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WHITBY FREE PRESSP.%WEDNIiSDAY, JANUARY 7. 1981, PAGE 13 tes" SPORTS4 Brady leaves GM post with Builders, Following the Minto cuo winning Whitby CBC Builders most successful season to date the general manager of the club, Jim Brady, has stepped down from his position with the team. Since the Builders inception into the Ontario Lacrosse Association junior A league in 1975 Brady built the tcam up until this past year thcy returned to Whitby the Canadian National cham- pions. Brady's« recent appoin- tment to Uic position of chairman of the Durham Region Separate School weighed heavily on1 his decision to lead Uic Builders. "lIt wasn't so much the time factor but the direction I was going," said Brady". "I just found out you can't do 20 things at once and do them well." This will be Brady's third two-year term on the board as well as having served for three terms as Uic separate school representative on the public school board. While he won't be involved in Uic on-floor goings-on of the clubBrady will remain onthe club's board of direc- tor's as vice-president. "II have to break clean. I can't just sit around and do it part-timc. l'II probably miss it but not as much as people think. I've been doing a lot of things in the summer that are exciting to me. I can't be halfway in- volved." The ex general manager's involvement with the sport spans close to 30 years, star- ting off when he established four lacrosse teams within thc community recrearional association Along with Ray Ncsbitt and Skip Williams, Brady helped form the 'oshawa Minor Lacrosse Association. The Builders werc formed in 1969 from Garrard Road and Uic Whitby midgct lacrosse teamn. They becamne the junior B Whitby B & R Transporters. 'II think 1974 was my best year with the junior B club. Wc had nine rookies out of 20 and nobody gave us any chance to win. Wc wound up winning the Ontario and Canadian championship". The next ycar the Builders wcre adxitted to the OLA junior A division. "We had applicd twice earlier for admnittance into junior A but the green gaels didn't want us. They feit we would be a threat to weaken theï.- elub. "They thought we would take a lot of homebrew players. Jim Bishop (Gaels general manager and coach at the time) feit a lacrosse team should be like a hockey tearn with the best players brought in from ail over. We've been mostly a home brew team with a few excep- tions." While a successor to Brady hasn't been announced yet, coach Jim Hinkson, who led the Builders to last season's Minto Cup is a likely can- didate. For Brady his time with the Builders has been satisfying. "No one can accuse me of leaving a sinking ship. This club is the beginning of a dynasty. I've been through two or three since I've been here but there are 16 retur- ning players next season and they'1l be as good if not bet- ter next season. 11 don't like to lcave things dangling. I'm satisfied with what 've done. 'i may be back in it some time or other but I have to sce what it is like without lacrosse. " Rctiring Whitby CBC Builder's general manager Jim Brady is seen here with John Jordan (left) and coach Jim Hinkson (right) after Uic team returned vitorious from British Columbia whcre they defeated Westrniinister B.C. to capture Uic 1980 Mintoi Cup. Brady who first in- troduced Uic Builders into his positions's chairman of the junior A lacrosse league the Durham Region Roman has given Up his post as Catholic Separate School general manager in favor of Board.