June 2008 TheBulletin Championship Try Day Events Results Information Calendar EDUCATION THROUGH LE SPORT SCOLAIRE, SCHOOL SPORT UN ENTRAINEMENT POUR LA VIE Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations The Bulletin | June 2008 1185 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 409, Toronto, Ontario M3C 3C6 Website: www.ofsaa.on.ca Phone: (416) 426-7391 Email: see below Fax: (416) 426-7317 Publications Mail Agreement Number: 40050378 RESULTS Honorary Patron of OFSAA: The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Index Badminton ........................................................12 - 13 STAFF OFSAA NEWS Boys’ A Basketball ............................................14 Executive Director Doug Gellatly Ext. 4 [email protected] Boys’ AA Basketball ..........................................15 Assistant Director (interim) Brian Riddell Ext. 2 [email protected] Executive Director’s Editorial .............................1 - 2 Assistant Director Lex Cleaver Ext. 5 [email protected] Hosts Needed ...................................................2 Boys’ AAA Basketball .......................................16 Office Administrator Meredith Maloney Ext. 1 [email protected] OFSAA Executive Member Honoured ................3 Boys’ AAAA Basketball .....................................17 Comm. & Marketing Coordinator Lindsey Evanoff Ext. 3 [email protected] Coaching Excellence Awards .............................3 Boys’ and Girls’ Curling ....................................20 - 21 Special Projects Coordinator Peter Morris 905.826.0706 [email protected] Girls’ Gymnastics ..............................................22 - 23 Special Projects Coordinator Diana Ranken [email protected] News from the Annual General Meeting ............4 Special Projects Coordinator Mike Thorpe 905.820.5953 [email protected] Other Well-Deserved Recognitions .....................4 Boys’ A/AA & AAA/AAAA Hockey ...................24 Helen Gurney ...................................................5 Girls’ A/AA & AAA/AAAA Hockey ...................25 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Alpine Skiing ....................................................26 President Tracey Parish, St. Patrick HS P: 416.393.5546 F: 416.596.8729 [email protected] Celebrating 60 Years of OFSAA at AGM ...........5 Past President Walter Piovesan, Ottawa DSB P: 613.596.8211 F: 613.239.2655 [email protected] Try Day Funding Continues in 2008-09 ...............6 Nordic Skiing....................................................27 Vice President Martin Ritsma, Stratford Central SS P: 519.271.4500 F: 519.273.7188 [email protected] OFSAA Women’s Sport School ..........................7 Swimming .........................................................28 - 30 Metro Region Sue Thompson, U of T Schools P: 416.946.7991 F: 416.378.6775 [email protected] Grade 9 Try Day a Success ...............................7 Girls’ A Volleyball .............................................31 East Region Linda de Jeu, Adam Scott CVI P: 705.743.7373 F: 705.743.7831 [email protected] Girls’ AA Volleyball ..........................................32 West Region Terry O’Rourke, South Huron DHS P: 519.235.0880 F: 519.235.3461 terry_o’[email protected] OFSAA Unveiling New Logo in the Fall ..............7 South Region Brian Fuller, Saltfleet DHS P: 905.573.3000 F: 905.573.2408 [email protected] Please Support OFSAA’s Sponsors .....................8 Girls’ AAA Volleyball ........................................33 Central Region Steve Porter, Barrie Central CI P: 705.726.1846 F: 705.733.0608 [email protected] Age Classifications for 2008-09 .........................8 Girls’ AAAA Volleyball .....................................34 North Region Val Dunn, ES Cochrane HS P: 705.272.4372 F: 705.272.4384 [email protected] Wrestling ..........................................................35 - 36 CODE Lou Piovesan, Halton DSB P: 905.632.6300 F: 905.632.4568 [email protected] Transfer Appeal Meeting Dates ..........................8 CODE Gayle Stucke, Lambton Kent DSB P: 519.336.1500 F: 519.336.1471 [email protected] OFSAA Alumni News ........................................9 Member-at-Large Heather Chambers P: 705.474.7681 [email protected] EVENTS Thank you to the Ontario Ministry of OFSAA Sanctioned Invitational Events ................10 REPRESENTATIVES’ COUNCIL 2007-2008 Health Promotion and the Ministry CISAA Greg Reid, St Andrew’s College P: 905.727.3178 F: 905.841.6911 [email protected] Coaching Symposium 2009 ...............................11 of Education for their generous Sharon Creelman, Appleby College P: 905.845.4681 F: 905.845.9828 [email protected] 2008 - 2009 Championship Calendar ................18 - 19 contributions and support. COSSA Brian Poste, North Hastings DHS P: 613.332.1220 F: 613.332.0978 [email protected] Linda de Jeu, Adam Scott CVI P: 705.743.7373 F: 705.743.7831 [email protected] CWOSSA Ken VanderZwaag, Woodland