EDP, non-travel soccer starts Sept 5th - full calendar attached

For some of you this is a final e-mail reminder.  It is not too late to sign up.  Also, tell your friends, who are still thinking about it. 

Everyone who is registered please read!

   Early Development Program
Training Starts September 5^th at Upper Wilkins

In this e-mail – PLEASE READ…

-          Welcome
-          Calendar
-          ASC Event at Southern New Hampshire University – no cost
-          Columbus Day Tournament

Welcome to EDP

We are looking forward to having your player with us this season.  Our philosophy is to teach your kids the love of soccer and the skills to be successful at whatever level they choose to play.  Our philosophy translates into our running multiple sessions per week for this age group because we understand that kids this age have many interests and may not be available for every training session.  We use a set curriculum that builds on soccer basics as the season progresses and do encourage players to make as many sessions as possible.  The sessions run exactly one hour and we strongly request that players do not arrive late as it hurts the organization of the group when numbers shift after breaking the kids into groups.  For all players we have 4v4 on selected Saturdays.  Our older, and more experienced U10 pool plays in Granite State as competitive travel teams.  This season our EDP has 2 boys teams, and 2 girls teams, a great foundation for strong future teams.  Our goal is to develop all of our players to be competitive travel soccer players with a long and successful career built on proper technique and understanding. 

Calendar

Practices:           Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 5:30-6:30 PM., Upper Wilkins
arrive at 5:15 to get settled and avoid late arrival that disrupts the groupBRING: 4 soccer ball, cleats, shin guards, water, sunscreen, bug spray

Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of each practice for the kids to warm-up and greet their friends so that soccer can start and finish on time. 

EDP Jamborees:   Saturdays, 8:00-9:00 a.m., Cemetery Field  - 4v4 jamborees
Note the new time – it is only six weeks so we hope you can all rally out of the house and then enjoy your day!
BRING: ASC shirt from camp (or you will be given one the first week of training)
size 4 ball, cleats, shin guards, water, sunscreen, bug spray

On Saturdays at Cemetery Fields we appreciate help from parents with set-up too and arrival at least 15 minutes prior is appreciated.  Note, this schedule may change during the season.

September 2012

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
3 LABOR DAY	4	5TRAINING STARTS – arrive 5:15 finish 6:30 Upper Wilkins	6	7 Training 5:15 arrival 6:30 finish	8 No Jamboree	9
10Training 5:15 arrival 6:30 finish	11	12 Training 5:15 arrival 6:30 finish	13	14 Training 5:15 arrival 6:30 finish	15 JAMBOREE 7:45 arrival 9:00 finish	16
17 Training 5:15 arrival 6:30 finish	18	19 Training 5:15 arrival 6:30 finish	20	21 Training 5:15 arrival 6:30 finish	22JAMBOREE 7:45 arrival 9:00 finish	23
24 Training 5:15 arrival 6:30 finish	25	26 Training 5:15 arrival 6:30 finish	27	28 Training 5:15 arrival 6:30 finish	29JAMBOREE 7:45 arrival 9:00 finish	30

October 2012

Monday	Tues	Wednesday	Thurs	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
1 Training	2	3 Training	4	5 Training	6 No Jamboree - U9 and U10 in Pepperell Tourney	7 U9 and U10 in Pepperell Tourney
8 U9 and U10 in Pepperell Tourney No Training for younger players	9	10 Training	11	12 Training	13 Jamboree	14
15 Training	16	17 Training	18	19 Training	20 Jamboree	21
23 Training	24	25 Training	26	27 Training	28 Last Jamboree Halloween Skills Competition	29

SNHU Game
On Thursday, August 30, 2012 the club will attend the SNHU game against Queens College at 4 PM.  Please respond and indicate if you will be able to attend the game and tailgate, and how many in your family will participate. Janet Dunlap is putting together a list tailgate items to send out to everybody. Please respond to Jan Dunlap at events@amherstsoccerclub.com TODAY!

Columbus Day Tournament

Once again we will be taking teams to Pepperell Mass for Columbus Day.  If your child is in the U10 Pool, please let your team manager know if you can participate (typically boys play on sat or sun, and girls play the other day).  If  your child is 8, and not in the player pool, but you think ready to give 6v6 a try, please let Molly Dix know at dix@rti.org

See you on the 5^th at 5:15!

Coach Molly and Josh the rest of the EDP Coaching Staff!

