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2020 DUDLEY-HEWITT CUP CENTRAL CANDIAN JR. A CHAMPIONSHIP SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE Hosted by the Fort Frances Lakers GOOD DAY CITIZENS & SPONSORSHIP BUSINESS PEOPLE LEVELS of Fort Frances and the District! PROGRAM 1 NAMING PARTNERSHIP $15,000 SILVER PARTNER - $3000 In the ensuing pages the 2020 Dudley-Hewitt ADVERTISING Cup Central Canadian Jr. A Championshipt • Company name branded with Dudley-Hewitt Cup/Central • Banner with company logo placed at tournament Advertise in the Dudley-Hewitt Cup Souvenir Sponsorship Packages are presented for your Canadian Junior A Championship site (as supplied by partner) Program. • Press conference • 6 Dudley-Hewitt Cup tournament passes The Town of Fort Frances in declaring the 2020 All photos, logos & ads will need to be provided • Recognition on website • Recognition on P.A. announcements during all in a print-ready, high resolution format (300 dpi). notice that the 2020 Dudley-Hewitt Cup Central • 20 Dudley-Hewitt Tournament passes tournament games economically impact the Fort Frances community ceremonies POWER PLAY SPONSOR - $2000 • Ongoing thanks and mention on P/A announcements during entire tournament • Your company acknowledged during power plays in games between SIJHL teams only The Dudley-Hewitt Cup, the Central Canada MAJOR PARTNER - $10,000 Junior ‘A’ Championships, will be held in Fort • 2 Dudley-Hewitt Cup tournament passes Frances from April 28 – May 2, 2020 at the Ice for • Banner with company logo placed at tournament site/ • 2 Lakers t-shirts 1/8 page advertisement Kids Arena. hospitality area • Recognition on website • Company name and logo placed on all awards presented to ad size - 3.75” x 2.25” • Recognition on P.A. announcements during some $250 The 2020 Dudley-Hewitt Cup Central Canadian MVP’s and other player awards tournament games Jr. A Championship Committee, the Fort Frances Lakers Hockey Association/Board and the BRONZE PARTNER - $1500 • 15 Dudley-Hewitt Cup tournament passes ceremonies • 4 Dudley-Hewitt Cup tournament passes business people to explore the opportunities for • Recognition on website • Recognition on website sponsorship as contained in this 2020 Dudley- • Recognition on P.A. announcements during all tournament • Recognition on P.A. announcements during some Hewitt Cup Central Canadian Jr. A Championship games tournament games Sponsorship Package. PLATINUM SPONSOR - $7500 CHUCK-A-PUCK SPONSOR - $1000 Your support of the2020 Dudley-Hewitt Cup • Banner with company logo placed at tournament site/ Central Canadian Jr. A Championship will be hospitality areas • 2 Dudley-Hewitt Cup tournament passes appreciated and acknowledged! • 2 Lakers t-shirts • Recognition on website Yours in hockey, • 10 Dudley-Hewitt Cup tournament passes • Recognition in tournament program Fort Frances Lakers 2020 Dudley-Hewitt Cup • Recognition on P.A. announcements during some ceremonies Central Canadian Jr. A Championship Committee tournament games • Recognition on website • Recognition on P.A. announcements during all tournament TOURNAMENT FRIEND - $500 PS. Check out the “Dudley-Hewitt” website at games www.dudley-hewittcup.com • 2 Dudley-Hewitt Cup tournament passes GOLD PARTNER - $5000 • Recognition on website • Recognition in tournament program • Banner with company logo placed at tournament site (as • Recognition on P.A. announcements during some supplied by partner) tournament games • 10 Dudley-Hewitt Cup tournament passes TOURNAMENT BUDDY - $100 • Recognition on website • Recognition on P.A. announcements during all tournament • Recognition on website games • Recognition in tournament program Dudley-Hewitt CUP 2020 SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE Dudley-Hewitt CUP 2020 2020 DUDLEY-HEWITT CUP CENTRAL CANADIAN JR. A CHAMPIONSHIP The Dudley-Hewitt Cup is a championship ice hockey trophy awarded to the Central Canadian Junior A Champion. The trophy is currently decided by round robin tournament format, at the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, and Superior International Junior Hockey League, to determine the central seed to the Royal Bank Cup. The Royal Bank Cup is the Canadian National Junior A Championship and is only competed for by teams within the Canadian Junior Hockey League. MISSION TENTATIVE STATEMENT SCHEDULE OF GAMES The Fort Frances Dudley-Hewitt Tuesday, April 28 Wednesday, April 29 Thursday, April 30 Friday, May 1 Cup Central Canadian Jr. A Championship Committee is SEMI-FINALS 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2nd round robin winner committed to staging a stellar rd round robin winner 2020 Dudley-Hewitt Cup Central 7:30 p.m. Canadian Jr. A Championship that 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2 hockey and people engaging FINALS with one another in the ‘spirit of 1st competition and camaraderie’. 7:30 p.m. SIJHL HISTORY The Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL) is The Flyers folded after the 1999-2000 USHL Season. The Northwestern Ontario region has also been well represented Canadian Junior Hockey League and Hockey Canada. The in the past in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. From 1968 until 1982, the city of Kenora, Ontario was represented by the Cup with the winners of the Ontario Junior Hockey League Kenora Muskies/Thistles and in the mid-1980s Thunder Bay and the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League. The winner had an entry with the Thunder Bay Hornets. The folding of the Thunder Bay Flyers opened the way for a rebirth of Junior Royal Bank Cup. “A” hockey in the Thunder Bay region. The league came back to life under the “Superior International” label in 2001 with Although founded in 2001, the SIJHL is another chapter in a long history of Thunder Bay Junior “A” Hockey. The Fort William North Stars), First Nation Featherman Hawks (now the Thunder Bay Bearcats), the Fort Frances Borderland Thunder, Thunder Bay region, winning the 1922 Memorial Cup as Dryden Ice Dogs, and the Thunder Bay Bulldogs. Canadian National Junior “A” Champions. Although there is not abundant information on the subject, the Thunder Bay 2006 Dudley-Hewitt Cup Junior Hockey League may date back to the War Veterans, In 2006, the Fort William North Stars won the Dudley-Hewitt and existed until 1980. From 1980 until 2000, the region (Hockey Northwestern Ontario) was represented by a The Flyers played their regular season games in the United States Hockey League, America’s Tier I of Junior Hockey, and Dudley-Hewitt Cup as Central Canadian Junior Champions Hockey League’s Kyle Turris and the Burnaby Express. in 1989, 1991, 1992, and 1995. The Flyers were also National Champions in 1989 and 1992, winning the Centennial Cup.