The Annual CGHA Dance

 ATTENTION ALL CGHA FAMILIES!!!!!

The Annual Flames Dance date has been set for Saturday, March 3, 2012.

Location at the Rickard Arena party Room as always. Doors Open at 8pm and we party until 1am!

Advance tickets are only $15.00 per ticket and $20.00 at the door.
Tons of prizes through out Silent Auction, raffles and 50/50.

Please contact your team management for tickets or Sarah Meredith - meredithfamily@cgha.ca

Come have some ADULT fun and support your very favourite girls hockey league.

Rep Team Coaches Evaluation

2011/2012 Team Staff Evaluation

 Dear Parents or Players:

We would like to encourage you to participate in the CGHA Team Staff Evaluations.

The CGHA is trying a new evaluation process this year and has moved the process online. We feel this will give every family a totally anonymous way to provide feedback. We also would like to encourage you to submit an evaluation whether you are satisfied or dissatisfied with your daughter's current staff. The CGHA uses these evaluations to help select coaching staff for next year.

Each team will receive 17 envelopes with a unique non-sequential passcode sealed inside from your manager or coach. For those without computer access a paper form can still be filled out and dropped off in the water room at Rickard Arena.

Link to Evaluation

2012 Flamesfest Tournament

 

2012 / 2013 Rep Coaching Application

The teams the CGHA will have for the 2012 - 2013 season will be..

Novice A, Atom AA, Atom B, PeeWee AA, Peewee A, PeeWee BB, Peewee B, Bantam AA, Bantam A, Bantam BB, Midget AA, Midget A, Midget BB, Intermediate A, and Senior A

Potential coaching candidates should state their intent and preferred team(s) by submitting applications containing the following information by no later than February 1, 2012.

1. Coaches Philosophy - An outline of the principles that you would call upon to coach a hockey team at the level applied for.
2. Yearly Plan - At minimum, a skeletal outline of the expectations of the team from a skills development perspective.
3. Budget (Speculative) - A rough estimate of the anticipated costs associated with your proposed plan.
4. Coaching Resume - Provide an outline of your prior coaching experience; including both academic and practical
5. References - Supply 2 references from past teams that you've been involved with (if applicable) and 1 from current team (also, if applicable).   Also provide a list of parents and phone numbers from the last team coached,
6. Practice Plans  Practice plans one for the begining of the year and one the middle.

All Documents should be emailed to CGHA

Please complete the application Here: 

Rally for Harmon Park Arena

To our Clarington Players & Families

The CGHA invites you to come together with our Oshawa friends and partners in hockey Thursday, January 19 @ 6:30pm outside Oshawa City Hall in a rally to support the continued growth and development of Harmon Park Arena. Each of us from Novice through to Bantam have enjoyed a challenging competitive interlock with OGHA and have played many a game at Harmon Park.

As you all know the development of and allocation of arenas and ice for girl's hockey continues to be a challenge and we must do what we can to support one that 'lives in our backyard'...please show your support by attending this important rally. Every voice counts. For more information and a message from the OGHA Vice President please read on...


Hello:

On Thursday January 19 at 6:30 pm there will be a special meeting of Oshawa City Council to address the issue of Harmon Park. I will be speaking on behalf of the Oshawa Girls Hockey Association. My goal is to ensure that our organization has the ice time and resources to maintain and grow the programs that we feel are important. To accomplish this, Oshawa City Council need to hear from us. There will also be a rally of all of the ice users (players, coaches, parents, etc) outside City Hall at that time.

I am hoping that you will consider attending the rally to ensure that Council hears a balanced view of the issues.

I welcome any feedback that you may have

Sincerely
Ralph Hofmann
OGHA Vice-President (Competitive)

Peewee AA win Gold in Scarborough

Ontario Winter Games

Clarington Flames have 5 members going to the Ontario Winter Games http://ontariowintergames.com/index.html this March.

Emma Fox, Meagan Picco, Katelyn Rae, Saroya Tinker, Rachel Dowdall 

We would like to wish the girls good luck at the up coming games!

