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Boundary Youth Soccer held their spring wind-up in Midway last weekend and as Jean-Paul Sartre once said, “In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.”
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More than 200 kids were out on the Boundary Central Secondary Soccer fields last Saturday— and if you counted all the grandparents, parents and coaches in attendance, the population of Midway was probably doubled. It was the wind-up of the spring schedule for the Boundary Youth Soccer Association (BYSA). The league fields teams ranging in age from 5 to 15; and Kicks 4 Kids (K4K) is set up for those who are younger than that.
“It was a great day for it,” said BYSA director Bob MacLean. “You needed a little bit of sunscreen but other than that it was perfect.” MacLean, who got involved to help his grandkids have access to soccer, said the league is structured to help kids develop their skills. “Everything is age appropriate with smaller pitches, goals and teams for the K4K group moving up with bigger fields and more rules for the older teams.” All coaches and referees are certified and parents are encouraged to cheer for both teams—you don’t cheer for one specific child all of the time.
“We want all of the kids to feel like they have contributed,” said MacLean. “It is very affordable. The kids will buy cleats but the league provides the uniforms, balls and nets. We need more volunteers—and we seem to have a hard time getting coaches from the West End.” MacLean explained that the fall league is a drop-in once a week at 6:30 p.m. in Grand Forks. “Just show up and there will be a ref there for you and parents to take care of things. So you drop in, join a team and away you go.” More information about the BYSA is available online at boundaryyouthsoccer.com.
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