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Summer Games track squad will have local flavor By DAN RALPH Herald Sparta Editor The Ontario team Ink Ing port in next month Canada Summer Games will have Georgetown Acton flavor Georgetown resident Bruce Andrews who teaches at Acton High School will be the mid die and long distance coach for the Ontario track team He will be responsible for the 1 and 10 athletes As well Andrews will assist the race- walking Mm Andrews learned of the coaching vacancy on team through an Ontario Truck and Field Assoc lation newsletter The paper asked interested applicants to in their resume which Andrews did Andrews has coached truck as well cross dub runners George and Maria said the news of being selected as a conch caught him by surprise initially guess I was a Utile surprised because I had all about it he bald with laugh This year the Canada Games will be held In St John New Brunswick Thccvcnl will beg In Aug 10 and run for two weeks The track competition will take place the first week of the Games I applied because if you are going to coach elite athletes it a the desire to go to a higher level I don think you can get the athletes there If you going to go along the same line Andrews said This marks the first time Andrews has work as a coach on a provincial team level He looking at going to the Games with a bus type attitude If you re going good job you should d Ihc wild the athletes and lake of them Andrews said That what you re go ing for I hope to gain working with high level athletes at a large competition One of the things thai has hit Is because these letes are good we think of them as being mature However most of them are jusloung kids 1 d like to gain an understanding of how prepare athlete for national or International competition the into physical ion and how they can Kith the pressure they will face 1 d like to I tarn how to balance out he feeling the athlete has from Ihc time he leaves for a competition to when he gets there Not only docs the athlete have to cope with the race but everything else like travel lag find potential time loss I would like to know more As a coach Andrews said because the time to work with he athletes involved In the Games is short he will try to flit down with each Individ ual prior He said they will go over training schedule and discuss what runner feels his strong points are and eventually come up with a for the race As a coach you must be an example and you can t treat something like this as holiday However I am excited lo see what It is like lo be part or something that Is a national event he said Andrews will attend a team training camp at York University before leaving with the squad for New Brunswick ITD Open Weeknights Until PHONE 877 the HERALD HAZEN SALES SERVICE REPAIRS TO LAWN OAR DEN EQUIPMENT SNOWBLOWERS MOTORCYCLES SERVICE DEALER FOR STF1ATTON CANADIAN PLAYING THE FIELD Sign of the times hanging for ball team TORONTO A sign hangs at York University that has special significance loa select number of teenage baseball players The sign reads August p Canada versus ANYONE It is in reference to next week world youth baseball champ which will be held In Albany New York The above date and are for the gold medal game The sign was written and posted by the Canadian team manager Jim Ridley He adds here is no reason why it cannot happen don t fear any team he said from Exhibition Stadium last week where ihe team is training I expect Cuba and the United States lo be the teams to but our goal is to be in the gold medal game and I don think too far for us to reach Two years ago Canada finished a threeway lie for the gold But two round robin loumamenl losses to S and Taiwan gave Canada a bronze Last year inconsistent left the I got as good a defensive Infield as I ever bad since ve been In in he gam 1 you working In this Inhibition Stadium is super because the kids become highly mo tivated playing in this park JIM Canadian squad with a 36 mark in the 10team tournament which played in Saskatchewan Ridley has been manager of the national team the past two seasons and feels this year squad is tot belter defensive bail club I ve got as good a defensive Infield as t ve had since I ve been involved In the program Stewart town Public School teach said 1 tell you working in this facility Exhibition Stadium super because the kids become highly motivated playing in this park Ridley began training camp about two weeks ago with hopefuls He has cut that number down to and will reduce it further until he has IB players plus pitchers As well as being responsible for the operation of Ihe squad Ridley and his coaches have had take a lot or extra time looking after airport and train runs for Incoming and departing players spend up two hourso night going through practice routines paperwork for passports and discuss ing what players have stood out It like we re business managers general managers and coaches all wrapped into one he said The players Invited to the camp come from across Canada Few know who they re competing against but Ridley said ha has been mildly surprised with how the players have gotten along together These guys have a strong team personality They re starting to mold together and help one another I very happy lo see that One problem Ridley faced before camp opened was finding adequate right handed batt era lie said that problem will be solved We might have to sacrifice some defence but you give In one spot to gel stronger in another I ready 1 ve received no evidence that suggests we can finish first second or third When you get down to one game anyone can beat anyone I think our goals are real and attain able NOTFS The team opens play Aug 3 against Australia In site of the Baseball Hall of Fame All other games will be played at Heritage Park In Albany New York Alcott juniors go all the way The Gordon jun also gain a split lor boys tennis team Fortunately tho ended ihe year In Im under IB veteran players fashion by came through as the claiming team of Kennedy championship and