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All the best for a healthy and happy new year.
LISA
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Upcoming Referee Courses
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Peninsula is Hosting a Small Sided Referee Clinic
The clinic is the basics of refereeing and is offered to individuals who are no less than 12 years of age. 
Date: January 11, 2015
Time: 9am-3pm
Clinic Fee: $25.00 (plus $4.25 processing fee)
Pre-requisite: Minimum 12 years old
Gorge is Hosting Entry Level Referee Clinic
The goal of this three day clinic is to ensure that individuals who pass are capable to be either a Referee or an Assistant Referee in 11 a-side soccer.
Date: January 9-11, 2015
Clinic Time: Friday 6pm - 10pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 2pm
Clinic Fee: $125.00 (plus $4.25 processing fee)
Pre-requisite: Minimum 14 Years old
Clinics are now available on BC Soccer Ref Centre for registration
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U8-U10 Futsal - FREE - January 3rd
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Lower Island Soccer Association has just received approval to host a Futsal event on Saturday, January 3rd, 2015. This will be for U8, U9 and U10 players. Stay tuned to the LISA website for more info. |
BC Soccer Insurance
|  The LISA Office often gets calls from parents whose children have recently suffered an injury and need help navigating the BC Soccer insurance policy.
What you need to know:
- when the district registers a player, coach or manager they are covered under BC Soccer's insurance provider All Sport Insurance
- covered for all sanctioned practices and games
- coverage includes but is not limited to dental, physiotherapy, accident reimbursement, tuition fees reimbursement and emergency transportation benefits
BC Soccer Insurance Policy can be found here along with key contact information.
NOTE: If you are travelling out of the province be sure to complete the necessary Application to Travel to be properly insured for travel. Ask your club or call the LISA Office for specifics.
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Bays Bring it Indoors Tournament
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 This year, Bays is again hosting the Bring It Indoors Tournament(s): - December 19-21, 2014 for House Teams
- December 26-28, 2014 for Youth Teams
- December 29, 2014 to January 4, 2015 for Seniors Teams
Go to Bays new website for more details.
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Provincials moved by one week
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Most U13-U18 coaches know that BC Soccer provincials are usually hosted the first weekend of July, however with the Women's World Cup falling on the same date, provincials will be one week later (July 9-12).
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| Spectator and Technical Areas - Reminder |  Please remember wherever physically possible, to adhere to the FIFA and BC Soccer rule that team benches should be on the same side AND spectators should be placed on the opposite side. As not all parks physically allow for this it is expected spectators will maintain a distance of 20 metres to the benches if they are on the same side.
Please also remember, wherever possible to create and always respect the technical area for team officials. FIFA guidelines on technical areas:
- Technical area extends one metre on either side of the designated seated area and extends forward up to a distance of one metre from the touchline
- Only one person at a time is authorised to convey tactical instructions from the technical area
- The coach and other officials must remain within its confines except in special circumstances, eg. a physiotherapist or doctor entering the field of play, with the referee's permission, to assess an injured player
- The coach and other occupants of the technical area must behave in a responsible manner
Source: www.bbc.com/football
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| Where are they now? Molly Stone | |
Molly Stone was a member of the 2006 Girls U14 Metro team that won the Provincial Championship and placed 5th in Toronto at the Nationals.
We caught up with Molly and this is her story.
 Where have you been:
Making the decision to go to school and play collegiate soccer in the US was one of the best decisions I've ever made. In my freshman year I came into a team that had just won a conference championship and had played in the NCAA National tournament so I set a goal for myself to get to that place. A year later I found myself standing on the field in Stillwater Oklahoma in the NCAA National Tournament against nationally ranked #4 Oklahoma State!
Experiences like playing live on ESPN and in front of thousands of people is truly a dream I never thought I'd achieve, but hard work and dedication got me there. My collegiate career is one of my lifetime highs. I have been fortunate enough to be blessed with awards and achievements that will remind me of this time in my life for years to come. I earned Freshman of the Year, Captain my Junior and Senior year and was recognized as a 1st Team All-Conference player and got Nationally Ranked for goals and assists.
Recently I was selected to work for the Berkshire Soccer Academy for Girls. BSA is an elite all girls summer sleep away soccer camp in East Otis Massachusetts around 2 hours outside of New York. I was honored to coach along side soccer legends Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, and Tisha Hoch. Being able to surround myself with my childhood idols is more than I could ask for. I am approaching graduation and can't imagine where I would be without soccer. It has opened so many doors and taught me so much. I will be graduating with a degree in English Education and will attend grad school for Coaching and Athletics.
Congratulations Molly! We're very proud of you!
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Who's on your team?
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Eric Erikson
LISA Board Member
Eric is a new LISA board member (Treasurer).
He is a CPA with over 25 years of experience in industry as a CPA, and is currently the CFO of a high tech company in Saanich.
He has been a soccer player, coach, and for the past 5 yrs, a referee. Two of his three boys have played and have officiated in Juan de Fuca Soccer Association.
| Weather permitting, you'll see him arrive at games on his Harley.
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| Free Practice Plan | |
This month's practice plan comes from the FUNdamentals Coaching Certification Course.
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Have a great coach?
| Nominate your coach or manager for LISA Coach or Administrator of the year or a Footballer of the Week.
Just send your nomination to Karen HD
| Don't delay, nominate today!
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Coaching Courses
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All new courses are listed on our website
| They are filling up fast for the winter session so sign up today.
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Vote for Player of the Year
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 Canada Soccer has announced the list of nominees for its 2014 Canada Soccer player awards.
Congratulations and good luck to Victoria player Adam Straith (Bays United and LISA Metro) | More info here
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Cup/Festival Dates
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U12 Full-Field Festival (Hosted by Gorge)
March 7/8
LISA Cup (Hosted at UVic) Feb 14th
B Cup Rep Games (UISA vs LISA) Feb 28/March 1
Reminder games scheduled March 7/8 weekend. No LISA games scheduled March 14/15 and 21/22.
District Cup Finals (Hosted by Sooke) March 28/29
Coastal Cup Finals (Hosted by Aldergrove) May 2/3rd
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Office Closure
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The LISA Office closed for the winter break from noon December 19th to 10am on January 5th.
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| Zero tolerance | | |
Recently passed by the LISA board, if a coach is called to discipline a second time they will be required to take an entry level referee course at their own expense, within 12 months.
Note first offenders are required to take a Respect in Sport course.
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Women's World Cup
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 THE SCHEDULEIncludes: Kick-off times, who plays in Vancouver and who Canada plays. | 180 days to go!
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