St. Albert Minor Football Association Football Program

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1 St. Albert Minor Football Association 2011 Football Program

2 Index The St. Albert Minor Football Association (SAMFA) is a community-based league. SAMFA has been a part of the St. Albert area for over 30 years and continues to grow. The Board of Directors, coaches and volunteers are here to provide a positive football experience for your child: one that is safe, fosters community spirit, promotes physical exercise and most importantly provides them with a sense of team work. Please take the time to review our program for ) What s New for 2011? 2) Registration 3) What to Expect from Football 4) Coaching 5) Team Selection 6) Practices and Games 7) Volunteer Information 8) Important Dates to Remember 9) Refund Policy 2

3 1) What s New For 2011? Player - Team selection: SAMFA s mission statement is: To provide boys and girls an opportunity to play Football in a fun, fair and safe environment; encouraging development of individual and team skills. SAMFA follows a fair play policy. While some other organizations restrict the number of players and teams, we have tried to ensure that all players have an opportunity to play in all of the games and be part of the sport of football. SAMFA is a member of the Capital District Minor Football Association (CDMFA), the group responsible for coordinating minor football in the greater Edmonton area. This year, the CDMFA is debating several models for formulating divisions within each age group. The end result may affect how SAMFA selects players for teams at the Bantam level. We will evaluate the skill level of the Bantam players at Spring Camp, and then determine the most appropriate selection process. At the present time, for Atom and Peewee levels, SAMFA will use the model of distributing players to achieve, as best as possible, two or three equally competitive teams at each level. Please see the 2011 Team Selection section (# 5) for more details. Home Field for SAMFA teams: Our regular season home games will be played at St. Albert s Riel Park football facility. It comes complete with artificial turf, electronic scoreboard, stands, lights and, at most events, a volunteer-run concession. 2) Registration: If you live within the City of St. Albert or are located within our boundaries (Edmonton / St. Albert Border to the South, Highway 28 to the East and within Sturgeon County to the North and West) then you are eligible to play for the St. Albert Minor Football Association. Please note that these boundaries are subject to review and possible amendment. Division Player Eligibility per Level Atom Atoms are players who turn 10 or under before December 31 of the current year... although there are 7 year olds playing very few are mature enough to play tackle football, not having the necessary attention to detail. Peewee Peewees are players who players who are 10, 11 or 12 during the current year and who are not turning 13 this calendar year. Bantam Bantams are players who players who turn 13, 14 or 15 during the current year and who are not entering grade 10 in September of this year. Registration Dates: Saturday April 9 & 16 at the SAMFA Club House (51 Riel Drive Basement of the Rugby Club) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration for football is done on-line. If you do not have access to the internet, lap tops will be provided on the registration dates. For those who have registered on line, you only need to drop off the required documents and cheques on the registration dates. 3

4 Fees: Atom: $ Peewee: $ Bantam: $ Equipment Deposit - $ Volunteer requirement cheques: $50.00 each Equipment deposit cheques are not to be dated. They will be returned to the registrant, or destroyed, when the equipment has been returned in clean condition. The two volunteer requirement cheques will be returned to you/destroyed upon completion of two volunteer activities (which may include working the concession or yard sticks for a game). All cheques are to be made payable to SAMFA All fees are payable at the time of registration. Registration fees may be paid via Credit or Debit card on the registration dates. Late registration: Registrations submitted after April 16 th will be subject to an additional $50.00 fee. Any registration requests subsequent to July 31 st, will only be accepted upon approval of the SAMFA Registrar. Registration fees cover: All equipment (helmets, shoulder pads, practice & game pants, pant pads, practice and game jerseys & mouth guards) excluding foot wear. Football girdles will be available for purchase ($25.00) at equipment pick up for those who need them (typically larger sizes). Player insurance through Football Alberta League Fees Bussing to and from games Note: There may be additional team fees to cover any ancillary/extra costs such as team wear (jackets, hats, etc.), pictures or exhibition games. These fees will be determined and communicated at the first team meeting. Documents Required for Registration: - All Bantams registering for the 2011 season must provide a copy of their most recent Report Card, which clearly indicates the date, player s name, grade and school. Marks and classes can be blanked out. (The CDMFA requires this as proof that a Bantam player will not be entering high school at the start of the season.) - Registration (if not paying by Debit or Credit Card), Equipment Deposit & Volunteer Cheques (No equipment will be handed out to any player until all required money and paper work is in.) SAMFA is committed to allowing all players who want to play football a chance to play. If you feel you are unable to pay our fees, please the Registrar prior to registration and we will ensure that your son or daughter is able to be a part of St Albert Football. Registrar: Quentin Bochar- bochar1@telusplanet.net 4

