**BRAND NEW**Indoor SPRING SOCCER
in Pinedale….
This program is a result of
community partners working together and offering their unique expertise for the
good of community youth. By joining forces,
the TOWN OF PINEDALE, SUBLETTE COUNTY
and THE PINEDALE SOCCER ASSOCIATION, utilizing their combined human and
facility resources, will be providing interested youth the chance for a brand
new season of soccer play.
Currently, the Pinedale Soccer
Association offers a very successful season in late summer/early fall. These
practices and games are played on the soccer fields maintained by the Town of
Pinedale at the Dudley Key fields. Additionally, the school district has a high
school varsity girls’ and boys’ soccer team that is very popular, whose season
runs in spring. These high school teams
play on the fields provided by the school district, on the high school campus,
including in the Sonny Korfanta football stadium.
To augment these already existing
programs, The Town of Pinedale and Mayor Jones requested we try to find a way
to offer an additional season to showcase the sport of soccer and get kids
playing with more frequency throughout the year. The goal is for young kids to have the
opportunity to develop soccer specific skills over time, and therefore be ready
to play well when they reach high school and the varsity team. Regardless of a youth’s interest in playing
varsity soccer, youth will benefit from learning this fun team sport and being
physically active.
When seeking a location to host
an additional season of soccer for community youth of all ages, the location
for such a season was a dilemma. Due to spring
weather conditions, including snow on fields and use by the high school varsity
teams, it became clear that any “new” season would need to be indoors. All district gyms are in use at that time, and
the PAC gymnasium has limited availability.
When the possible use of Sublette
County facilities was discussed, a viable solution to the question of location
was within reach. County Facility
Scheduling Director, Brianne Brower, proposed use of the ice arena after the
ice was off and the hockey season ended. The County Commissioners were agreeable and
the plan moved forward.
Meanwhile, the Pinedale Soccer
Association offered this new “league” a home within the Association, thereby
providing an online registration process, credibility and program insurance for
participants. The Town of Pinedale
offered to organize the volunteer coaches and establish program guidelines. PAC is pleased to promote the efforts of all
the above partners.
With a place, a format, and a
process, the new “SPRING SOCCER in Pinedale” season dates were
established. Play will begin April 20th and run through
May 28th. Go to www.pinedalesoccer.com and look for
the link called “Spring Soccer Registration.”
And see PAC’S website to print off a flyer!
We project a very successful
pilot season of spring soccer. What’s
most important, however, is the process that took place to initiate this
recreational opportunity within our community.
Separate organizations, each with a resource needed, came together with
a common cause and made something happen.
Only by collaboration could this have been possible. By identifying the challenge and analyzing
the situation, a plan was generated.
Without any one of these partners, this spring soccer program would not
have been possible. It took all of us.
Now, for the participants….JJ Huntley
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