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Seaforth
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While it's been 17 years since they
last hosted the provincial broomball
championships, the Seaforth
Broomball League decided it was
time to be host again when they
learned Stratford was getting a dou-
ble ice pad.
"We hosted it between Seaforth
and Clinton in 1990 but it was a lot
of travel since most of the teams
stayed in Stratford. Where do you
put 45 teams in Seaforth?" says Rob
Dearing, one of the organizers
of the 30th provincial broomball
tournament this weekend.
Since the double ice pad in
Stratford just opened for the first
time last week, Dearing says plan-
ning over the past year has been a
little tense.
Sports
league to host provincials
`It would be nice to have it in Seaforth, but
we just don't have the facilities...' --
Rob Dearing, a local organizer for the provincial tournament
"We've been a little worried they
wouldn't be done in time but they've
been really good to work with.
Stratford is really excited to have a
broomball tournament there - it's a
pretty big event," he says.
Dearing estimates that the event
should bring $300,000 to $400,000
in spin-off revenue to Stratford with
hotel rentals, food, gas and other
expenses.
"It would be nice to have it in
Seaforth but we just don't have the
facilities for it," he says.
While five Seaforth teams are
competing in the event, 45 teams
(with 20 players each) are arriving
from all o'fer Ontario as far away as
Windsor and Ottawa to compete in
six divisions including elite men's
and ladies', intermediate men's and
ladies', masters and co-ed.
Seaforth's Parr Line, Polar Ice and
Witches of Broom will be competing
in the intermediate ladies' division
while Seaforth's Cyclones and
Snipers will be compete in the inter -
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mediate men's.
Qualifying teams are the top two
in their league but Seaforth is bring-
ing one more team as the host
league.
While the Cyclones have qualified
to compete at the provincial level for
the past three years and Parr Line
and Polar Ice have also competed
provincially many times, Dearing
says it's hard to guess how any of
the teams will do this year.
"There's some pretty tough compe-
tition at the provincials. We have
strong teams but there are good
teams all over," he says.
Seaforth's juvenile teams - the
Hitmen and the Assassins - will be
volunteering at the tournament by
working at the door and running
raffles.
And, any money raised from the
tournament will go towards minor
broomball in Seaforth.
"Everyone's helped to make this
work. We've got a good team of orga-
nizers," he says.
While he's not certain how often
Seaforth might host "the provincials
now that Stratford has a double ice
pad, Dearing says it probably won't
be another 17 years.
"We'll see how this one goes. It's
been a lot of work," he says.
But, he adds that if this tourna-
ment is successful, Seaforth
Broomball may apply to host- the
juvenile nationals in Stratford.
Bantam girls
win in Mildmay
While a win in Mildmay last
Wednesday bettered their chances,
the Seaforth Bantam girls are still
waiting to hear if they've secured a
spot in the OWHA provincials.
Coach Tony Arts said on Monday
that league organizers are waiting to
see the results of another round-
robin playoff game, before the OWHA
qualifying team can be announced.
Kelly Consitt, Cassidy Flanagan
and Katie Arts scored in the March 7
game against Mildmay that put the
local team in the running for the
provincials.
The team ended round-robin play
with two wins, one loss and two ties.
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