Teams ...........................................VMSL: Westside FC Rangers A: Westside FC Rangers B: Westside FC Rangers C: Westside FC Rangers U-21: Westside FC Rino A: Westside FC Rino B: Westside FC Rino U-21: Westside FC Knights........................................VMSL MASTERS: Westside FC O-Men A: Westside FC O-Men B: Westside FC Bulldogs........................................MWSL: Westside FC: Westside FC Shooters: Westside FC Renegades: Westside FC Rovers: Westside FC United: Westside FC Storm: Westside FC Red Devils

Sunday May 16, 2010

Westside Football Club Originals Win Their First Deryl Hughes Over-35 Provincial Cup
The Westside FC Originals met Delta United in the Over 35 Provincial Cup final at Royal Athletic Park in Victoria Sunday May 16th and narrowly defeated them in overtime, 2 - 1, in a wide open battle. The win was especially gratifying because the team had two other times recently made it to the final - last season, 2009, as well as in 2006 - but had never closed the deal. Westside goals came from Colin Pettingale and Arthur Dahl. Both were set up by Mike Mosher. Rookie Keith Moore was selected by BCSA as the MVP of the final.

Sunday Mar 28, 2010

Westside Football Club Shooters Win MWSL Classics Gold League Cup for the Second Year in a Row
The Westside FC Shooters met the Semiahmoo Supra in the MWSL Classics Gold League Cup final for the second year in a row and once again narrowly defeated them, this time 3 - 2, to take their second League Cup in succession.

Westside Football Club Knights Win VMSL Masters B Cup and Div 2A League Title Double
Losing only one game all season in league and cup play and allowing only 11 goals over 22 league and cup games was a fantastic achievement for the Knights in their first season in Over 35s. The Knights edged out the Westside FC Rangers for the league title and in the cup final this season just as the Rangers did to the Westside FC Originals last season. The Knights move up to Masters Division 1 next season. 

Westside Football Club Storm Cup Run Ends in MWSL Div 3 Cup Final
The Storm had another strong season and cup run. They won 5 cup games in a row to book their place in the final against a very strong side from Burnaby that only conceded 3 goals in league play throughout the entire season. Despite a very strong showing in the final in which they notched twice, they were unable to bring home the hardware.

Westside Football Club Qualifies For Three of the Five Senior Provincial A Cups
The Westside FC premier womens team, silver medalists in the 2008 Senior Womens Provincial A Cup will once again be part of the crop of twelve teams trying to stop Surrey United FC from taking their 7th provincial title in a row in April and May.

The Westside FC Originals A, silver medalists in 2006 and 2009, have qualified for the 18th straight year for the Over 35 Provincial A (Deryl Hughes) Cup that continues to elude them.

Westside FC Rino U-21 have yet again qualified for the Doug Day Cup that they won in 2003 and lost in the final in 2007. 

Westside Football Club Originals Win Masters Div 2B League Title and Promotion
The Westside FC Originals won their division title for the third time in their 4 year existence since spinning off from the Westside masters premier squad, but this time, with the abandonment of the CAT system between masters sides for 2009-10, they are eligible for promotion to Masters Division 1. The Originals narrowly edged out the Westside FC Bulldogs as Westside masters teams finished 1 and 2 in both Masters Divisions 2A and 2B.

Westside Football Club Rino B Wins CAT A League Title
Westside FC Rino B, last season CAT A League Title runners up, did the business this season, comfortably winning the 2009-10 CAT A League Title. Rino B are still in the hunt for a Provincial B Cup spot through VMSL Division 2 Cup play.

Monday Jan 18, 2010

Westside Football Club Announces New Kelli Glass Memorial Scholarship

With great pleasure, Westside FC announces a new scholarship in honour and in memory of the Devil we call Kelli. With the introduction of the Kelli Glass Memorial Scholarship, Westside is designating the Mike Pettingale Memorial Scholarship a male award and the new Kelli Glass Memorial Scholarship a female award. Applications for the inaugural Kelli Glass are due May 1, 2010 and the winner will be announced May 29, 2010 at the club's annual Awards Night. All the details and the application forms can be found HERE.

Thursday Dec 24, 2009

Westside FC Red Devils Report That Kelli Has Gone On Ahead to Set Up Camp

The amazing Kelli Glass passed away at 6:15 pm on Christmas Eve. Feisty and full of life, Kelli remained ever positive, happy within herself, and so strong as she went about her cancer battle, not letting it get in the way of living every magical day to its fullest. She will be desperately missed. Check back in the coming weeks for a full page tribute to this cherished club founder.

Monday Nov 16, 2009

Welcome Three New Club Directors  +  Thank You Katey and Doug!
Many thanks to outgoing Directors Doug Johnston and Katey Grist and welcome to new Directors Rob Dressel (who also served during the 90's), Ashley McGhee and Amélie Mercier elected at the recent AGM.

Special thanks is due both Katey and Doug. Katey spent 3 years as a Director and championed the Annual Awards Banquet each of those 3 years and provided an invaluable legal perspective as the Westside Football Club Scholarship Trust was introduced.