Cummins Champs in Milton

Clarington Flames Cummins Peewee recently travelled to Milton in mid November to participate in The North Halton Twisters annual tournament. After placing first in their division with three straight wins, they advanced to the playoffs as the #1 seed based on the goals-for tie breaker rule.

In the semi-final game versus ‘The Vipers' from Mississauga Cummins found themselves down early 2-0 on two quick goals in the first period. The early deficit did not seem to affect their work ethic as they took the game over by hemming the opposition in their end for most of the remainder of the game. All the hard work culminated with the go ahead goal in the third period. The Vipers did not quit and drew a late slashing call which forced Cummins to dig deep for the late game penalty kill which secured the win.
In the championship game the team remembered their lacklustre start in the semi final and scored on the first shift. That early goal seemed to deflate the opposition from Oakville and Cummins went on to win the final 4-1.

Members of the team are Kristen Brunt, Abby Heslop, Megan Meredith, Talia Coderre, Kerri Reynolds, Nicole VanMeer, Melissa Pigden, Hailey Walsh, Emily Hill, Nicolle Lawrie, Nadia Lubenko, Hunter Perry, and Hailey Elmer between the pipes.

Purposed By Law Changes

Purposed By Law Changes

ARTICLE TEN - Competitive Teams

• (A) Though competitive in nature, Competitive teams are still governed by the spirit of the Constitution, By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, and Policy Guidelines of the CGHA unless otherwise directed through ARTICLE TEN (10), TEN.ONE (10.1), OR TEN.TWO (10.2) of the Rules and Regulations.
• (B) Revised April 5/06 - No more than 4 (four) non-residents are allowed on a top level competitive team and they must be rated among the top ten players on the team. A non-resident must be with the CGHA for two consecutive years to be considered equal to a resident for this purpose. This section to be reviewed annually.
• (C) Revised April 23, 2008 Non-residents may be allowed on the competitive team if ranked in the top 25 percentile to make up the balance to 17 players or at the discretion of the CGHA Committee who would include the President, VP of Rep, Rep Director of Coach and Player development and the General Manager of the LLFHL/OWHA revised April 2009 review again in 2010.  
   

1. Purposed by Kevin Stover, April 11th, 2011

Goalies (if from outside the association) should not count towards the import quota when considering them for a Rep team.  defer to 2012 AGM 

2. Purposed by Yvonne Spencer, April 23rd, 2011

Proposed Revision:
(B) No more than 2 (two) non-residents are allowed on a top level competitive team and they must be rated among the top five players on the team as judged by a panel made up of a minimum of 4 executive members none of whom would be a coach or potential parent involved in said team.    defer to 2012 AGM


Proposed Revision:
(C) Non-residents are not allowed on any second or lower competitive team unless it is to make up the balance to 17 players to create a viable team.  defer to 2012 AGM

3. Purposed by Beth Friend, May 5th, 2011

Proposed Revision:

1. I would like to propse that the import rule for CGHA be changed from 2 years to 1 year for the players to be non-imports.... and that if they leave the CGHA for 1 year and return (and they are not a resident of Clarington) then they will again be considered an import.  Defeated July 11th, 2011  Defeated July 11th, 2011,  defeated statements will stand as the process followed current rules

2. Also that we allow MAA to carry up to to 6 imports to their team...(this due to the draw from the PW/Jr teams taking #'s from that division , I dont think that other divisions should have the more than 4 imports!  Defeated July 11th, 2011, defeated statements will stand as the process followed current rules

4. Purposed by Tim Kirkton, July 12th, 2011

b. Lifetime membership is NOT voted on. If a member has served on the executive for 10+ years, they are automatically lifetime members (unless they decline).

