Bays United Football Club

Thanks to all the coaches and managers who participated in our first annual Coaches Holiday Crossbar Challenge! We had a total of 67 entries and even Santa took time out of his busy schedule to have a go. All participants were entered into a prize draw, with extra entries for crossbar hits. Congratulations to our winners: Steve McNaughton, Nestor Valencia, Alex Morton, Andrew Coward, Ian Sharpe, Peter van den Berg, Angus Henderson, Steve Cockayne, Randy Jones, Andrea Siem...ens, Suzanne Mathews, Michael Steuart and Erin McLean! Huge thanks to all of our coaches and volunteers for their passion and enthusiasm throughout the year and a very big thankyou to our sponsors: Babylon by Telus Health and SoccerX! Learn more about Babylon by Telus Health at https://www.telus.com/en/bc/health/personal/babylon... Check out SoccerX at https://www.soccerx.com/

BAYS HOLIDAY CROSSBAR CHALLENGE! At Bays we are so lucky to have an amazing crew of coaches, managers and other volunteers! This holiday season we wanted to recognize all these wonderful folks and have a little fun by inviting them to participate in a Holiday Crossbar Challenge! Any Bays coach or volunteer can enter - Between now and December 20th, take five chances to hit the crossbar and your name will be put in a draw to win prizes. Entries are already rolling in - ...check out this video and watch for more in the days to come! Questions? Contact John Bentley at [email protected]. #baysholidaycrossbarchallenge The Bays Holiday Crossbar Challenge is sponsored by Babylon by Telus Health and SoccerX. Prizes include over a dozen $50 gift certificates supporting local small businesses as well as for SoccerX. Huge thanks to Babylon by Telus Health and SoccerX for their support! Learn more about Babylon by Telus Health at https://www.telus.com/en/bc/health/personal/babylon Check out SoccerX at https://www.soccerx.com/

Congratulations to our latest Bays Volunteer of the Week, Blair Mitchell! Blair coaches both his daughter’s U8 team and his son’s U11/12 Olympic team and says he really enjoys coaching and supporting the club. Blair, thanks so much for all you do for Bays - we couldn’t do it without volunteers like you! Thanks to Soccer Express for providing gift certificates for all of our Volunteer of the Week recipients. #baysvolunteeroftheweek

Hey Bays Families - it was so great to see so many of our Youth players out this past week taking advantage of our Phase One training programs! We are very grateful to our awesome Tech Director Eddie Mukahanana and our amazing tech coaches for continuing to adapt to changing situations and to bring their positive energy, skill and knowledge to our soccer community. Massive thanks to all our coaches, managers and players for being so flexible during these uncertain times!

Congratulations to our first Bays Volunteer of the Week for this season, James Donald, who coaches one of our U13 Boys Silver teams! A long time Bays volunteer coach, James is also the current corner flag custodian for Finlayson. James, we can't thank you enough for generously sharing your time and skill to foster youth soccer in our community! Many thanks to Soccer Express for providing gift certificates for all of our Volunteer of the Week recipients. #baysvolunteeroftheweek

Bays Coaches Stuart Kerr, Steve Cockayne and Randy Jones got creative and held a video analysis garage session in 3 degree weather! Doing whatever it takes for the Boys U16 Gold team....Now that's dedication!

Bays players, Interested in improving your speed and agility this season? One of our volunteer coaches, Jose Amador of Iron Will Athletic Club, is hosting two speed and agility camps this month to help players improve their game, prevent injury and make the most of their soccer season! Camps take place on two Fridays, November 20th and 27th, for two age groups (11-14 & 15-18). Space is strictly limited. Coaches' clinics focusing on the importance of warm-up to prevent injuries, sprint drills and technique are also available on request. Check out Iron Will's website below for more info and to sign up: https://ironwillac.wixsite.com/speed/speed-and-agility-camp

Congratulations to all coach and player award recipients for the 2019/20 season! While awards were announced through our virtual awards ceremony in April, recipients were able to collect their awards in a scaled down and safely-distanced ceremony last week. Congrats to all, and many thanks for your passion and commitment and for your exceptional contributions to our Bays soccer community!

Bays Families, All members are encouraged to attend our virtual Annual General Meeting this evening, Wednesday October 7th at 7:30 p.m. The AGM will take place via Zoom. Please check your email for the link. The link will open at 7:15 p.m. - hope to see you there!

We're getting closer to our season start up! Coaches were out with our Technical Director, Eddie Mukahanana, on the (brand new!) turf last night, running through protocols and some drills to get our players off and running! Our coaches can't wait to get out with their teams... thanks to everyone for their patience as we navigate startup in our new circumstances!