• Each player will have a single player ID number regardless of how many teams or clubs he plays for.
• Our audit rules will again be enforced for travel — a player will be primary on only one team, etc.
• Once a league registrar has approved a travel team, all roster changes will be performed under our PS-1 rules with auto e-mail notification to involved parents, coaches, and registrars.

Got Soccer had difficulty providing us with these features and expected our registrars to manually monitor the system for compliance in these areas. With Group Net, the monitoring will be done automatically by the system insuring compliance with our rules and increasing registrar efficiency.
 
The intramural leagues, now as always, are free to decide just what vendor and system they want to use to register their players. The important thing for them is that the intramural league must then register those players with the state association by providing us with the electronic database of their players and the appropriate fees. 
 
The ability to upload data from your chosen system in to ours will be available. At the club and intramural levels, it was a great concern that the pricing structure from Got Soccer for the club system was not amenable and would force player costs to rise. Group Net offers a solution that is extremely affordable.  More information will be made available soon so you can contact Group Net directly.                     
 
A concern to be addressed is the transfer of the data in the Got Soccer 2011-12 databases to the Group Net 2012-13 databases. Our mission is to minimize the effort and time required in a conversion.   Group Net, as our prior provider, has our 2010-11 database and will carry it forward in the reconstruction of the 2012-13 system. We estimate that 80% or more, of that data will be valid for 2012-13. We will work with Got Soccer and through additional means as necessary to carry forward the 2011-12 data into the 2012-13 databases.
 
It is not lost on anyone involved in this decision that many hours were spent on converting to and learning the Got Soccer system. All of us have spent far more time than we imagined on the issue over the past ten months. Our goal in this endeavor was to improve our process. I regret that we did not necessarily do that, and its extra time spent, none of us will get back. But it’s time to move forward. Group Net provided us with a capable system in previous years, one we were content with. In our attempt to improve with another vendor, they took the opportunity to improve as well. In general, we were, and are, familiar and comfortable with their system and now we will have an upgraded version. The time needed to re-learn or familiarize ourselves with Group Net should be minimal in comparison to last year. Training sessions will be scheduled at the Workshop on March 3rd. Additional sessions can be scheduled as necessary. In addition, Group Net has always had a positive record on service response time of 24 hours or less.
 
The work begins now. Group Net will have the system ready for travel leagues within 30-60 days. We will have time to test. We have had registrars from a few leagues volunteer to be testers. We still will be working with Got Soccer through the end of the 2011-12 playing year. There are still issues to work through. We believe we will be able to manage well enough to complete the remainder of the term with Got Soccer and serve the needs of the membership.
 
On behalf of the staff and the board of directors, thank you for your patience and cooperation. 
 
Sincerely,
 
Chris Branscome
Chief Executive Officer
Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer

• Smurf: $15
• U8: $25
• U9-U12: $35
•  U12-U15: $50

If you were not registered for the Fall 2011 Season, there is an additional $25 fee to register. Plus, a $30 fee at the Smurf and U8 level for uniform kit. U13 and Up Teams may have additional costs if placed in Premier or Division 1.

REGISTRATION FORMS/FEES FOR U9 AND UP: Any player registering after January 15, 2012 and before January 31, 2012 will be considered LATE and a $20.00 late fee and placed on a waiting list for possible team placement due to team roster availability. All uniforms must be paid for and ordered by March 1 to guarantee arrival for the start of the season. Please contact Amy at uniforms@camphillsoccer.org to order.

REGISTRATION FORMS/FEES FOR SMURF AND U8: Any player registering after January 31, 2012 and before February 26, 2012 will be considered LATE and a $20.00 late fee and will be assessed.

BIRTH CERTIFICATE: If your child has NOT played for the CHSC previously, you need to supply a COPY of their birth certificate to CHSC, PO Box 1484, Camp Hill, PA 17001.

• Returning Fall 2011 Players: REGISTER HERE
• New Spring 2012 Players (those that did not play Fall 2011): REGISTER HERE

TO REGISTER – GO HERE

If you are a RETURNING player, you MUST register using your username and password to get the “returning player” price of $35.

All NEW players will need to set up a GotSoccer account to register and a copy of your child’s birth certificate must be either mailed to the Registrar at PO Box 1484, Camp Hill, PA 17001 or dropped in the gray box at the Registrar’s home, 1908 High Street, prior to the first game. If you are interested in coaching or running the program for the club, email info@camphillsoccer.org.

