Ski Season has begun!

Just a few notes

Hi everybody. Soccer has come and gone and thanks to everybody that contributed to a successful season. Special thanks to David Becks, our soccer director and to Sylvia and Les Charbarneau for again securing Founders Sports Park for our practices. If anybody has digital photos from state socer and would like to post them here, please let me know. Hockey will be over next week for three of our teams, with the T-Birds attending state games in Lansing November 21st.

Some upcoming dates to remember are:

Saturday, November 7th Hockey invitational at MTC. We will be taking down the rink after the tournament and need help.

Monday, November 30th First basketball practice. More information will follow.

First week of December Winter Sports begin (Ski, Snowboard and Snowshoe).

December 2nd Banquet at Farmington High School beginning at 6:00 pm.

Registration meeting for Basketball and Winter Sports We don't have a date yet but the second or third week of November is being targeted. We considered November 9th but we won't have all of our directors in town. If you've heard that date for the meeting, it's not correct.

Special Olympics Michigan continues to feel the effects of our economy. We've already been informed of drastic cuts in our Summer Games numbers. In 2009 Oakland County received 300 spots for athletes and chaperones. In 2010 we will only have 177. There is also preliminary talk of combining the state Soccer and Poly Hockey tournaments next year, which means athletes will only be able to attend one. They will however, be able to play both sports in local competition (I think).

Soccer and more . . .

SOCCER

Hi everybody. Soccer starts on Wednesday, August 5th, at Founders Sports Park at 6:00 pm. Please contact David Becks to register at lambecks@yahoo.com. Practices will be every Wednesday through October 14th, with the state tournament in Warren October 16th and 17th. It's important that athletes show up to the first practice or let David know you want to play but can't make it the first night. Our local tournament date has not yet been confirmed but we are shooting for Sunday, October 4th at Farmington High School.

HOCKEY RINK SETUP

We will be setting up the rink on Friday, September 5th. We need more help than ever as we have lost some important helpers and most of all Mr. T. We are looking for parents to step up and take charge this year and future years. There has been some discussion on setting up the week before (thanks Sheila and Bernie) since September 5th is Labor Day weekend. We will again have more info as the date gets closer.

MANDATORY MEETING

We are planning a mandatory meeting for all Team Farmington families at Maxfield Traing Center on Tuesday, September 8th at 6:30 pm. Poly Hockey and Bowling will be starting that week. More information will follow as the date gets closer.

Photos Added To Blog

Hello again. I've added Summer Games photos to the blog.

Ted

Calendar Link Added

Hi again. I've added a link to our calendar.

Ted

Team Farmington Blog Created

Hi everybody. I've decided to try blogging as a way of keeping everybody in the loop for our events. If anybody has tips for me I could certainly use them. I will probably add a link to our calendar (as soon as I figure out how!).

For now, we are winding down for Softball and Golf, with state events on July 17th (Golf) and July 18th (Softball). Soccer will begin in the first week of August, with practices at Founders Sports Park on Eight Mile. David Becks will be our Soccer director again, and feel free to contact him to sign up. David can be reached at lambecks@yahoo.com