The Kawartha Komets completed our 11th season (2019-2020) with 4 teams and over 60 players. The Komets 2020-2021 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus but we are taking registrations for the 2021-2022 season. Click on the REGISTRATION tab below for registration forms. Please call us today @ (705) 868-8825 (cell) or e-mail us at kawarthakomets@gmail.com for more information. THANK YOU! Our mandate is "Making Dreams Come True" for these athletes.
The Kawartha Komets are excited to announce that the Jack McGee Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac dealership will be sponsoring the Kawartha Komets for the 2021-2022 season.
The Komets have a long-standing relationship with the McGee family and we are grateful for their partnership.
If you're in the market for a new vehicle, be sure to check them out at www.jackmcgee.com
The Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program is pleased to welcome the Ontario Truck Training Academy as our latest sponsor.
Yvette & Dennis Lagrois, owners of OTTA, have been involved with the Komets for several years along with their son Max, and we have enjoyed the association with their family.
THANK YOU for your support of the Kawartha Komets organization and for helping us to achieve our mandate of "Making Dreams Come True".
For more information on the Ontario Truck Training Academy, please check out their website at www.otta.ca 
Looking for a rewarding opportunity, helping the Kawartha Komets to fulfill our mandate..."Making Dreams Come True" for special needs girls, boys, teens, and adults? Please give us a call @ (705) 868-8825 or e-mail us at kawarthakomets@gmail.com THANK YOU!
Please click on the REGISTRATION tab above to see our REGISTRATION FORM to register for the 2021-2022 season. THANK YOU!
The Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program is hoping for a Return to Play for the 2021-2022 season after missing the 2020-2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
If you are intending to return to the Komets OR if you are a new player who would like to register for the upcoming season, please complete the Intent to Register form and either mail it to the Komets or send it by e-mail.
Please note: This is not our "official" registration form. It is just an Intent to Register form, letting us know that you are interested in playing for the Komets.
Please click here for the Intent to Register form.
Our e-mail address is dwfisher@nexicom.net and our mailing address is:
Kawartha Komets - c/o David & Carol Fisher, 1153 Neptune Street, Peterborough, ON K9H 7S8
Thank you for your interest in the Kawartha Komets.
To our Kawartha Komets players, families, caregivers, volunteers, board members, referees, and anyone else reading this post.
Every year Kraft sponsors a Kraft Hockeyville contest where arenas across Canada can apply for a $250,000 grant to improve their facility plus the opportunity to host an NHL pre-season game. The four (4) finalists have been chosen and the Bobcaygeon-Verulam Community Centre made the final four. CONGRATULATIONS! It’s exciting that an arena so close to Peterborough could become Kraft’s Hockeyville for 2021. The town of Bobcaygeon has gone through some difficult times due to COVID-19 and they need some GOOD NEWS to celebrate.
Registration to vote for Kraft Hockeyville opened today, Thursday, April 8th, and voting takes place tomorrow, Friday, April 9th. Registration is easy. Just click on the link below and enter the contest. REGISTER TODAY and VOTE TOMORROW.
I’m hoping that our Kawartha Komets “family” will pitch in and vote for Bobcaygeon…a town in the Kawarthas that might, someday, even have a special needs hockey program of their own. Just think…we could drive past a completely renovated and updated arena in Bobcaygeon and know that our vote helped to make it happen.
THANK YOU for helping to make our neighbour, BOBCAYGEON, Kraft Hockeyville 2021.
David Fisher/Director of Communications and Media Relations
Please click on this link to REGISTER!
https://www.krafthockeyville.ca/#/landing
Our friend, Lyle Saunders, owner of Peterborough Disability Tax Services, can be a great help to those who claim the disability tax credit or wish to know more about it.
We have used his services and we encourage you to click on the link below and check him out. You'll be glad you did!
Click here to learn more!
Here is a summary of this opportunity taken from their web site:
CN Railroaders in the Community
A spirit of caring
We are proud of the
hundreds of CN employees, their families, and pensioners who give generously of
their time to local causes through our CN Railroaders in the Community program.
They are part of the fabric of the many cities, towns and villages across our
entire North American network, helping to make their communities better places
to live and work.
