The Jets took out the Toonie Keg on Thursday night after a feisty game, winning the series 3-1 over the Green Team.
Apart from a game 2 hiccup, which the greens won, the Jets were the best team on the ice, including a 10-0 whitewash of the third game.
Email from Jeff Bonazzo:
Please find attached & below information regarding the U13 & U16 Ice Hockey Development Camps Jeff Bonazzo (NZIHF National Coaching Director & Senior Ice Blacks Coach) is running in CHCH in January 2009.
These are fantastic opportunities for players & great camps on & off the ice. My Chris has attended a couple of these camps in the past & thoroughly enjoyed them – also getting to meet NZ representative players who were helping with the coaching.
Make a family holiday in CHCH! Send your registrations to Jeff now!!
<strong>2009 NZIHF Easton Summer Development Camps</strong>
Yes, there are still a few spaces available in the 2009 NZIHF Easton Summer Development Camps for U13s and U16s in Christchurch in January.
<strong>Here are the details for the U13 Camp:</strong>
The U13 camp goes from Tuesday January 20th till 24th. The on-ice portion of the camp begins at 8am on Tuesday January 20th and will run till 6pm each day from Tuesday till Friday the 23rd. Each day will include three full hours of ice time each focussing on a skill, Small Area Game session each day, an off-ice fitness component and off-ice skills session each day as well as an afternoon fun activity like QE11 or movies etc.
The Saturday the 24th session is a Showcase Full Ice Game with Referees and score bench for where the players will get to wear their brand new New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation jerseys. That final day of camp will be finished by about 10am.
To start the camp off we will have a registration evening on the night of Monday the 19th at Alpine Ice at 7pm where we will give out the practice jerseys and the t-shirts (if ordered for $25) as well as the schedule for the week and all the details. We will introduce the coaches and collect the money at that time as well.
The cost for the U13 Development Camp is just $350 and includes breakfast after the morning ice session, lunch and an afternoon snack from Tuesday till Friday. This is a specially reduced price due to the camp dates being moved.
At the end of the camp, each player will receive a personalized certificate of achievement as well as a hand written report to give analysis of skills and feed back to work on over the season.
<strong>Here are the details for the U16 Camp:</strong>
The U16 camp goes from Monday January 19th till 24th. The on-ice portion of the camp begins at 8am on January 19th and will run till 6pm each day from Monday till Friday the 23rd. Each day will include three full hours of ice time each focussing on a skill, Small Area Game session each day, an off-ice fitness component and off-ice skills session each day as well as an afternoon fun activity like QE11 or movies etc.
The Saturday the 24th session is a Showcase Full Ice Game with Referees and score bench for where the players will get to wear their brand new New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation jerseys. That final day of camp will be finished by about 11am.
To start the camp off we will have a registration evening on the night of Sunday the 18th at Alpine Ice at 7pm where we will give out the practice jerseys and the t-shirts (if ordered for $25) as well as the schedule for the week and all the details. We will introduce the coaches and collect the money at that time as well.
The cost for the U16 Development Camp is $425 and includes breakfast after the morning ice session, lunch and an afternoon snack from Monday till Friday. The cost of the camp has been reduced by $25 from the originally advertised price.
At the end of the camp, each player will receive a personalized certificate of achievement as well as a hand written report to give analysis of skills and feed back to work on over the season.
How does it sound? If you are interested in sending your child to one of the Summer Development Camps please contact Jeff Bonazzo on 021 284 8433 or by email at jeffbonazzo@hotmail.com. Registration to these camps would make a great Christmas Present!
Cheers,
Jeff Bonazzo
There will be no Sunday pick-up game this coming Sunday night because of the ice show.
Shinny style pickup hockey game
6:30pm. Thursday November 20th and 27th.
Cost: $6
Ages: Bantum and up
All abilities welcome
Please bring a dark and a light jersey.
This will be a two-week trial to assess the viability of having pickup games on Thursday nights.
The Toonie Keg Series will only run if there is a min. of 20 players committed.
