The Bylaws of the Soccer Club of Newington call for annual elections at the coaches meeting/dinner at the end of the fall season.   This meeting typically occurs on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.  Elections for the coming year's board are held at this time.  All board members, division coordinators, coaches, assistant coaches, and managers are eligible to vote in the elections - the exception being that only Recreational coaches and managers may cast votes for the Recreational Directors positions and only Travel coaches and managers may cast votes for the Travel Directors positions.  Everyone present may cast votes for the remaining board positions.

Anyone interested, in submitting their name for consideration on the ballot, should notify the club president in advance of the annual meeting.  

Email the Club President at president@newingtonsoccer.org.

Candidates may also be "written in" on the ballot.  Ballots are counted and the results announced at the dinner.   An introductory board meeting follows the dinner.  

All SCN Travel Team Head Coaching assignments are for one seasonal year only. All Head Travel Coaches are appointed each year at the May SCN Board Meeting. Anyone interested in serving as an SCN Travel Head Coach must complete and deliver a coaching application to the appropriate SCN Travel Director before the date of the April Board Meeting.

Boys Travel Director: Artur Kapuscinski  arturi@snet.net

Girls Travel Director: Corey Donlin  coreyd82001@yahoo.com

The Soccer Club of Newington has instituted a zero tolerance policy as it relates to Parents' and Coaches' behavior, before during and after a game, toward our referees.   Please see the entire policy in the attached handout below.

Tryout Procedure:

Anyone wishing to tryout for the club's travel team program must be registered with the club before the date of the tryout. For the June Tryouts, you must pay the full travel fee before the tryout and if your athlete is not selected for the team, you will be refunded the difference between the travel and rec fee or be refunded the entire amount if you decide not to play recreational soccer. Remember that travel team appointments are for the entire seasonal year - fall and spring seasons. If you do not think that you can commit for an entire seasonal year, you must notify the head coach of this before teams are announced. It is possible to play only one season, but the coach may elect not to select a single season player in favor of someone who will commit to the full seasonal year.

Eligibility:

Travel teams are divided into age groups, determined by date of birth and grade. The Soccer Club of Newington fields teams in the U-9, U-10, U-11, U-12, U-13, U-14 age categories in the fall season and includes teams up to U-18 in the spring. For Example: To be eligible to play U-14 travel soccer in the 2008-2009 season, a participant must not turn 14 before August 1, 2008. Usually, candidates will tryout for the team that corresponds to their age group, (meaning that their 14th birthday would occur during the U-14 seasonal year) but you may also tryout for the team that corresponds to your grade during the season. For Example: Participants in 8th grade could play U-14 even though they are U-13 age appropriate. This allows boys and girls the opportunity to play travel soccer with their school classmates. This affects students born in August-December, whose parents decided to send their child to Kindergarten before their 5th birthday.

Supplemental Tryouts:

Occasionally, Travel teams will hold supplemental tryouts to fill out team rosters depleted by injuries or when roster spots open up due to player attrition. Supplemental tryouts can occur at any time during the year, but the date and site of any tryout will be announced on the club website well in advance of the scheduled date. Coaches may contact families of eligible players, by mail or phone, to inform them of the tryouts.

The Soccer Club of Newington values the conditions of the playing fields in Newington.  The club strives to protect the investment that the town of Newington has made in the fields of Newington.  We believe that the fields at the NHS campus are amoung the finest in the state of CT.  As such, The Club will close fields to playing or practicing if it is determined that the fields may be damaged by our programs.  The Club will post field closures on the club website as soon as a determination has been made.  Decisions to close fields are made by the VicePresident/Field Coordinator of The Club, with input from the Newington Parks and Recreation department and The club referee coordinator.   In addition, it is the policy of The Club to cancel ALL practices and games, on EVERY FIELD in the town, if the High School athletic department determines that the fields are not playable on that day.  This applies to all fields in town that the Club runs programs on.   Coaches are not allowed to practice on fields that are reserved for other youth sporting programs in the Town of Newington.  Coaches who violate the club's field closure policy may face disciplinary action.   Violations of this policy will be considered when reviewing the coach's application for any coaching position.   Coaches wishing to practice on open fields in town, should contact The Club Fields Coordinator for approval.