High School Boys Soccer Pre-season Meeting Minutes

April 3, 2008

1. Attendees
   Barry Anderson, Bert Church
   Brian DeGuiseppe, George McDougall
   Carolyn McLeod, Cochrane
   Graham Grant, WG Murdoch
   Jacquie Mirtle, RVSD
   Karen Simpson, Chestermere
   
   Regrets: Rob Makreel, Bow Valley
   
   
2. Commissioner
   Rick Ross is no longer coaching and is therefore not available to be commissioner. Barry Anderson from Bert Church has stepped up to fill the position. Thanks so much, Barry.
   
   
3. Schedule
   The schedule was revised to reflect WG Murdoch entering the league. Coaches decided to: 1) play Tuesdays and Thursdays to shorten the schedule and accommodate the PD Day and the long weekend, and 2) start the season a bit earlier, on April 24.
   
   The play-off format will be as follows:
   Quarter Finals - 7 @ 2, 6 @ 3, 5 @ 4, 1 bye
   Semi Finals - Winner of 6 vs. 3 @ 1; Winner of 5 vs. 4 against winner of 7 vs. 2 (at higher seed)
   Divisional Finals - gold and bronze medal games will be played at Monkland Park in Airdrie
   
   Note: As there is no room in our schedule for a rain/snow out date, iIf we need to make up games we will cancel the quarter finals and the top four teams will play semi finals for a berth in the Divisional final.
   
   
4. Home Fields
   Cochrane, Cochrane High
   Action: JM to discuss field status with Steve Repic
   Springbank, Park for All Seasons
   Action: JM to book field
   Bert Church, Bert Church High (across the lake)
   Action: JM to arrange for Grounds to line field
   Bow Valley, Mitford Pond
   Action: JM to book field
   Chestermere, Chestermere High
   Action: JM to arrange for Grounds to line field
   George McDougall, Monkland Park
   Action: JM to book field
   WG Murdoch
   Action: Graham Grant to forward booking contact to JM, who will book field
   
   
5. Results
   Action: Host school coaches are to fax score sheets to 945-4111 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.
   
   
6. League Fees
   $180
   
   
7. 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:
   
   

   Jacquie, RVSD	816-6619
   Carolyn, Cochrane	836-1382
   Brian, George McDougall	708-9701
   Vladmir (?), Springbank
   Karen, Chestermere	813-4008
   Barry, Bert Church	477-2645
   Rob, Bow Valley
   Greg, WG Murdoch

   
   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.
   
   
8. Awards
   There are first, second and third place medallions as well as a Divisional Championship banner and trophy.
   Action: The defending champion, Cochrane High, is to bring trophy to the Divisional final.
   
   
9. 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.
   
   
10. Officials
    Barry is the referee coordinator for Airdrie this year (yeah!) and will book Airdrie and WG Murdoch officials. JM will book Chestermere, Springbank and Cochrane refs. We will have one official at each regular season game and, for the Divisional finals, one ref and two carded linespeople.
    
    Reminder: Host schools are responsible for supplying and properly training two linespeople for regular season games.
    
    
11. Rosters
    Please fax/email rosters to Jacquie by April 22.
    
    
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.