Below are the highlights of the 2008/2009 season for the Stittsville/Richmond Referee’s Association.

· 7 new officials accepted for the 2008/2009 season.

· Development of new mentoring program that paired all new officials with a senior official. New officials did a number of games at the first of the season with their mentor and then were supervised the majority of their games before Christmas. Bob Dungey headed program.

· Every member of the referee’s association was supervised at least once this season.

· Over 540 supervisions conducted in D4 this season. Every official was done at least once in D4.

· Several members attended D4 new officials development session.

· Several members attended D4 growth development session.

· Total number of games assigned for Richmond Munster Minor Hockey was 399. House league was 262 and B program was 137.

· Total number of rescheduled games house league and the B program was 37 and there were 7 cancellations.

· Total number of games where there was a no-show from the officials was 2.

· Several officials from our association were selected to the Tier 1 hockey for the Bell Canada Cup.

· Several officials from our association were selected to do playoffs for Tier 1.

· One official was selected to represent the ODMHA to officiate a Territorial tournament in Iqualuit, Nunavut. Congrats to Matt Gervais

· Thanks to the RMMHA executive for their continued support of the officials program. Special thanks to President Gray and Treasurer Ryan for assistance.

In closing, I would like to take this time to thank Shawn Naismith for his effort for this association. He has truly worked hard for the betterment of the Richmond Munster Minor Hockey Association, the kids that play hockey, and the officials that went on the ice to officiate the games. He will be extremely missed around our rinks. I will also personally miss him around our executive table. Over the last several years we have worked very closely together to bring the two different organizations into one strong officiating organization. We will have a recommendation to the new executive a new RIC for SMHA/RMMHA referees association for the upcoming season with the resignation of Shawn Naismith.