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Registration Form for the 3rd Annual Troy Bruins STICKS & PUTTS Golf Outing

Cost is $70 per player-4 person scramble. (payment info below). Includes 18 Holes/Cart/Lunch on Turn

***Please note, if you want a t-shirt, you MUST be signed up by August 31st***

Saturday, September 30th

Homestead Golf Course
5327 Worley Rd., Tipp City, OH 45371 


Team Contact can pay for all or send this paypal link to each team member to pay.  
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Want to golf but don't have a foursome? Go ahead and register below but note that in the comments. We will work to find you a team.

 
Join us for a fun day on the course !


Please look for an email 3 days prior to the event for any last minute details. If you have any questions contact troybruinsboosters@gmail.com

2023-24 Troy Bruins Youth Hockey

Registrations:

Troy Bruins youth hockey registrations are tentatively scheduled to begin April 11th at 10am.  Early Bird deadline to register will be July 10^th.  However, there are no guarantees that a particular division will still have openings through the deadline date.  You must register by May 19^th in order to guarantee your spot on a travel team, if you have been selected.  A division may reach its maximum prior to the July 10^th deadline.  Fees will increase by $50 after July 10^th.  REGISTRATION WILL NOT BE ON THIS SITE -IT WILL BE ON THE TROY REC DEPT PAGE once it opens: https://www.troyohio.gov/459/Program-Registration-Forms-and-Links

Registration Fees:

Fees include practice ice, home game ice, league fees, referees for home games, socks and other miscellaneous program operating expenses such as coach’s certifications, equipment.   Program registration fees are established each year by the Troy Recreation Board usually in February or March.  Fees as established by the Board for the 2023-24 season are as follows:

            Division                                             2023-24 Fee

IP                                                                            $165

Mite House  (8U)                                               $635

Squirt House  (10U)                                          $695

Squirt Travel  (10U)                                           $860

Peewee House  (12U)                                      $705

Peewee Travel   (12U)                                      $870

Bantam House   (14U)                                      $910

Bantam Travel   (14U)                                      $910

High School (18U) Varsity/JV                        $950

·       Payment plan option – when paying your registration fees with a credit card, you have the option to choose the auto charge payment plan that includes 3 payments;  the initial 1/3 payment of the registration fee when you register; 2^nd 1/3 of the registration fee will be auto charged on Friday, August 25^th  and the final 1/3 of the registration fee will be auto charged on Friday, September 29^th.

Jerseys & Socks:

Socks are included in the above registration fees.  All teams will have 2 socks & jersey colors.  All jerseys worn by our teams must include the Troy Bruins logo and be white or gold and be ordered thru the Troy Recreation Department.  No other jerseys are permitted.   Sponsorships of individual teams are not permitted to be displayed on team jerseys.   If you need a jersey(s) for the 2023 season, you must purchase them when you register.  There will be an option to purchase a jersey(s) when you register, otherwise you will not receive new jerseys for the coming season.   Jerseys cannot be ordered at a later date.

Below is a chart that outlines what jerseys will be needed for each division:

Teams:

Based on our projected numbers from this past season, we will be offering the following teams for the 2023-2024 Season:        

·       2 Mite Teams (8U)                     (House – Divisions Determined by Coaches)

·       2 Squirt Teams (10U)                (Offering house & travel)

·       2 Peewee Teams (12U)             (Offering house & travel)

·       2 Bantam Teams (14U)             (Offering house & travel)

·       2 HS Teams (18U)                       (Varsity & JV) 

However, these offerings are all tentative and will be determined based on final registrations received.  Registrations will be offered for travel teams at the squirt, peewee & bantam divisions.  If a player registers to play travel and there are not enough registrations for travel teams, they will have the option to play for the house team or receive a refund until one week after the registration deadline of July 10th.  A refund request must be received in writing by the Recreation Department by July 17^th .  If the squirt, peewee or bantam divisions don’t end up with travel teams and we have multiple house teams, the teams will be split up evenly by skill, as determined by the coaching staff within the first few weeks after the first practices begin in September.   It appears at this time that we have enough players at the squirt, peewee and bantam divisions for one house and one travel team – split evenly by numbers.  We anticipate we will also have enough players at the 18U/High School Division.  We plan to have a Varsity and JV team at the High School Division.  18U/High School players will register to participate in the 18U/High School Division, they will be placed on teams based on the team evaluations. Players not selected for the Varsity Level team will be placed on the JV Level team based on evaluations.  If, at the time of or following evaluations for the High School Division, the skill level is deemed lesser than necessary to compete at a Varsity level, the Troy Bruins program in accordance with feedback from the coaching staff and evaluation panel, will make the determination to yield two JV teams balanced based on skill set.   A player’s grade level/age will have no impact on their team placement for the High School Division.   Players that register for travel teams and are not selected will be moved to the house division team.   We anticipate we will also have enough for 2 teams at the mite division.  Players will be split evenly by skill into the two teams at this division.    Players who register in the program will not receive a refund unless they meet the Troy Recreation Board Refund Policy that is outlined when registering to participate. 

House vs. Travel Teams:

Generally, travel teams will have more games and will likely play in more tournaments than house teams, however participation in tournaments other than the end of the season league tournament will be up to each team’s coach and parents and are an additional expense.   Travel team/Varsity players are selected through an evaluation process.  Fees are more for travel teams than for a house team in the same age division (other than the Bantam & HS Divisions) due to costs associated with more games and differences in league fees. 

