Alberta Cup a success

Times Contributor 

 

The 2013 Edition of the Alberta Cup, held last weekend for the first time in the Town of Strathmore, was a resounding success.

“It was fantastic,” said out going Strathmore Minor Hockey Association President Wayne Hansen. “The attendance was big, as the arena was filled every day from eight in the morning to 10 at night. This was an event that the town hadn’t seen before, and it went flawlessly.”

Hansen wanted to thank all of the people that helped out in making the event a success.  

“There are so many people I would like to thank,” he said. “The 150 volunteers that helped, the staff at the Strathmore Family Centre that worked hard to keep the arena clean every day. They all just did a great job. I also want to thank the corporate sponsors and the community for all of their support.”

The players that participated, as well as their parents, also enjoyed themselves at the event.  From the Twitter comments to the praise that was heaped on the town and the community, it seemed that no one had anything negative to say about their experience.  

“This event showed that in Strathmore and Alberta, when there’s hockey, people will come to watch and support it,” Hansen said.

There were a few lessons that the Alberta Cup committee learned, though there were no negative things that occurred.  

“One lesson that we learned was that, when you host an event of this size, you need to make adjustments on the fly,” Hansen said. “But anything that did come up, we dealt with right away, so we didn’t have any problems.”

Hansen also mentioned that the restaurants in town were packed during the event.

The town will also host the 2014 edition of the event. While there have been preliminary talks with Hockey Alberta, the Alberta Cup committee will take some time off to rest. Towards the end of May, the Alberta Cup committee will sit down with Hockey Alberta to start talking about preparations for the 2014 Alberta Cup.