• Who: 1st-4th Grade Boys and Girls (Teams are co-ed)
• When: Sunday afternoons January 8th thru February 26th
• Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Where: Hoover Elementary School
• Cost: $35.00 per child if registered in the Fall of 2011…$60 if new to the club.
  If you are new to the club you will need to send in a copy of your birth certificate.

“Working with hundreds of youth sports organizations around the United States, PCA has developed practical tools and guidelines to help youth athletes, their coaches and parents get the most out of sports,” said Alison Guerin, President, CHSC. “We recognize the tremendous opportunity for character-building sports offers for today’s youth, so we are embracing PCA’s Double-Goal Coach® model, where winning is one goal and teaching life lessons is the second, more-important goal.”

“We are delighted to partner with the Camp Hill Soccer Club,” said PCA Executive Director Jim Thompson. “Together, we’ll strive to help their youth athletes take a positive approach to pursuing victories in athletic competition and in life.”

Founded as a non-profit within the Stanford University Athletic Department in 1998, Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) has the mission of “transforming youth sports so sports can transform youth.” To that end, PCA has conducted nearly 9,000 live group workshops nationwide for more than 475,000 youth and high school sports leaders, coaches and parents. Workshop attendees have helped create a positive, character-building youth sports environment for roughly 3.5 million youth athletes.

PCA’s partnership network includes more than 1,700 youth sports organizations, cities and schools. In 2011, PCA will conduct roughly 1,300 live, group workshops across the U.S., while assisting tens of thousands of other individuals via online workshops at www.PositiveCoach.org.

PCA trains coaches to be Double-Goal Coaches®, whose first goal is winning and whose second, more-important goal is teaching life lessons through sports. PCA also cultivates Second-Goal Parents®, who focus on life lessons through sports and helps produce Triple-Impact Competitors®, student-athletes who work to improve themselves, their teammates, and their sport as a whole.

PCA has the support of elite coaches and athletes on a National Advisory Board including Los Angeles Lakers Coach Phil Jackson, Boston Celtics Coach Doc Rivers and dozens of others.

We begin our partnership with challenging each of our coaches to complete the Double-Goal Coaches course and hope to expand our relationship to other programs PCA offers. Please read this letter to learn more about the philosophy of the Double-Goal Coach and what you can do as a parent to support the program.

Just in time for the cold weather and holiday season! Show your pride with shirts, warm-ups, hats bags and pajama bottoms! Parents don’t let the kids have all the fun, the sportswear comes in your sizes too! Ordering is easy, just download the order form here and attach a check.

All orders must be received by October 15 to be delivered by the end of October. Drop off at 2428 Lincoln Street in the blue bin on the covered side porch, or mail it to:

• Alison Guerin / CHSC
  2428 Lincoln Street
  Camp Hill, PA 17011

Tonight’s field players and goal keepers clinics have been canceled due to the weather. September 30th Clinics are as scheduled. See you then. Any questions/concerns, feel free to email or call.

Dave Kern
717-480-7906 (cell)
dave@cityislanders.com

• U9 and up Field Player Clinics (working on all technical areas of the game)
  Dates: 9/16, 23, 30, 10/7, 14, 21, 11/4.
  Location: Fiala Field
  Time: 5:30-6:30pm
  We will meet at F1 and move to another field if necessary.
• U9 and up Goal Keeper Clinics (specific gk training, which many gks don’t get during normal training sessions)
  Dates: 9/16, 23, 30, 10/7, 14, 21, 11/4.
  Location: Fiala Field
  Time:6:30-7:30pm
  We will meet at F1 and move to another field if necessary.
• U9 and up Coaches Clinics
  Dates: Attacking 101 – 9/25, Defending 101 – 10/16, Coaching the GK – 11/6
  Location: Schaeffer field
  Time: 5-6pm

If you are interested in signing up for a clinic, please email Dave Kern with  your name, contact info, and clinic for which you wish to register.
Payment will be due on the day of the clinic. Checks can be made out to Dave Kern.

Dave Kern
HCI Youth Academy Director/Pro GK Coach
dave@cityislanders.com
717-441-4625 (work)
717-480-7906 (cell)

Coaching Bio:
City Islanders Youth Academy Director 2010-present City Islanders Pro GK Coach 2010-present CD East Boys/Girls Varsity Coach 2009-present Hershey Attack, CASA/CAPA, Baltimore Bays, Mechanicsburg SC Team Trainer 2005-2011 *other coaching experience available upon request

• U8 Boys Schedule
• U8 Girls Schedule