Elgin Luke
Joins IHA'S Life Member Family
Elgin Luke, IHA's National Coaching Director, was bestowed Life
Membership at Ice Hockey Australia's recent Annual General Meeting
held in Sydney on the 18th October 2008.
A long standing member and participant in Australian ice hockey
for over 40 years, Elgin arrived in Australia from Canada in 1962.
He played for New South Wales and won the historic Goodall Cup
in 1963. The same season Elgin was selected to represent Australia
in the Winter Olympic Elimination Series against Japan.
Elgin moved to Melbourne, Victoria, in 1964 to join the Melbourne
Blackhawks and played for the Hawks for six years. He coached
the Hawks in his sixth year prior to transferring to the Monarchs
as a player/coach winning three Kleiner Cups (Victorian Premiership)
during this period.
He coached several Victorian State Goodall Cup Teams winning the
historic Cup five times in succession from 1972 to 1976.
In 1974, Elgin was appointed Head Coach of the Australian Senior
Men's Team in Grenoble, France. In 1976, he was also Head Coach
of the Australian National Team when they hosted the West German
Olympic Team.
In 1979, Elgin initiated the first Coaching Development Council
in Victoria and was appointed the National Coaching Director in
1981.
Elgin held various coaching roles over the next ten years and
in 1992 was appointed Head Coach for Australia's National Youth
Team for the Asian-Oceania in Japan.
He moved to Queensland in 1996 and has since coached a number
of Queensland State Teams in IHA's National Championship and is
currently IHA's National Coaching Director.
A gentleman and great ambassador for Australian ice hockey, welcome
to IHA's Life Member Family.
IIHF Conducts
Development Audit On Ice Hockey In Australia
Mr. Adam Sollitt, IIHF Development
Auditor, joined IHA's Board and Directors at their Annual General
Meeting in Sydney on the 18th & 19th October 2008 to commence
IIHF's Development Audit on Ice Hockey in Australia and the various
development programs employed by Ice Hockey Australia. Following
the meeting, Mr. Sollitt traveled to Adelaide to visit the IHA
Office and complete his audit.
IIHF's purpose for the audit is to conduct a thorough analysis
and create a database to identify and register fields where there
is potential for improvement. It is the intent of the IIHF to
review the information gathered through the audit to create a
comprehensive development concept for all IIHF member countries
ranked 12th and lower in the IIHF World Ranking System.
Mr. Sollitt had just completed the member Asian countries, followed
by Australia and New Zealand. He will then travel back to his
home in Finland to commence auditing the member European countries
and South Africa. A mammoth task with a target completion date
prior to IIHF's May 2009 Semi-annual Congress in Bern Switzerland.
Win an Aussie Jersey!
Logo 1 |
Logo 2 |
With the Australian National Senior
team on their way to Europe and Division 1, in 2009, we are asking
you to choose the logo you would prefer to see the Aussies wear
on this historic journey. Ice Hockey Australia will be giving
away 3 jerseys’ in total; one jersey for voting entries
from Europe, one for North America and one from Australia (Asia-Pacific).
Please email your choice (logo 1 or logo 2) and the country you
are from to; marketing@iha.org.au
. The lucky winner, from each region, will be drawn randomly on
Sunday November 30th.
Getting
Skates on with Ice Sports Centre
From: Herald Sun October 31, 2008
WORK on Melbourne's new National Ice Sports Centre at Docklands
will start early next year.
The State Government would contribute
$10 million for the $58 million project, which should be open
by early 2010, Sport and Recreation Minister James Merlino said.
It will be the home for ice hockey,
ice-skating, curling and speed skating events, as well as the
base of the national Olympic Winter Institute.
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