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05 Editors Note06 From the Director of Parks

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08 Aurora Jays Senior Rookie Team Participates in Barrie Tournament

08 First Annual Aurora Jays Minor Midget Baseball Tournament a Winner!

09 Aurora Diggers Host Unique Ladies Skins Softball Tournament

10 Oceans Apart, Two Races, One Day.

10 Aurora Ducks Wrap Up Banner Year!

11 Aurora Skating Club 58 Years of Service

12 York Region Soccer Association Holds Special Needs Camp in Aurora

13 AuroraClicks.com Joins Sport Aurora

14 Off-Season? What Off-Season?15 Resilience Tamara Van Bakel16 Pickle Ball Play at Aurora

Seniors Centre (ASC)

16 Athlete Profile Sandra Holdsworth

17 Buying That Hockey Stick18 Do You Need a Sports Guard?18 Senior Girls CISAA

Champions in Rugby for Seventh Year in a Row!

19 Aurora Womens Rugby Program Prospering

20 Storm Volleyball on the Beach21 Timberlane Tennis High

Performance Juniors Making Their Mark!

21 Aurora Selkies Gear Up for Eighth Season

22 The Trip of a Lifetime!

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The August issue of Sport in Aurora signals the end of sum-mer but as we all know there is really no off-season for this magazine because with the end of any season we have the start of another. It isnt just that we cover all sports in all seasonssome of the amateur sport organizations in this town even offer year-round pro-grams. We have a lot to cover and each new season brings a fresh look at sport in Aurora.

The cover of this issue and the feature article about the Special Needs Soccer Camp operated by the York Region Soc-cer Association and run at Sheppards Bush is a must read. This Camp is an unusual, all inclusive Camp for children throughout York Region and the story reminds us how important sport is as a socializing force.

Read too about Sandra Holdsworth who has just returned from Goteborg, Sweden, competing in her 7th World Transplant Games. This is a truly inspi-rational story about a talented and cou-rageous local athlete.

I want to welcome AuroraClicks.com to the Sport Aurora family. Long-time Aurora resident Bruce Cuthbert has just launched a new web site that is more than just sports and wants you to visit his interesting locally-focused site. Bruce will be contributing to Sport in Aurora magazine and will be offering our Sport Aurora membership web site exposure and advice.

Also of interest is an article from Au-rora resident Ron Kellman who helped bring a group of U-13 Boys soccer play-ers from Barbados to York Region. This team called Aurora home for the dura-

tion of their stay and even participated in our Canada Day celebrations. Their story is not just about sport eitherthe story is about a once-in-a-lifetime experience for some dedicated athletes and the parents in Barbados who funded this trip.

We now look forward to the fall season and invite everyone with a story to con-tact us. Send us a picture and a caption, a story about athletes or teams, coaches, volunteers or parents who make it all happen and make Aurora the vibrant sport town that it is.

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from the director of Parks and leisure services, town of aurora al downey

The Town has recently released a report for proposal to engage the services of a consultant to provide an architectural assessment and cost ben-efit analysis for a new youth centre.

This study is a result of a recom-mendation for the youth needs analysis that was completed last year. The youth needs analysis did an extensive review of the Towns youth program and con-ducted several one-on-one and group interviews to assist in identifying issue and concerns.

The study was also supported by a number of online as well as telephone surveys prior to the submission of 33 recommendations to council. The recom-mendations were approved by council on March 29, 2011, three of which formed the basis for the Request for Proposal.

they were:

1. The Town of Aurora should develop a dedicated youth lounge or youth cen-tre, including a comfortable seating/lounge area, a games/computer area, and a teaching kitchen. The youth lounge should be developed as part of a larger multi-purpose recreation fa-cility, with access to a wide range of indoor and outdoor recreation facility components. Access to a gymnasium would be the most important consid-eration; however a wide range of other recreation facility components would be of interest to youth.

2. The Town of Aurora should develop a full-size gymnasium, to accommodate outstanding demand for active indoor sports for youth, user groups, and the community. The gymnasium should be developed as part of a larger multi-purpose facility, adjacent to or in close proximity to the recommended youth lounge.

3. In the short-term, the Town should undertake a detailed architectural as-sessment and cost-benefit analysis of options to redevelop or expand exist-ing municipal recreation facilities to incorporate a gymnasium and youth lounge.The Town has now engaged the servic-

es of Maclennan Jaunkalns Miller Ar-chitects, a well-known and experienced firm, for its work in the recreation field.

They propose to complete a facilities evaluation, conduct a visioning charette with identified stakeholders, prepare conceptual designs identifying estimat-ed capital costs and present a final re-port to council by the end of the year.

If you would like to get involved in the visioning charette, please contact me, Allan Downey, for details.

This will be a foundation document for staff when submitting our 2012 capital budget requests to council to address the needs of our youth in Aurora.

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Movies in the ParkThree nights, three movies and threetimes the fun! Enjoy a movieoutdoors on the following dates:August 30 at Hickson ParkAugust 31 at Town ParkSeptember 1 at Norm Weller Park

RibfestSeptember 9 to September 11Machell ParkEnjoy ribs from professional BBQ teams from across North America! Bring your friends and enjoy the beer garden, live entertainment and a giant midway.

Colours of Fall Concert &Community Corn RoastThursday, October 6Town ParkEnjoy an evening of ddling, pumpkin carving, live entertainment and an old fashioned community corn roast!

A Haunted ForestSaturday, October 29Sheppards BushCalling all ghosts, goblins and monsters! Join us on the haunted trails of Sheppards Bush for some scary surprises, followed by a Halloween party featuring a bon re, ghost stories and some witches brew! Please note: Advance tickets only.

