It was a beautiful ride…

I would like to thank all the players for the last 3-4 years… I had a most amazing time with all of you… We accomplished a lot… league runner-up this year and last, tournament wins, out of town trips, PA day camps, hospital fundraiser, BMO camp with theTFC crew, and so much more... Best wishes and a great summer to all...                         Coach Zoran

Lightning closes season with a win!

Two early goals from Andrej set the tone for an exciting game that saw the Lightning cruise to a 6-2 win against the Aurora Premier team in the closing friendly of our winter’s schedule. Well done guys and special thanks to Zoran, David and our sponsors for a fun and action-packed winter!

Sunday Feb. 21 (5:00 PM) and Sunday Mar 7 (5:00 PM)

At the Mount-Joy Centre, $5 door fee...  All players must attend.

Sunday, Jan. 17:  Friendly with Lightning ’95 OYSL… 4:00 PM at Mount-Joy!       (the training session will start at 3:00)

The team has arranged for friendly games at the AC Milan Centre in January and February. All games are held on Saturdays and start at 9:00 PM sharp. Please refer to David’s e-mails for more details! The AC Milan Sports Centre is located at 2 Balda Court in Vaughan.

Monday, December 28.....  See you there!

The Lightning performed well in their first appearance at the Alliston Holiday Klassic with only one loss in 4 games, a nicely fought 1-0 defeat to the Aurora Premier Division team. Well done guys! 

U-16 Elite Team Training runs on Sundays 4:30-5:30

Designed for rep players, ETT focuses on improving player and team skills in key areas of the game.  It includes small sided 'stop-action' games to emphasize tactical principles of play along with speed, agility and quickness training.

Parents Meeting!

Tuesday, October 20 at 8:00 PM, Mount-Joy Community Centre

Monday, September 28 (9:00 PM) - Mount-Joy (indoor)

Sunday, October 11 (5:00 PM) - Mount-Joy (indoor)

Thursday, October 15 (9:00 PM) - Bill Crothers Secondary School (outdoor)

All players must attend. $5 fee at the door.

Our banquet is on Sunday, September 27th at noon! 

See you at the Crystal Fountain!

* * * * * *  Challenge Cup Finalists!   * * * * * * 

The Lightning showed great teamwork and allowed only one goal in four games to reach the Finals of the 2009 Challenge Cup held in Richmond Hill on September 18-20th.

Well done team!

The Lightning wrapped up its summer season with an important tie against Islington. The extra point ended up being just enough to squeeze into second place and clinch the CSL runner-up spot for the second year in a row. Well done team and thanks to Zoran, David and our great sponsors for making this possible.

HEART OF YORK SUMMER CLASSIC
COMPETITIVE TOURNAMENT
August 8-9, 2009

Teams registered: Newmarket A, Newmarket B, Seaway Blazers, Caboto Fusion, Sudbury Athletics, Beira, Barrie Spirit, Uxbridge Storm, Aurora Stingers, Markham Lightning, Malvern Lightning, North York Cosmos.

Boys spend Ontario Cup weekend in Sudbury.

And live to tell about it.

Having slightly erred on the belief that the eight hours’ sleep was meant for the whole team, the Lightning had a laborious opening day conceding both games on tightly fought 2-1 scores. Despite an evident nervousness over recent bear sightings in the area, the Lightning came back with an impressive 8-0 victory on Sunday but felt short of earning a spot in the next round.

It was a great weekend with plenty to see and do and our young men also enjoyed a fun team-building dinner on Friday night, thanks to the generous support of Steel 2000 Inc, our newest sponsor. And of course, none of this would have been possible without Zoran and David’s hard work (and bus-driving skills).

Lightning raises more than $5,000 for the Markham Stouffville Hospital

CSL season starts on June 1^st. Play fair. Have fun.

Beep test…Thursday, May 21st…beep… 7:00 pm... beep....at the Mount-Joy Community Centre…beep…

Orangeville Tournament

Stormfront 2009
May 16-18, 2009

Please click on icon for tournament website and latest schedule.

