U8-U10 Thanksgiving Schedules & Information Package
U11-U13 Thanksgiving Schedules & Information Package
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Please review the Festival Information Package, it provides useful information that will make your experience more pleasant.
U8-U10 Thanksgiving Festival Information
The U8-U10 Festival for girls and boys teams will run Monday October 14th, 9am-8pm. All players will receive a festival t-shirt. U8-U10 Divisions will be Development 1 and Development 2. All teams are guaranteed 3 games in round robin play. No scores or standings.
Registration closes September 29th.
U8 (2017) = 6v6 (including goalie)
U9 (2016) = 6v6 (including goalie)
U10 (2015) = 7v7 (including goalie)
Games are 2 x 20 mins (4 minute halftime)
Festival Registration Fee = $350
Registration Close Date = September 29, 2024
Draw will be posted on October 5, 2024.
Scheduling Requests: Requests to accommodate Thanskgiving dinners on Saturday or Sunday evening will NOT be considered. Kickoff times in the later afternoon/evening can be 4:30pm, 6:00pm and 7:30pm depending on entries. Scheduling requests will only be accommodated (to the best of the scheduler's ability) for ferry travel on Saturday morning, teams with 100+ km travel not spending the night in Richmond and coaches who coach more than one team to not be at the same time. Teams with out of town travel will, to the best of the scheduler's ability, not be given Sunday evening game times.
Sunday Whitecaps Game: Requests to schedule a team's game around the Whitecaps game on Sunday cannot be accommodated. There are too many teams in the tournament for this to be a feasible option.
Team/Player Eligibility:
As a BC Soccer sanctioned tournament, entry into the 31st Annual Richmond Thanksgiving Tournament is open to teams that are properly affiliated with BC Soccer and/or other Provincial Associations. “Tournament Teams” are not permitted.
Teams from outside of BC must provide copies of approved travel documents, prior to the tournament, for their team/players from the Province of which they belong.
Only properly registered players, in good standing, shall be permitted to participate in the tournament.
Guest Players:
Teams may use a “pick-up”/guest player (e.g., a player who does not regularly play on your team) so long as the following criteria are met:
–> A player is not on the roster of another team participating in the tournament. A player can only play on one team in the tournament.
–> Player must be from same or lower division. Players cannot “play down”.
–> If a team is from BC and the player is not registered with BC Soccer, the team must apply for a BC Soccer Short Term Event Player Permit for the player a minimum of 5 business days before the tournament date (October 7, 2024). It is $15.75/player, payable to BC Soccer
–> Teams participating in the Thanksgiving Tournament, wishing to “pick-up” a player registered with another team, must obtain written permission from the team & Youth District and/or Adult League with which the player is registered. Players registered with BC Soccer must use the BC Soccer Player Participation Request Form. This must be submitted to the tournament by Monday October 7, 2024.
U11-U13 Thanksgiving Festival Information
The U11-U13 Festival for girls and boys teams will run Saturday October 12th and Sunday October 13th. 9am-8pm. All players will receive a festival t-shirt. All teams are guaranteed 4 games (2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday). Academy teams must enter the top tier of an age group.
Registration closes September 29th.
Divisions will align with the BC Coastal Soccer League:
U11 (2014):
Div 1A & Div 1, Div 2A & Div 2 and Div 3.
Format = 8v8
Game Length = 2 x 25 minute halves
Festival Registration Fee = $400
U12 (2013):
Div 1A & Div 1, Div 2A & Div 2 and Div 3.
Format = 8v8
Game length = 2 x 25 minute halves
Festival Registration Fee = $400
U13 (2012):
Div 1A & Div 1, Div 2A & Div 2 and Div 3.
Format = 9v9
Game length = 2 x 30 minute halves.
Festival registration fee = $450
Registration close date = September 29, 2024
Draw will be posted on October 5, 2024.
U11-U13 divisional tiering: Div 1A is higher than Div 1. Div 2A is higher than Div 2. Tiering will only take place where registration numbers support this. The tournamen committee reserves the right to combine age groups where necessary.
Team/Player Eligibility:
As a BC Soccer sanctioned tournament, entry into the 31st Annual Richmond Thanksgiving Tournament is open to teams that are properly affiliated with BC Soccer and/or other Provincial Associations. “Tournament Teams” are not permitted.
Teams from outside of BC must provide copies of approved travel documents, prior to the tournament, for their team/players from the Province of which they belong.
Only properly registered players, in good standing, shall be permitted to participate in the tournament.
Guest Players:
Teams may use a “pick-up”/guest player (e.g., a player who does not regularly play on your team) so long as the following criteria are met:
–> A player is not on the roster of another team participating in the tournament. A player can only play on one team in the tournament.
–> Player must be from same or lower division. Players cannot “play down”.
–> If a team is from BC and the player is not registered with BC Soccer, the team must apply for a BC Soccer Short Term Event Player Permit for the player a minimum of 5 business days before the tournament date (October 7, 2024). It is $15.75/player, payable to BC Soccer
–> Teams participating in the Thanksgiving Tournament, wishing to “pick-up” a player registered with another team, must obtain written permission from the team & Youth District and/or Adult League with which the player is registered. Players registered with BC Soccer must use the BC Soccer Player Participation Request Form. This must be submitted to the tournament by Monday October 7, 2024.
