U9 – U18 COACHES MEETING

SEPT 9, 2010

Burnaby Girls Soccer ClubA Place for Every Girl to Play

Agenda

IntroductionsOur ClubLevels of PlayGetting StartedPre-Game InformationLeague and Cup PlayReferees Technical ProgramQuestions

Introductions

Position Person

Micro - U6/U7 Heidi Hughes & Vivian Young

U8 AGC Teri Sabot

U9 AGC Sandi Taylor

U10 AGC Zeljko Cecic

U11 AGC Sunny Naidu

U12 AGC Margo McGarry & Zeljko Cecic

U13 AGC Tom Berry

U14 AGC Perry Pomponio

U15 AGC Rob Bains

U16 AGC Tom Berry

U17 AGC Ian Fingler

U18 AGC Doug Melton

Introductions

Position Person

North District Ian Fingler

North District Craig Hachey

Webmaster Steve Price

Registrar Sandra Berry

Secretary

Vice President Sue Tench

President Craig Roy

Our Club

BGSC was formed in the 1991/92 season as a group of parents and coaches interested in promoting girls soccer

Our club strives to offer a full program including Micro, Mini and Super 8 soccer, and at the divisional level – Metro, Gold, Silver and Bronze teams.    

 BGSC Motto 

A Place for Every Girl to Play

Our Club

The BGSC Executive team consisting of volunteer parents 

Paid positions Technical Coaches, Field Administrator, Bookkeeper and Referee Coordinator

 BGSC's long term goal is to provide a club for female soccer players in Burnaby to progress from 5 years old through to 18 years old and them continue to play at the U21 and Women levels

We have had former players return to coach at BGSC and soon hope to have their children start to play in our club

Levels of Play

Metro (U14 – U18) (soon to be U13??)Gold (U13 – U18)Silver (U13 – U18)Bronze (U13 – U18)Select (U11 & U12)House (U11 & U12)Mini (U8 – U10)Micro (U6 & U7)

Coaching – Criminal Check

Please complete criminal record checks and return them to your Age Group Coordinator.

NEED TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO YOU GETTING PLAYER CARDS.

BGSC requires all volunteers to get a Police Criminal Check every year. BC Soccer Every Year???

Print the letter and take it with you to the Police station - there should be not cost if you do this.

Coaching – Communication and Resources

Your age group coordinator will email you a document with all your players contact information

Get to know the BGSC Website – it has valuable information to help you:

http://www.burnabygirlssoccerclub.comClub Contacts on the Website – provides you

access to email Executive members including field and referee coordinators and Head Coach

Coaches Manual & Code of Conduct

Coaches manual on the website About the club Levels of play Getting Started During the Season, Rules/Resources The End is near Policies & Forms

Please be sensitive of social media. Twitter, Facebook & emails

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Player/Coach Cards

Required for U13 to U18 teams (U11&U12 need staff)

All players and up to 4 coaching staffPlease take digital photos of all your players and

coaching staffOur club makes new cards every year so the

pictures are currentRename the pictures with the person’s name Email them to our Registrar with your team name,

level and age groupCSA one member needs to be of the same gender.

Pre-Game Information

Check your email regularly as well as the club website

With the poor weather, game locations and times change often. When do we cancel a game???

For home games, call your opposing coach no later the Thursday night and ensure they have the correct game time and location

Help them with directions as neededOur opponents are our guests and we could not

have games without them – please be courteousGrass to Grass rule

Playing Policy

BGSC Playing Policy for Divisional Teams is:

Every girl gets to play half a game

Playing time can be restricted due to: Player failing to attend practices during the week

without notifying the coach in advance Player arrives late to practices and games without

notifying the coach in advance Player behaves poorly during weekly practices

League Play

Website

http://www.bccgsl.ca

Post all schedules and scoresSeason starts this Sunday Sept 12th. U9 & 10 19thBGSC website for all of your home gamesBC Soccer Central www.bcsoccercentral.com

Tournaments & Field Info

BGSC Tournament

November 11, BLW, all 5 fields

New FormatU8 – U10 5 AsideU11 – U15 7 Aside U16 – U18 6 AsideAcross the field

We need volunteers

Mark on the calendar

Club Pub night Saturday November 20th

Friefighter’s Club.

Club Photo days.

Saturday Oct 16th 9:30 – 1PM

Tuesday Oct 19th 6—8 PM

Referees

We can not have games without officials All BGSC Volunteers are expected to treat the

game officials with courtesy especially the new, young refs!

Referee abuse will not be toleratedInfractions are addressed by our club and the

North District Discipline Committee Discipline will result in suspensions from soccerCoaches are responsible for the conduct of

themselves, their players and their parents/fans

Filing a Complaint

Please do not confront the referee at the fieldWait 24 hours then email our Referee

Coordinator Sheryl Kwai – refs@burnabygirlssoccerclub.com

Referee reporting – should you run into a difficult referee, you can also report them via the North District Soccer Assn website

http://www.northdistrictgirlssoccer.ca/CoachesIf you need advice, please contact your Age

Group Coordinator , Vice President or President

Fundraising

BGSC Fundraising Policy – we do not allow any of our teams to shake cans for cash in front of liquor stores

Fund raisers that have been successful include car washes, hot dog sales, pub nights, donut sales, plant sales

Sponsorship – some teams get sponsors to help fund team events

PLEASE, if you want to purchase team equipment open a team bank account. Speak to Sheryl regarding setting up an account.

BGSC Equipment Game Day

If you the first game of the day, your team (home team) is responsible for putting up both nets and lining the field.

If you play the last BGSC game of the day please take down the equipment and lock away in storage container.

If you take equipment away from the field please contact Sue or Craig

BGSC Uniforms

We’ve purchased new uniforms for all Divisional Teams

& we will be looking at doing the Super 8’s next season

We’re running lower on numbers and sizes so please think about that before asking for an exchange.

We plan to sell our old uniforms over the next few Months. You can purchase a team set (for practices?) for $100 ($150 Whites). Or they cost $15 per uniform.

Technical Staff

Donn Sparks, BGSC U11-U18 Head CoachSandi Sparks, Mini/Micro Head CoachJacquie Gant, Mini/Academy CoachErin Cheng, Academy CoachCassie Newbrook, Keeper CoachAngela Pelliern ,Keeper/Academy Coach

Club Technical Program

Each divisional team will receive 3 free visits by a technical coach of their choice

Each U11 – U13 team will receive 3 team visits from Donn

Academy teams will receive twice the amount .Donn will be attending games then will provide inputMini’s Sandi….

Technical Academy’s

Each Team U11 – U16 was asked to join our Team academy. Fridays 6-9 BLW # 1

Indoor Player Academy U8-U16 Girls, Saturdays 2-4 at Canlan

Keeper Academy Free Sessions U8 – U11 Tuesdays & Fridays Paid Sessions U11-U18 Tuesdays & Fridays

Please promote this training, make it an expectation.

BGSC Uniform Policy

Club Uniform – no names, logos or sponsors brands can be placed on BGSC uniforms; these can be placed on team wear or bags

Teams can purchase uniforms to be used in tournaments and friendlies.

Failure to comply with this policy could result in the loss of field allotments

Success

Coastal Cup U18 Burnaby United – Coastal Cup Finalist U17 Bolts – Classic Cup Quarter Finalist U14 Bullets – Classic Cup Quarter Finalist U14 Red Devils – Classic Cup Quarter Finalist U14 Red Rockets – Classic Cup Quarter Finalist U12 Panthers - Coastal Champions

Have a great season!

Thank you very much for the time you give our club

A Place for Every Girl to Play