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 CHAIRPERSON'S  REMARKS
 
 
I would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year.  The executive and I have been working very hard to make sure all procedures are in place for the upcoming all fours season.  This year is going to be a very competitive year. Teams are coming out with better players and have been practicing for months already.  Remember to check out our website for all of the latest news and updates.  Let’s all work together and take Manitoba All Fours to greater heights.
- Wayne Sankar 
 
 
    

The Manitoba All Fours Association will be having an AGM on January 28th, 2012 at Deen’s Restaurant, 205 Marion Street. This meeting starts at 8:00 p.m. sharp and is opened to all members.

Your valued input and contribution are needed to help improve the operations of this association. Teams are requested to provide a minimum of two members at this meeting. We look forward to your presence and participation.

 AGM Agenda – January 28th 2012   

  • 1.       Meeting Called to Order
  • 2.      Adoption of the Agenda
  • 3.      Minutes of Last Meeting
  • 4.      Business Arising out of Meeting
  • 5.      Chairperson’s Report
  • 6.      Treasurer’s Report
  • 7.       New Business
  • -          WCC Hall and Location
  • -          Rules and Operating Guidelines
  • -          Code of Conduct
  • -          Working with 4 Marshalls Only
  • -          Fee Structure
  • -          Champion of Champion & President’s Cup Formats              
  • -          Webmaster’s Position to Replace Assistant Secretary
  • -          Using MAA Name for Events
  • -          Upcoming Events for MAA
  • -          Website Information (Social Events)
  • -          Sponsorships
  • -      9th World Cup Tournament
  • -         Criteria for MVP  
  • 8.      Others
  • 9.      Adjournment of Meeting       
 2012 - Knockout Competition - Pairs

                                      

Place: Norwood Community Centre  

Time: 1:00 p.m.  Sharp (the earlier we start, the more games we can play)
Date: January 29th, 2012
Playing Fee : $5.00 per person
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Come out and sharpen your skills and let’s have some fun as Manitoba All Fours Association kicks off its 2012 campaign with a knockout competition (pairs).
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Refreshments on sale
           
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The above new MAA logo was designed by Jim Baksh. We, the members of the Manitoba All Fours Association, would like to acknowledge him for his fine efforts and to thank him for his past contributions to the MAA. 
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We would also like to thank Vishnu Narine for coming forward and providing us with information to help complete our list of annual winners (see Archives menu). We are still missing information for the years 1997 & 1998. If you saved banquet programs over the years, please check to see if you have these two years. The information we need is on these programs.
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   MAA  2012  Schedule 
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WEEK

GAME  1

GAME  2

GAME  3

GAME  4

Jan. 29, 2012

League  Knockout  Competition   (Pairs)

Feb. 05, 2012

Super  Bowl –  Indianapolis  (No  Games  Scheduled)

Feb. 12, 2012

Masforce  Vs  WISA

Genesis   Vs  Saints

Chutney Jam  Vs   Aces

The Council  Vs   ICCA

Feb. 19, 2012(Carnival Sunday)

Aces   Vs   ICCA

Chutney Jam  Vs   The Council

Genesis   Vs  Masforce

WISA   Vs   Saints

Feb. 26, 2012

Saints  Vs  Masforce

Genesis  Vs  WISA

Aces  Vs     The Council

Chutney Jam Vs   ICCA

Mar. 04, 2012

Genesis  Vs  Chutney Jam

Saints  Vs  Aces

WISA  Vs  ICCA

Masforce  Vs  The Council

Mar. 11,  2012

WISA   Vs     The Council

Masforce  Vs  ICCA

Genesis   Vs  Aces

Saints   Vs  Chutney Jam

Mar. 18, 2012

Saints  Vs   ICCA

Genesis   Vs  The Council

Masforce  Vs  Chutney Jam

WISA   Vs   Aces

Mar. 25, 2012

Aces   Vs   Masforce

WISA   Vs  Chutney Jam

Saints  Vs  The Council

Genesis  Vs ICCA

April 01, 2012

Champion  of  Champions   &  President’s  Cup

April 07,  2012

Western  Canadian  Championship  –  Winnipeg

Alberta Vs Manitoba

April 15, 2012

Family Day Tournament

April 28, 2012

Manitoba  All  Fours  Banquet   (Tentative Date)

