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To England
for soccer

FOR THE third straight
year, the British Columbia
Soecer Association will offer
@ soccer experience of a
lifetime for a party of B.C,
boys aged 14-18, when the
association stages its annual
International Soccer School
at Lea Green, England,
March 24 - April 7, 1988. In
addition, for the first: time
this year, an International
Referee and Linesmen School ;
has been added to the pro- ° sj

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Organized by BCSA Direc- fe. eee } , er selected La adie
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chard, who will travel with PS ‘ ; r p ‘ j on : . 5 Coordinates
both groups, the I[nterna- ‘ :
tional Soccer School will be
under the direction of
English Football Association
staff coach John Bramley. A
former coach of the England
national youth team,
Bramley is currently head
soccer coach at Nottingham
University. Assisting
Bramley with specialized
coaching sessions will be
former England World Cup
star Gordon Banks -~ a guest
instructor of the BCSA in the
summer of 1983 —- and Paul
Sturrock, Dundee United
striker and Scottish national
team member, also a guest in-
structor at the BCSA’s Sum-
mer Soccer Academy held an-
nually at Shawnigan Lake on
Vancouver Island.

Housed at the Lea Green
Training Center mear'
Matlock in Derbyshire, the
players and game officials
will stay at a facility used on
many occasions by the
England national soccer:
team, as well as the English
F.A. for their referee and
coaching certification
programs.

The players and referees
will spend two weeks immers-
ed in a soccer education pro-
gram designed to provide the
participants with intensive
training from top. class
coaches. The trip will also in-
clude side trips to top level
professional matches, a visit
to historic Wembley Stadium
in London, the traditional
home of the England na-
tional team, and site of the
1966 World Cup final, plus a
conducted tour of the City of
London and several points of
interest around Derbyshire
and adjoining counties.

Games against local area
and county representative
teams have also been arrang-
ed for the players and the
referees in the group.

“Ill be two weeks of soc-
cer saturation,’’ says Chur-
chard. ‘‘The players and the
referees will realize a deeper
understanding of the world
game through observation
and participation,’’ he adds.
“Prior to the trip most of the
players will have had limited
exposure to the ‘real’ game.

The cost of the rip is PRICES IN EFFECT WHILE QUANTITIES LAST OR UNTIL CLOSING TIME SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd, 1985. We reserve the right to limit quantities. Competition and
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More information on che
International Saccer Schools
can be obtained by contac-
ting the BCSA offices at
430-6401,