I apologise for the lack of posts the past week and a half, I was away for a large portion of the time.
OFSAA will host their Annual General Meeting and various competition meetings this Thursday and Friday. One of the most important items of business will be selecting hosts fo the various OFSAA championships. OFSAA runs under a 3-year championship calendar and so hosts as far away as the 2009-10 school year will be awarded.
On the other hand, there are still some hosting duties still unfilled for next year and that could be a problem if no one steps forward. As of this moment the following sports do not have a host (co-ed unless otherwise listed): Girls Field Hockey, Wrestling, Swimming, Badminton, Boys AAAA Soccer, Boys baseball East & West Semi-Finals, Boys Field Lacrosse (Festival Status), and Snowboard Racing (Festival Status).
After cruising the message boards for a while, I have discovered that there is at least one bidder coming forward to host wrestling next year from an area south of Hamilton (Hagersville/Caledonia). There are paarently bidders for field hockey, swimming, and lacrosse too but the names of the bidding groups don't seem to be out there.
OTOH, OFSAA states on its website that if no one comes forward by this Friday, Boys AAAA Soccer, Boys Baseball East & West Semi-Finals (which are necessary in order to hold the final four the following weekend at the Rogers Centre), and Snowboard Racingwill not be held next year.
I had previously heard rumours of ROPSSAA bidding for AAAA Soccer next year after doing so well in 2005 (winning gold, silver and bronze in Mississauga) but, if it hapens, I assume Father Goetz will not spearhead the bid due to recent controversies with the coach. I would also not be shocked to see a ROPSSAA bid to host swimming at the Etobicoke Olympium yet again.
Right now, the only championships that ROPSSAA will host next season are Boys AAAA Volleyball and the Boys Gold Festival.
Other business will include various rules proposals, the most controversial of which would be the annual push to apply international rules to Ontario High School basketball. With the CIS adopting it for the men's game next season (it was already adopted for the women's), there will be more pressure for Ontario to conform. Many of the changes would be fairly easy to implement: longer quarters, coaches calling time-outs with no carry over, rules on traveling, etc.; some would require more training of (usually student) timers such as stop time in last two minutes of game after every field goal; and, most difficult for the schools, lines would need to be repainted and a shot clock implemented and training provided to use it. It's the shot clock that has lead school to vote against it, even as the OBA implemented it this past season. However, the OBA isn't facing annual cost cutting by the Ministry and the school boards to pay for the new infrastucture.
You can download a list of rule differences here.
If I hear about any significant rule changes, I will let you know. If you here of any please e-mail me.
2 comments:
I noticed that the ROPSSAA Midget Girls Long Jump record was set in 1988 at 5.3m by Tanya Reid. However, by reviewing the 2007 ROPSSAA results, Kayla McFarlane from Father Goetz jumped 5.55m. Therefore, shouldn't the record by updated?
The current record list was made before the most recent ROPSSAA championships. It usually takes some time to update the records for late spring sports. It will likely be updated some time over the summer or early next school year.
If not, try e-mailing ROPSSAA to inform them of the error. tracy.cinnamond@peelsb.com
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