Lakehill Soccer Association extends our condolences to the family of Lou Garraway, who passed away on January 26th at Hospice. Lou was a long time member of the soccer community on the island and began his soccer as a youth player with Lakehill Soccer. He was active in all aspects of the game, a member of the Cup winning Reynolds High School team in the mid 1970s. Lou played for many years for the Victoria Athletic Association, was a member of their executive, and sat on the Board of VISL. Our thoughts are with Colleen, their children and grandchildren and Ken, his brother.

A Celebration of Life for Lou was held on February 4th at the Esquimalt Legion with a tremendous show of support from the community including many of his old Lakehill Elementary and  Reynolds High classmates!  Donations may be made to Victoria Hospice, Victoria Athletic Assocation, or RCL Britannia #7.

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Thank you to the volunteers from the Lakehill Senior teams who contributed towards making this years  VISL Men's All-Star games hosted on the Braefoot Turf  a success !

The Lakehill Soccer Association sadly reports the sudden loss of one of its members. Bill Bedwal, co-founder of Lakehill GoalTek and long time player/coach in the VISL, has passed away at the age of 47. Bill played his entire career with Lakehill, first as a youth and then as senior. In the past few years he brought his passion for the game to coaching VISL teams at Prospect Lake. A stalwart on defence, Bill was looking forward to the upcoming season both as a player and coach and his contributions on and off the field will be greatly missed. Funeral services were held on  August 29th. Bill leaves behind his wife Nicki and two children. Please support his family during this difficult time.

Calling all Lakehill officals (and "want to be" officials...)!

Now is the time to sign up for the refresher course and to becom accredited for the new season. Interested in becoming a Lakehill ref contact the Clubs Head Referee Mr.Al Moir.

The pay at Lakehill is (very) good! the work is rewarding!

"Annual Referee Refresher Clinics"

Lakehill Soccer, the Canadian Soccer Association and the BC Socer Association requires all referees to attend an annual referee refresher Clinic and register with BC Soccer in order to maintain their active status.

Referee refresher Clinics are designed to update all Registered Referees in BC with any laws of the Game changes and interpretations. the clinic content of the refresher is developed by the Referee Education program and launched in August of each year.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please wear suitabl clothing to particpate in on-field activity and there will be a Fitness test at all refresher clinics!

Pre-requisite: Must currently be a BC Soccer registered official

Course length: 3 hours

Course fee: FREE (once you have attended a refresher Clinic you MUST re-register as a BC Soccer Referee, which is to be done on an annual basis).

To register and for further details go to:

http://www.bcsoccer.net