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).