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posted 02/19/2010 Players, Families and Friends of Chelmsford Hockey Association;
I wanted to take a moment to thank you all for your commitment to the CHA and to let everyone know that in the coming weeks, we will be conducting player tryouts and evaluations in preparation for 2010 -2011 Team Placements. This is an extremely important part of our annual planning process and requires countless hours of preparation and planning by the Coaches, Board of Directors and parent volunteers. One of the stated goals of this process is to ensure that an equitable and thorough process is used to place players on travel teams. I can assure you that great care and sensitivity is used in this process to assure that it is as thorough and objective as possible. It is important to all of us that our players play at the correct level for their skill development.
For our players who plan to play in our Clinic Programs including Learn to Skate, Peter Puck and In House Hockey: there are no tryouts or formal evaluations. You are welcomed and encouraged to register and play in these Programs and do not have to participate in tryouts
For players that desire to play in the Travel Program, each player will be evaluated as follows:
· Tryout Skills Session
· Tryout Scrimmage Session
· Coaches Evaluation from the current playing season
The tryout sessions will typically be held over two nights although the Evaluation Teams at a particular level may adjust this plan due to forecasted numbers at that playing level. All the details of the Tryout scheduling will be available through the CHA Website in the very near future. In addition, further details of the entire evaluation process can be found on the Website under “Evaluation and Tryout Process”. Please do not hesitate to contact Joe Caniff, Pete Rega or myself if you have any questions or concerns.
Finally, for those of you with an unpaid balance of your CHA dues, please note that your child may not be permitted to try out without those unpaid dues paid, or otherwise addressed in a manner satisfactory to CHA. Most of you with an unpaid balance have already received a letter regarding this. The rest of those parents will receive a letter next week.
I would like to again thank you all for your enthusiasm and commitment to the CHA.
All for now
Peter Lawlor
President, CHA
