Update

Number 18
March 2, 2006

1) Basketball wildcards/seedings – In the next few days, there will be many decisions regarding wildcards and seedings. We will be emailing respective coaches information on wildcards, ONLY if their email is entered correctly in the online registration system. As well, we will do our best to get results posted on the website, but cannot guarantee expediency of website postings. We HOPE to have the following posted on these dates:

“AAAA” and JV on Saturday, March 4 in early afternoon
“A”, “AA” and “AAA” on Wednesday, March 8 in late afternoon

2) The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) - is now accepting applications for the 2006 Carol Anne Letheren Leadership and Sport Scholarship. The scholarship is a national, three-year, $1,500 per year, university scholarship awarded to one outstanding female high school graduate. The award is named in honour of the late Carol Anne Letheren (1942-2001), former Chief Executive Officer of the COC. To learn more on how to apply please visit http://www.olympic.ca/EN/funding/letheren_award.shtml. Applications must be received at the COC Toronto office by mail by 5:00 p.m. EST, March 31, 2006.

3) Invitational Juvenile boys (U17) basketball tournament - Beaver Brae in Kenora, is looking for three teams to complete their invitational tournament on April 28-29. They really would like to keep this “school based”. For more information, contact Scott Sparkman at (807) 468-6401.

4) Spring Track and Field Meets are up on our website. This is a listing of a MHSAA sanctioned spring meets.

5) Basketball rosters for Provincial Championships – We have a “blank’ formatted roster in an excel format that we are requesting for people to use. You can access it on the downloads section of our website or email a request for the excel format from Christine at info@mhsaa.ca.

6) Field Hockey Manitoba will be hosting the 2006 FHC Mens Indoor National Championship, March 17-19 at Kildonan East Collegiate in Winnipeg. FHM is looking for a set of Handball goal nets that could be used for the tournament. FHM will arrange and cover the cost for shipment. If for some reason there is damage to the goal nets (don't suspect any) FHM will cover the cost to repair or replace them. If you could help please contact the office by at 925-5794.

7) Basketball and Hockey Scholarships – Just a reminder that the deadline for applications for Basketball and Hockey Scholarships are fast approaching:

Friar Nicolson Award – March 10th
D’Arcy Bain/Fred Stevenson Hockey Scholarship - Friday, March 10th
BEST Basketball Scholarship - Wednesday, March 22nd
Hockey Manitoba Scholarship – April 1, 2006
Ed Belfour Award – Tuesday April 4th
Winnipeg Jets Alumni & Friends Scholarship – Tuesday, April 4th
Alexander Josephson Scholarship (new) – Tuesday, April 4th
CSSF/Canada Basketball Scholarship – April 15th

Make sure your athletes don’t miss out on these great opportunities!

8) Birchwood Auto Group – Thinking of buying a new car?? MHSAA and Birchwood Auto Group have put together a special $200.00 incentive for MHSAA coaches. Call now and we will mail out a voucher. In the meantime, visit www.birchwood.mb.ca.

9) MHSAA Survey – Thank you for taking the time to give us your thoughts on the MHSAA survey. We appreciate your feedback.

10) Tenders – Based on the overwhelming results of the recent MHSAA survey, we will no longer be tendering Physical Education equipment.

11) Annual General Meeting – The Annual General Meeting will take place June 18th, 19th, and 20th in Portage La Prairie. Start planning now to attend. Start thinking about running for a position on the Board of Directors. If you are interested in more information, please contact Morris, 925-5641 or morris@mhsaa.ca.

12) Notices of Motions – It is now time to start thinking about Notices of Motion for the Annual General Meeting. The President’s Meeting will take place on April 28th and all motions must be submitted to the MHSAA office by April 15th.

13) Floorball – Brian Zimmer is conducting Floorball clinics in schools. For more information or to borrow equipment, contact Brian at 925-5640.

14) Sport Manitoba Travel Assistance – Schools who are participating in Provincial MHSAA Championships may be eligible for travel assistance through Sport Manitoba. Make sure that you take advantage of this support. For further information http://www.sport.mb.ca/downloads/Athlete_Travel.pdf

15) Lethbridge Community College is hosting the Kodiak Men's Volleyball ID CAMP is April 15 and 16th. This camp is an excellent opportunity, free! For further information, contact Mark Nelson, LCC Men's Volleyball Coach (403)-380-0004 or markt59@telus.net

16) BASKETBALL SUMMIT We are hosting a Basketball Summit in Winnipeg on April 21 at the Sport Manitoba building. This will be hosted in co-operation with Basketball Manitoba. We will have FIBA rules on the agenda, as well as where we are going with the sport, coaching and officials development, etc. Please let us know if you may be interested in attending.