VISL Cup Finals @ RAP

Now is also a good opportunity to grab seasons tickets at http://highlandersfc.ca/
Adults are $70.00, Youth/Students $50.00, and kids under 12 are free.

Besides being supporters of United Football & the Footballer of the Week, the Highlanders are helping us out with some game day material for our Cup Finals this weekend coming up. They are also providing MVP prizing for all 4 Cups. We hope that our members can support them as well.
They are allegedly guaranteeing no snow for all of their home games!

Folks, as we get into the end of the season – a quick note regarding the year end Banquet & Awards Night.
It is Friday April 7/2017 in Club Distrikt of the Strathcona Hotel. (919 Douglas Ave)
Cocktails at 6 pm, dinner at 7:15 pm.

Teams can message me to get their tickets after they have confirmed with their Score Recorder. I will definitely have them at RAP for the Cup Finals weekend on April 1 & 2. I am usually at several different parks over the weekend, that may work out as well. (Finlayson and area next Sunday)
Your Score Recorder will be emailing you (if they have not already) asking for your numbers of attendees and if you wanted to purchase any additional tickets for $30.00 each.
They will also be asking you for MVP selections – please get that info to them so we can make the night as enjoyable as possible – and hopefully it reflects the play over the year.

As the last handful of years – we have Cliff Lequesne from the Q as our MC. We will have several invited special guests, and of course plenty of draws to keep you entertained. The rule with draws – you have to be there to claim the 55" TV or any other gift-card from one of the nights sponsors. We keep the speeches to a minimum as we understand it is difficult to maintain a quiet room, but we do ask for some order when the MC is calling out respective award winners.
This year we will have Helijet & BMT/CVS step up and supply some excellent prizing, Michael Hill Jewelers will provide a special gift for the Presidents Award recipient, and Heineken is providing some new divisional prizing as well.
The sponsors make this night better than just a buffet dinner – so please take a minute to see the people that support us via the website under sponsors.

Good luck the rest of the way, see you over the next couple weeks before the banquet – Cup Finals especially !!

Vince Greco
VISL President
www.visl.org
250-889-1213
@vincenzo25
vancouver_island_soccer_league

Folks, the snow and weather has created havoc across the Province in trying to complete our respective soccer seasons.
While we had it bad here on the Island, the Mainland definitely had it worse.

All Leagues have been involved in discussion since early January to try to stay with planned dates that were established earlier in the year. Leagues were still prepared to follow the schedule up until early March. All Leagues were doing what they could to determine Divisional Winners as well as allocating their Provincial spots to teams. Things were full steam ahead as planned as of March 1.
Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate the last couple weeks. While some Leagues were able to come up with other solutions, others were not.
Some Leagues on the Mainland had already decided to cancel their Cup Finals and others battled to get multiple games a week played. (as we did here)The end result – some Leagues are still not close enough to have decided spots by the April 3 draw date for the Provincial Cup.

BC Soccer hosted an emergency meeting last night that had the Leagues and BC Soccer Competitions Committee try to come up with an option that would better serve the members of BC Soccer.
Here are some key points:

2. All Draws for the Women’s Provincial Cups will take place on Monday April 3rd at the BC Soccer offices.
3. All Draws for the Men’s Provincial Cups will take place on Thursday April 13th at the BC Soccer offices. All teams must be declared to BC Soccer by 9:00am Thursday morning (April 13).
4. All categories of Men’s and Women’s Provincial Cups (except Women’s Classics) will begin play on the April 21 – 23 weekend.
5. May 13/14 – Provincial Cup finals for Women’s A, B, Classics & Men’s A, and U21. The semifinals for the Master’s and Men’s B will also be played this weekend at the same venue (Burnaby Lake West) UNLESS the home team is an Island team, and then this semi-final would be played on Vancouver Island.
6. The finals for the Men’s B and Masters Provincial Cup will be played on the May 27/28 weekend, date and location TBD.

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I personally thank all of our VISL members!
Whether it was a player, coach, admin, scheduler or League Executive – I know everybody did their part and more to get through what has been 1 of the worst winters I have seen.
Stay tuned for additional information coming in the next week once more teams have been established in their quest to qualify for the BC Soccer Provincial Championships.

Vince Greco
VISL President
www.visl.org
250-889-1213
@vincenzo25
vancouver_island_soccer_league

*This is a mandatory meeting for all teams south of the Malahat.

All outstanding fines need to be paid prior to the cup draw. Any teams failing to do so will be removed from their respective draw.

Below is the agenda:

1. Roll Call – Jake Nemec

2. President’s Report – Vince Greco

3. Sponsorship Presentation – Julia MacLeod-Pharand (Athletic Therapist) from Lifemark

4. Transfer Deadline & Player Signings – Geri Dickson

5. BCSA – Kjeld Brodsgaard

6. Umbro Game Balls – Vince Greco

7. New Business

8. Cup Draws

9. Adjournment