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Press, 4 December 1985, Page 54

Although he has stepped down as the Canterbury Football Association's area coach, Mr Terry Conley is keen to continue the junior training courses, which he was largely instrumental in setting up, next year. Mr Conley is pictured above with one of the groups he is coaching. The two players heading the ball' are his son, Vaughan (left) and Korosh Monsef. One of Mr Conley’s main concerns, is that the set-up, which this

year has involved between 80-90 young players ranging in age from 11 to 15, will lapse in 1986. The staff of coaches he worked with include highly regarded officials like John Souter, lain Marshall, Tony Harvey and Bob Carter, all senior New Zealand Football Association badge holders. Mr Conley resigned from the C.F.A. position to take up the job of coaching the New Brighton team in the

1986 Hertz League competition. “People may say if I am so concerned why resign. But I believe I can do the club job and continue to administer a scheme like this.” The groundwork, he felt, has been firmly laid and to a large extent the courses would run themselves. ' The courses were initiated partly to give players extra coaching on top of their regular school or club training. Mr Conley hopes

• the programme will continue through the summer. He would like to see the C.F.A. — which has its annual general meeting tonight — set up a coaching fund to provide tangible recompense to the members of the Canterbury coaching association who have, it is generally acknowledged, contributed substantially to a scheme which is accepted as being superior to any other set-up in the country. - -p