Randy Neal and his work as a "firefighter"

Created: 01/07/2022, 8:30 PM

From: Roland Halmel

Not in the mood for retirement: Randy Neal has taken over the coaching position at Bayernligist geretsried.

Quick agreement A victory at the start © halmel

Randy Neal (65) is retiring this year.

When it comes to “ice hockey”, the Peißenberger has shelved pension plans.

He's been back in business recently.

Peißenberg / Geretsried - Randy Neal had actually finished with ice hockey.

After the new board of directors of the ice skating division of TSV Peißenberg decided in February of last year to contest the following season with a new coach and not to extend the contract with the native Canadian, the 65-year-old had recently prepared for his retirement.

He will also retire this year - as far as his job is concerned.

“I had offers from a couple of clubs in the summer, but I didn't feel like it,” reports Neal, for whom the “Peißenberg” topic is ticked.

Randy Neal wants to stay up with Geretsried

In the past week, however, this resolution began to falter when Peter Holdschik, second chairman of the "Riverrats" Geretsried ", contacted Neal. The Bayern league team was looking for a successor for Rudi Sternkopf, who had announced his resignation due to illness (we reported). "We had contact before, and now we quickly came to an agreement after a conversation," reported Neal, who has known Holdschik for a long time. "Peter is a really nice person, and I know a lot of players in the Geretsried team from my previous work in Bad Tölz," said Neal.

Therefore, the acceptance was not really difficult for him, who trained other Bayern league clubs in addition to Peißenberg with Landsberg and Dorfen. “The 40 to 45 minutes driving time to training or to the game are not a problem. In addition, Geretsried has a very pleasant squad, which was immediately fun ”, recognized Neal, who still lives in Peißenberg, after the first training session, which was followed by a 3-2 win in Königsbrunn last Wednesday. “The guys implemented the requirements well,” says Neal. He sees his new team, which only has a theoretical chance of participating in the championship round, on the right track. "Our goal is to stay in the league," explains Neal, who has agreed in Geretsried until the end of the season. "I'm looking forward to the next few weeks",says Neal - for the moment he has renounced his existence as an ice hockey retiree.