The BCIHA is pleased to announce that we will again be awarding one $500.00 Scholarship for 2010 to a current Grade 12 student. Any player interested in applying for the 2009 Scholarship must download and submit the Application Package to the BCIHA by June 1, 2010. 2010 BCIHA Scholarship Application The BCIHA is pleased to continue a positive step forwards in the promotion of roller hockey and the opportunity to assist worthy student-athletes on their quest for higher education. For additional information please Contact the Scholarship Committee.

Past Scholarship Winners

• 2009, Joshua Randall, NSIHL
• 2008, Teri Jones, Stardust
• 2007, Kory Linden, Sportsplex
• 2006, John MacGregor, Delta Revolution
• 2005, Sean Porter, NSIHL
• 2004, Mark Silvanovich, NSIHL
• 2003, Mark Russell, NSIHL

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Dauphin, MB - NIHA-Canada announced today that they have partnered with Respect in Sport to be the first step of the new NIHA-Canada Coaching Certification Program. "This is the first of several announcements to come in the near future from NIHA-Canada regarding the Coaching Certification Program and we view it as one of the most important ones we will make," Kevin Sharp, President, NIHA-Canada explains. "We feel that any coaching certification is not complete unless it involves a tool to educate coaches on bullying, harrassment and general behavior when coaching players in sport. By partnering with Respect in Sport, NIHA-Canada will be providing this education tool to our coaches and associations to make sure that the coaches we have in our game are educated in that regard." NIHA-Canada will be making it

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  From 2002 - 2008, NIHA-Canada held an annual National Championship that took place at the end of the summer inline hockey season. The Nationals tournament was held across Canada, with each of NIHA-Canada's Provincial Branches rotating hosting duties. In 2009, the Nationals event was cancelled due to the partnership NIHA-Canada created with State Wars in order to provide the most exciting tournament experience for our members. 2009 marked the FIRST TIME a Canadian team attended State Wars, with Provincially selected teams coming from BC, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario! Today, we look back at the Nationals event and remember the past Champions in all age categories, at all locations!   Click here to see all the results: History of the National Championships

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Dauphin, MB - NIHA-Canada continues to move forward in our ever-growing sport as the 2009 Annual General Meting (AGM) wrapped up in Calgary, Alberta this past month. Some new faces have been voted into the National Executive as well as some familiar faces in new positions. Expect to see some "Meet the Board" writeups on our Board Members right here at www.niha.ca. The Minutes of the 2009 AGM are posted on the Documents page of this website as well as the updated Policies and Bylaws with more updated documents to come. "The AGM was a huge success with some serious conversation and decisions being made around the structure of NIHA-Canada and the programs that we provide to our membership", says Nathan Fleck, Executive Director, NIHA-Canada. "A restructuring of the Officials Program to allow for

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  BCIHA spends some time with Matt Pope of the Manitoba Moose/Vancouver Canucks this summer as they talk about Inline Hockey and Matt's path to the NHL this season! Click here to see the full Interview With Matt Pope

 

 

 

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