5 3) What to Expect from Football: By Tim Enger, BPE, MA (long-time St. Albert football coach and SAMFA volunteer) Someone is going to hit your kid and it s OK: I can t believe they could do that to my child, is a popular refrain from some parents who call us up with concerns over tackling and hitting in a normal game. It s true, to someone who has raised their kids to not hit others the action at a minor football game can come as quite a shock. At it can be worse if they watch a practice where certain pit drills are designed to accentuate contact. But, it s OK. The equipment that the players wear is probably the best protective equipment in sport and a great deal of time is spent by the coaches on how to give and receive a hit properly. Football has its fair share of injuries, but no more than most other popular sports such as hockey, soccer, skiing, basketball, etc. We wouldn t offer this sport to kids if it was a true hazard to their health and we have over 100 years of history to back that up. Really it s OK. Your kid may never see the ball and it s OK: If you come from other ball or puck based, goal oriented sports you re probably used to the fact that at some point your child will touch the basketball, puck, or soccer ball. With a limited number of people on the court, field or ice essentially doing the same athletic movements it s inevitable that at some point there is going to be contact between your child and the implement of play. It s a slam dunk guarantee in baseball where everyone, regardless of their position, gets a turn at bat. In football not so much. Now, there is nothing sinister about this fact, it s just reality. Of the 24 positions on a field (12 on offense and 12 on defence) at any time during a game only 7 of them are designed to carry or receive the ball. Plus, at the younger levels anyone tagged with a receiver position is infinitely less likely to get any love from the ball than someone with a running back position. That does not mean that the other positions are useless or not important. That running back will be going nowhere unless the offensive line does it s thing and does it well, and unless everyone with a defensive position works hard, your team is going to get a lot of points scored against it. In short, football has many positions that are so disparate that we need all sorts of body types in order to play this game. That is the beauty of our sport, but please understand that more than two-thirds of the players on the field are not supposed to get the ball unless a fumble or interception is at hand. Your child may be one of them but he/she still has an important job to do to ensure the teams success, so don t worry if they get no touches during a game. Really it s OK. Equal playing time is a myth and it s OK: I know that statement may seem cold and cruel in today s fun first world of youth sports, but it s also the truth, so put away those stopwatches and understand why this happens. Coaches will bend over backwards at the younger levels to make sure that everyone sees the field for a significant period of time. But, unless you have 48 kids exactly on the roster who fit perfectly into each position it will be impossible for each kid to play exactly one half. Usually minor teams will have players so someone is going to wind up playing the whole game while other may see only a half of play or less. Plus, you may have a scarcity of large bodies and plethora or tiny fast kids which means there might be no back-ups along a lines of play while wide receiver might be three deep on the depth chart. To make matters more unsettling for parents, particularly with a hockey background, there are no shifts in football. Once an offence is on the field they get to stay on as long as they are making first downs or until they score. This could be less than a minute or the 5

