Rural Adult Soccer & Futsal Grants

These grants offer an opportunity for Rural organizations to expand their engagement within the community to include Adult participants. 

Review the information package for details regarding eligibility, funding, and application procedure before completing the application.

Applications open on the 1st of January each year! 

Saskatchewan Soccer Association : Website by RAMP InterActive 

Sask Sport Adaptive Club Development and Equipment Grants  

Adaptive Sport Grants - Sask Sport 

Application deadlines: Member Organizations must submit applications to SSA by March 22 and/or Sept.22 annually. SSA will then submit applications to Sask Sport by April 1 and/or Oct. 1. 

The cost of specialized (adapted) equipment for athletes with a disability to participate in sport is a significant barrier to their participation. The purpose of the Adaptive Sport Equipment Grant is to assist in removing this barrier and provide financial assistance for the purchase of adapted equipment for people with a disability to participate in organized sport programs. 

The purpose of the Adaptive Sport Club Development Grant is to provide financial assistance to support new development programs in communities or the expansion (enhancement) of existing sport programs for persons with a disability. 

The Saskatchewan Soccer Association would like to invite you to attend the 2025 Annual General Meeting

Location:

Dakota Dunes Resort, 203 Dakota Dunes Way, Whitecap, SK S7K 2L2

Friday, March 21

Evening: Come & Go Social

Saturday, March 22

Morning: Annual General Meeting

Afternoon: Member Sessions & Awards

Evening: Awards Banquet

Please Note:

The AGM Working Papers and official schedule along with a request for RSVP will be sent at a later date.

Hotel: Book by February 19

A block of rooms for Friday and Saturday night have been set aside at the Dakota Dunes Resort. These rooms can be accessed using this link Dakota Dunes Resort

Rooms will be held until February 19 at which point they will be released to the public. There are limited hotel rooms available, so please be sure to confirm your booking as early as possible.

Now Accepting 2025 Referee Registrations

Preparations for the 2025 outdoor season are under way. Please encourage all returning referees to head over to your Member Organization’s RAMP portal and register if they have not done so already. Referees have a very important role in sport and having a trained pool of referees is vital to the success of your local programming.

Registration for the 2025 Referee Season is now available and will remain open for the 2025 calendar year. 

A kind reminder that all referees 18+ must upload a current Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector at the time of registration. 

If you need to submit a Referee Registrar Report, you can find it on our website here. 

REMINDER: Both the 2025 Outdoor and 2025 Referee seasons will not be active until the Member Organization activates it; this can be done in the season settings. 

RAMP Season Set Up Tutorial: RAMP Registration System Admin Tutorial  

What if not enough match officials are returning? 

The time to recruit more participants and book a referee clinic is now. Head over to the Saskatchewan Soccer Referee Courses   page for more information. Future referees are required to complete The Entry Level Referee Course Online Module via Smarter U (link accessible on the webpage and also via the individual Ramp account) before registering for the one day in person session. If your Member Organization has any questions, please contact Octavian at o.iliuta@sasksoccer.com. 

Entry Level Referee Course Online Modules 

Starting in 2024, Canada Soccer has launched the new updated Entry Level Referee Online Modules. These have replaced the SSA Google Classroom approach aligning entry-level coach and referee development at the National level. The access keys for the online modules (purchased by each participant) will cost $30 for $2025 and $50 in 2026. 

All eligible Referee Entry Level Clinic participants (minimum of 14 years and older) are required to complete The Online Training via Canada Soccer’s SmarterU platform before moving forward with a seven-hour in-person session to complete referee certification. 

The Referee Course Registration Guide is outlined here. The Referee Entry Level Clinic process via Smarter U is available via this link. The Small Sided Referee /Futsal referee process is described here. All information is also available on the SSA Website on the Referee Courses page. 

For more information on referee courses or to schedule a practical session in your community, please contact Octavian Iliuta – Manager of Referee Development @ o.iliuta@sasksoccer.com. 

Community Referee Education Sessions

SSA will be offering Laws of the Game Refresher online education sessions (via Zoom) to all Saskatchewan Soccer registered referees. Sessions will be approximately 1-1.5 hours and will focus on several exciting topics spread over the course of four sessions. We will explore and learn together on Laws of the Game 2024-2025 Revisions, Challenges, Offside, Handball, Tactical fouls, Dissent and even rare situations that may occur based on the Laws of the Game. You are welcome to attend all sessions or just the ones that fit your schedule.  

