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contact/prems grade is now called Open, in the SIHL. It’s not yet entirely clear how it’s going to work, I presume that clubs would just enter teams as per normal, but there was discussion of mixing up the players.
A precise date for paying for first half of practices was never mentioned at the meeting, but if you haven’t paid by end of March, don’t expect to be allowed on the ice. The second half was set however – that has to be paid by June 2.
Juniors won’t be a grade in the southern league this year, but it will be a grade at nationals.
All juniors will compete in the open grade with the contact seniors.
But all juniors should come to the 7pm Thursday practice until it splits. I presume they’ll split to an open contact practice.
Yes.
Everyone (Junior, SNC, Women, Open/Contact) etc should turn up at 7. I presume there’s going to be a fair few of us, so it might be that the session gets split pretty quickly, but they won’t know complete numbers until after registration on Sunday.
But we’re all paying for Thursday’s session as it’s one of the 30 trainings everyone gets this year, so turn up.
I think it’ll uncrowd once the dihl starts in a few weeks.
If you split it now I think you’ll find you’ll have to unsplit it in 4 weeks.
Ryan, will both those teams be competing in the SIHL? Or will the senior team be playing in the southern league, and the others be the… I dunno. Development squad? Playing in the B DIHL or something?
"vpatrol":5g8g2ij9 wrote:1. When does ‘official’ Thunder trainings start? Is there a regular day of the week set aside for the season? When are trials? I’ve emailed Stephen and haven’t gotten a reply2. Are there coaching vacancies? I’ve emailed Larry Wheeler since thats what it said to do however I again have received no reply. I’m an accredited coach so I figured my free services would be in demand however I’m getting a response similar to what I get in Canterbury…nadda! If you have enough coaches, fair enough. Just means I get more free time.
[/quote:5g8g2ij9]You’ve emailed Stephen Christos, or Steve Jackson? Steve Jackson is really good with emails, if you haven’t heard back from him then that’s unusual. Stephen Christos… I’ve never received an email from him, so I’m not sure how up with that he is.
Ryan Wick probably can provide some up-to-date information about Thunder trials etc. As far as I know there is still an open invitation to all players to go to the Tuesday night pre-season sessions but he’ll be able to provide better info.
Larry definitely is looking for coaches/coaching assistants at the moment. He also is OK with his email. Maybe try him again?
That’s supposed to be the plan, but none of the other clubs are putting in bantams teams.
So midget remains U16, and there’s no bantams until probably next year.
"Chris":2zw50dom wrote:Is anyone else really flabbergasted over how fucking petty this whole thing is?
[/quote:2zw50dom]Well I’m sure Neil has his reasons, though they might not be very good.
I think the big picture is that while it’s pretty rude to Ryan and Stefan, they’re not exactly making big money off it. And they’re not going to stop sharpening skates, and no one is going to stop telling people to take them there because they provide a good service and are available more than the rink, so they’re not going to lose business.
Nothing really has changed except Neil has waved a stick around and annoyed some people. He’ll feel better, life will go on unchanged and everyone will move on in a month or so. The club has been here before.
"Azzy77":2pg04t4i wrote:Michael did you know Kyle is using your stove element to change the blades of his stick??… cos if not thats pretty rude kyle!
[/quote:2pg04t4i]My stove is broken! You don’t want to help a team mate out? C’mon!
Interesting stuff.
The DIHA to be honest isn’t really the major player. It’d be the Dunedin Ice Stadium board, and I can’t imagine it’s going to get that far. The only thing the DIHA can do is say that they can or can’t advertise on the web site. The issue of what Neil can/can’t do lies with the other body.
"Ryan":3s1y7btb wrote:But I am certain that there is no way Neil can ban you from the rink, or at least not without breaking the law himself. I would put this down to a lapse in judgement by Neil.
[/quote:3s1y7btb]Neil bans people from the rink quite often. Including members of the DIHA, though normally its annoying little shits at social skating sessions. I don’t know if this sort of banning would be allowed, but Dunedin Ice Stadium is not a government body, so it’s not subject to some laws – the NZ Bill of Rights Act is one that doesn’t apply for example.
Hey Ryan and Stefan,
Lovely letter!
Maybe you should run some things by the committee. We’ve previously advertised SK8, and other gear businesses overseas, on the web site, but not as explicitly as you’ve done. Still, the same principle should apply.
I’m not a lawyer, but my guess would be that because DIHA owns Dunedin Ice Stadium, and not the other way around, the Ice Stadium can’t tell DIHA what it can and can’t do with its web site. But DIHA might still not want it to happen, because skate sharpening and gear sale is obviously part of the Ice Stadium business, so they’d be advertising competition to their own business. And good relationships with Neil is obviously important.
If the committee was to go either way on it, at least you’d know where you stood in relation to this web site and other DIHA materials (our emails/DIHL registrations etc often used to suggest the SK8 shop for gear).
Advertising in the building is probably more a problem, as that really is Neil’s decision. He probably has the right to tell you not to advertise, and, if you do, subject you to rink discipline (sounds kinky), rightly or wrongly.
That last sentence could be taken pretty broadly. It could be taken to mean – people who advertise by talking to people in the rink; or it could be taken to mean people who undermine our business by selling gear from some other place in town and advertise totally outside the rink. The second interpretation would be a big overstep.
I can see why you’ve posted it here – it’s not a nice letter – but maybe the first step should be the DIHA committee rather than airing our internal dirty laundry over the internet first up. Up to you guys though. If you decide to take it down I’ll remove the whole thread, otherwise… game on.
