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Times Advocate, 1993-04-28, Page 17EMHA annual general meeting Shamrock League may expand By Fred Groves T -A staff EXETER - The question of ice time availability and number of games between the two leagues the Exeter Minor Hockey Association are entered into were the main top- ics at last Tuesday night's annual general meeting. Last year, the EMHA had 16 teams, five of which were entered into the Shamrock League and the rest in the Lambton-Middlesex loop as well as the Midget Bears who :played in the Western Ontario Ath- letic Association league. Past president Jim Beckett told .the 35 in attendance that it looks as .though the Shamrock League is pushing to have a second team en- tered. He said they won't play each other but the second entry would be eligible for Ontario Minor Hockey Association playoffs but at a lower level, Currently, Exeter is classed, 'CC'. "There will be tryouts for two teams. We could see some new towns," said Beckeu. "lt gives more players the opponunity to play at a higher level." During the 1992-93 season, the EMHA had three novice, three atom, two peewee and three bantam teams. If the proposal goes through, there would be just one of those left in the L -M League. While the attempt would be to have more players compete at a higher level of competition, Gary MacLean, whose son plays peewee, said being cut twice could discou- rage some from playing altogether. Although both leagues try and keep the number of games about the same for the various divisions, it was pointed out that one L -M team only had 18 scheduled league games. "There is scheduling in some ages where they get shortchanged," said EMHA president Mike An - sten. Shamrock Leauge teams have the chance to play more games because their OMJA playoff structure ena- bles them to play more rounds as they keep winning. "Our representatives at the league meetings have tried to get longer schedules," said Beckett. Coaches responsible: Dave Par- tridge, who coached the Shamrock peewee team the past two years and prior to that coached in the L -M League, said its up to the coaches to get exhibition games after the L- M season ends. "When we played house league (L -M) we had 40 games," said Par- tridge. Mike Soldan who coached a L- M team, said he has no complaints about the quality of the competition in that league. He pointed out a couple of minor inconveniences like new uniforms and poor ice tunes. In her report, Ice Convenor Caro- lyn Gilftllan stated that EMHA tented a total of 755.75 hours of lite, including time at both Hensall aid Huron Park arenas which cost 4,566. That compares to 828 the rear before at a cost of $56,965. `lite younger age divisions- nov- life, atom and peewee, saw their IWo L -M teams practice at the same time. "Coaches are made aware if Continued on page 20 O'Hara tops awards presented at Hawks' annual banqitt EXETER - The Junior D Hawks rewarded some of their top players with trophies Sunday night at the team's annual awards banquet. John O'Hara picked up three of the team's awards, selected as the team's Best Defensive Forward for the Larry Taylor trophy, the regular season's Most Valuable Player for the Bilcke Electric tro- phy, and was chosen for the Doug Geoffrey Construction team lead- ership award. Dave Dalrymple won the Char- terways trophy as Best Defense - man, Clint McCann the Hensall Siding trophy for being selected l6eaetrtt's Playoff MVP, and Sean McCann was named Rookie of the Year and received the North - lander trophy. The Hawk Award trophy donat- ed by the Bogart family, was pre- sented to defenseman Larry Lew- is. Mark Lynn received the Most Top award winners at Sunday evening's Hawks awards banquet included (from left) Dave Dalrymple, Clint McCann, Larry Lewis, and Sean McCann. Behind is coach George Pratt. Improved Player award, Shayne Robinson was the scoring champ of the season, and Nick Szabo was nominated the Most Gentle- manlike Player on the team. Ja- son McBride received the Bill Heywood trophy for being the Best Defensive Defenseman. Coach George Prau noted that with several of the players, in- cluding the award winners, gradu- ating to more senior levels of hockey next season, and others seeking positions on Junior B teams, tho hawks face "a little bit of rebuilding next year." However, Pau . said valuable Olayers likeJaeen ^McBride, Nick Szabo and Mark Lynn can be ex- pected to be back on the Hawks bench in the fall. The team is al- ready scouting out new talent to ' join them. "We're already starting to find players: for next year," said Pratt. "We're starting to like what we're seeing." As for the players heading for Junior B, Pratt says he wishes them the best. "It's a development league and if they can move up, more power to them," he said. The team's main goal for the 1993-94 season is to get back into • the playoffs. Everything beyond that, said Pratt, will be treated as a bonus. HONDA "WM. PIPPRIPm as;00' Authorized Repair Centre c% r Rentals available MUREX EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS 275 Main St. N., Exeter 235-0938 or 235-3543 rawoomal•Tr):1%. Sum T s y Kyboleq ilk: 4 Flociaty parents should have option he key to any good minor athletic asso- ciation is its ability to fundraise. Different groups do it in different ways. Exeter Minor Hockey Asso- ciation for instance had six fundraisers .this past year and the net revenue from those Was $17,406.01 - that's after expenses folks. And while there are several parents in this hockey commu- nity who give of both their time and money to keep hockey going, others refuse to fundraise at all, but that's their option I guess. Last year it cost EMHA approximately $420 per player, the •registration cost was $195. That says a lot for those moms and dads who helped out at the ball tournament, the 50's and 60's dance and the other functions. "If you don't want to be part of fundraising you don't have to do it but as parents we hope you go with the flow," said EMHA past president Jim Beckeu during last Tuesday night's annual meeting. sidelliteeS by Fred (;roves Going with the flow in this case means helping the fundrais- ing committee come up with over half the money to pay for a kid's hockey. (Of course that does not include travel and equipment which mom and dad are always there for.) At Tuesday's meeting, Cathy Seip, a concerned hockey par- ent, brought up a very interesting point as far as fundraising is concerned. If a parent does not want to fundraise, can they instead pay more towards the registration fee, say $50. She said that by selling tickets here and there, the fundraising money is com- ing out of parents' pockets anyway. "You could have it optional, but we've never had a big in- crease in our annual registration. Every effort is going to be made to hold the line as close as possible," said Beckett. Muriel Dalrymple said that even if she had to pay the addi- tional $50, she would still be there to help out with fundrais- ing events anyway. That's why the EMHA has been a success and will continue to be so in the future. I like the idea of having two or three main fundraisers a year and make it optional for parents either to help out with fundraising or pay the additional registration cost. Some people don't have the extra money and some don't have the extra time. The option is something the EMHA should consider. In Zurich, parents have a choice tobelp out with that associ- ation's major fundraiser, the Bean Festival, or pay an addi- tional $100 registration. It is not specified what parents have to do at the Festival, but the amount of work is minimal. Again in this case, there are some parents in Zurich who put in more than the required amount of hours of volunteer help just because they want to help. In Stephen Township they have a similar option where par- ents pay an additional $50 at registration time, are given $S0 -worth-of tickets to selleudif they'do, then they'get their mon- ey back. If they sell the tickets too aalselves,.the money stays with minor hockey. Like Seip says, it comes out of parents' pockets anyway. The strong fundraising efforts of the EMHA, and the hani +waikof a few key people, no doubt the same ones year after year, is what keeps the costs down in Exeter. It is time to get somefresh blood in there doing the work. Tuesday night, there; were forms available to indicate who wants to be a coach, trainer, manager and a few other duties including fundraising. I don't live in Exeter, and I don't have any children playing hockey but I circled fundraising just be- cause I want to help out and keep hockey going and regisoa• tion costs down. A couple of hours at the ball toumament for instance isn'i going to hurt me at all. "We have to keep the price as low as possible to .get thc younger parents and kids in," said EMHA vice-president Dot Richardson. I think he was talking about guys like me.... JOHN DEERE 111, 11 h.p., ROPER, 16 h.p. 44" cut. 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