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TO Winnipeg Free Frees, Thursday, May 24,1970CAHA to examine critical govt reportLONDON, Ont. (CP) — The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association has forbidden bodychecking in age levels below peewee.The association also announced at the association’s annual meeting yesterday a four-man committee to study a federal report on minor hockey.The report, critical of the CAHA’s player development program, was written by Mr. Justice John Urle of the Supreme Court of Canada and submitted March 10 to Iona Campagnolo, then-mlnister of state, fitness and amateur sports. Campagnolo, Liberal candidate in the British Columbia riding of Skeena, lost her seat In the federal general election Tuesday.However, Gord Renwick of Cambridge Ont., past-chair-man of the CAHA, told a news conference the association was positive about the report but that he was “a little critical of the constant barrage of inquiries thrown at hockey from both the federal and provincial governments.”Change of course“When we ask for money for our development program, we’re hammered on the head about the govera-ent’s austerity program,” he said. “But then, two months later, a report criticizes us for not doing anything about it (player development).‘‘The government goes out and throws $20 million to the pros, but we couldn’t squeeze an extra $30,000 or $40,000 out of them.”Earlier this year, Campagnolo announced a plan to offer $18.5 million in Loto Canada earnings to Canadian cities hoping to acquireN-ational Hockey League franchises.Renwick said that if the CAHA implemented all of the programs suggested in the report, “we couid be talking $10 million.”The association’s new body-checking rule will be enforced with two-minute penalties.Stricter rulesRenwick also said the league is seeking greater en-Frank MacKinnonforcement by referees, coaches and local associations to reduce illegal sticks and high-sticking incidents through better rule enforcement.In another move to reduce injuries, the CAHA’s representative with the Canadian Standards Association, Albert Watkins of Peterborough, Ont., said hockey helmets and face masks must meet CSA approval beginning March 1, 1980. No player will be allowed to compete after that date If the masks do not have a plastic piece indicating the approval.Some brands on the market already are approved, but plastic identification cannot be added after the mask has been sold, he said.Earlier yesterday, the executive director of the Quebec Ice Hockey Federation said his organization’s charge that the CAHA lacks leadership in hockey development has already produced results.Arther Lessard had said Monday that things done — or not done — by the CAHA were hurting Quebec’s program and that unless the federation got veto power, it would cease active membership with the national body.“They have indicated they really mean to bring some action in order to bring corrections to this situation of hockey in Canada,” Lessard said yesterday.The CAHA also ruled yesterday that arenas will be allowed to place advertisements on boards surrounding the ice surface.Hal Lewis, CAHA director of administration, said new feelings on the Issue surfaced at the 1977 world junior championship in Montreal, where a contract with the International Ice Hockey Federation permitted such ads.Pressure playSince then, pressure has been on the Quebec government and the national body to allow other arenas to follow suit.Also yesterday, first-vice president Frank MacKinnon of Carman, Man., was elected full-time CAHA chairman. The chairman's post was created in a restructuring of officers on Tuesday and left the president responsible to the board of directors.Renwick, former president, and McKinnon said they would not apply for the job.Also elected were : Clarence (Tubby) Schmalz of Walkerton, Ont., first vice-president; Brian Wake-!in oi Harbour Grace, Nfld,, vice-president, minor hockey, and Ron Chalmers of The Pas, Man., vice-president at large. Re-elected were Ron Wallace of Saskatoon, vice-president, senior intermediate hockey, and Roland Mercier of Quebec City, vice-president, junior hockey.SUMMER ICE RIVER HEIGHTS ARENA284-1744 Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.rRENT-A-BUS• 12 passenger vans- 18 passenger buses
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Winnipeg Free Press
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Thu, May 24, 1979
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