Minor Hockey Roundup in the December 2 issue of The Leader
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Jeff van Moorsel was returned as South Dundas Minor Hockey president at the organization’s annual general meeting held at the Morrisburg Golf Club, Monday night.
“We had a very good year,” van Moorsel told the handful of interested parents who attended this year’s meeting.
“We had two teams win an Upper Canada Championship and another two teams win their east or west division. For a small association, when you have two championship teams and two runners-up, then you have done very well.”
“We had very good coaching, and not many complaints. They are all volunteers, and I think they did a great job.”
“I go to all the meetings and I hear complaints about refereeing, but I never hear any complaints about the South Dundas referees. They are doing a good job.”
van Moorsel reported the association had a good year financially, his statement backed by treasurer Pam Mullin’s report later in the meeting.
He explained that after breaking even for a couple of years and losing money last year, the association is in the black this year. This he said was mainly because the association used 48 less hours of ice time this year.
“There are several factors for this, but mainly it depends on the ice time required for playoffs. Hours are also affected by how Christmas falls, and how many events the Figure Skating Club hosts.”
van Moorsel took the time to say good bye and thank you to several out going executive members. They included Ice Scheduler Steve Martineau (four years service), Secretary Andrea Cartier (eight years) and Equipment manager Rob Perry (two years).
“This executive has done a great job,” said van Moorsel. “It was a pretty easy job this year, and you have all been a good group to work with.”
Of major interest was Pam Mullin’s financial report which shows the association ending the season with a net income of $10,554.
“We have ended up in a very positive position,” said Mullin.
Because of the good year, Mullin reported that the board of directors had decided there would not be a fee increase for the 2013/14 season.
“We have $4,400 cash on hand, and we have $30,000 again in GICs. Our goal now is to keep the numbers (players) consistent.”
Mullin suggested that to do so, the association could look at a more pro-active enlistment of players, try to keep the girls on teams longer before they move to all girl leagues and to continue to keep the Initiation fees low to attract the younger children.
“It is nice to keep a safety net so that when we have a year when expenses are higher, we don’t have to raise our fees,” said Mullin of the $30,000 in GICs.
This year’s registration fees brought in $82,613, while fund raising contributed another $43,110. The largest portion of the fund raising money, $40,800, came from the Lottery Draw.
The major expense was Ice Rental at $78,024, which, with about 50 fewer hours used, was down from the previous season that came in at $83,035. Referee cost was the next biggest expenditure at $16,007. Insurance costs were $6,588 and league fees accounted for $3,433.
Total revenues were $127,597 while total expenses were $117,043.
The average program cost per participant this year was $567.57. There were 204 registrations. A total of 725.5 ice time hours were used compared to 773.5 used the year previous.
Various reports were given including that of registration, which this year was co-handled by Tanya Domanko and Cassandra Barry.
Domanko reported that for the coming season there would be no online registration. “We need to have it done in person,” she said. “Hopefully, we will be able to get all of the information correct. We will give everyone their draw tickets at registration and the ticket numbers will be recorded.”
Domanko indicated registrations have been set up at the arena for Saturday, May 14 (10 a.m. until noon) and Wednesday, May 8 (6-7:30 p.m.) For added convenience a minor hockey registration will be held at the Iroquois soccer fields on Saturday, June 1.
After various reports were given, three amendments were made to the South Dundas Minor Hockey Constitution. The first officially standardized the Association’s Lions logo; the second dissolved the board of directors position of Trophies, Awards and Tournament and moved those duties to that of the 1st Vice-President; the third created the position of Electronic Communications Coordinator.
The two changes to the board kept the voting directors at a total of 14.
The final item of the meeting was the election of the 2013-14 Board of Directors.
van Moorsel remained as President, Mike Domanko is 1st Vice-President-Awards & Tournament Coordinator, Jamie Smith is 2nd Vice-President–Risk Management and Gary Hart remains Past-President. Johanna Kronstal replaced Andrea Cartier as Secretary and Pam Mullin remained Treasurer. Tanya Domanko is Registrar and Cassandra Barry took on the position of Electronic Communications Coordinator.
David Lapier remained Rules and Discipline Chair, and Bruce Mullin remained Coaching/Development Co-ordinator. John Connors was elected Equipment Manager, and Jason Broad was elected Ice Scheduler to replace Steve Martineau. Lisa Schwerdtfeger became Referee In Chief and Joanne Backes was elected Fundraising Co-ordinator.
The second last week of the season for the Seaway Kickers club saw all four teams busy with regular-game play and a weekend soccer festival at Kemptville College.
IROQUOIS — The U13-Mixed team hosted the Ottawa Internationals M1 team August 14th at the Merkley Soccer Fields in Iroquois.
Scoring started last in the first half at the 28 minute mark on a hard drive to the net by forward Sam Henderson, 1-0 Seaway at half-time.
The Internationals made several attempts early in the second half to get by goalkeeper Kendrew Byers, with six shots on net and two on-target, none of the shots were successful. At the 55 minute mark, forward Theo Blancher scored a one-timer in the center of the net, 2-0 Seaway. Midfielder David Vreman finished off the scoring for the game, shooting low in the bottom left corner at the 59 mark. Final score, Seaway Kickers 3, Ottawa Internationals 0. Byers collected his third clean-sheet of the season.
