Welcome to Sanborn Youth Soccer Association's Website!

We are a small (about 400 players) community organization dedicated to promoting the game, fun, and sportmanship of playing soccer.
We have both a recreational program (co-ed, ages 4-14, anyone can play) and a competitive/travel program (need to try out annually, travel NH Seacoast area towns). Our players and families come primarily from Kingston & Newton but those from surrounding towns are also welcome to join.

We love soccer and play because it's FUN!

Questions/comments may be addressed to
President, Mike Gannon, 642-3365 / megannon@comcast.net
CHECK OUT PHOTOS OF OUR PLAYERS - CLICK ON "Albums" on the left menu
SCROLL DOWN FOR NEWS UPDATES
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REGISTER ONLINE TODAY! - DEADLINE IS JULY 11

SYSA/MLS SOCCER DAY-CAMP

July 13-17, 2009 at Chase Field, Kingston

Boys & Girls ages 4-13, All skill Levels

Ages 4 & 5 (Scatterball), 9:00-10:30 (ONE SESSION ONLY-2ND SESSION IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE)  COST: $50/player

Ages 6-13: 9am - 12 noon (will be grouped by age) COST: $100/player

DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE:

1. FAMILY DISCOUNT: 50% off the fee for the 3rd sibling (& 4th, 5th, etc)*discount applied to the youngest sibling

2. HOST A COACH: Host a soccer coach from the United Kingdom in your home for the week of camp & receive a $50 stipend

*Note: Mail-in registration is CLOSED as of July 7

REGISTER ONLINE- open until July 11 : Register online using a credit card (NOTE: if you cancel an online registration, there will be a processing fee deducted from your refund )

CLICK HERE -> http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1719026

WALK-ONS: Walk-on registrations will be accepted on opening day of camp only on the condition that there is space available in the specific age group you are in. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF AVAILABILITY IN ALL AGE GROUPINGS. 

For more info about camp & registration, contact:

Cheryl Gannon, 642-3365 or email: c.gannon@comcast.net

Unfortunately, Mother Nature did not cooperate for the final game of the spring season and many of you did not attend the game.

ALL players need to return their shirts. Please contact your coach to arrange for returning the shirt 

Don't forget about signing up for soccer camp. 

Have a wonderful summer - we hope to see you in the fall! 

 FALL, 2009 RECREATIONAL SOCCER - CHASE FIELD, KINGSTON

OPENING DAY: Sunday, Sept. 13   CLOSING DAY: Sunday, Nov. 1

SCATTERBALL: Boys & girls aged 4-5 (must be 4 by Sep 13) $20/player

SOCCER: Boys & girls Grade 1-8 $25/player

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: AUGUST 1, 2009 (After Aug 1=late fee of $10/player)

If you volunteer to be the primary coach of a team, your child plays FREE

NO FUNDRAISERS: they way that we are able to maintain this policy is through the generosity of the families of our players-PLEASE SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER IN THE REFRESHMENT STAND -we ask for just 1 hour of your time during the season-BE SURE TO CHECK THIS BOX on yout registration form & we will contact you. 

HOW TO REGISTER:

1. Download & print the registration form (See "Handout" below) & mail it in with your check

For more info, call President, Michael Gannon, 642-3365 OR email megannon@comcast.net 

SYSA elections will be held in July, 2009 to elect officers for the 2009-2010 soccer year. We are curretly seeking nominees for elected and appointed positions.

SYSA IS AN ALL-VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. Anyone is welcome to seek election/appointment to a position either on the Executive Board of Directors(elected) or as a Coordinator (appointed by board). Here are details of responsibilites.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
All board members assist in the development of policies & procedures; determine how to raise & expend funds; help in formation of teams each season; handle problems with players, parents, coaches & other volunteers in the organization as they come up; help do tasks for which coordinators or volunteers have not been found; help with transition of new board members
President: Oversee operation of all aspects of the organization; make agenda & conduct board meetings (1/month); help recruit & assign responsibilities for tasks; liaison with New Hampshire Soccer Association; attend minimum of 2 meetings/year with NH Soccer Association
Vice-President: Assist president with duties and take over president duties when he/she
is not available
Secretary: Record and distribute minutes of board meetings
Treasurer: Maintain accurate records of treasury activity; deposit funds; pay bills; collect & keep records of travel-team fees; provide written financial reports to board

