Number 5

October 3, 2006

1. Tournaments Message Board – We are pleased to announce that the Tournaments Looking For Teams/Teams Looking for Tournaments message board is back up and running, in a revised format. We have added some security measures to ensure that spam messages that were previously posted, will not be able to post messages automatically.

This means that in order to post messages, you will need to register. To do this, simply go to http://www.mhsaa.mb.ca/phpBB2/, and click the Register link in the upper right hand corner. This brings up a rather lengthy form, but the only required fields are a user name, password, email address and one field that has a code. The user name and password for this message board are up to you, so make sure that it is something that you will remember. You are only required to register once. After you have done this, you will receive an email confirming your registration, with a link to click for activation of your account. After completing this, you will simply need to log in to post messages.

We will not be listing any more tournaments in Updates after this.

2. Dauphin Regional Secondary School is looking for teams for their Varsity Boy’s Basketball Tournament on January 19 & 20, 2007. For more information Trevor Beals (204) 638-4629 or tbeals@mvsd.ca.

3. Morris School is looking for three Varsity Girls and two Boys basketball teams to fill a Dec 15 and 16 tournament. For further information, contact Chris Hicks at
(204) 746-2612 or chicks@rrvsd.ca.

4. Lord Selkirk Regional High School is looking for teams for their JV girls basketball tourney (Feb. 16 & 17), JV boys basketball tourney (Dec. 15 & 16) and Varsity Boys basketball tourney (Feb. 2 & 3). For more info please contact Kristin Shiach (girls) or Dave Ireland (boys) at 482-6926 or kshaich@lssd.ca or direland@lssd.ca.

5. “AA” Hockey Tournament Looking for teams - Minnedosa Collegiate has five spots open for its “AA” Hockey Tournament, November 24-26, 2006. For further information, contact Martin Ingenmey at 204-867-2794 or mingenmey@rrsd.mb.ca.

6. Coaches Cards – We are expecting to have the new Coaches Cards in the office any day. The cost of these cards will be $10.00 each and they will expire August 31st, 2008. To order some for your school, please email your list of coaches to Christine@mhsaa.ca and she will send them out with an invoice when they are available. This is a great way to recognize volunteer coaches for the countless hours that they put in. Offers on the new card include free admission to University regular season games, admission to MHSAA Provincial Championships, free medium soft drink with any purchase at McDonalds, 15% off at Boston Pizza as well as discounts at a some other merchants.

7. Free Press Sports Scores - When reporting any high school sports scores to the Winnipeg Free Press please call them into: 697-7286 (only).

This is the only phone number that they now have for sports scores. Any other phone numbers that you may have, are now assigned to specific reporters and they most likely will NOT forward the score to the sports section.

IF you would like to email your scores in, the email address is: scores@freepress.mb.ca

8. Sport Manitoba Regional Sport Alliances will be held on the following dates:
Central October 20th Carman
Eastman October 28th Beausejour
Interlake October 14th Balmoral
Norman October 17-18th Thompson
Parkland November 4th Dauphin
Westman November 24th Brandon
Winnipeg November 25th Viscount Hotel

Topics include long term athlete development, respect in Sport, Community Alliances and True Sport. Contact your Sport Manitoba Regional Representative for further information or go to www.sport.mb.ca.