WOLVES EDGE CLARINGTON TO WIN CHALLENGE CUP

The Whitby Wolves won the inaugural Flames Challenge Cup series with Clarington in a very tight series. Whitby won six games, lost four and tied two - winning the series by one win. The series was clinched when the Intermediate Lady Wolves downed the Intermediate Lady Flames 2-1 in the second last game of the 12 game series. In other action, the Clarington Midget AA team beat Whitby 3-1, the Clarington Midget BB's downed the Wolves 4-1, Whitby's Bantam AA1 team downed the Flames AA1 team 7-0, the Flames AA2 team edged the Whitby AA2 team 3-2, Whitby and Clarington tied 3-3 in Bantam BB action. In Pee Wee - the Wolves swept the three games. In Pee Wee AA action - the Wolves scored late to squeak out a 4-3 win, in Pee Wee A action - Whitby shutout Clarington 3-0, and in Pee Wee BB action Whitby down the Flames 3-1. In Atom AA - the Flames downed Whitby 1-0 and in Atom BB action it was a 2-2 tie. And in the opening game of the series - Whitby downed Clarington 3-1 in Novice A action. The Flames organization hopes to make this series into an annual event. One other hockey note - the Midget AA Flames will host the Chinese Olympic Team in an exhibition game at Garnet B. Rickard Arena on Wednesday November 9th at 7pm. Admission is free but people are encouraged to bring a non perishable food item or an unwrapped toy for the Salvation Army.

Applefest Tournament 2011/12

 The Clarington Girls Hockey Association wishes to extend our thanks to all the teams for participating in this year's Applefest Tournament. It was a great weekend of hockey!  We hope that a good time was had by all and look forward to seeing you at next year's Applefest Tournament. Congratulations to the Champions and Finalists listed below in each Division:

Novice A Champs: Clarington Flames
Novice A Finalists: Oshawa Lady Generals

Novice B Champs: Mississauga Chiefs
Novice B Finalists: Wilmot Wolverines

Atom BB Champs: Clarington Flames
Atom BB Finalists: Durham West Lightning

Atom AA Champs: Clarington Flames
Atom AA Finalists: Whitby Wolves

PeeWee BB Champs: Waterloo Ravens
PeeWee BB Finalists: Durham West Lightning

PeeWee B Champs: Glouchester Cumberland Stars
PeeWee B Finalists: Cambridge Road Runners

PeeWee A Champs: Oakville Hornets
PeeWee A Finalists: Whitby Wolves

PeeWee AA Champs: Whitby Wolves
PeeWee AA Finalists: Peterborough Ice Kats

Bantam BB Champs: Nepean Wildcats
Bantam BB Finalists: Kent County Fillies

Bantam B Champs: Oakville Hornets
Bantam B Finalists: Nepean Wildcats

Bantam AA Champs: Clarington Flames
Bantam AA Finalists: Whitby Wolves

Bantam A Champs: Scarborough Sharks
Bantam A Finalists: Oshawa Lady Generals

Midget B Champs: Peterborough Ice Kats
Midget B Finalists: Haldimond Rivercats

Midget BB Champs: King Cavalry
Midget BB Finalists: Nepean Wildcats

Midget A Champs: Peterborough Ice Kats
Midget A Finalists: Brampton Canadettes

Midget AA Champs: Durham West Lightning
Midget AA Finalists: Peterborough Ice Kats

Intermediate A Champs: Whitby Wolves
Intermediate A Finalists: Scarborough Sharks

Senior A Champs: Durham West Lightning
Senior A Finalists: Clarington Flames

Novice A 2011 Applefest Champions

Congratulations to the Novice A team on their victory at our very own Applefest Tournament. The girls finished 2nd in round robin play (despite not losing a game) and were relegated to the semi-final where they dominated in a 2-0 victory over the Waterloo Ravens. The final would find the Flames girls pitted against rival Oshawa, a team they had yet to beat this year. Up 1-0 after two periods of play the girls potted the insurance goal with less than 4minutes to go wrapping up the Gold Medal! Hard work was the key to victory, way to go girls, you made us very proud!

Clarington Bantam ‘AA' strikes Gold at Willowdale Redwings (Toronto, Ontario)

The Bantam AA Flames went 4-1 over the weekend, winning the final game 7-0 against the Windsor Wildcats team.

