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Yellowknifer, Wednesday, March 16, 2011 15
Getting ready for the games
Soccer
Feature
by Katherine Hudson
W
Northern News Services
ith soccer games
being played by
kids of all ages
right down the hall from
the NWT Soccer Association's silent auction in the
main foyer of the Fieldhouse on Saturday, everyone
seemed to be in the mood to
give a little and help the 46
boys and girls on Western
Canada Summer Games
teams.
The association held the
auction which had about 30
items to bid on, including
heating fuel, flights, toys and
gift certificates.
The event took place to
raise money to cover costs
for the teams to help them
From left, Danya Erasmus, Taylor McCarson, Garnik Smbatyan, kneeling, Sebastien Remillard and MacKenzie Hotte-Joyce are all heading to training camps in Saskatoon to prepare for the Western Canada
Games which take place in Kamloops, B.C., in August.
Mothers of soccer players going to the Western
Canada Games, Michelle Bevan, left, and Kathy
Payne run the silent auction for the NWT Soccer
Association Saturday at the Fieldhouse. One of
the top items at the auction was a flight for two
anywhere WestJet flies.
Aiden Kingsley, 11,
takes a break from
playing soccer in the
Fieldhouse to fill up his
water bottle Saturday.
travel to Saskatoon, Sask., in
May to participate in a Western Canada Games training
camp and also to Kamloops,
BC in August for the games
themselves.
According to Ryan Fequet,
president of the association,
there are 46 players in the
program.
"The money raised gets
split between all the kids," he
said. "The whole cost of the
program – all the gear, all the
camps up to that point – is
about $2,000 a kid. We fundraise and this is probably the
biggest event."
The silent auction, which
ran from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.
on Saturday, raised more than
$4,000.
Wendy MacDonald, left, gives a toonie to players Danya Erasmus and Sebastien Remillard for
the 50/50 draw at the NWT Soccer Association's
silent auction Saturday at the Fieldhouse.
Torin Raymond, 3, and his dad Darren bid on a CAT radio-controlled loader at
the NWT Soccer Association's silent auction at the Fieldhouse Saturday.