Upper Island Riptide Blog
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The Riptide is the Upper Vancouver Island ‘North’ regional franchise of the Vancouver Island Premier League (VIPL). The foundation of the Riptide program is the continuous development and improvement of its players and coaches.
Upper Island Riptide Blog
4y ago
Player assessments for the 2020-21 Riptide teams are underway for U14s (players born in 2007) and will start soon for the U15, U16 and U17/18 age groups.
Click here for our Introduction to VIPL document
HERE’S ALL THE DETAILS:
U14 players (born 2007): Evaluations are ongoing! – remaining sessions below
Online signup link here.
March 11 – Vanier turf, Courtenay
5:00 – 6:30 PM Girls
6:30 – 8:00 PM Boys
April 4: 10:00 – 11:30 additional session if needed, by invitation only – field TBA
Cli ..read more
Upper Island Riptide Blog
4y ago
The goal for the program is to elevate the level of play available to the players in our community, as well as raise the level of education for the parents and families with respect to the opportunities for hard working and talented young soccer players. The program enables all ages of players and mixed genders to develop and foster healthy relationships within the academy, extending to the community through the game of soccer. Shel has spent the past twenty years training and developing young soccer players who have moved on to enj ..read more
Upper Island Riptide Blog
4y ago
A reminder for all our soccer families of our “Best Fans Ever” Goal for all our teams this season, no matter what age :
No Coaching From The Sidelines
FYI – BC Soccer has recently shared their concerns about sideline conduct, especially towards referees, with all our clubs- click here to see their letter ..read more
Upper Island Riptide Blog
4y ago
We are pleased to announce training and development for 2007 and 2008 born players interested in playing for the VIPL Upper Island Riptide in 2020-2021 Season.
These sessions will provide each player with an opportunity to play in front of Riptide Coaches and to be assessed as well as allow parents the opportunity to learn more about the program.
We will be providing two fall training sessions for the 2007 & 2008 age group who aim to play VIPL at the U14 level in September 2020.
Wednesday, October 16 – Boys
Wednesday, October 23 – Girls
Wednesday, November 13 – Boys
Wednesday, Nove ..read more
Upper Island Riptide Blog
4y ago
The Riptide are pleased to offer four evenings in the classroom to review video and learn about the following principles of play:
1. Attacking Play
2. Defensive Play
3. Transitional Moments
4. Set-Plays, Goal Scoring and Goal Scoring Chances
The first two sessions will be December 2 and December 9. The second two sessions will be January 13 and January 20. Each session will be 90 minutes in length and the location is TBD. Be sure to register online before November 31st, 2019 in order to participate (the location will be confirmed 48 hours prior to the start of the first session December 2nd ..read more
Upper Island Riptide Blog
4y ago
The program will start on Monday, September 16th and conclude on Monday, November 25th (excluding Thanksgiving Holiday). The training is from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm each evening. The coaching staff will feature Riptide Coaches and Mentor Coaches from within the Riptide Program. All participants are asked to pre-register prior to attending and plan to participants must communicate when they plan to miss training. The location will be the Robron Field Turf and be open to both players and goalkeepers interested in further development opportunities.
Robron Monday Night Development ..read more
Upper Island Riptide Blog
4y ago
The Riptide and CVUSC are pleased to provide development training to REP Team Players ages U11-U16 with the assistance of the VIPL Riptide.The program will start on Monday, September 16th and conclude on Monday, November 25th (excluding Thanksgiving Holiday). The training is from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm each evening. The coaching staff will feature Riptide Coaches and Mentor Coaches from within the Riptide Program as well as CVUSC:
Shel Brodsgaard: Riptide Technical Diretor
Darrin McLeod: Riptide U18 Girls Team
Gokan Avicil: Riptide U15 Boys Team
Stefan Skzwarek: CVUSC
Jamie McDowell: CVUSC
All ..read more
Upper Island Riptide Blog
4y ago
Riptide are pleased to announce our last two team rosters for the 2019-20 season, the U15/16G (2005/2004) and U16/18G (2004/2003/2002). Looking forward to another good year!
2019-20 U16G
Kassie
Ackinclose
Kaitlyn
Anderson
Hannah
Barrios L
Marielle
Campbell
Karlyle
Cline
Jenna
Cook
Chloe
Edmondson
Isabella
Garrett
Chiara
LeVesconte
Claire
MacKinnon Nelson
Savannah
Meeres
Juliette
Nimmon
Shea
O’Donnell
Isabella
Olson
Keira
Trevor
Alexandra
Vinzenz
2019-20 Riptide U18G
Kayley
Clair
Camryn
Cline
Kirsten
Cook
Abby
Duncan
Sidney
Elliott
Madyson
Harris
Inara
Jhawer
Molly
Keyes
Kailena
Krutzmann ..read more
Upper Island Riptide Blog
4y ago
Riptide are happy to announce their U15 (2005), U16 (2004) and U17/18 (2002/2003) Boys teams for the 2019-20 VIPL season!
2019-20 Riptide U15B
Cole
Bernard
Emmett
Canterbury
Dallas
Nelson
Matthew
Dooling
Kaizan
Hajdyrch
Kiran
Hollmann Prichard
Adam
Hopper
Ben
Huber
Charlie
Hubert
Markus
Johnson
Sebastian
Kuzyk
Griffin
Leach
Logan
Pierce
Jacob
Rudolph
Burton
Styles
Nick
Wunsch
2019-20 Riptide U16B
Jack
Boan
Devin
Cleghorn
Stefan
Collett
Marcus
Cramb
Sacha
Deschênes
Jacob
Duyvesteyn
Makia
Elliott
Darren
Hunt
Kazuhiko
Iwamoto
Olyn
Kuzyk
Kalem
Lindstrom
Landon
MacLeod
Jack
Padgett
Mario
Romero ..read more