1Good evening everyone
2and thank you for coming to the Soccer Club meeting.
3It's good to see so many parents and children here tonight,
4and I know you're looking forward to a great football season.
5Now I'd like to take a few minutes to tell you about some changes to the Soccer Club for the coming season.
6Now, this season we'll be playing all our matches for both the junior and senior competitions at King's Park,
7instead of Royal Park, which was used last season.
8Now, for meetings, we're going to use the clubhouse in King's Park,
9and the next meeting will be held in the clubhouse on the 2nd of July.
10As usual, we hope to begin the season with a picnic next Saturday at the clubhouse.
11Please try and come to the picnic as it's always good fun.
12In the last week of the season, we usually have a dinner and presentation of prizes to the players,
13and more information about this will be given to you later in the season.
14This season we have more teams than ever.
15We hope to have ten teams, instead of five, in the junior competition
16and they will play on Saturday mornings, beginning at 8.30 a.m.
17Training sessions will be held in King's Park on Wednesday afternoons for the juniors
18and they will be wearing red shirts again this year.
19In the senior competition, there'll be four teams, same as last year,
20and their games will be played on Saturday afternoons starting at 2.30,
21oh, no sorry, it will be a 2 o'clock start,
22and the training session for seniors is planned for Sunday afternoons.
23Now I'd like to introduce you to the new committee for the Soccer Club for this season.
24Firstly, let me welcome Robert Young, the new President,
25who will manage the meetings for the next two years.
26Robert's son has been playing football with the club for over five years now,
27and many thanks to Robert for taking on the job of President.
28Next we have Gina Costello, she's the treasurer,
29and she'll collect the fees from you for the season.
30Please try and give Gina your fees as early as possible in the season,
31as the club needs the money to buy some new equipment.
32Then there's David West who has volunteered to be the club secretary,
33and one of the many jobs he'll have is to send out newsletters to you regularly.
34If you have any information that may be useful,
35please let David know so that it can be included in these newsletters.
36Also, I'd like to introduce you to Jason Dokic who is the Head Coach.
37For all the new members here tonight, this is the third year that Jason has been with us as Head Coach,
38and we're very lucky to have such an experienced coach and former player at our club.
39He will continue to supervise the teams, at training sessions and on match days.
40Now, before we finish and have some refreshments,
41does anyone have any questions they'd like to ask the new committee?