HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-05-14, Page 8SportsPAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2009.
Former Brussels resident Kevin
Wheeler received the Skate Canada
Competitive Coach Award of
Excellence at a 2009 dinner meeting
and awards ceremony at Four Points
Sheraton in London.
This award is given to
professional coaches who provide
coaching excellence to athletes
within Skate Canada’s competitive
skate program, who display
dedication to continuing education
and the sport in general.
The active professional coach
must be currently registered with
Skate Canada and have minimum
NCCP Level II certification. The
individual has to have coached
skaters at a minimum of one national
(or international) event in the
competitive season in which the
award is presented.
Also the criteria states that
a professional coach who
moves beyond coaching as
a profession and contributes to
the development of skating
globally through a professional
or volunteer commitment, who
is keen to share accurate infor-
mation with officials, athletes,
parents and administrators with the
interest of developing figure skating
and figure skaters in Canada is
eligible.
The coach has to have shown
commitment to professional
development through continued
upgrading of qualifications.
Wheeler, the son of George and
Shirley of Brussels has skated for
most of his life – starting as a young
child. He still spends most of his
time on the ice. He, along with his
sister Carol and Cheryl Houstin
another skater bought the
Cambridge Skating School.
Kevin and Carol were raised 2 1/2
miles north of Brussels and spent
their school years in Brussels. They
both live near Cambridge.
The Brussels U10-I soccer team
started the season with a victory.
Brussels travelled to Blyth and the
kids were eager. The mighty squad
came out kicking.
Delayna Smith passed to Devin
Bachert to score. Blyth’s defence
was strong, but Nathan McNichol
passed to Bachert who scored again.
In the second half Bachert put in
another, but Blyth got a nice goal
before game’s end to make the final
score 3-1.
The Brussels team is made up of
Bachert, Justin Ford, Cassidy Heise,
Ronan Jared, Nathan McNichol,
Taylor McNichol, Harmoni Main,
Alexandrea Martin, Jake Mitchell,
Kortney Mitchell, Lorren Poland,
Dylan Prout, Katie Roth, Hudson
Smith, D. Smith and Andrew
Terpstra.
Coaches, Shelly Smith and John
Main are looking forward to a great
season of soccer.
U-10s victorious in first game
The Alzheimer Society of Huron
County is gearing up for its fourth
annual Forget Me Not Biker Poker
Rally being held on Sunday, June 28.
Registration begins at 10 a.m. at
the Alzheimer Society of Huron
County office which is located at
317 Huron Rd., Clinton.
The bikers will then head out on
the road with stops in Neustadt,
Kincardine and Carlow. The ride will
finish at the Fish and Game Club in
Clinton.
Registration is only $25 or raise
$75 in pledges and waive the
registration fee. Prizes will be
awarded for best poker hand as well
as most pledges.
For more information call 519-
482-1482 or 1-800-561-5012.
Former Brusselite
gets coach’s award
The Blyth Thunder U-14 boys
soccer team hosted its first game of
the season on May 7 at Sparling’s
field against Clinton Fire.
The game was very evenly
matched in the first half with both
teams taking some shots on net, but
neither was able to get on the
scoreboard.
After a well-deserved halftime
break, Blyth came out strong. Jan
Paul VanDorp set up the play and
Derek deBoer scored the first goal
of the night.
Blyth received a handball in their
defensive end, so Clinton took this
opportunity to tie up the game.
Mid-fielder Leendert VanDorp set
up the next goal and Jan Paul
VanDorp scored on the assist from
his brother. Wyatt Bearss earned an
assist on the next goal as Jan Paul
VanDorp earned his second goal of
the night.
Defender Murray Dale booted the
ball up the field from his own
defensive end for a long shot and
unfortunately the ball hit the goal
post. deBoer ran in and shot the
rebound into the net for his second
goal of the match. Forward Ben
Nonkes earned the assist on the final
goal of the game and Bearss shot the
ball right between the goalie’s legs.
The final score of the night was a
5-1 victory for Blyth Thunder.
Tyler Boven did a great job in net
and only allowed one ball to get past
him.
Defenders Dale, Zach Drost,
Robbie Gordon and Connor Wilts
did a great job keeping the ball out
of their defensive end, limiting their
opponents’ shots on net.
Coach Mary Ann Drost was
pleased with the team’s performance
during the first match of the season.
“It takes an entire team to score a
goal and win a game,” she said.
“Once the team got their first goal,
their momentum could not be
dampened and they really pulled
together to play the second half of
the game.”
Kickin’ it
The soccer season is underway and local fields are busy as teams host opponents from other
communities on most nights of the week. May 4, the Blyth U-18 girls got their season off to a
great start with a victory over Lucknow. (Vicky Bremner photo)
U-14 Thunder
off with a bang
Society seeks bikers
to ride for a cause
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