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Aurora Jays Senior Rookie team participate in Barrie Tournament

First Annual AurorA JAys Minor Midget BAseBAll Tournament a Winner!||| By AMBA ||| Photo by Stephen Kimmerer

In July the Aurora Jays Rookie Rep team (8 & 9 years) travelled to Barrie to par-ticipate in one of many tournaments of the year. The team entered the semi-finals with a 2-1 record. Unfortunately they couldnt hold back an exceptional team from Whitby. Coaches from the opposing teams selected the game MVPs selecting #11 Sam MacLeod from the first game and #10 Adam Khan from the second and third game. congratulations to all players for a great job!

The weekend of June 24 to 26 saw the Aurora Minor Baseball As-sociation host its first baseball tournament at the new Stewart Burnett diamond. While the weather threatened to play havoc with the tournament sched-ule, 17 games were played by eight teams from across Ontario. Teams from Lon-don, Scarborough, Mississauga, Rexdale, and Martingrove as well as a number of teams closer to home, including New-market and Markham were looking to challenge the Aurora Jays for the honour of winning this inaugural tournament.

Saturday morning saw Mayor Geoff Dawe throw out the first pitch in front of fans and players and the tournament was officially on!

Auroras starting pitcher, Erik Kim-merer pitched five innings of solid base-ball against a very game Markham team and left after five innings with a 4-1 lead. Adding a well hit double in

the sixth inning resulted in him being named the game MVP. This was a well played game defensively with excellent contributions from shortstop Joe Bruc-coleri, second baseman Drew Bryan and back-catcher Tyler McCallum. Next the Jays faced a determined Newmarket team in the afternoon, in what turned out to be an offensive battle of the bats! Key hits by Daniel Jones, Scott Taborek, Nick Moffatt and timely strikeouts by pitchers Jordan Kight and Alex Popalis lead the Jays to an 11-8 win. Aurora finished off the round robin with a 13-3 victory over Martingrove with catcher Scott T. getting MVP honours and the team receiving a well earned bye into the semi-finals.

In the semi-final, Aurora faced Markham and once again the Jays start-

||| By Javed Khan ||| Photos by Daniel Langlois

LEFT to RIGHT: Coach Scott Pogue, William Pogue, Curtis Labine, Lucas Wilhelm, Jake Adams, Ethan Solilo, Liam Wilhelm, Kyle Rame, Coach Javed Khan, Adam Khan, Jacob Mintz, Evan Ellig, Andrew Langlois, Sam MacLeod, Coach Matt Mintz


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Aurora Diggers Host Unique Ladies sKins Softball Tournament

First Annual AurorA JAys Minor Midget BAseBAll Tournament a Winner!

||| By Dan Hale

The Aurora Diggers were pleased to host the Wilfrid Laurier Fast-pitch Skins tournament held June 11th and 12th at Town Park and Fleury Park. The Skins tournament is sanctioned by the Provincial Womens

Softball Association and is similar to a skins game in golf except teams are awarded a skin by winning an inning instead of a hole. With a game being seven innings and a skin being worth $10.00 there is $70.00 per game up for grabs. This tournament tends to attract some of the better teams in the province as most of them feel they are capable of winning and coming out on top in this type of competition.

The tournament was Open which means the players can be any age. For the most part, the ladies on each team that entered were between the ages of 19 and 40. The skill level of the players was amazing and provided some really entertaining plays to watch. The teams were very evenly matched making for some really close hard fought games. There were a lot of spectacular plays like head first slides into third, over the

shoulder catches, double plays and home runs. A very entertaining weekend for all who attended.

Ten teams participated including teams from Jarvis, Oak Ridges, Otta-wa, Pickering, Port Perry, London, and Whitby. If you were fortunate enough to have caught a game or two you saw some of the most exciting softball our province has to offer.

The gold medal game was a slugfest between the Whitby Eagles Senior team and the University of Western Ontario Mustangs. The Mustangs had gone un-defeated during the round robin portion of the tournament but were no match for Whitby who had finished third in round robin play in their pool. Whitby had three over the fence home runs dur-ing the game and soundly beat the Mus-tangs to take the gold.

ed Erik Kimmerer who pitched a gem. In the bottom of the fifth inning and leading 13-0, he was an out away from a no-hitter when a Newmarket ball found the gap between first and second. Erik earned his second MVP and second win of the tournament.

The final pitted two undefeated teams against each other with the Jays fac-ing a very good Oakridge squad from London. The Jays started Aaron Gir-oux who kept the hard-hitting Reds off balance through five innings. With the Reds leading 2-1, Erik Kimmerer. made his third appearance on the mound to pitch the final two innings. He earned his third win when the Jays made a dramatic come from behind victory in the bottom of the seventh inning. With the bases loaded, Tyler McCallum hit a

walk-off two run double to win it 4-3 and earn game MVP honours.

Coaches Dave Giroux and AJ Kight

were very pleased with their teams per-formance and proud of the way the Jays represented Aurora.


sWiMMing

Its Triathlon season and the Master Ducks Swim Club and Triathlon Team are at it again with partici-pants in local as well as international events. Competitive swimmer and tri-athlete, Daniel Wells raced in Germany in the Challenge Roth series on July 10th, 2011 with his father Dave. The tenth edition of Challenge Roth, the worlds largest long-course triathlon, drew a record field of 5,250 athletes to test their endurance in the 3.8km swim, 180km bike ride and 42km marathon run. Combining Sport with Travel, Daniel Wells said, It was a fun way to see a part of Germany.

