The Editor,
Thank you to everyone who played a role in a great Initiation Hockey Jamboree on Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Estevan Leisure Centre. This is the annual kick off event for the hockey season for 60 enthusiastic five and six-year-old boys and girls now that everyone has been divided up into five little teams.
It’s through events like this that we work to instill ideals that will last a lifetime, like cheering on your teammates, respecting your opposition and always doing your very best.
Thanks to the coaches for leading each team through some fun team building activities and stories. Thanks to Ryan and Mandy Irwin at the King Street Tim Hortons for supplying doughnuts for all the kids and coffee for the parents. We also all enjoyed pizza courtesy of Ryan Hogg at Core Integrity Inspections and Engineering. Thank you to the parents for their dedication throughout a busy season.
I would like to give a special thank you to the Estevan Jr. A Bruins, who played an important part of the jamboree. Half of the players led the off-ice session in the gym and the other half were on ice at Affinity Place. We heard numerous times from the kids that they couldn’t believe that the big Bruins were playing with them.
These kids literally and figuratively look up to all of you, so thank you for taking the time out of your schedules and putting in the planning and obvious effort to put a smile on the kids’ faces. You did a great job!
Sincerely,
Abbey Webber,
Estevan Initiation Hockey Director
