Suburban Football Club

The Suburban Football Club Board of Directors invites Parents, Players, Coaches and others interested in the Suburban Football Club to an open meeting.

Date:  Tuesday May 29, 2012
Time:  7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location:  Sackville High Cafeteria, 1 King Fisher Way, Lr Sackville

Board members and SFC technical staff will provide updates on the operations of the Club and answer questions.

Koleton Rockey, SFC Under 14 Boys Reserve  Team, is the winner of the “Name the Suburban Soccer District’s new Director of Coach and Player Development Contest.”   Koleton wins an SFC hoodie and a private one-hour training session for two.  The answers he provided were:  Director of Coach and Player Development’s name: Ivkovic Dragutin.  Born in Yugoslavia on June 29, 1970. Played for the Yugoslavia U19 Olympic Team and the A Team.  Position is Midfield.

The Suburban District Soccer Association is excited to announce the signing of a new Director of Player and Coach Development to a multi-year contract. This excellent aquisition brings to our entire region a wealth of experience as a player, coach and trainer that promises to take our teams and players to the next level of competitiveness.

SFC would like to announce the appointment of Geraldo Ferrari as the new coach of the Senior Men Premier Division Team. Geraldo will be conducting open tryouts at SMU on May 8, 8:00 – 9:30 pm.   Players must be registered prior to trying out.   A representative from the Club will be on hand to accept registrations, fees and jersey deposits.

Players that did not play in Nova Scotia last summer must complete a registration form along with a signed insurance waiver prior to stepping on the field.

Download the Summer 2012 Senior Registration Form

We have set up a convenient payment plan for Senior players. The total fee is $275 (well below the youth fee of $675), which can be split up into up to three segments for payments.  $125 is required when you register.  The remaining amount is required prior to your first game.  You cannot play if you are not paid up in full.

We prefer the amounts to be in cheques, including post dated cheques for the remaining two payments.

If you do not have cheques, we will take a money order or cash. Cheques or money orders must be made out to “Suburban FC.”  If you don’t make the team, we destroy cheques or give you a refund (if you paid by cash).  Money orders will be either returned to you or replaced with a cheque from SFC. It is important that we have a full and correct mailing address on your registration form for this purpose, which includes your postal code.

SFC requires you to submit a posted dated cheque for $50 (dated September 15) for jersey deposit.  This cheque is destroyed, when the jersey is returned at the end of the season

2012 Pentz Scholarship Application is now available for download.  Submission of the scholarship application is required by May 21. Scholarships are open to all students entering university of college who are part of the Suburban Region, as a players, referee and/or coach.

BMO Team of the Week (BMO TOTW), now entering its sophomore year, is a program dedicated to    acknowledging youth soccer teams (age 7-12) that display team pride, spirit, community commitment and passion for the game.

From April 2 – July 13, Canadian soccer coaches and parents can nominate their favourite youth soccer team by logging on to BMOsoccer.com and entering an essay, photos or video to demonstrate why their team deserves to be the BMO Team of the Week. Read More…..

Dear Suburban FC Parents and Players,

Welcome to the summer 2012 season for Suburban FC!

We are very excited for our upcoming season and plan to soon have in place a new Director of Player and Coach Development who will design and run programming for  the Suburban Football Club. This person will also work closely with the club Technical Directors throughout our District. Until this happens however, Suburban FC will continue to draw upon the excellent technical resources within our own coaching ranks and within the District Clubs.

Thank you for your patience in the weeks since tryouts. Field time has been limited because of work being done to put a new turf in at Weir and and numerous tryouts going on at other clubs. These tryouts have also limited the ability of District Club Technical Directors to cover Suburban practices.

These temporary field time disruptions will continue for this week but we look forward to next week settling into our spring training schedule until the end of May at the East Hants Sportsplex.

Looking forward, as the upgrades to Weir Field are finished we will be moving our training to Weir Field and beginning our summer technical training program with Club appointed training staff.

Please let me know if you have any questions regarding Suburban FC and our programming,

Thank you for your time,

Jared Griffiths
Suburban F.C.
Assistant Technical Director
sfc.atd@gmail.com

The application form for SNS Scholarships 2012 is now available on their website:  http://www.soccerns.ns.ca/applications-for-soccer-nova-scotia-scholarships-2012-now-available/

There are some exciting changes to the Under 14 Tier 1 division starting this summer. New for 2012, the Under 14 Tier 1 league will have teams placed in the Tier 1A and Tier 1B divisions.  The huge difference this year is that most of the players from the A and B divisions can be moved back and forth between the teams for league games.  SFC will be able to train the two teams together or focus on individual areas of concern, allow player freedom between teams to create more playing time, continuously evaluate the individual players (skill, commitment, desire) and injured “A” players who miss time and training, can play on the B team while getting back into game shape. The changes allow SFC more flexibility in player development while creating a stronger developmental system for the players.  Nova Scotia Soccer League (NSSL) made this decision using input from Soccer Nova Scotia’s Long Term Player Development Committee.    If you have any questions, please contact Suburban’s Assistant Technical Director, Jared Griffiths  atd@suburbanfc.ca