Pre-season working group games for our Youth Division are starting this week!
Please see schedule for the time and location your team will be playing. Please note that these are preliminary working group games to assess team balance. Final team roster is subject to change.
At the end of each season, RCFHA will accept applications for the Marcel Doucet Award and Scholarship. This award is given to a player who has made significant contributions to the sport and the league, displayed a high level of sportsmanship and team spirit, all while maintaining the RCFHA philosophy. This award may not be given out every season.
Deadline: Feb 6, 2023 11:59pm.
For more details see the full description and rules: http://rcfha.org/rcfha-scholarship-info
To apply for the Marcel Doucet Scholarship, please use the online application using the link below:
Mark your calendar! Team photos is scheduled for Saturday Jan 21, 2023. The schedule will be as follow:
| Division | Team Name | Team officials | TIME SLOT | GAME TIME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | REFEREES | 9:40AM | |
| N/A | N/A | EXECUTIVES | 9:46AM | |
| MITES | BLACK HOLE | Barrett Gross // Lucas Lai | 9:52AM | 10:15 |
| PW/Bantam | MEN IN BLACK | Barrett Gross | 9:58AM | |
| MITES | FIREBIRDS | Derek Page / Chirag Bhaysar | 10:04AM | 10:15 |
| JR SQUIRTS | KETCHUP PACKETS | Ed Cheng / Derek Page | 10:10AM | 12:30 |
| JR SQUIRTS | BLUE TORNADOS | Ramneek Padda / Brett Duzita | 10:16AM | 12:30 |
| JR SQUIRTS | BLACK PANTHERS | Mehmood Ghani | 10:22AM | 13:30 |
| SR SQUIRTS | BLACKBERRIES | Tombert Chen | 10:28AM | |
| PW/Bantam | SWISS CHEESE | Tombert Chen | 10:34AM | |
| MITES | GRIFFINS & LIONS | Juergen Wuerthwein | 10:40AM | 11:15 |
| MITES | BLUE CATS | Tim Lai | 10:46AM | 11:15 |
| JR SQUIRTS | THUNDER BOLTS | Wade Simmons / Wesley Wong | 10:52AM | 13:30 |
| SR SQUIRTS | SHARK ATTACK | Greg Daniels | 10:58AM | |
| SR SQUIRTS | RED RAPTORS | Mike Neufeld /Tony Yip | 11:04AM | |
| SR SQUIRTS | MEN IN GOLD | Francis Pau / Alfredo Jo | 11:10AM | |
| PW/Bantam | MINISTERS | Brian Steeves / Omer Mansoory | 11:16AM | |
| PW/Bantam | CHEDDARS | Larry Knurik /Joshua Lai | 11:22AM |
We are offering a Bring-A-Friend promotion! If you are able to bring a brand new registration, we will be provide you with a $10 gift card for every brand new registration brought in, subject to the following conditions:
Please spread the word, and earn some rewards! If you have any questions about the promo, please contact us at president@rcfha.org.
The 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Wednesday, May 18th from 7:00pm – 8:30pm at South Arms Community Center (8880 Williams Rd, Richmond)
This is your chance to come out and be a part of the future of the league. We will post an agenda here soon. We are always looking for more volunteers – no commitment is too small!
At the end of each season, RCFHA will accept applications for the Marcel Doucet Award and Scholarship. This award is given to a player who has made significant contributions to the sport and the league, displayed a high level of sportsmanship and team spirit, all while maintaining the RCFHA philosophy. This award may not be given out every season. Due to COVID impact during previous season, this year grades 11, 12, and applicants one year post-high school graduation may apply.
Deadline: Feb 28, 2022
For more details see the full description and rules: http://rcfha.org/rcfha-scholarship-info
To apply for the Marcel Doucet Scholarship, please use the online application using the link below:
Hi everyone,
I hope you are all having a good, safe holidays thus far. It has been an unconventional year thus far and that includes our RCFHA season this year. Thank you for your patience and your understanding through these tough times.
RCFHA is continuing their hard work behind the scenes in planning for a season, in whatever capacity that is feasible, yet remains safe for all participants involved, all while following the rules outlined by the Provincial Health Officer and the orders outlined by both viaSport and the BC Government.
