POSTED 09.21.09
Attention: Update Middle School Players/Parents:
Windham/Raymond/Sacopee Valley Middle School Ice Hockey
Per the Southern Maine Middle School Hockey League rules, if your town has a middle school hockey team, you are required to play for your town.
The SMMSHL will be reviewing the rosters and if there are enough players to field a Windham Middle School hockey team, then the team will stay intact. We were communicating with only those who we knew we had e-mails for and therefore, were under the impression that there weren't enough players. However, it has come to our attention that there may be players out there that we didn't know about and who are seeking other teams. If you know of other players that were planning on going elsewhere for hockey because they had heard that Windham didn't have a team, please forward this e-mail to them.
The tuition again will be based on the numbers but to be clear...the board is making no money on this team we are just trying to keep a strong feeder program for the Varsity High School Ice Hockey team. The SMMSHL fee is approximately $2800 plus for one on ice practice it will be approximately $1000 for a total of $3800. If we divide this by 12 kids, the fee is competitive with surrounding schools at $316. There has been opportunity to reduce this with fundraising and there may be more opportunities. We will be looking at adding an off-ice practice as well.
I know this is all confusing as you were told that there was no team but again, this was based on only those players that we knew about. Please forward to others that you know about who may be playing for Western Maine Youth Hockey, Huskies Youth Hockey, or the surrounding towns of Gray/New Gloucester, Westbrook, Gorham, Bonny Eagle, and Auburn. (Note: the SMMSHL rule applies to the middle schools so players can play Western Maine Youth Hockey and Huskies in addition to the middle school, however we encourage you to look at the middle school team to help keep our charter in place.)
If it is determined that there truly aren't enough players, then you will be free to seek other teams. Please feel free to contact us at: info@westernmainewings.com if you have any questions.
The Wings Hockey Board
Co-op between RSU 14 (Windham and Raymond) and Sacopee Valley