President’s Weekly Recap: RCFHA Regular Season Week 1

Welcome to the 2024/2025 season! Week 1 kicked off with great energy and excitement as we launched our regular season games on Sunday, October 20, after moving everything to accommodate Saturday’s election. Here’s a quick recap of highlights from our opening weekend: 

Leadership and Logistics in Action 

A huge shout-out goes to Nicole Nagra, our Referee-in-Chief, who led our crew at McRoberts. She took charge of scheduling and volunteer logistics in addition to ensuring organization of the Mites and Junior Squirt games. Nicole’s leadership on opening weekend was key in allowing everything to run smoothly across multiple venues, setting a positive tone for the season. 

Special thanks go to Evann Li, our Assistant Equipment Manager, who had the daunting responsibility of distributing jerseys and collecting deposits. The logistics of doing this in one day, across multiple venues for all players was not easy, but Evann handled it impressively. 

Special Shout-Out: Youth Coaches 

I want to recognize the amazing youth volunteers stepping into Head Coach or Assistant Coach roles. These young leaders play in PeeWee or Bantam, and their commitment to RCFHA shows the community culture we are trying to foster. Mark Bevan, Isaac Chen, Karysa Daniels, Noam Knurik, Kate Li, Cora Mah, Noah Murray, and AJ Villarin have all demonstrated exceptional enthusiasm and we are proud they are part of the RCFHA! Make sure to thank them! 

Division Coordinators: Ensuring Balanced Teams 

Our Division Coordinators worked tirelessly to create balanced teams. We recognize we are never going to get it perfect, but we saw several tight matchups across multiple divisions. We are closely monitoring team performances to see where additions may be needed. We had several one-goal games, so a shout-out goes to two OT goal scorers this week Sameer Ghani and Zander Seng. 

Looking Ahead 

Looking forward, we are on a compressed schedule due to the School District wanting us out early on the weekend before Halloween. Please be ready to play at your scheduled game time. 

See you all soon! 

Piradeepan Uthayakumar
President, Richmond Cosom Floor Hockey Association