The following is the newsletter mailed August 31, 2005

Basketball Sign-Ups Now Underway

Sign-ups for the 2005-2006 basketball season are now underway.  Forms may be obtained at the office and on the website.  See page 4 for details.

 Pre-registration is encouraged, especially if you cannot be there for scheduled registration dates.  In addition to regular sign-up dates and downloading your own form from the web site, there will be a few nights prior to the end of registration when the office will be open for sign-ups.  Check the web site for hours when sign-ups will occur in the evenings at the DYA office. 

 Volunteers are needed to serve as league commissioners in boys 3rd grade and girls 3rd grade leagues.  Commissioners in basketball are responsible for selection of coaches, conducting the coaches’ meeting in October/November, and administering any issues that come up during the course of the season, such as notification of game or practice time changes.  Please call the office at 889-2951 if you can serve in this capacity.

 DYA Office Hours

Dublin Youth Athletics is run by parent volunteers, all of whom have full time jobs and families.  The DYA office is an unstaffed office, meaning there are volunteers there from time to time, but not full time. 

In general there is a volunteer in the office Monday mornings from 8:30 am to 10:00 am during September, January and February, the peak sign-up and organizational periods.  Volunteers are also there those days in other months.  Please check the web site.

The office lobby is unlocked and locked by a volunteer on her way to and from work every Monday through Friday.  This means the office lobby is generally open from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm to pick up and drop off applications. 

During sign-up periods special evening hours may also be available.  Again, please check the web site. 

  
Please Help Take Care of Facilities

The volleyball and basketball programs enjoy significant use of school gymnasiums for games and practices throughout the season.  Your cooperation in helping maintain facilities is of great value in preserving the facility availability from the schools in the future.  

There are several recurring problems that you can help to alleviate.  Please remember that no food or beverages are permitted in the gyms.  Problems with spilled soda pop and coffee make the floors unsafe for players.

There is to be no bouncing or other use of balls in the commons areas of any school.

Please keep siblings in the gym with their parents during games.  There have been reported incidents of damage caused by unattended children.

Players, please remember to carry your court shoes into the gym.  Wearing your gym shoes from the parking lot tracks dirt and moisture onto the floor.

Thanks for your cooperation.
 

Travel Team Tryouts for 2005-2006 Teams

Travel Baseball 2006

Sign-ups will be available at the office and during all basketball sign-ups at the office and on September 10th.  Tryout schedule is posted on the travel baseball website (access through www.dya.com) and at the office for each of the six age groups.

Travel Softball 2006

Try-outs for travel softball will again be held in the fall.  Sign-ups will be available at the DYA office and on September 10th at Indian Run between 8:30 a.m and 10:00 a.m.  Tryout schedule will be posted on the web site (access through www.dya.com).  Birthyears for divisions for the 2006 season are as follows:

 U-18:  1987 and 1988  U-16:  1989 and 1990  U-12 : 1993 and 1994

U-14 : 1991 and 1992  U-10 : 1995and after

Travel Basketball for 2005-2006

Sign-ups will be available at the office and during all basketball sign-ups at the office and on September 11th.  Tentative tryout schedule on page 3.   Changes may occur if gyms become unavailable due to conflicts with other school functions.  Please check the web site or call 777-2222 x 7246 for changes.

Commitment Fee

For travel baseball and travel softball there is a $150 commitment fee that must be paid prior to the tryouts   For travel basketball there is an $85 commitment fee due before tryouts, in addition to the $70 regular league fee.  For players making the teams this commitment fee becomes non-refundable and is applied to the fees due for the respective program.  For players who do not make a travel team the commitment fee is returned/refunded.

In recent years players have tried out, made the teams, then left the DYA teams to play for other Central Ohio programs, in some cases leaving their “teammates” with an roster not large enough to have a team.  The commitment fee is designed to encourage tryouts by only those players who want or intend to play for DYA teams.

2005-06 School Year Sign-Up Schedule

Following are the dates or targeted time frames for sign-ups for the respective year 2005 programs:

September 10th

January 21st and
January 28th
Sells Middle School Commons

January 21st
Indian Run Commons
and
January 29th
Sells Middle School Commons

Golf 2006

End of April, Beginning of May

End of April, Beginning of May

Check the website at dya.com or call 777-2222 x 7246 as the target time frames approach for the specific times and locations of the sign-ups

Refund Policy

Refunds of fees will be provided only if requested in writing and received prior to the formation of teams.  Requests for refunds should be directed to DYA, 4285 W. Dublin Granville Road, Dublin, Ohio  43017 and include a self-addressed envelope. 

In prior years, and especially during the basketball season, a number of players dropped out of the leagues for various, often good, reasons.  However, many parents failed to make their intentions known until after teams were formed, even though the decision had long since been made.  This left several teams short of players in leagues that were not full or had no wait lists.  In too many cases this created an unnecessary hardship on the remaining players and coaches.

In an effort to encourage more timely notice of intent not to play, late notifications, defined as notice after teams are formed, are no longer eligible for refund. 
 

Jersey Sales

 DYA reversible basketball jerseys will be sold at sign-ups for basketball on September 10th.  Jerseys also available on Monday mornings from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in September and October, except Labor Day.  Check web site for special times for jersey sales.

The co-ed volleyball program will conduct its sign-ups for the fall 2005 season before the end of the school year.  The volleyball season begins practice the first day of school in August.  Sign-ups will be held in early to mid-May.  Please check the web site, dya.com, or check the Dublin News and The Villager for details as sign-ups approach.  Registration will close June 14th and teams will be formed in August.

Players who intend to tryout for girls’ school teams are encouraged to sign-up in May.  That way they can guarantee a spot to play DYA volleyball if they don’t make a team or decide later not to tryout.  Any player who makes her school’s fall volleyball will have her registration fee refunded.  As is the case in all DYA programs, registrations received after the deadline are accepted subject to space available in the program.
 

2005-2006 Basketball Sign-Ups Set for September 10th

 Sign-ups for the 2005-2006 basketball season are scheduled for Saturday, September 10th from 8:30 am to 10:00 a.m. at Indian Run Elementary.  Sign-up forms are also available at the DYA office.  The office is located at 4285 W. Dublin Granville Road, next to Tommy’s Pizza.  It is an unmanned office, but applications can be picked up, filled out, and dropped off at the office, where they are picked up twice daily. The front door is open Monday through Friday between 8:30 am and 3:00 pm  Until September 24th, the office will be open on Saturdays from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm, including Labor Day weekend.  With over 1,400 applications expected, please sign-up early to guarantee your spot.  The current schedule calls for the formation of leagues and teams beginning mid-October for grades 3-6 and mid-November (following school tryouts) for grades 7-12.  Please note there is a non-refundable late sign-up fee on all applications received on or after September 14th.  If you are one of those who were late in signing up last year, please mark your calendar now or stop by the office.  Check the web site for special evening hours and pre-September 10th sign-ups at the office.