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California State Soccer Challenge
- April 2010
As discussed at the State Planning
Meeting, the California State Soccer Challenge format will change this
year in order to promote increased participation by the Councils,
Districts and Chapters. Rather than a single venue for the state
championship contest, there will be three regional contests in the
following format:
1.
The locations will reflect the
major regions of the state: Northern, Central and Southern California.
2.
The regional contest winners’
scores will be compared by the California Soccer Challenge Coordinator
to determine the state winners for each category.
3.
The three regional contests will
be conducted simultaneously. The regional coordinators will
determine the regional champions and immediately communicate the
information to the state coordinator by telephone. If there is a
tie between regional champions, then a state level “shoot-out” will
immediately be conducted at the regional site. The results of the
shoot-out will then determine the state championship.
4.
The regional championship
trophies will be presented to the winners immediately upon completion of
the regional contest. The State championship awards will be
coordinated by the state coordinator and provided to the respective
regional coordinator for presentation at an appropriate event.
Coordination with the Central and
Southern California regional coordinators will take place within the
next few weeks to develop date and contest location information. In the
mean time, please encourage the local Councils to appoint their Soccer
Challenge Coordinators and have the coordinators meet with their areas'
youth soccer league directors to coordinate the local events. The
Council level contests should be in September. The District and Chapter
contests should be in October. In order to avoid potential scheduling
conflicts with youth league soccer, Council, District and Chapter
contests should be scheduled on Sundays. Be careful to avoid weekends
when other soccer tournaments may be happening. It is projected that
the state contest will be conducted during the first or second weekend
of November 2010.
Because this contest/program is
conducted so early in the Columbian Year, we can't wait until the next
administration to start on it. Current Grand Knights and Chapter
Presidents should appoint their Soccer Challenge Coordinators right away
and put them to work! Soccer Challenge kits may be ordered through the
Supreme Office. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact
me at (707) 495-5425.
Good Luck!
Vivat Jesus!
Dennis R. Martinez
Coordinator
California State Soccer Challenge
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