Give & Go Newsletter

April 2019

In this Issue:

Travel Tryouts Begin
FC Richmond Family Festival
Sun Cup Tournament
"Beyond the Game" Player
Soccer Clinics & Training
Soccer Equip Drive Success
Alumni News
Travel, PDP & Rec News

Calendar of Events

April 14-May 20 Travel Team Tryouts

April 19 Non-Stop Soccer School's Out Clinic

May 19 FC Richmond Family Festival

June 1-2 Sun Cup Tournament

Travel Team Tryouts Begin

Tryouts for travel teams begin this Sunday, April 14. Click HERE for dates, information and to register. Please remember, ALL current travel team players must try out for next year's teams (this includes PDP and U10 players), and pre-registration is required. Please contact Kris South if you have questions, travel@fcrichmond.com .

FC Richmond Family Festival

Mark your calendar for the first FC Richmond Family Festival to be held on May 19th from 4-7pm at Robious Middle School. What a great way to celebrate the season with your team! Bring your family for an afternoon of fun, food trucks, inflatables and more! Please bring a blanket or chair. Open to all FC Richmond families!

If you or your child are interested in volunteering to help make this event a success, please sign up HERE!

Sun Cup Recreational Soccer Tournament

FC Richmond would like to invite your team to compete in the 16th Annual Sun Cup. The Sun Cup features a fun-filled family weekend with exciting recreational matches in Chesterfield County. This is a fantastic way to cap the spring season and earn the title of tournament champion!

June 1–2, 2019; Ages U7/8 – U19

Registration deadline: May 6th

Tournament Director: Bill Phillips billphillips@fcrichmond.com or 804-823-9191. Applications can be found HERE

"Beyond the Game" Player Spotlight

Chase Gunlicks

Chase Gunlicks, a player in FC Richmond’s recreational program, has gone “Beyond the Game” by giving his time and energy to be a volunteer coach for some of the younger teams in our rec program. Chase describes his experiences by saying, “It’s rewarding to see the younger players apply some of the skills that I taught them and see them enjoy playing soccer.” Chase has also assisted Bill Phillips, the recreational program director, in many different ways, such as setting up fields and helping with equipment. Chase said, “Anytime I’m at the field, I always try to check with Mr.Phillips to see how I can help, because I appreciate the great job he does every year managing our rec program and giving kids like me opportunities to develop new skills.” Chase has been an ambassador of the game to young players, as well as providing assistance to the rec program in any way he can. Thank you for your hard work, Chase!

Interview and story by Jr. Board Member, Quinn Pikunas

Soccer Clinics & Training Opportunities

Total Soccer Training (TST) is a supplemental training program designed to help players reach their full potential. TST offers small group training and one-on-one training. TST training options and pricing structure have been improved to offer more options while saving money! TST group training prices have been lowered, and players can sign up with their OWN group if they would like to train with friends, teammates, etc. For more information click HERE .

Non-Stop Soccer offers various camps and clinics throughout the year. Our Summer Camp line up includes 3 recreational camps and 2 advanced player camps. We also have a School's Out Clinic right around the corner!

Spring School's Out Clinic: April 19, 9am-3pm @ MAC

Summer Recreational Camps: 6/24-28, 8/12-16, 8/19-23

Summer Pre-Season Advanced Camp: July 22-26

Shooting & Goal Keeper Camp: Aug 5-9

Summer camps run from 8:30-11:30am at Huguenot Park

Used Soccer Equipment Drive Success

A HUGE THANK YOU to all of the families who donated soccer equipment during our equipment drive last month. We collected cleats, balls, bags, jerseys, socks, goals and more to donate to kids at Elijah House Academy and Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal School.

Staying Connected with our Alumni

Our FC Richmond Alumni are important to us and we would like to stay connected! Please share this link with your friends and family members who have "graduated" from the club. They can complete this brief FORM to stay in the know of alumni events, games, and other club activities & news.

Travel News

Congrats to the U10 Girls' Navy Team who were Champions at the St. Patrick’s Day Invitational

U10 ADSL opening weekend highlights:
U10 Navy Boys - 2 Wins (Zachery Gill scored 6 of his team’s 8 goals).

ADSL started up on 3/23 and 3/24 weekend and our U11-U12 teams came ready and had a successful weekend

VSL started up on 3/30 and 3/31, for our U13 teams and older
The U14 Boys were promoted to a higher division for the spring as they won Division III in the fall
The U13 Boys will look to repeat as Division II champions this spring

Congrats to the U16 Magic team for finishing 2nd in their bracket in the Jefferson Cup Men's Showcase!

Tryouts are here...don't forget to work on your juggling and getting your new personal best!

Congrats to the U12 Magic team for winning their 1st State Cup game this past Saturday against Team America. Well done boys and good luck to all other U12-U14 Magic and Mystx teams who have State Cup games coming up!

PDP News

PDP intra-squad matches Saturday mornings at Greenfield:
8:30-9:30 PDP Girls.
9:30-10:30 PDP Boys.

Congrats to PDP Sky Girls who were Semifinalist at the St. Patrick’s Day Invitational

Remember to practice juggling!
U8 goal - 15 juggles
U9 goal - 25 juggles

Rec News

Registration is now open for the 16th Annual Sun Cup; a recreational soccer tournament hosted by FC Richmond. Teams will compete in a minimum of three games. The Sun Cup offers true recreational teams the opportunity to play against clubs from Richmond and surrounding areas. Age division range from U8 - U19. For more information, visit our website www.suncup.org.

Once the spring season ends, Summer Futsal begins. Registration for Summer Futsal will open in late April.

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