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Times-Advocate, 1988-07-20, Page 19i Doc Campbell steps down as GM Brooks signed on as Mohawks coach EXETER - Mohawks executive John Pryde announced this week that Gord Brooks will replace Jim Guenther as the Senior B club's - head coach for the 1988-89 season. Guenther stepped down from the position in the spring. A well seasoned hockey man, Brooks was at the helm of Brant- ford Mott's Clamatos when they won the Allen Cup in 1986-87. He ful Alien Cup challenge in Char- lottetown last year. Pryde also announced with regret that Mohawks long-ume general manager Doc Campbell has re- signed. Campbell, who managed the club since its inception, cited work commitments in London as his rea- son for leaving. He will be replaced by Bob Rowe, Mohawks' assistant coach • last season. Jtowe will be DOC CAMPBELL - Resigning coached same team last season -after they moved to Dundas and became the Real McCoys. Despite the ab- sence of a Senior A league, Brook led the team through an unsucccss- July 20, 1988 BOB ROWE - New General Man ager . helped by Bill Farquhar who will act as liaisonwith the OHA. Campbell could not be reached for comment prior to publication. As the new hockey season ap- s proachcs, more and more people as- sociated with Exeter Mohawks be- gin to talk about a renewed march for the Hardy Cup. To that end, Mohawks executive looked for a coach who was •.well seasoned in Senior hockey. Brooks fits that description; but his hockey background goes still farther back. The London resident played 13 years of professional hockey, beginning his career with Kansas City Blues, a farm team for the NHL's St. Louis Blues. Brooks was used sporadically by St. Louis until he was traded to Fort Worth, in the Central League. Denver was his next home. His work on that team led to a three- quarter season stint .with Washing- ton Capitals. From there he went to Europe for one year of hockey, then returned home to play in an interna- tional league in Saginaw. Brooks is already familiar with - Mohawks. "Quite a few of the players knew me and I knew them," Brooks ex- - plained. "They talked to me about playing at one time, but I wasn't in- terested because I was in Senior A." He's interested now, however. Brooks will emphasize condition- ing -- a key to success in Senior hockey. "It's (88-89 Mohawk club) going to be a good skating team," he ven- tures. "They're going to be in shape, that's for sure." Thwarted in the Maritimes last season, Brooks is anxi�us for an- other crack at a national cup -- in particular, the Hardy Cup. • Imes - - •dvocate Serving South Huron, North Middlesex R North Lambkin Since 1873 Page 1A Merner Rhap�sdic on blades Tour is one dream realized By. Mark, Bisset ZURICH - Rhapsody On Ice. It's the mune of a unique world -touring - team of ice dancers and precision skaters, but it could easily be a pseudonym for Kathy Merner, fig- ure skater from Zurich, lately of London, soon to be in Australia. Merner will cap one of the most successful years of her life August 10 when shc joins Rhapsody On ice for a two-week tour of New Zealand and Australia. • After _putting skating before everything else for most of her young life, she's about to collect the first of what promises to be many dividends -- a trip abroad with a skating show. Among the stops the group will make is a per- formance at Australia Skate 88 -- a figure skating competition being held in Sydncy, in conjunction with .the Australian Bicentennial celebrations and Expo 88. "I've always wanted to do this. I feel like I finally have accom- plished one of my dreams," says the pretty 17 -year-old. "I'm just so excited about the whole thing because it's socom- pletely different than my regular skating." By "regular skating", Merner re- fers to the work she has been doing with partner Paul Arms in London for the past year. The two won a bronze medal at a competition in Hamilton after skating together just .hrec months. Placing sixth in sec- ional competition this season. Merner and her partner hope to ad- vance' to divisional competition and perhaps national competition next winter. Merner works out five days a week with Arms at the University of Western Ontario, skating in the morning and going to school in the afternoon when classes are being held. And after a full week of skat- ing, what docs she do to relax? She drives to Brantford to train with Rhapsody every Saturday. It's a commitment, but I figured this is what I always wanted," she MMid TON Wing — — _ of -= '„ Skating • 'Pfi'apo ON) 14.4ADP" GOiNG INTERNATIONAL - Kathy Merner leaves for Australia August 10. The Zurich skater will be touring with Rhapsody On ice. . says in a stroke of understatement. Merncr joined Rhapsody on the invitation of her London coach, Marjorie Black. Black, whose