TATTNALL ELEMENTARY SOCCER WORLD CUP KICKS OFF SEASON WITH DONATION AND EQUIPMENT FROM UNIROYAL® TIRE AND NORTHSIDE TIRE

MACON, Ga. — (September 28, 2010) — With the 10th anniversary under its belt, the Uniroyal® Soccer Program is continuing to support local soccer across the nation. Starting October 30th, players of the Tattnall Elementary Soccer World Cup will receive certificates that can be redeemed for a free soccer ball at Northside Tire, while supplies last. After the 30-day program period, the Tattnall Elementary Soccer World Cup will receive $2 for every Uniroyal® tire sold to the general public on behalf of Uniroyal® Tire and Northside Tire.

Since the program’s inception in 2000, the Uniroyal Soccer Program has provided nearly $13 million in funds and equipment in excess of one million soccer balls, to more than 3,000 youth soccer programs across the U.S. and Canada. As a continuation of the 10th anniversary, Uniroyal® Tire will be giving away a soccer ball every day in 2010. For more information, please visit the website at www.UniroyalTires.com.

“Giving back to our local community in such a unique way is phenomenal,” said Chris Forehand of Northside Tire. “We look forward to connecting with players and parents from the Tattnall Elementary Soccer World Cup when they come in for their free soccer ball.”

“We are thankful we can provide such a distinct program for our dealers to be able to get involved in their communities,” said Ashley Ramos, Uniroyal® Tire communications manager. “Soccer leagues depend on donations from partners like Northside Tire and we are proud to facilitate that partnership.”

To continue Uniroyal’s involvement in the soccer community, soccer fans will have the opportunity to become the official designer of the 2011 soccer ball in the Uniroyal Soccer Ball Design Challenge. The grand prize includes a $1,000 check, a set of Uniroyal® tires, a $500 car service gift certificate, 50 soccer balls featuring the winner’s design, an Apple® iPadTM and more. Interested participants should visit www.UniroyalTires.com/soccerballdesignchallenge beginning July 1 for details.

Uniroyal® Tire is one of the world's leading tire brands for passenger and commercial cars, pick-ups, light trucks, minivans and sport utility vehicles. Dating back to 1892, Uniroyal® Tire has developed a reputation for providing high-quality, affordable tires including its Tiger Paw® and Laredo® series. Uniroyal® tires offer just the right combination of dependability, traction and grip in almost every weather condition, and come with one of the industry's leading warranties.

For the latest information about the Uniroyal Soccer Program and Uniroyal® Tires, visit the brand's website at www.UniroyalTires.com and find Uniroyal on Facebook at www.facebook.com/UniroyalSoccer.

To learn more about Northside Tire please call Chris Forehand, (478) 477-1515 at 3787 Northside Drive in Macon.

Tattnall Elementary Soccer World Cup - Sign Up Now

Its time again for the "Tattnall Elementary Soccer World Cup" and we are looking forward to another great season. The season will begin Saturday, October 30th @ 10am with an orientation day for all players, parents and coaches. The season will finish December 11th with the World Cup Championship. Practice will be held one night a week on Monday or Tuesday and games will take place on Saturdays. Teams will be coached by parent coaches and assisted by Tattnall Varsity Players. The program is open to Tattnall and community players in grades K-5 through 6th, so encourage everyone to come out and participate.

Click on the link below to view a registration form or you can go to www.tattnall.org to sign up.

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1qfhslvxWINC1VOzD0TOuLJHDtBRm5KdwRMrO75lKnnU

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS: Friday, October 22nd.

TATTNALL SOCCER SUPPORTER SCARFS PRE-ORDER

At the last booster club meeting we discussed a new tradition we will be starting during the spring season with both the Boys & Girls soccer teams. To show our support for the teams we will be selling Tattnall Soccer Supporter Scarfs. These scarfs will be one of the ways we intend to create a unique Identity for our team.

• Cut & paste the highlighted link to view a video we showed at the booster club meeting of Liverpool Football Club (a professional team in England) that shows their supporters and how these scarfs can be used to support teams at games. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I_crD6Oqsw&feature=related
• Below is an image of Liverpool supporters during a game with their scarfs.
  

