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3 hockey enthusiast credits parents tribune august31 1988 cll by kate gilderdale those involved in stouffvilles minor sports organizations need no introduction to wally crowder whose enthusiasm and dedication have helped many young players not only to im prove their skills but also to en- oy participating in their favorite sport wally who was born and brought up in stouffville was in volved as a player in minor hockey for many years himself the calibre of play now is a lot better than when i was seven or eight he maintains then we would have around twelve guys am a team and some of them owould be four years older than fjne they didnt have divisions oand it was just one big game of ashinny ni hockey school power skating dnd figure skating lessons have all added to the young players basic skills wally feels i couldnt believe the number of skids going to hockey school this summer safety is another area ilhat has changed the way the hgame is played when i was small we didnt have masks and ehelmets recalls wally now they are well protected and that ggives them more confidence so his interest in the stouffville bhogkey scene was rekindled awlien his eldest son graham abegan to play five years ago 1 didnt play again until he started sand then i got hooked in and rf i wally crowder hockey at heart didnt get out he grins hockey school had just started here and wally helped out with that in the first year he believes the pro gram has done a good job for the system they turn out pretty de cent hockey players these days with sons graham and adam both involved wally turned his energies to coaching for the last two years i ve been on the ex ecutive and ill be on it for another two years at least he declares he wont be coaching in the coming season though this year im going to watch both my boys play he explains despite declining registration figures in older age groups wal- lv has noticed a resurgence of in terest among younger players with a really strong minor system for kids up to 12 we hope well be able to keep them after that as well parent interest is a key factor he believes a lot has to do with parents showing up he claims we always make sure someone is at the game for our kids with five children of his own he acknowledges that it isnt an easy task particularly when everyones involved in various activities including dancing figure skating and hockey in the winter and baseball and swimm ing in the summer usually at dif ferent levels and times it really gets crazy sometimes and i never know who is supposed to be where he admits adding that none of it would be possible without his wife brendas incredible organizational skills somehow everyone always gets where theyre supposed to be and usually on time to add to their hectic schedule wally plays baseball and hockey himself as well as coaching baseball and brenda plays on a local ball team many of the men who play hockey with him for the stouff ville classics are team mates from his youth there must be eight to ten of us who played together back then he muses most of them have lived all their lives in town wally and brenda moved to oshawa for a few years after they got married returning to stouffville to raise their family a s look to bridlewood and lennox for sales service i 3fc3taugust sale i 00 off regular furnaces 100 off on central air conditioners 5 s off on air cleaners 5 off heat pumps s s off on pulses furnaces 3 1 0 off on security systems i lhumb heating air conditioning newmarket 7732034 north york 4995090 markham 4794440 rexdale 7439701 now that the baseball season is winding down things have been especially chaotic in the crowder household brenda has a tourna ment coming up daughter alisons team have just com pleted theirs and graham and adams are on the same weekend thats also when im organizing my first hockey tour- nament laughs wally everything comes up on the same day we need an extra day or two every week although he enjoys coaching baseball he admits it can be frustrating when half the team is away on summer vacations with a hockey team i had 12 or 13 kids i knew they would show up even when they were sick i had 15 this year in ball and sometimes only five showed up nevertheless he feels the association does jn excellent job with around 700 youngsters par ticipating this year wally has seen stouffville grow from a small farming community into a sizeable town when i was a kid everyone knew everyone else he recalls many of those people are still here including councillor wilf morley who once taught wally at school even a person with the energy and enthusiasm of wally crowder admits there is a limit to his involvement in community life you can say i wont be run ning for mayor he concludes laughing specialists in duct cleaning daytime after school evening and 3 weekend classes available register now for fall classes 1 s 1 f j t i i v i ij ii sz 1 -r- right beside the supercentre shop while the children are at gym for male and female from 20 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