Pinelanders Youth Soccer Club
Howell, NJ
Friday July 03, 2009, 09:35PM
Updated: 2009-06-28 12:47:05
General Announcements
Want to become a ref? Anyone over the age of 14 can take the class to become a USSF-certified referee. Classes are being held in our area over the next few months. Get the schedule and information on how to register for Grade 8 Entry Level Referee classes from the NJ Referee Committee's website.
End-of-Season Award Winners. Congratulations to the following winners of our end-of-season awards:
Sportsmanship: Players Kieren Kane, D5 Cougars; Sean Killeen; D7 Cougars
Coaches of the Season: Adam Monti, D7 Avalanche; Patrick Murphy, D7 Lions; Jason Schindler, D7 Chargers, D5G Angels, D5 Predators.
Courage: Player Andrew McLeod, D7 Avalanche
And thank you to our members who donated to the food drive -- your donations will be delivered to the Howell Food Pantry asap.
Important Info About the Fall Season. The end-of-season edition of our newsletter contains important information about our plans to restructure the divisions in the Fall season. Click here to read all about it...
Fall Season & Summer Camp Registration. See the article below for details of registration for the Fall 2009 season and for our summer soccer camp.
Pinelanders/Red Bulls Student of the Game Partnership.. You still have time to order tickets to see David Beckham at Giants Stadium on July 16. Check the article below for info on how you can see him -- and details of our partnership with the NY Red Bulls. And get the latest news on the Red Bulls here.
Sky Blue FC Update. SkyBlue FC is New Jersey's newest professional soccer team. The team is our area's entry in the Womens Pro Soccer league. Sky Blue play their home games at Rutgers University's Yurcak Field.
Summer Soccer Camp
Our popular summer soccer camp will run each evening
July 20-24. The camp will be run once again by
Coach Wayne Ramsey's New Jersey Select Soccer Camp,
and is open to all players aged 4-14.
The HUSC Lady Bandits
have teamed with Women's Professional Soccer's
NY/NJSky Blue FC to get you a great deal on tickets
at Yurcak Field (Rutgers) throughout the WPS season.
If you
see college payments in your near or distant future, you
might be interested in this
Student Athlete Magazine page, published by the not-for-profit
Student Athletes Scholarship Foundation.
NOTE: Information about this site was sent to
us by the editor of the magazine. We are publishing it as
a service to members, but are not in a position to endorse
it.
Fall 2009 Registration
Registration for the Fall 2009
season is now open. Please read the following carefully.
If you've played with usor pre-registered
in the past, please go to your My Pinelanders page - you do
not need to pre-register.
If you've never
played with us or pre-registered, please
click
here to pre-register. I'll set up a My
Pinelanders account for you, and you'll be able to
complete your registration within a day.
For more information about the
Club and our programs, please see the Information sheet
on on the Documents and Forms
page.
Per
the Howell Twp Police Dept, the following parking
changes are in effect at Hoffman Fields:
Parking in the small lot to the left of the
brick building is by permit only. Only cars
displaying a valid dashboard card will be allowed.
Vehicles in the larger lot must park in marked
spaces. Anyone parked in fire lanes, exits and
entrances, or on the grass will be ticketed.
If the lots are full, park at Memorial Middle
School. There is a gate near Field 5 so that you
can safely walk from Memorial to Hoffman.
The police will continue to patrol all lots.
Illegally parked vehicles may be ticketed.
Please remember to park courteously. Do not
block other cars, or the emergency entrance between the
two green trailers.
Please do not park on the grassy areas near the roadway
at Hoffman, and do not park on the curved part of the driveway.
Do not park at the Social Services Building across the
road. It's too dangerous to cross the road. The entrances
to the building will be barricaded on weekends we play.
Coaches' Background Checks
Pursuant to Howell Township Ordinance 0-02-20, Pinelanders
is obliged to require all coaches and assistant coaches
to undergo criminal background checks before being assigned
a coaching position. Coaches must initiate the process
by attending a fingerprinting session.
If you are volunteering
to coach or assist, or to help as an unofficial coach with
a team, and you have not yet been fingerprinted, please
let us know and begin the background check process!
Please contact
Jason
Schindler
for more information.
The background check program is managed on behalf of
the Township by KidSafe Record Checks. For a list
of approved coaches please visit the
KidSafe web page.
Pinelanders Partners
with High Point
Pinelanders has partnered with High Point Auto Insurance, who
will support events such as our coming Trophy Day and
offer benefits to our members. Details will be
announced soon.
Pinelanders & The NY Red Bulls
RED BULLS UPDATE: Summer's here -- but don't feel like you have to go into "soccer withdrawal." $22 tickets to all Red Bulls home games this summer are available -- as is our special $100 4-pack that includes access to the Red Bulls Corner Pub.
*TICKET SALES FOR THE RED BULLS GALAXY GAME ARE EXTENDED THROUGH JULY 3. Don't miss your chance to see David Beckham play at Giants Stadium, as the Red Bulls meet the Los Angeles Galaxy on a special night: Thursday, July 16, at 7:45pm. It'll be Beckham's first game back with the Galaxy after spending most of this year playing in Europe. This is a great opportunity for you, and your kids, to see one of the world's great soccer players. Don't miss out. Email Bob Hoenig for more information. TICKET SALES FOR THIS GAME WILL CLOSE ON JULY 3. The 4 pack for the Galaxy game has been sold.
Game Tickets Available Now:Discounted tickets will be available for all Red Bulls home games. Here's a list of upcoming available games.
Thu
July 16*
8:00pm
vs Los Angeles
Sat
August 15
7:00pm
vs Chivas USA
Sun
August 23
3:00pm
vs Dallas
Sun
August 30
6:00pm
vs Columbus
Tickets may be ordered until the Monday before each game. Remember: you get Sideline Level seats at the special price of just $22, a $10 discount off face value. We also offer one 4-pack of special Season Ticket Level seats, including admission to the Red Bulls Corner Pub, for $100 for the package. To order tickets or for more information, email Bob Hoenig.
There will be special promotions and Pinelanders nights over the course of the entire 2009 season. Check out the full Red Bulls schedule here.
Get the latest news on Pinelanders' New Student of the Game Partnership with the NY Red Bulls here. Click here to go to the Red Bulls website.
Community Support
In recent
seasons we have supported several local and national charitable
organizations, including: Howell PAL's Literacy
Program; The Howell Police Bulletproof Vest Fund;
for Andrea Adams, a local meningitis victim; the
September 11th Fund (click
here for the World Trade Center tribute page);
the American
Cancer Society'sRelay for Life; local PTA and PTO activities; our
local First Aid Squads; one of our own members,
Olivia Zonis, who passed away in June 2002, to the
Howell Food Pantry, and to the Howell Women's Club.
