The next DYS meeting will be held on Thursday May 3rd at 8:00pm. The meeting is scheduled to be held at the Maytown Fire Hall meeting room in the rear of the fire department. Meetings are open to all coaches and parents, hope to see you there.
Join us on May 11th at the York Revolution's Sovereign Bank Stadium!
$3 Admission ($7 w/food voucher), Pre-game Soccer Clinic with the Harrisburg City Islanders and more!
(see flyer above for more details)
Bouquet Mulligan DeMaio Eye Professionals will be hosting an Oakley Event at their Elizabethtown office on May 17th from 1-7pm. They have extended the offer to DYS members. An Oakley Rep will be on hand to answer questions, demo product and offer great savings on their complete line of eyewear. Prizes and giveaways!
REGISTRATION FOR SPRING SOCCER IS CLOSED
IF YOU HAVE REGISTERED AND NOT HEARD FROM A COACH,
PLEASE CONTACT THE AGE GROUP COORDINATOR IMMEDIATELY.
(see CONTACT page for contact information)
TRAVEL TRYOUT DATES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED - DETAILS TO FOLLOW!
DONEGAL YOUTH SOCCER TRAVEL TRYOUTS at Donegal Middle School Is your son or daughter interested in challenging themselves at a higher level of play?
Please consider trying out for the DYS Travel Soccer program.
We currently offer travel teams at several age group levels.
Teams are not guaranteed for each age group; they will be determined by the amount of
players who are eligible. Players, who participate in school sports, will still need to
attend tryouts so teams can be formed for the following school year.
Player must only attend 1 session date in their age group. They can attend both sessions,
but not required. Players should plan to come rain or shine, as weather-related
cancellations will be made the day of tryouts. Please arrive 10-15 minutes ahead of time
to fill out a form and receive a numbered pinny. There is no fee to participate in tryouts.
We encourage all players from age 8-18 to tryout!
Sat., April 21st:
Age Groups: u13 (M/F) through u19 (M/F)
u13, u14: 4 PM - 5:30 PM
u15 - u19: 5:30 PM - 7 PM
Mon., April 23rd:
Age Groups: u9 (M/F) through u12 (M/F)
u9, u10: 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
u11, u12: 6:45 PM - 8 PM
Thurs., April 26th:
Age Groups: u13 (M/F) through u19 (M/F)
u13, u14: 5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
u15 - u19: 6:30 PM - 8 PM
Sat., April 28th
Age Groups: u9 (M/F) through u12 (M/F)
u11, u12: 4 PM - 5:15 PM
u9, u10: 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
IMPORTANT!!
A new page has been created to help understand both the clubs program descriptions and instructions for ONLINE REGISTRATION through gotsoccer.com. Please review the page for more information.
Please click the new link to the left labeled "Program Descriptions"
Travel Tryouts
Travel Tryouts to be held at Donegal Middle School April 21, 22, 23 and 26. Stay tuned for exact age groups and times.
FUNDRAISER INFORMATION
Orders and money due to your child's coach NO LATER THAN MARCH 31st
Players are required to sell a minimum of 10 subs/sandwiches to avoid the $25.00 opt/out fee.
Prefferable payment method: check
Make all checks payable to DYS
Pick up orders at Maytown Firehall(rear door) on Wed. April 11th
In order to protect our volunteers' privacy and to direct all questions/concerns to the appropriate officer/coordinator, DYS has implemented a new phone system. For all inquiries, please dial
717-344-5225.
Helpful Training Drills!
Below find a drill from Youtube.com that may help in your practices, this drill would benefit younger players as well as experienced ones.
Instructions:Right click on the link above, choose "save target as" and save the document to your desktop. Open the report, complete the fields indicated, once complete, save the document again to your desktop. Attach the report to an email to the following addresses: constantina235@comcast.net - dysref@gmail.com - admin@donegalyouthsoccer.com.
A new form is being developed to avoid so many steps and to make this easy and succesfull, in the mean time, please complete this report after each game.
Don't forget about our Forward Pass Program
This program has already helped dozens of families in our area but we can do so much more. We still need your old and unwanted soccer equipment. Please click on the FORWARD PASS PROGRAM link on the left of this page for more details.
Please consider volunteering some of your time to invest in the lives of our children. DYS is always looking for volunteers. There is a volunteer form located on the "Sign-Up" page as well as the "Volunteer" page. There are many positions available.
Calendar To check on upcoming DYS events, make sure to check
the calendar regularly. You can go to this part
of our home page using the calendar button
on the left side of the screen. We will be updating the calendar, as needed,
on a weekly basis.
Do you have news that
you would like us to post on the site? Please email
Libby Foreman, DYS President at leafboy8@embarqmail.com or
Scott Summers, DYS Vice-President at scottsummers24@comcast.net