Defence was the word for the weekend as the Flames only allowed 5 goals in 5 games, goalies Brooke Hallett and Rachel McQuigge combined for 2 shut-outs in 5 games.

In the round robin Clarington started the tournament against St. Catharine Chaos, Clarington played a great defencive game to a 4 -1 victory. Later that day they played the Windsor Wildcats, but Clarington ran into penalty problems and lost 4-2. Saturday afternoon Clarington shutout the North York Storm 5-0, Sunday morning was a friendly battle against the Clarington Flames 'A' Team who also played an excellent tournament. The Flames 'AA' team had to beat the Flames 'A' team to reach the finals, it was a well played game with parents all over the rink cheering for both teams. In the end it was the Flames 'AA' team winning 5-3 in an exciting game. In the final game the Flames got what they wanted - a rematch against the team that beat them two days prior. The girls came out blazing with the first goal at the 2 minute mark followed by 3 more quick ones by the end of the first. The girls never looked back and never took their foot of the gas pedal, the final score was 7-0, nice job girls and great job to the Clarington Bantam 'A' girls, Sunday was a great time had by all!

The Bantam "AA"s is coached by Richard McPaul, Mike Feldcamp, Dave Sankey, Tom Robins, Manager, Diane Fox, and Trainer Sandy Kennedy.
The team: Rachel McQuigge, Brooklyn Sarnovsky, Kianna Keenan, Jennifer Dale, Brynn Richard, Emma Fox, Alex Woods, Courtney McGee, Katelyn Rae, Michelle Tamlin-Grainger, Samantha Pierson, Saroya Tinker, Brooke Hallett, Tessa Chad, Lauren Kennedy and Meagan Picco.

The team is sponsored by Evans Electric (Toronto).

World Girl's Hockey Day

CELEBRATION OF FEMALE HOCKEY AT ALL AGES
IIHF WORLD GIRLS' HOCKEY DAY

WHAT IS THE WORLD GIRLS' HOCKEY DAY?

It's time to celebrate the future of female hockey around the world!
On 2nd October 2011, the IIHF is hosting the first annual World Girls' Hockey Day.
Female hockey is one of the fastest growing sports in the world .
Events like Girl's Hockey Days and similar programs that are being run in many countries.
It is an opportunity for girls of all ages to try ice hockey.

WHAT CAN OWHA MEMBERS DO?

We are looking for your ideas to bring girls from their community together on the ice so they can:

• be introduced to basic skills in hockey in a positive, fun and safe environment.
• learn about opportunities in ice hockey in their community.
• learn about fair play, sportsmanship, and teamwork.
• meet new friends and have a chance to fall in love with a new sport.
• celebrate female hockey
• promote female hockey

We are looking for your ideas to create initiatives and publicize existing activities to bring exposure to female hockey across Ontario.

The Ontario Women's Hockey Association has registered with the IIHF as a host and will incorporate all OWHA programs as part of the Ontario, Canada Celebration.

The goal is to give girls a chance to play.
The goal is to give exposure and credibility to the wonderful role models in Ontario.

WHAT DO I DO?

Post the OWHA World Girls' Hockey Day Banner on your web site
Send an email to info@owha.on.ca to advise your interest in participation.
We will send you a form so you can provide details of your event.
Attach any flyers or other information you wish us to post or link from the OWHA web site.

If you are running a program for new players:

• advertise within your community about the event to draw as many participants as you have space for.
• organize ice time and arrange some coaches to run some very basic and fun drills.
• have a certified person at the event to take care of any first aid needs based on the legal requirements.

SOME SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO PROMOTE THE EVENT OR ADD TO THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

• have members of the women's national team, under-18 provincial team, CWHL, PWHL, CIS or role model players from your association be part of the event, famous coaches or hockey legends who want to support the event - on the ice, autograph sessions, and just sharing their love of the game.
• have each team member bring one friend to the event (if you have 15 players on your team, you will automatically have 15 new girls coming!).
• hold information sessions for parents on the sport and the opportunities
• do off-ice hockey activities for younger girls or participants who cannot skate in addition to the on-ice portion so they get a chance to use a stick and ball while in shoes as they may not be able to do many of the activities on the ice.

