{"id":600,"date":"2020-02-28T15:27:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T04:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scope.org.au\/?p=600"},"modified":"2020-02-28T15:27:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T04:27:53","slug":"cairns-quiet-achiever-andrew-howard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/index.php\/2020\/02\/28\/cairns-quiet-achiever-andrew-howard\/","title":{"rendered":"Cairns Quiet Achiever &#8211; Andrew Howard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/QA-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-601\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/QA-scaled.jpg 1698w, https:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/QA-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/QA-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/QA-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/QA-1019x1536.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/QA-1358x2048.jpg 1358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">ANDREW (HERBIE) HOWARD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Howard is an all-round\ngood bloke \u2013 a talented artist and a master swimming coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew has been recognised\nfor his work by receiving the Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers\nAssociation Multi Class Coach of the Year Award in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Typically, Andrew, gave the\naccolades to his star pupil \u201cScooter\u201d Patterson, who he has coached for ten\nyears.&nbsp; There is no doubt of Scooter\u2019s\nsuccess, but not many sports people can say they have had the same coach for\nten years; and also had a successful friendship as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting as a favour for a\nfriend, Andrew helped his mate at Trinity Anglican School Junior Squad.&nbsp; This while he was up here on holiday \u2013 and\nthe legend begins..&nbsp; Andrew not only\nassisted at TAS, but also helped Peter Tibbs build up the club at Tobruk Pool\nfrom nothing to 200 kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Operating out of Trinity Bay\nState High School pool, Andrew says \u201cI just like seeing kids achieving\nsomething.&nbsp; And it is so much more than\njust swimming \u2013 we build character and a culture\u201d.&nbsp; His aim is to see kids be the best they can,\nand off the computers and in the water staying fit and healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew is involved with\nSwimming Queensland\u2019s disability, indigenous and participation program, and is\nthe state\u2019s para-swimming development officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew is admired and respected by all who know him, and is described by Scooter, as an honest, loyal, hardworking man.&nbsp; That says it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"915\" height=\"410\" src=\"http:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/andrew-and-Scooter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/andrew-and-Scooter.jpg 915w, https:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/andrew-and-Scooter-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/andrew-and-Scooter-768x344.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><figcaption>Here is Andrew with his star pupil &#8216;Scooter&#8217; Patterson<br>Photo credit to the Swim Australia website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANDREW (HERBIE) HOWARD. Andrew Howard is an all-round good bloke \u2013 a talented artist and a master swimming coach. Andrew has been recognised for his work by receiving the Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association Multi Class Coach of the Year Award in February. Typically, Andrew, gave the accolades to his star pupil \u201cScooter\u201d Patterson, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":605,"href":"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions\/605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}