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Charlotte Stowe PER	State Chairman
George Gilhuly	Central District
John Simko PER	Coastal District
Bruce Lavery	East District
Donald McCurdy PER	Northwest District

Special Olympics Gets Kick Out Of Soccer Shoot

By Terry Ford PDD, CEA Vice-President Northwest

The Connecticut Elks Association Soccer Shoot Committee participated in the Connecticut Special Olympics Urban Youth Day. Urban Youth Day allows children from Inner Cities with special needs (and within the criteria of Special Olympics) the opportunity to become familiar with, and hopefully become an active participant, in the Special Olympics. The Connecticut Elks are working with the Connecticut Special Olympics to have Soccer Shoot become an event in the Special Olympics at both at the local level and at the State Games. This fits well within the theme of “If you can kick it, you can participate in it.”

The Connecticut Elks set up the small goal system and one hundred & fifty seven (157) children took their turn kicking in the Soccer Shoot venue. There was not one child who participated that did not score at least one point, but there were plenty of smiles and cheers to go around.

Discussions with the Connecticut Special Olympics Executive Board members, coaches & teachers have concluded this is a success. They would like Soccer Shoot to continue to get involved at upcoming Connecticut Area & Regional Games as well as being an exhibition at the State Games in June. The Soccer Shoot would be set up at the fields where the Unified Soccer Games will be held and this would allow Special Olympians to participate during breaks of their soccer games. In addition, it will allow the Elks to speak with Soccer coaches and others to explain the contest and see how we can make this a true event. We also hope to have the Grid Goal System set up to allow the older Olympians to participate

As the Connecticut Elks progress towards making soccer Shoot an event in the Special Olympics, I will continue to keep the GL – Youth Activities Committee informed.

Connecticut Shines at Area 1 Soccer Competition

Our contestants from Connecticut did very well at the Area 1 soccer shoot that was held on November 6,7,8 in St. Albans and Burlington, Vermont. We had five trophy winners in the following groups:

U-10 First Place Girls from Fairfield Lodge Nicole V.

U-14 Second Place Boys from Enfield Lodge Jarret M.

U-12 Third Place Girls from Hamden Lodge Dunia H.

U-12 Third Place Boys from Naugatuck Lodge Jose G.

U-14 Third Place Girls from Naugatuck Lodge Nina M.

There are over 261 photos from the event at http://elksarea1soccershoot2009.shutterfly.com. Be sure to check them out!

Connecticut Elks State Soccer Competition

Sports World, East Windsor CT, October 18

Click here for photographs from the competition!

CONNECTICUT STATE SOCCER CONTEST WINNERS

U-8 BOYS
FIRST	CENTRAL	MIDDLETOWN	STEPHEN K.
SECOND	COASTAL	DANBURY	VICTOR O.
THIRD	EAST	DANIELSON	DYLAN B.
FOURTH	NORTHWEST	SOUTHINGTON	SAM N.

U-8 GIRLS
FIRST	EAST	GROTON	ASHELY S.
SECOND	CENTRAL	WALLINGFORD	SOPHIE F-O.
THIRD	NORTHWEST	TORRINGTON	ISABELLA S.
FOURTH	COASTAL	FAIRFIELD	LYDIA F.

U-10 BOYS
FIRST	NORTHWEST	NAUGATUCK	THOMAS M.
SECOND	CENTRAL	ENFIELD	ERIC R.
THIRD	EAST	MANCHESTER	COREY R.
FOURTH	COASTAL	NEW HAVEN	ARRON L.

U-10 GIRLS
FIRST	COASTAL	FAIRFIELD	NICOLE V.
SECOND	NORTHWEST	WINSTED	ELIZABETH W.
THIRD	CENTRAL	MIDDLETOWN	SARAH K.
FOURTH	EAST	MANCHESTER	MACKENZIE K.

U-12 BOYS
FIRST	NORTHWEST	NAUGATUCK	JOSE G.
SECOND	EAST	GROTON	JACOB P.
THIRD	COASTAL	DANBURY	KEVIN G.
FOURTH	CENTRAL	WALLINGFORD	BRENDAN O.

U-12 GIRLS
FIRST	CENTRAL	HAMDEN	DUNIA H.
SECOND	COASTAL	BRANFORD	MADELINE R.
THIRD	EAST	DANIELSON	DEVIN P.
FOURTH	NORTHWEST	WINSTED	BRIANNA S.

U-14 BOYS
FIRST	CENTRAL	ENFIELD	JARRET M.
SECOND	COASTAL	MILFORD	JULIAN Y.
THIRD	EAST	MANCHESTER	PETER G.
FOURTH	NORTHWEST	NAUGATUCK	DAVID D.

U-14 GIRLS
FIRST	NORTHWEST	NAUGATUCK	NINA M.
SECOND	CENTRAL	ENFIELD	LAUREN P.
THIRD	COASTAL	MILFORD	JULIANNA P.
FOURTH	EAST	DANIELSON	SHYANNE M.

CONNECTICUT DISTRICT SOCCER CONTEST WINNERS
U-8 BOYS
COASTAL	DANBURY	VICTOR O.
NORTHWEST	SOUTHINGTON	SAM N.
CENTRAL	MIDDLETOWN	STEPHEN K.
EAST	DANIELSON	DYLAN B.

U-8 GIRLS
COASTAL	FAIRFIELD	LYDIA F.
NORTHWEST	TORRINGTON	ISABELLA S
CENTRAL	WALLINGFORD	SOPHIE F-O
EAST	GROTON	ASHELY S.

U-10 BOYS
COASTAL	NEW HAVEN	ARRON L.
NORTHWEST	NAUGATUCK	THOMAS M.
CENTRAL	ENFIELD	ERIC R.
EAST	MANCHESTER	COREY R.

U-10 GIRLS
COASTAL	FAIRFIELD	NICOLE V.
NORTHWEST	WINSTED	ELIZABETH W.
CENTRAL	MIDDLETOWN	SARAH K.
EAST	MANCHESTER	MACKENZIE K.

U-12 BOYS
COASTAL	DANBURY	KEVIN G.
NORTHWEST	NAUGATUCK	JOSE G.
CENTRAL	WALLINGFORD	BRENDAN O.
EAST	GROTON	JACOB P.

U-12 GIRLS
COASTAL	BRANFORD	MADELINE R.
NORTHWEST	WINSTED	BRIANNA S.
CENTRAL	HAMDEN	DUNIA H.
EAST	DANIELSON	DEVIN P.

U-14 BOYS
COASTAL	MILFORD	JULIAN Y.
NORTHWEST	NAUGATUCK	DAVID D.
CENTRAL	ENFIELD	JARRET M.
EAST	MANCHESTER	PETER G.

U-14 GIRLS
COASTAL	MILFORD	JULIANNA P.
NORTHWEST	NAUGATUCK	NINA M.
CENTRAL	ENFIELD	LAUREN P.
EAST	DANIELSON	SHYANNE M.