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F O R A S P E C I A L C A U S E Oakville players help Canada earn silver at junior ball hockey worlds Oakville's Zach Ribau and Christian Tremblay helped Canada earn silver at the world junior ball hockey championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. Canada won its first six games at the tournament before losing 2-1 to Slovakia in the final. Ribau, the Canadian captain, was named the tournament's most valuable forward after collecting two goals and three assists in seven games and posting a plus-7 rating. He assisted on Canada's only goal in the final and had a goal and a helper in a 4-0 victory over Switzerland in the semifinals. Tremblay contributed five assists in seven games from his defenceman position, and was a plus-4. He had an assist in the semifinal and set up a pair of goals in a 10-0 victory over Germany during round-robin play. National team camp invitees Oakville residents Hayley Cudmore, Ali Binnington and Kristyn Capizzano have been invited to Canada's selection camp for the under-22 women's hockey development team. Hockey Canada will hold its selection camp in Aug. 8-17 in Calgary. The 22 players selected will play in a three-game series against the United States at the end of August and will compete in the Meco Cup tournament in Germany in January. Also invited to the camp were Oakville native Mellissa Channell and former King's Christian Collegiate student Victoria Bach. Three Oakville players have 23 | Thursday, July 24, 2014 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Sports Briefs also been named to the selection camp for the Canadian under-18 team. Forwards Lindsay Agnew, Madison Field and Kristin O'Neill will take part in the selection camp Aug. 7-17 in Calgary. Paddlers selected for Pan Am meet Two Burloak Canoe Club paddlers have been selected to CanoeKayak Canada's team for this summer's Canoe Sprint Pan American Championships. Paul Bryant was named to the senior men's canoe team, and Jillian Perrone was chosen for the junior women's canoe team. Senior selections were based on the results of performances at the third set of national team trials, held last month in Montreal. Juniors were picked after the second set of national team trials last month in Dartmouth, N.S. The Pan American championships will be held Sept. 4-7 in Mexico City. OT grad off to rugby sevens worlds Oakville's Michael Santangeli has been named to the Canadian team for the World University Rugby 7s Championships in Sao Jose dos Compos, Brazil. Santageli, an Oakville Trafalgar H.S. grad now in his third year at Western University, was the tournament's leading scorer at the National University 7s Rugby Championship in March, scoring 57 points (seven tries, 11 converts) in five games for the Mustangs. The world competition will take place from Aug. 8-10. Boston Pizza's Oakville location presented Special Olympics Oakville with a cheque for $18,000 last Wednesday. The money was raised by an annual golf tournament that Boston Pizza sponsors. The tournament, held at Chippewa Creek Golf and Country Club in Mount Hope, has raised more than $160,000 over the past decade for the 15 Special Olympics Oakville sport clubs that represent 13 different sports. The funds help purchase equipment, provide training aids, pay for uniforms, facilitate the development of new sport clubs and offer travel opportunities to regional competitions. They also assist Oakville athletes who qualify for provincial or national games. The tournament committee is comprised by a group of Gordon E. Purdue high school graduates who decided 10 years ago over dinner to support a local charity by running a golf tournament. Present for the cheque presentation were (from left to right) Sandy Beauchesne, Rob McLean, Emily Boycott, Elisha Donaghey-Johnston, Boston Pizza co-owner Donna Corrigan, Janice Donaghey, Andrew Beauchesne and Debbie Boycott. | photo by Franki Ikeman -- Special to the Beaver Rock loses heartbreaker, has pivotal games on deck The Oakville Rock saw its three-game Major Series Lacrosse winning streak snapped in cruel fashion Monday at Toronto Rock Athletic Centre. Brooklin's Kiel Matisz scored with three seconds remaining in regulation time to give the first-place Redmen a 9-8 victory over Oakville. The Rock had tied the game just 42 seconds earlier on a goal by Rob Hellyer. Stephan Leblanc (two goals, three assists) and Hellyer (one goal, four assists) had five-point outings for the Rock (6-9). Jacob Ruest and Dave Lomas each tallied twice, and Eric Pitre netted a single. In Oakville's other game over the past week, the Rock routed the Brampton Excelsiors 12-5 Thursday in Brampton. Brenden Thenhaus had a hat trick and Patrick Corbett (two goals, four assists), Shayne Ad- ams (one goal, three assists) and Hellyer (four helpers) recorded four points apiece. Damon Edwards and Lomas both scored a pair, with other goals coming from Eric Pitre and Ruest. Nick Rose started in net for Oakville in both contests. The Rock will open a critical home-and-home series with the Six Nations Chiefs Saturday in Six Nations. Oakville will then host the Chiefs Monday at 8 p.m. Six Nations currently holds the fourth and final playoff spot in the MSL standings, two What's the HOTTEST Sport... points ahead of the Rock. Oakville has three games remaining and the ... and the COOLEST Game... Chiefs have four. Kitchener-WaFor GIRLS? terloo is also two points ahead of the Rock with three games to play. 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