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Press
Release - 23/03/2010 in
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2010/11
Sioux Lookout Flyers Jr A Hockey Club
Annual General Meeting
The
Sioux Flyers Annual General Meeting will be held on May
31, 2010
at
7:00
pm
at the Lower Room in the Lamplighter Motel. Attendance and voting
will be from Annual Membership and Foundation Membership (final
year). In
order to vote, you will need to be registered and have paid in full
prior to the AGM.
Sioux
Lookout Flyers Jr. A Hockey Club is a Non-Profit, Non-Shareholder
Organization that will be managed by an Executive Committee and
Governed by a Board of Directors elected by and from the Club
Membership at the annual general meeting on the basis of one vote
per member. There
is only one paid individual hired by and working for the Club, Randy
Lulashnyk, Coach/General Manager.
If
you would like to become part of the history in First Nations
communities and Sioux Lookout in making it possible to live a dream
for players, coaches and fans to have pride and passion for Junior A
hockey program, this is your time to become a member.
We
are conducting a Membership Drive to include adults of voting age at
a cost of $50.00 per Membership.
Please
contact Les Wills, Business Manager at 737-3271, cell 737-0798
and/or
marketing@siouxlookoutflyers.com
for
Membership Application Forms.
The
Sioux Lookout Flyers Jr. A Hockey Club Board of Directors has
authorized this announcement.
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INFORMATION FOR
MEMBERSHIP AND SPONSORSHIP DRIVE
April 16, 2010 - download
PDF version here
Where We Have Been:
After our first season in
2008-09 we had more Coaches (3) than wins (2), a sixth place finish,
and a debt load of $30,000 We also had a whole lot of support to
move forward to 2009-10. Looking ahead to our second season we
planned to win more games than two and bring in more revenues than
expenses.
Where We Are Now:
Following our second season we can report 1 Coach, 20 wins, and
a third place finish. We must also report a loss during the 2009-10
season, due largely to the failure of two major sponsors to meet
their commitments.
Where We Are Going:
We have completed our post season review and made our plans to
move forward and upward in the 2010-11 season. We are targeting to
move up one place in the standings, decrease our expenses and
increase revenues.
How We Are Going to Get There:
Our on ice performance will improve by staying stable with our
Coach, the experience and growth of twelve returning players, and
bringing in ten new exciting players. Our financial situation will
turn around based on our realistic assessment of the past year and
changes for next year that include: purchase of a team bus to reduce
travel costs, formation of a booster club committed to new
fundraising activities, increased game attendance, and reduction of
expenses in several areas. Please see the attached page for a
summary of these financial plans. The team bus is being financed by
five generous sponsor/investors. The booster club will be
introducing fundraising activities in the Spring and over the
summer. And, as we all know, a winning team will draw more fans.
What's Coming That You Can Help With:
Improvement will result from planning, commitment, preparation,
and execution. We are improving our performance and need your help
with the following activities:
· Booster Club formation and fundraising activities
· Sponsorship and Membership drive
· Flyers Annual General Meeting
· Participation in Bearskin Airlines Annual Golf Classic
· Participation in Flyers Golf Tournaments
We look forward to working with you to make next year our
best yet. Thank you for your continued support of Flyers Jr. A
Hockey in Sioux Lookout — with an average attendance over 300 per
home game, we are the biggest show in town.
Thank
you for your support.
On
behalf of the:
Sioux
Lookout Flyers Junior A Hockey Club
Doug
Lawrance, President
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Sioux
Lookout Flyers Jr A Hockey Club - PRESS
RELEASE
One
Year Update (pdf
format)
December 10, 2009
To All Our Current and
Potential: Fans, Supporters, Sponsors, Members, Billets, Volunteers,
Players, Staff
In early December 2008, about one year ago, the current volunteer
management group of the Flyers got involved with the Club and began
the process of developing our current program.
This ‘One Year Update’ provides information on the state
of our Club and our plans for the remainder 2009 and into 2010.
Some of the key off-ice
milestones in our first year include:
·
December 2008 -
Developed Organizational Structure, established Mission Statement
and Goals, prepared Membership and Sponsorship Program, developed
overall budget for revenues and expenses.
·
Winter 2008/09 – Our
volunteers and sponsors continued significant improvements to our
player locker room and lounge area.
·
January 2009 – We
retained an experienced Junior A Coach and General Manager, Randy
Lulashnyk.
·
January to March 2009
– We conducted a successful membership and sponsorship drive.
·
March 2009 -
Incorporated non-shareholder, not for profit corporation of the
Sioux Lookout Jr. A Flyers Hockey Club.
·
March 2009 - Completed
our first season in the SIJHL.
·
March 2009 - Held first
season end banquet for players and volunteers.
·
April to July –
Developed our Policies and Procedures Manual.
·
May 2009 – We ensured
all financial obligations made by the Flyers during the first season
were paid.
·
May 2009 – We
participated in the SIJHL League AGM in Thunder Bay.
·
June 2009 – We held
our first Annual General Meeting, elected Board Members, accepted
year end financial statement, adopted budget for 2009-10.
·
June 2009 – The Board
appointed the 2009-10 Management Committee.
·
Summer 2009 – Flyers
held three fundraising golf tournaments.
·
August/September 2009
– Sponsorship drive for 2009-10 season.
