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Five Seaway Valley Blazers Teams Win 2017

Shield Cup Tournament

By Molly Kett and U16/17G won their District
Competitive Tier 1 division. On
his September, the Seaway
the boys’ side, U15 and U16 won
TValley Soccer Club had five their District Competitive Tier 1
separate Blazers teams win the division.”
Shield Cup Tournament Finals in
their own divisions. For those of you who may
not know, Seaway Valley
The Shield Cup is a season- Soccer Club (SVSC) is a soccer

long knock out tournament with club, which offers recreational
teams from each respective age (House League program), semi-
group and level that Seaways competitive (Coyotes program),
teams play during the season. and competitive
(Blazers U13 Girls Shield Cup Winners
The tournament is open to U13 program) soccer to Cornwall and Photo Submitted
to U18 age groups.
surrounding area to more than
Dan Roy, part of the Seaway 1000 players.
organization, says, “For 2017, “We at SVSC don’t have
we had seven of our nine teams
the luxury that the Ottawa and
compete in the tournament and Kingston Clubs have. For most
five won the finals. The other two of our older teams, we usually
teams lost in the quarterfinals. have a few extra players, that
These are tremendous results attend tryouts, than the amount
for a small club that competes
that are required to field a team
against large Ottawa Clubs. In and sometimes we need to find
2016, SVSC had three Shield a few players to field a team,”
Cup Champions, which at that says Roy. “Our player pool
point was the most in one single is significantly lower than the
season. Maybe we can surpass U14 Boys Shield Cup Winners Photo Submitted
big clubs. However, our club
the five Championships next continues to provide an excellent
season.”
learning program with excellent
According to Roy, the club has results on the field. We have
reached this level of success for a dedicated and skilled coaches
number of reasons. who dedicate and work hard with
“The success of our club over the their respective teams.”
years comes from the leadership For the 2017 outdoor season,
group and excellent coaches that SVSC had six competitive teams

we have. Their hard work and (3 boys and 3 girls in U10-U12
commitment to the development divisions) and nine competitive
of players has transpired to the teams (5 boys and 4 girls in

results on the field,” says Roy. U13 to U18 divisions). In some
“During the 2017 season, we had age divisions, the club had to
four teams finish in first place of combine two age groups to make
their age group. This is a first a team.
for the club. On the girls’ side,
U15 won their regional division Continued on page 12 U15 Girls Shield Cup Winners Photo Submitted