Children need to be at practice and games on time and picked up on time afterward. Your children are part of a team and the team counts on everyone being there on time. If your schedule prohibits you from having the children there on time, please make prior arrangements with someone else so your child is not late. Please remember to also be there to pick them up promptly after practice. No child likes to be the last one waiting with their coach to be picked up.
Bad behavior will not be tolerated. This means during practice as well as game day. We expect that your child is participating because he/she wants to. No child will be permitted to be disruptive during the practice or game. This also applies to all of us as spectators. These are children who should be out there learning fundamentals and teamwork. While we all want to see our kids win, it is not the Super Bowl and they are not professionals so keep this in mind while you are attending games and practice.
Practices:
Football practices will be held at the American Legion Field on Williamson Road.
Because of the construction at GASD complex NO 2011 GAMFA Practices will be held at the school grounds.
It is very important that all participants be at every practice ON TIME and ready to practice. Late arriving players disrupt the events of the practice and causes them to be embarrassed. Please make arrangements to have your child at the practice on time. If something is scheduled that causes your child to miss, please contact their coach. The players playing time in the next game may be affected if they miss practices. Missing practices becomes a safety concern for all players.
It is your responsibility to have arrangements for your child to be picked up immediately after practice. Coaches are not always able to stay afterwards to insure your child is picked up.
If an issue or concern arises between you and any of the coaches that could cause emotions to get high, DO NOT CONFRONT them during or after practice or games. Doing so may cause you to violate the Parent Decorum and risk sanctions against you as outline in the Parent Decorum that was issued and signed for at registration. Please notify a grievance committee board ASAP and they will assist you with handling the problem. A copy of the Parent Decorum is available by clicking on the Parent Decorum folder at the top of this page
Grievance / Complaints:
If you have a complaint or grievance against a coach or policy that you want addressed or need assistance with, you are to contact one of the Grievance committee Board Members ASAP with in 24 hours of the development of the issue!
Once you have made contact with a grievance committee Board Member, they will need up to 48 hours to respond back to you with a follow up to your complaint.
Please be patient during the process to solve the issue. Some issues may take some investigating to resolve.
CURRENT Grievance Committee Members:
Tim Starliper = 372-8912
Michael Johnson = 377-0886
Trace Bender = 597-3319
New Football Player Draft:
Completed for 2011 Season.
All new football players will participate in a draft unless they have a sibling who has already been designated as an Eagle or a Falcon; in which those players will be designated to the same team (Eagles or Falcon) as their sibling.
Parent Meeting:
Completed for 2011 Season.
It is extremely important that a parent from each family attends this meeting as it provides details about the program and is an opportunity to meet and hear from coaches. It is also your opportunity to ask questions. Board Members will be available before and after the meeting for your convenience.
Physicals:
Participants that have not turned in their physical form prior to equipment handout day MUST have it to turn it in or an scheduled appointment card from a Dr's office on the day they come to receive their equipment. NO equipment will be issued unless the form or proof of a pre-scheduled appointment is shown!
If you are in need of a physical two local walk-in care services offer same day physicals.
Med Express - located on Lincoln Way East in Chambersburg
Antrim Family and Walk-In Care - located at John L Grove Medical Center in Greencastle
Participants will not be allowed to participate in any games until the form has been received.
Equipment Handouts:
Completed for 2011 Season.
The equipment shed has been moved to East side of field against the fence. We will use the shed for equipment hand outs this year. Extra equipment will be at the Jack Quigley Clubhouse at the Legion Field for practices and games.
NOTE: 1) Physical forms MUST be turned in or proof of pre-scheduled Dr's appointment shown before equipment will be distributed.
2) A parent/guardian must accompany your child for equipment to be distributed.
3) A parent/guardian must sign the equipment release form and must sign up for Game Day before any equipment will be distributed.
4) All fund raiser money your are responsible for must be turned in prior to your equipment being distributed..
Equipment & Uniforms:
Your child will be fitted for their equipment. The pads, helmet and mouth guard are to be used once practice starts as the coach describes. The Uniform Pants & Jersey are NOT to be worn for practices! The uniforms are to be cleaned for each game if needed and cleaned prior to turn in.
