Wilkinson kicks for Canada

Baie d’Urfé native Rhian Wilkinson found herself in South Korea last week, part of a Canadian women’s senior soccer team that captured silver at the Peace Queen Cup Tournament. With Wilkinson seeing action, Canada lost 1-0 to the United States in Saturday’s final. The former Lac St. Louis AAA Lakers performer, who went on to play for the University of Tennessee, also played a key part in Canada’s preliminary games, particularly its 4-2 victory over Brazil on Friday. She scored a goal and set up another by striker phenomenon Christine Sinclair in a key game Canada needed to win to qualify for the final.



Abbott hockey mini-camp

If you feel you have what it takes play women’s varsity hockey for the John Abbott College Islanders next season, you are invited to attend a mini-camp in December, aimed at evaluating potential players. The camp, which will be held at Macdonald Arena in Ste. Anne de Bellevue, begins on Dec. 27 and wraps up on the 29th.

Interested players must register online by sending an e-mail to jac-hockey@hotmail.com with your name, address, phone number, position and name of present team.

The camp is part of Abbott head coach Sam Ghilarducci’s commitment to building a program of hockey excellence for all girls wishing to play in an elite provincial league. The program touches all aspects of player development: mental, physical, nutritional, technical and tactical. All facilities (rink, gym, weight room) are located on campus, and are easily accessible to the athletes.

For more information, call the Sports and Recreation Department of John Abbott College at 514-457-6610, local 5322 or 5324.



Canoe club

honours its own

The Pointe Claire Canoe Club held its annual awards ceremony recently at the Arthur Séguin Chalet in Pointe Claire. Tom Hall and Patricia Latendresse were named best male and female athletes while Kayanna Hofing won for best rookie. Louis Bennett and Maxine Rist won for most improved male and female competitors while Matthew Tarling and Jennifer Hall were awarded for best effort put in by a male and female competitor. Pierre Luc Laliberté and Natalia Heroux were named most improved male and female canoeists while Nicholas Bathurst won for best sportsmanship David Machattie captured the Cordner’s Trophy for showing the best spirit, Marc Tarling won the Jean Fournel Trophy for Olympic spirit and Sébastien Rist and Pierre-Luc Laliberté were named best crew. David Machattie won the Cordner’s Trophy for team spirit, Florence and Anne-Pascal L’Abbé shared best female peewee athlete while Sébastien Tarling was named best male peewee athlete. Michael Abraham and Laurence Lafleur captured best male and female bantam awards while Sébastien Clermont and Maire-Christine L’abbé were named best male and female midget performers.

In the masters’ category, Adrian Condeescu and Katherine Cinq-Mars were named best male and female rookies while Zsolt Szatilla and Edit Fried best male and female paddlers. Finally, Sébastien Clermont and Marc Tarling won for best overall performance while Kaitlin Leonard and Rebecca Gkikas were named best war canoe paddlers.