Chatsworth Chiefs (CC) Information Sheet - 2009
The Chatsworth Chiefs (CC) has been providing youth sports in the San Fernando Valley since 1970. The purpose of the Organization is to teach the values of character, sportsmanship, scholarship, citizenship, and good health through supervised competitive athletic games. It is our mission to provide a strong foundation for our young athletes to go forward in life with a winning attitude, to learn to be confident in their abilities and use them to help achieve their goals and dreams on the field and in life. And to know that regardless of the score, it is their effort that more appropriately defines the real meaning of winning.
The CC is affiliated with the Valley Youth Conference (VYC) and provides: Contact Football: ages 6-14, Cheerleading: ages 7-14, and Cheer Mascots: ages 3-6.
The football program is divided by age and weight into 7 divisions:
Division Age Weight Playback Age and Weight
Junior Clinic 6 100 None
Senior Clinic 7-8 100 None
Gremlin 8-9 115 10yrs- 95 Lbs.
Tiny Mite 9-10 125 11 yrs- 105 Lbs.
Mity Mite 10-11 135 12 yrs- 115 Lbs.
Pee Wee 11-12 145 13 yrs- 125 Lbs
Midget 11-14 175 None
Each eligible team is allowed a maximum of 12 playbacks.
FOOTBALL PLAYERS NEED TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN FOOTBALL CLEATS, SOCKS, ATHLETIC SUPPORTER WITH CUP AND ADDITIONAL MOUTHPIECES.
PHYSICAL EXAMS: It is mandatory for each boy to have a physical exam prior to taking part in club activities. All physical forms must be signed by a doctor and must have the doctor's stamp or name and address on the front or back of the physical form. The physical results must be recorded on the official VYC form. Football conditioning begins Saturday, August 1st, 2009, at Chatsworth High School.
No player will be allowed to practice without a signed physical form.
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: A valid official copy of a birth certificate or a passport (NOT A PHOTOCOPY) must be provided for all first time players to enable us to certify the team. The name on the birth document must match, exactly, the participant's name on the contract. We cannot accept hospital birth certificates.
PRACTICES: Practice is 2 hours per day, 6 days a week for 6 weeks starting August 1st. Sept, Oct, and Nov practices are held three times a week, 2 hours each practice evening.
GAMES: A maximum of 6 controlled inter-squad pre-season football scrimmages may be held during August/ September, to be scheduled by your coach. One of the scrimmages may be a game condition scrimmage. The teams could play 11 games, 8 will be scheduled by the VYC starting in mid September, the other 3 will be playoffs if the team qualifies and will be scheduled after the regular season ends. Some teams may play in post-season bowl games (some divisions), such as the Las Vegas tournament. Games are on Saturday. Some playoff games on Sunday.
BEHAVIOR; It is essential that players, parents, coaches and guests exhibit, during practice and at games, a model of positive behavior that sets an example for our young athletes. Your coach will give you his procedure for voicing comments regarding the team or program. What will not be tolerated is: profanity, fighting or the use of alcohol in the stands or on any school campus. Any of these behaviors will be met with swift reaction from the Club, which will be a request that the violator(s) immediately leave the school grounds as well as possible further penalty which could include a barring from the school grounds for all future games and/or practices. Additionally, the game officials may call an ‘unfair act’ penalty on an unruly fan or group and assess a penalty he considers equitable, including and up to a score for the opposing team, and could call the game a ‘forfeit’ if the behavior is so egregious as to be disrupting and is having an affect on the game. (Rule 10-9, National Federation of State High Schools)
PARTICIPATION FEES: PLAY FOR FREE -The football registration fee is $250.00 before Aug 1. After Aug 1 the fee will be $275.00. Registrants that sign up before Aug 1 and have not paid at least a $50.00 minimum amount of their fee, will pay $275.00. Each registrant will receive one book of 25- $2 dollar raffle tickets for each $50.00 payment up to the total $275.00, they will keep the money from the sale of the tickets and turn in only the stubs. All fees are due and payable before the first game. Players who have not completed their obligation will not be issued a game jersey until all fees are paid in full.
REFUNDS: There are no refunds unless a player is released or has a medical reason for leaving the team. There will be a $35 administrative fee deducted from any refund. The Chatsworth Chiefs fees are used solely to provide uniforms and equipment, team and individual pictures (extras may be ordered), participation trophy, secondary insurance coverage through the VYC, football official's fees, fees for the use of fields, first aid supplies and any other expense that both enhances and protects our young athletes time with the Chiefs.
BAD CHECKS: Any bad check (registration or clothing) will require payment via a money order or bank check and the check writer will be charged the applicable bank fees plus a $35.00 administration fee. We will not accept another check to replace the original.
THE CHATSWORTH CHIEFS ARE A TOTALLY VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION, IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE OPERATING AT THE SAME, OR GREATER LEVEL OF EXCELLANCE WE NEED TO HAVE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN ALL AREAS. THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO AREA OF OUR OPERATION FOR WHICH WE WOULD NOT GREATFULLY APPRECIATE YOUR VOLUNTERING.
ALL EQUIPMENT AND UNIFORMS MUST BE RETURNED WHEN YOU STOP PLAYING DURING THE SEASON OR AT THE END OF THE SEASON.THE EQUIPMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF THE CHATSWORTH CHIEFS AND WE WILL TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ANYONE WHO DOES NOT RETURN IT. THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
CALL 818-754-4371 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
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