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Newsletter, Fall 2003

Voice mail: 733-4409

Welcome back to another exciting soccer season in West Hempstead.

The board of directors and all of our coaches work very hard to run a successful sports program. With a little cooperation from parents and players, we should achieve that goal.

Some Reminders

Do try to attend as many of your children's games as possible and be positive and supportive. If you have any problems with your child's coach or other players, do not confront them at the field. Please call your league director listed on the bottom of the schedule. Make sure your child is at the field 15 minutes before every game.
Practices are a very important part of playing soccer. Most of our intramural divisions are instructional. The players need to learn the game. Practice gives the coaches a chance to help the players improve their ball skills. Travel players need to attend practices to continue to advance to a higher level of skill.
Please leave your dog at home. All school fields are posted and no dogs are allowed. (no matter what size!!!)
Do not park by the fence on the small field. This creates a dangerous situation for young children who run into the lot as well as making it difficult for other cars to enter the lot. No one is exempt.
If you are eating at the field, please clean up your food wrappers and juice bottles.
Please respect the rights of all homeowners around the field area, especially where there is yellow caution tape.

25th Anniversary

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the West Hempstead Chiefs Soccer Club. Our 25th anniversary picnic was a huge success.
If you own a business, please participate by sponsoring a team or taking an ad in the journal. If you do not own a business, please become a West Hempstead Chiefs Booster. The journal profits allow us to offer increased training to our 3rd and 4th grade players. Profits from last year's journal and the indoor tournament allowed us to offer picnic tickets free to all players and coaches as well as low cost tickets to all families. Our travel teams also receive training funds.

New Goals

We have purchased new goals on the large field at Eagle Avenue. The cost was split with the West Hempstead school district. Please keep your children off the goals. The equipment is very expensive and should not have to be replaced for a long time. Unfortunately, we are constantly reminding parents to keep their young children off the equipment on both the small and large field. If your children want to climb on something, take them to the playground.

Travel Information

Congratulatons for Eva Keaveney and Regina Todd's U14 Whirlwinds. The girls won sportsmanship for the spring 2003 season.

The boys' U14 Firehawks are looking for players. If your child was born between 8/1/89 and 12/31/90 and is looking to play on a competitive travel team, please call Anthony Scovazzo at 489-7269.

If your child is looking for a team in another age group, please call Ed Keaveney at 481-0075.

Indoor Tournament

We are looking for volunteers to work on our upcoming winter indoor tournament. Many parents have expressed regret that they are unable to coach but would like to get more involved, here is your chance. Please contact Lorraine Hogan.