On the same day in at Beavermead Park, Peterborough, Nancy Black (head coach) and members of the Master Ducks Swim Club and Triathlon Team were there to participate in both sprint and half distances presented by the Subaru series. Auroras Master Duck Paolina Al-lan (age 41) was the first lady to cross the finish line for the fourth time in five years, coming in 20th overall in 4:50:54. An elated Paolina said, I was 30th out

of the water. This is a huge feat for me and its all thanks to the Aurora Master Ducks and the coaches. I just did another race and was 12th out of the water, this makes for a great set up for the rest of the day, then I am not always chasing! This race was incredibly inspiring, there where five teams of blind athletes, they swam tethered together, cycled on a tan-dem bike, then ran tethered together. This is what racing is about, there are NO boundaries.

Paul Haffenden is the current Triath-lon Team Manager for the Master Ducks Triathlon Team and attended this event with more than sixteen team members and family participating. He had this to say about the event: Ive attended this triathlon since the first event in 1987. It is always a tremendous event for ath-letes to participate, usually in hot and challenging conditions. We had several athletes place in the top five in their di-visions and others achieved significant milestones by completing the 1/2 Iron distances. Congratulations to every one of our Master Ducks triathletes.

From mid-September through July, the 2010-2011 swimming year has been one of extraordi-nary progress and accomplishment for Auroras premier swim team, the Ducks Swimming Club.

In April 2011, the unranked Ducks surprised to place second at the Ontario Division 2 Team Championships and advance to Division 1 team champion-ships in 2012. Aurora is now represented among the top clubs in Ontario. At the 2011 Provincial Championships, Auroras Ducks placed 20th out of 72 scoring clubs.

Fourteen year-old Kimberly Phan is a good example of progress within Auroras Duck Swimming during this past com-petitive year. During the fall of 2010, Phan was selected as a member of Team Ontario and represented the province in Portland Oregon. As this article goes to press, she stands on the deck, in Finals, at

the Canadian Senior Nationals as the top ranked swimmer her age in Canada for her feature event, the 50-metre butterfly.

While top swim performances high-light Ducks success this year, equally impressive is the participation growth that the Ducks have seen in the past year. With over 50% growth, 180 swim-mers splashed and played with the Ducks, learning to swim efficiently while gaining fitness with friends in a fun environment.

oceans aparT, Two races, one Day.

aurora Ducks wrap up Banner year! ||| By Sam Montgomery

||| By Melony Teague ||| Photo by Paul Haffendon


aurora skaTing cluB 58 years of service ||| By Kim Devine

The Aurora Skating Club is a non-profit skating club provid-ing skating lessons to the Aurora community for over 58 years. Our coach-es are qualified NCCP Skate Canada coaches. We offer programs for children aged 3 and up with KidSkate morning and afternoon classes. CanSkate Learn to Skate lessons are offered weeknight and Saturdays and StarSkate sessions daily for the advancing skater.

This year we are producing our Ice Show at the ACC Centre March 31, 2011. Lights, action, costumes and great skat-ing performed by all to thrill the skat-ers parents, grandparents, family and friends. The whole Aurora community is invited to our Ice Show spectacular.

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asc skaTer profileelyse glen, Quad Gold Skater

Elyse Glen began skating at the age of three on her family back yard rink. She joined the Uxbridge Skating Club at the age of four where she was coached by her Mom, Julie Glen until the age of 11.

Elyse has been a member of the Aurora Skating Club for five years and is coached by Blair Koski-Klein and Andy Klein, Debbie Botticella and Dan-ny Sorley. Here she recently completed her four quad gold tests, Gold Freeskate, Gold Skills, Gold Dance and Gold Interpretive.



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Imagine a world where all children were able to play at the same skill level, with no physical or mental barriers to hold them back. says Silvie Gabriele, York Region Soccer Asso-ciation Director and Special Needs Soccer Facilitator.

For 3 years the York Re-gion Soccer Association has been doing just that. The YRSA Special Needs Soccer Camp has been providing special needs kids in York Region the opportunity to learn basic soccer skills, while developing fi ne and gross motor skills and of course having fun.

The Program, designed by YRSA technical Director Bobby Lennox, is specifi cally for children who cannot play in main-stream soccer pro-grams. In fact many of the children in this Program have challenges that are be-yond participation in Special

Olympics Programs, so in many cases these kids get little or no instruction in any sport activity, and often miss the social interaction they crave. Thats what makes it so special.

It is all about giving each child the chance to be them-selves, enjoy physical activ-ity in the outdoors and just play states Silvie. Some-thing most everyone takes for granted is a gift for these kids she continues. It is our

privilege to help them have fun and give them an oppor-tunity they would not have otherwise.

Each camp is sponsored by a York Region Youth Club who provides facilities and of-ten technical assistance. The 2011 north camp was spon-sored by The Aurora Youth

Soccer Club and was held July 12-14th 2011 at Shep-pards Bush. Camp south will be held August 23-25th 2011 and is sponsored by the Richmond Hill Soccer Club.

Special Needs is no new thing for Silvie. She has been organizing Camps such as these for almost 10 years. It all started when she was the Offi ce Manager and then the Executive Director for the Newmarket Soccer Club (NSC). The NSC Board ap-

proved the Special Needs Program that was proposed and in the fi rst summer Newmarket started their program with only 3 special children. Silvies passion for the program gave it life and as word caught on, the Pro-gram grew in Newmarket and other Clubs in the Region

took interest. Silvie began by mentoring Laurie Mueller at the Aurora Youth Soccer Club and things started to snowball elsewhere.

When Silvie was asked to sit on the YRSA Board, one of her mandates was to fa-cilitate Special Needs Soccer for children across York Re-gion. Now in its 3rd year, the YRSA Special Needs Camp offers a spot to any child with physical or cognitive special needs. The camp is free to all participants from the age of 6-15, thanks to the vari-ous sponsors. Camp Buddies come from all the surround-ing clubs and consist of teen-agers who want to give back to the Community and need community service hours.

