We have not had fee increases in several years. Costs have risen in several areas including fields, umpire fees and equipment. The league needs to break even or have a slight profit every year in order to maintain its viability. We have operated at a loss for the past 2 years, so fee increases are required.

 

 

 

The executive decided to eliminate the “Bottle Drive” fund raising event that had previously been held for several years. This was done for several reasons: there was a lack of volunteers to coordinate this event/the same people had been organizing this event for several years and had grown wary of the amount of work involved; the executive received complaints every year about how and when this event was organized; and the player participation rate had decreased. This event had raised significant funds for the league, offsetting an average of $25-35 per player. Registration fees increased only $25 on average, so in fact the league merely broke even. There also was a $50 fund raising fee per family in lieu of bottle drive fee that was eliminated.

 

It was also decided to implement “online Registration” to ease administrative burden. This was extremely successful. At the same time we wished to encourage people to register earlier – it is not reasonable to continue to accept registrations up to 2 weeks before games begin as we had in the past – planning was too hard to do. A “late” registration fee of $25 was introduced for registrants after March break. Keep in mind please that in Hockey you are required to register and pay in June for play in September, so we do not believe implementing “late registration” fees 1 month before play begins is unreasonable.

 

The bottom line is that the effective registration fees did NOT increase in 2012.

 

 

 

Relative costs for umpires and fields increase in older age groups.

 

 

 

Teams may, with concurrence of members, charge additional fees to be used for items such as Tournament Entry, extra practice or exhibition game fees. These are separate from League Registration fees. Typically, there are No or very nominal Team fees for Spring House league (occasionally teams enter an outside tournament during Spring). For the summer teams, there is usually a Team Fee from 50% to 100% of the league fee. Teams must document and account for the use of team fees to all members of the team on a regular basis throughout the season. The majority of this is usually for "tournament" entry, although occasionally "teamwear" of a nominal value may be purchased by the teams. For 2015 we are including a small bit of 'teamwear' for all Summer Teams. The "Select" teams base registration fees include a full Teamwear kit, tournament registration fees and additional practice time.

 

 

 

League Registration fees cover the costs of running the league – including all fields, umpires, equipment and supplies (balls), registration, insurance, recognition, training, and administrative costs. 89% of registration fees go towards On-Field activities. Attached are charts indicating relative expenditures and sources of revenue for 2012.

 

 

Refunds are available, less a $25 fee, up until the end of the first week of the applicable season. The fee is applied due to the fact that we pay processing fees, registration fees. Forfeiture of the full fee, after the first week, is due to the fact we hold a position for the player which cannot be filled by another player after this time.  Requests for refunds are to be made to the registrar at [email protected].  Please allow up to 4 weeks for refunds to be processed.