Just a Little of Vancouver Youth Soccer's History

..the more things change the more they remain the same.

Part 1: 1965-1970

1965/66 – May 3, 1966

• Annual General Meeting of the Vancouver District (Junior and Juvenile Football Association) Juvenile Soccer Association. Chair: W. Stirling. 37 teams. Meeting held at Metropolitan Hotel.
• Members introduced from BC Juvenile Soccer Association: Alex Kemp and Alan Ludbrook. Area Director was Bill Thomas.
• Executive: Jim Creelman, Ollie Allison, Morrie Rentmeister. Other directors: Don Tiltness, C. Culling, J. Folan and D. Moyies. W. Stirling retired after four years as he was elected to the BCFAC.
• Pee Wee League: Steve King and Bob Wilson

1966/67

• Chair: Don Tiltness, Vice-Chair Jim Creelman and Secretary/Treasurer Dave Moyies.
• Proposal to form the Vancouver Community League.
• Meetings were held the third Monday of each month.

September 1966

• “It was agreed that all divisions will play a home and away schedule with the team having the most points at the end of the season being declared the winner.”

November 1966

• BC to start a monthly bulletin. “Letter to be written to referee K.Grant after he hurt himself refereeing a game.”
• Trophies for league winners to be collected from the teams. Purchase of league medals.

May 1967

• “teams outside of Vancouver who enter our league must put in a bond for not selling raffle tickets for us to provide payment to referees.” “Either sell or donate $10.00 per book.”
• “That we play as many games possible during the early part of the season so that our league does not get fouled up with bad weather.”

June 1967

• “It was agreed that this season we have a soccer day for all our league finals to be played on a weekend.”
• Outside-the-district players playing in our league will be required to post a $15.00 bond.”

August 1967

• Chair: C. Culling, Vice Chair M. Rentmeister, Tournament Ticket Chair J. Creelman, Secretary/Treasurer: D. Moyies.
• 40 teams.
• Request by Pegasus to enter a Division 1 team in our league, granted only if they play all their games in Vancouver. North Shore took the team into their district.

September 1967

• Request to take in two division 3 Richmond teams granted.

November 1967

• Cost of South Slope putting on a coaches’ clinic $39.50.

December 13/14, 1967

• First Vancouver Days.

February 1968

• Discussion about closing down soccer during the wet/muddy months. Tabled.

April 1968 & 68/69 AGM

• Annual General Meeting
• “A letter from BCJSA recommending a fee increase to $2.00 per team was to not be favoured by our executive.”
• Referee’s fees: $837.50. Medals: $204.49.
• 41 teams represented. Election of Norm Duggan.
• Delegates to the BC AGM: C. Culling, K.Foster, G.Martin, Ollie Allison, J.Laurie, Norm Duggan, Dave Moyies, Jim Creelman, Ken Grant, Morrie Rentmeister, John Graham, Ron Winkelman, Alternate: Wally Gourlay.
• Vancouver Community League starts up.

December 1968

• “South Slope asks secretary to try and schedule games at least a month in advance. Secretary spoke of difficulties in doing so, but would make every effort to do so.”
• Norm Duggan to look at idea of having a referee’s school of division one juvenile boys in Dunbar Community Centre.

January 1969

• Morrie Rentmeister Scheduling Secretary and Norm Duggan Treasurer, J. Graham Secretary due to the passing of Secretary/Treasurer Dave Moyies, .January 12, 1969.
• “That it be left to the Executive to find a fair and just way of trying to finish the league program after a loss of 7 weeks due to bad weather.”

March, 1969

• Letter from referee B. Aspinall re: payment of damage to his car while he was reffing a game. Turned down.
• Pee Wee Chair: Bob Wilson
• M.Rentmeister to be paid $100.00 for scheduling for 6 months. Dave Moyies had been paid $200.00 for the season before.

May, 1969 AGM

• Proposal to rent Swangard for next year’s league playoffs. D. Baird and D. Hardie directors.
• M. Rentmeister resigns as Scheduling Secretary “due to conflicts between him and a few managers. His wife and family had got some rebuffs also.”

August 1969

• Chair: C. Culling. Jean Durham is appointed Scheduling Secretary.
• The financial state was outlined by the Chairman affiliation fees for all teams in the “V&∓D” (Vancouver and District) was to be doubled and Community League fees raised 50%.
• Motion to employ the Scheduling Secretary at a fee not to exceed $50.00 per month plus a separate phone.

January 1970

• Letter re Washington Soccer series ordered folded. (BC/Washington Exchange)
• It was felt a move to have our district league finals at Swangard would not be appreciated by the BC body.

May 1970 Annual General Meeting

• Ollie Allison and Norm Duggan declined nominations. Ivor Williams was elected.
• The Executive was instructed to investigate the mechanics of dividing the divisions into an “A” and “B” section.
• Motion to recommend disapproval to the BC amendment to reduce the number of registered players per team to 16.

September 1970

• Chair: C. Culling, Secretary Morrie Rentmeister, Vice-Chair, John Graham.
• Decision to run the league the same as last year. A motion was passed to allow the Executive to schedule games on holidays if necessary. It was agreed that managers are not allowed to reschedule games.
• Teams from Richmond accepted in division 1 and 2. – 88 teams entered. Community League will have a 4th division.

November & December, 1970

• All teams going to Seattle (BC/Wash Exchange) will have to play their league game or forfeit the points.
• A letter will be sent to all team officials informing them that in the future any harassment of referees will not be tolerated.
• The Executive feels there should be some way to move a Community League team up into the V&D League.
• BC Bulletin is now known as the “Whistle”.