Don Koharski's Officiating Camp - Dartmouth Sportsplex - July 29th - August 1st
We are excited about this year’s camp at the Dartmouth Sportsplex in Dartmouth, NS July 29th – August 1st. Our last two years in Moncton was a great experience and very successful in our commitment to develop the skills of all attending officials. Susan and I enjoy reading the positive feedback from past students, as they keep us updated on their successes as a hockey official in their local area and beyond.
With this change of venue, we look forward to the challenges facing us by bringing the camp to our hometown of Dartmouth. This third year in the Maritimes will bring some positive changes to the format, but what will always remain the same is the commitment from myself and staff members to help our amateur officials attain their goal of taking their officiating skills to a higher level.
Hockey Nova Scotia supports our efforts to have this camp and acknowledges it as a great means of assisting them in the development of all officials (male & female) at any age and level. It is also a way in which many of our prospects can be seen by supervisors from other leagues. Over the last two years, 13 of our attendees were recruited and have gone on to the Q. This year, in addition to Sylvain Bibeau, RIC from the Q attending for the third time, we are working on having reps from the AHL, ECHL, and CHL.
We would like to work with you in the development of all hockey officials by giving them a chance to attend such a clinic. In the past, hockey associations such as DWMHA have supported one or more of their officials in the following way:
- Provided financial assistance towards the registration cost by rewarding one or more officials a full or partial scholarship for their outstanding performance towards the game of hockey and their off-ice activities within their community.
- Recommend attending camps to your officials as another means of learning and bringing back with them their experiences to share with their fellow officials.
- It can also be a great teaching tool for your own in-house clinics and recommending the attendance of your supervisors and mentors would benefit all in the future development of your officials.
We would like to get in touch with your local RIC or Zone Supervisor to make them aware of our upcoming camp by supplying them with the pertinent info about the weekend events. Applications are coming in and most of these are from prior students. If you have any questions, suggestions, and/or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us at dkrefcamp@aol.com. Hope to hear from you soon with a contact name (RIC) and email address or phone number.
Don Koharski
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