About
Our Club
The
Glanbrook Youth Soccer Club has been providing soccer in our community
since 1980. Founded by the Binbrook Optimists Club, there were 180 boys
and girls playing in that first year. Games were played at Bellmoore and
Bellstone schools and at Valley Park in Upper Stoney Creek. In 1984 we
assisted in the development of the new
Sports
Complex on Binbrook Road,
initially with three soccer fields and have since expanded to six fields.
Our fundraising efforts permitted flood lighting to be installed on the
main field, followed by the purchase of office facilities to better serve
the community needs.In 1989, to commemorate our 10th anniversary, all players
received a Club Jacket, and for our 20th anniversary players were presented
with a commemorative soccer ball. In 2002 the Ontario
Soccer Association, in recognition of a significant contribution to
the game of soccer, awarded our club the Meritorious Service Award.
Our
Mission
In
partnership with home and community, the Glanbrook Youth Soccer Club will
provide the maximum opportunity for all eligible individuals to participate
equitably in a program that encourages fair-play soccer, honour and respect
for others.
Soccer
Equipment To Cuba
During
past trips, we made contact with two school teams in Holguin, coached by
a former National Team Player. These two teams of 12 and 14 year-olds finished
second and fifth in the national championships. Other than two soccer balls
provided by Glanbrook Youth Soccer Club these teams have no equipment at
all. Currently we are looking at ways of sending some additional equipment
to them prior to our next trip. Many thanks to everyone for helping to
make a little difference!
For
the past few years, Don and Mandy Clowes have put up a sign at the Soccer
Club
for
parents to turn in their used soccer equipment for delivery to children
in Cuba.
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The
above photograph shows the local two room dirt floor school in the village
of Playa Blanca,
where
a lot of the equipment was delivered to.
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Though
it was difficult to obtain photographs of the children, we did succeed
in
having
Orlandito Riaz in the village of Rafael Freyre pose with his soccer shirt
and ball.
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Glanbrook
Youth Soccer Club