For more information on this unique Program please visit the YRSA website at http://www.yrsa.ca/specialneeds.html

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auroraclicks.com Joins sporT aurora ||| By Bruce Cuthbert

AuroraClicks.com. is a new community website in Aurora with a man-date to connect and support the community. Sport is a necessary and essential component that contributes to the success and health of any strong community by creating friendships, team play, sportsmanship, while teach-ing valuable life lessons. It is also about getting and keeping fit and is far more than about winning. AuroraClicks views Sport Aurora as an excellent vehicle to further these values and is the reason we have thrown our support behind Sport Aurora and have become an Affiliate Member.

As a member of Sport Aurora we offer each of the Sport Aurora Members the following: an opportunity to provide

additional exposure for member organizations and their participants.

mini web sites within www.AuroraClicks.com to compliment and drive traffic to their own existing web sites.

Posting of upcoming events, registrations, tournaments and

articles about the different mem-ber organizations, including player/participant/team profiles. Standings, scores and tourna-ment results are offered. We also invite participants submit stories for consideration.

And best of allThere is no charge for this service.

The intent is to take us back to a time when kids would rush home from school to open the local pa-per, to see if their name or that of their friends was in the paper that week. We are going to recreate that with the help of Sport Aurora member organizations.

AuroraClicks is about more than sports. It is also about everything else that is going on in our community ranging from local events, human interest ar-

ticles, citizen profiles, photo galleries, local news, a business di-rectory, a free weekly newsletter to keep residents informed. Use AuroraClicks.com to plan your weekend shopping and just about anything else you want to do. Please contact us at 905-503-0717 or email us at [email protected]


Late summer is usually when many sports wind down for a little break but for most athletes gone are the days of lazing by the pool for 2 months before they resume training. When the athletes I work with ask me what they should do for the off-season to get ready for next year my answer is usually very lengthy and differs for each person because it depends on a variety of factors. There are too many factors to mention in this article but here are the 4 items everyone should start with: 1. rest/recharge

Younger athletes need to recharge, and some time off from their main sport is usually a good thing. Other sports and activities are a great way to stimulate young brains, have fun, and still be able to develop their minds and bodies while preventing burnout from their main sport(s). *Truth be told this is great advice for athletes of any age*2. Plan for next year

Talk to your coach and review your season, develop goals and strategies to

make next year even better. These goals and strategies are key to a successful new year. Being able to slow things down for a few weeks may allow you to focus on small things that you dont always have time to do during regular season workouts.3. gear

Do some research over the off-season. Are there any new pieces of equipment that might improve performance, de-crease the likelihood of injury, or just plain look cooler than what you have now?4. recuPerate

For a nagging injury this is prime-time to eradicate it! Consult a professional and fix it while you have time to dial down your training. If you are currently feeling ok but suffered the same injury several times (i.e. several sprained ankles) get a pros advice on injury prevention, treat-ment, braces, nutrition, strengthening etc to avoid similar problems next year.

Web: www.standrewschiro.ca Phone: 905-727-6500 e-mail: [email protected]

off season? WHAt oFF SeASon? ||| By Dr. Carey Avery, D.C.

sPort in aurora

The Town of Aurora is currently developing a new Strategic Plan. This new Plan will outline future directions for Aurora and will act as the Towns primary strategic planning document that will set our Towns priorities over the short, medium and long term. Our new Strategic Plan will also guide Council and Staff in making decisions and moving ahead to achieve the kind of community our citizens want Aurora to be by 2031.

Nothing is more important than listening to the thoughts and creative ideas of those who live, work and play in Aurora. Consultation sessions are scheduled to run until the end of October 2011. Please visit the Towns website and stay tuned to the Towns weekly Notice Board, published in the Thursday edition of the Era Banner newspaper, to stay up-to-date.

For more information on the Townof Auroras Strategic Plan, please contact Anthony Ierullo, Manager of Strategic Initiatives at 905-726-4742 or by email to [email protected]

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Anyone who knows her will tell you that Megan Smith fi nds joy in sports. She has since the age of fi ve. I was

such an active child, the ever-energetic Megan tells me, so my parents thought, Well, we have to put her in something.

That something was soccer. She be-gan with house league, then on to clin-ics, camps, and competitive play with the 1988 Aurora Stingers. I loved it from the start, Megan says. I loved learning. It was fun to soak up whatever I could.

Next? Hockey. I had been begging to play for years, says Megan. Finally, one of my girlfriends joined a team, and I said, See? Look! Jenny is playing! and that was that.

Then came cross country, track and fi eld, ultimate frisbee, and obtaining her Bronze Cross. From childhood to young adulthood, Megan found happiness, friendship, and freedom in sports. The fi eld, the rink, the track, the trailsthey were where she belonged.

Things changed in the spring of 2006.Megan was playing an indoor soc-

cer match when an opponent came in for a slide tackle. Nervous about injuring her ankles in a collision, Megan jumped to avoid contact. As she descended, her left foot landed on the ball.

I heard the pop, Megan tells me, shuddering.

After the game, when her mother asked what was wrong, Megan told her, Nothing. Dont worry, Ill ice it. But when she couldnt bend her left knee to get

into the car, they realized it might be more serious.

It was. Megan had torn her ACL. When she received the news, she burst

into tears. To me it was like the end of the world. Oh my god, no more soccer, no more hockey, no more frisbee. Any hope I had of trying out for the school soccer teamgone. Even my summer job as a lifeguard was jeopardized.

There was nothing for it but to wait. For an entire year, this avid athlete was forced to forego the sports she loved so much. It was a very diffi cult time.