Jay Anderson won weekend both their The tan The Georgetown team whipped their won the learn four opponents in their division championship first set then won a tournament by defeating decision in the second Mills from Murkham in Ihe final Team captain Mike Sieve Los Wood split Hurley put finishing his under 15 singles touchesonanundofealed malch Eastwood season as he notched his played a strong game in win of the year the second set as he Hurley won his first set came from behind to but trailed in his notch tho win for ihe second when he reeled The Junior boys lennls team is all after winning the split The under IS dou off five consecutive Inlercounty title this weekend Members of the winning team Include front tiles team of Mark Hor games with powerful row Kennedy Mark Shepherd and Jay Anderson Back row Stephen and Dave Harris won serves for lhe64 win in Last v nod Mike Harris Don Hurley coach and captain Mike Hurley first set before the second Photo submitted dropping a 1 decision to Coach Don Hurley was proud of the club s un beaten string throughout the year Hurley also extended his thanks lo Bobby Sun Mike Lor to Mark Talbot and the other players who played for the club throughout the season Next year the Alcott team will move up to the major division which is the highest level of ten nls play In junior tennis team competition throughout Ontario ley said while the up ward move will result in a higher calibre of play the team is looking for ward to the challenge The only player leaving squad will be doubles player Jay Anderson who will be too old for the under IB age class How ever team will be requiring some more under players as those with the team this year will be making the trans the higher age category Many of his years team will continue to play in the Ontario Junior tennis circuit thus gain valuable experience for next year tennis season As much as the win meant to his players Hurley said the Alcolt team magnificent sea son was a great accom phshment for the of junior lennls in Georgetown Competition fierce in summer hockey Herald Sports Editor Rather than spend their weekend time al the beach two George town teenagers have been busy doing some thing more commonly done during the winter months Don Cruise and Dave Harris have spent most of summer week end lime playing hockey hot at a hockey camp rather the two were in to try out for the Central Ontario select minor bantam team and made the final cut About players from as far as Peterborough Owen Sound and Hunts were invited to the team scamp ch was which is near Lindsay In early Since then the team has played same a Inst other minor bant am select teams from Western Canada the Un ited States as well as groups in Ontario The idea of summer select hockey is not a new idea as the Central Ontario league comp rising of nine teams from novice to minor bantam has been in operation for the past 10 years However Harris and Cruise arc the first play from Georgetown to be invited and make such a team Involved in this lypc of program Both players to first being surprised about hating made the team roster because of the calibre of talent pre sent However they both say they re glad to have been selected The competition is really fierce Cruise said You don t get a chance like this very often to play with play this good I was surprised to be Invited Harris added CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS DON and HARRIS I thought I d make Ihe first few cuts but I wasn positive I d make the final So far this season Cruise and Harris have played in five ments all across Ontario Their team has won two of Ihem The final tour of the year will be played this weekend In Peterborough Being Involved in the summer program has meant Cruise and Harris have played hockey year round Both say It has been a tiring but add it s a sacrifice they d readily make again Team coach Bill Dun lop who Is also in charge of operations for the Central Ontario group had good things to say on both ploy progress David Is a go steady hockey playei who gives you a 100 per cent effort He has the drive and desire and is an Inspirational type Donnlc has put more points on the board with us now than he had prob ably all last winter He has a lot of potential This Is Dunlops first year as director of the Central loop having spent the past four years involved with the North crn league which Included centres like Oshawa to Trenton and as far north to and Unlike the Ontario Minor Hockey Assoc lat ion setup during the win the summer leagues arc not zoned thus all owing boys from all ad joining centres a chance lo try out and improve Dunlop feels the zoning not pushed he said player hurts the good players They art to develop You put a with players level he has to do his job The has been approached about dropping zoning but won move It bothers me to sec teams from the United States come up here beat us hands down They have open When the boys go back lo their Id the winter they are so far ahead Ihey got to come down lo the level of team During the winter they are not play ing at the level they should be Interest in the summer program has doubled in the Central league since last year said This year alone over players incd out for the lcngue nine teams He said the players are once they make ihe team which includes Cooper a lis two sweaters and a jacket The parents are told if they can get two willing to pay for It costs around to run this and we have about 150 boys so 1 ve had to put a lot of my own money in However I just more concerned about giving the bays a chance get ice time good coaching and a chance to Improve The onus though is on the players to make II to the practices and lour as no learn buses are provided training camp the practices were held three times a week while after the final cuts Ihe club met once a week because of the PUTTING ON A SHOW CITY TV Jim shows good form on this putt Unfortunately the former Toronto Maple Leaf Is thinking about pool rather thin golf McKenny 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