SCSA Update-Letter From Technical Director
Greetings Soccer Families,
As the Indoor 2020-2021 draws to a close, despite all the challenges that Covid presented, the SCSA board cannot help but to feel grateful for the many positives encountered this season:
- Thank you to the families who enrolled their children in our indoor season. As we all know, living through a pandemic is something no one has experience with. Thank you for being flexible and adjusting to new protocols as we moved through the season.
- To all the parents who volunteered to help with covid screenings/checks and sanitization. Your help allowed us to feel comfortable providing a safe environment for our players and their families.
- To the 48 House League and United Coaches who volunteered their time and talents to provide a safe, welcoming atmosphere, and to teach the sport of soccer to our youth.
- To the 11 youth and adult referees who started the indoor season with us. Who would have thought hand whistles were a thing?
- To Mr. John Leyshon. If you don’t know John, he has been our Ref mentor for many years. He has dedicated hours of time to the club, supporting the refs as they grow. To Jackie Kielo, our meticulous ref coordinator. Thank you for your time in helping organize our refs, and your consistent communication with board members to ensure that house league games were never interrupted.
- To our fellow board members for their extra time this season ensuring that we were able to provide an opportunity to train, practice, and play.
2020-2021 Indoor Recap:
- We began the season with increased screening processes via the RAMP team app. We are looking to continue use of RAMP for seasons ahead as it allows for easy screening and attendance notifications as well as quick schedule checking.
- As provincial guidelines changed, our processes were required to adapt to these changes and we learned a lot this season on how to best manage protocols with the ultimate goal of player and volunteer safety.
- Though this pandemic indoor season, we had three covid-19 positive cases connected with soccer, and were grateful that no transmission occurred through play.
- After our pause at the end of November, and further provincial guidelines, our 8 player training groups were created and implemented in January.
- When all was said and done, our initial cost of $7 per soccer session increased to $9.37 due to missed sessions, keeping soccer one of, if not the most affordable sporting option in Swift Current.
2021 Outdoor House and United Season Information
- Covid restrictions and protocols will be adhered to; be prepared for changes throughout the outdoor season
- All players must register in House League in order to allow opportunity for game play, if permitted
- Soccer participation will be capped at 60 players for U5-U11 and 40 players for U13-17
- Each age group will have a designated pitch to allow for changes if needed
- Based on the current and forecasted COVID information each field will have two time slots to accommodate a training group of 10 on each field.
- Players will be placed in training groups by SCSA Technical Director in consultation with SCSA Coaches.
- When we have cleared the Canada Soccer return to play plan and can create a Swift Current Soccer House Mini League for age groups your times of play may change, the day will not.
- Training groups and playing groups will likely be different.
- Registration will open on our website on March 1st and will close on March 19th
- Late registrations will not be accepted
- Soccer will run April 26-June 25th, 2021.
- United specific practices will begin once SCSA has cleared the training phase of the Canada Soccer restart plan.
2022 Saskatchewan Winter Games Preparation
- New to the 2022 Saskatchewan Winter Games is the introduction of Futsal. SCSA will look to create a 2007/2008 training group of 10 for each gender for those that are interested in trying out for the Futsal team this fall. More details to follow.
NEW beginning the 2021 Outdoor Season - Volunteer Fee
- SCSA finds itself in need of more volunteers to run programming in order to run successful and full programming
- Upon registering there will be a Volunteer Fee option
- Options: pay a $50 non-refundable volunteer fee OR volunteer for one of the many opportunities with the club
- Volunteer opportunities options include: field and equipment, set up/clean up, board member, coach, assistant coach, manager, Covid screener, sanitization parent.
- Register early to secure the volunteer position that suits you best, as some will be capped
- All volunteer options will be listed on the RAMP website and can be selected during registration
- One volunteer commitment per family
Need more information?
- All Board Members are willing to answer your questions! Please contact any of us.
Technical Director/United League - Chad Striker swiftcurrentunitedsoccer@gmail.com
House League Coordinators - Michelle Newton scsaleaguecoordinator@gmail.com ,
Lindsay Munro scsaleaguecoordinator@gmail.com
President - Deb Steinley - scsapresident1@gmail.com
Vice President - Keleah Ostrander - keleaho@greatplainscollege.ca
Clothing - Lisa Allen scsaclothing@gmail.com
Sponsorship - Justine Cherpin scsasponsorhsip@gmail.com
Secretary - Nicole Wiebe - coryw@sasktel.net
- The Soccer Office is open on Tuesdays 11:00-1:30 and Thursdays 4:30-7:00
- Contact to Natalie in the soccer office can be to swiftcurrentsoccer@gmail.com or 306-774-6774
