July 4th, 2008

Coaches and Managers.  Register for League Play, NOW!  Please log on here to apply for District 1 league play.  Then provide a check for $200 made out to SkVYSA to Eric Magnuson.  You can send it to: 708 Lilac Drive, Mount Vernon WA 98273.

Please do this prior to the SkVYSA deadline of July 11 to guarantee your league application will be accepted.

Sincerely,

Eric Magnuson
SkVSYA Registrar

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July 4th, 2008

Each August, the Washington Elementary School PTA hosts a Back to School Fair to help the students get ready to come back to school. One of the things available that night is used clothing for families that can’t afford new.  We start collecting all summer to have enough by the end of August. We accept used clothing of all sizes, shoes and sports equipment.   Barb Weymouth can pickup items at Whitmarsh on any practice night if you let her know ahead of time or you call her to make arrangements.  360-424-1670 to make arrangements.

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June 26th, 2008

Club fees:  Teams owe their June NWUnited payment.  Only four teams have made both the May and June payments.  Six teams have not made any payments.  If you are a manager or treasurer of one of the latter, contact Duane about making payments.  Duane suggested that teams start collecting money now from players and not wait until September.  If someone isn’t making effort to pay talk to Duane about what can be done.

Team accounts:  The Board approved Executive Committee review of all team checking accounts.  All  teams should have 2 signors on the checking account.  If there is only one signor, statements should be mailed to someone else’s house.  Natalie is making a protocol list for treasurers.

Training:

• Coaches need to send in their July and August schedule to PSSA NOW since they are working on scheduling trainers.
• U11 tech training will end this Wednesday, June 25th.  It will begin again at the end of July and go through August.  PSSA will look at opening it up to more age groups.  They are thinking about having u11 and u12 train together, u13 and u14 train together with boys and girls on different nights.  There will be more information to come.
• There is curriculum training for all boys and girls u11/u12 coaches June 28th with u11 from 10:30 – 12:00 and u12 from 12:00 – 1:30.
• PSSA is also looking at hosting a clinic for rec u9 – u10 players after their season ends.  They will tread lightly as to not cause bad feelings between the other clubs and NW United.  They will also look at getting word of it out through schools, the YMCA, and mailers.

Tournaments.

• All teams should register for the Labor Day kick by our July meeting.
• During the larger tournaments we need to have a tent on both ends of SRP for communication.  It was hard to get help and communicate with the main registration area when injuries happened on the south fields.
• Burlington is hosting a 3 v 3 tournament on August 2.  Duane needs 2 teams that would like to field marshal as a fundraising opportunity.  If you would like your team to be considered, please contact Duane.  12 people will be needed with each team raising around $1200.

League Play.

• All District league applications need to be filled out by July 11.  The league application fee is $200.  Once you register teams will need to email Eric with what level they want to play at.  Duane is the referee assignor and Chuck is the field assignor.
• At our July meeting, teams need to be prepared to sign up for field times (either 9, 11, 1, or 3pm for their league play at Skagit River Park.  All teams who made LPT’s need to pay their $500.
• All league rosters will be set by the State on October 30.  November 15 rosters will be frozen for premier teams playing in state cup and wont be unfrozen until 2 weeks prior to state cup games.  To play state cup you have to have 11 players from your league play.

Canopies. Chuck looked for a company to silkscreen them and came up empty.  Board approved a motion to have teams buys tents and/or banners if they want them.
Medical releases. All teams need to carry their medical releases with them at practice, games, and tournament.
Scholarships. The scholarship committee is getting together on Wednesday, June 25th, to award the last batch of scholarships.
Use of Whitmarsh. Many teams use 2 goals during practice while other teams don’t have any to use.  Monico is going to come up with a schedule and map for the fields so that every team has equal opportunity to use the goals.  He will coordinate this with PSSA and Christian.

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May 29th, 2008

See the meeting notes from the May 26 Board meeting.

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May 26th, 2008

Click here for schedule for May-July

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May 24th, 2008

Chris designed our banner. Check out his terrific soccer pictures.

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May 21st, 2008

There is roster space on several teams.  Contact “NWUnited Communications”. Or call Bob Raymond: 360-466-4152.

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May 2nd, 2008

Northwest United’s Training Academy is open to players from U09 to U15. This involves regular practices and training during several months of the year. And includes high level training by Puget Sound Soccer Academy.  If there are sufficient players at an age/gender group, a team will be formed.  If not, it will lead to rapid development of skills and preparation for a future in soccer–including tryouts in 2009.

If you are interested, email NW United’s Parent Liaison, Bob Raymond, or call 360-466-4152.

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April 7th, 2008

Managers and coaches: Check the menu item “For Coaches” regularly for admin info. If you don’t see the information you need, leave a comment or email NW United Communications. We’ll get back to you.

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November 21st, 2007

Please check out the classified “ads” for lost and found items. If something listed has been found let me know and I’ll take it off.

• In the meantime, we have another lost item: Storm Youth Large Warm-up Pants. Please call 588-1346 if you can help. Thanks.
• Lost backpack with uniforms and sweats. It has a number 4 on it. Left at Mount Vernon High School or the indoor facility on Thursday November 29. Please call 391-0211 or 757-6379.

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