6 majority of time in a particular quarter. That quarter might also be the one in which your child was scheduled to play linebacker for that team and spent most of it on the bench waiting. This can be a source of frustration if you do not understand that there is nothing a coach can do about that, and that he has the best intentions to get your child some significant playing time but the game might not work out that way. Relax; it may go in your favour next week when your child s team s defence is on the field all day (which isn t necessarily a good thing ). Some leagues have built in equal time scenarios for the youngest kids (i.e. at the Atom level in Calgary it s 10 plays for your team then 10 plays for the other), but most don t, so if you see your child playing a regulation game and want to judge playing time you re in for a long frustrating day. Playing time is just one of many things a coach has to coordinate in a game. Trust that he ll do his best and just relax and enjoy the game. Really it s OK. You can t rotate positions and it s OK: My kid would like to try quarterback this week. Nothing can send shivers up the spine of a minor football coach more than hearing that from the father or mother of one of his offensive linemen. And it happens more than you think. People don t usually start their kids in football until later on in a youth sport context (i.e. 10 years or older), whereas they may have had their son or daughter in soccer or hockey since they were 4. At the youngest levels of other sports it s quite common for kids to play right wing one game then defenseman the next, or even to go from catcher to shortstop between innings. That s because even though there are noticeable differences in those positions they are essentially doing the same thing (i.e. moving a puck or catching a baseball) and are similar enough to allow kids to experiment with most or all of the positions while learning the basic skills of the game. Unfortunately the same is not true in football. While some positions, mostly on defence, have similar duties (i.e. tackling), most, like quarterback and offensive lineman, have completely different job descriptions and therefore have a completely different basic skill set and need to be instructed completely differently. This may help you understand why we have a large number of coaches with your child s team. There are at least seven different base positions (i.e. quarterback, running back, receiver, offensive line, defensive line, linebacker, and defensive back) that need to have separate instructions. Therefore, just like in other sports, it takes time and practice to pick up the basic skills, so moving around from position to position means that they will have to start all over again each time they move since the basic skills differ greatly from position to position.and as a result will have a very hard time improving at anything. Again, as mentioned above, not everyone gets to do everything, but if you take the time to understand the team nature of the game and that no one person is successful without the 11 other players on field doing their jobs to the utmost, then you can relax when you re told your child is a tight end or safety. Really it s OK. Baby, it s cold outside and it s OK: With apologies to Dean Martin that statement is true as can be in these northern climes. Football is a sport that is played plain and simple. Only extreme cold (like minus 30 type stuff) or electrical storms are supposed to stop the playing of it. Also contrary to the way most City Recreation Departments operate their field usage you re supposed to play in the rain too. This is hard for many people to wrap around their minds and believe me, we in the sport know how unpleasant it can be out there in our province, but again that is one of the beautiful things about our sport. You are not going to melt if you get rained on, and you won t freeze either in the snow. Sports like baseball have to cancel in the rain because you cannot see or grip the ball properly in a downpour and that gets dangerous. Not in football, we can play it in any conditions. In a small way it s a great learning experience to have to 6

7 do something hard (i.e. laying down a block) in adverse conditions (i.e. rain). With so many character building opportunities being removed from the youth of today this is one we re proud to retain in our sport. Plus, you need to understand that strategy learned in practice is infinitely more important in football than it is in more free flowing sports such as basketball or hockey. Therefore, your kid needs to BE THERE, or don t even dream of complaining about lack of playing time. Now, rest assured that on cold days most teams or leagues will take it upon themselves to provide heaters on the sidelines for players and coaches will properly instruct the players on how to dress for the cold. As well, yes, the fields do get harder and possibly icy when they freeze, but correspondingly the speed at which the game gets played slows down along with the force of the hitting. Remember, the players are wearing the best equipment to deal with contact that is available and that includes contact with the ground. Therefore, know that unless you re notified in advance, all practice and games will take place as scheduled come rain, sleet, snow and wind. Buy that umbrella and stock up on hand warmers early because we live in Alberta, not California. Really it s OK. Things that look bad that aren t and it s OK: Passing judgment on others is almost a cottage industry in the world of minor sports. Apparently most youth sports are crawling with unethical, mean spirited, no nothing coaches whose only desire is to demean and embarrass kids at any cost. Or, at least that s what we hear. The truth is, obviously, that volunteer coaches are no more perfect than the next person, but realistically we feel they need to be given more of the benefit of the doubt than they have been in recent years. Again, it is probably due to lack of experience with the game that causes the misunderstandings that drive the complaints. This is not to say that there aren t some legitimate complaints that have merit, but there are a few situations that may look a lot worse than they are and, like we said above, may need to be given some benefit of the doubt before calling foul: Yelling Let s state it clearly right up front that profanity has no place in the game, regardless of the level of play. It is the refuge of a weak mind and by all means if your child s coach is using it like an adverb you have every right to ask him to tone it down. However, this may not apply to yelling in general. Football is loud game by nature and with many players spread out over a large area the raising of voices comes naturally. Corrective statements, encouragement, instructions all can come across loudly and could seem rather brusque. This doesn t necessarily make it bad. Yelling in the heat of battle may come with heightened emotions, but unless they are singling out your child with some choice words you can t say on TV, let it be. It s been a part of the game forever, & adds to the passion. Benchings So, what do you do with your child when he or she misbehaves? Coaches have few options when it comes to players stepping over the line either in their deportment on field or their behaviour towards opponents, officials, team mates or coaches. The most popular of these options is benching or not allowing the player to continue playing. If you notice your child is in one of these situations, we re not asking you to totally take the coach s side but simply think it through - a coach wouldn t take such drastic measures unless something truly untoward has happened. At the end of the day, he is responsible for the behaviour and operation of the team just like you are in your house with your family so unless you want to be grilled every time you send a child to their room for misbehaving, cut the coach some slack and realize that there is more than likely a legitimate reason for his decision. Everyone loves their children but if you re honest with yourself you ll realize that they too are not perfect and entirely capable of making a mistake or choosing an inappropriate attitude (Lord knows mine do ). Talk with the coach if you wish but a confrontational attitude will not make the situation any better. There may be many reasons for a child not getting onto on field, up to and including having the player tell the coaches he 7

