High School Boys Soccer Pre-season Meeting Minutes

April 21, 2011

1. Attendees
   Barry Anderson, Bert Church
   Brian DeGiuseppe, George McDougall
   Eric Richard, Bow Valley
   Jacquie Mirtle, RVS
   Matt Smith, Cochrane
   
   Regrets: Springbank
   
   
2. Commissioner
   Thank you to Matt Smith, from Cochrane High, for agreeing to act as commissioner this season.
   
   
3. Teams
   Teams participating this year are:
   Bert Church
   Chestermere
   Cochrane
   George McDougall
   Springbank
   Bow Valley
   
   
4. Schedule
   The schedule is a single round-robin. (Click here for schedule) Play-offs will feature the top four teams. Please note: We know a 4:30 start is tight but town/city fields require us to be off at 6:00 so their community teams can start at 6:30.
   
   
5. Home Fields
   Cochrane A & B, Mitford Pond
   Springbank, Park for All Seasons
   Bert Church, Eastlake Athletic Park/Monklands
   Chestermere, Chestermere High
   George McDougall, Monkland Park
   Action: JM to book and arrange for lining of fields
   
   
6. Results
   Action: Host school coaches are to fax score sheets to 945-4011 by 9:00 the following morning. Score sheets can be downloaded from the web. The score sheet is in Word format so you can enter your players names and print off copies as you need them throughout the season.
   Action: JM to source triplicate score sheets for this season and order our own for next season.
   
   
7. League Fees
   $250
   
   
8. Cancellation Procedure
   If a game is going to be called because of weather, we'll try and do it by 2:00 pm. If you are delayed because of weather please call the opposing coach. Here is the coaches' cell phone list:
   
   

   Matt, Cochrane	852-3039
   Carolyn, Cochrane	8361382
   Brian, George McDougall	708-9701
   Deejay, Springbank
   Tanya, Chestermere	630-7262
   Barry, Bert Church	477-2645
   Eric, Bow Valley	554-0947

   
   Note: Coaches are advised to do their best to play through the weather as we don't have much room for make-up games. Also note that, according to RVSA policy, if we run into really bad weather, we'll use the standings as they are at for Divisionals.
   
   
9. Awards
   There are first, second and third place medallions as well as a Divisional Championship banner and trophy.
   Action: The defending champion, Chestermere, is to bring trophy to the Divisional final.
   
   
10. Code of Conduct
    Action: Players and coaches are to sign Code of Conduct forms and submit to school administrator. This is to be done before your first game.
    
    
11. Officials
    Action: Coaches are to pass on referee contacts..
    Airdrie
    Cal DeMott
    Layne Greenway
    Matt Kennedy
    Gregg Moss
    Joel Kliner?
    
    Cochrane
    Jeff Boulter
    Rick Ross?
    Andrew Craig
    
    Springbank
    Andrew Craig
    
    Chestermere
    Luis Barillas
    
    Reminder: Host schools are responsible for supplying and properly training two linespeople for regular season games.
    Action: JM to inform referees of this policy.
    
    
12. Discipline Policy
    Coaches asked for a review of the RVSA discipline policy:
    
    1. Players/coaches ejected from a game due to unsportsmanlike and/or flagrant conduct or receiving one red card or two yellow cards in one game are automatically suspended for the next league or playoff game and receive a disciplinary letter from the commissioner, with copies sent to the coach, principal and sports coordinator.
    2. Players/coaches accumulating three or more penalty (yellow) cards during the season are suspended from the next league or play off game and receive a disciplinary letter from the commissioner, with copies sent to the coach, principal and sports coordinator.
    3. Players that receive two or more red cards in a season have their participation in the RVSA Soccer league reviewed by the commissioner, sports coordinator and RVSD superintendent designate
       
       
13. Supervision
    Community coaches require a teacher sponsor at all games.