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FGNHA

2024-25
VP Operations Message

Presidents Message
Executive Officers

FGNHA

2024-2025 Executive Officers

Position
Name
Contact
President
Laura Thomas
Email
Secretary
Christine Menzies Irwin
Email
Acting Treasurer
Ryan Turner
Email
Registrar
Michelle Menzies
Email
Vice President, Operations
Kevin Pich
Email
Acting Vice President, U15 - U18
Kevin Pich
Email
Vice President, U9A1 - U13
Ryan Turner
Email
Vice President, AA / AAA Hockey
Andrew Robertson
Email
Vice President, Female Hockey
Matt Stathers
Email
Vice President, Officials
Laura Loeppky
Email
Vice President, Equipment
Heather Lehmann
Email
Vice President, Ice & Scheduling
Denis Ferreira
Email
Vice President Coach & Player Development
Brendon Corbett
Email
Vice President, House League
Tim Fullen
Email
Vice President, Female Twins Hockey
Vikki Mirecki
Email

Welcome to Fort Garry North Hockey Association, home of the Flyers, Storm and Female Twins! 

 

Welcome to all those who are returning and a big welcome to the world of hockey for those joining us for the first time this year. We are pleased that you have chosen to register your child in hockey for the upcoming winter season. 

 

The FGNHA board has been working hard on the assembly of a great program for the 2024-2025 hockey season. We look forward to having you as part of our hockey family. Along with our many valuable volunteers, we’re excited that players will be given the opportunity to develop lifelong skills and friendships, both on and off the ice.  

 

FGNHA promotes an inclusive hockey program and provides every child with a fun, safe, and positive playing experience. I would also like to personally thank all of our volunteers from previous years. Please consider volunteering for a team as a head coach, an assistant coach, a safety representative, or a team manager for this year.  

 

Last, but definitely not least, I would like to congratulate Laura Thomas as our new FGNHA President.  

 

Good luck to all of our players and volunteers this upcoming season.  

 

Kevin Pich 

VP Operations 

FGNHA 

Presidents

FGNHA

Community Club Presidents

Fort Garry - Marshall Kirton - EMAIL

Wildwood - Bill Jost - EMAIL

Linden Woods - Laura Thomas EMAIL

Westridge - Vacant

Whyte Ridge - Kim O’Hara - EMAIL

Earl Grey - Giovanni Spina - EMAIL

River Osborne - Carla Richmond - EMAIL

Riverview - Jason Oliver - EMAIL

Lord Roberts - Sean Madden - EMAIL​​

FGNHA

Age Convenors

U7 Initiation 5/6                           VACANT

U9 Novice 7/8                               VACANT

U9 Novice A                                  VACANT

U11 Minor Atom                           VACANT

U11 Atom                                      VACANT

U13 Peewee                                  VACANT

U15 Bantam 13/14                       VACANT

U18                                                 VACANT

U9 Female Novice                        VACANT

U11 Female Atom                         VACANT

U13 Female Peewee                     VACANT

U15 Female Bantam                     VACANT

U18 Female                                    VACANT​

 

Age Convenors

FGNHA

Mission Statement

To provide children with opportunities to develop life and hockey skills through fair play.

Core Values Statement

Fort Garry North Hockey Association (FGNHA) through accountability is an inclusive community club based program that provides every child with a fun, safe, positive playing 
environment promoting the development of self-esteem, trust, respect, honesty, teamwork & sportsmanship through equal participation.

Mission Statement

FGNHA

Fair Play Policy

In recent years there has been a growing trend in hockey where an overemphasis on winning is taking over for the real reasons kids play hockey. When an overemphasis on winning starts to creep into any sport the ramifications occur in many areas: parents put pressure on their children, development of inappropriate coaching styles, poor sportsmanship, and ultimately burnout of the children in a sport they once enjoyed.  This Fair Play Policy and Procedure Manual is a culmination of the Board’s efforts to provide direction to players, parents, coaches and administrators of this hockey program and most importantly ensures the needs of the children playing hockey in the FGNHA comes first. Does this mean winning is not important? Absolutely! Fair play is all about the development of the children first and foremost.

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Development of hockey and life skills makes better well-rounded athletes. Fair play is not about a stopwatch at every game to determine whether a child got equal ice time. Fair play is about equal participation and is defined as follows, when it is my turn to go out, I will be given the opportunity to go out and participate. However, in order to establish player responsibility, any player(s) who continue to violate or violate more than one team rule may have to forfeit more than one turn during games. Team rules will be applied consistently to all players on a team. FGNHA also realizes that children have other important activities which play a major role in their lives. All volunteers must keep this in mind when it comes to the children’s participation in hockey. This program philosophy is the framework for putting the children playing hockey first. The aim of the FGNHA is to promote the philosophy contained within the FGNHA Mission Statement.

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Parents should endeavor to understand the opportunities and limitations that are provided through a community club based program. It should also be understood that team officials and administrators are volunteers. The program offered by FGNHA is inclusive, not exclusive and provides equal participation for all children.

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To ensure all parents and coaches in FGNHA become familiar with and knowledgeable about the Fair Play Policy, attending a Fair Play educational seminar is mandatory.Concerns regarding Fair Play will only be heard by the Parent Representative and the Fair Play Hearing Committee from those individuals who have attended a Fair Play educational seminar. This will help all parents and coaches understand their role in implementing and creating a positive experience for all children.

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This policy is intended to address issues associated with hockey within the Fort Garry North Hockey Association. Therefore, issues arising from a perceived violation of the Fair Play Policy and Procedure Manual will be dealt with through the Fair Play Reconciliation process.

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FGNHA Fair Play

Booklet PDF

Fair Play Policy
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