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General Managers for 2017's Team Canada Announced!
2016-01-14
The Canadian Ball Hockey Association is kicking off 2016 in style, celebrating fresh starts and passionate contributors by announcing the General Managers of Team Canada for the 2017 ISBHF World Ball Hockey Championships.
There is no doubt that Team Canada will feature an outstanding roster of athletes in 2017, and the CBHA is both pleased and proud that Mr. Thomas Walsh and Mr. Jeff Dzikowicz have each accepted General Manager positions for the Women’s and Men’s teams, respectively.
"CBHA High Performance is proud to add these two fine people to our GM stable for our National Men's and Women's program and follow in the footsteps of those who have laid the groundwork for our Golden Heritage of success,” says Director of High Performance for the CBHA, George Gortsos. “Jeff and Thomas have displayed great success in the past by building strong Provincial team programs. They both have National team pedigree and are closely aligned with the Core Values we are building our National High Performance Programmes on here at the CBHA. We wish them both success in the next 18 months as they prepare for the challenge of building teams to go to the World Championships in Pardubice, Czech Republic".
General Manager: Team Canada 2017 (Women’s)
Tom is pleased to return for a third consecutive term with the Women’s National Team program. His resume includes two gold medals as Assistant Coach from the 2013 and 2015 World Championships. His goal is to support CBHA in selecting a world-class roster of staff and athletes for 2017 Team Canada, in preparation of defending our World Championship Women’s title. Tom has supported sport and ball hockey at the grass roots level and recently chaired the ‘Sports and Venues’ committee for the 2014 Newfoundland Provincial Winter Games. He is presently the Director of Women’s Ball Hockey for NL. This coming summer, Tom will serve as the Convener for the sport of Ball Hockey at the Newfoundland Summer Games.
General Manager: Team Canada 2017 (Men’s)
Jeff returns for a second term as General Manager for Team Canada after leading the Men’s 2015 Team Canada cohort in Zug, Switzerland. He built the highly successful Manitoba Provincial All-Star team program, and is committed to bringing home the Gold in 2017! Dzikowicz truly loves the game and wants to build a team around hard work, talent, speed and teamwork.
"CBHA High Performance is proud to add these two fine people to our GM stable for our National Men's and Women's program and follow in the footsteps of those who have laid the groundwork for our Golden Heritage of success,” says Director of High Performance for the CBHA, George Gortsos. “Jeff and Thomas have displayed great success in the past by building strong Provincial team programs. They both have National team pedigree and are closely aligned with the Core Values we are building our National High Performance Programmes on here at the CBHA. We wish them both success in the next 18 months as they prepare for the challenge of building teams to go to the World Championships in Pardubice, Czech Republic".
General Manager: Team Canada 2017 (Women’s)
Tom is pleased to return for a third consecutive term with the Women’s National Team program. His resume includes two gold medals as Assistant Coach from the 2013 and 2015 World Championships. His goal is to support CBHA in selecting a world-class roster of staff and athletes for 2017 Team Canada, in preparation of defending our World Championship Women’s title. Tom has supported sport and ball hockey at the grass roots level and recently chaired the ‘Sports and Venues’ committee for the 2014 Newfoundland Provincial Winter Games. He is presently the Director of Women’s Ball Hockey for NL. This coming summer, Tom will serve as the Convener for the sport of Ball Hockey at the Newfoundland Summer Games.
General Manager: Team Canada 2017 (Men’s)
Jeff returns for a second term as General Manager for Team Canada after leading the Men’s 2015 Team Canada cohort in Zug, Switzerland. He built the highly successful Manitoba Provincial All-Star team program, and is committed to bringing home the Gold in 2017! Dzikowicz truly loves the game and wants to build a team around hard work, talent, speed and teamwork.