Series level aimed at: Midget,Junior,Senior Southern Rep players, Thunder players, National rep players or equivalent
It will be a 4 game series of team-structured, discipline hockey! (skating the puck end to end will not be tolerated, save that for pick-up hockey on sunday nights)
Game days:
Thursday Nov.20th—— On-ice 7:45pm
Wednesday Nov.26th —- On-ice 7:30 pm
Thursday Dec.4 ——- on ice 7:45 pm
Thursday Dec.11 —— on ice 7:45 pm
The series will start this Thursday, November 20th
Registration at 6:45 pm—-The first 20 players that pay $40 will be slotted into a team. Goalies will pay $20, (Toby,Devin, Liv(reserve))
Teams picked and announced—7:30pm
ON-Ice Warm-up—7:45-7:50pm
PUCK DROPS AT 7:50pm SHARP!!!
The New Zealand Ice Blacks are training at the Dunedin Ice Stadium. Feel free to go and watch the sessions:
6:00pm Saturday evening November 15th
10:00am Sunday morning November 16th
Thanks to Krissi Wood for the information
Bode is organising a game for Midget and Junior Rep players, Thunder players, other rep players or equivalent.
November 13th
8:15pm-9:15pm
Depending on Numbers—-will determine the cost—bring $15 just in case!
No pay NO PLAY!!
Bring dark and light jersey’s so we can make teams.
Please forward this on to anyone you think would be interested that fit in the above description.
Message from Alan O’Conner:
Hey Team,
Well the last Oldtimers hockey game of the season is upon us and we will be heading into a beautiul summer season. To get it all started off on the right foot, we will start the usual Wednesday night Recreational Game at 745pm leaving enough time for Darryl Soper to join us from Gore and also allow us to finish early enough to head on over to Callum Wood’s house after the game for a beer and a bun and a BBQ.
Callum invites us all as follows: “send an email out saying kids and partners all welcome-on the deck if sunny-inside if not! BBQ all set.
Might even have some venison sausies and slab of fallow deer and tahr for game food extravaganza
8 Mosgiel St
Mornington
Parking in drive uphill from the letterbox
Oldtimers from the 1st session who did not play in the second session can pay $10 and come play this one night so you can also join us for this final night BBQ. Re-live your past glories from this year’s first sessions and plan for next year!
Walter is bringing his flash (no pun intended) professional camera gear so we will have beautiful after game team pictures of all our photogenic players and souvenirs for the grandkids! Great idea Walter!
So be there Weds at the rink for a 745pm puck drop or be square.
Cheers Al
An important meeting is coming up next Thursday about the future of the Dunedin Thunder. Release from Al O’Connor follows.
The Dunedin Thunder, the city’s entry in the New Zealand Ice Hockey League has completed its first and maybe only season of league play. On Thursday October 30th, 2008 at 715pm at the Dunedin Ice Stadium at 101 Victoria Blvd in St Kilda, a special meeting will be called to discuss the uncertain future of this struggling new franchise. This meeting is open to all of the people who have already contributed enormously to getting this team to Dunedin and competing on the ice: players, managers, coaches, administrators, parents, and rink management personnel, members of the Dunedin Ice Sports Stadium, the DCC, our sponsors and fans. It is also open to the general public and any other interested person who may have a vested interest in seeing the team continue and grow.
The team struggled last year both on and off the ice. Without a major sponsor and with less than projected fan turnout paying to attend the games, the team was driven by its dedicated players and a very small group of dedicated volunteers. The NZIHL is a mature and experienced league comprised of teams filled with international imports and Ice Blacks. Both the league and the team were unprepared for Dunedin’s arrival into an established league.
Now with many months ahead before the start of the next season, some significant decisions need to be made about the viability of this team. In fairness to those who have already worked so very hard for Thunder, we need to examine all remaining options. If we are to disband the Thunder then it will only come after we have given every young hockey player’s parents, the ice community, the city, potential sponsors and the NZIHL the broadest opportunity possible to come forward with their ability to contribute. This meeting will go a long way towards determining the outcome of the team, and should we fail as a team, as a hockey community and as a city, the NZIHL must know as soon as possible.
This meeting will have the following agenda:
This meeting will be begin at 715pm in the social or warm room at the rink depending on turnout.
Due to work going on at the rink at present, there will be no drop-in beginners or social hockey this coming Sunday 26 October.
Drop-in hockey will resume Sunday 2 November.