Saturday, March 23, 2013

Red Barons Update

Our Official Spring Roster - Our roster has changed slightly. Konan won't be playing in the games with us this Spring but we have very high hopes he'll be back to play with us in the Fall as he's an important part of our team and we'll need 6 players in the Fall. Conner Neibert will be joining us and we're very excited to have him. Here's our Spring roster:
  • Minwoo
  • Shiven
  • Owen
  • Tommy
  • Conner
  • Evan

Practices this week - we're currently scheduled to use the Doc Harris field on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 6:45pm and I'd like to practice both of these days, if possible. Please have the boys at the field at 5:30pm and have them bring the cones I loaned them. We'll need them for our practice. Please have them bring a ball as well. Our practice location and times may change over the next few weeks. I know it's nearly impossible to find practice times that work perfectly for everyone so please be as flexible as possible. Scheduling practices and accommodating everyone is one of the most difficult things to do as a coach/team manager.

Spring Break - I'm going to be out of town during Spring Break and the fields will be locked up/closed so we won't have any practices that week. We'll quickly pick things back up the following week, because our games will start that weekend. 

Games - last year we started playing games at the beginning of March. This year they pushed the start of the season out to April, in hopes that we'll see better weather and that the fields won't see as much damage. I'm excited about this because we were practicing in the snow and cold rain last year and it was pretty miserable! So...schedules won't be out until the end of March but I'll get them posted to the blog and out to you as soon as they are completed and published . Games will be played on Saturdays, April 13th - June 8th (no games on Memorial Day Weekend).

Team Assistance - Please let me know if you can help with any of the following:
  • Snack/drink schedule - putting together a snack schedule and sending it to me so I can post it on the blog
  • Pictures - two or three parents who can take pictures at our practices and games. These pictures will be added to our blog.
  • Team bench & canopy (as needed) - last year Minwoo's parents brought and set these up prior to each game. Anyone willing to do this again this year?
  • Someone to organize and potentially host an end of season party and (possibly) trophies.
Jerseys - if your player doesn't have a jersey, here's some information, from the league, on purchasing the proper game attire:
  • Reversible blue/white jersey
  • Glory Days Trophy & Sport
  • $18/jersey
  • Soccer shorts and socks do not have to be a specific color or type, but we encourage parents to purchase blue or white to match the jersey.  Socks must be long enough to cover over 
Please be on the lookout for more information as we get closer to the games. I will typically post information on the blog so please check back often. I would also strongly suggest going to the blog and signing up as a follower or for the automatic email updates. I'm also looking at the possibility of adding a private Facebook group for announcements. Is everyone on Facebook? My daughter's softball team is doing this and it seems to work very well. I'll keep you posted on that.

Thanks,
Ben Yung
360-904-6380
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