Congratulations to the Most Valuable Players of the 2003 outdoor season, as voted by the teams in each division:

    A Division
    Sebi Cioaba, Italia Calabria
    Matt Jarbeau, Rangers I
    Steve van Peppen, Scarpazza Homes Juventus

    B Division
    Richard Prinsen, Cocamo Nooners

    C Division
    Neil Rogers, Cataraqui II

This year the Fair Play Award was shared between two teams, both from the B Division. Each of these teams accumulated only six yellow cards through the course of the regular season. The Nooners also won this award in 1996, 2000, and 2001.
    Cocamo Nooners
    Quality Transfer

Congratulations to the winners of the 2003 outdoor playoffs:

    Scarpazza Homes Juventus   [A Division]

    Cataraqui I   [B Division]

    Cocamo Rangers   [C Division]

Over the course of seventeen weeks, the following teams managed to put in a little better performance than the rest and become division champions for the 2003 outdoor season. Congratulations to:

    Portuguese Benfica   [A Division]

    Queen’s Inn   [B Division]

    Cataraqui II   [C Division]

Due to their playing of ineligible players, Kelsey’s United of the A Division have been suspended from further league play for this season. The points from two of their matches have been taken away, and each result marked as a forfeit. Due to their suspension, all of their remaining matches have also been forfeited.

The 2003 GKSSA playoff schedule for Divisions A, B, and C is now available. C Division teams will have games on Friday, September 12, and all three divisions will have games on Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14.

Friday, August 15 is the last day that players may be added to your roster for the 2003 season. If you have additional players you want to sign, please contact Registrar Maureen Sakell right away.

Congratulations to 2003’s winning cup teams:

If you haven’t yet picked up this year’s key for the lighted field at Woodbine, please contact Maureen immediately to make arrangments. The key for the Caton’s fields has not changed since last year, but we expect to get a new key for the lights at Caton’s in the near future.

Kingston’s Department of Parks and Recreation now has an answering service that you may call after 3:00 pm to find out if games on their soccer fields have been canceled due to bad weather: 544-2075.

Please note: the city can cancel games only on Caton’s 1, Caton’s 2, Woodbine 4, and the St. Lawrence College field. The Italo Club and Gananoque fields are not under their control.

The GKKSA wishes to thank Dan Roberts and his freshly assembled team for filling the vacancy in the B Division when the Cataraqui Clippers I team failed to materialize the day before the season started. Good luck to our newest team, The Quality Transfer. They have assumed the schedule of the phantom Clippers I. Their first two games from the original schedule (against Leeds United and KYSA Kicks) will be rescheduled.

C Division Teams: As of May 29th, all Jankins FC games previously scheduled for a Monday night on the Alcan field will be played at another field, and on either a Tuesday or Friday night. All C Division teams should check this schedule to see how this will affect you.

There is a zero tolerance policy for foul or abusive language at all GKSSA games. Any such outburst will result in a yellow or red card; a previous warning from the referee is not necessary. Note that Law 12 stipulates that “offensive or insulting or abusive language and/or gestures” is a sending-off offence.

The Spring AGM was held Sunday, March 30th at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour.

Only teams that submitted their $800 deposit at this AGM are assured a spot in the 2003 outdoor season. Any other open spots will be filled on a first come, first served basis, and these spots are now open to teams on the waiting list.

The deadline for returning legibly completed team sheets to the Registrar is April 30.

Many thanks to Dan Natalizio who has stepped down as a Director. Dan has served the players of the GKSSA for several years as Statistician, scheduler, web boy, Director, and generally useful guy.

Welcome to our newest Director, Terry Bagnariol!