Rockyford Minor Hockey & Ringette Association

Important Referee Information – Ringette

• Every official must take the appropriate clinic to be recertified and therefore able to ref next season. RA is scheduling ALL the clinics this year. Registration for same is all done online through the RA website link listed below. RA is determining where clinics are going to be held and how many, based on numbers from last year.
• Zone 2 has been allocated one (1) Level 1 Clinic. The proposed day for a Zone 2 Lvl1 Clinic is Oct 15. Between our Associations we need to decide where same will be held.  Will require a room and 1-1.5hrs ice.  All clinics are registered for online and are first come first serve. There are 3 Lvl1 Clinics being held in Calgary on Sept 17 at the Village Square Leisure Centre and same is open for Zone 2 officials.  Twenty (20) is the participation limit for Lvl1 Clinics so please get your officials to register ASAP.
• Officials who have not already attended and successfully completed a Lvl 2/3 or 4 Clinic are required to retake the Lvl 1 Clinic again in its entirety. Those officials who have attended and successfully completed a Lvl 2/3 or 4 Clinic may attend the Refresher Clinic, which will be about a 4 hr clinic with no ice time. If a Lvl 2/3 or 4 official is not available to attend the Refresher Clinic, he/she may attend the full Lvl1 again to retain their current carding level and be recertified for next season. A Refresher Clinic will be scheduled in Calgary but date is not yet finalized.
• Please advise all your Association officials to register ASAP for the appropriate clinic. RA advised me – no recertification = no reffing.  Lvl 1 is $125 and Refresher is $50.
• Registration Link

Document: Hockey Letter Jan 29, 2011

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TEAMS WANTED !  Novice U10 and Petite U12 Tournament

February 25-27 – 2011

Jacqueline Kenney – Box 343, Rockyford, Alberta  T0J 2R0

jkenney@rosebud.ca

NOVICE, ATOM & PEWEE’S UFA BISONS CLINIC

The UFA Bison’s will be hosting a clinic for us on Dec 10, 2010 from 7-9pm.

This is a program that is extended to only one association per year and we were choosen this year.   This is a great opportunity for our kids and I would hope everyone can do their best to attend.    There will be hot dogs after they are off the ice as well.  We may need to help to cook them but that can happen that night as it is open to our Pee Wee team, Novice, and the few Atoms playing other places this year.

This is an overview of what will happen that night:

• Focusing on the Novice & Pee Wee players (3 Atom players from area would be invited)
• 2 hour workshop (1 hour instruction, 1hour scrimage)
• Bisons’ players will teach skills clinic to players
• Bisons’ coach will provide coach clinic to coaches and parents
• Bisons’s had arranged for media coverage by the Strathmore Times
• Rockyford Minor Hockey or Ag Society would cover ice time
• Meet & Greet after the game with hot dogs (and fixings) being served

Please let me know if you can not attend  -  Pam Seeley (pamseeley@rockyford.ca)

For those who are interested, Rockyford will hosting a Ref Clinic on November 6th and 7th from 9AM to 4 PM.  Anyone 13yrs of age or older can enroll in classes.  You will need skates, and a lunch.  For more information contact Linda Dahm @ dahm@conterraindustries.com

ALBERTA CHALLENGE CUP INFORMATION

Ringette Alberta is pleased to announce the Alberta Challenge Cup, to be held September 24th-26th in Calgary.  This will be the first pre-Canada Winter Games tournament that Team Alberta will participate in as they prepare for the Games, which take place February 11th-27th in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  In preparation for the World Ringette Championships, Team USA will also be in attendance and will participate in the round robin of the tournament.

Other U20 teams participating include Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Nova Scotia.  Admission to the event is free and represents one of very few opportunities to watch AAA-level ringette in the province.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Joel Mrak, Technical Director at (780) 415-1752 or technicaldirector@ringettealberta.com.

MORE IMPORTANT DATES TO WATCH FOR

Sept 21 – RMHRA Board meeting and mandatory coaches and managers meeting at 7:30 pm at the Arena

Sept 22 – Ringette Zone meeting at 6:30 pm in Strathmore (exact location TBA)

Oct 6 or 7 – Mandatory Ringette coaches meeting for the Calgary League at the Triwood Community Center at 7:00 pm

Oct 13 – Mandatory Ringette coaches meeting for Zone 2 in Airdrie (exact location TBA)

REGISTRATION NIGHT

Rockyford Hockey/Ringette Association registration night, Sept. 7 at the arena at 7pm.

Karen Carlson – Vice President RMHRA

A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE

Another important note to think about:  And I really do not have fun pushing for this, but in order to avoid fines from CAHL, we must have our assosiation contacts, secretary, VP, ref coordinator, ice scheduler, and CAHL rep in by SEPTEMBER 6th.

Please distribute this e-mail ASAP please and thank you managers.

Ryan Seeley  - President RMHRA