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Monday, 27 August 2007 |
To all long time CAHA members,
As you know changes are taking place and once again we find ourselves
without a rink to skate out of. Many of you are aware that CAHA and
NYTEX will no longer be working together in any capacity. There were
many things that lead to the decision, but mainly too many of CAHA's
core beliefs were compromised this year. The initial thought was to
move CAHA to one of the Stars Rinks or Arlington, but neither could
guarantee us ice at decent times or at all. Many of you have stuck with CAHA through so much and hopefully
you will understand that this decision did not come easily. It has
been a roller coaster ride over the last few years, and its truly sad
to see it come to an end. The current board members wanted to find
another organization that had the same core beliefs and values that it
has built over the last few years and at a reasonable cost to join.
Many of you saw CAHA's fees go from $700 to $3300 over the last few
years, and although this can be explained it doesn't make it any less
painful. Location was also a consideration since many of our members
live in the Fort Worth area. Hopefully in the upcoming years
something will open up, but until then CAHA has decided to join the The
Dallas Stars Allstar travel organization out of Euless. The
organization does operate under a not-for-profit organization and is
headed by Keith Andresen.
Many of you may not know this, but Keith is
the one that found us ice when our rink shut down or did not have a
playable ice surface the last few years. He always gave us the lowest
price because he knew our ice fees were low, and he always told me it
was about the kids. Our roller coaster ride would have ended sooner if it
were not for him and his willingness to juggle schedules at his Dr.
Pepper Stars rinks.
Currently the Euless Blackhawks (Dallas Stars Euless travel name)
has a squirt, pee wee, bantam, and midget travel team set up for
2008/2009. The cost per season in $2500 and that includes home and
away jerseys, practice jerseys, Socks, Warm ups, Polo's, t-shirts, and
shorts, min. 60hrs practice Ice (1-mid week & 1-weekend not on same
day as games), NTXHL fees, including the NTXHL home games (refs etc.).
Basically the only thing not covered is tournament fees. David Dahms
was given the head coaching job for the Euless Blackhawk Bantam team
this past week and once again I will be the manager. Tony Neumann
will be the assistant coach. Keith also said that coaches for the
other teams have been named and their bios along with David's will be
posted soon on the website @ http://www.drpepperstarcenter.com/Hockey.asp?strHockeyType=youth&strNews=allstarsgn&strDivNav=allstars
Tryout
information will be also posted soon so keep an eye on the website and
I will also keep you informed. Many of you have decision to make for
the upcoming season, so please let me know if do not wish to be on this
distribution list. For those of you making a decision to go elsewhere
we wish you the best of luck. We will always have our memories and the
great friendships that have come out of it!
Sincerely
CAHA
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