Greetings Rangers,
CUPE 136 is now on
strike. This means that Maplegrove, Joshua's Creek, River Oaks, Glen Abbey,
Sixteen Mile, Kinoak and Trafalgar Park are currently closed. The duration of
the labour disruption is unknown but we are hopeful that it will not be long.
Greetings Rangers,
CUPE 136 is now on
strike. This means that Maplegrove, Joshua's Creek, River Oaks, Glen Abbey,
Sixteen Mile, Kinoak and Trafalgar Park are currently closed. The duration of
the labour disruption is unknown but we are hopeful that it will not be long.
Obviously, this is
very disappointing and disruptive news for all Oakville ice users.
As a result of the
arena closures, we have had to make some initial tough but logic-driven
choices. These choices may change with time but below please find our initial
plans for the next 7-10 days.
- All HL programming is postponed. The logic behind this decision is that we are able to extend the HL season into April to
ensure that HL participants get the experience and ice time that they paid
for. As well, there simply is not enough
private ice available to play all HL games even if we wanted to. If the
strike drags on, we may have to explore other options such as credits and
refunds but for now, the HL season is simply paused.
- We will use all available private ice (and possibly ice
in other municipalities) to try to accommodate Rep home games and Advanced
House League home games. The
logic behind this decision is that we are unable to extend the Rep or Advanced House League seasons due to
OMHA/OHF/Tri-County/SCTA/MHL deadlines. As well, we can likely fit in most Rep and Advanced House League
home games on private ice. Additionally, Rep and Advanced House League
teams are used to playing on different days, at different times and at
different arenas. Finally, Rep and Advanced House League teams are
assessed their fees based on actual ice usage and ice costs vs. the HL
flat rate which gives the club greater flexibility.
- All Rep practices provided by the club are cancelled. The logic behind this decision is that we need to
create room for Rep and Advanced House League home games per the priority
above. If your Rep or HL team has contracted private ice for practices,
those events are not impacted.
We recognize that the
logic-driven choices/priorities outlined above will not make everyone happy and
we apologize for the inconvenience this causes.
We encourage all teams
to continue to get together either for a team bonding pizza/movie night/Leaf
game viewing, dryland training, street hockey or even renting a school gym to
go over powerplays and breakouts.
More detailed email
correspondence has been or will shortly be sent from the VPs of HL (for HL
participants) and the VPs of Rep (for Rep participants) so please keep an eye
on your Inbox.
As always, we want to
thank you for being Rangers. We know that you have a choice every year on what
to do with 3 of your most important priorities – those are your children, your
time and your hard-earned money – and we are very appreciative that you have
chosen to make the Oakville Rangers part of your lives. We will be back at it
as soon as possible.
If you have any
questions or concerns, please reach out to me directly.
John Verdon
Oakville Rangers
Hockey Club - President
Press Release from
Town of Oakville
https://www.oakville.ca/town-hall/labour-relations-update/