NEWS

Soccer Season – 2008

To all soccer participants and parents,

Please read the entire letter and review all documents in order to meet the required dates! I am sending home all of the needed soccer materials for the summer camps and fall season. Please review these in detail as there are several changes from previous seasons.

Soccer Camps:

We will again be offering our annual Soccer Camps in Grand County. We will offer two weeklong camps. The first is the Challenger Soccer Camp – June 23-27 @ Kaibab Park in Granby. See the included flyer. You can register for the camp at www.challengersports.com. You must register online for this camp by Friday, May 9th by midnight in order to receive the free jersey! The second camp will also be the Challenger Soccer Camp – July 21-25 @ Fraser Valley Sports Complex. See the included flyer. You can register for the camp at www.challengersports.com. You must register online for this camp by Friday, June 6th by midnight in order to receive the free jersey! The camps are open to kids ages 3-14. We are in need of volunteer families that would be willing to host the camp coaches during both camps. Please contact Barry Kroneberger (970-531-2872) if can host a coach. This is an excellent opportunity for you and your children to interact with foreign coaches. From past sessions it is a great experience!

Volunteers:

I will now plead and will do so again at the end of this letter for your assistance. We are in need of many volunteers to make the soccer season both fun and successful for our children. We need coaches, assistant coaches, referees and commissioners. As with last year, we will require every team to nominate and send for training parents to referee the 5-6 and 7-8 yr olds games and to be line judges for the 9-10 and 11-13 yr old games. But beyond this, we are in need of certified referees and line judges for the center referee position at the 9-10 and 11-13 yr old games. We have the ability to train for these positions within the organization this season. Also, we are in need of several volunteers to act as age group commissioners to assist with registration, roster building, coach soliciting, and schedule development,. We would like to have one or two parents for each of the age divisions (5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-13) to take the lead in this organizations process. And finally, we need coaches and assistant coaches. You need not have any precious experience coaching soccer or even know the game of soccer. We are out to make the game fun for our children and any parent can make that happen. I guarantee you get back as much or more than you give!

Note: To further emphasize the importance of volunteers, we will not form any teams in a specific age group until we have enough coaches to cover the number of registered players!

Contacting IMYSA:

IMYSA now has a phone number for specific questions regarding soccer. This number is: 970-531-2872. This number will be used to update field information and be a place to leave messages for IMYSA staff. The staff will get to your calls in a timely manner, please be patient. For 2008, IMYSA will utilize the web site (www.imysa.org) for information distribution. The types of information that will be available on the web site will be registration forms, recreation district release of liability forms, coach names and numbers, schedules, rosters, game schedules, camp schedules, and important dates. This is your best place for information!

Registration:

The soccer season registration window is now open! Don’t wait! We have gone to a tiered cost structure and will be very firm on the dates and costs. Please see the included registration form and fully complete before submitting.

NEW for 2008: Please be sure to also sign a Rec District Waiver for the area you plan to play.

The cost and dates are as follows:

Early Season Registration - postmarked by 6/21

5-6 yrs - $35 7-8 yrs - $40 9-13 yrs - $50

Regular Registration - postmarked by 7/12

5-6 yrs - $40 7-8 yrs - $45 9-13 yrs - $55

Late Registration - postmarked by 7/26

5-6 yrs - $55 7-8 yrs - $60 9-13 yrs - $70

Registrations postmarked after 7/26 will be put on a wait list! There will be no guarantee of play until there are enough players and most importantly, a coach to form a new team.

Note: Please don’t call to ask about your son/daughter being assigned to a soccer team. Your coach will contact you when your son/daughter has been assigned to a team! This should be done by August 15th.

Dates for Season:

Dates for the 2008 soccer season are as follows:

o Start of Practice – Week of August 11th

o Game Weekends – 8/23, 9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4

o Required Coaches Clinic / Schedule-Uniform Distribution – 8/22

5:00pm – Fraser Fields

o End of Season Party at Fields on Last Day of Games – 10/4

Conduct and Participation:

I wish to remind everyone of the importance of each player’s participation and behavior. Please provide respect to all the volunteers who make soccer available in Grand County, this especially includes coaches, referees, and linesman. It is also important to respect the other players on the opposing team as well as your teammates. This respect can be shown in many ways. Participation is critical to a fun and successful soccer season. Coaches are not there to babysit, they are there to teach and direct.

Advanced Soccer:

For anyone interested in Advanced Soccer Programs, please contact me. We have the following teams playing advanced soccer in 2008: Boys U(under)18, Girls U18, Boys U14, Girls U14, Boys U12, and Girls U12.

I will now again plead for you to volunteer for your children and for IMYSA in order to have the most fun and successful season possible. If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to call or email me at: 970-531-2872 / kroneberger2@qwest.net.

Barry Kroneberger

IMYSA President

970-531-2872

www.imysa.org