General Information

Welcome to the 2011 season! First, let us introduce ourselves as we are your new parent participation representatives. There are two of us this year. Your representatives are Sharon Hamilton and Jill Clark. Both of us have three children involved in the Comets. Sharon has two boys in football and one girl in cheerleading. Jill has three boys all involved in football. We are very excited for the season and in working with all of you during the season.

Some things we will be doing a bit differently this year is that we will be doing sign up for parent participation by having all the parents hand in the top five spots that they would like to sign up for. Sharon and Jill will then return your assignments back to you. This will help with the long lines and confusion during equipment handout night. Families are encouraged to hand in their assignment forms on one of the parent meeting’s as these will be given first priority, then emailed forms, etc. If you cannot hand in your paperwork during one of the two parent meetings, please feel free to email it to parentpart@rhjrcomets.org. At the parent meeting, Sharon and Jill will be able to answer any of your questions regarding the various assignments available for parent participation so if you are new to the Comets, you can get your questions asked and answered on what is actually asked of you in the assignments.

There is also a new parent participation agreement to be completed by each family. This will allow for you to understand what is required of a family to ensure that your family leaves the season in good standing and there are no misunderstandings. In addition, each month and at the end of the season, we will be sending you a status of assignments completed and assignments upcoming. This way you know exactly what you have left to do. Also, we request 24 hour notice if you cannot make an assignment and we need for you to find a replacement for your assignment. The replacement person must be 18 years of age. You can find a copy of the parent participation agreement on the download forms section of the web site.

Below is a description of the different assignments available. There are some assignments that must be filled so that a game can start. This is an AYFCL rule and if they are not filled, we may need to forfeit a game due to not having enough support on the field, so some of these positions are critical. Some thoughts you might want to consider when signing up for an assignment is signing up for a game or time that your child is not cheering or playing. The reason being is that unless you have an assignment that is on the field, then you will miss your child cheering or playing during the game. This may or may not be an issue but something to think about. There are a few assignments that are needed to be filled for the field for away games as well. Should we make the playoffs, we will need to ask for extra sign ups at that time.

Positions for game day:

Monitor: This is one of the required positions at every game by the AYFCL. This is required for home and away games for A, B, C. Monitors must report to one of the parent participation representatives 15 minutes prior to the start of each game. Each football player’s participation is monitored and recorded to ensure that all team members play the minimum play per half each game. You use a tracking sheet and work at the sideline with a parent from the opposing team.

Chain: Position is for home games and includes down marker, chains, and harsh marker. Using the down markers and chains, one is on the field keeping track of the down and the field position of the ball during the downs.

Clock Operator: Position is for home games and coordinates the time clock with the officials on the field. One watches the game closely, watches officials for directions, out of bounds plays, time outs, scores, etc.

Clock Spotter: Position is for home games and assists the clock handler to coordinate the time clock with the officials on the field. One watches the game closely, watches officials for directions, out of bounds plays, time outs, scores, etc.

Announcer: Position is for home games and announces the game from the audio platform.

Announcer Spotter: Position is for home games and assists the announcer.

Concession: Position is for home games and duties include the counter area filling various jobs such as hot food server, packaged food server, cashier, etc. Also, this position also has the responsibility of grill cooking and serving.

50/50: Position is for home games and people will work together to sell 50/50 tickets at each game (C, A, B). One will be expected to sell tickets throughout the first half of the game and then turn in monies and tickets to the fundraising director (Paula Taylor) for handling and drawing of a winner at halftime.

Field Maintenance: Position is for home games and duties include an inspection of the field for trash, etc and pick up as needed (plastic gloves and garbage bags are available from concession).

Field Setup: Position is for home games and one needs to arrive two hours before game time and stay until the first game shirt arrives. One must also help unload food, supplies and get ready for the day which also includes making coffee, grill start, begin cooking, fill ice tubs, etc.

Field Tear Down: Position is for home games and this activity will continue after the last game. Duties include grill clean up, field clean up (goal pole pads, yard markers, etc.), garbage collection, taking tents down, and putting everything away, and packing vehicles.

Merchandise: Position is for home games and includes setting up the display and selling R-H merchandise.