Send an email to info@owha.on.ca to advise your interest in participation.

Chevrolet will be launching a “Hockey Helmet Program"

Chevrolet will be launching a "Hockey Helmet Program" on August 19th, which will provide every 5 year old player (Born in 2006) that registers with a Hockey Canada Member Branch/Association a FREE Bauer hockey helmet. With your assistance were hoping you can communicate this great opportunity to your local/regional associations, in order to get the word out to all 5 year old members in the 2011-12 season.

http://www.gm.ca/gm/english/vehicles/chevrolet/chevrolet-hockey/overview

Learn to Play Hockey Returns!

Our 3 day camp is open to girls between the ages of 4 and 21. The program is designed for girls who have never played organized hockey and is "free" to residents of Clarington. Participants are welcome to attend all 3 days!

There is a limit on the number of participants so register early and avoid disappointment! Full equipment is mandatory and there will be some available on loan.

Details:

• Tuesday, May 3rd - South Courtice Arena Pad B @ 6:00pm til 7:00pm
• Wednesday, May 4th - South Courtice Arena Pad B @ 6:00pm til 7:00pm
• Thursday, May 5th - South Courtice Arena Pad B @ 6:00pm til 7:00pm

 

For questions or to register please contact:

John Magee
CGHA, Vice President of House League
john_magee@rogers.com (there is an underscore in this email address "john_magee")

Will Van Den Oetelaar
CGHA, Vice President of Rep
willvdo@gmail.com

Flamesfest 2011 Results

On behalf of the CGHA, I wish to extend our thanks to all teams for participating in this year's 12th Annual Flamesfest Tournament. I hope that a good time was had by all and we'll look forward to seeing you at next year's 2012 Flamesfest Tournament.

Congratulations to the Champions and Finalists listed below in each Division,

NOVICE
Champions - Thompson Electric Kingston Ice Wolves
Finalists - Russell Coyotes

ATOM
Champions - CGHA Play It Again Sports
Finalists - CGHA Arcade Pools

PEEWEE
Champions - CGHA Play It Again Sports
Finalists - Almaguin Gazelles

BANTAM
Champions - Almaguin Gazelles
Finalists - CGHA Moda Salon

MIDGET
Champions - CGHA Continental Currency
Finalists - CGHA Ron Robinson

INTERMEDIATE
Champions - Kanata Rangers
Finalists - Scarborough Sharks

Announcing the CGHA Scholarship Program

The Clarington Girls Hockey Association (CGHA) has established a Scholarship Program designed to recognize long standing members, and to encourage players to remain with the Association. There will be two scholarships awarded annually in the amount of $1,000 each.
To be eligible for a scholarship, all applicants:

Novice A wins Bronze in Waterloo

Novice A wins Bronze in Waterloo

" After losing to Oshawa in the Round Robin to see who went on to play in the Gold / Silver game in double OT, the girls rebounded and had a strong 4-2 victory over host Waterloo to win Bronze. Great effort at both ends of the ice and the girls continue to improve. Thanks to all staff and parents for making a great weekend."

CGHA Award of Excellence Sponsored by Sunspace Sunrooms

CGHA Award of Excellence

Sponsored by Sunspace Sunrooms

This is an award that identifies positive role models and players who give back to their community as well as the CGHA.

The award is open to all players currently in both the House league and Rep program.

It will be awarded annually to the player in the CGHA who best exemplifies the meaning of  “The Love of the Game.”

The winner will have some or all of the following criteria:

• commitment to the CGHA
• team involvement
• volunteer time devoted towards hockey & the community
• positive attitude
• encouragement of others
• outstanding effort
• Teamwork

All players are encouraged to participate.

Letters of recommendation may be submitted to

Helen Hunt-helen.hunt@sunspacesunrooms.com or Denise Sankey - dsanket@rogers.com

A selection committee is responsible for the selection of the recipients. The sponsor, Sunspace Sunrooms, will choose selection committee.

Presentation will take place at awards banquet.