[RP TownTalk] HMB Spring Soccer Registration, Practices, Games

[David Hiles]

REGISTRATION:
Hyattsville-Mount Rainier-Brentwood (HMB) Boys and Girls Club will  
holding registration for the 2008 spring and fall soccer seasons on  
Thursday March  13.  Registration will be conducted at Hyattsville  
Elementary School from 7:00 to 8:00 PM.   This applies to old and new  
players of all ages.
Registration fees are $65, unchanged from last year.  New players are  
Welcome!  If you registering a new player, bring a copy of the  
player's birth certificate and a small photo.  Registration forms are  
available online in the files section of the HMB_All  yahoo group site.

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SMALLSIDED (4v4) SOCCER
For players born after 1997, smallsided practices will begin on  
Saturday March 15th.  Practices will be held at the usual location,  
behind the football field in Magruder Park.  Our first game will be  
on Saturday March 29!  FYI,  we are beginning to think about  
expanding this program to cover 5th and possibly 6th grade players in  
the fall.  We have begun marking the field.  If you can help with  
field marking, please contact me at hilesd at mac.com.

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COUNTY SOCCER

Our first county game will be held on April 19th, about a month later  
than has long been the case.  Coaches: contact me for a field permit.

GIRLS TEAM:
Contact Coach Chris Nichols for details about practice.

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BOGGY MAIN FIELD AND COUNTY HOME GAMES:

At this time we are unsure if we will have county soccer home games  
in Magruder Park this spring.  The city has not maintained the  
drainage channels at the east end of the field needed to allow water  
to flow off into the creek.  Poor drainage has made the east  end of  
the field boggy and essentially unplayable.  It still has unsafe ruts  
caused by somebody driving on the field back in December.  We  
informed the City Department of Public Works about the drainage  
problem last year(in March and December, again in February this  
year), but nothing has been done to date.

To minimize field damage, do not hold practice on the boggy area.  If  
you see pickup games being played on wet fields, call it in to the  
Hyattsville police dispatcher at 301-985-5060  The police do not have  
a regular patrol to control unpermitted use.

The boggy problem does not affect the smallsided program.   However,  
the smallsided program lost one 4v4 field when the city parks crew  
dragged the infield on the back section of the park, which is  
exclusively permitted for soccer this spring...

Yours in Soccer,

David Hiles
HMB VP
Smallsided Soccer Coordinator