News
Congratulations to ASA's Pingree Champs!
Andover Shock, Front Row: Tory Edwards, Isabelle Russo, Emily O’Hara, Wyllie Boughton, Olivia Pappapetros, Jenna Davison, Sophie Curtin, Back Row: Ingrid O’Hara, Caroline Shipley, Brianna Knight, Erin Logee, Merideth Van Antwerp, Meaghan Farrell, Veronica Alois, Nat Boughton
D1 U12 Girls Andover Shock - Pingree Champions!
D2 U12 Girls Andover Power - Pingree 2nd place
D3 U12 Girls Andover Panthers - Pingree Semi-finalist
D2 U13 Girls Andover Blizzard - Pingree qualifier
D2 U13 Girls Andover Heat - Pingree qualifier
D2 U11 Boys Andover Gunners - Pingree Semi-finalist
D1 U14 Boys Andover Strikers FC - Pingree 2nd place
D2 U14 Boys Andover Revolution - Pingree qualifier
Coach and Volunteer Appreciation Cookout
Thanks to everyone who turned out for the Coach/Volunteer Appreciation Cookout on Saturday, June 19th. Delicious food from the Meathouse, friendly soccer games and great weather made for a fun-filled day. See our Photo Gallery for more pictures.
ASA's World Cup Party a Success!
Thanks to everyone who attended or sponsored ASA’s World Cup Party on Saturday, June 12. A sold out crowd watched the USA tie England, 1-1, in the US’s first 2010 World Cup game held in South Africa.
Rivalry Night at the Boston Breakers
Andover girls took on North Andover girls at the Boston Breakers game on Sunday, June 13 at Harvard Stadium.
Congratulations to U8 Boys Andover Gold
The U8 Boys Andover Gold team played in the Danvers Invitational Tournament on May 29 and 30 and won 4 out of 4 games!
ASA Gear at JL Coombs
ASA logo gear is available for purchase at the JL Coombs shoe store located on Main Street next to BankNorth. This season's gear selection currently includes hooded sweatshirts, flannel pants, coaches' polo shirts, t-shirts, warm-up jackets, and soccer bags. All new items feature the new ASA logo and all proceeds will benefit the ASA Fields Development Fund.
Click here to see our ASA merchandise.
Blanchard Field
Planning and design work continues on the Town's Blanchard Street Field project. Town staff and the Town's landscape architect presented the latest field development plan at a public meeting on December 15th. Several members of the ASA Board of Directors and Andover Little League officials attended. The current design calls for 3 little league size baseball diamonds and one full size soccer field. It is hoped that the new field would be available for use in time to replace the loss of Deyermond Field, expected to close in 2011. The Town purchased the Blanchard Street land in 2007 for that purpose. 2009 Town Meeting approved $425,000 for infrastructure development at the site. ASA has pledged to contribute $100,000 towards the project in return for a certain period of exclusive use of the soccer field portion of the complex.
The Andover Townsman ran a web poll to coincide with the fields meeting, asking 'Which sport needs field space the most?' ASA was the top choice by far with 72.5% of the votes.
Click here to see the article.
Click here to see the article and the poll results.
Fields at Bancroft School
The Andover Soccer Association and Andover youth sports need your help to insure the future of athletic fields at Bancroft School. As you may know, the Town’s School Building Committee is currently considering designs for the new Bancroft School. Some possible designs could result in a net loss of field space in Town. Although there are certainly neighborhood concerns and other issues to be addressed, the project also presents an opportunity to improve field space at Bancroft and to make it comparable to that provided at the Town’s other neighborhood primary schools. Please take a moment to review ASA’s position statement on this important process, then e-mail the Building Committee at SBC@APS1.net, letting them know you support their consideration of athletic fields at the new Bancroft School. Your time and support for ASA and Andover youth sports is very much appreciated. For ASA’s position statement on the Bancroft fields issue, click here.