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The local soccer front is relatively quiet this week. With the usual back to school tasks to be completed, soccer may have to take a back seat with most players for a few days. Last weekend saw the first annual seven a side ladies soccer tournament. Organized by the newly formed Phantom Lake Ladies Soccer Club, this was a fun tournament, played with the minimum number of players in games lasting less than an hour. The weather was fantastic with blue skies and no wind, from 10 a.m. on Saturday until 5 p.m. on Sunday. Soccer was played by women, most of whom only took up the sport this year. The weekend was not without the usual hiccups and injuries, but nothing serious I am glad to say. There is one month left in the ladies season, and with playing students returning to school, there are now spots open for more players. The Hapnot Kweens girls soccer team is looking very strong this year, led by captains Zoe Pittet and Kyrra Kosar, we have more strength in depth at all positions, from goalkeeper to forward. We have new players trying out. Some of the veterans may be in for a surprise this year as positions that they thought they had locked up may not be quite as safe as they thought. I now have three assistant coaches helping out for the first time, with Meghan Strachan completing the coaching lineup. Meghan, a new gym teacher at Hapnot Collegiate, is a very successful soccer coach from Brandon, and the prospect of working with her is fantastic. So from a one man show in previous years, we have developed into a coaching staff of four, which will give the players the individual training they need to bring the provincial banner back to Flin Flon. This is competitive soccer. Our aim is to be Provincial champions. We have become progressively better each year. This is because of the hard work of the team, the realization that they are one of the best teams in Manitoba high school soccer, and the belief in their own ability. With work comes success, and with success comes glory. These girls deserve to be, and will be, champions this year. Unfortunately, I have to report that once again damage has been done to the playing surface at Phantom Lake soccer field by someone driving a quad in circles and ripping the surface. I can not understand this. It seems that just when we start to think that people will respect sports facilities something like this happens to spoil it. Repair work will start as soon as possible. We need this field for adult soccer this season and in April for youth soccer. Good news, at last the fence is up at Foster Park. Now it looks like a first class facility, with the imminent arrival of the goal posts it is only days away from being used. One plan that is being developed will make a walking track around the field inside the fence. This will be used for training by sports teams and general exercise for everybody.