8 doesn t want to play anymore (which happens more than you think at the Atom level). All we re saying is jumping to the conclusion that the coach has it in for your child is probably the least likely scenario taking place. Blowouts coach is running up the score against our team on purpose! Happens all the time - right? One of the downsides to football is that blowouts do happen, and it s too bad but it is a reality. Sometimes, a coach or coaching staff will come along and develop a team into a well oiled machine. Add some talented players and you ve got a juggernaut capable of scoring bundles of points and shutting out opponents at will. Due to the nature of the game, the numbers it takes to field a team and the short season there is very little tiering that can take place to balance competition that you might be used to in other sports. As a result there is normally only one level of play for your child s team, therefore you get to experience the good, the bad, and the ugly teams all on the basis of proximity. Therefore, there might be a 50-0 game on your horizon with the score not in your favour. What we re asking for is that before you leap to a negative conclusion you may consider that the coach of the winning team in that circumstance might not be the devil you take him for. In fact he just might be a very good coach doing a great job with the kids he s coaching. Having said that, here are some things to look for in a blowout situation that can give you a clue to whether the opposition (or in some cases your team) is doing all they can to keep the score differential from becoming worse. A good measuring stick is what happens once a team is up by 30 or more points in the second half. Are they: Substituting freely? The most noticeable subs will be a quarterback and running back and should be of lesser talent than the starters. Running in between the tackles? What this means is, are their offensive plays run mainly between the ends of the offensive line where there is the best chance for the defence to limit the gain? Punting on third and short? Sure they could probably get the first down if they went for it with one or two yards to go, but instead they punt. Not passing or taking any timeouts? These are clock stoppers and prolong the game. Good coaches know this and will avoid this at all costs. Calling off the dogs? No more blitzing on D. It may well be that the scoring will continue because the subs that are now in the game are still going to be trying their best, however if you notice the above situations taking place it s best just to shrug and think about getting them next time, because the coach on the high end of the score is honestly doing what he can to keep things down. Now, if you notice that the starters are still on the field, the offense is passing like crazy and their bench is still cheering lustily once the score reaches 70-0, feel free to express your opinion; but normally the coach on the winning side of the ball is just a good man who has done a very good job developing a team. He shouldn t be demonized for being successful and nothing will be gained from organizing the rest of the villagers to take up pitchforks and torches against him. Sometimes you re the bug and sometimes you re the windshield. Take your child and some team mates out for a treat after the game and all will be forgotten. Really it s OK. In closing, it must be mentioned again that not everyone is perfect, and that includes you, me, and every coach your child will experience. As well, some coaches may have ways of operating their teams that you might find distasteful just in general. It happens, but as long as he has been up front about the way things are going to be (i.e. in regards to playing time, behaviour expectations, etc.) and is following through on what he had said, nothing can be gained by a confrontation or complaint. If it s not your cup of tea your only two choices are to remove your child from the team or simply agree to disagree. Nobody gets into coaching to harm or demean kids. You wouldn t so to assume that others would is kind of out there. So relax, enjoy the sport for what it has to offer. If your child is coming 8

