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Friday, September 8, 2000 H ouse league hockey set to kick off teams. And more could be added, but Wayne Moorehead, vice president of house league, con firmed in a press release that "we don't have ice to support additional teams." The number of people on the official waiting list, he said, is at about 100. The ever growing house league system, however, has left league officials desperately need ing to attract new volunteers. The house league, said Moorehead, needs upwards of 750 volunteers to fulfill a num ber of volunteer jobs. Each team needs coaches, trainers, a man ager, a volunteer MOM. Each division needs convenors, ice schedulers and timekeepers. And beyond that the organiza tion needs refs. "With the time pressures everyone faces and the `com plaints' and aggravation that our volunteers face, as well as the requirements we place on them -- security clearances, preferred NCCP/CHIP qualifications. trainers' criteria -- it is getting more and more difficult to find people willing to help," stated Moorehead. "As of today, I still need one, possibly two convenors and about a dozen coaches to start the season." And that doesn't count any of the above mentioned other roles. This season's major initia tive, he said, "is improving the practice/game ratio for house league, especially for the younger ages where we are close to having one shared ice practice per week. "While this means some 6 a.m. practices and several schedule revisions, it improves the quality of our program." The league is also looking at ways of making more resources available to house league play ers and coaches, such as the Mitron program which is now well in place with the rep teams (which account for about 15 per cent of the total number of play ers in MOHA). Both player and volunteer data bases are also constantly being improved to make the run ning of the league more effi cient. And clinics are continual ly being offered to improve the capabilities of the volunteers. HOUSE LEAGUE FACTS · there are 156 house league teams divided into 10 age divi sions, starting from Timbit (94) through to midget, which includes first year juvenile (`82). To even out play even further, most divisions are further divid ed into red and white divisions. · there are about 80 house league games per week, the bulk played on Saturday and Sunday, of course. · games are held six days a week -- seven days with prac tices -- using six arenas. The following is a run down on the various divisions: SENIOR CONVENORS Paperweight/tyke: Charlie Camilleri Minor novice/novice: Joanne Millichamp Minor atom/aiom: Scott Tyrell Minor peewee/peewee: Rose Strong Bantam/midget: Ken Morgan THE OAKVILLE BEAVER With more than 2,500 players waiting to swing into action commencing next Saturday (Sept. 23), the draft for the 1 `56 house league teams being field ed in Oakville's Minor Oaks Hockey Association (MOHA), this year, will take place the early part of next week. Players will be contacted by the coaches of their teams dur ing the week (so make sure your voice mail system is working if you have it and you're out). Parents and players are reminded that team balancing will take place after the third league game. MOHA believes that bal anced teams mean better hockey for all participants. As well, directives have gone out to all coaches and convenors that every player is to receive equal ice time. Minor hockey is alive and well in Oakville, and another four house league teams have actually been squeezed in this year (two peewee and two ban tam), bringing the total to 156 35 HOUSE LEAGUE RUN DOWN `94 - PAPERWEIGHT RED, convenor Mario * Forgione. Usual slot: Sunday at Glen Abbey. `94 - PAPERWEIGHT WHITE, convenor Anne Pryde. Usual slot: Sunday at Glen Abbey. `93 - TYKE RED, convenor Lou Germano. Usual slot: Saturday at Oakville Arena. `93 - TYKE WHITE, convenor (volunteer needed). Usual slot: Saturday at Oakville Arena. `92 - MINOR NOVICE RED, convenor John Butler. Usual slot: Saturday at Ice Sports Oakville. `92- MINOR NOVICE WHITE, convenor Rob Burton. Usual slot: Saturday at Kinoak. '91 - NOVICE RED, convenor Frank Romkema. Usual slot: Saturday at Kinoak. `91 - NOVICE WHITE, convenor Jamie McLean. Usual slot: Saturday at Kinoak. `90 - MINOR ATOM RED, convenor Reggie Nasu. Usual slot: Saturday at Maplegrove. `90 - MINOR ATOM WHITE (west), convenor Frank Sabatino. Usual slot: Saturday at Maplegrove. `90 - MINOR ATOM WHITE (east), convenor Ken Timpson. Usual slot: Saturday at Maplegrove. `89 - ATOP RED, convenor Mary Card. Usual