list of credentials is impressive, also coaches the Brantford group. Rhapsody emphasizes precision, entertainment and originality, but they are a non-competitive group.. Because Rhapsody is a non-profit organization, skaters have to supply a number of sponsors. Merner re- ceived support locally, from Big 0, Northlander, Huron Motor Products, the -Bayview Tavern, the Village Centre Apartments, Oke Wood - smith Building Systems, Jim and Donna Hoffman and family, and The Zurich " Advance. The young skater maintains her home club in Zurich, despite skating in London. It is an indication of her apprccia- tion for the support she has received from friends and family. "My family is always there for me, and my relatives are always asking -- that gives you a great feel- ing because you know they're all behind you and it makes you want to do it (skate) more," Merner says, crediting her parents for her success to date. • "There're so many walls to get over." One of the toughest walls shc faced was moving away from home to board in London while she skates. "I found that the hardest thing I had to do. But -there's just so much pressure -- you just have to put everything else aside and go for it. "You can't be half into it -- it's not going to work." The Zurich figure skater just com- pleted Grade 12 -- no easy task, con- sidering her schedule. "I don't have time for a lot of homework," Merner explains. "I'm sometimes up until 11 or 12 at night doing homework. But this year everything fell together." She plans to go after her Grade 13 diploma next year so that, whcn the time comes, she will be eligi- ble for university or college. But before that, she wants to try her luck at professional skating -- something for which Rhapsody On Ice will prepare her. Asked if she has her eye on Olympic competition, she explains that she is too busy with the present. "I'm just not the kind of person who looks that far ahead," Merner says. "I look at it (Olympics) on TV and think: 'that'd be great', but 1 just try to maintain my pace." intensely dedicated to her sport, Merncr exudes a kind of contagious enthusiasm for figure skating. But she carries no illusions about mak- ing it to the top. On skates since the age of five, she knows there are no guarantees of success. "You could go through all these years of training and never make it," she reflects. "I'm just going with my hopes and dreams I guess." "I'd like nothing better than to go down there and get the cup," he said MBrooks will stress what he refers to as "a winning attitude" in the coming season. He points out that it is just such an attitude that will sustaina club through the kind of meat -grinder Mohawks came through last season. Good nucleus Brooks should have no trouble implementing his hockey philoso- phy with the club. The strong Mo- hawk nucleus returning from last season seems to have developed a hunger for winning. "We got a real taste of it (Hardy Cup action) and it only renewed our commitment to maintain that level of hockey," 'de said Friday when asked if Mohawks would be cup - chasing again this season. Rowe echoes that sentiment. I'm for the Hardy Cup as long as we're aware of what we're getting into," Rowe said, explaining that OHA support -- a factor that was absolutely lacking last year -- is a • ports must. Rowe points out that, if the Har- - dy Cup action was.removed from last year's- schedule, Mohawks toughest opponents would be re- moved as well. And that is not con- ducive to entertaining hockey. The club will be actively courting local talent to further improve last year's power -house squad. Both Pryde and Rowe pointed to a large group of over -age Hawks. "Every -graduating Hawk will be invited to camp," Pryde noted. "They should feel good about the good year that Dale Timmermans had last year -as a graduate Hawk from thc year before." NEW COACH -- Gord Brooks, former coach of Dundas Real McCoys, will be stepping in to take on the responsibilities of head coach for Exetor Mo- hawks. Brooks will be replacing Jim Guenther who decided to step down af- ter last year's hectic schedule. Greys win Tourn ma ent STRATFORD - Exeter Greys fought a _hard battle to win the Stratford Ladies Totunament on the weekend. They played their first game Fri- day against Kitchener Golden Girls. After trailing 3-1, the Greys came back to win 7-3 aided by key hits by. Tess Nethcry and Lynne Farquhar. - Saturday morning the team met Kitcheners Economical Insurance. Greys had trouble getting their bats working and were defeated 4-1. This sent them to the losers brack- et in the double knockout tourna- ment. At 5:30 p.m. they again came up against the Golden Girls and won 8-2. Pitcher Heidi Frem- lin allowed only four hits. Grcys got an offensive effort from Sandi Fremlin and Sandra Burns. Saturday evening, Greys played