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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-08-05, Page 13t Nit l; A MOVING FORCE - Exeter Minor Hockey is sure to miss Paul Charrette, pictured above examining one of the trophies he hel - ped claim as a coach. Charrette is leaving to take a new job with his cornpony in Montreal. T -A photo Charrette leaving Paul Charrette, a man who is praised by many for having pointed Exeter Minor hockey in the right direction over the past six years, is ieaving town. Charrette, an employee of Big 0 in Exeter. has accepted (he posi- tion of General Mona ,.et- for Quebec and the Maritimes within the company, and will be based in Longueuil, on the south side of the St. Lawrence River near Montreal. "We're losing a good man." said Larry Taylor, Minor hockey ex- ecutive. "He's been a big part of the organization and he's put us back on the road again." Taylor said that Charrette was largely responsible for the success that Exeter Minor hockey has ex- perienced in the past five years. While registration for minor hockey has dropped dramatically in other local centres, Exeter registration has experienced 'substantial increases. In 198L 120 children signed up for the pro -- grams available. Last year 200 registered for minor hockey. - Charrette is quick to point out - that the organization's success has been a result of good chemistry on the executive, good coaching and co-operation from parents. "It's not only myself. it's the people on the executive," he said. "it was a real team effort and everybody had the same goals and objectives and it was really great." "I was lucky enough to be at the head of it." Charrefte joined the executive body in 1981 when he took on the coaching responsibilities for the Novice house league team. He im- mediately began to exert an 'in- fluence over the ¢ody when he became second vice president in 1982 and then first vice president in 83. In 1985 he became president of the executive. During that year. Charrette also .coached an Atom travelling team and a Peewee house league team. In that - time. Exeter Minor hockey began to blossom. "We realized, that with the amount of kids registering, we had to get more interest in hockey," said Charrette. A Midget house league was add- ed along with the introduction of Tyke level hockey and girls were allowed to play on boys teams. "Our goal was to keep kids in hockey as long as we could," he said. "The biggest change in the organization ,has been the em- phasis we've put on the house league teams in the last few -years." - In emphasising house league play over travelling teams. the organization provided a wider range of opportunity' to players who lacked expertise, but still. wanted to play hockey.. "It's viewed as recreation and just because you're not good at it doesn't mean you can't enjoy it." Charrette said. • The executive put the secondary teams into secondary levels of competition. They also entered house league teams in local tour- naments -- an unusual practice that rarely brought home tourney pennants. But Charrette noted that the players didn't mind. "We found that with the kids, the. winning isn't the biggest thing. They just wanted to get on theice and play:" Charrette admitted that the ex- ecutive did run into some opposi- tion to its approach'to hockey, but , the results outweighed the criticism. In times when most com- munities the size of Exeter are having difficulty forming a single midget team, Exeter has two. and the system is growing at a healthy rate. "This year we're going to have a Juvenile team for the first year. which means that the kids are staying in the system," Charrette said. "That's the name of the game. if the kids get the ice -time. they're .going to like 'it and they're going to play." New John Deere AMT 600. ICs almost a truck. 'e• .oar <eeoe, a . • • Introductory Price .!3,995 :2 •s•S% : v1 •%. • There's nothing • else like it! 