OHA BOARD MEMBERS

President- Jenine Wilson

Vice President- Adam Johnston

Membership Director- Nathan Body

Treasurer- Mark Polgrabia

Junior Co-ordinator- Wally Oprzedek

Womens Commissioner- Jenine Wilson

Webmaster/Marketing- Garrett Reynolds

Secretary- Peter Service

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• May, 2013- 4 Juniors travelled to Nationals in Winnipeg (see results posted on OHA website and Facebook page)
• June Hill Memorial- June 1^st, 2013

– Format was modified to include “senior” players, in an effort to expand the number of Big Ball 1-Wall players of all ages across Ontario. The change proved successful, resulting in our largest draw to date, with 32-players participating.

• July, 2013- Junior Handball Clinic/Camp with Lake Forest’s Coach Dau, in Calgary

– Alam Burgos and Wally Oprzedek attended the event hosted by the AHA

– CHA & OHA funded

• 2 Facilities scouted for potential events:

1.) National Fitness; Oakville Venue

(contact: ashley@oakvillenationalfitness.com)

4 courts available; playable but rough shape-floors

2.) Commerce West; 427 South

unavailable to general public, membership for courts is for employees of the building only.

• Meeting with Trillium Rep (June 4^th, 2013 Jenine, Mark & Wally)

– Provincial Doug Gore 416 963 4927 ext 251 (possibility for future fund requests, i.e Nationals hosted in Ontario).

– Niagara Rep Menfred 905 704 1829 Organizational (possibility for future fund requests, i.e Nationals hosted in Ontario).

– Menfred assisted the OHA in connecting with United Way rep Carol Stewart-Kirkby (905 354-9342 or carolsk@vaxxine.com).

– After working hard to complete the Niagara Neighbourhood Initiative Fund Application (aimed at increasing youth participation in community settings), on June 26^th 2013 the OHA made its submission.

– In early August, the OHA was granted $2500 to be spend within 1 year of the approval. Specific project outcomes, goals and budget were created by the OHA Board and are required to be reported back to United Way by August 6^th 2014 as proof of appropriate use of funds.

• June 24^th, 2013 Scotiabank Game Changer Challenge submitted to nominate Wally for ongoing contributions (see write-up).
• Peach King Centre Clinic/Practice (Tuesday evenings, approximately 4 kids)
• Hamilton Y Lessons (Tuesdays and Thursdays)
• St. Catharines Y (Saturday mornings, approximately 10 kids)
• Youth Nights in St. Catharines (Monthly, approximately 40 kids)
• Niagara Falls Y (Wednesdays and Sundays, approximately 4 kids)
• Port Weller 1 Wall Lessons (to commence June 14^th, 2014)
• May, 2014- 7 Juniors travelled to Nationals in Montreal (see results posted on OHA website and Facebook page)
• Meeting with Lori Mambella at the City of St. Catharines requesting 1 wall courts to be built at the Port Weller Community Center.

– On April 11^th, the OHA received confirmations the the Director of Parks and Rec for the City of St. Catharines had approved the application (Niagara Neighbourhood Initiative Fund used for submission with alterations).

– On April 30^th the OHA was informed of cost for court preparation, installation and repair equalling $1000.

– The OHA Board voted to approve this cost (April 30^th) as it meets the needs and goals expressed in our project outcomes of growing junior handball in Ontario.

– As of May 27^th, 2014 Phase 1 is complete; the 2 outdoor 1-wall courts are ready for use.

– Phase 2 will involve taping courts inside the gym of the rec center and getting a handball program offered in their fall guide.

– The OHA will be conducting a joint PR event with the City and Trillium/United Way programs later this summer.

– Phase 3 & beyond could include the installation of several additional courts on the unused tennis courts and upgrades to the existing surfaces.

CONGRATULATIONS to Wally Oprzedek and the Ontario Junior Handball players that traveled to

Montreal for this year’s Canadian Nationals. At this year’s banquet, Ontario Junior Handball players

placed 2nd

for the Richard Kearney Memorial award. This award is given to the team of Junior players

that is most successful in their tournament play through a calculation of points based on results. Great

work Wally and congratulations to the Juniors who represented Ontario so well!!

Thanks to the entire Ontario Handball Community and friends for supporting our juniors this week at the 2014 Canadian Championships.
Results for the week:

4-Wall Results
-11&Under Singles: 1st- Axel Burgos and 3rd-Susan Santillan
-11&Under Doubles: 1st-Axel Burgos/Susan Santillan
-15&Under Singles: 2nd-Ivan Burgos
-17&Under Singles: 1st-Alam Burgos
-17&Under Doubles Consolation: Alam/Ivan Burgos
-19&Under Singles: 3rd-Matt Shrum

1-Wall Results
-11&Under Singles: 1st-Axel Burgos and 3rd-Susan Santillan
-15&Under Singles: 2nd-Ivan Burgos
-19&Under Singles: 2nd-Tyman Edelcourt and 3rd-Matt Shrum

All the members of Team Ontario played phenomenal ball during the week, and placed 2nd overall for the Richard Kearney Provincial Team Award. Great job, Guys!!!

Now we prepare for the 4th ANNUAL JUNE HILL MEMORIAL ONTARIO 1-WALL HANDBALL TOURNAMENT on June 7th, 2014 in Burlington, Ontario. Contact Wally at iamwallyo@gmail.com if you’d like to play ball, bring a junior to play, or help out that day. Hope to see everyone there.

Good day, the CHA continues down the long path of getting to the new Not for Profit template mandated by the federal government. We have until October 2014 to complete all of the steps and paperwork and with your help, we should be able to achieve this goal and retain our status as a Not for Profit sport organization. We have engaged a Sports Consultant to assist with the changes and this has been quite helpful (http://www.sportlaw.ca/nfp-act/federal-act/). For in depth information about the changes visit: http://www.corporationscanada.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cd-dgc.nsf/eng/h_cs03925.html

The CHA Executive including the provincial representatives will have to vote on two sets of by-laws. The first set of by-laws is mainly to change who is considered to be a member of the CHA. The first set of by-laws will make the provincial representatives CHA members rather than each player. Players in each province will become registrants of the CHA and will be represented within the CHA by their provincial representative. The second set of by-laws will be voted on sometime after May and will bring in all of the new items mandated by the federal government. We are including attachments of both sets of by-laws. Players with questions or concerns can contact Mike Wilson at mikejwilson55@gmail.com

The CHA is one of a few sport organizations whose by-laws are quite outdated and that is one of the reasons the government is having every “federally-incorporated” sport organization go through this exercise. Brian and I feel it is important to let the players know of these changes. Due to lack of attendance at the AGM each year (last year no one attended) we did not want to use that forum to get this information out there. As the CHA does not have any method of reaching out to to every player, we are asking the provinces to distribute this information and requesting a response from the players regarding accepting the first set of by-laws. They can send their vote, yeah or nay to mikejwilson55@gmail.com. The more responses we get the better. We would appreciate your help in getting this information out as soon as possible. We are aiming to gather responses by May 9th.

I would ask that you copy me on your email to your players so I know it has been sent.
Thank you very much

Mike

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