The Leaside Girls Hockey Association Proudly Presents The 29th Anniversary Edition of the "March Break Madness Female Hockey Tournament" March 7-9, 2008 OWHA Sanction #0708086 
Coach & Manager Final Information 
TOURNAMENT HEADQUARTERS WILLIAM LEA ROOM ENTRANCE LEASIDE MEMORIAL ARENA 
TEAM CHECK IN PROCEDURES: We ask that only 1 Manager/ Coach or Team Staff drop over to the Tournament Headquarters Office WIILIAM LEA ROOMENTER VIA THE EAST DOORS AS SHOWN AS WILL ALL PLAYERS AND PARENTS VIA THE MAIN PARKING LOT You MUST Report in either before your first game if time permits OR directly following your first game. REGARDLESS we must see 1 Team Official arrive at headquarters who is Carrying The Team's Complete Paperwork to process your Final Registration by Checking and Approving Your Teams Documents etc. Any Teams Arriving on THURSDAY Night or Local teams wishing to, may drop into the Headquarters to register on Thursday from 8:00pm - 9:00pm. Please contact Gary directly if you are planning on doing so ahead of time. Please Inform your players and parents that while in any arena please look for the gamesheet sign in areas that will look similar to these YELLOW SIGNS 
DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY TEAMS: If Needed ALL Official OWHA Forms are available online at: www.owha.on.ca/forms_policies.asp When you arrive at Headquarters you will need the following to check your team in successfully: ALL ONTARIO TEAMS We are now required by the OWHA to see and View the Original PINK COPY of your OWHA PPF (Players Participant Form) OR A copy OF THE new Online form submissions. This is the Huge Official Roster, which all players and staff sign. By now the other copies of this 3-part document should have been sent into the OWHA office through your Association as well as your team's fees for this season. All House league teams must also be able to produce where each player came from as normally once teams are balanced internally they are found on different team OWHA#s. Please ensure you have read this years 2007-2008 OWHA Handbook Constitution, Bylaws, Rules and Regulations in regards to pick up players. Players may only compete with 1 team and in 1 tournament this weekend. OWHA Call Up & Pickup Players & Paperwork: FOR A COPY OF THIS YEARS 2007-2008 OWHA HANDBOOK CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW http://www.owha.on.ca/handbook0708.asp See Page 38 - Rule 2 (i) (K 3) It is your responsibility as a manager - coach to have a very clear understanding of this rule. OWHA Pickup Consent Form - Sanctioned Tournaments for any player of this category. Any OWHA player new to your roster that has been added via an OWHA Change of Participant Form, we will require a copy of this as well and please BE SURE this paperwork is filled in correctly with dates and signatures and that have chosen the correct OWHA Form For Sanctioned Tournaments. See Above for OWHA Forms link. All USA REGISTERED TEAMS: All USA TEAMS will be required to produce a Photocopy of your Official USA Hockey Roster complete with player and team staff signatures. All USA Teams must have their Travel Permits Available to hand in at Headquarters. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN PADLOCK AND KEYS Some arenas may NOT supply their own Dressing Room Keys & Locks so please ensure you have on hand 1-2 Padlocks & extra keys just in case. Team Officials will be responsible to trade car keys for dressing room keys at the arena reception area that do so. Our Arena convenors will NOT be handling dressing room keys and assignment will be posted on the arena dressing room allocation boards normally located in the main lobby. REMINDERS: CANADIAN MANDATORY NECK GUARDS VS. USA MANDATORY MOUTHGUARDS ALL USA TEAMS - Mandatory Mouth guards are required as per your USA Hockey Insurance ALL CANADIAN TEAMS - Mandatory BNQ Neck guards are required as per Hockey Canada Insurance STAFF & PLAYER SUSPENSIONS: Any player or staff currently serving suspensions must be indicated on the game sheets in the usual manner - This information is to be placed in the area where the player's signature would normally go. IE- (Game 2 of 3) GAME RESULTS & TOURNAMENT RESULTS: We will be attempting to go to a Paperless RESULTS Environment. In order to do so we have included a Wireless Laptop Set-up at each arena. The Website will indicate results as indicated. Game results will also be posted on the website: www.sportacularevent.com You are asked due to individual computer settings to hit your REFRESH BUTTON each time you come to this page. Some people’s computers “Cache old” information which will take you to old information until you hit the REFRESH BUTTON. Always hit your refresh button BACK UP & CONTINGENCY PLAN: **In the event and for some reason the internet services go down and everything electronically shuts down we will have Paper Available and will have POSTED HARD COPY PAPER RESULTS. If the above occurs these results WILL ONLY BE POSTED inside Headquarters WILLIAM LEA ROOM. These will be Considered the official record if needed. GAME SHEETS - LABELS & ELIGIBILITY If for some reason an adjustment to your players or staff have inadvertently not shown up on the game sheet labels, it is your responsibility to change and add player names and #s on ALL 3 Copies of the game sheets for accuracy. Players and staff will sign ALL Game Sheets and If Absent they must be marked ABSENT in place of their signature. Each team is Requested to ensure when filling in your game sheets you write in your OWHA or USA HOCKEY Team # on ALL game sheets. MANAGERS: Please also bring your own games sheet labels just in case something has gone wrong to help speed up the process. NO WHITE COPIES of Game Sheets should be given back to your team. If this DOES happens please ensure you do not take this copy as it is property of the OWHA and immediately return to the Arena Convenor. |
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