CN supports their efforts,
by providing rewards to the organizations where our CN railroaders volunteer.
The rewards encourage a spirit of caring and support our railroaders’
endeavours to make a difference in their communities.
For every hour that a retiree puts in as a volunteer, CN Railroaders in the Community will donate $15.00 per hour to a maximum of $2,250.00 per year (150 hours).
Due to COVID-19, Kevin’s hours were reduced as we haven’t been on the ice since March 2020. Still, with all of Kevin’s hours spent at the rink, in board meetings and at last year’s tournament, we received a donation of $1,704.20 with an additional $100.00 coming in March. In a non-COVID year we could easily receive the maximum of $2,350.00 based on Kevin’s volunteer hours.
Prior to this year, CN Railroaders in the Community donated $500. a year in honour of Kevin’s volunteer service.
We are grateful to CN Railroaders in the Community for offering this program and to Kevin Smith for the many volunteer hours that he devotes to the Komets. Thank you, Kevin!
Please click on the link below for a Railroad Safety Quiz. It won’t take long and it’s very interesting…and IMPORTANT. I did it and it was fun and informative. For all players, parents, caregivers and volunteers…please check it out. Better to be SAFE…than sorry!
CN Railroaders in the Community are committed to the safety or everyone and want you to be aware of these safety tips:
Rail Safety
Tips
1 ● Speed misperception…Because of their size, trains appear to be much farther away and travelling much slower than their actual speed. Don’t be fooled!
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● Trains can’t stop quickly…The average
train needs at least 2 km to stop. Trains can stop, but they can’t stop
quickly!
3
● Trespassing…Taking a shortcut across
the tracks or being on railway property is illegal, and trespassers can be
seriously injured or killed.
4
● Weight ratio…An average freight train
weighs over 5,500 tonnes. Compare that to a car, which weighs about 1.5 tonnes.
A train hitting a car is like a car hitting a pop can.
5
● Railway cars…Stopped railway cars can
move at any time. If you’re on one or near one when it moves, you could lose a
limb—or worse, your life.
6
● Tunnels and bridges…Tunnels, bridges,
and trestles are designed only for trains. Trespassers can be seriously injured
or killed.
7
● Overhang…Trains can carry loads that
are wider than the railroad cars themselves. They can have chains, straps or
other equipment that may extend outside the car. If you are standing too close,
you could get hit.
8
● Any time is train time…Trains do not
always run on schedule. They can run at any time, on any track and come from
either direction.
9
● CN police number…Together we can help
save lives! If you witness any unsafe situation near a railroad, please call
1-800-465-9239.
10
● Safety pledge…Act today. Take the
pledge at mysafetypledge.com.
Please stay well, stay strong and stay SAFE…everyone!
David / Director of Promotions, Communications and Media Relations
Recently the Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program made a sizeable donation of good, used hockey equipment to the First Nations Hockey Equipment Drive. Over the 12 years since the Komets were launched we have received many donations of equipment and our board agreed that to save storage costs we should donate these surplus items. Two van loads of skates and equipment were dropped off last Saturday and these items will be distributed to those who might not be able to afford new equipment.
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The Komets donated two van loads of equipment |
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It was so refreshing and encouraging to see this photo of our local MPP, Dave Smith, wearing his Kawartha Komets jersey at a meeting with amateur sports organizations. The photo appeared in Dave Smith's ACTION CENTRE NEWS for September 2020.
The Peterborough Wolves floor hockey team have been named the Special Olympics Ontario 2020 Team of the Year.
CONGRATULATIONS to the coaching staff, Ron Cambridge, Joan Moriarty and Andrew Snead and the all the players. Several members of the floor hockey team also play for the Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program...Jacob Zitman, Ryan Blinn, Quinten Over, Brandon Allen (Vansickle) and Stone Shearer. Two former Komets are also on the team...Dylan Armstrong and Michael Brioux. We're proud of you all.
The Peterborough Examiner published the following article, written by Mike Davies, this week:
In March they won the gold medal representing Ontario in the A Division of the Special Olympics National Winter Games in Thunder Bay.
