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TIME IS running out
for the 6,000 North
Shore children who
play juvenile soccer.
With only eight weeks
left to play, the North
Shore Youth Soccer
Association is
scrambling to
reschedule games that

should normally take
12 weeks to complete
— weather permitting.

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“It’s the worst season I’ve
known in ten years,” says
NSYSA president Janet
Petersen. “We haven't
played on grass fields since
mid-November and we
should be much, much
further ahead than we are
now.”

The snow and severe rain
has closed almost all grass
fields in the Lower
Mainland, and dirt fields
can’t accommodate all
league play.

“I feel sorry for my
scheduling committee,” says
Petersen. “It’s a bit of a

ightmare.” Ideally, each of
the 18 divisions should be
playing 16 games, but to date
only eight games have been
played and some of those are
even rescheduled, she said.

“We're still trying to
provide every kid with 14 to
18 games though,” Petersen
added. The NSYSA faces
problems: its field permits
expire April 1, finals must
take place before that date
to co-ordinate with
provincial play, and the
ongoing bad weather.

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“If you could match every-
body up, we have 12 weeks
of play left, and we don’t
have 12 weeks,” Petersen
said. “We'll have to double
games, pull lighted fields for
games, and leagues will have
to be decided on one round.

LOUSY SEASON

“It’s been such a lousy
season and it’s such a shame.
There’s been so much effort
from coaches, referees and
players.”

Petersen said there are
about 35 grass pitches
available, and when they're
not closed they are shared
with other leagues. “The
grass fields are terribly over-
used — a little bit of rain and
they fold,” she said. “We
need the citizenry to be
responsible about fields. We
are expecting our people and
everyone else to assess field
conditions and back off if
fields are in bad shape.”

The NSYSA schedule. is
based on grass fields due to
the lack of dirt fields, but
Petersen said her
organization is considering
implementing an alternate
schedule for dirt field play
for next season to alleviate
the closure problem.

The Parks Board is also

HAVING FUN last week were the Viking Rebels and
the Seaford Cobras. But it was only a‘fun game and
didn’t help the teams in their quest to complete all their
games before the season ends. (Terry Peters photo)

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helping by upgrading all-
weather school fields, she
said. Another plan the
NSYSA is looking at is the
establishment of a field
complex, similar to the one
at Ambleside Park.

Altogether, only seven

games have been played in
the last month - not cnough

to significantly change the
soccer standings.

METRO LEAGUE

Regular league play has
not yet resumed in the
Metro Soccer League,
although there have been six
exhibition games on dirt

fields at night. Kypriaki
Soccer Club manager Rob
Boyd doesn't feel the league
will have any problems
completing its season.

“We'll probably start our
regular games in two
weeks,” he said. “Most of
the games are over town,
where there is less rain.”

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