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MAPLE, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 7, 2011) -

Attention Sports and Lifestyle Editors

The Vaughan Battlecats U11 boys soccer team is celebrating its recent win as BMO Team of the Week and will be kicking off its contention for BMO Team of the Week 2011 Champion at the BMO Bank of Montreal branch in Maple.

"Congratulations to the Vaughan Battlecats on the BMO Team of the Week win. We will be celebrating with the young boys' team at our Maple branch for their latest in a long list of achievements off the pitch, not to mention an impressive number of wins on the pitch," said Curtis Scragg, District Vice-President, GTA North, BMO Bank of Montreal.

The team will receive team track suits, a team party and $500 to a charity of its choice – The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. The Foundation is devoted to researching, educating and bringing awareness on breast cancer. In the past 11 years, the Ontario region Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation has committed over $68 million to breast cancer study throughout the province.

About BMO Team of the Week

BMO Team of the Week is Canada's premier sport celebration at the grassroots level, engaging a nation and inspiring communities by recognizing youth soccer teams who demonstrate team pride, team spirit, community commitment and passion for the game. From April 1 until June 30, teams can be nominated at BMOsoccer.com. Fifteen weekly winners will be named BMO Team of the Week and entered for a chance to be voted by Canadians, starting August 1, as BMO Team of the Week 2011 Champion. The grand prize includes a $125,000 refurbishment of their community soccer field and a road trip to a Toronto FC or Vancouver Whitecaps FC home game.