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Cope Honoured With BC Soccer Award of Merit SOCCER SHORTS A bi-monthly publication of the Kamloops Youth Soccer Association SPECIAL THANKS TO KYSA’S OFFICIAL SPONSORS KYSA SOCCER SHORTS • JULY/AUGUST 2017• PAGE 4 KYSA SOCCER SHORTS • JULY/AUGUST 2017 • PAGE 1 umbro.com PHOTO COURTESY BC SOCCER VOLUME 9/ISSUE #2•MARCH/APRIL, 2016 VOLUME 10/ISSUE #4•JULY/AUGUST, 2017 B C Soccer presented Graham Cope with their Award of Merit at their Annual General Meeting, June 10, in Burnaby. The provincial association’s Award of Merit is presented to se- lected individuals in recognition of contributions to soccer during a period of ten or more years, as a player, manager, coach, official, or administrator at the club, league or district level. Graham has served on the KYSA board for 12 years, including ten consecutive years as President of the organization. Graham is stepping down from active participation on the board at the end of his current term which expires at the November Annual General Meeting. Graham Cope with BC Soccer director Ed Kennedy! Congratulations 2017 KYSA ScholarshipRecipients! Store Co-owner Andrew Hansen with the Hansport ‘Female’ award recipient, Sophie Collins. Chopped Leaf GM Makenna Larocque and Manager Kalen Hutton with Manpreet Dhaliwal. Andrew Hansen with the Hansport ‘Male’ award recipient, Mitchell Mathieson. KYSA President Candace Dodson-Willis (left) with the Association’s ‘Female’ Recipient, Gwen Freeze. Abby Johnson received the Errol Wild Family Memorial Scholarship. Bank of Montreal Fortune Shopping Centre Branch Manager Troy Fenrich with recipient Reid Davidson. ALL PHOTOS BY ANDREW SNUCINS Forward Law LLP recipient Jennifer Pierson with David Hughes, a partner at the law firm. KYSA-Vice President Rod Gurnsey presents Geoffrey Hanks with the Association’s 2017 ‘Male’ Award. Katie Smoluk receives the McDonald’s Scholarship from Community Relations Representative, Angela Seymour.
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Cope Honoured With BC Soccer Award of Merit
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A bi-monthly publication of the Kamloops Youth Soccer Association
SPECIAL THANKS TO KYSA’S OFFICIAL SPONSORS
KYSA SOCCER SHORTS • JULY/AUGUST 2017• PAGE 4KYSA SOCCER SHORTS • JULY/AUGUST 2017 • PAGE 1
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VOLUME 9/ISSUE #2•MARCH/APRIL, 2016VOLUME 10/ISSUE #4•JULY/AUGUST, 2017
BC Soccer presented Graham Cope with their Award of Meritat their Annual General Meeting, June 10, in Burnaby. Theprovincial association’s Award of Merit is presented to se-
lected individuals in recognition of contributions to soccer duringa period of ten or more years, as a player, manager, coach, official,
or administrator at the club, league or district level. Graham hasserved on the KYSA board for 12 years, including ten consecutiveyears as President of the organization. Graham is stepping downfrom active participation on the board at the end of his currentterm which expires at the November Annual General Meeting.
Graham Cope with BC Soccer director Ed Kennedy!
Congratulations 2017 KYSA Scholarship Recipients!
Store Co-owner Andrew Hansen with the Hansport ‘Female’ award recipient, Sophie Collins.
Chopped Leaf GM Makenna Larocque and ManagerKalen Hutton with Manpreet Dhaliwal.
Andrew Hansen with the Hansport ‘Male’ award recipient, Mitchell Mathieson.
KYSA President Candace Dodson-Willis (left) with the Association’s ‘Female’ Recipient, Gwen Freeze.
Abby Johnson received the Errol Wild Family Memorial Scholarship.
Bank of Montreal Fortune Shopping Centre Branch Manager Troy Fenrich with recipient Reid Davidson.
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Forward Law LLP recipient Jennifer Pierson with David Hughes, a partner at the law firm.
KYSA-Vice President Rod Gurnsey presents GeoffreyHanks with the Association’s 2017 ‘Male’ Award.
Katie Smoluk receives the McDonald’s Scholarship fromCommunity Relations Representative, Angela Seymour.
