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inc uanacuan statesman, tsowmanviiic, Wednesday, November lu, 1W;S y BMHA President Offers Final Word In Debate Over Formation of Team ToJill Linfoot As president of the Bowmanville Minor Hockey Association, one of the first lessons I learned was to accept criticism for the mistakes that I make, and to use it in a positive way to better our association. Your type of criticism, however, is where I draw the line. You spoke of situations that, in reality, you knew little about, which is the reason for this letter, to help clear up all misconceptions. misconceptions. Let's start at the beginning, which would have been probably back in April. I entertained the thought of additional additional entry teams in the four age categories categories for a number of reasons such as: the influx of Courticc residents; the player agreement with Orono and Newcastle (which at dial time existed); and the general growth of this area. Then the idea was taken to a BMHA executive meeting at which time it was accepted with some suggested guidelines. guidelines. The first suggestion was a questionnaire questionnaire that was designed to better inform inform us if the interest was there, and was to be filled out at registration. As you are well aware, out of 500 questionnaires questionnaires given to the BRHL, we received received eight back, none of which were Atom age, I might add. The second guideline was that all players released from the "AA" team were to be asked if they were interested interested in the additional entry team. This was done, and as you stated there were 11 minors willing. But the problem was there were not enough majors to fill the remainder of the team. Suggestion number three was that the BMHA would not go out and solicit solicit players for those teams if the numbers numbers were not present during the "AA" tryouts. You suggested in your letter that you knew players that were possibly going to try out for the additional team, that were not present at the "AA" tryouts. That is against the BMHA Operational Guidelines, as well as our agreement with the BRHL. that we would not solicit players at the last minute to fill additional entry teams. You also suggested that we have our additional tryouts earlier. That is not a possibility with the lack of ice lime and the deadline for the preparation preparation of the BRHL draft. So we did the next best thing and had our additional entry coaches attend the "AA" tryouts to evaluate the players so they would be belter prepared once releases were made. Guideline number four was to inform inform the community of our intention to ice additional entry teams. This was carried out in various stages. Signs were displayed at registration. Questionnaires Questionnaires were printed and were available available at registration in Orono, with the BMHA, or with the BRHL. Articles were printed in the Courti.ee News, Statesman, and the Newcastle Independent Independent on more than one occasion. Tryout schedules were printed verifying verifying ice times, and once "AA" tryouts began, a parents' meeting was held for all parents of players attending attending tryouts, to inform them of the structure of the BMHA, the program for the 1993-94 season, and the intention intention of creating additional entry teams if their child was released. It was also stated at these meetings that if the numbers were not present, the team would be cancelled. I feel the BMHA provided more than ample time for people to make a commitment one way or the other to the additional entry program. The final guideline was to assure a coach for these teams, as well as a scheduled league for them to compete in. Both we accomplished. The coaches coaches were selected before tryouts commenced, commenced, and the teams were scheduled into the York Simcoe League. All that remained was the commitment that the numbers were available to ice the team and at thé conclusion of the "AA" tryouts, that was not the case. Then the decision to cancel the team was made. For you to make the statement that "the decision was made in haste," was unjustified and, in my St. Stephen's Skates to 8-0 Hockey Win Over Cobourg opinion, uncalled for. While I am writing, I would like to clear up a few other statements that were made by you. You slated "Most" hockey parents in this town know that there are "very few new faces" on our teams each year; For argument's sake, there arc approximately 1,000 minor hockey players in our town. A total of 203 play for the Toros. Approximately 250 play Squirt and Tyke and are not of age to play rep. hockey. That leaves us with. 550 of which approximately 400 are not interested, or do not wish to play rep. hockey, and probably could not tell you who all plays Toro hockey. hockey. That leaves us with approximately 150 players who may be aware of the Toro players who made teams this season season compared to last. That's only 15% of the community players, yet you say you can speak for "Most" hockey people in our town. Just to" inform you, out of the 203 players in the Toro organization this season, 82 of them arc new faces compared compared to last season. That is a turnover of 41%. Far from "Very Few." You stated 45 Atoms turned out