You will need to purchase practice pants. You can get them at any of the sporting goods stores. They generally sale out quickly so watch the store ads for them to be available. You can get pants that fit the pads that we issue or you can buy practice pants with padding already in them. It is recommended that you get your football participant a protective cup also. Practice jerseys do not need to be fancy or expensive. You can have them wear an old shirt that will fit over the shoulder pads but that is not to long that it interferes with their movements or could cause them to trip or be easily grabbed for. Shoes should be football type with spikes NO METAL SPIKES!!
It is also recommended that you get a second mouth guard. If they loss their mouth guard and do not have one, they can not practice or play. We try to have extras available for emergency during games, but we can not guarantee we will have one if your child needs one. Also it is better to have them already formed to their own mouth for comfort reasons.
Repairs to the protective pads and helmets will be preformed by the coaches or staff. Inform the coach of any equipment problems as soon as you are aware of them. They will have repair equipment available to repair most of the issues. All others will be exchanged at the shed.
Any questions about your equipment can be answered by your coach.
Equipment will be returned immediately following the final game for the season. Please bring a change of cloth for your child to change into after the game.
Team/Squad Picture Day:
Team/Squad picture day will be schedule before official games start. We ask that all participants arrive NO LATER 15 min prior to the start time you are given. Please have your child ready in there game day uniform. Individual pictures will be taken also that day, you will receive a picture order packet prior to picture day which you are to have filled out with payment enclosed if you wish to order any items offered.
This year you will be required to PRE PAY for the year books. More information will be given to you by the coaches prior to due date. If you do not Pre Pay for the year books you order, you will not get one. We are not ordering extras to sale this year. We also have many year books left over from previous years that have been ordered and were never picked up and paid for by the individuals that ordered them.
Game Day Help:
Every family will be required to complete at least three (3) volunteer activities this season. Game Day Help will be scheduled on equipment handout days. Equipment/Uniform will not be distributed until require volunteer activities are scheduled. Please know your schedule and come prepared on Equipment Handout Day to schedule your Game Day Help.
The $30.00 game day help deposit will be refunded as you complete your Game Day Help schedule. Each scheduled day worked you will receive $10.00 of the deposit back immediately after completion of your shift up to the total of $30.00 per family. Any shift scheduled and not work will forfeit your $10.00 refund for that scheduled shift.
You will be required to be on time for your shift. You will also need to sign-in at the designated location prior to the start of your shift.
If you are unable to work the time you signed up for, you may trade with someone. However, both parties must contact Jay Palmer @ 597-8666 or jkp87@aol.com before the switch will be approved. BOTH parties will be required to email acceptance of the trade to Jay Palmer before FRIDAY the week of the home game the switch is going to involve or the switch may not be approved and you may end up forfeiting your refund for a no show. If the switch is approved and the person that agreed to switch work duties times does not show it will not effect your refund. Once the switch is approved the schedule will be changed and you will now only be responsible for the time you switch too.
Fundraising:
All families are required to sell three (3) lottery calendars per child. The calendars are $10:00 each. Money must be collected by Equipment Handout Day or the participant will NOT receive their equipment/uniform.
Sponsors Donation:
For a $200.00 or more Donation , we will post your business card on our Sponsors Web page and Printed it in that Seasons Yearbook. The posting on the Web page will be for the season and will be removed from the Web Site the end of May.
To place a personal ad, for $10.00 you will get a one line ad up to 45 characters, for $20.00 you will get a two line ad up to 90 characters. For $30.00 you will get a two line ad up to 90 characters and one picture. For multiple child families add $10.00 for each addition picture on same ad. These ads will posted on the Web site and Printed in the yearbook. Web posting will be archived with this years page.
If you have a service or product that you can offer GAMFA as a donation or discounted price, please see any GAMFA Board Member.
Web Site:
The site will be updated regularly. Please check often for any announcements that are posted.
The Teams KYFL Game schedules will be posted once they are finalized.
The current weeks game times and location will be posted on the home page. If the game is postponed it will be posted on the home page as soon as possible.
Weekly game results and the TALON will be posted on the Game Schedule Page.
Please submit Game Photos for posting. It will be nice to show off our children enjoying the sport and to high light their memorable moments for friends and family who missed the game or forgot their camera. You may submit a brief narrative with the photos. Not all photos will be posted.
Forms and email link are available on the Forms page. All emailed comments and forms will be distributed to the appropriate GAMFA Board Member for action and response. Responses will be made as soon as possible. Please allow us a day or two for the response. If immediate response is needed please contact a Board Member directly. Board Members contacts are listed on the Board Page.
