(Submitted)
The Drumheller Minor Soccer Club is getting ready to kick off their indoor soccer season.
The season, which will begin October 23 and run until March 18, will feature teams in age groups from under six to under 16.
Marnee Chapin, Treasurer/Secretary/Fundraising coordinator for the Drumheller Minor Soccer Club said the club has the Badlands Community Facility (BCF) field house booked from 6-9 p.m. every Friday with the exception of a two week break over the Christmas holidays when there will be no soccer on December 25 and January 1.
“This year we are trying a new format. We are trying a 3 on 3 format so it will be a smaller playing field. It has worked well in the past,” Chapin said.
Chapin told inSide Drumheller that within the Big Country Soccer Association, Drumheller is the only town with indoor soccer so for the most part Drumheller teams play each other. She explained though, that Three Hills has shown an interest in wanting to play games and has come in the past.
“This year we want to try and focus on getting in touch with them earlier in the season to see what they have for age groups, because all the other communities are depending on the school gyms. They don’t have a facility like we do, so usually if we can arrange in advance a game, they would be jumping on the chance to do that because we have the facility, so it is just a matter of trying to coordinate it,” she said.
She said it is nice to have the BCF fieldhouse to play in so that the club is not worried about various school events and not having access to the school gym. She said the club tries to encourage other teams from within the Big Country Soccer Association to come to Drumheller to play.
Chapin said the opportunity to have an indoor soccer club in Drumheller is great because it gives, “potential for (the players) to work on their skills. It is a different game indoors but they are able to work on (them). It is a little bit faster pace than outdoor.”
The club will run a 15 minute drill practice at the beginning of each Friday night session, she said, and then will begin with the new game format.
