ANNUAL HEBBVILLE TRIP

As you are aware, we will be heading to Bridgewater on our annual Hebbville Invitational trip in early February. Danny, Neil and I will all be taking vehicles, so we have the transportation taken care of. Below is the agenda for the weekend. Although the team’s fundraising efforts go towards paying our hotel and transportation expenses, the boys will need to bring some money for spending, eating, entertainment, etc.

Thursday, Feb 4
11:00 Depart SIS
2:30 Stop at Subway in Halifax for a “light” lunch
4:00 Play at Clayton Park Junior High, Halifax
6:30 Dinner at Applebee’s, Halifax
Head to Bridgewater and check into hotel.
Comfort Inn
49 North Street
Bridgewater, NS
B4V 2V7
(902) 543-1498

Friday, Feb 5
Sleep in
1:00 Play game against Hebbville Academy
Early supper and then go as a team to a movie that evening.

Saturday, Feb 6
9:00 Play game against Sherwood Park
12:00 Play game against Bible Hill
Following the game, we will grab a bite to eat and hit the road for home.

THIS FRIDAY

We will be departing the school on Friday at 1:00, heading for Charlottetown. It is important that the boys have a good lunch as we will be playing back-to-back games on Friday, at 3:00 and 5:00. We will be bringing some healthy snacks for between games.

Danny & I will be taking the boys to Charlottetown on Friday, but we would like to know if there are any parents planning on traveling down on Saturday morning for our 9:00 game. We will not know what time our last game Saturday is until we finish our round-robin, but it will be no earlier than 2:00.

STONEPARK INVITATIONAL

This weekend we are competing in the Paul Nogler Invitational, hosted by Stonepark Intermediate School and held at both Stonepark and Queen Charlotte Intermediates. It is an eight-team tournament with teams from both PEI and Nova Scotia. We will be playing four games (2 Friday & 2 Saturday) over the course of the weekend, with our first at 3:00 Friday. We will be departing the school at 1:00 on Friday. The boys should have a good lunch prior to our departure. More details to follow....


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OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.......

Over the next several weeks, things will be kicking into high gear. The schedule will be getting busier and tougher and we will be throwing lots of new stuff at the boys during our practices. Beginning this Friday we go through a 16-day stretch during which we will be playing 11 games. Included in this period will be games against 5 or 6 Nova Scotia teams as well as some tough Island games against Athena, East Wiltshire and Queen Charlotte. We have asked that the boys be diligent in getting to practice on time so that we can maximize our on-court time, and that they bring a full water bottle to every practice.

As always, thanks for your support.

Scott

OUR SCHEDULE:


Monday Feb 1: 4:00 @ Athena
Tuesday, Feb 2: 6:00 Callaghan @ SIS
Wednesday, Feb 3: 6:30 - 8:30
Thursday, Feb 4: 4:00 @ Clayton Park (Halifax)
Friday, Feb 5: 1:00 @ Hebbville
Saturday, Feb 6: 9:00 vs Sherwood Park
Saturday, Feb 6: 12:00 vs Bible Hill
Monday, Feb 8: 7:30 - 9:00
Tuesday, Feb 9: 4:00 @ Hernewood
Wednesday, Feb 10: 6:30 - 8:30
Thursday, Feb 11: 5:30 @ Athena
Friday, Feb 12: Night Off
Saturday, Feb 13: Games being planned.....TBA
Monday, Feb 15: 6:00 - 7:30
Tuesday, Feb 16: 7:30 - 9:00
Wednesday, Feb 17: 7:30 - 9:00
Thursday, Feb 18: Zone qualifier for provincials
Friday, Feb 19: 7:00 - 9:00
Saturday, Feb 20: 11:00 - 1:00
Monday, Feb 22: 6:00 - 7:30
Tuesday, Feb 23: 7:30 - 9:00
Wednesday, Feb 24: 7:30 - 9:00
Thursday, Feb 25: 6:00 - 7:30
Friday, Feb 26: Provincials
Saturday, Feb 27: Provincials

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TRAVEL PLANS FOR CALLAGHAN

We are all set for our trip to Callaghan today; Danny is taking his van and my van is also coming up which will enable us to carry all players in the two vehicles. The boys have been instructed to be at the gym no later than 3:45 today to accomodate travel times. As in all of our western game trips, the boys should have a little $$$ for dinner as we usually stop for a bite to eat on the way home. On our last trip to Callaghan, we made it home by approximately 8:30.

With the season just about half over, I would like to have a short parents' meeting on Thursday following the Athena game in the gym, to cover off a few topics before we begin the home stretch.

Thanks,

Scott

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GREAT HOOPFEST RESULTS

Our Hoopfest is now behind us and we have great results to show for it. Not only did we finish with a perfect 3-0 record, but this weekend's games showed a return to our early season form, playing determined and intense team basketball...GREAT WORK BOYS! A big thank you as well to Lynn and the rest of the parents for lending a hand to make the weekend a real success.

STONEPARK INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE

Pool A
Stonepark / Athena / Pugwash (NS) / Astral Drive (Cole Harbour, NS)

Pool B
SIS / Queen Charlotte / Kings' Edgehill School (Windsor, NS) / East Wiltshire

Thursday, Jan 21st
4:15 Stonepark 47 vs Athena 43
5:45 Queen Charlotte 52 vs East Wiltshire 50

Friday, Jan 22nd
2:00 Stonepark vs Pugwash (@ Stonepark)
3:00 Queen Charlotte vs SIS (@ Queen Charlotte)
4:30 Athena vs Astral Drive (SP)
5:00 SIS vs Kings' Edgehill (QC)
7:00 Pugwash vs Astral Drive (SP)
7:00 East Wiltshire vs Kings' Edgehill (QC)

Saturday, Jan 23rd
9:00 Pugwash vs Athena (SP)
9:00 East Wiltshire vs SIS (QC)
11:00 Stonepark vs Astral Drive (SP)
11:00 Queen Charlotte vs Kings' Edgehill (QC)

2:00 7th Place game (SP)
2:00 5th Place game (QC)
4:00 Bronze medal game (QC)
4:30 Gold medal game (SP)