  Early Rankings For The 2012 Season  
 (League Championship)  

(Las Vegas odds in parentheses):

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#1  Aces – Ran a close second to league champions WISA. This team remains virtually unchanged from last year. Will definitely be in the thick of things at the end. Anything less in the standings, Carrington says he will pack it in and retire for good. (7-5 odds)
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#2  WISA – Last year’s winners will be dominant again. This team possesses the best win-loss record for the last four years. Expect another big year (a ‘threepeat’ perhaps?) from them and more of the chant 'Who sah..... WISA'. (2-1 odds)
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#3  Masforce – A perennial powerhouse. Last year was an off year for them  as they finished the season with a disappointing win-loss record. Expect a great performance from them this year. Good teams and good players know how to rebound. (3-1 odds)
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#4  Saints – Played extremely well last year, especially at the end. Winners of the 2011 Champions of Champions award. Could surprise many this year. Could this be the year in which the Saints go marching home (with the league's championship trophy)?  (4-1 odds)
 
#5  Genesis – Always a strong contender. After coming so close to winning on many occasions, could this finally be the year for them? Staying focus every week will take them there. Maybe the dark horse in the race. (9-2 odds)
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#6  ICCA – The team had one of its best years last season when they finished fourth with a winning record of 4-3. With better pairing of its players, this team will become more competitive. Expect another good year from them.  (5-1 odds)
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#7  Chutney Jam – Both Jook & Jam and Chutney have lost a lot of good players. Having some of the guys from Duniya playing for them will compensate for this and make them a serious contender. Should not be taken lightly. 'There'll be enough chutney jam  for everyone', says captain Vish.  (6-1 odds)
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#8  The Council – Not really a 'new kids on the block' team although they are a new team. This team has a lot of skilled players. Good leadership is essential for the team to have an impact in its first year. The team, according to Bava Dhillon, intends to make a strong statement this year.  (7-1 odds)

WESTERN CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP  

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA

This year’s Western Canadian Championship will be held at Glenwood Community Centre, located at 27 Overton Street.

 (Close to the intersection of St. Mary Road & St. Anne's Street)

On Good Friday the hall will be opened from 7:00 p.m. till 1:00 a.m. and on Easter Saturday from 10:00 a.m. till 7:00 p.m.

More information will be made available in weeks to come.

  
NEWS BULLETINS

 Keeping You In Touch With The Rest Of The All Fours World

 Correspondence

Monday, January 16, 2012  

ALL FOURS ALLIANCE U.S.A. INC. INVITATION 

 9TH WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT 2012‏

Dear Fellow Associations:

The All Fours Alliance U.S.A. Inc 9th Annual World Cup Tournament is scheduled to take place the weekend of June 8th to June 10th 2012.  In order to make this event a success, the All Fours Alliance extends this invitation to your Association.   

To kick off the Tournament, we will be hosting a single wicket competition on Friday June 8th 2012 which will begin at 8:30pm.The World Cup Competition will begin on Saturday June 9th 2012 with breakfast being served from 8:00am to 9:00am. 

**Note:  The Tournament will begin promptly at 9:30am sharp. ** 

Should you require further information, please contact Mr. Alleyne (347) 728-5459, Mr. Goddard (646) 641-1896 or Mr. Mitchell (718) 751-2928 

 Venue: C-PAC Night Club: 1029 E. 48th Street Brooklyn NY 11236

  Registration is $600 per team. 

We eagerly await your early and favorable response and look forward to making our 2012 World Cup Tournament a success. 

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

 

Respectfully 

Renee Sanderson (Corresponding Secretary)

 

 GETTING TO KNOW OUR NEIGHBOURS

 

 Toronto  All  Fours 
 
OPEN the door of the Sugar Lounge any Sunday after 1.00 pm and you are suddenly no longer in cold Scarborough, Ontario. You could be in Scarborough, Tobago, or in any club in Chaguanas, Trinidad watching a hot All Fours tournament.
 
A hundred familiar looking card players (including up to 20 women) from the Metro All Fours League are plunked down in dead earnest around 25 tables. Most are from Trinidad and Tobago but a few Guyanese, Grenadians and St Lucians are in the crowd. All Fours Caribbean style is alive and well and kicking up its heels in Toronto.

