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Opening November 8
After
months of planning and preparation, The Soccer Center will officially open on
Wednesday, November 8. The newly-fit-up North Expo building of the Robert E.
Miller Expo Center at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds will house Far Post’s
travel team training, Far Post’s educational events and The Soccer Center's
Futsal Indoor League games. The South Expo building will continue to house the
Nordic Soccer Club’s training and educational activities as well as The Soccer
Center's 7v7 Indoor League games. Although both clubs remain independent in
identity and operation for travel team and educational programs, the Indoor
Leagues are collaborative and cooperative effort of the two clubs, designed to
provide the best indoor competitive soccer experience for Vermont soccer players
of all ages and abilities.
A ceremonial ‘first whistle’ will mark
the official opening in each building and all are invited to attend this
exciting event in the history of Far Post and Nordic Soccer Clubs.
Wednesday, November 8 ~ All
Welcome!
3:30 p.m. ~ Expo South ~ U12 Girls League
6:30 p.m. ~ Expo North ~
U14 Girls B Futsal League
The Soccer Center Open House ~ All Invited
All
are cordially invited to The Soccer Center’s
Open House on
Saturday, November 11, 2006 between 9:00 am and 9:00 pm. Players can play
either
Futsal
or
7v7
in a “pick-up soccer game mentality” on our new fields and
get acquainted with our types of leagues and playing surfaces. Ninety minutes
of playing time has been scheduled for each age group. We look forward
to having you visit us on November 11.
Indoor League
schedules will be posted on
The Soccer Center website one week prior to the first game. To
find the schedule for your team:
- Go to
www.thesoccercenter.org
- Click on the large
“Schedules, Scores and Standings” button
- Click on Futsal
(or 7v7 if your team is entered in that division)
- Click on the
‘league’ button on the left hand side of the screen for the appropriate
age-group bracket
The schedules and
standing pages will be updated after each day’s games. All are encouraged to
monitor The Soccer Center website on a regular basis for schedule information.
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Attention Budding Players!
Far
Post Soccer Club is excited to offer its exciting
Far Post Juniors
program, designed especially for players aged 4-6. The first session of
“Juniors” begins on Thursday, November 9 in the North Expo building of
The Soccer Center.
Far
Post Juniors
is a fun-packed soccer program for young children! The primary goal of Juniors
is for the participating youngsters to have fun! Our secondary goal is to
introduce the novice players to the world’s most popular team sport ~ soccer!
Far Post offers three 6-week sessions of Far Post Juniors. Each class lasts one
hour. Typically, the hour includes a variety of fun soccer-related activities
and concludes with 10-15 minutes of small sided games. Limited space is still
available for session I – don’t delay, enroll your favorite youngster today!
The program will be offered on Tuesdays or
Thursdays from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. for 6 weeks. Click
here
to learn more or contact Wendy Elles, Far Post's Education Program Director at
872-8860, ext. 201 or wendy@farpostsoccerclub.com.
Click
here for directions to The Soccer Center.
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School
of Excellence ~ Shooting & Finishing
Far
Post Soccer Club’s
Schools of Excellence offer soccer education for all players ages
6 through 14. The Schools of Excellence are designed to improve individual
skills and build that crucial technical foundation that is necessary for any
soccer player to advance through the levels. The first School of Excellence will focus on
Shooting and Finishing.
Far
Post's Schools of
Excellence are designed for players looking to enhance their
soccer experience and further their soccer education. The Schools of Excellence
group players by age and are held on Thursday evenings beginning November 9:
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U8: 5:00-6:00pm
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U10: 6:00-7:00pm
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U12: 7:00-8:00pm
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U14: 8:00-9:00pm
For
further information
contact Wendy Elles, Far Post's Education Program
Director at 872-8860, ext. 201 or
wendy@farpostsoccerclub.com.
Registrations are still being accepted for
session I. Register today!
The
Schools of Excellence and all Far Post's indoor educational programs will be
held at The Soccer Center, located
in the Robert E. Miller Expo Centre at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex
Junction.
Click here for
directions to The Soccer Center.
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Thank you from Ghana!
Many of you may
recall our summer Ghana project, in which we collected donations of used cleats
and shipped them, along with Far Post's remaining inventory of Futsal t-shirts
(since they would be replaced with new ones for The Soccer Center). The
initial request came from Bentley College through Far Post parent, Tyler Wood in
late June and in less than a week's time, we collected nearly 50 pair of soccer
shoes and shipped them with Tyler to Bentley.
We received the following correspondence and
photos this past week!
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To the
Far Post Soccer
Club ~
The smiles on these faces
are sending a great big
THANK YOU
to the Far Post Soccer Club!
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| Bentley students
got the pleasure of giving your gifts of soccer balls galore, boots
enough for several small villages of children, and enough matching
shirts to set up 12 teams for league play. |
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You
can see the line of girls and the line of boys, each holding a Far Post
shirt and awaiting their fitting for "boots." It was an amazing day at
Mmofra Trom, Notice how the girls popped those shirts on right over
their dresses! |
The group photo shows the
soccer coach who will continue the clinics and league play we got to
start up for the 20 children who reside at Mmofra Trom. They are
holding up the flag of Ghana, in celebration of Ghana's victory over the
USA in the World Cup, just one month prior.
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One
specific story was very touching. Originally Bentley students opened
only one box and began the joyful fitting. But they found nothing quite
small enough for little Josephine and Wendy. Both were fighting back
the tears as their "best fit available" boots were being tied up for
them with a "you'll grow into them" wish from heart-sick Christine who
was in charge of the fitting. We all looked on helplessly. Then we
opened another box which we thought was more shirts--and it was more
boots! ALL the children were gasping quietly with hope for Wendy and
for Josephine, and everyone held their breath while Christine searched
for small sizes. Voila! Two very tiny pairs emerged to joyful jumping
from the children. I wish we could have filmed the whole thing for you.
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Even
more important is that Mmofra Trom, with its well-stocked bin of
"boots," will now attract street children from neighboring villages who
will come to play soccer. They will get much more than soccer. They
will get one good meal each day, job skills training, and a regular
health and nutrition assessment. Eventually, we hope to add classrooms
to the schools so we can offer education to more and more children who
are parentless and fending for themselves.
Our warmest thanks!
Diane Kellogg and
Bentley students of August 06 trip to Ghana |
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Travel Team Indoor Training Schedules
The
opening of The Soccer Center signals the start of indoor training. The
additional space in the new facility allows teams to train on a weekly basis
this year! Schedules have been posted to the website and can be viewed by
clicking here.
Thanks to
all who were able to stop in for the paperwork sessions held a couple of weeks
ago. If you were not able to come by, please contact
Paulette right away
to arrange for your paperwork to be taken care of, uniforms ordered and player
photo taken for the new season.
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