The Pacific FC has partnered with the Canadian Premier League to donate a five-a-side soccer pitch to the WSANEC School Board and the surrounding community members of Tsartlip, Pauquachin, Tseycum and Tsawout.

The pitch B次元官网网址� including lighting, fencing, goal nets, benches and ADA-compliant access and lockers B次元官网网址� began its installation at the LAU, WELNEW Tribal School this week and is expected to be open for use in early fall. The professional-grade facility will provide a space for students to continue the important role of soccer in their communities, said school board administrator Curtis Olsen, as well as a site for future soccer clinics between the football club and students, which Olsen said are in the works.

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B次元官网网址淥ne of the mandates of Pacific FC and the Canadian Premier League is to support the growth of soccer on Vancouver Island and throughout the country,B次元官网网址� said Rob Friend, CEO of Pacific FC. B次元官网网址淲e are extremely passionate about this initiative and looking forward to a long-term partnership with the WSANEC community through the sport of soccer.B次元官网网址�

Prior to the promise of the new pitch, the approximately 330 students of the WSANEC School Board and surrounding community members would play the game at a full-sized pitch without water drainage, Olsen said. B次元官网网址淯sually towards the end of October, we start getting hit by the rains. (The field) kind of acts like a basin and holds the water pretty good. So we canB次元官网网址檛 really make use of it from that time to probably the beginning of February.B次元官网网址�

Given the prospect of future sporting clinics and maintenance of the facility, B次元官网网址渨e look forward to long-lasting relationships with both organizations,B次元官网网址� Olsen said.

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