2018 NCWHL Labor Day Tournament
Come play in the NCWHL Labor Day Tournament! The Winter 2018-2019 season doesn’t begin until the weekend after Labor Day, so why not come out and join the fun? We will field mixed level NCWHL teams and you can select a Tournament “buddy” to play on the same team. NOTE: Registration is open to Summer 2018 and Winter 2018-2019 skaters with active USAH numbers for the 2018-19 season.
Details:
Sept 1 – Sept 3 (5 games guaranteed)
Ice Oasis San Mateo, 2202 Bridgepoint Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94404
Schedule:
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Post-Tournament Report: 45 skaters across all four divisions participated in the Labor Day Tournament at Ice Oasis. The tournament ran from September 1 to September 3. Players played 5 games total including a playoff game and a final. All of the games were close; both playoff games went into extra time and the Championship game, which entered OT with a 0-0 tie, was decided with a crafty five-hole shootout goal by Green Division skater, Candice Nishimura!
Early Bird Registration Now Open For Winter 2018-19
Registration is now open for the Winter 2018-19 session! Early bird pricing is $525 through 9 pm on August 26. After that, the price is $625 so go to NCWHL Winter 2018-19 registration and get it out of the way!
We are also pleased to be able to offer an Assistance Fund again, which is 50% off the early bird price. If you have played at least one season in our League, you are eligible. Please fill out this form before August 20.
NOTE: Our registration deadline ends before your 2018 USA Hockey membership expires on August 31st. We recommend you get a new USA Hockey number before registering. Your number will be checked before the season starts and you cannot get onto the ice until your membership is current.
Community Outreach: Sunday Friends
On Sunday, May 27th a group of 11 volunteers representing the League visiting Lowell Elementary School in San Jose to help teach children how to play hockey. We worked with a wonderful community based non-profit called Sunday Friends. They host classes for parents (ESL, immigration, tax workshops, etc) and utilize the local elementary school to provide the children with opportunities for art and crafts, cooking lessons, and physical activities. The families who attend earn points through their participation and are able to turn those points in for necessities such as house wares, cleaning supplies, and school supplies. We hosted a game of street hockey on the black top and had a few skills clinics going on for the youngest ones. The kids were great and so excited to get to play hockey! We were lucky enough to have just a handful of high sticks and boo boos. The executive director dropped by and asked us to come back any time!
Next Up: Children’s Book Project
Our next Community Outreach effort will be to collect for the Children’s Book Project. You can learn more about it here: childrensbookproject.org/
Please bring your new or very gently used books to any game you have in San Mateo for the month of June. We will be collecting books there. Please remember these books are going to children in high need areas and we really want to support their love for and valuing of books. Please only donate books of condition and quality in service of those values.
From Children’s Book Project:
We always need new or gently used, recent-vintage books for children of all ages, from infants through teens.
We especially need:
- board books
- early readers
- elementary chapter books
- books in Spanish or Chinese
- graphic novels
- popular series for 8-12 year olds
We can’t use and don’t accept:
- textbooks and curriculum materials
- encyclopedias
- audio cassettes and VHS tapes
- library discards
- obsolete books
- dirty, dusty, wet, or mildewed books
- nonfiction over ten years old
Please contact Eula at ncwhl.community@gmail.com if you have any questions! Thank you for helping our league make a positive impact on our community!
Community Outreach: Second Harvest Food Bank
NCWHL participated in our first community service event on Saturday, May 19th at the Second Harvest Food Bank’s San Carlos location. We helped sort out protein donations and packaged them for distribution to local charities. We had 8 awesome volunteers who worked hard and managed to out pace the group of 12 working with us! We had a blast while answering many questions about our league. Many of the other groups had never heard of us and were so impressed that such a diverse and unique group of people were helping out in the community.
We have another opportunity coming up on Sunday, May 27th from 2:30 to 4:00pm with Sunday Friends at Lowell Elementary in San Jose. We have 5 more spots available and are planning on playing street hockey with a group of under-privileged kids.
Learn more about Sunday Friends here: https://www.sundayfriends.org/
Please consider signing up here: https://goo.gl/forms/xHRqSAzUdHiQi3Wh1 or, if you can’t volunteer, you can check that option and let me know more about what you are interested in participating in the future.
