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A special training seminar for
soccer coaches is being offered at
the YMCA in Goderich in
March featuring a world-renowned
coach.
Bento Vieira, a Brazilian coach
who holds the highest training
available for soccer coaches, is
being brought in to do a special two-
day course, March 3 and 10, to
prepare coaches in the area.
Organizer Annie Sparling of
Blyth, who is the general manager of
a local futsal organization that offers
a year-round soccer experience,
said, in an interview with The
Citizen, that there are currently
seven spots available in the course.
“We’re looking at having 10
people in total there,” she said.
“Three people have already signed
up.”
Vieira, who is being brought to the
area by Poncho Melo, a former
professional soccer player from
Mexico who is heavily involved
with the aforementioned futsal
organization, was once believed to
be one of the best players the world
would see, having been scouted by
international soccer superstar Pelé.
However, an untimely motor vehicle
collision cut short his playing career
by breaking both his legs.
Two weeks after being signed to
one of Belgium’s most successful
professional soccer teams,
Anderlecht, the accident sidelined
the then 24-year-old up-and-comer.
While the team was ready to wait
out his recovery, he was never able
to move with the same speed and
skill he had before despite 12
surgeries on his knees and ankles.
In 1993, after realizing he
wouldn’t play, he began to focus on
coaching.
Nine years later, Vieira attained
the final level of the International
Training Course for Football
Coaches, which is similar to the
Fédération Internationale de
Football Association’s (FIFA) “A”
licence, which is the highest
coaching certification in the world.
He then went on to run a soccer
school in Brazil helping players to
realize their full potential. In the
years that followed, he worked with
several soccer clubs in Brazil and
the surrounding areas, and also
made trips to Canada to share his
skills.
Since 2009, Vieira has been
coaching soccer clubs and running
soccer training programs in London,
St. Thomas, Woodstock and the
surrounding communities.
“We’re really hoping that people
will understand that this is an
impressive calibre of training,”
Sparling said, mentioning that a
player-training course is being
planned for late-spring to early-
summer this year.
“Hopefully, we’ll be able to
provide some unique training
opportunities for players with
Bento.”
For more information, or to sign
up for the course, e-mail Sparling at
huronfc@hotmail.com or call 519-
524-0609.
Coaches’ clinic to
feature star coach
Sports
Brussels-area teen Olivia McArter
has a lot of first-hand experience
with the Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre and she thinks it
needs some tender, loving care.
The Grade 12 student at F.E.
Madill Secondary School collects
money at the door for the Blyth
Brussels Minor Hockey Association
at the community centre and said
that, after feeling the bitter bite of
the cold winter winds one too many
times, she wanted to do something
about it.
“There’s some problems that need
to be fixed there,” she said. “That’s
why I think it’s a worthy arena for
the Kraft Hockeyville contest.”
The contest, which calls upon
communities to support their arenas
through nominations on its website,
will give $25,000 to the top eight
communities in terms of
nominations, $100,000 to the second
place finisher and $250,000 to the
first place finisher for upgrades and
McArter hopes for big Hockeyville win for BMGCC
Making life easier
The Belgrave Community Centre was the place to be over the weekend, both for the annual
old-timers hockey tournament and for the unveiling of the new flooding unit for the arena’s
natural ice surface. The unit was originally a feed cart that has been converted to serve this
new purpose. The unit was donated by Cook Electric, customized by Paul and Bill Garniss of
the Garniss Brothers and Paul Willie of Willie’s Custom Collision, and adorned with decals by
Ken Whitmore of Blyth Printing. With the new unit, Marvin Cook, Belgrave’s arena manager,
will be able to flood the ice in half the time it had taken him in the past. From left: Paul Cook
of Cook Electric, Paul Garniss (holding Nolan Garniss), Paul Willie, Bill Garniss and Marvin
Cook. (Vicky Bremner photo)
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A call to action
The Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre is in
need of some TLC according to Brussels teen Olivia
McArter. To that end, the F.E. Madill Secondary School
student is pressing for the centre to be part of the next Kraft
Hockeyville event and she needs people to vote at the
hockeyville website, www.khv2015.ca/en/, to bring some
funds and prestige to the centre. The deadline for the vote
is Feb. 9 at 11 p.m. (Denny Scott photo)
Continued on page 16
By Denny Scott
The Citizen