Spring is here! (but don’t put that winter coat away just yet…)  

Our tournament season starts on May 2 in Niagara Falls!

Mark your calendar and plan for a fun week-end! Click on icon for hotel info.

The kids had a great time again this year in Niagara. We of course kicked it off with our traditional team dinner on Friday, Plenty of good food and laughs. A nice outing to the Skylon tower capped the night. And Snooker Dave threw in a few billiard lessons for free.

We played good soccer too with only one goal allowed in 3 games! Great warm-up for the season! Thanks to Zoran, David and all our sponsors for making this possible!  

Parents’ meeting

Wednesday, March 11 at 8:00 PM

in the Mount-Joy boardroom 

....they’re baaaaaack..........at Mount-Jooooy........

Conditioning Clinics for the class of `94

Monday, March 30th, 10:00 pm       Monday, April 6th, 8:00 pm
Saturday, April 11th, 4:00 pm

Did you say TFC?

The Markham Lightning U13 and U15 boys had a great time sharing the BMO facilities with Toronto FC players in late January. Joining them for this picture were TFC's Brian Edwards, Rohan Ricketts and Marco Velez. The team also received superb technical training from Joe Daley, a former Celtic FC development coach.

Many thanks to Zoran, Sanford, and our beautiful sponsors for making this possible!

2008-2009 Indoor Season at the Docks

(Please click on the icon for standings, schedules and other league info)

Try-outs for the summer season

Sunday Feb. 22 (12:00 noon) and Sunday Mar 1 (5:00 PM)

 At the Mount-Joy centre, $5 door fee... All players must attend.

The boys closed the indoor regular season with an impressive 5-1 win over Clairlea B.

Well done team!

Remember our Elite Training sessions

3:00-4:00 PM on Sundays!

................ Happy Holidays to All !!!  

The Lightning came back from a 2 goals deficit to earn a hard fought 3-3 draw against Olympic Flame Colossus 93A in the final game of 2008. This followed back-to-back wins against Oshawa 95A and Clairlea 94B.

A nice conclusion to an exciting year… Well done guys!

Sunday, October 26th at 3:00 PM in the Mount-Joy's boardroom

Gym practices start on Monday, November 24^th

7:00 PM at Cornell Village Public School. See you there!

Lightning coach earns kudos!

Our very own Zoran was recognized at the annual Rep banquet for his outstanding contribution to both All-Star and Rep teams in the past few seasons.  Well done coach!

Try-outs for the 1994 boys will take place on Monday September 29, 10:00 pm and Thursday October 9, 8:00 pm...      Current players must attend!

Our season closing banquet will take place on Sunday, September 28th at the Crystal Fountain. Please see David's e-mail for tickets requirements and details. See you there! 

Lightning closes the summer season with a strong finish!

The boys closed the summer season with consecutive wins against Whitby and Peterborough and clinched the CSL runner-up trophy in Division 4A. This had been a rebuilding year for the team and these results (and two tournament championships!) say Mission Accomplished! 

The Lightning had a good showing at the Heart of York Classic (also known as the H2O tournament…)  After a late start against Sudbury, the boys rebounded with wins against Newmarket and Whitby, and moved on to the second round. Markham lost to Beira-Mar in the semi-final match. 

Lightning off to a great start!

Wow, 5 games into the summer season and the boys are still undefeated!!! Not an easy task given that our division is very balanced with many games being decided by a single goal. Our defenders have been superb and the goaltending has been solid and consistent. And the offence has showed good depth with 8 different scorers.

Well done Lightning and keep up the teamwork!

CHAMPIONS AGAIN!

Lightning takes

Peterborough Cup

A few weeks after winning the Oshawa tournament, the Lightning was back into action in Peterborough on June 14^th and 15^th and crowned a weekend of hard work by winning the coveted Challenge Cup in the top division.  A fantastic team effort!

Special thanks to our sponsors who make these tournaments possible, and to Zoran and David for the countless hours spent in preparing for and organizing these outings (and to Helen for her secret winning recipe...ice cream!!!)

