President's Message Mar. 23 2007

Att’n : All CYO Members

Subject : CYO Hockey for Next Season

Dear CYO Members,

The CYO would like to thank you for participating in our hockey program this season. We hope that you and your child have had a very enjoyable hockey season.

We are proud to announce that the CYO has officially received sanctioning from a national hockey organization called the CHPA (Canadian Hockey Parents Association). As you can tell by the name, this association has your best interests at heart. The CHPA will be providing our league with full insurance and many of the same benefits as the Alliance and OMHA. One of the key differences is that the CHPA has no residency rule. This allows friends from different towns, cities and even neighborhoods to play together on the same house league or rep team.

Please see the attached Fall Hockey Registration 2007-2008 flyer showing the times, dates and locations of our spring registration throughout Durham Region. This flyer will be posted in most of the local newspapers over the next few weeks.

You will be pleased to know that we have reduced the cost of many of our programs. In fact, for every new player you refer and sign up, we will reduce your registration by a further $50 (no limit restrictions). Simply have the new players insert your name and number on the bottom of their registration forms and we will do the rest.

This year we are giving parents two options for registration:

Online at www.cyohockey.com/registration.
Filling out an application at your local arena per attached flyer dates, times & locations.

The attached flyer lists the many reasons why our program next season will be one of the best in the country.

Also attached are CYO Survey and Coach Evaluation forms that we would encourage you to fill out and mail in. These help us in the development of our programs and in the coaching selection process for next season.

Please note that rep and select try-outs will be from May 6th – 17th. We will be posting the try-out dates, times and locations on our website and in local newspapers throughout the Durham Region in April.

If you have any further questions about our program for next season please feel free to contact me directly at 905-721-0468.

I look forward to meeting all of you at our Awards Banquet on Wednesday, April 11 at the CAW Hall just west of Ice Sports. Further banquet details are attached.

Thank you.

Terry Ruddell
President CYO
ruddellt@rogers.com
905-721-0468