9 home each day claiming that he or she is enjoying the experience then don t sweat the small stuff. Join in, participate, rise and fall with the team and you won t regret it. Thanks for signing your child up to play and we look forward to having him/her as a part of our family. 4) Coaching: This year, as in the past, we are fortunate to have a number of highly qualified and motivated coaches for each of our SAMFA teams. As part of the Capital District Minor Football Association we are bound by their regulations, which require our Head Coaches have Competition Introduction- Position coach training/certification as offered through the NCCP (National Coaching Certificate Program), or equivalent. In the past we have been able to meet these requirements, although not without some last minute scrambling on occasion. In an effort to avoid such a situation, we encourage current assistant coaches or interested parents to take the NCCP courses to obtain the required training. If you are interested in assisting with coaching your child s team, you are encouraged to take the on-line Community Sport Initiation training course offered through NCCP, which is designed for voluntary, often short term (while their child is playing) coaching positions. Parents who are interested in continuing to coach for more than one or two years may choose to pursue the Community Sport Ongoing program. Current assistants interested in progressing to coordinator or head coach levels are encouraged to enrol in the Competition Introduction Position course(s). Please visit the Coaching Association of Canada coach.ca, for further information. The cost of these courses will be covered by SAMFA for a limited number of interested parties. It is not necessary to be a football expert and you won t necessarily be asked to become a Head Coach. If you are able to help out as an assistant under a more experienced coach, we would be more than happy to have you aboard. If you are interested in the Community Sport Initiation, or more advanced clinics, please contact, Leonard McCoshen, themccoshens@telus.net, or any other member of the SAMFA Executive. 5) 2011 SAMFA Team Selection: Objectives: ATOM & PEEWEE - To select teams from the available players in such a way as to ensure that all teams within each level (Atom & Peewee) are as competitively equal as possible. The number of teams fielded will be determined to allow the best opportunity for all athletes to play as much as possible, while remaining competitive and safe. BANTAM - To select teams from the available players to ensure that all teams are as competitive as possible in the divisions they are playing in. The number of teams fielded will be determined to allow the best opportunity for all athletes to play as much as possible, while remaining competitive and safe. Selection Policy: SAMFA recognises the importance and value of having a football program that strives to enhance coach and player welfare, development, participation and enjoyment. We recognize that Minor Football is a competitive sport and strive to ensure that all SAMFA teams in CDMFA competition can compete at their respective levels. 9

10 Player Evaluations: - Coaching staffs of each team will be augmented by other football coaches/experts in order to conduct evaluations of all athletes over the Spring Camp weekend. - All evaluators will work together to ensure that an accurate as possible evaluation of all players will occur. - Coach & staff to select rosters from registered group of players using roster-positional guidelines. Team Selection: - The SAMFA 1 st Vice President, who is responsible for coaching, will chair a committee that will select the rosters of division teams. - The selection committee for each division is determined by the 1 st V.P. - ATOM & PEEWEE- Returning players will go to their previous teams unless requested otherwise and approved by the V.P. All other players on the registration list will be distributed evenly to ensure teams are as evenly skilled as possible. - BANTAM- Once player evaluations are complete, the evaluation committee will determine at what levels teams can be competitive within CDMFA divisions based upon the skill level of the Bantam registration group. If the committee determines the teams can be competitive within their respective divisions, the selection of players according to skill levels relative to those divisions will proceed. The V.P. reserves the right to proceed with the same selection process as ATOM and PEEWEE if it is felt that one or more teams will be at a disadvantage within their respective division. - Head Coach of each team is to inform players of the team they are playing on. - Discuss commitment with players and parents - Roster finalized and player movement between teams completed prior to the first league game. Program of Events: Spring Camp Player Testing (Riel Field) Friday evening, June 3, 2011 from 8:00 9:00 PM Player SAMFA spring camp June 4-5, 2011 (Saturday and Sunday) June Camp To be determined by each team. Typically at the Peewee and Bantam levels - a few days at some point in June to get the players working together as a team. Pre-season practices will commence the week of Tuesday, August 2 nd, 2011 Regular Season TBD, but normally starts in late August and ends in late October. 6) Practices and Games Practices Coaching staff will decide practice times, the frequency of practices and where they will be held. Keep in mind that the football season is short (late August to the end of October or early November) and coaches have only a few weeks to prepare their teams for the first game. This includes organizing experienced players, teaching all players the play book and teaching brand new players who need to learn positions, rules and skills from scratch. For Bantam and Peewee, a typical practice schedule will be: 10