We will begin taking pre-orders now until we make the final order at the beginning of October. Our goal is to have a pre-order of approx 120 scarfs. To meet this goal we need support from everyone. Scarfs can be purchased for players, parents, other family members, alumni and any supporters of Tattnall Soccer.

• Scarfs cost $16 each.

Please contact Coach Max Rooke with the number of "Tattnall Soccer Supporter Scarfs" you want to pre-order using the information below.


Name:
# of Scarfs:
Primary Contact Phone #:
Primary Contact E-mail:

Tattnall Soccer Booster Club Meeting - Recap

Thank you to all those that came to the booster club meeting on Tuesday. We talked over many things regarding ideas, expectations and needs for the upcoming spring season involving both the Girls and Boys teams.

Our main focus at the meeting was to talk about 4 "Actions Teams" / Committees that we would like parents and supporters to get involved with to tackle many of the items that need to addressed as we prepare for the spring season. The Action Teams are as follows.....

• Booster Club Committee - We created a hierarchy of positions which where filled as follows: Joel Stringer (President), Mike Bazemore (Vice President), Ron Hoppel (Secretary), Denise Leaptrot (Treasurer). This team will show support & direction for the soccer program and the other action teams.
  

• Supporters Club - This team will focus on "Branding" and ways to create support and a unique Identity for our teams. Our first idea is "Tattnall Soccer Supporters Scarfs".
  

• Facility Needs/Improvements - This team will focus on projects to help improve the field and needs of the program through priority. At the meeting coach Ratliff spoke about the situation with the wall being fixed and we viewed a list of other projects.
  

• Fund raising - This team will focus on ensuring we meet our quota for Tattnall Athletic Fund raising which is 1) Media guide ads 2) Discount Cards. The team will also help to create other soccer specific ways to help raise money for our program. One example idea was to have "Friends of Tattnall Soccer" donate based on a rewards program for goals scored and shutouts.
  

**We would like for every member in the Tattnall Soccer Program to help by joining on one of the above teams. Your time, effort and ideas collectively on these teams will help us achieve all that we need to as we prepare for the upcoming season**

Please confirm back with me which team you would like to sign up for. Our next booster club meeting will be the beginning of October (date TBA).

Thank you again for all your help and support of the Tattnall Soccer Program.

Tattnall All-Star Alumni Game - Moved to Spring

Tattnall Soccer Alumni,

I hope you are well and are having a successful year thus far. I wanted to take an opportunity to explain a change within our soccer program that will effect the date and time of this years soccer alumni game.

Recently, the GISA passed the decision to move GISA Boys soccer to the spring. This now coincides with GISA Girls soccer that is currently played in the spring. With that said both our boys & girls teams will be playing spring soccer this school year.

Consequently, we will be moving the Tattnall All-Star Alumni Game to the spring time. The school has planned some other social/alumni events in the spring and our soccer game will take place the same weekend. I will let you know when that will be ASAP.

Thanks for your support and I look forward to carrying on our tradition and seeing you soon.

Tattnall Soccer Boys & Girls Parent Meeting

Parents,

Having now settled into the school year, we are scheduling a Tattnall Soccer parents meeting for everyone involved in the program. This meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 7th @ 6:30pm in the lunchroom.

This is very important as we begin to plan for the upcoming spring season involving both boys & girls teams. We would like to have at least 1 representative from every family involved in the soccer program to be present at the meeting.

The focus for the meeting will be....

• Discussing ideas to create positive changes of now having boys & girls soccer in the same season.

• Creating an action plan for the fall with regard to field, booster club & program improvements.
  
• Discus/Creating action committees for parents/players & coaches to be able to better serve actively within the program.
  

There is much to discuss and your support, thoughts & ideas are welcomed.

Mark your calenders & I look forward to seeing you soon.

Summer pick-up games begin

The Tattnall Soccer Program will again be holding summer pick-up games on Tuesday & Thursday evenings from 5pm-6:30pm @ the Tattnall Soccer field.

The pick-up games will begin Tuesday, July 6th. We look forward to seeing you on the field!