In the spring of 2009 Ball Hockey Ontario brought their Super Skills Challenge to 37 schools across the Barrie, Peel, Niagara and Hamilton regions where over 6,000 students participated. Our goal for 2010 is a total of 60 schools and 9,000 student participants.
The school events are organized and run by Ball Hockey Ontario staff to eliminate cost and time consumption for the schools and their teachers. The program is designed to promote health, fitness, participation and inclusion to children through each school.
In 2010 the school events will be held from February to May where 12 students will qualify to be on a team to represent their school at the Regional Super Skills Championships at their local Ball Hockey Ontario facility.
We will meeting with school representatives in September to present our program and book event dates. Have your principal or teacher call us today to book your school!!
For more information contact Andrea Roberts at andrea@ballhockey.com.
Click here to view the Super Skills 2010 Presentation (requires Microsoft Power Point).
Press Releases
- Barrie
- Brampton
- Hamilton
- Niagara
BARRIE - PRESS RELEASE
West Bayfield Elementary School, Prince of Wales Elementary School, and Ferndale Woods Elementary School all participated in the inaugural Super Skill Challenge program in the Barrie region this spring.
Due to time constraints no Regional Championships were held. However, these are planned for the 2010 season.
Please contact Andrea Roberts 705-721-1061 or andrea@ballhockey.com for more information or to book your school for the 2010 season.
BRAMPTON - PRESS RELEASE
This spring Ball Hockey Ontario brought their Super Skills Challenge to schools across the Peel Region for the first time. The school events are organized and run by Ball Hockey Ontario staff to eliminate cost and time consumption for the schools and their teachers. The program is designed to promote health, fitness, participation and inclusion to children through the schools.
The Super Skills Challenge team brought their program to 15 Peel schools where over 2,500 students participated to try to qualify to play on their school teams at the Peel Regional Super Skills Championships held on April 15th. The event, run at the Brampton Ball Hockey Club, saw 100 students from grades 5 to 8 test their accuracy, agility and the speed of their shot against one another.
In the end, it was Beatty-Fleming Public School, of Brampton, raising the banner as the most skilled school, with St. David of Wales Elementary School and St. Cecilia Elementary School a very close second and third. Individual winners were also decided for each grade. The hardest shot winners were Rachel Day and Jenna Toon from grade 6 with a tied shots measuring 53 mph, Thomas Kittner from grade 6 with a shot measuring 57 mph. Haseeba Haseeba and Tony Hrynkiw from grade 7 with shots measuring 50 and 69 mph. Erica Girouard from grade 8 with a shot measuring 50 and Gurpreet Purewel from grade 8 with the hardest shot of the day measuring 76 mph. The agility winners were Lindsay Smith and Thomas Kittner from grade 6 with speeds of 11.01 and 10.57 seconds, Natasha Tymcio and Peter Piekos from grade 7 with speeds of 11.62 and 10.88 seconds and Erica Girouard and Mikey Soucier from grade 8 with speeds of 11.65 and 9.84 seconds. the accuracy winners were Emily Witzenhausen, Ryan Valentini and Deyn Rodrigues from grade 6 with tied scores of 3. Briar Douris and Chloe Miller from grade 7 with tied score of 2 and Kevin Mellegers and Brad Cooper from grade 7 with tied score of 4. Erica Girouard, Mohit Gill and Natasha Ferguson from grade 8 with a tied score of 2 and Koeton Wallace from grade 8 with the highest score of the day of 5.
The Super Skills Challenge is in the process of developing a program geared toward children from grades JK to 4. For more information or to book your school contact Andrea Roberts at andrea@ballhockey.com.
HAMILTON - PRESS RELEASE
This spring Ball Hockey Ontario brought their Super Skills Challenge to schools across the Hamilton Region for the second time. The school events are organized and run by Ball Hockey Ontario staff to eliminate cost and time consumption for the schools and their teachers. The program is designed to promote health, fitness, participation and inclusion to children through the schools.
The Super Skills Challenge team brought their program to 10 Hamilton schools where over 1,700 students participated to try to qualify to play on their school teams at the Hamilton Regional Super Skills Championships held on April 3rd. The event, run at the Hamilton Ball Hockey Club, saw 100 students from grades 5 to 8 test their accuracy, agility and the speed of their shot against one another.
