They have had a remarkable season capped off with a ProvincialA Cup title July 8th at McArthur Island.

The U-14 Girls Kamloops Blaze won their division of the KYSASlurpee Cup in May, then won the Surrey Mayor’s Cup, finished arespectable fourth playing up a year in the Premier Division of theBaker Blast, and a Provincial Championship to boot!

One of three KYSA Rep teams to reach the final in the A Cuptournament, they were the only one of nine Kamloops teams whoqualified to capture gold, defeating Central City Breakers Elite, 2-0,in a thrilling final.

Congratulations to coaches Chris Hansen and David Lloyd, teammanager Marie Sirianni, and all the players!

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SPECIAL THANKS TO KYSA’S OFFICIAL SPONSORS

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Kamloops Blaze U-14 Girls Win Provincial A Cup Title

As the sign reads – the 2012 Provincial A Cup Champion U-14 Girls Kamloops Blaze! They are (back row, standing), left to right: Marie Sirianni (Manager), Lexi Cook, Amy Wiebe, Amanda Schanzenbach, Hannah McDonald, Hannah Marra, Chris Hansen (Head Coach), Dave Lloyd (Assistant Coach).

Middle row standing: Avery Marshall, Sasha Sirianni, Keenen Degen, Kelly Lloyd, Marie Ettinger. Kneeling: Brooke Bazian, Elisa Godard, Jette Pedersen, Brenna Worsfold, Delany Collins, Haley Guizzo, Emerson Hansen.

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KAMLOOPS YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATIONBOARD OF DIRECTORS

President:GRAHAM COPEVice-President:COLIN GUISE

Directors:SHARON CADIEUX

JACQUELINE CARROLLLAURA LEADBETTER-FUOCO

MARK MacKENZIEJOHN MOON

•PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Executive Director:KEITH LIDDIARDTechnical Director:TOM McMANUSOffice Manager:

CAROLYN BIRCHOffice Assistant:

DONNA MARSHALLRep Assistant:

CLIVE LOVETTProgram Coordinator:

SARAH JOHNSONBookeeper:

BARB YAKUBOWICH•

KYSA Headquarters1550 Island Parkway Drive,McArthur Island, Kamloops

Mailing Address:P.O. Box 24081

#70 – 700 Tranquille RoadKamloops, BC V2B 8R3Summer Office Hours:

9:00am–2:00pm,Tuesday–FridayTelephone:

250-376-2750Fax: Email:

250-376-4347 kysa@telus.netWeb Site:

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MISSION STATEMENTKYSA 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 are

dedicated to the players and their development, while at the same time

promoting sportsmanship and fellowship amongst all its members.

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From the desk of Executive Director, Keith Liddiardmaking our hosting of the event such a reward-ing and enjoyable experience. The Provincial ACup was a great trial run for KYSA in advanceof our hosting the Canadian Under-16 ClubChampionships in October next year.

The KYSA is scheduled to play host to a num-ber of games in the BC Soccer Premier Leagueon Saturday, September 22nd. TOFC plays hostto teams from Surrey United and AbbotsfordMagnuson Ford. All games will take place atMcArthur Island. Schedules will be posted onthe KYSA web site when finalized.

Former Vancouver Whitecaps and CanadianNational Team Head Coach Tony Waiters cameto Kamloops August 13-15 at the invitation ofthe KYSA. Tony is one of the most successfulprofessional coaches in Canadian soccer his-tory, having taken the Whitecaps to its one andonly major league title––the NASL Soccer BowlChampionship in 1979––and the CanadianMen’s team to the World Cup in Mexico in1986, Canada’s only appearance in the finals.Tony worked with a couple of dozen players inthe KYSA’s soccer school dedicated to goal-keepers and with 20 players in the association’shigh performance camp. He also conductedtwo coaching sessions for our parent-volunteercoaches while he was in town.

The KYSA is “re-branding” its winter playerdevelopment initiatives for 2012-13. The pro-grams will no longer fall under the “DistrictDevelopment Centre” or the “Kamloops Devel-

Former Vancouver Whitecaps & Canadian National Men’s Team Coach Tony Waiters worked with 20-plus goalkeepers and two dozen high performance players during a three-day visit Aug. 13-15.

We only man-aged one firstplace finish in

the Provincial A Cup finals, but our teamsgave a good account ofthemselves in just aboutall of the thirty-sixgames they played dur-ing the tournament.

