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Several for Hollandia Gremio players were in action in an amazing run by the Huskie Alumni team, as they won the first ever gold medal for Saskatchewan in 99 years of Canadian national championships.

Former Hollandia players Mitch Cantin, Jamie Hembroth, Brendan Garrity, Michael Veszi, Steve Irinici, David Brown, Nathan Reis and Jay Tomchuk, all featured in the Championship tournament in Brossard QC over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Garrity was a standout in the solid defensive line, winning numerous headers and tackles when the team was placed under pressure. Steve Irinci scored two goals, Natan Reis scored the important opening goal in the final, while David Brown earned a crucial penalty for the Champions in the final.

Congratulations to coach Stewart Gillott and his team that played a magnificent brand of soccer throughout the tournament.

Other Results
In Brossard QC, the Impact women's team lost 1-0 on a penalty kick to Quebec in the 5/6 place playoff. Fielding a fairly young team, Impact started slowly with a 5-0 loss to Royal Select Beauport, followed by a 3-0 loss to Dunbrack Halifax. They then bounced back to defeat Ontario's Windsor Caboto 2-1 and PEI Summerside United 2-0, before losing 1-0 to Verts de Sherbrooke, who had beaten the eventual Champions from Surrey the day before. Impact were guilty of missing many chances, which eventually came back to haunt them. Ashley Kambeitz made club history by being the youngest player ever to represent Saskatchewan at a senior women's national championship as the grade nine player featured in goal for two games.
Under 16 Gremio were in Lethbridge where they had a tough tournament in trying conditions, when heavy rain fell for much of the weekend. In the first game they loss to a strong Longueuil team, before dropping the second game to Sratford FC from PEI, 2-1. Gremio then managed two ties against Winnipeg's Timberwolves and Newfoundland, before losing in the 9/10 place game to New Brunswick.