11 For the first two weeks and possibly all of August, four to five practices per week (normally all weeknights). One or two less practices per week when school starts (i.e. two to four weekly practices). For Atom, the practice schedule will be determined by the coaches. Regular practices are all held in St. Albert at grass local fields or the Riel field. Players need to commit to attending practices as the success of the team and their own personal safety depends on it. Some coaches may set additional practices and/or cross-training at places like Athlete s Nation. In some cases, these extra practices may be optional. This is normally discussed by coaches with the parents at their initial team meeting or through . If extra sessions cause any challenges for the players, parents are encouraged to discuss the matter with the head coach. Games Games are typically on Saturdays or Sundays. Most are during the day but there are some evening games. Almost all games are in Edmonton or St. Albert, but there can be some limited travel (e.g. Leduc, Camrose, Barrhead). Bussing for the players to and from games is provided, with bus departing from the St. Albert Centre parking lot. Parents are strongly encouraged to have their player children take the team bus both to and from games. This allows the coaches opportunities to speak to the team about the game and helps players bond as a team. This can be particularly important if the team has lost their game. 7) Volunteer Information: Like all minor sports organizations, we depend on volunteers to run the organization and look after its day to day operations. We have a dedicated and hard working group on the Board and in the coaching ranks that work towards providing both players and parents with a positive football experience. We do however; need the support of the parents to ensure the organization meets these goals. Football is an intense sport, but compared to most others, has a considerably shorter season. With an average of 30 players on each team, there should be enough volunteers available that individual requirements will not be onerous. There is not a lot that we are asking for in terms of time commitment and, rather than being burdensome, they are actually a lot of fun. Here are the critical activities we need your support in. Most require little time and most can involve the whole family. Team Staff: All members of each team s staff (coaching and others) are volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering for a staff function please let us know. Coaches: Head and assistant coaches are both important and rewarding positions. Details on the SAMFA coaching program and requirements are posted on the SAMFA website. 11

12 If you are interested, please contact either your team s Head Coach or the 1 st V.P. for further details. Team Manager: Assists Coaching Staff in some administrative duties Helps manage Team s home page on SAMFA website - Very easy to do and a degree in Computer or Rocket Science is not required - Excellent and very easy communication tool for the team Helps coordinate Team s participation in SAMFA s fundraising activities, which in the past, included: - Annual Fund Raising Dance or Pub Night - Minor Football Night at Eskimo game - Concessions Trainer: First Aid and training supplies provided by SAMFA No less than one qualified training volunteer must be at every SAMFA practice or game. First Aid Certification or sports training background is required For further details please visit our SAMFA website under SAMFA info in the First Aid tab. Other Positions: Chains and Yard Sticks: CDMFA requires that each home team provide 3 volunteers to work the yard markers and chains for each home game. Each SAMFA team must provide 3 volunteers for their home game. Just a few hours of your time No experience necessary Each team only averages 4 home games Best seats in the house Easy job and there will always be an experienced person there to help you out Concessions: Concessions are not only a good source of fundraising but offer a service to the visiting team and their fans. All teams in the CDMFA have concessions at their home fields. Each SAMFA team must provide 3 volunteers for their home games to work the concession. High school games also offer the opportunity for SAMFA to raise funds. Each SAMFA team is required to provide 3 volunteers for assigned high school games to work the concession. Just a few hours of your time No experience necessary; if you can BBQ or serve lunch you can work the concession during the game Each team only averages 4 home games and 1 high school game. Score Keeper: All teams participating in the CDMFA are required to complete the game sheet and enter the score on the CDFMA website Prints off required game sheet Enters score on SAMFA web site May be asked by coaching staff to keep some game stats 12

13 8) Important Dates to Remember: April 9 & 16 (Saturdays) 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM: Football Registration for the 2011 Atom, Peewee and Bantam season at the SAMFA Club house (51 Riel Drive basement of the St. Albert Rugby Football Club) Friday evening, June 3 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM: Evaluation and orientation at Riel Field. June 4 & 5 (Saturday and Sunday): Spring Camp held at the St. Albert Rugby Club and Riel Field. Tuesday, August 2 nd : Start of pre-season practices. The CDMFA season usually starts at the end of the August. 9) Refund Policy REGISTRATION FEES MUST BE PAID ON REGISTRATION DATE, UNLESS ALTERNATE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE WITH THE TREASURER OR REGISTRAR. Refunds of partial fees will be made if a player drops out: Less $50.00 before Spring Camp Less $ after Spring Camp No Refund after first game (August 2011); No Refund for late Registrations (after Spring Camp); Refunds provided only after all equipment is returned to SAMFA ***It is the responsibility of the parent(s) to immediately notify both the SAMFA Registrar and Treasurer that a player is dropping out (for whatever reason) and also when the parent(s) will return the equipment and pick-up the deposit and refund cheques. Treasurer: (Randy Guy) rguy@shaw.ca Registrar (Quentin Bochar) bochar1@telusplanet.net * Note: If a receipt was issued for Income Tax purposes, that receipt is invalid should a refund be issued. 13