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CANADIAN SENIOR NATIONAL BROOMBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012

This coming April, the Senior National Broomball Championships will be held in New Hamburg / Stratford. The championships will run from April 18th – 21st, with over 400 players competing. The games will be played in the Wilmot Recreation Complex (New Hamburg), and participants will be staying in Stratford and Shakespeare.

STRATFORD – www.visitStratford.ca

Few places in Ontario are lovelier or more alive with culture and character than Stratford. It is a charming Victorian city nestled in pastoral countryside a few short hours from Toronto – a destination internationally renowned as one of North America’s great arts towns. 

The city has vibrant creative culture, expressed by its famous theatre company, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, celebrated in music, the innovative cuisine of its restaurants and a garden city landscaped with well-conserved Victorian architecture.  

Shakespear Quote: Twelfth Night (II, v, 156-159) 
"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em."

NEW HAMBURG – www.newhamburg.ca 

The Township of Wilmot is a small urban/rural municipality in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario and includes the towns of New Hamburg and Baden.  

New Hamburg is a town that celebrates its heritage – and a community where visitors can rediscover the rural roots of Ontario. In the heart of the downtown – a Heritage Conservation District with many interesting, original buildings – the Heritage Water Wheel turns on the far bank of the river. This is the largest operating water wheel in North America; it is a symbol of the importance of the Nith River, and of the water-powered mills which were the first industries in pioneer New Hamburg. One mill continues as a viable business in the Heritage Conservation District. 

The National Historic Site of Castle Kilbride, located at 60 Snyder’s Road West, Baden, stands as a monument to heritage and tradition and has been restored and refurnished with scrupulous attention to detail. 

LOGO – Drawing from this Stratford heritage & New Hamburg rural legacy, our 2012 Championships logo includes William Shakespeare and grain stalks and was designed by Chyrille Lehman (better known as Chevy). Reliance Printing (Paul & Chyrille Lehman) from Hanover, Ontario will be producing the tournament program.  Resemblance of William Shakespeare and a certain 2012 Nationals Committe member, well known in the Elite circle, is purely coincidental.

OUR HOST COMMITTEE – Our host committee members represent an active cross section of broomball within our Central West Region of Ontario Broomball. They include representatives from Elite, Intermediate, Masters, & Junior teams as players and/or coaches and call on the expertise of Ontario, Regional, and Junior executives, embracing hundreds of years of broomball experience and tournament hosting expertise. 

Central West Adult Leagues include Blyth, Harriston, Palmerston (Men’s only), & Seaforth, with independent teams from Cargill & Kilsyth. Junior Broomball is active in Blyth, Mildmay, Palmerston, Seaforth & Kilsyth.  

HOST TEAMS – Both the Men’s Host, Snipers, and Ladies’ Host, Polar Ice participate in the Seaforth League. 

VOLUNTEERS – An event of this size is not possible without the help of many volunteers working hard to organize and manage this event. If you are interested in volunteering to help with the 2012 Senior Nationals, please fill in the volunteer questionnaire and send to Janet Buchanan.

HOTEL – Bookings available at Arden Park Hotel, 552 Ontario Street, Stratford, ON 

Meetings & Registration will also take place at Arden Park Hotel.

ARENA – Games will be at Wilmot Recreation Complex, 1291 Nafziger Road, Baden, ON

BANQUET – Saturday Night Banquet will be at Stratford Rotary Complex, 353 McCarthy Road, Stratford, ON. Banquet Meal of Roast Beef & Chicken Buffet is catered by PJ Catering (Paul & Jean Grubb) from Ayton, Ontario.  Tickets are available for $45.00.  Please contact Christine Lenselink for tickets.

SOUVENIRS - Gilks Signs & Trophies

AIRPORTS

Region of Waterloo International Airport (50 minutes from Stratford)

London International Airport  (52 minutes from Stratford)

Toronto Pearson International Airport (90 minutes from Stratford)

John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (97 minutes from Stratford)