JASA COVID-19 Updates
Good afternoon,
I hope this update finds you and your families well. The Covid-19
epidemic has created quite a unique situation that is unparalled. As
soccer families, our members have had to put our athletes on hold as
guidelines and return to play rules have been established by our
governing bodies. These bodies dictate to the local clubs
recommendations so that all of us can return to some resemblance of
normalcy concerning soccer and all activities surrounding it. Both our
local clubs and our governing bodies have had to make some hard
decisions concerning Spring play. Unfortunately, one of those
decisions, was to cancel the Spring Seasonal Games for all levels of
play.
Once this decision was made, our executive board reached
out to many of our members to determine our next steps, as we return to
play and training. We also had an obligation to wait until the Governor
established a clearer timeline on what we would be able to do on and
off the field. As phase 2 was announced earlier this week, beginning
today at 5 pm, we are now able to give you some guide lines on what we
will be offering over the next month/month and a half. So we will begin
with some dates:
On June 1st we will return for our classic and
academy teams to training. Our coaches may separate into smaller
groups per area, and we ask that parents do not congregate on the
fields. This is training and respecting the guide lines issued to us
from our governing bodies is extremely important for not only the health
of your athlete, but coaches and administrators. Please contact your
coaches and managers for times and days of your training sessions.
On May 24th the coaches list will be published for the 2020-2021 soccer
season. These will be the coaches of the teams, barring any
unforeseeable necessary change. A lot of thought, questions, and
inquiries were made to come up with these decisions. Our Director of
Coaching, Vice President of Classic have labored for many hours
concerning choices. If you have any questions about the selections,
please email either of them and give them a few business days to
respond.
On June 15th we will begin tryouts for the up coming
2020-2021 soccer season. The week of the 8th-12th of June, you will
receive the actual time slots for teams. As most teams will be
practicing already, please do not mistake those teams as next years
teams. You will need to register your athlete for their perspective
tryout. All tryouts will be concluded by the evening of the 24th and
we will look to commit players quickly for the following year.
For our Classic and Academy players, we will make up training as before
stated, through the month of June. Our teams, coaches, and players are
anxiously awaiting the sessions to open. If you will be unable to
return to your teams, whether by choice, timeline, or military orders,
please feel free to send an email to either Rob or Cam as soon as
possible. As with all E-mails, please give adequate time to respond.
(3 to 6 Business Days)
To our Recreational families, some
decisions were made to help you through this epidemic. Each level of
play had quite a different experience this year because of the Covid-19
epidemic. As recreational soccer is divided into our in house program,
and Eastern Carolina Soccer Association, we have had to adhere to what
their plans were also. As we made decisions to help you plan your next
year, it was evident for this level of play that credits needed to be
issued. With no additional training and many teams not practicing at
all, decisions were made based on these factors. Administration fees
and registration fees, unfortunately with all level of play, are non
refundable to us from our governing bodies. Based on what is left, the
executive boards of Jasa have decided to give credits to our
recreational families to be applied to your next soccer season. During
our in person registrations, Dicks Sporting Goods and Jasa offices,
these credits will be applied. The flowing is a break down based on
age:
Our U4-U6s will receive a 30.00 credit for the fall season
Our U7s-U8s will receive a 40.00 credit for the fall season
Our U9s and above will receive a 25.00 credit for the fall season
As no one could predict this epidemic, this has been a very unique
situation. Please understand many factors were discussed, and
thoroughly debated before these decisions were made. Some of our
Recreational parents may have questions, please feel free to email our
Vice President of Recreation. As with all emails, please allow adequate
time to respond. (3 to 6 Business Days) Our onsite registration will
begin the weekend of July 11th and we will be communicating other dates
as they are finalized.
Both Jamie Askins and myself will be
available to answer any and all remaining questions after your
perspective Vice Presidents have had a chance to respond. On behalf of
Jasa and all of our coaches, admin and members, I hope and pray good
health and a return to some sort of normalcy.
Thank you and God bless,
JASA Soccer club
President Samuel Duran [email protected]
Vice President Jamie Askins [email protected]
Vice President of Classic Rob Bean [email protected]
Vice President of Recreation John Phillips [email protected]
Director of Coaching Cam Ormsby [email protected]