 The steering committees purpose was to organise coaching facilities and create a constitution for the new association that they proposed for the middle of September that year when the Phillip Ice Skating Centre was to be finished and opened to the public.The plan was to form 4 teams consisting of under 21 and pee wee players with the aim to concentrate on development rather than focus on competition.The inaugural meeting to elect the first committee was held a Phillip Ice Rink on 28 January 1981 scheduled after registration for 6