The 亚洲天堂 Lake Soccer Club is considering asking council to turn the local ice arena into an artificial turf field and indoor running track.
Donna Franz, a 亚洲天堂 Lake Soccer Club board member, said this discussion gained momentum after council members pointed out in the recreation department鈥檚 organizational review that in recent years. Soccer club members believe this change would increase arena usage while saving the municipality money, since ice maintenance would no longer be necessary.
鈥淭he club feels that an indoor field and track would receive a much higher usage than the current ice arena, not only through soccer activities but by a wider variety of community members than those currently using the ice,鈥� said Franz.
鈥淚ce arena is a pretty limited activity base,鈥� she continued. 鈥淎 field would open so many recreation opportunities, we think, and they [village] would get a lot of people at the door.鈥�
鈥淲e would like to inquire if this idea would be supported by the community and work with other community groups to gain their support should a proposal appear to have a likelihood of success,鈥� she added.
Franz says that while soccer is currently the highest enrolled activity for youth in the area, its short season puts local players at a disadvantage.
鈥淩ight now, we鈥檇 like to make a run for the B.C. Cup; technically we can participate in the B.C. Cup, but because it snows in the north we basically can鈥檛 compete because other teams started practicing in August,鈥� she explained. 鈥淭hey practice all through the winter, and their final games are in the beginning of July; we start [practicing] in May, so how can we possibly compete at that level?鈥�
鈥淥ur club is continuing to grow and we have even started adding adult teams,鈥� added Franz. 鈥淥ur club is reaching the point where it needs to move on to the next level of participation.鈥�
鈥淲e鈥檇 also like to include the seniors because there鈥檚 a lot of activities that they could do such as lawn bowling.鈥�
鈥淵ou can use it for pretty much anything,鈥� added Franz. 鈥淎nd with the track around it, we think it could be a win-win situation.鈥�
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