League president Mahadeo Sankar, known as ‘Duce’ to one and all, explains that All Fours is an ideal game for Canada, where it is played during the fall, winter and spring each year. It’s full of competitive excitement, requiring skill and intelligence rather than just plain luck, and provides plenty of socializing with friends from the Caribbean. There’s no better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than this, not even Super Bowl Sunday when the League plays its championship tournament with another All Fours league from western Toronto.

The Metro All Fours League has come through overwhelming odds and problems to experience dramatic growth over the last seven years. Sankar believes this is because of their zero tolerance policy, high level of discipline, working effectively together, implementing the rules and their suspension policy. The games are highly organized, with strict rules, and no tolerance for swearing and unsportsmanlike behaviour.

"We have done the foundation work to make sure our league is a destination for our members to play All Fours in a congenial and safe environment, and a destination for competing in elite championship games. The best is yet to come."
  
Starting with four clubs, the Metro League has expanded to the present 12 clubs, each with around 15 players. It competes with the slightly smaller Toronto All Fours Association (with eight clubs mostly in the west of the city) in the Greater Toronto Area for the Pride All Fours championship of Toronto.

The League entered into that competition starting in 2002 and held the title GTA All Fours Champions for three years. Sankar says one of its main tasks today is the development of young players wishing to promote this Caribbean game in North America.

There are All Fours players in Manitoba and Alberta, and some years ago there was talk of a western tour but it never materialized. For now, the Toronto leagues are considering fielding a team to tackle the best of the Trinidad players. Guyanese do not play much competitive All Fours, though there is a similar game called “turup charle”   
  
For the future they are looking at owning their own Club House, expanding their web site  www.metroallfours.com to become an electronic communications centre, and acquiring  IT equipment to provide effective and efficient administrative work. Metro also hosts an Annual Children's Christmas Party, banquets, All-star Game, and an Awards Presentation and Dance. They usually take part in a tournament at the annual Trinifest.

The seven member executive headed by Sankar is busy scouting out sponsors to help expand the game to more Torontonians who are interested. The possibilities are great, since more than three quarters of the estimated 100,000 Trinis in Canada live in or around the GTA.
 

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 HEALTH MATTERS

 For The Members who Are Getting Up In Age

 Eat well. Live well... Take good care of yourself

 DIABETES

Watch The Signs & Eat Right  

Diabetes mellitus commonly referred to as "sugar" is a condition that occurs as a result of problems with the production and/or action of insulin in the body. According to research,   it affects one in eight persons over the age of 35. Described as a global epidemic, diabetes as a cause of death ranks third after heart disease and cancer in the world.

Many people don’t see diabetes as a serious condition. It is only when faced with amputation, blindness, erectile dysfunction, kidney failure, stroke and all the other consequences of diabetes will they understand that the choices they make ultimately can mean life or death.

Diabetes can affect anyone, with Type 1 being the most common found in children and young adults. People with Type 1 diabetes need injections of insulin in order to control the levels of glucose in their blood. If they do not have access to insulin, they die.

Symptoms of Type 1 diabetes is usually sudden and dramatic and can include symptoms such as:

  1. Frequent urination
  2. Abnormal thirst and a dry mouth
  3. Extreme tiredness/lack of energy
  4. Constant hunger
  5. Sudden weight loss
  6. Blurred vision
  7. Slow healing cuts and bruises

While anyone can develop diabetes some people are more at risk than others. Does diabetes run in your family? Are you overweight? Do you live an inactive lifestyle? All these factors help contribute to diabetes.

The onset of Type 2 diabetes is gradual and therefore hard to detect. For some people the symptoms described above may or may not occur. Anyone experiencing any of the symptoms or suspect that they might have diabetes should consult their physician as soon as possible.

Having diabetes is not the end of the world. Many persons can prevent or delay the onset of diabetes by paying attention to their lifestyle. It is all about discipline and portion control when it comes to the food that we eat.

Get active. Some fun activities like dancing (feting) and walking the dog count as exercise. Nutrition is also important. Be guided by your dietician when it comes to the portion size of each meal. 

It is better to educate than medicate. As a diabetic person you have two options… you can either control your diabetes or have it control you.

 
 
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