Lower Island Soccer Association
Newsletter: July 2011 
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Upcoming Coaching Courses

BC Soccer Courses
Community Coach Children (CCC)

Sepetember 17 - Hosted by Juan de Fuca Soccer Association
October 1 - Hosted by Prospect Lake Soccer Club
 
Community Coach Youth (CCY)
August 27 and 28 - Hosted by Peninsula Soccer Association in partnership with Salt Spring United Soccer Association
October 22 and 23 Hosted by Lakehill Soccer Association
November 6 and 13 Hosted by Juan de Fuca Soccer Association
  
Community Coach Senior (CCS) 
September 10 and 11 Hosted by Sooke Soccer Club
September 18 and 25 Hosted by Cowichan Valley Youth Soccer
  
BCSA Goalkeeping Diploma Course
September 24 Hosted by Sooke Soccer Club
  

 

LISA Coaches Association
Proper Soccer Warm-Ups for Injury Prevention Workshop by PISE
Free to attend, we hope you come out to meet some other coaches and get prepared for the upcoming season.

August 26, 6-8pm, Field TBD

To register for the coaches association and be updated about other upcoming free coach clinics just email Andrew.

Help Victoria win $125,000 for soccer fields

BMO Team of the Week is a new program that celebrates youth soccer by encouraging teams across Canada to demonstrate team pride, team spirit, community commitment and passion for the game.

 

The U12 Girls Cordova Bay Impact is one of 15 finalists in the running for $125,000.00 that will go towards improving a local soccer field. 

 

GH/CB Girls U12 BMO Team of the Week

Your opportunity to vote is from August 1-August 15. 

Click here to vote and find out more details.

LISA Festivals and Tournaments 

Festival Dates

U8-U10 Nutrilite Active Start Mini-Fest - Oct 22 at Sooke Soccer Club 

U11's Festival - Nov 5/6 Hosted by Prospect Lake

U12's Full Field Festival - March 17/18 Hosted by Peninsula

District Cup Weekend - March 31/Apr 1 - Hosted by Juan de Fuca

 

 

Don't forget to sign up for soccer soon.  Links to all clubs on the right hand side of the newsletter.

Provincial  A & B Cup Results

LISA's U14 Boys Metro Team wins A Cup Provincial Championship and are off to the Nationals in Newfoundland in October!

 

 LISA Metro Boys U14 Provincial Champs

B Cup
Girls U14 - Peninsula Comets - GOLD - see photo below
Girls U15 - GH/CB - BRONZE
Girls U16 - Nanaimo - GOLD
Girls U14 - GH/CB - 4th
Boys U15 - Gorge FC - SILVER
Boys U16 - Bays Aurora - 8th
Boys U17 - Lakehill - BRONZE
Boys U18 - Campbell River - 5th  
  
Congratulations to all Island teams who competed in the Provincials! 

Congratulations to the U14 Girls Gold Peninsula Comets for their inspiring first place finish at the BC Soccer Youth Provincial B-Cup Tournament hosted in Penticton.

 

The Comets finished first in their pool after going undefeated in the preliminary round against some tough competition from Terrace, Penticton and Kelowna.  The final saw the Comets edge out a talented Coquitlam Metro Ford team by a score of 2-0 to earn the gold medal and this year's honour as provincial champions. Well done girls!

 

Griffin Jones, Head Coach

 Peninsula Girls U14 B Cup Champs



Summer Soccer Camps

 

Soccer Star Camp at PISE is open to all children aged 7 to 14 regardless of their level of play and previous experience. 
August 8 - 12, 2011
Monday to Friday 8:30am - 3:00pm 
5 session =$225 Early Registration Fee ($240) 
Registration link - http://www.piseworld.com/index.php/community-programs#7 

 

 

In the fall LISA Academies will start up again.  More information at our website. 

Highlanders Thank you ad  

 

If you have any feedback or requests for future content, please email executivedirector@lowerislandsoccer.com 
Who's on Your Team

 Karen Hood-Deshon

 

LISA Executive Director
Karen Hood-Deshon
  
Favourite Team
 Dalhousie Tigers

Interesting Fact
Karen won a national soccer title in 1994 and a national ultimate frisbee title in 2004
  
  2011 Goal
To increase LISA's  communication with our clubs, teams, players and their families.
Football Fact

How was the name soccer created?

 

The name association football was created to distinguish the game from the other versions of football played at the time, such as rugby football. The word soccer is a colloquial abbreviation of association (from assoc.) and first appeared in the 1880s.  The word is sometimes credited to Charles Wreford Brown, an Oxford University student said to have been fond of shortening words such as rugger for rugby football or soccer for Associaton Football. 

 

- sourced from Wikipedia

 

Did you know?
LISA has scholarships.
  
This year's winners were:
Kathleen Leahy
 Metro (Bays)
Zachary Levinson
Gorge FC
Carly Mobbs
Juan de Fuca
Trevor White
Metro (Lakehill and JdF)  
  
Applicants must have played for an affiliated LISA team for at least three years, play currently and be proceeding from grade 12 to any university or post secondary institution. 
  
Look for the award application in March 2012 on our website. 
Volunteer today

Do you want to be a score recorder next year?

 

Do you need to get volunteers hours for school. 

Please email us

 

GH/CB
Colour change

GH/CB has notified LISA their new jerseys will be navy, with navy shorts and navy/white socks.  The alternate colours will be a white jersey, navy shorts and navy/white socks.

 

They will continue to use the traditional coloured jerseys where needed as this may be a mid-season launch of the new jerseys.

Quick Club Links
 

President's Corner 

Reminder next Club President's Meeting is August 23, 2011. 

 

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Coming Soon
Vancouver Island Wave Logo
The Vancouver Island Wave is the new franchise that combines Upper Island Soccer Association and Lower Island Soccer Association to play in the EA Sports BC Soccer Premier League supporting player development in BC.

 

5 boys and 5 girls teams ranging from U13 to U18 will begin play in September.