Gov. Pritzker's execective order on Tuesday, November 17 moved all Illinois regions into Tier 3 mitigation measures effective Friday, November 20.

DYHA Members,

DYHA hockey practices for all teams are paused starting today, Friday, 20 Nov 2020, as the Governor of Illinois and Illinois Department of Health (IDPH) has enacted Covid-19 Phase 4, Tier 3 Mitigation measures. The DYHA Board has met and decided that we will be providing our members a prorated dues reduction for the no-practice pause period that begins Nov 20.  (Dues that were owed at the last payment date of Oct 26, and any game surcharges, are still owed and should be paid immediately.) We will provide specific details of the impact to dues for the time period Nov 20 forward ahead of our next dues payment date of Jan 8.

The Board is appreciative and thanks each of you for the efforts you have made to practice good Covid safety by wearing masks, social distancing, and ensuring players were symptom free. To date, no cases have been directly traced back to DYHA activities. We have had 5 Covid cases and 17 quarantine instances in total. Thanks again for working with us to ensure we keep our members, their families, and the commuity safe. Please remember to advise the DYHA President or Hockey Director if you have been impacted by Covid so that we can track potential exposure of our members.

Going forward, the DYHA Board will work closely with the Civic Center and Macon County Health Department on a weekly basis to evaluate when we can return to practices. We are hopeful we will be able to resume our practice season shortly. Please watch our web site and social media accounts as we will provide periodic updates on the status of our season.

Thank you for continuing to support DYHA and please contact a board member if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

DYHA Board

Illinois Tier 3 Resurgance Mitigation:

Organized group recreational activities (sports, indoor sports and activity facilities, etc.)

• Pause all indoor group sporting and recreational activities including youth and adult recreational sports, individual training may remain (with facility reservation)
• Includes park districts and travel leagues
• Outdoor sports and recreation allowed
• Participant groups and practices outdoors limited to 10 persons or less with social distancing
• Face coverings required for all activities at all times
• Locker rooms should be closed

Ilinois mitigation measures

Decatur Civic Center announcement

AHAI announcement

Note: Due to the suspension of activities due to the COVID-19 Tier 3 Mitigation measures, Picture Night has been postponed.  Expect more information in the future.

Team pictures have been scheduled for youth teams!

• Thursday, December 3: Bantam, PeeWee, Squirt, Combined House
• Wednesday, January 13: Beginner, 6U, 8U

Please check your team schedule for exact time; pictures are NOT at regular practice times for the December 3rd groups.

Players must arrive already dressed other than skates, must wear masks, and must adhere to the social distancing rules.  No hockey bags allowed inside the building.  Only 1 parent per child and no siblings allowed unless the sibling is taking a picture with the player for that assigned team.  All players will need to keep masks on until the photographer instructs them to remove for the picture. 

Here's a throwback to the 2014-2015 Squirt 10U team -- now in High School!

The newest COVID-19 dashboard and policy document (Nov 9 version) can be accessed here.  This document contains the general COVID-19 Waiver as well as the new Game Waiver required for all travel teams that have elected to participate in games/tournaments.

As always, thank you for your cooperation wearing masks, social distancing, remembering to keep all big hockey bags outside, and having your player arrive dressed to take the ice other than gloves, helmet, and skates.

If you have any questions, please reach out to info@decaturhockey.com.