SYSA General Meeting Notes

October 10, 2006

 

v     Knights of Columbus Shootout will take place on Saturday October 14th from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM and will allow for boys and girls ages 10 – 14 compete.  Shootouts will be conducted near the Shed Side of Deerfield Park.

v     U08B, U08G and Tykes soccer banquet will be held on Saturday November 4th at the Smithfield High School.  Tentative times are 10 – 11:30, 12 – 1:30 and 2 – 3:30 for Tykes, U08B and U08G respectively.  This will be confirmed by Annette Paiva over the next week or so.

v     The October 1st rainouts have been rescheduled and the SYSA Website has been updated accordingly.

v     October 15th and October 22nd Maple (Coach Meehan) and Super Liga (Coach Watson) games have been moved to the Middle School because of scheduling conflicts with Rec.   Adel Cabral will confirm with coaches and the Middle School.

v     CSD VP Bob Moretti spoke briefly about CSD practices will begin the last week of October and the practice schedule will be distributed soon.  In addition, SYSA CSD is looking for an U16 coach and interested individuals should contact Bob Moretti at vp-competitive@sysa-ri.com.

v     The November 14th SYSA General Meeting will include discussions about player ratings for 2006, therefore all Rec player ratings must be turned into Adel Cabral ASAP.

v     Jacquie Kapanakis requested that concession stand responsibilities be inforced with some kind of team affect (forfeit a game) if the assigned time is not manned properly.  Board will discuss.

v     Concession stand help is needed for the Smithfield Cup Tournament weekend of October 28th and October 29th.  Interested individuals should contact Annette Paiva at vp-recreation@sysa-ri.com.

v     The Smithfield Cup Tournament is a non-seeded tournament since teams are randomly selected to compete against eachother in each division.  It should be noted that all games are 5 minutes shorter in time than the Rec season, the 50% play rule is in effect as is the slaughter rule.  In the event of a tie after regulation, two five minute overtime periods will be played and if still tied, a shoot-out will take place.  Rules regarding the tournament will be posted on the website.

v     All Smithfield Cup Tournament schedules were put together via random selections of pairings by those at the meeting.