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Stormont-Dundas-South Here Comes Hockey Tryouts!
On June 2 , Elect Glengarry MPP
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t was so exciting to host our annual MPP-MP Community Picnic
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Iheld on Sunday July 23rd, at the home of the Lost Villages Museum.
The Lost Villages is a real gem for our community, and it was nice to
see everyone in attendance on that sunny day. Thank you to former
MPP Jim Brownell for his assistance in securing the beautiful venue
for Eric & I. I would like to thank the nearly 600 people who came
out to visit, chat, and eat together. I am grateful for the supporters,
family and friends who came out in support of such a great event. I
would also like to thank former MPP for Stormont-Dundas and South
Glengarry Jim McDonell, former MP Guy Lauzon, as well as the HAugust, minor hockey tryouts
local municipal politicians for attending.
Jacqueline Milner, who ran under the Green party platform,
attended the BBQ as well. We were able to have conversations about
the environment, housing, health care, as well as other local topics
of interest. Many other conversations were had with constituents,
including concerns with health care, which allowed sharing of
information on many programs and legislations passed throughout the
last session to ensure our health systems recover from the pandemic.
It was great to see you there and to have an opportunity to talk with
you.
I want to extend a big thank you to the young talented Nolan Stoqua
for putting on a great show. We were all amazed with his gifted voice,
and it was excellent entertainment throughout the afternoon.
It was a wonderful day filled with music, delicious food, and
conversation. The beef on a bun was a huge success. Thanks to
Leatherworks for the excellent food. Some tasty treats were also
provided from Stormont Milk Producers with delicious ice cream
treats. Desserts were generously provided by the Cornwall Filipino-
Canadian Society. Sip & Scoop donated over 200 tasty bubble teas.
Pop N’ Fluff, one of the Summer Company entrepreneurs, had cotton
candy and popcorn on hand. It was great to see the families and their
children enjoying the bouncy castles that were on site. There was
much laughter and fun times for all on that day. Thanks to Tribeck
Inflatables for providing the castles.
Thank you, Stormont, Dundas and South Glengarry, for all of your
support for our annual event. Thank you to all the volunteers who
helped make our picnic a huge success.
If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, please contact
the office at Nolan.quinn@pc.ola.org or 1-800-514-9660.
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tries hard to push my players to improve
technically and tactically, but to also
By Brad Robertson grow and mature through athletics into
good hard working people as well.
Minor hockey for boys in our area
has been declining in numbers at some
associations. That is a fact we cannot
ignore. I will always beat the drum to
have children and teens participating
in sports, not just hockey but all the
other sports out there that are available
to them. Through sport, our youth can
develop many great traits and life skills
necessary to succeed as they grow. So
many of the people that I have coached
I run into now, and I am like a proud
father when I hear about where they are,
what they are doing, and the families
they’ve started. Being active in sports
i all. As the calendar turns to helped shape so many of them and has
helped lead them into being happy and
are fast approaching. Locally the AAA productive people in the paths they have
chosen for themselves.
tryouts begin for the Eastern Ontario
Wild, followed by the Seaway Valley Social media has been a great tool
AA Rapids tryouts. That is followed up for me to maintain contact with former
by local associations B Rep tryouts and players and follow along with them
eventual house league creations. in their lives. I’m fortunate to have
I have been running the Seaway so many players, male and female, to
Valley Rapids summer ice program follow! Some were lucky enough to
for five weeks now and it’s been a lot have achieved their goals of playing
of fun. Our guest instructor, Adam Van at a higher level. Some played major
Ettinger, runs the U11 and U13 groups junior A, tier 2 junior A, or American
and his focus has been on skills and or Canadian University hockey, and in
development, and the ice times have some cases, professionally. That doesn’t
been very beneficial to all participating. matter to me as much as knowing that
At my U14, 15, 16, and 18 levels the they grew into good people who pursued
focus has been on skills, tactics, and an education or a trade and have built
increasing overall on-ice awareness careers for themselves that they are
during game play. Feedback has been succeeding in. That is what it’s all about.
great and it’s exciting to have players on
the ice working hard towards preparing Remember as we enter the tryout
for tryouts for the teams they will be portion of the hockey season that it’s
trying to make. I enjoy working with most important that we set goals for
ourselves, but that one of these goals has
dedicated athletes very much. to be that we enjoy ourselves and have
I have been involved in coaching fun. Team sports builds relationships
minor hockey for twenty-five years. between people that can last a lifetime
I get a kick out of now having on the and it doesn’t matter what level you are
ice at our sessions, a handful of players at, let your kids enjoy it and encourage
whose parents I once coached when
they were teens. It’s also rewarding to them to work hard, have fun, and do
know that these kids have heard positive their best.
things about me from their parents Good luck at tryouts everyone and I’ll
about my coaching ability, passion for be preparing my program for the U15
AA Seaway Valley Rapids gearing up
the game, and the expectations that I for my season!
have regarding the on-ice sessions. I’ve
always been a demanding coach who Coach Brad