Gold River Buzz

Important GRMHA News

Coaching Course:

The Coaching Hyrid Certificate Course will be offered in Campbell River on October 15/16. (8am – 5pm on Sat, and 8am – noon on Sun) The course will be help at the Campbell River Labour Hall, 830 – 14th Avenue.

This is the required course for ALL persons who wish to be on the bench during a recreation (house) game, both as a Head Coach or Assistant Coach.

Registration for this course is ONLY available online at:

https://ehockey.hockeycanada.ca/ehockey/ClinicList.aspx?OID=3

FULL registration is refunded by GRMHA upon completion of post task assignment. Any questions can be forwarded to Jason Fiddler

Referee Clinic:

For those interested in reffing, a clinic will be held on October 15th @ 10:00am in the upstairs Arena Lounge in Gold River.

You must complete the On-Line Pre-Task Modules at least 2 days prior to your Officiating Clinic. Although the actual clinic is not available to register for, you can start the on-line pre-task anytime

Please download this form for instructions on what to do: Referee Clinic – Online Pretask Instructions

Please remember to print off your certificate and bring it with you to the clinic!

Criminal Record Checks:

The forms are available in the Minor Hockey Office. Criminal Record Checks are mandatory for any position held within GRMHA. (coach, assistant coach, division manager, team manager, safety person, executive). If you did not have one done last season, please ensure you do so this season.

No Game Until Further Notice:

One last note – GRMHA President has currently suspended all games for Minor Hockey. There have not been enough people step forward to volunteer to ensure that we are in accordance with Hockey Canada rules and regulations. Each division (team) is required to have a Coach and at least one Assistant Coach, as well as a Manager and Saftey person, and each volunteer is required to have the appropriate training.

There are currently almost 70 kids registered in Minor Hockey, and we have a pathetic amount of parents willing to help. One parent of note is wearing five different hats – Assistant Coach, Manager on two teams, Equipment Manager and Ice Scheduler. This is too much! Other parents need to step up and help!

Again, there will be no games until GRMHA can ensure that we are in compliance with Hockey Canada regulations.

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Come Celebrate Ollie’s Birthday!

It is the pool mascot Ollie’s Birthday this Saturday, October 1st.

There will be a free swim from 2:00 – 5:00 pm. Hotdogs, beverages and cake will be served. Come help us celebrate!

Everyone welcome!

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Grad Firewood Fundraiser

The Graduation class of 2012 is holding a firewood fundraiser this Sunday, October 2nd.

Should you be interested in purchasing a truck load (delivered or u-pick-up), please contact Frank Crowther at 283-2215 (after 4pm).

Pricing is as follows:

Short box truck load – $50
Long box truck load – $65
Delivered – $75

Splitting of the wood is donated by the Gold River Shingle Mill, and wood has been donated by Western Forest Products. A big thank you in advance to both of those businesses for your support of our Grads!

A reminder to all grads and parents that this is the biggest fundraiser of the year, and we need everyone’s help to make this a success.

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Give Curling a Try

Give curling a try with the Gold River Curling Club!

Free curling lessons – mixed, ladies or mens.

Thursdays at 7:00 pm.

Family curling – kids are free if they bring an adult.

Registration and Meeting Oct 13th 7:00pm in the curling lounge.

For more information, please call Mike at 283-7173 or Sheila at 283-7347.

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Harvest Help

via Kathleen O’Reilly;

If there is anyone who needs their tree picked over before the frost (and the bears), I have a group of keen students who will come and do this for you for a share of the goods.

Please call GRSS at 283-2538 and leave a message.

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Walk with Your Doc

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Poster for Whale Movie Features Locals

Do you recognize this lovely lady and her son?

It’s Catherine and Bryce Forbes!

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The Whale: Watch the Official Trailer & Spread the Word!

THE WHALE is the true story of a young killer whale, an orca nicknamed Luna, who makes friends with people after he gets separated from his family on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

The Whale opened yesterday in New York and in order to bring it to more cities, they need your help!

Please watch the movie trailer and share with all your friends!

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Dismal Gold River Presence on TripAdvisor

TripAdvisor is THE biggest travel advisory site on the internet, which millions of people throughout the world use to plan their trip and research which restaurants, hotels and/or tours to visit on their holiday.

If you do a search for Gold River – guess what you get? Almost nothing – next to nada!

Whenever we travel (even to Campbell River or Nanaimo for shopping), I always check out restaurants and hotels on TripAdvisor to see what others have had to say about a certain establishment. (I have also made a point in recent months to take the time and write reviews on places we’ve visited. My profile is Kai71 if you’re so inclined to check it out.)

Here’s the link to Gold River on TripAdvisor. One Bed & Breakfast, two listings under ‘things to do’ and one restaurant. (I did the restaurant listing myself to see how big of a procedure it was.)

The process is very easy, so don’t worry – click here to read more about getting listed. If you own a hotel, a B&B, a restaurant, a bar/pub, a fishing lodge or any kind of tour in Gold River – get busy!

It’s quick, easy and FREE advertising, so why not! We have tourists visiting our beautiful village all year round – let’s help them plan their trip!

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GRSS PAC Meeting

The first PAC meeting of the year for Gold River Secondary School is set for Wednesday, September 28th, at 7:00pm in the GRSS Library.

Please note that voting for the 2011/12 Executive will take place at October’s meeting. All current Executive members need to be replaced as the majority of current members do not have kids in school any longer. If no one steps forward for these positions, the Government will want fundraising dollars returned, which will affect the programs PAC tries to support.

As in any small town, many volunteers and parents are stretched to the limit already. For those of you parents who are not already actively involved in hockey, skating, rangers, other volunteer groups, etc., please consider giving a little of your time (once per month) to the PAC so that this group is still able to help the kids.

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