SYSA COORDINATORS - DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES
These are generally the responsibilities and the times of the year in which they are conducted.
Any or all positions may be filled by 2 or more people if they wish to share the tasks.
Registrar (Computer/knowledge of Excel required): retrieve registration forms from PO box and internet provider; enter data from registration forms; maintain accurate database

Equipment Coordinator
Before each season (Fall & Spring):
- Empty, clean and inventory equipment bags
- Order needed equipment
- Re-fill bags with proper equipment

Field Coordinator   
Before each season (fall & spring):
- Submit permission to school district to use fields (game & practice)
- Determine field layout
- Recruit volunteers to help with set-up
Each game during season:
- Supervise/oversee field set-up before each game
- Supervise/oversee change in field size between game sessions

Uniform coordinator
End of season:
- arrange for laundering shirts commercial laundry
- Inventory uniforms
- Order needed sizes/colors
- Arrange needed shirts for each team
- Help collect shirts at end of season

Beginning of season: make one bag/team with needed number of unifoms

Referee Coordinator
Once a year:
- Communicate with state referee coordinator to arrange for licensing course
- Obtain location for course
Each season
- Recruit referees from list (send letter) & determine dates each is available for season
- Photocopy & distribute (mail) referee guidelines to each ref
- Create a work schedule for referees
- Help set up & run referee orientation day
- Each game: set up envelope to collect referee game report cards
End of each month in season:
- Collect cards & send treasurer the number of games each ref worked

Photo Coordinator (fall only)
- Before season (begin in the summer)
- Contact vendor & arrange for dates/times for photos (2 consecutive Sundays)
- Develop a schedule for teams to have photos
- Photocopy & distribute scheduled to all coaches
- Set up a table & supervise photo session on the 2 dates during fall

Publicity Coordinator (computer & fax machine are helpful)
Before each season:
- Submit articles to local papers, 2 cable stations, 3 school newsletters about registration & other events
- Photocopy & distribute flyers to public buildings (2 town halls, libraries, post offices)

Concession Stand:
(this is best done with 2 people)
- inventory & purchase supplies as needed during the season/load supplies into shed
- monitor the schedule & call volunteers
- supervise open of the stand each Sunday (7 weeks in Fall, 6 weeks in Spring)
- supervise close of the stand each Sunday (7 weeks in Fall, 6 weeks in Spring)
- oversee the operation and attend monthly Board meetings

SYSA BUS TRIP TO FOXBORO to see the New England Revolution HAS BEEN CANCELLED. We apologize, but have found with further research, that the July 11 game is a triple-header! The best ticket price we could get was $25 each and we feel it would not be feasible for most familes to pay that price. There were no other Saturday games so we have decided to cancel the trip this summer.

We will continue to research upcoming games to see if a trip might be possible in the fall - if not, we will try again next summer.

www.revolutionsoccer.net

Decisions about cancelling games due to rain will be made by 11:00 am on Sunday. It will also be posted on the website. If you do not hear from your coach, then games are ON. If games are cancelled, you will be notified shortly after 11:00 am.

BE ADVISED:The Kingston Police have notified SYSA that they intend to begin enforcing the ordinance which prohibits on-street parking, during events held at Chase Field. Any vehicles which are not parked entirely off the street WILL BE TICKETED OR TOWED.
    We strongly suggest that you consider (convenient for Scatterball) parking at the Swasey Gym parking lot and walk through the scenic wooded path (old Sanborn High on Main St, across from Bakie School-park by basketball courts-look for path to fields. (See parking map below)
  For more information, please download this article, which appeared in the Friday, June 4 edition of The Rockingham News:

... Check out these soccer websites:

US Youth Soccer: www.usysa.com      US Soccer:  www.ussoccer.org

MLS Soccer Camp: www.mlscamps.com 

Men's Pro Team www.revolutionsoccer.net