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A Message from the ASA President, Dan Village:
August 3, 2008
I am quickly learning that the soccer season in Abbotsford never really
ends. It is a continuous cycle of leagues, seasons, meetings, matches,
more meetings, registrations, discussions, more meetings, and, well…you
get the picture. Already things have started to get ramped up for the
fall/winter season with meetings under way, the kit for September spread
about the Association’s office and storage areas, and people starting to
get excited about the year ahead. Coaches will be contacting players
very soon to begin training for the season’s kickoff in September.
Premier Development League and Y League Wrap Up
Our club’s Premier Development League team has wrapped up another season
and our eight Super Y League teams completed their schedules today. It
was kind of a mixed bag for both the PDL squad and the Y League teams.
The PDL men showed great promise and played well but, in the end, missed
out on post season play. For those of you that haven’t been out Bateman
Park to watch these men play, it’s worth the trip as you’ll see some
exciting soccer and the setting is second to none!
Our Y League teams have had a truly successful season as three of the
eight teams will be heading off to Florida in November to take part in
the North American Championships. The U14, U15, and U16 Boys teams all
finished their season in the top two of their respective groups and will
head off for the Finals starting on November 21 in Tampa. Well done to
all eight teams for another great summer season of soccer.
Issue of the Week:
What about the website? Why aren’t there more game reports on there?
Why isn’t it updated more often?
We really do encourage anyone to submit suitable stories, game updates,
photos, and items of interest to our website. Down in the lower left
hand corner of the home page is a link for people to send items to our
webmaster for publishing on the site. There have been complaints that
only certain teams are featured on the site but that’s because they fire
in a line or two about their result.
We’d love to see more photos, game summaries, and updates from
everywhere in the club. I see lots of cameras out at the parks: Send in
those photos! It makes for a lively and interesting website when we hear
from more people. The other sections of the site need continuous
updating and that takes time. Another goal of mine is to ensure these
sections are kept current and useful to you, the users. If you have an
idea or something you’d like to see on the site, use the link below to
let me know or connect with the webmaster from his link on the home
page.
I’m getting more and more things to write about for this weekly update.
Thanks to those taking the time to send in their ideas. Please email me
at
president@abbotsfordsoccer.com with your input and I’ll work to find
the answer by next Monday’s update.
Thanks to all for your continued support of our club.
Dan
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