In the end, it was Ray Lewis Elementary School, of Hamilton, raising the banner as the most skilled school, with Lawfield Elementary School (2008 Champions) and Bellmoore Elementary School a very close second and third. Individual winner were also decided for each grade. the hardest shot winners were Curtis Zahorodni from grade 5, Dalton Davidson and Colin Elder from grade 6 with shots measuring 56 mph, Chloe McDonland, Summaya Miraz and Chole Jolin from grade 6 all had shots measuring 44 mph. Marian Clark and Ian Barns-Robinson from grade 7 had shots measuring 47 and 63 mph; and Courtney Zahorodni, Lauren Penney, and Tia Osmond-Ward from grade 8 tied with shots measuring 44 mph, while Danny Duvnjak from grade 8 shot 60 mph. The agility winners were Chloe McDonland and Matthew Ansley from grade 6 with speeds of 11.94 and 9.35 seconds, Kaila Wright and Skyler Ryckman from grade 7 with speeds of 10.94 and 9.56 seconds; Tia Osmond-Ward and Danny Duvnjak from grade 8 with speeds of 10.62 and 9.25 seconds.The accuracy winners were Taylor Spencer and Mitchell Williamson from grade 5 and 6 with scores of 2 and 4, Sophie Popper and Marian Clark from grade 7 with a tied score of 3, Kayla Chandler, Rachel Morgason, Courteney Robinson, Lauren Tarves, and Jervanna Brissett from grade 8 with a tied score of 2, and Joshua McArthur and Daniel Alfarocalero from grade 8 with a tied score of 4.
The Super Skills Challenge is in the process of developing a program geared toward children from grades JK to 4. For more information or to book your school contact Andrea Roberts at andrea@ballhockey.com.
NIAGARA - PRESS RELEASE
This spring Ball Hockey Ontario brought their Super Skills Challenge to schools across the Niagara Region for the first time. The school events are organized and run by Ball Hockey Ontario staff to eliminate cost and time consumption for the schools and their teachers. The program is designed to promote health, fitness, participation and inclusion to children through the schools.
The Super Skills Challenge team brought their program to 9 Niagara schools where over 1,200 students participated to try to qualify to play on their school teams at the Niagara Regional Super Skills Championships held on March 26th. The event, run at the Niagara Ball Hockey Club, saw 94 students from grades 5 to 8 test their accuracy, agility and the speed of their shot against one another.
In the end, it was John Marshall Public School, of Niagara Falls, raising the banner as the most skilled school, with Grapeview Public School and Vineland Public School coming in with a very close second and third. Individual winners were also decided for each grade. The Hardest shot winners were Kelsie Benoit and Mike Davies from grade 6 with shots measuring 49 and 66 mph, Ameila Hall and Sam Berg from grade 7 with shots measuring 69 and 79 mph, and Isabelle Rezazadeh and Kyle Marino from grade 8 with shots measuring 58 and 75 mph. The agility winners were Alex Aleksieva and Mike Davies from grade 6 with speeds of 11.58 and 11.06 seconds, Victoria McKinney and James Parkinson from grade 7 with speeds of 12.93 and 11.18 seconds, Heather Sorley and Jakob Evans from grade 8 with speeds of 13.13 and 11.00 seconds. The accuracy winners were Annie Berg from grade 5, and Madison Attema from grade 6 with a tied score of 3, Levi Sipos with a score of 5, Rachel Debon and Abbey McKillop from grade 7 with a tied score of 3, Jacob Parisotto from grade 7 with a perfect score of 6, Heather Sorley, Nahida Alkayed, Chanel Attema and Kiersten Craig from grade 8 with a tied score of 3 and Kyle Marino from grade 8 with a score of 5.
As the day concluded the teachers decided to compete against each other as well. Ron Wood of John Marshall Public School won all three events with his stellar performance!
The Super Skills Challenge is in the process of developing a program geared toward children from grades JK to 4. For more information or to book your school contact Andrea Roberts at andrea@ballhockey.com. |