House teams are not necessarily true “house” teams from the perspective that these teams still travel to rinks in other cities to participate in games.  In the past, away games for our house teams have included:  Dayton, Cincinnati, Oxford, Northern Kentucky & Columbus. However, future away games may not be limited to these locations.  Away games for travel teams can include these same locations in addition to locations of further distance (eg.  Lexington, Indianapolis, Charleston, WV.)

In past seasons, our house teams have participated in the BTHL House (B) Division and our travel teams participated in the (BTHL) Buckeye Travel Hockey League Travel (A) Division.   Our High School (18U) teams  played in the High School League in Cincinnati the past 2 seasons.  We anticipate these are the leagues that our teams will play in again this season.  Our teams are developed and placed in the appropriate divisions and leagues based on where the program coordinator and our coach(es) feel our team(s) will best fit based on their skill level.  This is in an effort to allow our teams to be as competitive with the other teams as possible.

Evaluation Skates: 

Evaluation skates are tentatively scheduled as follows: 

Squirt                 Wednesday, March 22^nd  7 – 7:50pm               **Tuesday,  April 25^th               7:00 – 8:00pm

Peewee             Thursday, March 23^rd   7 – 7:50pm                   **Wednesday, April 26^th          5:40 – 6:40pm

Bantam             Wednesday, March 22^nd    8 – 8:50pm              **Monday, April 24th^th            8:00 – 9:00pm

High School      Thursday, March 23^rd  8 – 8:50pm                    **Thursday, April 27^th               8:00 – 9:00pm

**NOTE:  Evaluation Skates Held During the Above April Dates will be held at the NTPRD Chiller in Springfield.  The March Dates will be held at Hobart Arena.

 *Evaluation skates are for those players intending to participate on the squirt, peewee and bantam travel teams and High School Varsity team.  The evaluation fee is $10/player for each evaluation date.  Players will be informed within 7 days following the final evaluation session evaluations and have until May 19th to register to guarantee their spot if they haven’t already registered. 

A parent meeting will be held prior to the start of evaluations on March 22^nd at Hobart Arena at 6:30pm for the Squirt Travel team to provide additional detail regarding the travel level of play and expectations. Anyone that may have questions pertaining to the travel level of play at any age level is welcome to attend.

Sqt, Peewee, Bantam and Varsity coaches will be in contact with players within 7 days following the final evaluation date informing players whether they have been selected to play on the travel/varsity (top) team, those players will have until May 19^th to register to guarantee their roster spot, if they haven’t already registered.  The Mite teams will be split evenly by skill to have two teams that are as balanced as possible.

Coaches (Tentative & Based on What Teams We Intend to Offer)  

Initiation Program                                                   Mike Jones 

Mite (8U)                                                                    AJ Furrow                                                                                                            

Mite (8U)                                                                    Maddy Nelson

Squirt House (10U)                                                  TBD     

Squirt Travel (Or 2^nd House Team) (10U)         Randy Shoemaker       

Peewee House (12U)                                              Kyle Cruea       

Peewee Travel (Or 2^nd House Team)  (12U)    Jesse Wilson   

Bantam House (14U)                                              Dave Brown    

Bantam Travel (Or 2^nd House Team) (14U)     Chris Wyse                                   

High School JV (18U)                                              TBD     

High School Varsity (18U)                                     Corey Brown                                                            

Coach Selection – The Troy Jr. Hockey Advisory Council selects coaches from applications that are submitted by coaches.  This selection process includes an interview/discussion with each coach to help in determining the best candidate for each head coach position.   If there is a shortage of coaching applications received, the program will attempt to secure additional coaching volunteer candidates to fill the open positions.  All coaches must meet all USA Hockey & Mid-Am coaching requirements, background checks, concussion certifications, etc.   Head Coaches select their assistant coaches, locker room monitors, team managers, etc.

2023-24 Season Start Date & Ice:

At this time, the season is tentatively scheduled to begin the week of September 11^th and will last until approximately the week of March 11, 2024, pending special events scheduled at the arena.   Mites will have 4 “Jamboree” double-header home dates, Squirt and Peewee house teams will include up to 8 home games.  Squirt Travel, Peewee Travel, Bantam and High School divisions will include up to 12 home games.    In an effort to maximize practice time for all teams, there will be split ice for some practice time slots.  Practice schedules will be developed based on the teams the program ends up having this season and will include up to 2 practices each week unless there is a special event scheduled in the arena.  Registration fees are established based on the estimated amount of ice that will be available over the course of the season.  Other events take place at Hobart Arena that will displace ice times.  These events are taken into account when establishing registration fees.  The hourly ice rental rate that the Troy Bruins hockey program pays for ice is already heavily discounted vs. the established regular ice rental rates that other user groups pay for ice at Hobart Arena.   Therefore, it is expected that teams will lose practices over the course of the season due to scheduled arena events.  Refunds are not given when events are scheduled in the arena and ice time is not available for practices.  The 2022-23 Season was indicative of what a typical or normal year of special events that may take place at the arena over the course of a season is.   However, this fluctuates from season to season.  

Summer Drop In Ice Times:

Summer drop in ice times will Mondays and Wednesdays tentatively scheduled on the following dates:

June – 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28

July – 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26, 31

Times:                6:40 – 7:40pm               Ages 5 – 10

                             7:50 – 8:50pm               Ages 11 – 14

                             9:00 – 10:00pm             Ages 15 – 18

If you have any questions related to the Troy Bruins Youth Hockey Program you may reach Program Coordinator, Randy Shoemaker at randy.shoemaker23@yahoo.com or Ken Siler at ken.siler@troyohio.gov Please do not contact the Hockey Boosters group related to specific questions about program details.