New Information:

Due to unforseen scheduling issues, the nominations and elections meetings will be held as follows:

The Annual Board of Directors Elections will be held at the Meeting of the Board of Directors Tuesday February 23, 2010 at 6:30 PM.

Nominations will be presented at the February 8th, 2010 Board Meeting at the meeting room at Putnam Park at 6:30 PM.

Members* interested in a board position should contact Keith Barbaccia at kbarbaccia@palmharbornighthawks.com or Missy Springer at mspringer@palmharbornighthawks.com before February 8th  to obtain more information.

Board Meetings are open to the membership and the public. 
Members are welcome to attend Board meetings. 
When votes of the membership are held, Members may cast one vote for each player in the club.

*Note that Members includes players, coaches, and parent/guardians of players on Nighthawks teams.  This includes competitive, recreation, and GYSA teams.  Please refer to the By-Laws for the official rules.

Important Announcement from East Lake Soccer and Palm Harbor Nighthawks

The Board of Directors of East Lake Soccer Association (ELSA) and Palm Harbor Nighthawks Soccer Club (PHNSC) are pleased to announce their agreement to cooperatively explore the benefits and work out the details for merging the two clubs in an effort to best serve the soccer needs of our member families in the North Pinellas, South Pasco, and West Hillsborough communities. 

Ongoing discussions between representatives from ELSA and PHNSC are focused on the mutual goal of providing a professionally implemented soccer program, creating an exciting soccer culture, and improving soccer opportunities for every player at every level of interest and ability. 

 We will update you on matters as they progress and plan to have informational meetings for the clubs as soon as details are sufficiently developed.  After a period of due diligence, the membership of each club would subsequently vote on the proposed combination.


There has been a great deal of mutual respect between the clubs and we are all very excited about the potential of such a merger.  Anyone interested in volunteering for any of the subcommittees to be formed, please contact Steve Ballou (President, East Lake) at steve@seacoastinc.net or Marty Decker (President, Palm Harbor ) at deckerfam5@yahoo.com.
 

The US Men’s National Team will take on El Salvador in an International Friendly Match at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on Wednesday Feb. 24th.

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US Soccer is working to bring the World Cup to the US in 2018 or 2022.
Tampa is a candidate city.  We made the cut!  Tampa is one of the 18 cities selected to host.
Want to help get the World Cup here?  Sign the petition - visit http://www.gousabid.com/ and then go to the Tampa support your city page.

The USA (United Soccer Association) offers a scholarship to graduating seniors.
From the instructions:

These grants are awarded to recognize outstanding young women and men of the community, who are soccer players and who have plans to continue their education beyond high school.

The application materials and details are available on the USA web site at: http://usa-soccer.org/JoanJudd/index_E.html

The application is due on March 17th, 2010

New Palm Harbor Soccer Club Spiritwear is Available Now in Three Colors!
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