Sessions take place, March 27, April 2, April 15, and April 24 with a 7:30 p.m. start time. 

Registration is on a first come, first served basis. If you are interested, please register here. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with details on how to access the session of your choice. 

Referees are essential to the participant’s experience and advancement of the game. They deserve our respect and a supportive, abuse-free, environment. You can make a difference; always treat them well and thank them for their contributions every game! 

Outdoor 2025 RAMP Season – Opened December 1  

RAMP Registration for the Outdoor 2025 Season and 2025 Referee Season opened December 1st.  

REMINDER: The seasons will not be active until the Member Organization activates it under the season settings. To learn more, please visit: http://www.sasksoccer.com/content/RAMP-Sports-Management-System. 

Registrar Reports & Questions can be sent to Neysa Strueby n.strueby@sasksoccer.com. 

REMINDER: Both the 2025 Outdoor and 2025 Referee seasons will not be active until the Member Organization activates it; this can be done in the season settings. 

RAMP Season Set Up Tutorial: RAMP Registration System Admin Tutorial  

2025 SSA Membership Renewal

All Member Organizations are required to renew each year to be eligible for SSA Member Benefits. Members who renew on time are rewarded through Member Assistance Program Funding (MAP) and are eligible to vote at the SSA AGM.  

The deadline for renewal is March 15.  

Regular Member Organizations (register players): $75.00 Association Member Organizations (do not register players): $50.00 Renewal fees increase after March 15. 

Renew Here

Payment can be submitted via e-transfer to ea@sasksoccer.com or by cheque payable to: Saskatchewan Soccer Association 

Travel Permits 

It’s a busy time for travel permits, please ensure all permits have been signed off on by a member organization contact, all participants are registered in RAMP and team personnel have the correct credentials.  

Permits can be sent to n.strueby@sasksoccer.com and payments sent via e-transfer to ea@sasksoccer.com. 

2025 Outdoor Season

RAMP Registration for Outdoor 2025 Season and 2025 Referee Season is open!  

REMINDER: The season will not be active until the Member Organization activates it under the season settings. To learn more click Here 

Registrar's Joke

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International Women's Day Virtual Event

IWD: For International Women’s Day and beyond, let’s clear a path for girls to lead 

Join Lean In Girls for a special IWD virtual event on March 6th 9am PST / 12pm EST to learn five ways all adults can lift up the girls in their lives. 

There will also be a chance to connect with others who are passionate about lifting up girls and inspiring inclusion in their community. 

Help develop a Saskatchewan-based Women and Girls in Sport Resource Kit

Calling all individuals, groups, clubs and organizations who are doing work in the development of girls and women in sport in Saskatchewan! Sask Sport has hired Spark Solutions to develop a resource kit to support the development of girls and women to become and stay involved in sport in Saskatchewan.

The resource kits will be themed around programming for girls and women athletes, girls and women as coaches and officials, women in leadership on boards, staff, in administration and as technical leaders, and operating sustainably. The guides will incorporate the perspectives of Indigenous, Newcomer, 2SLGBTQIA+, Trans and diverse gender, and Para girls and women and will include useful information to effectively foster inclusion.

But first, we want to talk to you to learn about:

• Your successful programs specifically for girls and women, including Para programs
• How you’ve worked to minimize dropout as girls become teens
• How you’ve worked to become more welcoming and friendly to girls and women and move toward gender equity
• How you’ve worked to increase recruitment and retention of girls and women to coaching and officiating
• How you’ve worked to promote girls and women coaches and officials to higher level technical positions
• How you’ve worked to become more welcoming and inclusive to Indigenous girls and women or worked to decolonize your environment
• How you’ve worked to be more welcoming and inclusive to racialized girls and women and/or newcomers to Canada
• How you’ve become more welcoming and inclusive to individuals who are LGBTQIA2S+, Trans and/or gender diverse
• Your initiatives to incorporate more women in paid or volunteer leadership positions
• Great partnerships you’ve formed

If you would like to help please fill out the survey in the link by February 21st.

Saskatchewan Soccer Association www.sasksoccer.com