The Richmond Soccer Association has been awarded the 2014 Provincial "B" Cup Boys Soccer Championships.
The event was recently re-named the Les Sinnott Memorial Boys Provincial Cup, in memory of a long standing BC Soccer board member. The competition features seven regional winners per division (U13U18), playing a round-robin format over four days, leading up to the medal round.
As the host association, the RYSA also has an automatic berth in each age group.
"Richmond Soccer is thrilled to be the hosts of the 2014 Les Sinnott Memorial Boys Provincial B Cup," said Stu McPherson, chair of the tournament organizing committee. "We welcome teams from across the province to experience our Richmond hospitality. We have hosted many events over the years and each one we strive to make better than the last."
The championships are slated for July 3-6 and will take place at Hugh Boyd and Minoru Park.
Meanwhile, B.C. Soccer announced two other 2014 Provincial Cup host associations.
The Burnaby Youth Soccer Association will be hosting the Provincial "A" Cup for boys and girls teams. Games will take place at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex and Burnaby Central secondary school.
The Provincial "B" Cup for girls will be held in Chilliwack.
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B.C. Soccer also announced last week that it has further highlighted its commitment to the Canadian Soccer Associations (CSA) Wellness to World Cup Long Term Player Development (LTPD) program/ model by re-confirming that there are to be no recording and posting of standings for age groups U12 and below starting this fall.
LTPD's recommendation is that no league standings are to be recorded within the first three stages of development, Active Start, FUNdamentals and Learning to Train (these stages run between the ages of U4-U12). The B.C. Soccer Small Sided/ Mini Soccer Development Manual has been updated to adhere to this recommendation for these age groups.
"Across the country, this has been a topic of debate and we at BC Soccer wanted our membership to know our stance on this; the matches themselves will still drive competition for these players but we need to distance ourselves from the WIN AT ALL COSTS mentality", stated Luca Dalla Pace, BC Soccer's LTPD Liaison.
"This is a positive change that we made for the appropriate development of our players within these important stages of development."
Some leagues were already not recording scores/standings for U12 and below, including District 4 which includes teams from the RYSA.