Southbrant and wcrc trailing 2-1 un- til the bottom of the fifth when hits by Heidi Elliott, Sancti Fremlin, Sandra Burns and Bonnie Caldwell scored five runs Exeter added one more run in thc sixth and Patty Down pitched a great game—all- trig only one hit after thc firs in- ning. Sunday was the true test as Greys had to play- five games, back to - back, starting at 10 a.m. In- the first game Exeter fought well, winning 12-1. The next game brought Greys a rematch with Eco- nomical Insurance. Tess Ncthcry pitched well and allowed no runs while the Grcys broke loose and terloo had only played one game Sunday morning but after a. tight five innings, Grcys bats worked clA a air and they scored six runs mak- ing an - i ore: - After a 10 minute rest both teams returned to thc field, with- new pitchers and determination. • . Nethery pitched well to catcher Burns. Nethery's pitching and field-• ing won her Most Valuable Player of the game and Burns showed her ability throwing -out three runners at second base. Hits by Bonnie Caldwell. Gayle Baucrman and Judy Narghang scored the only two runs . of the game for an exciting -2-0 fi- nal. The team is fortunate in having -such a -strong contingent of pitchers which helped them shine in a tour- nament where they had to play nine games in three days. The . tournament M.V.P. was Grcys Sandi Fremlin who played solid field and shortstop and had 18 RBI's for the weekend scored 14.• - In the third game of the day, Heidi Elliott pitched a super game allow- ing only two hits, against- Mike's - Electric from Kitchener. This brought a hot, tircd team to the finals at 4 p.m. Being a double knockout tournament, Grcys had to bcat the only undefeated team of the weekend twice to win. ' The Dcitlock Wild Cats from Wa- occer Round -up EXETER - In Squirt action this wcck, Exeter I came up against second place Lucan iI. - Exctcr played an excellent game but could not finish tho chances they created and had to settle for a heartbreaking 1-0 loss. Ben Rimmclzwaan played well in the losing cause. Exctcr ii had no problem in dis- posing of Lucan 1. The Exctcr kids wcrc on top of thcir game and never wcrc in any real trouble. Kint McLean and Dan Snell played an excellent game for Exeter iI. The final score was 4-2. Scoring for Exeter wcrc Matt Szabo with two markers and Chad Monteith with two. Exeter III Iii played a good game but notgoodenough to beat their rivals from Grand Bend. The Bend kids %;cre full value for their 5-2 win. Bcn Cottrell and Michael Ford scored the two Exctcr goals and Andrew Frcitcr and Beth -Ann Herr were strong in defeat. in Atom play, Exctcr II had thcir game -with Lucan 1 called because of the weather. The game will be re -played later. Exeter I continued their winning ways with a very strong perfor- mance against Arva. After allowing Arva a goal early in the game, the Exeter youngsters led by Chad Gil- fillan shut out Arva the rest of the way and scored five goals them- selves for a well deserved 5-1 win. Goal scorers for Exeter were Da- vid Farquhar (3), Jeff Sararas (1), and Chadxay Chantharath (1). in Mosquito action, Exctcr had trouble against a stubborn Nairn team. After missing some glorious scoring opportunities early in the game, Marty Dcbruyn scored the first two goals to show the way. In the second half Exeter kept on pressing and built up a 4-0 final SCOW. Mark Foster and Trevor Taylor also scored for Exeter. - In Pec Wee play, Exeter 11 had a bye this week.Exeter I travelled to Nairn and solidified their hold on - second place in the standing with a solid team effort in trouncing Nairn by a 7-0 score. Goalie Andy Andy Vilos earned thc shut out. Scoring for Exeter I were Jamie Dougall (2), Darryl Beaver (2), Micky Szabo(2), and Joel Campbell (1). Trevor Taylor and Craig Hem played particularly well for Exctcr. The under 17 action, Exeter trav- elled to Hyde Park and were defeated 2-1. It turned out to be a very ex- citing game with the Exeter young- sters playing well especially forward Brent Bell. • Hyde Park scored in the first half to take a 1-0' lead. Exctcr kept threatening as they controlled the play for most of the game. Brett Ridcout tied the score for Exeter but with a few minutes left Hyde Park took the game a.way from Exeter after scoring from a penalty kick. in girls under -11 action, Sandra Vandcrlaan played well in goal the first half and then scored two second half goals to lead Exeter to a 3-1 win over Delaware. After losing two straight the girls ire back on the winning trick. Daniel Lambert also scored for Exctcr. Ilayly Snell and Tracey Taylor played well for Exctcr. HOLE IN ONE - Hayden Gozzard shot a hole -in -one recently at Ironwood on num- ber seven with a three wood. +WWWWW#WWWWW W#WWWW4i Specials in effect Thurs.. 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