If for some reason you/your player decides not to accept the position
offered, please let us know ASAP by emailing
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Thank you!
Head Coaches:
This team is lucky to have a pair of head coaches who will
work together with the team and who bring a wealth of experience to the field.
Stew Yaguda has coached soccer for over ten years working with Lightning teams,
Rec teams and more recently as head coach of the Hanover High JV Girls for the
past two seasons. Stew holds coaching licenses from both the USYSA and from
NSCAA. Molly Luft played four years of Division 1 soccer at Lehigh University
where she served as a two-year captain. After graduating she worked in Nicaragua
coaching in the Soccer Without Borders program. This fall she assisted both the
JV and Varsity girls programs at Hanover High.
Parent Roles: Team Manager -
Team Managers work with the coaches and with the Lightning organization to
provide answers to any questions families have. A Team Manager is key to
keeping everyone informed and organized, at the right place for practices and
games, and with the right gear. If you want to
know what's going on and you feel you can communicate clearly and quickly to
people, this is the job for you! Please contact us at
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if interested.
Assistant Coaches
- We encourage parents with a soccer background and with interest in coaching
to volunteer to be Assistant Coaches. Some parents have very impressive
soccer/soccer coaching backgrounds and can take on more responsibility in terms
of managing games or practices if the head coach has a conflict, others just
love to get out and run around and help. If you are interested in helping out
as an assistant coach, please contact us at
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Thank you!
League Information:
The U15 Girls team will compete in the Senior Division of
the Granite State Youth Soccer League (GSYSL). The Senior Division is for teams
U15 through U19 and is divided into A through D levels. Once we have player
commitments we will commit the team to a level. League web site: http://www.granitestatesoccer.com
Spring Practice Schedule:
Early season practices will begin in mid-March at Grantham Indoor once per week (day and time tba) and
outside on the turf at KUA once it is cleared of snow. Regular outdoor
practices will begin after the April public school vacation week; they will be
on Tuesdays/Thursdays (time tba but will be 5:30 pm or later) at either Huntley
Meadows in Norwich, VT
or KUA (Kimball UnionAcademy) in Meriden, NH.
A finalized spring practice schedule will be available by mid-February.
Game Schedule:
The league sets the game schedule by April 1st.
It is an 8-game schedule: four home games and four away. Games begin in mid-April
and conclude in mid-June. Important: please plan to be back from April
vacation by Sunday, April 25th for what will likely be the team’s
first game date. In addition to the regular league games, the team will
attend the Needham TournamentNeedham,
MA. Please plan on soccer for
that weekend! over
Memorial Day Weekend in (http://www.needhamsoccer.com/Default.aspx?alias=www.needhamsoccer.com/tournament)
Spring 2010 Lightning
Fee: Travel Team:$390 – The fee covers Granite State League fees, Needham Tournament fees, field
rentals, coaching fees, referee fees and soccer kits for each player (jerseys,
shorts, socks, ball).
Player Pool - $200 - Pool
players participate in training but do not compete in games. Pool players also
receive a soccer kit.
Other - A $20
tryout/pre-registration fee is required for all players if not already paid.
For
VT residents there is an additional $15 insurance transfer fee (to transfer
players to NH Soccer Association for insurance purposes).
Scholarship and payment plans are available to those who
need assistance. Please see our web site for more information on how to apply.
Lightning Soccer Club is a nonprofit organization supported
not only by club fees, but by the generous and significant donation of time of
its volunteer board of directors, parent assistants, and parent team managers. Please
see the Lightning website if you have questions about pricing and how club fees
are allocated: http://www.uvlightning.org/teams/program-costs
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