We have received some positive news from the School District that dependent on our Safety Plans and the conditions of sport in BC, that we may be able to obtain the schools for a modified season. Our plans are to start practices in February and games in March with our modified, physical distancing model outlined on our website. We would end off with our Tournament in the 2nd week of June. This timeline would allow us to operate during the tail end of the flu season, and we’re hoping at this point, conditions will somewhat improve after the winter time. We understand that there may be some hesitance to sign up for sports, but we are hoping that are safety measures that we will implement, in addition to our later start, will help alleviate some of these concerns. Some safety features we plan to implement as a part of a season would include the use of face shields on the floor during play, the use of face masks off the floor, a modified playing surface to limit interactions with others, physical distancing at the team benches, no spectators being present at any of the events, and a Safety Manager assigned to each team to ensure proper adherence to the guidelines and rules. For more information and detailed rules and guidelines we plan to follow, please visit our website (rcfha.org) or view the following safety plan attached.
Based on this timeline and our safety plans, we want to gauge the interest among potential registrants as to whether they would sign up to play for a season this year, based on the information provided. The link below is a link to a very short survey to help us gauge this interest. Please consider filling this out so we can have a good idea of the level of interest.
Link to the survey: https://forms.gle/7ntFTf2s7FxE2wnC6.
Thank you for your time and have a Happy Holidays!
Piradeepan Uthayakumar
President | RCFHA
Hello all! Hope you all is able to enjoy a more quiet Christmas season, celebrating within your own family. Despite the changing policies, our executives has been working hard and have put together and got approval of a new and updated COVID safety plan that will allow us to move forward with Cosom Hockey.
The latest updated information is available here: RCFHA Season Safety Plan
Stay safe, stay fit!
Social distancing in the new reality suggest we stay 6 feet apart. Can we still play hockey staying a couple of hockey stick away? Of course!
Well, strictly speaking, as we have mentioned in our COVID response, the executive has been working hard on modifications of the game play that will allow us to continue to have fun while staying safe and following the proper protocol. We have been looking into using different equipment, using face shields or mask, trying different zone plays; lines drawn and redrawn.
We did some trial runs with different ways of playing and organizing. Considered how it might impact the different age groups, and what changes to our rules are needed to accommodate the differences in play.
Here’s one model we are considering. With more distance, we guess you just have to work on that passing game!
We will be submitting our final proposals to the city for approval, following the required team sports guidelines. We are hopeful we will have an fun, albeit modified, season coming this fall and early 2021.
Stay tuned for the latest development as we have them. In the meantime, stay safe, stay fit!
Today we celebrate the 153rd birthday of our nation of Canada. And what’s more Canadian than hockey!
But do you know, when and where hockey came from? Actually hockey’s origins are indeterminate. Indeed, the very definition of the game is at debate. Some observers accept as hockey any pastime where participants on skates use a club, or other wooden implement, to knock a ball or some such propellant about. Others say an activity cannot be recognized as hockey unless it is a contest between teams and conducted under an accepted set of rules.
The earliest recorded reference, according to the Canadian Museum of Civilization, is in the journal of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, where he notes that “on October 25, 1825, men from his party skated and played hockey on Great Bear Lake.”
The International Ice Hockey Federation has endorsed a longstanding Montréal claim. It is based on documented evidence, in newspapers, of a specific game between two teams of identified members and a recorded score. The match was played at the city’s Victoria Rink on March 3, 1875. No earlier descriptions of an actual game of hockey with a recorded score have ever been found. It ended, incidentally, in a brawl!
Regardless of it’s origin, there is no dispute Canada has made hockey it’s national game. Just about every boy and girl have dreams about being the next Gretzky or Wickenheiser. Does you kid have what it takes? Not sure if you’d want to make the full commitment? Or you simply just want to child to have fun playing the Canadian game? Why not try out cosom floor hockey! It’s less demanding, focus more on fun, yet the skills you learn can help you lay some solid foundations for any other levels of hockey! Richmond Cosom Floor Hockey Association, run by volunteers, with parents and players just like you, is fully committed to putting together a program that will be engaging, fun and enjoyable for all ages! Even in light of the current COVID-19 situation, just like any other professional sports, we are still committed to put together an exciting season.
Registration for the 2020/21 season will be opening in September. Watch this space and don’t miss it! You can contact president@rchfa.org if you have any questions.
Stay safe, stay fit, and stay tuned!