slot: Saturday at River Oaks. `89 - ATOM WHITE, convenor Keith Brodie. Usual slot: Saturday at River Oaks. `88 - MINOR PEEWEE RED, convenor Alan Bates. Usual slot: Sunday at Kinoak. `88 - MINOR PEEWEE WHITE, convenor Raz Acaro. Usual slot: Sunday at River Oaks. `87 - PEEWEE RED, convenor Jane Moorehead. Usual slot: Monday at Maplegrove `87 - PEEWEE WHITE, convenor Jay Labelle. Usual slot: Tuesday at Kinoak. '86T85 - BANTAM RED, convenor Doug Williams. Usual slot: Monday at Maplegrove. `86/'85 - BANTAM WHITE (west), convenor Steve Oakley. Usual slot: Saturday at River Oaks. `86/`85 - BANTAM WHITE (east), convenor Helen Wills. Usual slot: Saturday at River Oaks. `84/'83 - MIDGET RED, convenor Al Harris. Usual slot. Sunday at River Oaks. '84/'83 - MIDGET WHITE, convenor Mike Pasco. Usual slot. Sunday at Kinoak. C m f i r s t l o s s The O akville C rusaders chances o f becom ing the first Ontario Rugby Union team to go undefeated since 1983 were dashed in the un lik eliest o f places -- Ottawa. On the surface, it didn't seem like their perfect record (10-0) would face much o f a threat given that the Bytown Blues were defi nitely occupying the southern portionfc of the standings. Ah, but the Bytown Blues were also desperate to keep their stand ing in O ntario's top rugby league and avoid relegation. And they pulled o ff a 25-23 upset, pulling out all the stops in the dying minutes o f the game to score a try and secure their fourth win. The forw ard exchanges were grueling and the Bytown team more than managed to hold the Crusaders pack that had appeared to blow away all of the other team s in the ORU to that point. Still the Cru only need one more win to lock up first place and they'll try to do that at home this Saturday with the suddenly hot Irish Canadians in town. The schedule has the third, sec ond and first teams playing at noon, 1:30 and 3 p.m., respectively. Both the Cru second and third teams are also still in the hunt for their respective league cham pi onships, currently with both teams sharing second place. Here are the results of other Crusader teams in action last week end ... SECOND XV The Cru second XV revenged a season opening loss to the Barbarians with a 51-5 win. Tries were scored by Morgan Rawson (3), Craig Gardner (2), M ark M orrison, Kent, Thomas Jensen and Ob Sealy. THIRD XV The Cru third XV were prime examples of why you should never give up. Behind at various points by 12-0 and 26-10, they fought back for a 31-26 win. After the Cru opened the scoring tentatively on a penalty boot by Drew Patterson, tries (in order) were scored by Michel Buileau, M ark H ill, Kevin B renders and Brett Pitblado. All tries were converted (three by Terry Wallace and one by John Barnes). V o lu n te e r C o a c h e s fo r th e f o llo w in g p r o g r a m s "AN ENCHANTED EVENING" This spectacular " Roman Pageant" promises to be the social gathering of the year, with a champagne reception, silent and live auctions, gourmet din ner, door prizes and dancing with live music provided by "Timmy & The Jets". WHERE: WHEN: TIME: COST: Experience a memorable evening with neighbours and friends, while supporting your community by helping the 0THS School Council raise much needed funds to support technological enhance ments throughout the school! O n t. C u p The highlight of the soccer season in Ontario comes to a close with the second and final weekend of Ontario Cup provincial championship soccer action on tap. All action is at the Ontario Soccer Association's Coffee Time Soccer Centre in Vaughan. Oakville had one team involved last weekend (as recounted in Wednesday's Beaver) with the Oakville Strikers U-14 boys rep team losing a close 1-0 decision to North York CS Azzurri. Oakville has three more teams in action this weekend. On Saturday, 4 p.m., in the U-17 boys, tier two division, the Oakville Blades take on Sudbury Panhellenic. On Sunday, 10 a.m., in the U-18 girls division, Oakville Extreme take on Pickering Power. Also on Sunday, 1 ,p.m., in the boys U-16, tier one division, the Oakville Lightning take on North York CS Azzurri `84. 1 tax receipts w ill be issued tor ^ p o rtio n of the ticket price Oakville Trafalgar High School Saturday, November 4, 2000 Festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. * $125.00 per person, Tables for 10, $100.00 per person DRESS:, Black Tie Optional , · ^ P ^ ^ l o p to (fie a i ^ j ^ l ^ f p l d a s e call v. \V CALL (905) 845-2875 //^O a k v il l e B e x t 588 TO ORDER YOUR TICKETS TODAY. eaver P ro u d Official Media S p o n s o r of th e E n ch an ted Evening