put into his sport. he finds himself persona non gram at the Athletics Canada and the Canadian Olympic Associa- While the federal govem- ment and Athletics Canada floated out another trial bal- loon last week about how to improve Olympic perfor- mance with the minimal amount of investment possi- ble. McFarlane, the former head coach of the Canadian Olympic m and lithi team. is getting ready to publish a damning memoir of his Olympic ordeal McFarlane said until the athletes are put first there is nothing - not even a gold medal in hockey - that can hide the disappointment ofthe SydneyGames ingly worse, until the whole Olympic movement gets Wes- tioned. It requires a radical overhaul of the system. as was That's because he still insists on telling the unvar- nished truth about why he thinks the Canadian system failed the athletes at the 2000 Called "Standing Alone" it (adds an Olympic system that did more for the hangers-on and bureaucrats than it did for the athletes That's why he's leery about the latest gmemment scheme to reward athletes who achieve strong results on the intema- tional stagewith more funding The last time he saw a plan that offered more funding to help the athletes. most of it was usmitopayoifadeficitrunup by Canadian track and field's Local track coach still fighting the system BvBonwnmu: otrtvticieyof "They told me to "men." said McFarlane. "lhey told me mostofithappenexioverayear a.xhutittookmemorettuna yeartogetthemtoaddrmsic done by Australia after disap- pointing results in the 1976 Olympia in quueal. - lt was until 24 years later that that overhaul finally had results for the Australian Olympic team in Sydney, and it might take Canada longer to recover if it doesn't start now, said McFarlane. "No one cares about the Olympics except when they come around every four years" atevmytum. "That's why I wrote the book. I want it fixmi. Our ath- betes have been sawed for so long by the bureaucracy and lack of support. and nobody has stood up said that this is www.vwwatortoo.com Those honours were capped otfwithaspxialrmrt nition award at the Athletes of theyear Award ceremony lune 12. "l am truly indebted and thankful to many who showed me that wading should be a giftofgMmbacktoathktesof what you had 'on loan' from your coach." he said after arxxptimhislateitaward. While McFaIIane looks for a publisher for his ninth book, his life is now occupied by another fight - a 10-year bat- tie with Parkinson's. Fighting the advancing effects of the disease. including rigidity, McFarlane continues to give back to the athletes and the sport that means so much to him. He was honoured for that 32-year dedication to the cause CLICK HERE “mm In I (milk! PM“ (on Valium Waterloo