With this win, the U13-Mixed team advances to a record of 6 wins, 8 losses with one final game for the season hosting county-rivals North Dundas United on August 21st in Iroquois. 6:30p.m. game start at the Merkley Soccer Fields.
KEMPTVILLE — The U13-Mixed team played in Kemptville on Sunday, August 17 in a three-game soccer festival.
First game played saw the Kickers face off against the Nepean City Storm M1 team, playing to a 1-1 tie. Midfielder David Swerdfeger scored the lone goal for the Kickers at the 34 minute mark.
The team’s second game was against the Nepean Hotspurs M1 team. Nepean lead at half-time 1-0. At the 40 minute mark in the second half, Seaway was awarded a penalty-kick after a pushing foul, with midfielder Aodhan Lowson besting Nepean’s keeper, 1-1 Seaway. Four minutes later, a three-player charge at the net saw forward Theo Blancher get the game-winning goal. Final score, Seaway Kickers 2, Nepean Hotspurs 1.
The final game of the day saw Seaway play county-rivals, and league-leading North Dundas United. Scoring opened in the first half with Kickers midfielder Sam Waytowich scoring on a rebound at the 22 minute mark, 1-0 Seaway at half-time.
Seaway remained in possession of the ball for a majority of the second half, with eight shots at net, three on-target, and one goal, with four minutes remaining by forward Curran Gilmour.
Final score, Seaway Kickers 2, North Dundas United 0. Goalkeeper Kendrew Byers with the shutout.
KEMPTVILLE — The Seaway Kickers U16-Girls team shut out all three games in the soccer festival at Kemptville College August 16th. The team won against the Ottawa Internationals G2 team 3-0. Kristen Van hoof, Shayna VanBeilen and Lauren Snyder scored a goal a-piece. Goalkeeper Alyssa Grant got the shutout.
The team faced off against the Nepean City Storm next, playing to a 0-0 tie, Grant with her second clean-sheet for the day.
The final game of the day saw the U16 Kickers play against the Ottawa Internationals G1 team, winning 2-0. Rebecca Ferguson and Lauren Snyder scored a goal a-piece, with Ferguson and Stefanie St. Louis sharing the shutout.
With two games to go in the season, the U16 Girls team host the Nepean City Storm G2 team at their final home game August 20th at the Merkley Soccer Fields in Iroquois, 6:30p.m. game start.
KEMPTVILLE — The Seaway Kickers U13-Girls team competed in the three-game soccer festival at Kemptville College on August 16. The team faced the Ottawa Internationals first, winning 1-0, followed by playing the Nepean City Storm team, shutting them out 3-0. The third game of the day, against the Ottawa Royals G1 team, ended in a 2-2 draw.
The U13-Girls team play their final home game of the season on Tuesday, August 19 at the Merkley Soccer Fields in Iroquois, results will be in next weeks issue of The Morrisburg Leader.
KEMPTVILLE — The U15-Mixed team played in Kemptville, winning all three games in shutouts, finishing off the 2014 season.
The first game saw a 5-0 win over the Ottawa Internationals M2 team. Oakley Beavers scored a hat-trick, with John Coligan and David Swerdfeger having a goal a-piece.
Second game saw the Kickers shutout the Nepean City Storm M2 team, 1-0. Lone goal scored by Oakley Beavers.
The final game of the day saw the Kickers play against the Nepean City Storm M1 team, winning 2-0. John Coligan and Oakley Beavers scored one goal each in the win.
Goalkeeper Antoine Scarr had all three clean-sheets for the day.
The South Dundas “Evonik” Atom B Rep Lions continued their unbeaten streak on home ice Saturday night as the South Stormont Selects were in town to battle the Lions to a 1-1 tie.
The teams, who have been very evenly matched so far this season, played a very good defensive game for the tie.
The Lions opened the game with some offensive pressure by Ban Lapier and Brody Fairbairn whose passing play set up scoring chance on Fairbairn’s shot.
Owen Fetterly opened his first shift with an excellent back check as defencemen Emytt Fetterly, Dana Domnako, Nathen Verhey and Kieran Geurkink were joined on the back end by Jayden Rowe who all played well defensively.
The Lions were given a power-play opportunity late in the first when Jaeden Phifer-Shaver was body checked to the ice while clearing the puck from the Lions zone.
The Lions counted their loan goal on the power play when Nolan Henry battled in the left corner to gain possession of the puck. Henry quickly passed to Ben Lapier who shot into the bottom right corner of the net.
In second period Lions goaltender Brendan Shaver came up big with a couple of saves as the Selects pushed for the equalizer.
The Lions had an excellent chance to go ahead by two when Nolan Henry fed a pass to Joshua Broad and his backhand shot rang off the crossbar.
Each team took a penalty on the next shift and were playing four on four when the Selects got the tying goal from Jacob Willison.
The Lions had a couple more power plays in the period but came up empty.
The third period brought more scoring chances as Jack Connors and Duncan Hutt had chances, but Connors shot went wide and Hutt but hit the side of the net when he attempted a sharp angle shot into the open side.
The defence continued to cut off Select attackers and force only shots from the outside as Nathen Verhey used his size to keep the puck and attacker outside the scoring zone.
The game ended tied 1-1 and the Lions remain two points out of first place in the East Division.
The South Dundas “Evonik” Atom B Rep Lions are in action Tuesday night in Finch against NGS and are on home ice next Saturday, November 10th, at 7p.m. against the Alexandria Glens.
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