Simcoe Region Minor Hockey League News

 The OMHA (Ontario Minor Hockey League) has stepped in to take control of the Simcoe Region Minor Hockey League (SRMHL) until certain issues can be resolved.  SRMHL includes TNT, Beeton, Thornton, Innisfil, Bradford and Schomberg and some York Region based communities.  According to the story in the New Tecumseth Free Press Online, the conflict appears to involve player rosters and webiste control.

"OMHA provided the SRMHL with player rosters so that there was a way to check and keep track of player movement, but is now refusing, citing privacy issues.  Reportedly The OMHA also wanted control of the league's web site...."  This should be an interesting story to follow.  The full story is posted at http://www.madhunt.com/srmhl-board-resigns-20121029.html

Beeton and TNT Split

Here's another news story, this time from Simcoe.com  http://www.simcoe.com/news/article/1308334--stingers-splitting-from-tnt about the split between New Tecumseth and Beeton. " A year after striking a deal that saw a true amalgamation of New Tecumseth’s minor hockey leagues, Beeton is ready to leave the partnership."

Beeton News?

Yesterday this article appeared from the Free Press Online:http://www.madhunt.com/baa-scrap-rep-deal-tnt-20120228.html

"BAA tells members its reapplying to OMHA as rep hockey centre

Posted February 28, 2012

The Beeton Athletic Association (BAA) reportedly informed its members last night that it will be applying to the OMHA to reestablish itself as a rep hockey centre, ending, after one season, an arrangement with TNT Minor Hockey that opened the boundaries to kids in Beeton to play A or AA level in their town"...... "The deal forged between TNT and the BAA came after a year of contentious battling inside Beeton hockey".  Things still seem to be up in the air!