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Co-ops will play the first game of a best -of -three series against Listowel Sunday at 5:30 here in Exeter. After taking a 2-0 lead in the top of the second Friday night at Labatt Park in London, Exeter allowed South London Juveniles the room they need- ed to pull out a 4-2 victory. • Ray Anstett singled to bring in Fred Gregus in the top of the second inn- ing. He was later batted in when Terry Cox singled. London put their first mark on the board' in the bottom of the second and followed it with the tying run in the' third inning. Unable to hold their opponents, Ex- - eter allowed two more. runs to be scored in the fifth. After their initial burst of power in the second inning. Co-ops were unable to maintain the pace. Only Doug >;hade and Gregus managed to get flits from the third inning to the seventh. Cox started on the mound for Ex- eter. allowing six hits. striking out one and walking three. He was replaced by 'Scott Lovie in the bottom of the fifth..Lovie struck out one and held London at bay for. the remaining inning. Listowel 16-- Exeter 15 - Co-ops came up against Listowel Monday 3 July 27 losing by one run in the shoot-out that ensued. After nine complete innings -of play, Exeter was on the !ow side of a 16-15 score. Starting pitcher Darren Akey walk- ed five of the first six hatters he fac- ed. allowing Listowel to jump into a five run lead. That precarious start had little effect on the team, however: They redefined the shape of the game by pounding in five runs of their own in the bottom of the first. Steve Merner was the first to cross the plate after Akey knocked out a sacrifice fly to centre field. A single by Darren Crocker allowed Schade to score and then Lovie doubled to bring in Darcy Martin and Crocker. Please turn to page 2A ,I CONSOLATION COBRAS - This squad battled their way through some stiff competition to find their' way to the final game of the Crediton men's sto-pitch-tourney on the weekend. By the time they got there though, they were just too tired to win, In the back row, left Clare Masse, Jack Bender, Steve Wilson, Mike Masse, John Blan- chard, Steve Durand and Joey Groot. Front row, left: Bill DeGroot, Dave Regier, Don Beauchamp, Rick Masse and Kevin Masse. Cobras came away from the tourney with $350 in prize money: They were one of 24 teams participating in the weekend -long event.T-A photo 1 CHAMPION ROOKIES - Shipka Rookies took the Crediton men's slo•pitch tournament by storm for the second consecutive season. The Shipka team handed a tired Zurich Cobras a Topp -sided 24-4 Toss Mon- day night to claim a total of $550 in prize money. In the back row, left; les O'Neill, Dave Rotz, John Dietrich, Joe Arnold, Paul Hodgins, Paul Brannon and James Guenther Front row, left; Ron Pickering, Mike Brannon, Don Weigond, Jim Dietrich, Jim Sweitzer and Ron Mason..Twenty-four teams participated in the annual round robin toUr ament. T -A photo CREDITON HARDWARE • Steve Dinney (left) and Bob Spell (right) present Jim Dietrich, captain of Shipka Rookies, with the champion- ship trophy after Rookies devastated Zurich Cobras 24-4 in the final game of Crediton's annual men's sto-pitch totll-ney on the weekend. Rookies won $550 in cash after blasting their way through the round robin tournament:. r T•A photo Tasty Nu Bread 1110111 Hnee r quakily Always fresh 'Delicious Carrot Muffins6 / '1.99 Ifresh Sesame or Poppy Seed IRolls . dor-. '1.19 Garlic Bread fool '1.49 Super Special . Colby Cheese Ib.'2.99 Mild or Spiced Dutch Gouda 16.'4.39 Hal .S,,,n,ptcr Buys I In Effect Thurs.. Fri. Sat. 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That per- formance earned him' the title of runner-up pitcher of the tournament. Sarnia Hanson finished the tourney undefeated. They will advance to the - Canadian Championship in Calgary later this month. Thiswill be the second Canadian Championship for Hodgins. who went to Prince Edward Island last yea:.., an addition to Ottawa Turpin. • The local pitcher played with the Lieury Jets before moving on to the Memorial League. . 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Exeter Minor Hockey Association requires MIDGET COACH for Shamrock League Coaching level II can lie optional athrough EMHA Apply to: Tom McCann 235-0307 or Larry Taylor 235-2590 If you haven't played - IRONWOOD lately ask someone who has Large greens 5000 sq. ft, per green large tees Air conditioned club house New gas carts • Large new clubhouse offers excellent • tournament facilities • Licensed under 11.80 IRONWOD GOLF CLUB Located one mile East of Exeter off Highway 83. Phone (519) 235-1521