!!CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!! You have done yourselves proud.    I personally appreciate the dedication of the coach, management & the boys who have worked so hard to reach this new level of their talents.All the best for the rest of the season.  Regards,

Bryan Bufton, Technical Director, Boys U11-U18, Markham Soccer Club 

Saturday June 21^st, Mount-Joy, Station #3 at 4:20, please see David’s e-mail...

Lightning delivers solid game against Premier Division team!

The team fought a good battle and held top-ranked Oshawa to a one goal lead for most of the game. Well done Markham!

Glasgow Celtics team soccer camp

July 7-11,  9:00am - 3:00pm

(made possible by our great sponsors!)

WINNERS!

Another super week-end in Niagara Falls!!!

Many thanks to Zoran, David and our beautifull sponsors who made this possible! 

We added a few tournament pictures to the Album section! 

Parents’ meeting

Wednesday, March 26 at 7:00 PM

in the Mount-Joy boardroom 

Mario leads the beep test competition and just keeps going and going…

The cleaning crew at Mount-Joy just called to ask if someone could come and pick him up as they need to close for the night.

The club has organized Conditioning Clinics for our team on the following dates:

Saturday, March 22 4:00 PM,  Tuesday, April 1 8:00 PM,  Tuesday, April 8 9:00 PM

See you there!

Another great Team Party at Laser Quest !!! 

Lots of fun !!!

The players, coaches and parents had a fun night out on February 9^th.

Many thanks to all of those who helped organize this.

Goodbye diet....Hello pizza, chips and pop.                      

The round winners were Francis and Zoran although their wait-and-see tactics were questioned by a few (who prefer to remain nameless....).

Lightning finishes regular season on a winning note!

Markham played a solid game and secured a 2-0 win over North Star 95 in their last game of the winter rep season.  The Lightning then lost its playoff round to the Richmond Hill Premier team. This was a great season for Markham and the 3^rd position finish was a marked improvement over last year’s record.

Congratulations to all!

Markham starts 2008 with a WIN!!!

The boys did not lose any time to collect their first win of the new year. Teamwork paid off as the Lightning beat the UMSC95B team by a score of 3-1 on Saturday January 5^th at Richmond Green.

 Happy New Year to All

and special thanks to Zoran, David, Francis, Gareth and Bryan for their hard work and guidance (and patience..) in 2007 J

Markham closes 2007 with successive wins against Bradford and Richmond Hill ii.

The team edged up Bradford 3-0 on December 15^th and then went on to defeat the Raiders on December 22^nd again by a score of 3-0 and this despite a much reduced starting line-up. Great team effort! 

This just in…

Lightning starts its indoor season with 2 wins in a row!!!

 All-Day Camps at Mount Joy

Monday, Nov. 12,  9:00 - 3:00

                        &  

 Friday, Nov. 30 ,  9:00 - 4:00 

See Coach Zoran’s notes for details.

        Go Lightning Go !

           Winter indoor season 2007-2008 

     starts Saturday, Nov. 3 at Richmond Green

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Our season closing banquet is on Sunday, September 30th. Kids should be there by 11:00 and wear their black jersey.  Please see David's notes for details. 

The team enjoyed a great time at Laser Quest on Sunday, Sept. 23rd.  Thanks to David, Helen and the coaching staff for arranging this. And who said the kids couldn't shoot???

Congratulation to all,
Last nights win is a fantastic start to the second half of the season.
Keep working hard & playing to the best of your abilities & we will get
future successes.

Regards
Bryan
Technical Director 12/18B

" Wednesday we have nothing,

so you'll have to entertain yourselves.

Sorry. "                         

JOB WELL DONE!!! GREAT TEAMWORK!!! GREAT DINNER TOO !!!

Niagara Tournament - Saturday
Game 1 9:40am         vs Collingwood Comets - Field SC1
Game 2 1:10pm         vs Burlington Barracuda - Field SC1
Game 3 5:50pm         vs Niagara On The Lake – Field SL1