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From: Juju <juju@...>
Date: Nov 19, 2009
Subject: Black Friday At Frederick Soccer
To: '?'

The St. Timothy’s Knights of Columbus will hold its 2^nd Annual Soccer Challenge on Sunday, September 27 at Heritage Farm Park.  The Soccer Challenge is open to all boys and girls aged 10-14 years old and will begin at 4 PM.  The competition involves shooting accuracy as well as free kick and throw-in accuracy and distance.  The rain date is October 4. 

 

Age group winners will have the opportunity for additional competition at the state level later in the fall.

 

GVAA Soccer Parents,

We need your help.

Field layouts/painting and net stringing for the U10, U12 and U14 fields will be conducted on Saturday, August 22 beginning at 8 AM.  We need plenty of help to get this done in a timely manner.

No experience necessary.  Bring a pair of scissors and trash bag for the old net ties.  

GVAA Soccer coaches will meet at the Manor House at 6:30 PM on Thurs, July 16 to discuss fall teams for U10 through U14 age groups. 

Parents who are intested in helping out with any area of the program (coaching, program administration, field maintenance) are invited to attend this meeting.

John Metcalfe
GVAA Soccer Commissioner

 

GVAA Soccer is now accepting Fall 2009 registrations for U6-U14 players.  Players who are on our mailing list will receive a registration this week by mail.  If you are not on the mailing list, please download a registration at:

 

http://www.eteamz.com/gvaasoccer/handouts/

 

Click on Fall2009GVAARegistration.

 

Registrations MUST be mailed back with a post mark date of July 13, 2009 for players to be guaranteed a spot on a team.  This is necessary to allow GVAA administrators time to determine how many teams at each age group will be placed into the league.  Registrations that are received late will be accepted only if teams have not exceeded the coach’s roster limit.

 

Thank you in advance for sending in your registration prior to July 13.

 

John Metcalfe

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From: Horton, Stephen S (US SSA) <stephen.horton@...>
Date: Jun 9, 2009
Subject: Soccer Referee Course
To: Steve Horton (soccer) <stephenshorton@...>

GVAA Soccer Parents,

I sent the following out to our coaches today:

Coaches,

Thank you again for the commitment that you made to GVAA Soccer during
the fall season.  I hope that the season was an enjoyable one for you
and your players.  Once again, I know you served us well as I did not
get a single report from FCYSL league officials regarding poor behavior
of GVAA coaches, players or parents.  That is awesome.

I hope your fall tournament went well, if you brought your team.  The
tourney games that we held at Heritage Farm went off without a hitch
(the exception being one team whose coach didn’t thoroughly understand
the PK procedure for ties during championship matches), and the weather
cooperated for us (thank goodness!).

I am interested in any feedback that you have regarding the program.
One of the things you should be considering for the spring is the
division/power rating you would like to put your team in and whether you
will hold Div 1 tryouts.  Related to this, the league voted to do away
with roster size limits beginning in the spring.  I am all for this.  I
don’t know why the league should mandate to us how large our roster can
be if we do not need to present rosters/player ID at games.  On the flip
side, as a coach I know how hard it is to get all kids into a game when
the roster is too large.  Where this rule change helps us is in cases
where we have one or two players more than the old limit sign up for an
11 v 11 team.  So, in cases where we don’t have enough players to add
another team, the coach can elect to carry the player rather than tell
the family we are full (repeat this is a coach’s decision for
registrations stamped after the registration deadline).  Moving forward,
coaches should consider how large they want their roster to be when
balancing the acceptance of late registrations with getting players into
the game.  It will be a good idea for coaches to email team parents with
a gentle reminder to return the registrations once the spring
registrations are sent out to parents.  (We will tell you when spring
registrations have gone out.)  Getting the registrations back from
families in a timely manner is key for GVAA Soccer to be able to
accurately predict how many teams to place into the league divisions.
This has a major impact on roster sizes.

I will be placing an order for equipment in the beginning of December,
so if there are special needs that you know about-please tell me.  I
plan on ordering new practice balls (size 3s, 4s and 5s), pinneys, first
aid kits, ect.

I have served as GVAA Soccer Commissioner for quite awhile now, and it
is time for me to let someone else do it.  I would like to be able to
groom someone during the coming season and turn it over to that person
next fall (I’m not going anywhere-I’ll still be around as a consultant
if desired…).  Please consider taking this or suggesting a capable team
parent(s).  I can be reached at metcalfej@....

