Newsletter 12

Newsletter #12 Team Pictures: Still in limbo - will let everyone know as soon as possible. Hockey Schedule Reminders only: • • • •

Exhibition game - Saturday December 20th against the Napanee Selects for 4pm at the Deseronto Arena. Father & Son game - Sunday December 21st for 12:15pm at Wally Dever. All fathers playing should wear a helmet, skates, gloves, elbow pads and shin pads as a minimum to avoid injury and oh yes - bring a stick! The consensus result of the poll regarding another tournament in the new year was yes, but would prefer something local. No plans have been made as of yet.

Brantford Tournament Below is the schedule for the Brantford Tournament as a reminder: G# DATE 1 28-Dec 2 28-Dec 3 28-Dec 4 28-Dec 5 28-Dec 6 29-Dec 7 29-Dec 8 29-Dec 9 29-Dec 10 29-Dec 11 29-Dec 12 29-Dec 13 29-Dec 14 29-Dec 15 29-Dec 16 30-Dec 17 30-Dec 18 30-Dec

ARENA Lion's Park Civic Centre Gretzky Red Lion's Park Gretzky Yellow Lion's Park Civic Centre Gretzky Red Lion's Park Civic Centre Lion's Park Gretzky Red Gretzky Blue Gretzky Yellow Gretzky Red Gretzky Blue Gretzky Yellow Gretzky Blue

TIME 8:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:15 AM 9:15 AM 9:45 AM 12:00 PM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:15 PM 1:15 PM 6:15 PM 6:45 PM 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 11:00 AM 11:00 AM 4:30 PM

MINOR BANTAM 'MD' DIVISION HOME KITCHENER BLUE RANGERS WATERLOO ICEWOLVES KITCHENER RED RANGERS BRAMPTON BATTALION BRANTFORD 99ER'S SARNIA JR. STING TBA RICHMOND HILL STARS BELLVILLE JR. BULLS BRANTFORD 99ER'S KITCHENER BLUE RANGERS WATERLOO ICEWOLVES KITCHENER RED RANGERS HAMILTON BLIZZARD BELLVILLE JR. BULLS 1st Advancement 2nd Advancement Highest remaing seed

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VISITOR RICHMOND HILL STARS SARNIA JR. STING TBA HAMILTON BLIZZARD BELLVILLE JR. BULLS KITCHENER BLUE RANGERS WATERLOO ICEWOLVES KITCHENER RED RANGERS HAMILTON BLIZZARD BRAMPTON BATTALION TBA RICHMOND HILL STARS SARNIA JR. STING BRANTFORD 99ER'S BRAMPTON BATTALION 4th Advancement 3rd Advancement Lowest remaining seed

Here is also a direct link if you are interested in looking into the tournament events: http://www.bmha.on.ca/waynegretzkytournament.htm. Social Schedule

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Reminder of Upcoming Events: • • • •

Adult Christmas Party - Friday Dec 19th at Lentini's 7:30pm 11 Magnolia Court Christmas Party at Matt & Joes - Dec 21st (around 3pm) following the Father & Son game (12:15pm WD) please bring your potluck items, boy's gift exchange item and BYOB Skate Exchange (helping out another team) - The Minor Midget AE Junior Bulls are hosting a skate exchange/give away on December 20th. We want to fit as many kids as we can with a pair of skates at no cost. Players of the team will be fitting kids for skates from 10:00 a.m. until noon Dec 20, at Queen Victoria School on Pine St., Belleville. Stephen Licence Ltd. (288 Front St.) has graciously offered to provide a complimentary sharpening for each pair of skates given away. The team is seeking donations of previously enjoyed skates for kids of all sizes. Skates can be dropped off at Queen Victoria School, 46 Pine Street, Belleville, or the BMHA office (in the lobby of the Wally Dever Arena) Mon., Wed. & Fri. from 1:00-5:00 p.m. We will also arrange for pick-up - call 613-9688370 to make arrangements. Help us put skates on kids that might not otherwise have any, and clean out your basement at the same time!

Budget The fundraising totals are in: Raffle $2,918 and the 649 raffle $1,255. Excellent work! Thanks Denise for all the effort to coordinate. At this time, Denise is sorting out the winners and their prizes for the raffle and to my knowledge there has not been a winner for the 649 yet - stay tuned. Given that we have all the totals in now, I will do a projection on the budget. Once this has been established (I will email around for review & comment), it will determine if any further parent contributions are required.