EDP Announcements, tonight, and thru season

Hi EDP Families-

Tonight our Club Director of Coaching, Marc Hubbard, will be at EDP so we want to hold a quick parent’s meeting at 5:30 once we get the kids started.  Thanks to everyone for a great season so far.  Please come with questions and comments.  A few reminders as we move to the end of our season:

-          Please try to have kids at field at 5:15 as we start promptly at 5:30

-          Remember no jamboree this weekend, but we do have practice on Friday night as usual

-          This weekend the club hosts 200+ teams in an awesome tournament, for those of you with younger kids, if you are around stop at any field and show your young player their future – big kids, big fields, and great soccer

-          No practice Monday, Memorial Day

-          Club picnic will be June 18 at 6 PM, more will come from the club on this.  It is a family event so please put it on your calendar for the whole family, it is lots of fun

-          Tryouts for next fall’s travel teams are at Cemetery Field June 11 from 6-8 and June 14 from 6-8. Remember to encourage your friends who play rec to come – be there 15 minutes early to register.  All U9 players need to be there as they will be travelling as U10s next year, and all U10s as they will be U11 (and graduating from EDP).  Any U8s who want to be considered are welcome to come and tryout for the EDP travel teams

-          EDP jamborees remaining are June 2 and June 9, we play from 1-2 PM so please come no later than 12:45 for warm up

-          Bring a friend night will be June 4, so encourage your friends to come see what our club is all about

-          Our last training session will be June 8

-          For the non-travel EDP players, please consider a donation to coaches’ gifts, most are volunteers and we appreciate showing them our appreciation.  You can give donations to Molly before or after practice

For tryouts and bring a friend please use the waiver at http://www.amherstsoccerclub.com/_fileCabinet/ascfiles/2012_ASC_medical_release.pdf

 

Thanks,

EDP Staff

ASC/HFC: Practice is Cancelled tonight! Monday 4/23

Teams:
Practice is cancelled for tonight for EDP and all upper club Teams.
thanks

Lisa

Training starts tomorrow!!!!

Early Development Program – Training Starts Tomorrow (5:15 arrival, 5:30 start) Upper Wilkins Fields

 

We start our full training tomorrow, if you have not registered, please do so TODAY!  We look forward to seeing all of the players at Upper Wilkins at 5:15.  Please be there at 5:15 each night so we can get organized and start training at 5:30 for one solid hours of soccer.   

 

Equipment – Please wear cleats, shin guards, and training gear appropriate for the weather.  Bring water and a size 3 or 4 soccer ball – properly inflated.

Coaches - This year our EDP Director will be Josh Taylor. Josh is on the coaching staff at Southern New Hampshire University, with our Director of Coaching Marc Hubbard.  Josh is a 2009 graduate from New England College with a degree in Sport and Recreation Management and a Coaching Minor. Taylor was four-year member for the Pilgrims Men's Soccer team being named to The Commonwealth Coast Conference All-Conference 3rd Team in 2007 and Team Captain in 2008. The Pilgrims also were ECAC Tournament Finalists in 2007 and achieved 40 wins, most in school history, during a four-year span.  Taylor has been on NH ODP staff since 2006. Taylor holds a NSCAA National Diploma, NSCAA Advance Youth Diploma and a USSF ‘D' License. He is also pursuing a Masters Degree in Sport Management from SNHU.  Josh will be supported by Chelsea Roberge, a veteran coach in our EDP program and a standout player at Souhegan High School.  Other coaches this season include Molly Dix, two time Division III national champion while playing at the University of Rochester, and Peter Camello, long-time Amherst Soccer Club youth coach.  The U10 travel pool continues to be led by Mark Smith.  Mark has been coaching soccer for the last 17 years for the Amherst Soccer Club, the Nashua World Cup Soccer Club and the Inti Soccer Academy. He holds both a USSF National D and Youth license.  He will be supported by Angela Horner (Gettysburg), Shad Hansen (Santa Clara) and veteran coach Mike Erickson.  

Schedule – Remember, we train three nights per week, M,W,F at Upper Wilkins field off of Jones Rd. from 5:15 to 6:30 and soon will start jamborees on Saturdays.  See dates below.

Tournament - Just a reminder that the club is hosting our 20th Annual Memorial Day Tournament May 26th-28th. We will be hosting over 250 teams over the memorial weekend. This annual soccer tournament is our club's only fundraiser and a lot of fun and games for our kids. We earn a significant amount of our funds from this weekend’s event which helps to keep our fees down. All parents who have kids playing (EDP invites ALL U9 and U10 players) are assigned approximately 6-8 hours per player this weekend at a specific duty such as field marshaling, concessions, parking, field cleanup, field prep, etc. Team Duties will be assigned in April so please keep the weekend free for your child's games and your work assignment. If you would like to complete your hours prior to that weekend or will be away, contact Lisa at tournament@amherstsoccerclub.com. If your child is too young to play, but you want to volunteer, please let us know, we would love the help.

