S&H… PEI Style

Seen
- Did you know that pop cans were illegal in PEI Prior to Saturday May 3rd, 2008? Cause I’m pretty sure I didn’t know that!! I must admit that I didn’t believe it at first… considering the source I’m sure many of you would have done the same. It wasn’t until I saw the front page of the newspaper that I actually believed it.

- Stop signs are optional apparently. ;)

- PEI hospitality… got the full welcome to the Island. Everyone I have met during my stay here have been nothing but friendly and helpful. I look forward to my next trip out this way!

- I can now say I have been to PEI. One more checkmark on my list of things to do…


Heard
- “Thank you for this new approach. Opening up to boys will be great. My son loves the sport and I hope this new vision will open up the doors for many more to join”

- “Will the name of the sport change?”

- “Having now set the direction for the development of our Athletes, do we anticipate looking at Long Term Officiating Development?”

Random thoughts from PEI…

After having adjusted to the time change and recovered from the early morning rise for the trip to NB, I was ready to roll with LTAD in PEI.

Monday night, I switched from the LTAD hat to the CRC hat and met with the host committee for the 2009 Canadian Ringette Championships which will take place in Charlottetown in early April. The group is on track and I look forward to a great event!

Tuesday evening I attended the Ringette PEI Awards Reception. I fun little evening which honored the Top players, coaches, officials and volunteers. Following the awards I got right into my LTAD Travelling Road Show presentation.

While going through the presentation I realized that a lot of the major push back I got from a lot of the bigger provinces I would not be getting from the PEI Ringette Community.

Due to numbers, geography and the way they currently run their associations tiering is not part of their Ringette programs. This will make the implementation of some of the proposed changes much easier down the road.

Many questions came up at the conclusion of the presentation. Most were centered on the implementation side of this movement.

- “Will the age divisions at Atlantics Change?”
- “When is When? When can we anticipate seeing changes?”
- “What is the difference between a game and a competition?”
- “Will this be mandatory?”
- “How do we know this will work?”

Looking for answer to these questions? Stay Tuned… or better yet catch the LTAD Travelling Road Show; coming to an AGM near you. J

PLAY IT. LOVE IT. LIVE IT.
-FL