• The Team Staff Form (Word format; PDF format) needs to be filled in and returned to the Director of Coaching ASAP at the beginning of the Season.  This information will be used to create a Team Staff Contact List.
  
   

• If your team wishes to participate in Provincials, the Provincial Intentions Form will need to be completed and submitted to the RRA Director of Registration before the appointed deadlines.  LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
  
   

• The Manager’s Certification Course manual can be obtained from Ringette Saskatchewan –
  780-9432.  The Regina Ringette Association will cover the cost of this.  Certification must be obtained by January 31^st – so complete the course as quickly as possible as it takes some time for it to be evaluated.  Once you have completed the course, please e-mail a copy of your receipt and proof of completion of the course to treasurer@reginaringette.sk.ca.
   

Team Manager Responsibilities - There are several links within the document below that may be helpful.

The team Manager needs to work with the other team staff, team treasurer, and parents to ensure that everyone is kept informed and organized.

The Manager does NOT need to do all of the work themselves – ask for volunteers to take care of various tasks and delegate.  This also helps to get more people involved with the team.

Pre-Season

• Collect contact information from players including player name, phone #, address(es), parent name(s), e-mail & birth date.  It is also a good idea to collect any pertinent health information, such as allergies and other medical conditions – this can be helpful to the coaches, but should be handled discretely.  This information should be stored in the team first aid kit.

• Discuss season plans with team staff to determine possible tournaments, team apparel, etc.  Based on these ideas, create an estimated team budget including practice ice, tournament entry fees, year-end & other miscellaneous costs (such as pictures, apparel, bus costs).

• Book practice ice, as necessary.

• Some players may need name swatches (two, one for each jersey) for the back of their jerseys.  You may wish to take care of this for anyone on the team that needs them and just bill it to their account.

• Some players may need/want league socks.  These can be purchased from the RRA Equipment room and billed to the player's individual account.

• Meet with team parents to finalize a plan for the Season – which tournaments to attend, whether to take a bus, team apparel & other decisions requiring their input.

• Recruit a Treasurer & Co-signor (these are ideally someone other than the coach/manager or their spouses).  Request an initial payment from each player for the Treasurer to open the team account.

• Create team phone lists & schedules to hand out to each of the players.  Remember to assign each family (usually excluding the coaches) to time/scorekeep & operate the shot clock (if required) for each league game.  It is also a good idea to create wallet sized team lists including player’s jersey #.

  • It may be useful to give a copy of the Timekeeper-Scorekeeper Duties & Shot Clock Operation (in Divisions where used) pages to each of your team's parents.

  • Ringette Calendar & Wallet-sized Card template

• Once the tournament(s) have been decided on:

  • Submit the tournament application form ASAP along with a cheque from the Treasurer.  Some tournaments fill up quickly.

  • Book a bus if the team has decided to take one.

  • Book hotel rooms.  Don’t forget to book one for the bus driver if you are taking a bus.  Make sure to check with the team to determine how many rooms are needed.

  • Some tournaments require each team to provide scorekeepers, shot clock operators, and/or people to work the penalty box.  Be prepared to assign these tasks or get volunteers.

  • Prepare an itinerary for the tournament weekend.

Regular Season

• Fill out the Game Sheet roster.  This is most easily done using stickers (2x4” mailing labels).  You will need 3 stickers per game – one for each sheet.  Remember to cross out any players that are absent and add any players that have been picked-up as Temporary Promotions – indicate these players with “TP”.  The Home team is responsible for providing the game sheet, these can be obtained from the office at each of the Regina rinks.

• After each game, the winning team (or Home team in the case of a tie) is responsible for reporting the game score using the Game Scores Form.  This is usually done by the coach or manager.

• Fundraising – this is a good opportunity to get others involved with the team.  Recruit volunteers to organize/coordinate various fundraising activities that the team decides to do.

• Team Bingo – you will be contacted by one of the Bingo Hall Coordinators to assign your team a bingo date and how many workers are needed.  Survey your team’s parents to recruit the required number of workers.  Each worker will receive a bingo voucher to turn in to the team treasurer.

• Book team photos – don’t wait too long to do this otherwise they won’t be back before the end of the season.

Post-Season

• Organize a year end wind-up.

• Collect all jerseys for the coach to return.  These must be washed and any name swatches must be removed.