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The 2024 tournament was a great success. We want to thank all the teams that participated.
Congratulations to Max Bouton on being named the Roy Austin Award winner!
Mike Bottini
Mite Coordinator
Jacklyn Levisay
Tournament Coordinator
~ Fee Schedule ~
Mite Red Division: $650
Mite White Division: $550 Closed
Mite Blue Division: $450 Closed
$25 Discount if more than one team registers from an association
Roy Austin Mite Festival
The 2025 Roy Austin Mite Festival is upon us. This years tournament will be 2/07/25 – 2/09/25. We will have a Red division, White division and a blue division and are currently accepting teams registrations. Please use the tournament tab at the top of the page and find the Roy Austin Mite tab. There you will be able to register your team. There is a $25 discount for multiple teams from an association.
Hope to see you there!
Tournament Dates:
02/07/25 – 2/09/25
Crystal Graves Treasurer
This festival is named in honor of Roy Austin III, nicknamed, “ Peanut” to all who knew him. Roy was a hard working individual with a huge heart, devoted friends, and a loving family. He worked part-time for the City of Rome, assigned to the Parks Department and his job included upkeep of Kennedy Arena. He was well known for keeping our bleachers, locker rooms, and warm up room spotless and loved cheering on the players and coaches of the Rome Youth Hockey Association, particularly those playing at the Mite level. Roy’s time with us was short, as he unexpectedly passed away at the young age of 36 years old.
His heart stopped beating, but his memory and spirit is kept alive through the Roy H. Austin III Memorial Fund, which was established in 1997 by the Austin Family and Committee. The Rome Youth Hockey Association is grateful and honored that the Austin family continues to play a valuable role in the youth of the community. The Austin family was instrumental in the “Think Rink Renovation Project”, donating $20,000 exclusively for the naming rights of the beautiful warming room that Roy so genuinely cared for and maintained.
We hope you will come and participate in this spectacular event. There are three divisions: Upper Mite Red, Middle White and finally the Blue division. The Mite Red division fee is $650, the White division the fee is $550 and the Blue division being $450. If your Association sends teams from multiple divisions, $25 will be deducted from each team’s entry fee. The festival is a family oriented event. All participants will receive a “goodie bag”.