·
September to November
2009 – Continued to operate and improve our very professional web
page, and in this 3-month time frame we recorded 21,000 hits and
78,000 page views.
·
September to December
2009 – Successfully operating the Flyers Jr A Hockey Club while
expanding our fan and support base.
With your support and hard
work we have improved both on ice and off ice from last season to
the current season:
·
We have doubled our
average game day attendance from 170 per game in 2008/09 to
approximately 340 per game in 2009/10.
·
Our home games have
become the biggest draw in Sioux Lookout.
Nowhere else at any Sioux Lookout events to more community
people gather in one place at one time.
And we do this weekly throughout our six month season.
·
In our first season we
won only 2 out of 50 regular season games.
In 2009/10 we have won 10 regular season games at the half
way mark.
·
Through memberships,
sponsorships, ticket sales, fund raising events, promotions, apparel
sales, and other activities we have raised approximately $130,000 at
the half way point of our year, which equates to about half of our
required budget.
·
Our volunteer base has
increased to over 100 individuals (excluding staff directly helping
the hockey team/players, it takes over 20 volunteers for game days).
·
Our players are
involved in the community as volunteers, employees, students.
We need to raise approximately
$250,000 per year to operate the Sioux Lookout Flyers.
About 25% of our revenue comes from season and game ticket
revenue. Another 25%
comes from special fundraising events and sales.
Over 50% of the Flyers revenue comes from sponsorships –
business, organizations, and personal.
We take care and pride in spending as much of our revenue as
possible in Sioux Lookout. Approximate
expenditures include:
·
$30,000 to the
Municipality of Sioux Lookout for ice and facility rental
·
$55,000 to Billet
families in Sioux Lookout for player room and board
·
$36,000 staff salary
·
$30,000 equipment,
equipment maintenance, and apparel
·
$4,000 for game
officials
·
$5,000+ for fundraising
events including local facility rentals and restaurant banquet style
meal purchases.
·
Other miscellaneous
expenses
We
also bring new money into town when visiting teams stay over and out
of town fans come in to games and visit players.
While we are able to recirculate more than half of our budget
in the Sioux Lookout economy we do have ‘out of town’ expenses
which include the following approximate costs:
·
$55,000 for travel
(bus, hotel, meals)
·
$20,000 for League and
Hockey Northwest Ontario fees and dues
·
$15,000 for player
recruitment expenses
The
Club is preparing for the remainder of this season and next summer.
We are reviewing and planning for the following activities:
·
Continued Game Day
themes and promotions, which along with our on ice performance, is
geared to optimize game day attendance.
·
Ticket promotions.
·
Sponsorship drive.
·
Formation of a Booster
Club and associated Booster Club membership drive.
·
Pond hockey involvement
and associated activities.
·
Curling fun-spiel
fundraiser.
·
Play-off activities and
promotions.
·
Year end banquet.
·
Membership drive for
the 2010-11 hockey season.
·
Summer golf tournament
fundraisers.
·
Other community
event/fundraisers being considered include: dragon boat race, ice
fishing derby, sports dinner.
We
need to continue to improve in all areas and look forward to
on-going and renewed support from our current sponsors and
supporters. One area
where we feel we need to make significant improvement is sponsor
recognition. If you are
one of our sponsors please let us know how we can provide more and
improved recognition for your valued contribution and support – we
will and must do better in this area to keep our valued base of
sponsorship. We welcome your ideas and constructive criticism.
For
those of you already on board with the Flyers, thank you very much
for your continuing support. For
those considering coming on board, or increasing your current level
of involvement, please do so. If
you would like to contact us please do so.
Visit our informative web site at www.siouxlookoutflyers.com
where contact information is
available. Or
visit and talk with us at the rink on game days.
Thank
you for your support.
On
behalf of the:
Sioux
Lookout Flyers Junior A Hockey Club
Doug
Lawrance, President
PRESS
RELEASE
October 2009
Mayor
Kathy Poling of the Municipality of Sioux Lookout and Mayor Anne
Krassilowsky of the City of Dryden have challenged each other and
their respective communities to fill the rink for two upcoming SIJHL
Hockey Games in the month of November. The Dryden Ice Dogs will play
at home against the Sioux Lookout Flyers on Tuesday, November 10.
Likewise, the Sioux Lookout Flyers will play the Ice Dogs in Sioux
Lookout on Saturday, November 14. The community with the highest
attendance for their home game will win the challenge.
It
has been agreed that the Mayor who loses the challenge will travel
to a home game in the opponent’s town/city where she will wear the
opposing team’s jersey and drop the puck at the beginning of the
game in honour of the community winning the challenge.
States
Mayor Poling "This is a great way to promote junior hockey in
our two communities. Hopefully this challenge will create an even
greater level of excitement for the sport within the region. I know
that Mayor Anne is a fierce competitor and I say game on. Bring
it!!!!"
Mayor Anne Krassilowsky's response: "Okay Folk's you have heard
the challenge! Mayor Kathy is a very worthy opponent and I
say...Right back at you Mayor Kathy, Bring it on!! We are hockey
communities and Hockey involves the whole family..so let's get
together and support our youth, the game and our communities!"
Game time in Dryden is 7:30 pm and puck drop in Sioux Lookout is
also 7:30 p.m.
Both
Mayors wish the best of luck to each other and their respective
communities!
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