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Week 27 Vol. 136
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No. 07656
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Bringing. Together
Huron & Bruce
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BY GAM' REM thie
sentinel staff 'I'm not 100 per - cent
1 ers on
happy
the team, but thr�ugh the
selection process, every
player that made the team
deserved it," said Hare.
Every player I. believe
will give something to the
There was one major
issue at. the Lucknow
Minor_ Hockey Board
.(LMHB) general annual
meeting on June 22, that-,
being the number of kids
chosen for , the atom rep
team. 'Ile total number of
players picked for the
team was 16andfor some
number is too
re all of the.tids
laying time.
al decision by
Is to keep 'the
team the way it is as it's
not fair to send players
who made the rep team
back to the local league at
this point.
Don.Murray, council,'
for Huron -Kinloss
attended the Meet-
itig as a 'concerned parent
and wanted tb know whythe team didn't jo with 14
kids, *which is what he
ought the board set as a
policy last year. Murray
wanted to *how the real
reason that 16 kids were
chosen, giving reasons
like the 'twin situation'.
The unique situation of
having four sets of twins
try out for the team made
the board tome to a deci
• sion last, year that if one
twin didn't. makethe rep
team, than' both of them
would play local league.
A lot of parents, includ-
ing Murray, didn't ' feel
this rule was followed.
Head coach of the atom
rep team Steve Hare
inferred that he didn't
make his decision based
_ on the 'twin situation'',
but rather he believed
every player he chime: has
a chance tovcontribute to
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Thrcee.: board ..membpts
have resigned over the.
issue and it's apparent that
the board is split down the
middle on this issue, but.,
what they do agree �n is
that •this issue shouldn't
be bigger than the play-
. ees enjoyment of • -;the'
game. IA1)03 member
Brad liumphrey, -who
chaired the meeting, said
the board lias had itS-proti-
lems., but wanted . people
to address their .issues
directly to the entire
LM1113. .. Humphrey and
the board also expressed
that the LWOW is a volun-
teer _ and •it's
thankless job and pi:ents
and meniOets have to
work with each other to .
make the :game fun ...fpr
everyone ' involved.
"If people haire. prob-
lems • they should
approach the whole board
and not just individual
members," said
Humphrey, "In 'the end we
just want to do what's best -
for the kids and I feel our
decision was the right
one, just not the commu-
nication of it."
There was also the point
made by member Lynn
Murray that kids playing
on the local league would-
n't be able to affiliate up
with the rep team because
the team has 16 players.
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