HERALD PROFILE EDITION May Page IT Coach Andrews enjoys training athletes By DAN RALPH Herald Staff Even after 19 years of being a coach of track and field and cross country running Bruce Andrews says he has more to learn about the sports The Acton High School coach said one can never know too much about their sport I think the deeper you go the more you know you have to learn he said Ive always wanted to find out more about the sport Andrews had quite an pressive athletic career before set- Minor hockey president takes an active interest By DAN RALPH named in hta- ha An interest in his son hockey for tw0 y W IK Last year hi became president became president of the 0 the association Georgetown Minor Hockey Pries said Association GMHA tw0 Eight years ago Pries son director and catalyst or you Mark was playing rep hockey at jmet the minor atom level in the old sup- tnc aclive lnte he said port league Pries heard there Raising funds each year is one would be a league meeting and die more important duties for decided to attend Pries and he said Georgetown is It was at that meeting he became ice convenor for the registration fees are at least league and became involved in reasonable Places like Oakville minor hockey The next year Pries fees t0 lhose interested became treasurer and was named playing hockey ting his sights on coaching He since began running in and at one But Andrews continued corn- time was the Canadian juvenile after he began his teaching record holder in the mile career However after four years In 1962 he was offered an of mixing the two he did find it to athletic scholarship at Seton Hall in be quite hard New Jersey Andrews responded I tried to stay in running but by being a top runner in his fresh- soon I realized my work manyear m took time from training so As well he was a member of after four years I decided to get out the Seton Hall two mile relay team of running I have no regrets that for two years and though Im satisfied I made a try was the national indoor champions at it Upon gradu ting in 1966 Andrews Andrews has been involved as landed a position at Acton High a full time coach for the past four School and has been there ever years and is currently lending his expertise to senior runner Uranick and midget Maria Brillinger both Acton High School students He also coaches George Gidman who attends York Univer sity Andrews sees a distinct dif ference between coaching an athlete in high school and taking over as the fulltime mentor If you can anything over the long term the kid gets a better chance In high school you might work the athlete too hard and he might become disenchanted and go to a different sport Andrews said he became in volved as a fulltime coach because there was something about it that made him curious Ive always wanted to see if a person could make it if the oppor tunity was there he said Also it president in his third year WAYNE PRIES is the only way we can keep hockey down to a reasonable cost and is the only way we can keep the registration fees down he said This year has been a busy one for the association in terms of tour naments held and so forth Pries adds it has also been a successful one We started the tournament for the first time and took over the annual bantam tour nament Of course the Ontario AA midget hockey tournament wound everything up nicely In that tournament Georgetowns Sunny Acre Farm midgets captured a bronze medal before the hometown fans at the Alcott Arena Georgetown has also hosted some outoftown visitors This PP lea originally winter touring Swedish hockey called the Georgetown Minor team was in town for an exhibition Hockey Support Group was for he and a Newfoundland team 10 rep teams of the time while the was pre for the bantam tour- house league teams were members Pries said the association of the Georgetown District Minor continue to ask outoftown Hockey Association In Pries first teams like these two to come here years as support league president games the two sides decided to merge and Whenthere were two hockey form the present GMHA organizations in Georgetown I think now there is more op- many more were i portumty for kids like he fringe But Pries said now that there is just player Pries said There is the one the number of people in- more access to good hockey volved is surprisingly lowT When the two united to form as one organization we one organization Sept Pries need more he said BRUCE ANDREWS was somewhat of a challenge The biggest thrill for me is having someone learn more and know I had a hand in it How an athlete places in a race though is not always the best in dicator for monitoring progress Andrews said I think you have to be patient- and allow the athletes to make their own mistakes because that is the only way they will get the ex perience As for what his future plans are Andrews said he is happy doing what he is currently doing I enjoy working with yourtg athletes he said CORRIC3AIM INSTRUMENTATION SERVICES LTD 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