Thank you again for your involvement in the program.
John Metcalfe

Please take us off  the GVAA email list. Thank you

-----Original Message-----
From: "John W. Metcalfe" <metcalfej@...>
To: gvaasoccer@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 7/1/08 5:38 PM
Subject: [gvaasoccer] GVAA Soccer

All,

GVAA Soccer coaches will be meeting soon to discuss the fall season.  I am
forwarding this message to the GVAA Soccer list in the hopes that there is a
parent who may not be qualified to coach, but who is interested in getting
involved with the administration of the program.  Read on, and contact me at
metcalfej@... if you are interested in volunteering for anything.

Thank you, John

Coaches,
As we prepare for our meeting, I would like you to be thinking about some
administrative issues pertaining to our soccer organization.

1.  George Wirick will be finishing a long volunteer career in GVAA Soccer at
the beginning of 2009.  Currently, he is working with Cameron Miller to hand off
his registrar duties at the end of the Fall 2008 season.  I know that I speak
for all of us when I say a big THANK YOU to George for all of his hard work on
this program.  George will be missed.  I also want to thank Cameron for
answering George's call for someone to step up and take on the registrar duties.
2.  I am also looking for someone to take the Commissioner responsibilities in
the near future.  This fall I will have no kids playing GVAA soccer (Jess just
graduated, Kayla will be starting at the high school and TJ is going to play for
FSC).  I will continue as Commissioner through the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009
seasons.  The role of the Commissioner includes the following:
- Liaison between GVAA coaches and the league (FCYSL).
- Attendance at FCYSL meetings.  These are held 7 times per year.
- Liaison between GVAA coaches and GVAA Board.
- Generally coordinate the program.

I will be happy to work with anyone through the fall and spring seasons to show
them how I have handled this role.  Please let me know if you are interested. 
This position does not need to be filled by someone who is also coaching. 
Please help me get the word out to parents that you think may be well suited for
this role.

3. Age group coordinators.  We need to begin to identify the age group
coordinators for each of the ge

All,

GVAA Soccer coaches will be meeting soon to discuss the fall season.  I am
forwarding this message to the GVAA Soccer list in the hopes that there is a
parent who may not be qualified to coach, but who is interested in getting
involved with the administration of the program.  Read on, and contact me at
metcalfej@... if you are interested in volunteering for anything.

Thank you, John

Coaches,
As we prepare for our meeting, I would like you to be thinking about some
administrative issues pertaining to our soccer organization.

1.  George Wirick will be finishing a long volunteer career in GVAA Soccer at
the beginning of 2009.  Currently, he is working with Cameron Miller to hand off
his registrar duties at the end of the Fall 2008 season.  I know that I speak
for all of us when I say a big THANK YOU to George for all of his hard work on
this program.  George will be missed.  I also want to thank Cameron for
answering George's call for someone to step up and take on the registrar duties.
2.  I am also looking for someone to take the Commissioner responsibilities in
the near future.  This fall I will have no kids playing GVAA soccer (Jess just
graduated, Kayla will be starting at the high school and TJ is going to play for
FSC).  I will continue as Commissioner through the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009
seasons.  The role of the Commissioner includes the following:
- Liaison between GVAA coaches and the league (FCYSL).
- Attendance at FCYSL meetings.  These are held 7 times per year.
- Liaison between GVAA coaches and GVAA Board.
- Generally coordinate the program.

I will be happy to work with anyone through the fall and spring seasons to show
them how I have handled this role.  Please let me know if you are interested. 
This position does not need to be filled by someone who is also coaching. 
Please help me get the word out to parents that you think may be well suited for
this role.

3. Age group coordinators.  We need to begin to identify the age group
coordinators for each of the gender/age groups.  The AGC is the person who is
involved in initially breaking out team rosters.  This often is the Division 1
coach, if there is a D1 team in the given age group.  The AGC is also the person
that the registrar sends late registrations to for disbursement to the
teams/coaches.
4. Fall Coaches:  If you haven't already emailed me with your interest in
coaching, please do so.  Include the age group and gender and whether you are
interested in holding Div 1 tryouts (note: D1 tryouts are for U12 and U14
teams).

Thank you,
John

This is a reminder of the benefit concert being held at Walkersville High School
on May 20 at 7 PM in support of Karen Metcalfe and breast cancer research.  The
attached flier has additional information.

GVAA Soccer Coaches and Families,

Those of you who have been in the GVAA Soccer Program over the past several
years know how much time Karen has put in as a coach, mentor to new coaches and
coordinator of field maintenance.

The attached announcement describes an upcoming breast cancer research fund
raiser that Jessica is organizing to be held at the high school on May 20.

Coaches, I would greatly appreciate it if you would forward this announcement to
your soccer families.

Thank you,
John