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THE HERALD Wednesday April Iff Get together Marcolini tells hockey groups The Georgetown Minor Hockey Support Group should try to worker closer together the George town district minor hockey association outgoing presid ent Bill said at the Support Groups meeting Sunday declined a nomi nation to remain as presid ent and Karen Harrison the first vice president this past year will step in as he new head on May Other people acclaimed or elected to the new executive were Pat as 1st vicepresident Tom OBrien vicepresident and Gloria Cull as Treasurer POSTS REFUSED The meeting saw many people nominated for posts refuse tlicm Twelve people were nominated for the sec end vice president post and 10 declined to stand The secretary post has been left vacant for the time being after nine people declined the nomination last sitting as prcsid Marcolini said he thinks it is very important that the and the GDMHA work closer together in the future Both organizations would be so much off if Ihey think the new executives should get together as soon as both are elected Marcolini suggested that two members of each execu te be appointed to work at unifying the two groups Don Davis president of the was present al meeting and he too expressed that he would like sec the two groups work together Somebody has got to bend before the two groups get together Marcohni said Since we have 10 teams and they have approximately it will probably be us SELECTING COACHES Another major point of discussion at the meeting which was attended by ap proximately people was uho should have the ultimate power to select the coaches of teams An amendment to the con states that All coaches are to be governed and approved by the coac hing staff which consists of the coaching and two head coaches who arc appointed by the GMHSG offices Many people fell that the amendment will give the three members of the coach Suf clinic may be ire in fall Is a strong possibil hat there will be a Super Clinic for coaches in Ibis September Joe vice presi dent of the Georgetown Inet Minor Hockey I ion revealed the plan at the Support Groups annual meeting Sunday n night Pen It will be meant as a refresher course for coaches already holding Iheir levels mo or three coaches no classification can dime of it with their level An date for the per Clinic not been set However seemed certain thai it will lake place Milton Double A Georgetown Hep learns will have company in the Double A Tri division this coming yeir Al Adams who is a mem her of the Support Group as as secretary for the organization said has moved up in classification from single A In double A The Milton move will mean Georgetown teams will have a lime qualify for the in coming years Previously Georgetown and Dundas were the only ivm teams tied Double A Most George lown learns had fairly easy lime defeating Dundas teams to qualify for the Next year with Milton a town which usually has strong clubs throughout their I ion should make it much staff absolute power in interviewing and selecting coaches The three members of the coaching staff are 5d and head coaches Bob Webster and Fred Harrison- Some members of the exe cutive felt that the whole group should make the ulti male decisions on who coac hes the learn Hie coaches are the most Important people in the whole group Bob said We should all have input as to those felt the extra time it would lake for the whole group to make the decisions would be time spent Dean Taylor who chaired the amendment changes part of the meeting said that the Is worded so that the executive does have the right to veto selections made by the coaches Nowhere in the amend docs it say thai the coaches have the final sny in the of the coaches Taylor said it is important that we hove a Coaching Staff for the whole group Webster said it is the trend everyone is going it is also a step towards having one coaching philosophy throughout the age groups We the coaching staff learned a lot this first year Webster said the rewards will come in the future In Ihe end the people present voted overwhelming to institute the amendment MOVED UP Another important amen in the constitution will allow coaches lo move up their teams fur a mum of two years That means a coach can hav the same boys for three years Previously there was an unwritten law that coaches did not move up with their It is hard for a coach to leach boys everything In just one year Webster said If he has two or three years with a boy he will see his problems more easily and better pace his work with One criticism of having the coaches move up with Iheir teams was that a coach can build up prejudices against certain boys over a few In picking our coaches we hope in getting mature adults who will work for Ihe boys and the teams and not let personalities interfere in their judgements Webster That amendment also Georgetown Youth Soccer Club Soccer Boot Exchange Saturday April 28 in the gymnasium at Cedarvale am 12 noon Soccer boots will be bought and sold in the price range passed easuy FOUR OTHERS There were four other amendments to bylaws alr eady in the constitution There were also two addit ions to the constitution Georgetown minor hock ey support group encourages all support group coaches and manager to enroll in National Coaching Develop ment Program and to achie ve as a minimum a Level 1 standing by the start of the 1981 season In addition the in their selection of future coa ches and preference to applicants hoi ding National Coaching Cert ificates The two additions were brought forward by Ted and Ruby Wilkes and both passed easily MOTIVATION I think it is important that coaches lake a I least the level one Mr Wilkes said There Is more coaching than teaching the tats How well can a coach motivate his players The Development Program stresses the intangible as peels of coaching The other four amend to constitution All teams wilt have a Head Coach Assist anl Coach and Manager All GMHSG coaches will lo obtain certification under the National Coaches Certification program or equivalent following season in writing to the President of the by April 30 1B79 Coaches will be selected for the following season May Others who in most cases were somewhat reluctant accepting posts on the execu tive committee were Sid Clark Brace Moody Bryan Turner Don Barb Hanman Adams Sandy Bob Farley Bruce Moody Ted Wilkes Wayne Pries Shirley Simp son Ruby Wilkes Sheila Dixon and Ian Ward Several others declined thor nomin ation RICHS SERVICE CENTRE LTD Highway fast of Acton 8532940 Baseball Association REP TEAM TRY OUTS F DIAMOND A THIS WEEKEND Sat AM noon yn Sat noon PM Bantam Sat 2 PM PM 14 Midget Sunday 1 PM PM IS 18 MIDGET CONTACT WARD FOR TRT0UT P HAR10W FINAL REGISTRATION FOR HOUSE LEAGUE Please Call Dan 8773665 Art Budweiser 8778309 Earl Rembish 87776S8 Bert Yeo 8770366 UMPIRE CLINIC FREE Wed April PM to 11 PM COMMUNITY CENTRE DONT FORGET THE DANCE Friday April 27th PM 1 AM HOLY CROSS AUDITORIUM per couple