On Monday, they were named the Special Olympics Ontario 2020 Team of the Year. They are one of two Peterborough teams honoured this year as the St. Peter Saints traditional basketball team was named School Team of the Year.
“This just caps off the great season we had and our great trip to nationals,” said Wolves coach Ron Cambridge.
“Being recognized by your province just gives us inspiration for next year.”
The Wolves were undefeated in five games at nationals and rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the final to beat British Columbia 4-3 on Michael Brioux’s goal with two seconds left.
“It’s an honour to get this award,” said player Dylan Armstrong, 27.
“It means a lot and means that we are being looked at as a team that’s on the cusp of making it bigger. What made our team special is we all got together and figured out what our weaknesses were and what our strengths were and we put them all together.”
MEDIA RELEASE - Sunday, August 23rd, 2020
The Board of Directors of the Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program voted unanimously to cancel the upcoming 2020-2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The safety and well-being of our players, families, caregivers, volunteers and board members is of paramount importance and we felt that the risks of playing were too great for our organization.
The additional liability insurance that we would require, strict safety protocols that would have to be adhered to, and the fact that some of our players have compromised immune systems were some of the factors that led to us making this very difficult decision.
Over the past weeks we have been in close contact with our governing body, Canadian National Special Hockey, the OHF (Ontario Hockey Federation), Hockey Canada and our local arena personnel. As an organization we are committed to providing a safe “return to play” for our players but at this time we feel we cannot guarantee their safety and well-being.
The Kawartha Komets, founded by Carol Fisher in 2009, just completed our 11th season with four teams, the Saturns, Galaxy, Meteors and Phoenix. Mary McGee, wife of the late Jack McGee, has been the primary sponsor of the Komets since 2013.
We look forward to hitting the ice again for the 2021-2022 season.
For more information on the Kawartha Komets please check our web site at www.kawarthakomets.com If you are interested in playing for the Komets, please go to the web site, click on the registration tab and print off and complete the “Intent to Register” form and mail it to us. The Komets will keep you informed of any further developments.
If you are planning on moving in the near future and need a place to store some items or...if you just need a place to keep extra furniture, etc. please consider using ACCESS STORAGE.
The Kawartha Komets have been using the excellent facilities of ACCESS STORAGE for over five (5) years at their location on 1850 Fisher Drive, Peterborough ON K9J 6X6.
"ACCESS STORAGE is Proudly Canadian Owned with over 200 locations from coast to coast. “We are honoured to align ourselves with the Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program in this partnership as we value strong community relationships and the Komets’ heartfelt cause to break down barriers to include all in the sport of hockey.”
From a basic 5’x5’ to a large 15’x20’ locker, an interior climate-controlled unit, to an exterior drive-up one, their facility has it all...and with options to suit any budget. All of the premium self-storage features you could require are available at the Access Storage in Peterborough including great service everyday!
For any of your storage needs, we encourage you to contact ACCESS STORAGE by calling 1–855-466-7367 or by visiting their website @ www.accessstorage.ca
THANK YOU, ACCESS STORAGE, for your sponsorship of our special needs hockey program! Your partnership will assist the Kawartha Komets in fulfilling our mandate of "Making Dreams Come True" for our players! - David Fisher.
He’s
an enthusiastic and polite young man…a joy to have on any team. Brandon excels
in soccer and floor hockey and has traveled extensively with Special
Olympics…competing in the World Games in soccer at Abu Dhabi…winning a bronze
medal and winning gold at the Nationals, in soccer, in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. He also plays baseball, swims and is involved
in 10-pin bowling. He displays
excellence in all he does! We’ve watched
Brandon improve and excel with each passing season and he is certainly an
excellent candidate to represent Canada at the Hockey World Cup. 
The Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program is excited to announce that we received a Vital Community Grant this week from the Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough in the amount of $5,000.
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| Stone Shearer, one of the Komets, had to leave before the team photo was taken |
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| Komets players from left...Jesse Campbell, Ryan Blinn, Jacob Zitman, Brandon Vansickle & Quinten Over |
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| I think Kyle Bolton was saying..."please drop the puck!" |
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| We welcomed back Max Lagrois with his parents Yvette and Dennis |
