Upper Canada Cyclones 2011/12 Budget Brief

UCC's annual player registration fees will increase marginally in 2011/12 but will continue to include a Cyclone equipment kit. The 2011/12 registration fees will be $3,400 for minor bantam, major bantam and minor midget. Major midget’s player registration will be $2,300. The main reasons for the increase were:

• Increase ice fees
• Increase in tournament fees
• Increase in referee fees

UCC Executive's objective was to maintain a balance between player investment, reducing expenditures where possible, minimizing the total financial impact on families and listening to survey feedback and suggestions. As a result the following actions were taken:

• UCC will continue to invest in player development
• Based on survey feedback we will not be renewing with Peak Performance
  • Schedule professional instruction to conduct player development in a central location that is more flexible to each team’s practice and game schedule. This will result in less travel for players and families and reducing travel costs
  • Maintain all player development areas (e.g. on-ice, off-ice and goal tending)
  • Professional video analyze for the organization is being looked at as a tool to develop hockey knowledge as well this season
• Invest in coaching staff using a fixed fee format. The objective was to attract high quality independent coaching staff to come to UCC versus going to our competitors
• Vendors contracts were renegotiated and reduce to essential items were possible
  • Cyclone's mandatory kit included in the registration fees will include:
    • Game jerseys
    • Socks
    • Pant shells
    • Tracksuits
    • Tryout jerseys
    • Hockey bags
    • Practice jerseys
  • In addition the itemized cost of the items has been renegotiated to a lower price
• UCC has initiated a couple pilot items to provide additional potential savings to the families, including
  • Harrow stick program - offering reduce prices for high quality composite hockey sticks to UCC players
  • Continued 15% discount to Lacroix Sports for additional hockey equipment purchases

The net with all these adjustments and maintaining a player investment balance was a slight increase in the annual player registration fees. Any questions please feel free to ask Dave Van Stralen or Bill Kalyn.

Dave Van Stralen

President Upper Canada Cyclones