Soccer!

A few weeks ago Ron (our principal) found out that there was gonna be a soccer tournament for BC Offshore Schools this past weekend, and that we were invited. Problem: we didn't have a soccer team! No problem- we created one! The tourney was on a Sat (this past one), and I was asked to coach the team (yay!)... however, I couldn't attend the tourney b/c of Alpha being on Saturdays... so I coached them for the past few weeks, and then Ron did the honors of actually taking them to the tournament.

There are a few boys in our class who are really into soccer, but we don't have a soccer pitch (or any grass for that matter) on our school's campus to practice on... the whole thing is one big concrete mass. Therefore, finding a place to practice was a challenge, but we managed. For starters, we found a park nearby with a semi-flat area to practice (but no real pitch or nets)... this worked until one of our guys took out an old man in a wheelchair (by accident)... that's when I figured we should move on. Next on the hit-list was the university across the street from our high school. Although the soccer pitch there is for students only, we decided to take our chances. Lunch time practices were great; afterschool practices were shut down by the guard, but we got enough play-time in.

The results from the tourney were 1-1, 2-0, and 7-0. So they kinda got smoked, but apparently all the guys they played against were older and bigger... they'll have to try again next year.

As you can see from the pics, this was not too professional... no shinguards, no soccer socks, no cleats... just runners and whatever shorts they had. Good thing we had matching tops made for them! The boys are keen to try again next year when they're older and bigger.