Communication – please remember that all e-mails are logged at the EDP blog at http://asc-edp.blogspot.com/ so if you can’t find one, it is there.  NOTE THAT THE EDP CALENDAR WILL BE UPDATED…we do not start jamborees the 21^st, and training arrival is 5:15 with training start at 5:30 – late arrivals hurt our ability to balance coach to player ratio, please try to be there at 5:15.

Mark your calendar:

·         Jamborees – April 28, May 5, May 12, May 19, June 2, June 9 at Cemetery Fields 1-2 PM.  We play 4v4 format and appreciate soccer parents who want to help manage a field.  

·         APRIL SCHOOL BREAK CAMP-For additional opportunities to receive more touches on the ball and instruction, Soccer Sphere, will be holding a week-long camp during April Break vacation (4/23-27) at Southern New Hampshire University. Soccer Sphere, is run by our Director of Coaching, Marc Hubbard, and provides soccer camps throughout New Hampshire. Soccer Sphere's goal is to challenge each player each day with the objective to build confidence, increase each camper's playing skills, and most of all have FUN! For more information on Soccer Sphere and camp applications can be found at www.soccersphere.org.

·         Club Outing - NE Revolution Game Saturday May 12th vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC - Kickoff @ 7:30PM e-mail Mark Smith at msmithp2@gmail.com for tickets.

·         Club year end picnic - June 11^{th  for} families.  The club will provide hotdogs and hamburgers and we will send out what families are to bring (by age) – stay tuned.

·         Summer Camp - August 6th-10th 9:00 am - 12:00 pm at Bean Fields in Amherst, NH. Cost of camp is $125 for players from outside our club. For those players, rostered with HFC/ASC for the fall, camp is included in your fall dues. If you have friends that would like to participate or interested in joining the club please contact Director of Coaching, Marc Hubbard at m.hubbard@snhu.edu or 603-645-9703 for more information.

 

 

 

Welcome to the HFC/ASC Spring 2012 season

Hello HFC/ASC Players and Families!

Hope you all have been enjoying the nice weather and are ready for the spring season! Below is information on the upcoming season.

Winter Training -For those of you participating in the winter training at the Dome, the last training session is scheduled for April 3rd. If fields open on April 1st then we may move outdoors beginning 4/2. However, please plan on training to be at the Dome unless you hear otherwise.

Spring League - All travel teams (U10-U19) will be participating in the Granite State Soccer League this spring season under the name of Hampshire FC. The website for the league is www.granitestatesoccer.com. Here you will find schedules, directions, standings, etc. Games will begin the weekend of April 14th. Game schedules are not yet posted. More information on games will be sent once available by your team managers. All home games will be played at Cemetery Fields in Amherst. Games may be played on Saturday, Sunday or both days on any given weekend.

EDP - Scheduled to start on 4/16 at Upper Wilkins field. U10 teams will begin practicing earlier than the rest of EDP due to league games starting 4/14 - schedule to come. Saturday Jamborees will be held at 1:00 at Cemetery Fields. More information will be sent on the schedule for U10/EDP.

Goal Keeper Training-The club will be offering Goal Keeper Training on Thursdays at Cemetery Fields. U15-19 will take place from 5-6 PM and U10-U14 from 6-7 PM starting April 19th. If interested, please email Lisa Davidson at treasurer@comcast.net so we can get a handle on how many kids will be there. Gk's with practice time conflicts should attend keeper training and then go to their regular practice.

Tournament - Just a reminder that the club is hosting our 20th Annual Memorial Day Tournament May 26th-28th. We will be hosting over 250 teams over the memorial weekend. This annual soccer tournament is our club's only fundraiser and a lot of fun and games for our kids. We earn a significant amount of our funds from this weekends event which helps to keep our fees down. All parents are assigned approximately 6-8 hours per player this weekend at a specific duty such as field marshaling, concessions, parking, field cleanup, field prep, etc. Team Duties will be assigned in April so please keep the weekend free for your child's games and your work assignment. If you would like to complete your hours prior to that weekend or will be away, contact Lisa at tournament@amherstsoccerclub.com.

Practices and Coaches -The coaching and practice schedule has been set for the club. We are at the mercy of the town on when fields will be opening for the spring. Tentative date is currently set for April 1st. Please see below for schedule. Any changes to the schedule will be sent to you by either the team manager or coach. Training uniform for all players will be their blue training (camp) shirt and your own black shorts and black socks. Players will be expected to come dressed appropriately. If you are new to the club and have not received your blue shirt yet, please let your team manager know and we will get you one. We are happy to announce the following coaches and team:

