Lakehill Soccer has a proud tradition of having seen a number of talented players  step on to the Lakehill fields, from current Highlanders Head coach: Ian Bridge to Whitecaps and Canada National Player: Abby Raymer, and many talented players in between(including Brandon Watson currently with the Victoria Highlanders and Darren Jones with the Mens National u20 team))!!  Lakehill has seen many of our club players develop through our organization and on to the ranks of LISA and local academies from which they advanced  to play at the highest levels. Lakehill Soccer along with his Keeper trainers (GeorgeK, BobS and many more) and the Lower Island Soccer Association congratulate Danny Paton-Cavanagh on being selected to advance his career with Dundee FC!!

•  All Sessions are scheduled for the Braefoot Park Artifical Turf Field.
• Players unable to attend a session should notify the Clubs Technical Director and include their name, birth year and team they are trying out for.
• Players are required to attend 2 sessions.
• Additional sessions for some age groups will be scheduled following completion of LISA Metro trials.
• Information for u16, u17 and u18 teams: combined age groups are assessed seperately! 
• All players are reminded these sessions are for players wanting to try out for spots on the Lakehill GOLD teams. Players may challenge for spots on teams one year older than their natural age (ie: a 1998(u13) may try out for  a spot on a 1997(u14) team but they are required to also attend their natural birth year assessments!!
• Lakehill Silver teams will be selected in August for u12-u18.
• All players attending a team-trial MUST be registered and their 2010/2011 season registration papers must have been submitted to the clubs registrar before they will be permitted to participate.
• Questions on the Assessment/Team selection process may be sent to the clubs Technical Director

Call for Volunteers!

We are ramping up our planning efforts for this coming seasons annual Girls Fall Classic 2010 Thanksgiving weekend tournament...Mainland teams are already submitting their registrations!!! (updated registration formshave been posted! GFC2010 registrations now being accepted!). Volunteering positions for the Girls Fall Classic can be found under Events > Girls Fall Classic here

Lots of other Volunteering positions are open for the upcoming season including Mini Coordinator and Club Gear volunteers.

If you are able to volunteer please drop Rebecca an eMAIL!

List of current positions needed can be found here 

The month of May sees two very important Annual General Meetings (AGMs) taking place! The governing body for youth soccer on the South Island is the Lower Island Soccer Association (LISA), while the similar organization for Womens Soccer is LIWSA (and for Mens soccer it is the VISL).

During the LISA AGM held on May 18th, the Club Presidents (who were present) unanimously voted for constitutional changes that will see a number of changes take effect for the upcoming 2010/2011 season, including:

1. The removal of the (Head-) Coaching Exemption (CE) allowance. (existing CEs are effectively grandfathered)
2.   A club-size-based transfer system at all divisions
3. The formal acceptance into LISA of a single amalgamated soccer club to replace GHSA and CBSC

These changes will affect some clubs more than others. For Lakehill it means that as we assemble our 2010/2011 youth teams there should be very few changes, each team is still allowed a maximum of 3 out of boundary (OOBs) transfers. Teams at u17 and u18 are now permitted 5 OOBs.

The consensus at the LISA AGM was that these changes will help to further promote the growth of our sport and address some of the inequities based on the demographic challenges many clubs have faced. This is but one phase of a plan that will hopefully be implemented over the next two years.

UPDATE: At the May 30th LIWSA AGM rule 3.3 was modified to restrict LIWSA teams from signing any player u17 or younger. Existing youth players are grandfathered. The modified 3.3 rule  introduces a 2 player quota on new under-18 players playing "up" in the Womens league. LIWSA teams are able to 'permit-up' youth to seniors teams.