I was hobbling. I did not like myself. I became a very nasty, grumpy person. See, I found sports relaxing. I could jump into a game, and all the days trou-bles would be gone. It was a huge stress relief for me. When I didnt have that, I became very depressed.

But years of sports had taught Megan an invaluable lesson: When things dont go your way, you need to shake it off. So Megan did.

Surgery was scheduled for February 2007, with the tentative promise that she could be back in action by Novem-ber. But Megan, eager to return to her sports, had other plans.

I went into the surgery as prepared as I could be, she says. I went to physio, I exercised, and my left knee ended up being stronger than my right.

Consequently, Megan returned to sports three months early. At fi rst, she was tentative, nervous about re-injuring herself. But now, Megan plays sports with abandon. Not only has she returned to soccer, hockey, and lifeguarding, but she is now the member of a competitive co-ed ultimate frisbee team, and an ex-perienced fl ag-footballer.

I will never give up my sports, Megan vows. Ever.

If you are an athlete with a story to share, please contact Tamara at [email protected]. Lets celebrate sports!

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I heard the pop, Megan

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||| By Tamara Van Bakel, Youth Editor||| Frisbee photo by Ed Kung


Some of you may not have heard of the game called Pickle Ball. Pickle ball is a game that combines some of the features of Tennis, Badminton and Table Tennis. It is a game that is played on a badminton court with the net posi-tioned at the ground level similar to Tennis. The ball is hollow and light made of plastic the size of a medium orange with holes all around it. The paddle with which one strikes the ball is simi-lar to a table tennis paddle but is slightly larger in size.

Pickle ball is well suited for players who may not currently possess the ability or the desire to run around a large court such as for tennis or exert at a high physi-cal activity level. The game provides op-portunities for the player to participate in a physical activity that employ ones eye hand coordination, mental alertness /re-fl exes and moderate mobility on the court.

Pickle Ball play at ASC is designed to provide an environment for its members to participate in a friendly physical activ-ity while maintaining a low to medium level of competition consistent with individual preferences. It is also to provide camaraderie, physical activity, enhance mental alertness/refl exes and having fun while enjoying the game. We strive to achieve these objectives by creating and fostering an environment that is conducive to mutual respect and pursuit of individual personal goals without adversely impacting on oth-ers to enjoying playing the sport.

Currently there are about 25 players that enjoy playing Pickle ball at ASC during one or more of the time slots made

available for its members. Currently there are four time slots available, namely Tuesdays and Fridays between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. Thursdays from 9:00 to 10:30 am. Wednesdays from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. (summer only). On Tuesdays and Fridays time slots on average about 12 to 14 players come to play. On Thursdays about six to eight members come to play.

Several of our regular players like to compete and therefore participate in the senior games at the regional level and also at the provincial level. In the most recent Regional Seniors games scheduled on May 13, 2011 eight of our members won gold and

silver medals in their respective groups (age and gender categories).

New members who have not played the game before and would like to get some train-ing or coaching can come to the ASC between 12:30 and 1:00 p.m. Volunteers who have been playing the game for several years are available to assist new players who would like to learn the game and progress to better mas-tery of the game. Paddles and balls are made

available by ASC, therefore the only investment is to pay the $1 activity fee privilege available to all its members.

To assist the ASA members in enjoying a friendly game or mas-tering it to participate in Regional, Provincial or National com-petition, it is important to understand and practice the rules of the game. A summary of rules that are recognized in Canada for Pickle Ball play is available at ASC and can be picked up dur-ing any of the time slots available for Pickle ball play at ASC.

Pickle Ball Play at aurora Seniors Centre (aSC) ||| By Joshy Kallumgal, ASC Pickle Ball Coordinator

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Liver transplant recipient Sandra Holdsworth who grew up in Aurora has recently returned from her 7th World Transplant Games, which were held in Goteborg, Sweden from June 17 24, 2011.

Sandra who was diagnosed with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis & Crohns in 1992 received her life saving liver transplant on February 26, 1997 and since then her life has been very inter-esting. While on the waiting list to receive a new liver, Sandra read about the World Transplant Games that would be held in Sydney Australia in September 1997. This gave her hope that someday she would be able to go to these games and meet people like herself and to compete in events that would show the World that organ donation works.

The rst competitive sporting event for trans-plant recipients took place in Portsmouth, England in 1978 with around 99 competitors. Today they hold Summer and the Winter Games ever two years. In 1987 the World Transplant Games Federation

was of cially formed and now has nearly 70 mem-ber countries worldwide. Over 50 countries and 1,000 athletes participated in Sweden.

Since 1999 Sandra has been a member of Team Canada which is run by the Canadian Transplant Association (www.organ-doantion-works.org) a group which encourages and motivates trans-plant recipients to maintain a healthy lifestyle by supporting athletic and other awareness events. Since her rst games in Budapest, Hungary in 1999 Sandra has been hooked on these games.

As a young girl growing up in Aurora, San-dra never imagined being able to travel around the World and to meet people from places she had only read about. She participated in Table Tennis, Bowling, and Pentanque at the most re-cent games and was very honoured to be chosen by her mentor and team Manager, Heather Fisher, who is also a liver transplant recipient to be the Canadian Flag Bearer. Heather choose Sandra for

all the work she has done for the CTA and for at-tending 7 World Games, all 5 Canadian Games and representing Canada at the US Games.

Sandra is also a very active member with Tril-lium Gift of Life and has been a guest speaker at many places over the years. She is currently work-ing on a MPP Challenge to Increase Organ Do-nation with MPP Frank Klees, MPP John OToole and her MPP in Muskoka Norm Miller. She is happy that Ontario now has a new on-line registry to register your intent. Check out www.beadonor.ca for more information.