for BRHL Select tryouts. That is great, but did it occur to you that only 11 of those players were interested in Toro Additional Atom team and the remaining remaining 34 chose to play Recreation and Select? And last, in a separate lç.tter, you stated that you arc on the BRHL executive executive (I applaud you for that), and you know what is going on. You may know what is going on in the BRHL, but you have only opinions of what goes on regarding the BMHA, as you do not attend our meetings. So in closing, the answer to your first question is, YES, we arc sure. We are sure we-madc the decision that was in in the best interest of all parties concerned, concerned, especially the players. A great many hours of volunteer time was spent on this situation. Sincerely Paul R. Jackman BMHA President P.S. From a BMHA point of view, we apologize for any inconvenience this situation may have caused, and feel this matter is now closed, so that we may focus our attention on the matters matters at hand. The harrier team from Lord Elgin Public School tied for first place at an area championship meet that was held at Harmony Valley on Tuesday, October 26. Of the 22 members on the team, five of them returned returned home with medals. The above picture was taken prior to an assembly where the team was going to be presented with ribbons. SCOREBOARD Bowmanville Non-Contact League A&D Thruckshop 10 Cdn. Home Therapy 6 Team W L T Pts. Hooper's 5 Hanc's 4 Burke Division Mosport 3 D. Base 3 Beasties 6 1 0 12 Pattern 6 King St. Bar & Grill 5 A&D Truckshop 4 2 1 9 Hawks 5 Preston Movers 4 D. Base 3 2 2 8 Hanc's Chick. & Ribs 1 4 2 4 Newcastle Sunday Night League Oliver Division Team W L T Pts. Hooper's Trophy Cen. 5 2 0 10 Gruffies Canadiens 5 0 1 11 Mosport 1 3 3 5 Newcastle Lumber 4 1 1 9 Cdn. Home Therapy 1 4 2 4 Sharks 3 3 0 6 Dutchmen 2 5 0 4 Blackhawks 2 3 1 5 Shackelton Division Sit 'n' Sip 1 4 1 3 Preston Movers 5 1 1 11 Tennant Heating 0 4 2 2 Hawks 4 3 0 8 Sunday's Results King St. Bar & Grill 3 3 1 7 Newcastle Lumber 7 Tennant Heating 2 Pattern 1 6 0 2 Sharks 3 Sit 'n' Sip 2 Weekend Results Blackhawks 2 Gruffies 2 Beasties 3 Dutchmen 2 by Brad Kelly Two questions surrounded the St. Stephen's High School hockey program program us it embarked on another regular regular season: 1. Would they be able to muster enough offence to be competitive after, after, losing some key veteran players to graduation? 2. How would their goaltending hold up after losing standout Chris McCarthy to the Junior C ranks? Well, both of those questions were answered last Wednesday against St. Mary's of Cobourg. Grade 12 student Chris Novak tallied three times, while goaltender John Marco Cannito didn't allow a shot to gel past him, as St. Stephen's rolled to a convincing 8-0 victory, , "St. Mary's have a better team than they showed today," said a modest coach, Father Bill Moloney. "We got the jump on them early today, and were able to keep it up throughout the game." St. Stephen's built a 2-0 lead after after the opening period, and expanded expanded it to 6-0 after the second period. Along with the hat-trick by Novak, Novak, Andrew Ferguson, Chris Cho- Durham Optical Sets Sights on Winning Record Newcastle's Durham Optical OMHA Novice team is off to a flying start with a 6-0 record. The season began October 9 with a • 7-1 win over Ops. On October 16, Newcastle shut out Sunderland 2-0, followed by another win over Ops 4- 2. Millbrook came to town on October 30 and were defeated 5-1. This past weekend, Newcastle extended extended its unbeaten streak with wins over Orono 5-1 and Manvcrs 11-0. The team players arc: Dylan Cull, Zachary Ibbotson, Colin Organ, Brendan Brendan O'Sullivan, John Stafford, Nicholas Nicholas Boyd, Joey Castellano, Eric Shah, Mike Trotman, Paul Garisto, Joshua Rutledge. Coaches arc Rick Palmatccr and Brady Ibbotson. lcllc, Chris German, Chad Vande- rende and Craig Schumacher accounted for St. Stephen's eight goals. _ ■ f, St. Stephen's-...had,- a well- balanced attack througliüùv-phe. . hockey game. Their specialty teams were jmpressive, accounting for half of the team's offence as they recorded recorded their third win in five outings. Novak counted a goal on the power play, as well as a short- handed marker in the third period. Vanderende also scored a power play goal, while Schumacher's came during a short-handed situation in the third period. "I don't think we can score at will, but if we have a good game we will score our share of goals," said Moloney. Though it is still too early to draw any conclusions about 1 the league, it is shaping up to be a four- team race this year. Cartwright appear appear to be the weak link in the five- team league, which includes Clarke and Port Hope. Last year, St. Stephen's finished as the top team in the league after regular season play, but were upset in the finals by Clarke. Things won't be so easy litis season. season. The defending league champions from Clarke have strengthened their team, and Port Hope, who cancelled their program in mid-season last year after a game-ending brawl with Cartwright, have returned. Outside of the game SL Mary's played against St. Stephen's, they have also shown a competitive side. 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