Hockey NL is currently accepting coach applications for the 2024 NL Winter Games to be held in Gander, NL. The male competition runs from February 24 – 27, 2024, and the female competition runs from February 28 – March 2, 2024. Both the minor and female staff requirements are listed below.
STAFF
Female Team: 2 Coaches and 1 Manager, at least 2 of whom are female.
Male Team: 2 male coaches and one male manager.
Head coaches must have a Development 1 certification and assistant coaches must have a minimum of a Coach 2 certification. One staff member must also have the HU-Online Safety course. All interested applicants must have an up-to-date Criminal Record Check/Vulnerable Sector check.
All applicants are encouraged to review the boundary designations for the NL Games below as the boundaries do not match the boundaries for Hockey NL.
The deadline for applications is midnight, November 26, 2023. Please note, only successful applicants will be notified.
3.2 Regional Boundaries
The geographical boundaries of the regions competing in the NL Games shall be as follows:
The Host Region – shall be defined on a Games-by-Games basis by the Host Committee, in consultation with Sport NL.
Avalon – generally, all communities on the Avalon Peninsula and Isthmus of Avalon which are not included in the St. John’s/North and Mount Pearl/South regions, This includes Conception Bay South to Holyrood; the Conception Bay north shore (Conception Harbour to Grates Cove); the Trinity shore (Old Perlican to Blaketown) and up to Arnold’s Cove; the areas surrounding Long Harbour, Whitbourne, and Placentia; the Cape Shore and St. Mary’s Bay up to but excluding Trepassey.
Central – Gambo and west to Hampden, north to Notre Dame Bay and south to the south coast. This includes Bonavista North (Hare Bay, Wesleyville, Musgrave Harbour, Gander Bay); Gander; Fogo Island; Twillingate, Lewisporte; Botwood; Bishop’s Falls; Grand Falls – Windsor south to Harbour Breton; west of Harbour Breton to include François; east of Harbour Breton to (but exclusive of) Pool’s Cove; Springdale and the Baie Verte Peninsula south to Hampden.
Eastern – Northwest of and including Arnold’s Cove including the Bonavista Peninsula, the Burin Peninsula west to Pool’s Cove inclusive; Clarenville and northeast to Gambo but not including Gambo.
Labrador – all parts of Labrador
Mount Pearl/South – Mount Pearl, Paradise, and all communities on the Southern Shore from Bay Bulls to Trepassey inclusive.
St. John’s/North – St. John’s and north to Cape St. Francis, Bell Island, Torbay, Portugal Cove-St. Philips and Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove.
Western – West of Hampden, including the Northern Peninsula, and all communities west of François.
At the special invitation of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Saint Pierre et Miquelon and Team Indigenous are also invited to participate as regional teams. This important inclusion initiative is supported by the Aboriginal Sport and Recreation Circle of Newfoundland and Labrador (ASRCNL).
Team Indiginous – includes athletes from across Newfoundland and Labrador identifying themselves as Innu, Inuit or Mi’kmaq NL Games Policies & Procedures Manual (Updated Dec. 2021) Page 12 Team Saint Pierre et Miquelon – includes all islands and area of Saint Pierre et Miquelon.
Please see application below for submission.
Thank You