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As the 2011-12 season approaches we asked Rec Cycle and Sports, Owner/Operator Doug Adair how parents and kids should be selecting their hockey sticks and for a few other tips accumulated from his many years of experience in the hockey industry.

Wood or coMPosite coMPosition?Wood is the least expensive and some players say has the best feel. However, wooden sticks will lose consistency over time because of the stresses on the wood fi bers. Composites are more expensive, 50% lighter and generally last longer than wood, but they arent as durable. Composite construction will give a more consistent performance than wood. Some companies are offering sticks with a combination of wood and composite materials to take advantage of the char-acteristics of both. Wooden sticks are the smartest choice for beginning players.

flex, lie and curVe Player Preferences Finding a comfortable fl ex, lie and curve requires trial and error and help from an expert.

flex A stiff shaft transfers more if you have the strength to fl ex, it translates into

more velocity from the puck to your hands, than a more fl exible shaft would resulting in more feel. A fl exible shaft provides more whip which translates into more velocity on shots.

lieThis refers to the angle at which the blade is set from the shaft. A taller play-er who skates upright would benefi t from a high lie of a 6 or 7. A smaller player, who skates low and bent over, would ben-efi t from a low lie of a 4 or 5. Regardless, the stick blade should sit fl at on the ice. If the heel or toe of the blade is wearing out faster than the rest, or if you notice pucks going underneath your blade, the lie needs to be changed.

curVeThe curve controls how the puck travels off the blade and puck handling charac-teristics of a stick. Usually forwards will want more of a curve than a defenseman. This is to help the forwards get their shots high from in close to the net, where as the defensemen usually want more control on their shots from the point. Experiment with toe curves, centre curves and heel curves. The lighter the stick you buy, the faster your stick handling will be. The lighter the skates you buy, the faster your foot speed will be.

Buying ThaT hockey sTick||| By Doug Adair, Rec Cycle N Sports

DOs & Donts for the next hockey season


On Friday, May 27th, the CDS Senior Girls Rugby team added a 7th consecutive CISAA championship ban-ner to the wall of the Senior School gym with a 31-3 vic-tory over a determined side from Ridley College.

The CDS Cyclones were off and running with a Merissa Scott try a mere 33-seconds into the game, but after Meredith Langston nailed the first of three long conver-sions, Ridley came back with several minutes of sustained pressure near the CDS

goal line. Ultimately, Ridley made a short penalty kick to make the score 7-3. CDS an-swered with a try from Jenna Ledson, completing a long stretch of sustained posses-sion to make the score 12-3 at halftime.

The game turned decisive-

ly in the Cyclones direction only 13-seconds into the sec-ond half when fly-half Jordyn Stafford blocked an attempt-ed clearing kick from Ridleys fullback, deftly plucking the ball from mid-air, and ran into the end zone untouched. With the conversion, CDS

Do you neeD a sporTs guarD? ||| By Dr. Amira Greiss, D.D.S.

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The fall/winter sports season is coming and everyone knows about the importance of proper equipment and padding, but do you have proper mouth protection? Most partici-pants engaging in physical

activities are currently wear-ing ready-made guards or nothing at all. Without the proper protection, a fall or a hit to the face can break teeth, knock them out or even break the bone underneath. Oral injuries can happen in

any sport where a blow to the mouth or head could happen.

Properly constructed and fit-ted sports guards encase your teeth, gums and the bone that supports them. By absorbing and redistributing the forces of the blow, sports guards not only protect your teeth and jaw joints from trauma but they are also an important part of concussion prevention.

types of sports guardsCustom fit sports guards provide the highest level of shock-absorption protection and comfort as they are made to ideally fit your mouth. (Highly Recommended)

Boil and bite sports guards are commercially produced and made by plac-ing a material in boiling water then fitting it to your teeth. These can be quite bulky and interfere with breathing and speaking. Un-fortunately they do not offer equal protection when com-pared to custom fit ones. (Not as gooddo you want to take the chance?)

Ready-made sports guards offer little protection and

poor fit. These are not recom-mended because players may take them out due to discom-fort, which offers zero protec-tion. (Not recommended)

if an injury occurs!1. Dont panic - call your den-

tist right away. 2. If an entire tooth has

come out with the root intact, it may be possible to put it back into place, but you need to store it in milk or saliva and get to the dentist within 1 hour from the time of injury.

3. If the tooth is chipped, Dont worry we can fix it for you and make you comfortable through the process with sedation den-tistry.

4. If you sustain an injury and the tooth is loose or displaceddont bite on it and call the dentist IMMEDIATELY as this can often be a sign of some-thing potentially serious.

Dr. Amira Greiss and Dr. Ron Goodlin, Smiles Dental serv-ing Aurora for over 30 years! (905) 72-SMILE (727-6453)

Senior Girls CISaa Champions in rugby for seventh year in a row!


||| By CDS Coaches Koekkoek and Sherman


The Aurora Barbarians senior womens rugby team has found themselves in the thick of the battle for supremacy in the 2011 Ontario Womens League. After eight years of mid-table fi nishes, the team has made outstanding strides over the past few years to reach parity with the leagues best. This year, the team has a legiti-mate shot at the league title.

Womens rugby is hitting its stride in our community says Barbarians President John Reich. Our ladies are dedicated rugby warriors. They train and play with a great deal of passion. Their enthusiasm is inspiring. Its excit-ing to see them competing for top shot

The team is coached by Michael Fealey, who spends the off-season at home in England taking coaching stud-ies at university and since 2008, his summers working with the Barbarian

Club. His goal was to make the womens program the strongest in the province. In the fourth year of his leadership, the progress in undeniable.

