October 19-21, 2009
Maxwell Heights Secondary School Oshawa, ON 

Dates: 

• Girls OFSAA (Grades 9-12) Monday October 19, 2009
• Boys OFSAA (Grades 9-12) Tuesday October 20 & Wednesday October 21, 2009

Fees: 

• On Line Registration with $250 Team Entry Fee due Sept 18, 2009
• Cheque payable to Ontario Floorball/Unihockey Federation
• Equipment rental available by request info@floorballontario.com

School:  Hosted at Maxwell Heights Secondary School Oshawa, ON  

Games:   

• Girls OFSAA (Grades 9-12) Monday October 19, 2009

             Girls Event, one day, 3 game minimum + finals

• Boys OFSAA (Grades 9-12) Tuesday October 20-Wednesday October 21, 2009

            Boys Event 3 Game Minimum, Two games on day 1, One game on day 2+ playoffs 

• 13 Player Maximum per team

Format:  

• Open invitational, there are no regional qualifications
• 6 Team Max. Tournament Girls-Top 2 teams advance to finals
• 10 Team Max. Tournament Boys-Top4 teams advance to playoff round
• Finalized schedule will be faxed or e-mailed two weeks prior to the event and/or posted online

Awards: Team Plaque/Trophy +T-Shirts/Medals for Champions & Finalists  

Rules:   

• International Floorball Federation, 4 vs. 4 Event
• Two 15 minute periods, with 3 minute warm-up
• Last 3 minutes of game become stop time including playoffs and finals
• 3 Points for a Win in Regular Time, 2 Points Overtime Shoot Out Win, 1 Point Shoot Out Loss
• Participating athletes and schools must meet OFSAA eligibility requirements

Contact:   

Past Winners: 

• Boys 2008: Sherwood (Hamilton)
• Girls 2008: Blessed Trinity (Grimsby)
• Sr. Boys 2007: Cathedral (Hamilton)
• Jr. Boys 2007: Sherwood (Hamilton)
• Girls 2007: McKinnon Park (Caledonia)

Come back to Floorball Ontario for more details shortly.

Are you interested in introducing floorball to your school but have held back due to budgetary concerns? The OFSAA Try Day Grant is Back!  Seize the opportunity to enrich your school sport program with new and non-traditional activities like floorball by receiving financial support thanks to a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

The OFSAA Try Day program gives schools the opportunity to access funds so they may introduce a new or non-traditional sport like floorball to their students. OFSAA is once again providing funding of up to $800 for 140 schools to hold a Try Day for their students in 2008-09. This is an excellent opportunity to boost your school activity program, as well as get your students involved!

Please note: Funding will be provided to a limited number of schools on a first-come, first-serve basis so we suggest you apply now!

The grant allows you to introduce secondary school students to floorball through a one-day activity, intramural event or clinic. Floorball must not have been available to students in the past. Funds can be used to purchase equipment, instructors, travel, facility rental, transportation and/or other resource materials.

Take this opportunity to . . .

- Purchase equipment to make floorball part of your school’s physical education curriculum

- Host a floorball clinic at your school for students and staff

 - Start a floorball intramural program for your students with the help of the OFUF

 - Participate in the 3rd annual High School Floorball Invitation sanctioned by OFSAA

 Enrich your school sport program AND receive financial support of $800. 
 
 For more information please contact Diana Ranken at diana@ofsaa.on.ca 
 
To book a floorball clinic click here: http://floorballontario.com/?page_id=161

For information on where to purchase floorball equipment click here: http://www.floorballpro.com/shop/pages.php?pageid=12

The Canada Cup is North America´s biggest floorball tournament. It takes place in Toronto from Friday 15th May to Sunday 17th May 2009. Last year the tournament gathered 39 teams and 600 players from all around the world. This year the organizer is expecting 50 teams to participate in the Canada Cup 2009.

The clubs can register for the following divisions:

• Adult Elite (10 teams, played on 15th - 17th May) for European and competitive North American teams
• Adult Intermediate (14 teams, 16th - 17th May) for semi-competitive teams
• Adult Recreational (6 teams, 16th May) for teams new to competitive floorball
• Adult Ladies (6 teams, 17th May) for women´s teams of all levels
• High School (10 teams, 15th May) for high school teams
• Bantam (6 teams, 17th May) for players born 1994 - 1995
• Atom & Peewee (8 teams, 16th May) for players born 1996 - 1999

Canada Cup 2009 online registration system

For more information: www.thecanadacup.com
or contact The Canada Cup Organizing Committee Mr. Juha Mikkola

Once again, thanks to the OFSAA Try-Day program, another school has embraced Floorball.  Read the following article from the Lindsay Post.  http://www.thepost.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1441497

The OFUF also recently introduced Floorball to the other 2 High Schools in the Lindsay area - IE Weldon and Lindsay CVI.  It appears that there is a new hub for Floorball in Ontario.  We look forward to hearing more news from the intramurals and possibly some inter-school matches.

This past October, the Floorball Ontario traveled up to Sault Ste Marie to St. Mary’s College for one of the Salming Road Show floorball clinics.  After spending the day introducing floorball to the Phys Ed classes at the school, it seems to have caught on quite nicely as evidenced from this recent article in the Sault Ste Marie News.

http://www.soonews.ca/viewarticle.php?id=21139

Congrats to “The Gongshow” for their victory and we look forward to hearing more from these up and coming players.

School courts floorball as new sport for all - The Liberal, York Region News - Jan 9, 2009.

To read the article, click below. 

http://www.theliberal.com/News/Sports/article/86600

To get your school involved and book a clinic of your own, click here.

At St. Theresa CHS in Richmond Hill

Richmond Green Secondary School