Update from Forest Grove Oregon
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:55 pmAs many of you know, Pacific University (aka, me and 3 or 4 other guys) have been trying to establish a men's club team to possibly join the PNCLL. The first push for this happened last year. As a result, the school recognized us as a club (not a club SPORT) and gave us a stipend of $200. Trying to spread the word and the interest of the club we spent the $200 on cheap sticks from Sports Authority, one of which broke on its first time out haha. Unfortunately, interest was not very strong and people that signed up on an email list did not necessarily come out. My co-founder of the club and I have had very busy schedules being my senior year and he is an RA in one of the dorms here. The club went dormant for a good 6 months........
It has recently been revived. Harold, who will be a junior next year and will president of our club has made great strides to getting things back on their feet. We have had many people sign up and many people come out to learn thanks to his Hawaiian networking skills
. We are currently in the process of doing a raffle for an iPod touch. We didn't really expect to make profit, let alone break even but it would be a good way to get our name known through campus. Luckily, our school president came by and said he would donate $200+ dollars towards our raffle so we are now on the profit side of things.
Here are some things we are looking forward too:
1. Meeting with the President of the school to discuss the future/hopes of the club
2. There is a meeting on Thursday which will discuss our status of a Club Sport. Hopefully we can get recognized on the first shot.
3. Increased Funding from our club organization.
4. Potentially scheduling scrimmages next year against local teams (that could be you!).
One of our plans as a community service act/fundraiser will be to hold a local youth clinic. The cost would be cheap and prizes would be given out. Unfortunately, we have maybe two or three guys who have high school playing experience. Are there people from the PNCLL close by, players and coaches alike, who would be interested in helping us out if we get this idea off the ground? We are talking about the logistics of doing this and we would definitely need help from more experienced people.
We have been in contact with people involved with the Montana, Portland State and Western Oregon teams. We have Sam Sadtler (PNCLL League advisor) lined up as a coach. We also plan on attending the fall League meeting to get our feet wet in the league processes. We will see what the summer and fall brings, hopefully people stay interested.
Thanks to those who have shown their support and we hope to be more involved next year!
It has recently been revived. Harold, who will be a junior next year and will president of our club has made great strides to getting things back on their feet. We have had many people sign up and many people come out to learn thanks to his Hawaiian networking skills
. We are currently in the process of doing a raffle for an iPod touch. We didn't really expect to make profit, let alone break even but it would be a good way to get our name known through campus. Luckily, our school president came by and said he would donate $200+ dollars towards our raffle so we are now on the profit side of things.
Here are some things we are looking forward too:
1. Meeting with the President of the school to discuss the future/hopes of the club
2. There is a meeting on Thursday which will discuss our status of a Club Sport. Hopefully we can get recognized on the first shot.
3. Increased Funding from our club organization.
4. Potentially scheduling scrimmages next year against local teams (that could be you!).
One of our plans as a community service act/fundraiser will be to hold a local youth clinic. The cost would be cheap and prizes would be given out. Unfortunately, we have maybe two or three guys who have high school playing experience. Are there people from the PNCLL close by, players and coaches alike, who would be interested in helping us out if we get this idea off the ground? We are talking about the logistics of doing this and we would definitely need help from more experienced people.
We have been in contact with people involved with the Montana, Portland State and Western Oregon teams. We have Sam Sadtler (PNCLL League advisor) lined up as a coach. We also plan on attending the fall League meeting to get our feet wet in the league processes. We will see what the summer and fall brings, hopefully people stay interested.
Thanks to those who have shown their support and we hope to be more involved next year!