So you might wonder where some of that fine $ may go – here is 1 place where we like to spend it. (Besides Executive trips to resorts in Cuba)
Upon completion, passing, and proof of payment submitted – we will reimburse VISL members who take this course 50% of the cost.
See below for details.

An Entry Level Clinic is being hosted by the Gorge Soccer Association on Jan 8-10th.

The Entry Level Referee Clinic is the entry point into 11 a-side soccer. Once an individual is successful in passing this clinic they will be classified as a Youth Referee (if they are 14 or 15 years old) or a District Referee (if they are 16 years old or older).

The goal of this three day clinic is to ensure that individuals who pass are capable to be either a Referee or an Assistant Referee in 11 a-side soccer. This is done with experienced referee instructors who use video educational material and practical on field sessions. The topics covered include, but are not limited to the Laws of the Game, Positioning, Signals, Administration of the game, and Pre-Match Preparation & Match Reporting. Successful individuals have their first year’s registration free.

Pre-requisite: Minimum 14 Years old by or on the day of the clinic
Clinic Length: 17 hours
Clinic Time: Friday 6pm – 10pm – Saturday 9am – 5pm – Sunday 9am – 2pm
Clinic Fee: $125.00 (plus a $4.25 user fee / system processing fee)

Register via the BC Soccer Association website (bcsoccer.net) under Referee tab (Referee Clinics.)

Reminder for Div. 4 teams to declare whether they want to compete for the Div. 4 Cup or Challenge Cup by December 14th, 2015. Default is to compete for Challenge Cup.

Declared so far:

Div. 4 Cup

-Vic West
-Zgoda Juniors
-Lakehill Hooligans
-SFFC Boston Pizza
-Tritons
-JDF
-Bays United
-SFFC Spartans
-Castaways Invicta
-PLSC Kal Tire
-PLSC
-Sooke
-Gorge

Challenge Cup

-Penelakut
-SFFC Shady Lane
-SPL
-Fernwood

First introduced in 1933, the McGavin Cup served as a tournament that supported injured players.
As it evolved, in most recent years, it was a pre season tournament that teams used to figure out their teams and some Associations ran as a fundraiser for their Club. Now, it is considered to be the most inclusive, widest range FA style tournament in BC. All teams in the VISL are eligible except for the top 5 of Division 1.

This years Final will take place Tuesday Nov 10 at Layritz Turf. Kickoff at 8:15 pm.
Prospect Lake Lakers of Division 2 are hosting Juan de Fuca of Division 3.

Wanted to clarify a couple things regarding permits that we use to call up players from other teams.
It should be noted that we have moved to the online permit as the procedure and process moving forward. (As discussed at the last League wide Organizational meeting)
There are the 2 types of permits that are slightly different. All permits must be filled out and submitted by the registered team official of a team and the official that has their email address registered with the League and their team page.

For the permits of players that are playing within the Lower Island Soccer League (L.I.S.A.) the person that is requesting the player that is U-18 or younger must have a current criminal record check (CRC) on file at the LISA office. If you have one done within your own association, it can be copied or shared with the LISA office. The person that is applying for a youth player to play with their team is saying that they will be at the park and are taking care of the youth player that is playing up with them. These permit requests must be in to the LISA office 24 hours prior to game time. The office is open Monday – Friday. So that means the team that is releasing the player must digitally accept the permit request 24 hours before the game in question. If everything checks out …..(the player is eligible and not suspended, in good standing, a CRC on file for the person making request, and within the 24 hour time frame)the LISA authority will accept, as will the VISL – then you print out 2 copies and bring to the referee at the game. 1 if for the ref, and 1 is for the opposition. Referees should be making a note of this in their game report and all is fine. There is a limit to 3 youth players that can be called up to play for a Senior team. All permits must be done online. 1 exception is if the website is down – you can then use a pre printed copy of a permit, run around town to get signatures, then bring 2 copies to the game. If the website is down, please make sure you inform a League official. (myself & Fraser Sim)

For Intra League permits – a higher division team permitting from a lower division within their club or a higher division team permitting a player from our U21 division – the online permit is mandatory as well. We track all usages and this is also our way of determining over usage or not. With this permit, there is no 24 hour advance rule – it can be completed right up until it is time to give the referees the team paperwork during ID card checks. Again, with this rule – we acknowledge that there might be a last minute decision to permit a player as your own team members have not arrived. We also know that the website may be down for whatever reason. So again, go ahead and fill out a permit that you have in your folder for this occasion. Submit 2 copies to the referee – but it must be also completed online asap. Don’t forget to fulfill this last part, is part of the permitting process.
Remember to send a message or email to Fraser Sim or myself if you are encountering any issues with the website. The referees will document the permits in their game report. If for some reason the online report has not been completed, there will be a bad paperwork/form fine assessed. This is different than using an ineligible player – protests submitted for failure of a team to provide the paperwork for a duly registered member will result in a fine only – not reversing a game result or issuing long term suspensions.

This online permit is intended to help the league and all teams keep track of permitted players to avoid any confusion moving forward. It also is intended to stop teams from running around looking for signatures and releases.
The forms are available online under permits. The printable form is available online under resources, then documents.
Hopefully this all makes sense – if not, feel free to drop me an email.

Vince Greco
VISL President
vincentgreco@shaw.ca

As we filled up all our concussion baseline testing nights, CentricHealth/Lifemark has offered us another night of testing.
If you would like to be booked in, this is a no cost to you initiative as it is part of our sponsorship agreement.
It will be Wednesday Oct 21/2015, 6:30 pm, at 2nd Floor 3941 Shelbourne.
Please email me if you would like to be put on the list.

As well, I am pleased to offer the following from Centric Health/Lifemark: (first 5 people to indicate that they want to be signed up)

Improve your performance and help prevent injuries

Our Athletic Therapist, Julia MacLeod-Pharand , is providing a FREE opportunity for a movement screen to enhance performance and help prevent injuries.

There doesn’t need to be any apparent limitations in order to benefit from a movement screen. Even if an athlete is in excellent condition, nearly everyone has some sort of movement imbalance that will benefit by being addressed. Often movement limitations or imbalances can predispose individuals to injury or limit their potential in performance.

Julia can perform musculoskeletal injury assessments, rehabilitation and specialize in returning athletes to play.

Feedback from the screen can be provided and any recommendations will be discussed.

If any athlete is wanting further training or rehabilitation, future sessions can be booked at our regular rates.

Please see the attached brochure for some information on Athletic Therapy.

Space is limited as we are providing 5 free assessments to booked by October 16.

Anyone who is interested can contact Vince at:
vincentgreco@shaw.ca