Thirty years on ... Goalgetters soccer camp continues to develop skills for Prince Rupert youth

With summer now officially past the starting line, the list grows of sports camps and opportunities to improve skills that will be available this summer for youth in Prince Rupert.

One of the most popular and longest running of those opportunities is the Goalgetters Soccer camp, a project started in the 1980's first hosted by Northern Savings and now sponsored by DP World.

The camp features two very familiar names as hosts  for soccer parents to take note of once again, as this years five day camp prepares for tis July 8th start taking place on the pitch at Charles Hays Secondary.

Led by former Vancouver White Cap and Team Canada members Gerry Heaney and John  Sneddon, who have been part of the Prince Rupert soccer community for so long now that they are teaching skill development to the children of many of their former students of years ago.

The pair will be back in town from July 8 to 12 with camps for youth from ages 3 to 16, with a fundamentals program for Ages 5 to 8 and 9 to 15, as well as the Wee Kickers program for youngsters ages of 2 and 4.

The week will wrap up with a World Cup tournament where all groups play against each other with DP World providing juice boxes and doughnuts to bring the camp to an end.

The deadline for registration was June 15th, however there are a few spots still available and DP World has covered the cost for any late fees that would have been in place.

 Registration forms can picked up and dropped off at Seasport clothing at 295 First Avenue East in the City's Cow Bay District.

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The sponsorship from DP World has helped to keep the cost of the camps down as much as possible, with DP World's Mike Pucci the local contact for the program, he can be reached at michael.pucci@dpworld.com

Mr. Pucci, is one of those former students that Sneddon and Heaney spread the love of soccer too in previous camps, so much so, that he is now quite involved with Youth Soccer in the community and he credits those formative days as contributing to his volunteer work with Prince Rupert Youth Soccer.

The two instructors are also planning on holding a similar camp in Kitkatla this summer.

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