Doug Johnston was absolutely tireless during 26 years of continuous service to the club. Doug served on the club executive for the past 11 years and championed the Kids Help Phone Youth Soccer Jamboree for the last 10 of those. Doug coached Westside teams for over 20 years. He was first recruited by his younger brothers to take the helm when the club won promotion to the VMSL premiership for the 1983-84 season. He picked up 3 Provincial Championships and 2 National Championships along the way. After a well deserved year off in 1997-98, Doug was recruited to start a new womens U21 program. In 2002-03 Doug took the helm of the womens premier team upon the retirement of their inaugural coach. When the mens team was unfortunately relegated in 2005-06, Doug was brought back to the mens side to successfully reclaim a premiership berth on the first try and stay on to keep the team up in their first year back before once again hanging them up. For how long, we'll see!

Wednesday Oct 17, 2009

Westside FC Shooters Take Bronze Medal at World Masters Games in Australia

The Westside FC Shooters competed at the World Masters Games in Sydney, Australia this October with a team consisting mostly of Westside FC Shooters but bolstered by friends from Semiahmoo, Wickham, Surrey and Calgary. 20 teams were entered in the women’s competitive 30-35 age division from Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and Guam. The tournament entailed 7 games in 7 days with the Shooters going 3 and 1 in the round robin phase. The quarters, the semis and the medal game all took place within a 28 hour period! In the quarterfinal match vs. the Rebels (of Ontario) the shooters prevailed 1-0, before losing 0-1 later that same afternoon to the Oregon Brew in the semis. The Shooters were victorious in the Bronze medal match the next morning vs. Southern United (of Australia) winning 2-1 on goals from Sophie Dhanani and Maleena Pardhan. The game was a bit of a “grudge match” as Southern United was the team that had served up the Shooters only defeat in the round robin phase. The next World Masters Games will be held in Torino, Italy in August 2013 and the Shooters are already planning for it! For more information about the Shooters’ experience in Australia visit www.westsideshooters.com

Monday Oct 5, 2009 - UPDATED

Devils For Kelli Top Women's Team at Vancouver Run Site for 4th Year in a Row

For Kelli were presented with their fourth New Balance Women's Team Award in a row at the Vancouver run site. With a flurry of post run contributions, the Devils 4th campaign surpassed $29,000 bringing their four year total to an an amazing $88,000.00 for breast cancer research. Kelli remains an inspiration to all around her as she continues to live life to its fullest. Check out the CTV Devils for Kelli 2009 coverage HERE.

Westside Football Club Youth Charity Jamboree Set for Thanksgiving Saturday Oct 10th

We are taking registrations for our 15th Annual Charity Youth Soccer Jamboree and at time of posting have spots left in all groups BU9, BU10, BU11, GU9, GU10, GU11. GO HERE for more info and/or download the  invitation and registration form HERE. Contact Doug Johnston for more information. As Kids Help Phone of Canada celebrates its 20th anniversary, Westside Football Club is proud to have been supporting KHP for 15 of them!

Saturday July 11, 2009

Westside Football Club Announces the 2009 Mike Pettingale Memorial Scholarship Winner

On July 11, 2009, founding Westsider Don Johnston announced, on behalf of the scholarship selection committee, the second ever Mike Pettingale Memorial Scholarship winner. Once again, there were many strong applicants. This year's winner, Shanay Sangha, stood out for her camaraderie, community and character ... her  living of the values to which Westside Football Club aspires. She displayed a remarkable energy level and maturity in her studies and her community service through high school. Graduating from the Vancouver GU18 metro team, Shanay is touted to become a force in College footy as she joins the Kwantlen College womens soccer program. Given her metro, high school and tournament soccer success to date, this seems pretty likely.

New Park, Same Old Great Day of Football ... Another Blazing Hot 7-A-Side Tournament!

There was another great turnout and yet another day of beautiful weather for this year's co-ed all-ages event on July 11th ... at Jericho Beach Park for the first time!

Premier 7-a-side Event Sponsor: Carlsberg

 

2009 MVPs:
Womens - Ashley McGhee	Mens - Georg Maurer

Click HERE for more on the recent 7-a-side tournament.

Saturday June 27, 2009

CTV Story on Devils for Kelli Receives National Recognition

On June 27, 2009 in Toronto, CTV British Columbia and Pamela Martin were honoured with the Dave Rogers Award for the Best Short TV Feature News Story in Canada in 2008. CTV-BC was recognized by the Radio and Television News Directors Association of Canada for their large market CTV feature on Devils for Kelli called "Red Devils".

In her acceptance speech, Pamela Martin told the audience that
Kelli herself was the reason the story was so successful - that it was Kelli's ability to connect with the audience and share her journey, her ability to be so open and down to earth that made Kelli's story touch so many, many hearts.

Devils for Kelli is gearing up for their 4th annual campaign from August to October in conjunction with the CIBC Run for the Cure. Information and donation links will be posted soon.

Nicole the adventurer, Westside FC Storm and friends ... carpe diem ...