The Clubs Director of Senior Womens rugby, Meaghan Sheahan, discusses growth of girls rugby in Ontario: The senior womens team has grown in both breadth and depth in the last several years in part because of the growing popularity of girls rugby in Ontario high schools. A decade ago, there were perhaps fi ve or six high schools with girls rugby teams in York Region. Now there are over twenty teams. So many girls fi nd a passion for the sport in high school, which fi rst brings them to the Au-rora Barbarians. Our junior program is a stepping stone to the senior program. Over half of our current senior team played in the clubs junior program.

The senior team is captained by Aurora

resident Martha Goodrow, who joined the club eight years ago at age 16. She is one of several current Barbarian players who began their rugby careers as juniors in Aurora and have gone on to repre-sent Canada in international competi-tion. Others include Nathalie Bendavid, Mackenzie Higgs, Courtney Blum, and Mackenzie Fane.

Much of the success of the current se-nior team can be credited to the solid junior development program that starts right in the Aurora community with players coming from the local schools. In the junior program, the girls develop the skills necessary to be leaders for their high school teams and future contributors to the Barbs senior womens program. This year there are over 40 players in the under-18 program. The Club has also introduced an under-15 team for 2011, which completes the pathway for girls to play rugby right from the age of six.

The success of the program is driven by the passion of both senior and junior coaches. Junior girls program director Danielle Richer notes, We have an out-standing junior coach in Gina Minutillo. She is a former national team player and really knows how to get the most out of the young players. We are so lucky to have her. The senior womens coaches Fealey and Paul Loader are regularly involved with the junior teams as well. Everyone involved with our womens programs, junior and senior, is delighted with the current success and excited for our future.

aurora Womens rugby Program Prospering ||| By Aurora Barbarians Rubgy Football Club

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held an insurmountable 19-3 lead, and the countdown was on to the fi nal whis-tle. Both Jordyn and Jenna scored their second tries of the day to complete the scoring to put the icing on the cake.

CDS Coaches Dean Sherman and Krista Koekkoek enjoyed working with the team, including graduating players Jenna Ledson, Caitlin Pointer, Kayla

White, Catt Filippov, Hillary Gillmore, Brianna Fife, and Co-Captain Jordyn Rowntree. The leadership of these girls was instrumental in the teams success this year.

With the possibility of 25 players re-turning to the team next year, the future of the program is secure.


Mackenzie Higgs with a clearing kick


Storm Volleyball on the Beach! ||| By Bruce Stafford, Storm Volleyball, Head Coach

Beach Volleyball is still one of the fastest growing sports because, like indoor volleyball, it can be modified to adapt to all skill levels from recreational to elite and everything in between. The spectators love to watch and the players love to play. The Offi-cial Beach game is played 2 vs 2 which means more player action and there are also no substitutions. Athletes also get a break from the coaches and referees because coaches arent allowed to coach during the game. In the early stages of an event, teams also officiate their own games by acknowledging their own er-rors and faults creating a friendly but competitive environment.

Storm Volleyball has more than 60 Rep. athletes from the ages of 10 to 24 playing in Ontario Volleyball Beach Tournaments taht run almost every weekend from the end of May up to the Provincial Championships which start the August long weekend. Here are some of the players: Mitchell Law-Heese, son of 3 time

Beach Volleyball Olympian Mark Heese won a Bronze Medal at the Olympics in Atlanta. Mitchell and his partner Zane Grossinger have placed first in all 13U events they played in and he also played with Liam Gray in two 14U events where they came 2nd both times.

Jenna and Rachel Wook and along with Laura Kong have placed top three in 12u and 14U categories.

Brett Hagarty is playing on the Team Ontario female indoor team and Ser-gey Grabovskyy, Glenn Lassaline and Stephen Maar have made the male provincial team. Sergey & Glenn have been winning a lot of medals in mul-tiple age groups on the OVA tour.

Alumni athletes Caleigh Whitaker, Victoria Altomare and Melissa Huma-na-Paredes are training all year round with a goal of making it to the Olympics.

Storm Volleyball looks forward to Pro-vincials and Nationals this year after impressive records winning 19 Golds, 17 Silvers and 18 Bronze medals along with

25 fifth place finishes for those athletes losing in the quarter-finals.

Readers are invited to come and watch an event, spend the day on the beach, enjoy the weather and all the action on more than 60 Beach Volleyball courts at Ashbridges Bay Park located at the foot of Coxwell Ave. National Championships are Aug. 26th-28th 14U, 16U, 18U, 21U & Adult.

For more info go to www.volleyball.ca

Beach Volleyball is still one of the fastest growing sports because, like indoor volleyball, it can be modified to adapt to all skill levels from recreational to elite and everything in between.

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Timberlane Tennis HIGH PERFoRmancE JunIoRs Making Their Mark!||| By John Ramsbottom, General Manager, Timberlane Athletic Club

Milos Raonic has taken the pro-fessional tennis tour by storm in 2011 with fantastic results placing him currently at number 28 in the world rankings, the highest ranking for a Canadian male. Milos did a lot of his formative tennis training just down the road in Richmond Hill and Timberlane is working with some very talented juniors who one day may follow in his footsteps.

In 2007, Timberlane introduced its high performance junior tennis program under the administration of Head Pro Bill Maron and the guidance of Adam Johnston. With over 15 years experi-ence as a coach Adam brought a wealth of knowledge to the program. He spend several years in the U.S. at a number of tennis academies including IMG Bollet-tieris Tennis Academy, 360 High Per-formance Academy, Northern Arizona University and Wayne State University to name a few. He works very closely with the juniors developing their skills and working on tactical strategies. He also attends many tournaments with them in addition to running Dartfish Video Analysis clinics. In the short time Timberlanes High Performance has been running we have seen some great results. Here are a few!

