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Sydney Bears Development Camps

Welcome to the Sydney Bears Ice Hockey Club


Welcome to the official site of the Sydney Bears Ice Hockey Club. The Sydney Bears Ice Hockey Club is a non-profit incorporated association. The Club Executive and game officials are all volunteers - you can volunteer too, training is available.

The aims of the club are to be competitive, to develop players of all ages, to promote the sport of ice hockey and to have fun, enjoy and cater for recreational players in the Junior and Senior Divisions as well as promoting a Development League.

The Sydney Bears Ice Hockey Club is over 29 years old. The Club started with two teams and presently has seven. Ice hockey as a sport has grown in popularity all over Australia, the main challenges remain finding ice time at public rinks and finding good qualified coaches.

The Club also has a affiliation with the AIHL Bears. The AIHL Bears are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The team plays its home games at the Penrith Ice Palace in Penrith, New South Wales. The team previously played at Macquarie Center and the Sydney Ice Arena in Baulkham Hills but announced they would move to Penrith for the 2007 AIHL season. Currently there are 8 teams in the AIHL: Sydney Bears, Adelaide Adrenaline, Canberra Knights, Gold Coast BlueTongues, Melbourne Ice, Newcastle North Stars, Melbourne Mustangs and West Sydney Ice Dogs.
2012 Season Information

| Monday, 30 January 2012;|

The 2012 Season Information Booklet is attached

Registration Days

Sydney Bears Ice Hockey Club will be holding registration for 2012 membership from Tuesday 14th February 5:30pm to 10:00pm. Registration will be held in conjunction with team tryouts (refer below).

Team Tryouts/Selection

Team selection/tryouts will be held on Tuesday 7th /14th/21st February at Macquarie Ice Rink at the following times:

· Atom and Pee Wee – 5:30pm to 7:00pm
· Bantam and Midget – 7:00pm to 8:30pm
· Women and Senior1 – 8:45pm to 10:00pm
· Senior2 and Senior3- 10:00pm to 11:30pm

Tryouts cost $60 – covers all 3 weeks.

All players must wear full protective gear during tryouts and training.

2012 Training Dates (D-League)

Training will recommence on Tuesday 31st January. We will run the 2-hour Ice Hockey Development School (d-league) from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. Cost is $20

From 7th February d-league will revert to 5-30pm to 7-00pm. Cost is $15.

Sydney Bears Ice Hockey Development School caters for beginner and intermediate players of all ages. Participants are graded in to groups based on age and ability.

Age Grades

Not sure which age group you are in for the 2012 season?

 

Grade

Age Group

Playing Rules

Atom

11 & under mixed – players born 2001 or later

No deliberate checking. No slapshot.

Pee Wee

13 & under mixed – players born 1999/2000

No deliberate checking. No slapshot.

Bantam

15 & under mixed – players born 1997/1998

Full contact. Slapshot.

Midget

18 & under mixed – players born 1994/1995/1996

Full contact. Slapshot.

Women

First year Bantam age and up – female only

No deliberate checking. Slapshot.

Senior

Open age mixed (over 18 only)

No deliberate checking. Slapshot.

FINALS

It is mandatory for all Bantam and Midget-aged players to attend a linesman’s course to be eligible to play in the finals series or be eligible for State team selection. Linesmen courses are conducted by Ice Hockey New South Wales with details being published under events


New to Hockey and want to know more?

If you would like more information regarding the Sydney Bears Ice Hockey Club and recreational ice hockey please feel free to contact us:-

 Talk to one of the committee members at the rink during Tuesday training
 Send an email to secretary@sydneybears.com.au and we will send you an information pack.
 Phone our Club Secretary on 0424 976 630
 Check out our website – www.sydneybears.com.au

To subscribe to Sydney Bears Newsletter


Development League with the Bears at Macquarie Ice

| Monday 30, January 2012;|

Development league is held each Tuesday [in school term] from 5.30pm.

The league covers all age groups from 5 up to, well you name it. Participants are split into groups based upin age and ability.

Summer sessions are:-

· 5:30pm to 7:30pm – D-league – $20 for 2 hours of training per week. Groups will be graded by age and ability. The 2-hour training was very popular last year.

Winter sessions are:-

· 5:30pm to 7:00pm – D-league – $15 for 1 hours of training per week. Groups will be graded by age and ability.

Come along and enjoy.


2012 Committee

| Sunday, 16 October 2012;|

Congratulations to the newly elected members of the committee elected at the AGM for 2012.

Executive

Ryan Herbert - President
Jo Sonter - Vice President
Laura Morris - Secretary
Vacant - Treasurer

Non Executive

Nick Boulton
Glen Christie
Robert Wallace

Contact details for the committe are on our Contact List page
AUSTRALIAN WOMEN IN SPORT

| Saturday, 17 September 2011 |

WomenInSport How to play: Ice Hockey Heidi Krause faces off at the ice rink
CENTURIANS

| Wednesday, 14 September 2011 |

Congratulations to the following players from season 2011 who are all in the Bear's "Centurians" club. All have played over 100 games for the Bears. Well Done!

PLAYER
GAMES PLAYED
Ashleigh McFadden
122
Saxon Air
114
Danielle Hogan
132
Haydyn Sumiran
136
Hollie McFadden
169
TJ McCarthy
107
Mackay Doran
160
Patrick Woodward
148
Nicholas Air
111
Remi Harvey
195
Samantha Lai
148


Full player statistics for all players will be loaded onto the website over the following month.