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Archie’s 2.0 Plan for 2020

By Victoria Klassen surrounding area.

Archie’s Par 3 will see the 21-inch
or Archie’s Family Golf Centre’s footgolf holes moved directly onto
F20th year of current ownership, the putting surfaces. Customers will
there were originally 20 items now have a choice of golf balls,
including new programs, additional soccer balls of different sizes, and
products, and capital projects frisbees to play with. It will be a
planned for Archie’s 2.0 Plan for “choose your weapon” and an “all
2020. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, play together” atmosphere. Imagine
these plans have had to be scaled how many hole-in-ones there will
back, but Archie’s is still hopeful be!
about rolling some of the plan out
during the season. AllForeAutism is a program
Archie’s is very excited about. This
This year, Archie’s is thrilled to program will be geared towards
bring Pasquale Mongillo on board children with autism and other
to assist with operations. Many will learning disabilities. The details of
know “Eno” as a club-fitter/builder this program will be rolled out in
and provider of lessons. Eno has the coming weeks.
begun his journey to become a
PGA of Canada member and is Archie’s is also planning to bring
following his dream of being a Golf back our Long Drive, Mini Putt,
Professional. Archie’s is excited to and Junior Par 3 Championships for
be along for that journey. some extra fun and competition!

Another great partnership that It is uncertain times, but Archie’s
Archie’s is excited about is the will be ready as soon as the coast is
addition of Séguin Patate in the clear. When that happens, Cornwall
chip stand. Together, these two can be sure to hear Archie’s shouting
businesses have over 160 years from the rooftops...Archie’s, let the
of service in Cornwall and the fun begin! “Fun and games at Archie’s Family Golf Centre” Photo Submitted
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Jacob Racine Athlete of the Month

Erin Edgar
Age: 11 Grade: 5
School: Marie-Tanguay
Age: 12 Grade: 7
Hometown: Cornwall, Ontario
Shawn Filliol coached Jacob’s Cornwall Colts Atom B house Hometown: Cornwall
team this year. “He’s got great heart, grit and determination,” School: St Joseph Intermediate Catholic School
says Coach Shawn. “He was one of my best defensemen this April’s Athlete of the Month is a young lady who
year.” enjoys swimming and dance. Erin Edgar has
Jacob asks: What’s your favourite part of coaching? been with the Powell School of Dance for four
I love seeing how much the kids improve from the beginning years. She also swam for six years, achieving all
of the season to the end. It’s a challenge to plan and run
practices and hold the players’ attention for an hour or hour- the Red Cross levels possible for her age. “I have
and-half, but it’s awesome to see the kids improve their skills taken a break from swimming until I can start
the lifeguard courses,” she says.
month after month. These kids have so much raw potential and over the last 10 years Erin recently joined the St. Joseph’s Panthers Pep
of coaching I have yet to see a player not improve their skills in some capacity. The
best feeling is when I see a weaker team - especially in the season’s first half - begin to Squad. “Hopefully this will continue through

compete and win some games in the later half of the season and start to surprise some of Grade 8 and into high school,” says Erin. “I enjoy the social aspects of dance and pep
the league’s stronger teams. That is so cool to see. squad. Physically, it can sometimes be a challenge, but I don’t find it too strenuous.

The other thing that I think is great is how sports can be used to share and teach great Both dance and pep squad promote teamwork and school spirit. With swimming, I
values. As a team, we can learn to treat our opponents with respect. For example, after like getting better at new strokes, but I really just like being in the water.”
winning or losing a game, everybody lines up to shake hands with their opponents and Erin enjoys being at school because she has a great group of friends. She says she
the officials respectfully. Or if we are winning a game by a large margin, we can stop likes her subjects and the teachers at St. Joe’s.

cheering like it’s the Stanley Cup every time a goal is scored, or even better, we can stop

running up the score. As a team, we can treat the officials with respect. If we don’t like
a call, we can keep our composure and be respectful. Some calls go for us and some go
against us… That’s the way it is and it’s not the end of the world. And as a team, we can
treat coaches, fellow players and parents with respect. These are excellent values that
team sports can teach the kids and as they grow older, they can pass on these values to
their own children as parents or to their own players as future coaches.
And lastly, one of the best parts of coaching is it allows me to spend quality time with Max Ming, P. Eng
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