Tournament History Gloucester was not a "big town" prior to the end of the 1980's.  For the most part, it was a suburb of the former City of Ottawa in many respects, though about twice the geographical area.  Even today, what was once known as Cyrville is the most densely populated area, attaching itself more to the former City of Vanier and Ottawa's Overbrook area, than to the rest of Gloucester.  Gloucester North, encompassing Carson Grove, Lassiter Heights and Beacon Hill has always been the "real suburb", with Blackburn Hamlet having a small town feel, and Leitrim being a vast farming community in the south end of Gloucester.  This is changing rapidly however, with Gloucester taking on an urban nature.  Blackburn Hamlet is no longer that little Hamlet with nothing around it but kilometres of fields. We're the City! And so, when the Bantam / Midget Tournament was founded in 1974, the role of coordinator fell upon the Gloucester Hockey Association to host the tournament. At the time, it was merely known as the Gloucester Bantam / Midget Tournament and with the success of the Bantam / Midget, then came the Pee Wee Tournament, and so many others.  In 1992, it was recognized that the Tournaments were becoming a too big a task for the GHA, and so, they then delegated levels to each of the areas.   At that time, the Bantam / Midget Tournament was given to the Gloucester Centre Minor Hockey Association.  And since then, the Tournament has continued to grow to the point that this year, we will be holding only the Bantam Tournament (the Midget Tournament has moved to Metcalfe) and will in the future be expanding and improving it.  It's not enough for our tournament to be the largest in Ottawa, and from all accounts, one of the largest tournament in Ontario, or for that matter, the largest non-contact Bantam tournament in Canada.  It's to be the best Bantam Tournament in Canada for which we aspire!