2008 BRENTWOOD SOCCER

NEWSLETTER

Online registration starts Monday, February 25 and continues through to Friday, March 14, 2008.  Please click here to register.   Things to look for this season:

·       U10 Girls – A new U10 Girls Only team will play with other U10 Girls teams in the inner City, such as Triwood, Mount Pleasant, and others.  

·      U10/U12/U14 Referees - We are looking for kids who wish to gain referee experience and earn money while they do it.  The Brentwood U10 games will be officiated by kids referees - typically kids who are in their second year of U12 soccer; while the Brentwood U12 games will be officiated by kids who are in their second year of U14 soccer; and Brentwood U14/U16 games will be officiated by kids who are in their second year of U16.   Free Referee Clinics will be provided on April 13 @ 9:00 a.m. at West Hillhurst.   Contact Deb Hall, Referee Coordinator, if you are interested - debbiehall@shaw.ca or 226-3524.

·      Coaching Clinics – Free Coaching Clinics will be offered again this year at West Hillhurst.  Clinics will take place Saturday, April 12 at West Hillhurst Community Sportsplex; sign up at www.intercalgary.com.   Brentwood Community will also offer our own in-house Coaching Clinics.  Further details on how and when to register is available on the Brentwood website.  A Coaches Information Meeting will be held at Brentwood Sportsplex on Wednesday, April 2 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.  If you have any questions please contact Giles Dupas, Coaching Coordinator, at giles@gicor.com or 289-9219.

·       Soccer Information Night - Brentwood Sportsplex on Wednesday, March 5 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.  Meet the Soccer Coordinators and get info on the upcoming season.

·       Evaluations – Tuesday, April 8 and Thursday, April 10 for U8 and U10 Mixed players at the Brebeuf field from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. (upon arrival child will be placed on a random team for the evaluations and notified of results by designated coach at a later date).  U6 Mixed (no evaluations required), U10 Girls (more than likely no evaluations required), U12 Girls/Mixed and U14 Girls/Boys (more than likely no evaluations required) - players will be contacted by designated coach.  U16 team depends on whether there are enough kids to field a team.  May merge with other communities (e.g. Triwood) in order to make up a team.

·       Soccer Season - April 22 start for U6, U8 Mixed and U10 Girls/Mixed which runs every Tuesday and Thursday through to June 19 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.; April 21 start for U12 Girls/Mixed which runs every Monday and Wednesday through to June 18 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.; April 21 start for U14 Girls which runs every Monday and Wednesday through to June 19 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.; April 22 start for U14 Boys which runs every Tuesday and Thursday through to June 19 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. ; U16 TBD.

·       Season Finale - U6, U8 and U10 Mixed end of season tournament (Super Soccer Saturday) will be held this year on June 21. The U10 Girls Only end of season tournament will be hosted by Triwood during the 3rd weekend in June (date TBD).  The U12 Girls/Mixed end of season tournament will be hosted by Brentwood June 20 – 22.

·      Websites:  www.kidsport.ab.ca – for information and forms on financial subsidies for kid’s sports programs; www.intercalgary.com – free coaching clinics (sign up now).