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November 2017 Issue #60
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Five Seaway Valley Blazers Teams Win 2017 Shield Cup Tournament
and U16/17G won their District Competitive Tier 1 division. On his September, the Seaway the boys’ side, U15 and U16 won Valley Soccer Club had five their District Competitive Tier 1 separate Blazers teams win the division.” Shield Cup Tournament Finals in For those of you who may their own divisions. not know, Seaway Valley The Shield Cup is a seasonSoccer Club (SVSC) is a soccer long knock out tournament with club, which offers recreational teams from each respective age (House League program), semigroup and level that Seaways competitive (Coyotes program), teams play during the season. and competitive (Blazers U13 Girls Shield Cup Winners The tournament is open to U13 program) soccer to Cornwall and to U18 age groups. surrounding area to more than Dan Roy, part of the Seaway 1000 players. organization, says, “For 2017, “We at SVSC don’t have we had seven of our nine teams the luxury that the Ottawa and compete in the tournament and Kingston Clubs have. For most five won the finals. The other two of our older teams, we usually teams lost in the quarterfinals. have a few extra players, that These are tremendous results attend tryouts, than the amount for a small club that competes that are required to field a team against large Ottawa Clubs. In and sometimes we need to find 2016, SVSC had three Shield a few players to field a team,” Cup Champions, which at that says Roy. “Our player pool point was the most in one single is significantly lower than the season. Maybe we can surpass U14 Boys Shield Cup Winners big clubs. However, our club the five Championships next continues to provide an excellent season.” learning program with excellent According to Roy, the club has results on the field. We have reached this level of success for a dedicated and skilled coaches number of reasons. who dedicate and work hard with “The success of our club over the their respective teams.” By Molly Kett
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years comes from the leadership group and excellent coaches that we have. Their hard work and commitment to the development of players has transpired to the results on the field,” says Roy. “During the 2017 season, we had four teams finish in first place of their age group. This is a first for the club. On the girls’ side, U15 won their regional division
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For the 2017 outdoor season, SVSC had six competitive teams (3 boys and 3 girls in U10-U12 divisions) and nine competitive teams (5 boys and 4 girls in U13 to U18 divisions). In some age divisions, the club had to combine two age groups to make a team.
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