There’s a very warm glow around the Leaside Memorial Community Gardens on Millwood Road these days following the flawless success of the Leaside Select Invitational Tournament last week. As Jeff Munn, vice president of the select program at the Leaside Hockey Association was saying, “It was four days of hockey and family fun and it went off without a hitch.” That’s a good verdict on an event that saw 1,800 kids suit up and 6,500 family members converge on Leaside’s new two-pad arena, and on the two rinks Leaside rents at the Canlan complex on Victoria Park Ave. The size and speed with which the events fly by make it tough to assess all the positive results. Mr. Munn is especially pleased with six new teams that were created by Leaside alone because of the extra ice availability this year. The Grade 9 Boys Bantam team in this group were notable achievers as the inset picture suggests. There is a spirit and commitment among the 420 families who participate in the Leaside select program which no doubt other association around town would like to bottle and take home. Now the planning will begin again because no matter what anyone thinks, 2015 isn’t that far off. The 15 member committee that plans the tournament will meet again before too long. Those who form the 40 member shock troop corp of getting things done are all on call. For the moment, however, everyone may take a breather and bask in the satisfaction of a job well done. Leaside select tourney goes off “without a hitch”
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There’s a very warm glow around the Leaside Memorial Community Gardens on Millwood Road these days following the flawless success of the Leaside Select Invitational Tournament last week. As Jeff Munn, vice president of the select program at the Leaside Hockey Association was saying, “It was four days of hockey and family fun and it went off without a hitch.” That’s a good verdict on an event that saw 1,800 kids suit up and 6,500 family members converge on Leaside’s new two-pad arena, and on the two rinks Leaside rents at the Canlan complex on Victoria Park Ave. The size and speed with which the events fly by make it tough to assess all the positive results. Mr. Munn is especially pleased with six new teams that were created by Leaside alone because of the extra ice availability this year. The Grade 9 Boys Bantam team in this group were notable achievers as the inset picture suggests. There is a spirit and commitment among the 420 families who participate in the Leaside select program which no doubt other association around town would like to bottle and take home. Now the planning will begin again because no matter what anyone thinks, 2015 isn’t that far off. The 15 member committee that plans the tournament will meet again before too long. Those who form the 40 member shock troop corp of getting things done are all on call. For the moment, however, everyone may take a breather and bask in the satisfaction of a job well done. 