Christian HS P: 519.648.2114 F: 519.648.3402 [email protected] Patricia Klassen, St. Benedict CSS P: 519.621.4050 F: 519.621.4057 [email protected] A Word from OFSAA’s Executive Director EOSSAA Dale Huddleston, Ernestown SS P: 613.386.3054 F: 613.386.3342 [email protected] Jean Pye, Carleton Place DHS P: 613.257.2720 F: 613.253.3002 [email protected] In 2007, OFSAA joined that way, particularly if an official is not as experienced GBSSA Steve Porter, Barrie Central CI P: 705.726.1846 F: 705.733.0608 [email protected] the True Sport Movement as others, or if they are simply having a bad game. Do Jean Goodrow, St. Theresa SS P: 705.526.1311 F: 705.526.4378 [email protected] to reinforce the positive officials make mistakes? Yes, but so do coaches and GHAC Dean DiFrancesco, Bishop Ryan CSS P: 905.573.2151 F: 905.333.9185 [email protected] Helen Downey, Bishop Tonnos CHS P: 905.648.4989 F: 905.648.7847 [email protected] values that school sport athletes. LOSSA Paul Creeden, Father Leo. J. Austin P: 905.666.2010 F: 905.666.3035 [email protected] stands for. True Sport Coaches can teach respect to their athletes by the manner Nicole Watt, Eastdale CVI P: 905.723.8157 F: 905.723.7024 [email protected] is a national program in which they deal with officials. If a coach berates an NCSSAA Don Morris, St. Mark HS P: 613.692.2551 F: 613.692.2447 [email protected] designed to promote a Laura Gillespie, Ottawa-Carleton DSB P: 613.596.8211 F: 613.820.6045 [email protected] official, this can typically lead to discipline problems in the positive, meaningful, and NEOAA Darrell Sokoloski, Timmins HVS P: 705.360.1411 F: 705.268.6603 [email protected] players, lack of focus on the competition, and poor athletic Val Dunn, ES Cochrane HS P: 705.272.4372 F: 705.272.4384 [email protected] enriching experience for all performance. Student-athletes may witness this and think NOSSA Tim Lowe, ES Algonquin P: 705.472.8240 F: 705.472.8476 [email protected] who participate in sport. it’s the norm, and even acceptable to berate the official, Laura Aubertin, Confederation SS P: 705.897.4985 F: 705.897.4202 [email protected] It espouses important NWOSSAA Mike Lalonde, Queen Elizabeth HS P: 807.737.3500 F: 807.737.1979 [email protected] and may duplicate this behaviour when dealing with other principles such as fair play, Judy Selinger, Geraldton CS P: 807.854.0130 F: 807.854.2014 [email protected] authority figures in their lives. ROPSSAA Bruce Dyce, Port Credit SS P: 905.278.3382 F: 905.278.8936 [email protected] respect for others, staying Jody Miller, Cawthra Park P: 905.274.1271 F: 905.274.9370 [email protected] healthy, and having fun, all This isn’t to say that officials can’t be questioned because SOSSA Brian Fuller, Saltfleet DHS P: 905.573.3000 F: 905.573.2408 [email protected] of which are synonymous there should be a certain level of accountability. But Christine Baillie, Stamford Collegiate P: 905 354 7409 F: 905 354 6618 [email protected] SWOSSAA Greg LeNeve, Northern Collegiate P: 519.542.5545 F: 519.542.0571 [email protected] with school sport. handling disagreements or asking questions of officials in a Cathy Johnson, North Lambton SS P: 519.786.2166 F: 519.786.5250 [email protected] respectful manner and at the appropriate time can have a In the context of an athletic competition, respect means TDCAA Vince Bellissimo, Father Henry Carr P: 416.393.5521 F: 416.393.5692 [email protected] powerful positive impact on the athletes and spectators. Patricia Coburn, Pope John Paul II P: 416.393.5531 F: 416.393.5735 [email protected] respecting all those involved, including officials. On TDSSAA Norm Pettersen, Silverthorne Collegiate P: 416 394 7010 F: 416 394 7924 [email protected] occasion, there are incidents of misconduct at OFSAA One of the great things about sport is the emotion it David Budzinsky, Lakeshore CI P: 416.394.7650 F: 416.394.6170 [email protected] championships and some of these are the result of actions generates. There are a whole series of emotions that come Sue Thompson, U of T Schools P: 416.946.7991 F: 416.378.6775 [email protected] Charlene Hurley, Albert Campbell CI P: 416.396.6684 F: 416.396.6728 [email protected] or words directed towards officials; in other words, a lack to life during the course of a competition, and certainly WOSSAA Terry O’Rourke, South Huron DHS P: 519.235.0880 F: 519.235.3461 terry_o’[email protected] of respect for officials. over the entire season. One of the difficult challenges for Michele Van Bargen, Strathroy DCI P: 519.245.2680 F: 519.245.5498 [email protected] athletes, coaches and officials is to control their emotions Officials are an important part of the competition and are YRAA David Christie, Keswick HS P: 905.476.0933 F: 905.476.0929 [email protected] and channel them in a positive way that will be admired by Erin Gray, Aurora HS P: 905.727.3107 F: 905.727.5804 [email protected] there to enforce the rules of the game so it is contested as others.