
Message from the President
Well another
year has flown by and the Valley Ball Hockey Association
Executives
are
already working hard to get the 2008 season up and running. These
volunteers have little down time with the size the Association has
become, it is turning into a year round job. I want to at this
time extend my thanks to the Executive members who put in hundreds
of volunteer hours to make this sport as organized and as safe a
possible. There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes with an
organization of this size, registration, floor time bookings,
scheduling, fundraising, finding coach’s, finding referee’s,
scheduling them and so on and so on!
VBHA is a non profit
organization that runs on player registration fees and some fund raising.
We do not solicit individuals nor do we ask for any type of volunteer
time, except perhaps to help run the time clocks or be a team parent. We
do though encourage people to participate in our annual pub night which
will be announced soon on this web site. You will notice an increase in
registration fees this year as our cost for equipment, arena time, player
insurance, etc. continues to
rise.
We have a
couple of new and exciting additions this year, first is the addition of
the Tykes division which will include 5 and 6 year olds; this will be a
great introduction to our league for these young players. The second is
the expansion into Abbotsford, we expect such a large influx of players we
are going to cap the registration for that area.
Please encourage the
players, coaches and especially the referee’s
as they have the toughest job at game time. Most of our
referee’s are young and we really need you to help us retain them, they
are trying there best to call the game but like everyone else they are not
perfect and cannot see the whole floor all the time. Please remember we
cannot have a successful league without referees!
The Executive and I
hope every one involved has a safe and fun season, if you have any
inquires please go to our web site and click on the contacts. We are
always looking for feed back good or bad, we cannot fix problems if we do
not here about them!
Game On!
Rory Wakelin
President
Valley Ball Hockey
Association