Team	Coach	Email	Team parent	Email
BU19	Steve Martus	coach.martus@gmail.com	Claudette Stone	Claudette.M.Stone@gmail.com
GU18	Elie Monteiro	Elie_monteiro@uml.edu	TBD
BU17	James Goodwin	jgoodwin42@gmail.com	TBD
BU15	Jonathan Mayo	jonathan.mayo@snhu.edu	Dolly Care	dolly4172003@yahoo.com
	Elie Monteiro	Elie_monteiro@uml.edu
BU13	Michael Adam	michael.adam@snhu.edu	Tom Driscoll	thomasjdriscoll@comcast.net
BU12/red	Austin Britt	austinbritt19@live.com	Karin Alger	karinalger@hotmail.com
	Nick Papamichael	nicholas.papamichael@snhu.edu
BU12/Blue	Austin Britt	austinbritt19@live.com	Karin Alger	karinalger@hotmail.com
	Nick Papamichael	nicholas.papamichael@snhu.edu
GU12/Red	Joshua Taylor	j.Taylor@Snhu.edu	Shawn Hollister	shawnhollister@gmail.com
	Celsea Roberge	Chelsea.Roberge@myfairpoint.net
BU11	Jaime Pendleton	jaimependleton@yahoo.com	Robin Loconto	robinloconto@yahoo.com
GU11/Blue	Joshua Taylor	j.Taylor@Snhu.edu	Polly culver	polly.culver@comcast.net
	Celsea Roberge	Chelsea.Roberge@myfairpoint.net
BU10	Shad Hansen	shadhansen@yahoo.com	TBD
	Mark Smith	msmithp2@gmail.com
	Molly Dix	dix@rti.org
BU10	Mike Erickson	ericksonm1217@gmail.com	TBD
	Mark Smith	msmithp2@gmail.com
	Molly Dix	dix@rti.org
GU10	Angela Horner	angelahornor@hotmail.com	Paul Lin	pfl_nyc@yahoo.com
	Mark Smith	msmithp2@gmail.com	Luminita Lin	luminita_lin@yahoo.com
	Molly Dix	dix@rti.org

 

Practice Schedule (Tentative start date is 4/1 for U10-U19 teams)

 

Monday
Cemetery Fields 4:00-6:00 BU11, BU12
Cemetery Fields 5:00-7:00 BU13
Upper Wilkins 5:30-6:30 EDP
Upper Wilkins 6:30-8:15 GU11, GU12

 

Tuesday
Upper Wilkins 5:30-6:30 Tots (5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22 Upper club shifts down for these four weeks-first 1/2 hour)
Upper Wilkins 6:00-8:00 BU15-BU19 and GU15-GU19

 

Wednesday
Upper Wilkins 5:30-6:30 EDP
Upper Wilkins 6:30-8:15 GU11, GU12

 

Thursday
Cemetery Fields 4:00-6:00 BU12
Cemetery Fields 5:00-7:00 BU13
Cemetery Fields 6:00-8:00 BU15, BU17, BU19, GU18
Cemetery Fields 5:00-6:00 Goalkeeper training U15-U19 players
Cemetery Fields 6:00-7:00 Goalkeeper training U10-U14 players

 

Friday
Upper Wilkins 4:00-5:30 BU11
Upper Wilkins 5:30-6:30 EDP

 

Saturday
Cemetery Fields 1:00-2:00 EDP Jamboree
Cemetery Fields 2:00-7:00 Upper club home games - Overflow

 

Sunday
Cemetery Fields 11:00-7:00 Upper club home games

 

Dates to Mark on your Calendar-Be on the lookout for more information!
ASC/Hampshire FC day at Southern New Hampshire University - April 7^th, SNHU Men's Soccer vs Seacoast United Phantoms. 1:00 @SNHU

APRIL SCHOOL BREAK CAMP-For additional opportunities to receive more touches on the ball and instruction, Soccer Sphere, will be holding a week-long camp during April Break vacation (4/23-27) at Southern New Hampshire University. Soccer Sphere, is owned and directed by our Director of Coaching, Marc Hubbard, and provides soccer camps throughout New Hampshire. Soccer Sphere's goal is to challenge each player each day with the objective to build confidence, increase each camper's playing skills, and most of all have FUN!For more information on Soccer Sphere and camp applications can be found at www.soccersphere.org.

Club Outing - NE Revolution Game Saturday May 12th vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC - Kickoff @ 7:30PM

Club year end picnic - June 11th

Summer Camp - August 6th-10th 9:00 am - 12:00 pm at Bean Fields in Amherst, NH. Cost of camp is $125. Open to the public. For those players, rostered with HFC/ASC for the fall, camp is included in your fall dues. The camp is open to the public as well. If you have friends that would like to participate or interested in joining the club please contact Director of Coaching, Marc Hubbard at m.hubbard@snhu.edu or 603-645-9703 for more information.

 

Team Managers will be in touch with additional information. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Have a great Season!

ASC Board of Directors