From the desk of Executive Director, Keith Liddiard…KAMLOOPS YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORSPresident
CANDACE-DODSON WILLISVice-President
ROD GURNSEYImmediate Past President
GRAHAM COPEDirectors
TONY CUZZETTOBROCK FREATHY
COLIN GUISE•
PROFESSIONAL STAFFExecutive DirectorKEITH LIDDIARDTechnical Director
CIARAN McMAHONSenior Staff Coach:
MARK BELLOffice Manager
CAROLYN BIRCHOffice Assistant
DONNA MARSHALLSelect Coordinator
CLIVE LOVETTProgram CoordinatorSARAH JOHNSON
BookkeeperJUSTINE RINALDI
•KYSA Headquarters
McArthur Island–adjacent to Field #2Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 24081#70 - 700 Tranquille RoadKamloops, BC V2B 8R3
Phone: Fax:250-376-2750 250-376-4347
Email: Web:[email protected] www.kysa.net
•MISSION STATEMENT
KYSA is a volunteer organization that is dedicated to offering youth in
Kamloops a positive, fun soccer environment at the recreational and
competitive levels, with coaches who arededicated to the players and their
development, while at the same time promoting sportsmanship and
fellowship amongst all its members.
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Congratulations to the U15 andU17 Girls Select Teams on cap-turing Gold at the Provincial B
Cup in Surrey, July 9th. The U15 Girlswere coached by Ryan and DanielleStrank while the U17 Girls were underthe guidance of Gord Cumming. Thesechampionship-winning teams were twoof eight Kamloops squads that com-peted in this year’s Provincial Cuptournaments. The U18 Girls took Silverin the A Cup and the U14 and U15 Boysand U14 Girls took Silver in the B Cup.The U13 and U16 Boys did well to qual-ify for the provincials but alas did notplace in the medals. Overall, a greathaul for our high performance playersand coaching staff as we begin to showpositive signs with respect to our abil-
ity to take on our coastal opponents inmajor competitions!
Thompson-Rivers University is hostingthe USports Men’s National SoccerChampionships from November 9-12at Hillside Stadium. As hosts, TRU hasan automatic entry into the tourna-ment, which will feature the eight bestuniversity teams in the country overfour days of competition. The organiz-ing committee is meeting on a monthlybasis planning the event which will bethe first national university champi-
YOUR SOCCER HEADQUARTERS!#1–860 8th Street, Kamloops, BC V2B 2C1
250-376-2111 • [email protected]
onships to be held in Kamloops since2003. Ticket pricing/packages shouldbe announced shortly. There will bespecial discounts for KYSA teams/play-ers. More details will become availableas the event gets closer!
It is with muchsadness that we report the passingof former KYSAPresident LynnBurrows on July12th. Lynn servedas a director andPresident of the as-
sociation over a three year period from2005 to 2008. The mother of four boysand wife to Will for 34 years, Lynn wasa dedicated and well-liked volunteer ina number of organizations. Her familyhas asked that she be rememberedthrough a donation to the MajorieWilloughby Snowden Hospice or towww.liferaftgroup.ca, one of the othercharitable causes that she contributed toin many ways during her lifetime. Restin peace, Lynn!!!
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Felix Freathy is one of the KYSA players volunteering with the “Grow-A-Row”
project at Home Hardware on the Halston Connector. There’s still time to
sign-up for the program! Contact Karla Karcioglu, Project
Coordinator: [email protected]
KYSA U17 Girls: Back row, LtoR: Back Row (L-R): Gord Cumming (Head Coach), Jaida Lewis,Mattie Susheski, Kaitlin Ramsay, Jessica Greffard, Shannon Geisbrecht, Gurneet Padda,Kendra McDonald, Alina Saari, Emily Clark, Georgia Susheski, Mark Bell, Jay DeMerit (Vancouver Whitecaps). Front Row (L-R): Cathy Cuglietta (Manager), Taylynn Eustache,
Jensen Cumming, Kenedi Welsh-Hicks, Evie Bakker, Danica Hussey, and Mykaela Woods. Missing are Caitlyn Gilbert, Dani Breitkreutz and Payton DeFehr-Robb.
KYSA U15 Girls: Back row, LtoR: Ryan Strank (Head Coach), Olivia Corke, Fiona Brisco, Rebecca Ward, Nicole Thomas, Katie Gregson, Daisy Dalke, Carsen Moffett, Jordyn
Lodermeier, Sadie Moyer, Mark Bell, Naomi Hori, Jay DeMerit (Vancouver Whitecaps). Front row, L to R: Ashley Irvine, Natalie Knight, Carmen Newman, Kila Pigeon, Ridley Best,
Maiya Zimmerman, Satinka Manuel, Ali OnstinePhotos courtesy of BC Soccer.
