The Victorious U15 Boys Team

The U15 PGYSA Kodiaks team proudly display their trophy and medals following their closely-fought 2-1 victory over Kamloops Blaze

The roster was as follows:

Gold, Silver and Bronze for PGYSA teams!

PGYSA is proud to announce that three of its teams competing at the BC Soccer provincial tournaments on the Lower Mainland this weekend have returned home with medals!

Pride of place goes to the U15 boys, coached by Brad Stewart and Dave Holmes, who emerged victorious from their gold medal game on Sunday.  The boys defeated Kamloops Blaze by a score of 2-1, thanks to goals from Eric Kidwell and Max Berezowski, who scored a penalty to win the game.

The U18 boys were not so fortunate, losing their gold medal game 2-0 to Nelson Selects, and therefore coming home with silver medals.  The U18 girls, however, were unbeaten in the tournament, although ties in two of the pool games meant that they were in the Bronze Medal game on Sunday, which they won 3-2 over Richmond Rangers.

Both U18 teams are primarily made up of younger players, and this bodes well for next year's provincials.

The other teams from Prince George in action this weekend also played their playoff games for places on Sunday:

U13 boys finished 5th, beating Bulkey Valley Rapids 3-1 in their playoff.
U14 girls finished 6th, dropping their final game 2-0 to North Shore Adrenaline
U13 girls finished 7th, recording their first win of the week in overcoming Kootenay South Saints by 1-0
U14 boys finished 8th by losing the final game of the week by a score of 5-2 to Gorge FC.  The U14 boys are also coming home with a BC Soccer Fair Play award for their play through the week.

PGYSA would like to congratulate all players, coaches and parents who have made these results possible, and to once again congratulate our medallists on a fantastic week of soccer.

U13 B Girls Capture Regional Championship!

A set of exceptionally competitive matches against the Williams Lake Hurricanes saw our girls win the Regional Championships in Prince George on Saturday evening.

The first game of the series was played earlier in the day to a evenly matched 1-1 tie.  In the early evening the second game was played with a 0-0 score in regulation time.  Two 10 minute overtime halves were play which once again ended in a 0-0 score.  On to a shoot out the teams went!  After an exciting 6 shots per team the Kodiaks came out the victors with a final score of 3-2.

Coaches, parents and spectators were treated to a fabulous display of soccer by both teams.  The U13B Girls will now travel to Richmond from July 7-11th for the Provincials.

Seen in the picture are:

Rear l to r  Coach-Rod Auld, Keely Finch, Priya Badial, Sam Brewer, Allie Bursey, Tiana Mager, Alyssa Whitehead, Coach - Claudia Whitehead

Centre l to r Robin Keahey, Megan Hickey, Nasia Sheikh, Alyssa Gould, Jocelyn Forrest, Bonnie Greer

Front l to r:  Hailee Mckenna and  Hanna Hughes

Missing:  Kyrsten Franz

U18 Boys also progress

Our U18 boys team also qualifies for the Provincial championships at the weekend - congratulations to them!

PGYSA announces the return of the Everton FC summer camp!

PGYSA's association with the Everton Academy allows us to play host to coaching of the very highest quality available anywhere in the world!  The Everton FC camp is unique in BC, and offers our players the opportunity to train to the standards of the academy teams of one of the English Premier League's leading teams.

This is an opportunity not to be missed for any player who is serious about the game

We are proud to announce the 2010 Everton FC summer camp, which will run from July 26 - 30, 2010.

All players born between 2002 and 1992 are eligible to attend; however, this is a camp aimed at those who are serious about their soccer - players will be challenged to play at their highest level.

Full details and a registration form are available by clicking on this link.

To register, please complete a registration form, and take it to the office at 965 Winnipeg Street Tuesday - Friday, 10am - 4pm

For further information, please call 250-564-5900

Free Wendy's Whitecaps Clinic!

PGYSA is proud to present a FREE Vancouver Whitecaps clinic for U8 to U11 boys and girls in association with Wendy's

The camp will run on the Rotary Fields on September 25, 2010.  Registration is FREE, but must be done online at the following address:

whitecapsfc.com/bcwendys

Full details on the camp are available by clicking on this link (pdf document, 1.1Mb)

Sign up now - don't miss out!  Think Summer, Think Soccer!

PGYSA Teams take gold in Kamloops!

PGYSA was strongly represented at the 32nd annual KYSA Slurpee Cup.  In all, 12 Kodiak teams made the trip, and 3 of those teams came home with gold medals!

Top billing once again goes to the U13A Girls team, who won their 5th straight tournament, and are on course for a strong showing at the Provincials, taking place in June and July.

Our other gold medallists were the U14 Girls, and the U15 Boys, who both won tough groups to bring home the medals.

Silver medals went to the U12A Boys, the U13A Boys, the U14 Boys, and the U18 Boys.

These results mean that more than half of our travelling teams won either gold or silver medals, competing against teams from throughout BC and beyond.

Our congratulations go to all our medallists, and to all our teams who played to the best of their abilities.