Considering our teams only play competitivelyfor two and a half months in the Spring andSummer, while the coastal and island teams goalmost year round, we did very well. We alsohad two Silver medal placings and with a luck-ier bounce of the ball may have had a few moremedal winners out of the nine teams KYSAqualified for the tournament. Aside from thematch results, the A Cup was a huge success,thanks in no small part, to a timely improve-ment in the weather, which allowed us to playall 80 games on the lush grass at McArthur Island. Special thanks go to Neil Farber, Secretary of the Kamloops Soccer Referees Association, and all the local game officialswho took part, for the role they played in thesuccess of the event. This high level competi-tion gave our up and coming referees a greatopportunity to help develop their talent andskills as well as the players. Thanks, also, toour hard working staff––Carolyn, Clive andSarah, our corps of field marshals––Briana andKaitlyn Guise, Emily and Rachel Cantin andCandise White, a group of truly dedicated volunteers led by President Graham Cope, for

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Daylin Epp (Sa-Hali Secondary), Hansport(Male) – Scott Bjorkland (Valleyview Second-ary), Hansport (Female) – Maggie McLeod(Valleyview Secondary), KYSA (Male) – ErikOlson (Valleyview Secondary), KYSA (Fe-male) – Kierstin Landrie (South KamloopsSecondary). Each award is in the amount of$500.00. This is the most awards the KYSAand its sponsors have offered in a single year.Award recipients are selected using a numberof criteria which extends beyond their play-ing ability. Such benchmarks include an ap-plicant's scholastic achievements, involve -ment in community activities, volunteerwork, assisting with school projects and theircontributions back to the game as coaches,game officials or helping run KYSA eventsand programs. Award recipients must pro-vide proof of registration in an approvedpost-secondary institution before they receivepayment of the scholarship. (See photo spreadon back page!) .

opment Centre” umbrellas. Henceforth, theywill all be known as the “Kamloops SoccerAcademy.” There are also changes afoot tothe delivery of the winter programs in thatthe indoor sessions will be open to players inthe U7 up to U12 divisions, boys and girls.There is also a special group for goalkeepersonly. Details can be found at www.kysa.net.Parents can register their children on-line forany of the sessions. This year, all KSA ses-sions will be 14 weeks long.

The names of the eight students chosen to re-ceive 2012 scholarship awards from the Kam-loops Youth Soccer Association were recentlyannounced. The winners and the scholarshipsponsors are: Errol Wild Memorial Scholar-ship – Danielle Devente (Westsyde Second-ary), McDonald's Scholarship – DanielChadwick (Kamloops Christian School),Rona Scholarship – Erin Marchio (NorthKamloops Secondary), Wendy's Scholarship –

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Emily Bailey of the Kamloops Blaze U18 Girls challenges a Richmond Red Hot Selects player for the ball in the Provincial A Cup Final, July 8th at McArthur Island. Richmond won the match, narrowly, 2-1.

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U17/18 Kyle Bowman TBAU16 TBA Art McDonaldU15 Tim Hutton Chris Hansen/David LloydU14 Ken Monroe Beth Shouldice/Tom McManusU13 Byron Gayfer Mark MacKenzie/Gary Lawrence

U12-3 Grant Robertson Matthew Marra/Beth ConnorU12-2 Jay Hanson John RamsayU12-1 Domenic Comita Sandy BlacquiereAge Boys Girls

KYSA REP TEAM HEAD COACHES ~ 2012/13

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2012 KYSA Scholarship Award Winners

Danielle Devente is the recipient of the Errol Wild MemorialScholarship. Daylin is pictured with KYSA E.D. Keith Liddiard.

Daniel Chadwick and Brielle Bays, Customer Relations Representative for McDonald’s Restaurants in Kamloops.

Daylin Epp receives his award from Lisa Carpenter,General Manager of the Wendy’s North Shore Restaurant.

The winner of the Hansport-Female award for 2012 is Maggie McLeod, seen here with Andrew Hansen.

Keith Liddiard presents the KYSA’s (Female) Award to Kierstin Landrie. Each Award is valued at $500.

Erin Marchio between RONA Mt. Paul Assistant Manager Andrew Piper (left) and Aberdeen GM Nick Esser (right).

Scott Bjorkland with Chris Hansen, co-ower of Hansport, the KYSA’s Coach & Player Development Program sponsor.

The recipient of the KYSA’s (Male) Scholarship for 2012 is Erik Olson. Seen here with Keith Liddiard .

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