EmILy PuGacHEvksy plays in the Un-der 12 division and started playing provincial tournaments last year. She is currently ranked #15 in Ontario and #48 in the Under 14 division for Ontario. At this years provincial championships she made it to the quarter finals in both

the singles and doubles before losing to a higher seed. Emily has been invited by Tennis Canada to The National Tennis Centre Training Centre to train with some of Canadas best juniors.

LauRa cRIvEI also plays in the Under 12 division and is currently ranked num-ber 19 in Ontario and #59 in the Under 14 division. She also made the provincial quarterfinals in July but lost to a higher seed in the quarter finals in both singles and doubles. Like Emily, Laura has been invited by Tennis Canada to train at the National Training Centre.

LaynE sLEETH is yet another Under 12 competitor who is currently ranked 25th in Ontario. In the main draw of the Provincial Championships she won her first round match but lost a tight second match to a seeded player. At a tourna-ment in Pittford New York this past spring, Layne emerged the tournament champion in the Under 10 division.

JEnsEn BonvIvERE is currently ranked #94 in Ontario climbing 46 places from his ranking of 145 since last year. He has competed and placed well in several OTA tournaments and in the spring in Pittford New York he made the quarter finals in the Under 12 Division.

kaIRav JuTa is also an up and coming player who is working hard to improve his provincial ranking. In 2010 Kairav was ranked 145th in the province but with hard work and good results at OTA tournaments he has improved his rank-ing to 98th in the province in the Under 12 division. Like Jensen, Kairav made the quarter finals of the Pittford tourna-ment last spring!

Timberlane Athletic Club has a program for either the recreational player youth player or for those wanting a more com-petitive edge to their game. Fall program registration begins in August so check out the website for more information at www.timberlaneathleticclub.com

The Aurora Selkies & Masters Swim Clubs seventh competitive season closed recently with many promising young swimmers achieving more personal best times at the Central Region Summer Team Championships, held at the Etobicoke Olympium. Over 40 Selkie swimmers attended 11 swim meets last season and returned a total of 225 personal best times between them.

The most memorable of those per-formances came early in the season. On October 23/10, the Selkies boys 10 years and under 200 metres freestyle relay swam to the # 1 spot in Canada, a position which they proudly held at the top of the Power Rankings. Then on February 26th, in Newmarket, 10 year old Christina Smid swam the 50 metres butterfly short course in 37.66 seconds which qualified her for the Provincial Championships. Unfortunately, due to an injury, Christina could not attend the Championship meet.

Selkie swimmers will attend 12-14 meets next season, an increase over the previous season. In addition to lo-cal meets, the team will travel further afield from Clarington to Collingwood, then on to the East Coast (Maritime) Championships in early July, 2012.

For more information, including sched-ules & fees for the 2011/12 season which begins on September 12th, visit the Selkies web site at: www.swimgym.ca or email to [email protected]

AURORA SELKIES GEAR UP FOR EIGHTH SEASON ||| By Sarah Smith


What started as an idea; fol-lowed by two months of fero-cious planning; resulted in a successful trip for the Under-13 team of the Barbados Soccer Academy (BSA). For many of these young men, this was their fi rst time travelling outside of Barbados and given the time constraints, it was a challenge for them to raise the needed funds. However with the determination of the trip coordinators: Team Manager, Raphael Holder in Barbados; Trisha Roach and Ron Kellman in Canada, they were able to make the trip a reality.

From inception, the team was faced with a packed agenda and hence did not have much time to adjust to their new environment including the cooler eve-ning temperatures. As a result Coach Emerson Haynes and team Captain Najee Holder worked tirelessly to make sure the team got down to business as soon as possible. In addition, the boys were fortunate to receive techni-cal training under the tutelage of the Technical Director of the Aurora Soccer Club, Mr. David Thorburn.

In total, they played 7 games. They won 2 games, drew 1, and lost 4. On the fi rst day they were beaten badly (7-0) by the Aurora Under-14 A team. By the fi nal day however, even though they were defeated by the Under-13 Toronto District Team 1-0, it was an uphill battle for the opposing team. The other teams played include the Under-14 Aurora B team, Oak Ridges, Richmond Hill and the Junior Groves Academy.

This trip was about more than soc-cer for the team. It was about creating an experience that would have a lifetime impact on the boys. As such, they partici-pated in the Aurora Canada Day parade and attended a reception hosted by the Consul General of Barbados in Toronto, Dr. Leroy McClean. They also attended an educational session on Information Technology at Hartman Public School, and were inspired and treated to lunch by Chris Bullen of the York Regional Police. They truly embraced the role of ambassadors for their country.

The team was very well received by the community at large. Sponsorship

and donations were received from: Praks Restaurant and Angies Restaurant and Bar in Scarborough; Rodney Kaufman of Compri Food Services; Adrian Voigt of Trident Catering; Pita Land, Raised Edge & Orchid Thai in Aurora; and D&D Poultry.

This trip witnessed the development of character and resilience in players like Dequon Jones and Wadada Joseph, and the reinforcement of leadership skills in Najee Holder. Living and playing together forged their team spirit on and off of the fi eld and hopefully built long-term rela-tionships not only amongst them, but also between the two soccer communities.

The Trip of a lifeTime!||| By Ron Kellman

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LEFT to RIGHT: Nick Malezis-Referee, Bob Munro, Richmond Hill Soccer Club /Technical Director, Emerson Haynes- Barbados U-13 Boys Coach, Tilman Lindig- Richmond Hill Team Capitan, Najee Holder -Barbados U-13 Boys Team Captain, Cristian Fedor- Richmond Hill 98 Boys Head Coach, Ron Kellman-Barbados Tour Organizer, Raphael Holder-Barbados Boys Team Manager, Enrico Di Nino-Richmond Hill 98 Boys Team Manager

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