After much planning from the Seniors Planning Committee, please see below the revised senior league format which has been given IHNSW approval for implementation for the 2008 Winter season.
All senior non-contact hockey will now be referred to as Senior B
All teams will be divided in to divisions, labelled Division 1, Division 2 (and Division 3 if needed). The divisions will be based on last season standings in previous Senior B and C competitions.
In terms of creating the divisions, the splits will be conducted according to three rules:
-A minimum of 6 teams per division; and
-A maximum of 8 teams per division, provided this is not in conflict with rule 1.
Where the divisions would have an unequal number of teams, the Seniors Planning Committee to decide how may teams in each division based on relative competitiveness of the teams.
Based on the standings at the end of the regular season the top team in Division 2 will be promoted to Division 1 with the bottom team in Division 1 being relegated. The same will be repeated in Division 3 if required.
2008 Team:
Andrew Barac
Jago Gavin
Andrew Dark
John Harvey
Patrick Besmara
Nicholas Hudson
Michael Maier
Antony Palmer
Chinthana Perara
Ralf Bruegger
Mark Museth
Peter Smiroldo
Nathan Leyshon
Jarrod Davidson
James Barton
David Massingham
Coach:
Manager:
Andrew Dark
Training
Training will take place at Macquarie Ice Rink on Tuesday evenings from 9.30pm to 10.30pm during school term. The ice will be shared with the Women’s team.
Draw
Ice Hockey NSW will issue a draw for the season. A copy of the draw will be circulated to you. Contact your team manager to confirm game times.
Ice Hockey NSW may amend the draw during the season. Whilst every effort will be made by the Club, Coach and Team Manager to notify players, you should check www.nswicehockey.com.au periodically to verify game times.
Information
If you have any questions please first refer to the Sydney Bears website www.sydneybears.com.au. If that doesn't help, you should contact any member of the Bears Committee or your team manager for assistance.
Contact
Your team manager is the primary point of contact for the team.
Team News
There is an area on the website for team news. Denis Woodward is our website content manager. Coach, manager and/or parents may wish to email Denis with regular updates on their team. These might be regular game reports, photos, anecdotes etc. Denis will organise for them to be inserted into the website.