The Norwell Redmen Varsity Hockey Club is preparing to host the 19th Annual Norwell Invitational Tournament on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.
This year The tournament will feature 16 teams playing games starting Friday morning in Palmerston, Harriston, Drayton and Listowel arenas.
Participating teams will be travelling from across southwestern Ontario from cities such as London, Oakville, Guelph, Owen Sound and Kitchener-Waterloo, as well as numerous other smaller towns.
All teams will play three preliminary games on Friday, with the top 12 teams returning for the playoff round on Saturday in Palmerston and Harriston.
The Redmen are scheduled to play Cameron Heights (Kitchener) Friday at 8:30am in Palmerston to open the tournament, followed by games with St. Mary’s (Owen Sound) at 2pm and Clarke Road (London) at 6pm. Bronze, silver and gold semi-final games begin at 9:3am on Saturday with the gold championship final set for 4:15pm in Palmerston.
The tournament requires nearly 50 Norwell student and staff volunteers.
Local businesses who would like to financially support the tournament and the Redmen can contact the school at 519-343-3107 ext. 427 and speak with Mark Israel. Gold-level sponsorship is $50 and silver-level sponsorship is $25.
The student athletes of Norwell appreciate the business community’s support of extra-curricular activities at the school, state team officials.
The Redmen have started the season with a pair of losses to strong teams in league play, falling 6-2 to Orangeville DSS and 5-1 to Centre Dufferin. The team hopes that a return to a full roster will help solidify success as the team will play seven more league games before the Christmas break. The Redmen compete in the very competitive Wellington/Dufferin County league with 11 other schools from Guelph, Fergus, Orangeville and Shelburne.
“We hope to see you out this weekend in support of the Redmen,” team officials state.
