About the Tournament

Minutes of Managers' Meeting

44th B R D Wanderpokal Vancouver 2009 Tournament

Held on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 8:10 PM in the Vancouver Alpen Club,
33rd & Victoria Drive, Vancouver, BC Canada

Udo Waechter brought the meeting to order welcomed and thanked the small number of teams who braved the long trip under tough economic conditions to support the 44th BRD Wanderpokal.

At roll call; two teams were absent, Real Marin 2 (s45) and Sapperton S.C. (35)

Udo Waechter advised the members that there was a problem at registration. Stockton United had listed a player born in 1955 on their roster for the over 55 Div. According to the rules he had to be born in 1954 or earlier. Since it was an obvious mistake and since the player had traveled this far the managers in the over 55 Div. were asked to give consent to let the player play. After discussion they agreed to let the player play. Robert Phillips of Stockton United thanked the other managers in the division.

Udo Waechter asked for a motion to accept the minutes from last year's managers meetings as circulated.

Karl Buder of Real Marin made the motion, seconded by Robert Phillips of Stockton United. The motion was passed unanimously.

Udo Waechter gave an overview of the venue and the circumstances surrounding this Tournament.
The preliminary banquet head count stood at 165.

It was brought to the attention of the membership that due to "politics" within the Provincial referees association a number of referees pulled out at the last minute leaving some of the games without assistant referees. Discussion ensued.

New Business: Recognition was given for the hard work and job well done under these tough economic times.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:45 PM.

Held on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 6:45 PM in the Vancouver Alpen Club,
33rd & Victoria Drive, Vancouver, BC Canada

Wolfgang Degemann opened the meeting. All 18 participating Managers were present. The results for the various age groups were presented and the individual awards voted on with the following results.

35 & Over:
1ST. Sapperton S.C.
2ND. Stockton United
3RD. LA S.C.

Top Goalie - Tom Huntley - Sapperton
MVP - Steve Miller - Sapperton
Top Scorer - Steve Miller - Sapperton

45 & Over:
1ST. Sacramento Turnverein
2ND. Stockton United
3RD. Harmonie S.C.

Top Goalie - Alberto Zamora - Stockton
MVP - Robin Stimson - Sacramento
Top Scorer - Chris Hughes - Sacramento

55 & Over:
1ST. Alemania S.C.
2ND. Harmonie S.C.
3RD. Stockton United

Top Goalie - Miroslav Eboudney - Alemania
MVP - Terry James - Alemania
Top Scorer - Semih Sabankaya - Harmonie

60 & Over:
1ST. Alemania S.C.
2ND. Real Marin S.C.
3RD. Harmonie S.C.

Top Goalie - Udo Waechter - Alemania
MVP - Zee ( Jose Desilva ) - Alemania
Top Scorer - Shawn Dehghan - Real Marin

Sportsmanship Award: Canejo 76

Oldest Player Recognition: Karl Albrecht (77 years) - Harmonie S.C.

New Business:

Stockton United volunteered to host next years Wanderpokal but will confirm by September 1, 2009.

Alternate Host will be Phoenix S.C.

Bert Schulz raised concern about the lack of assistant referees for some of the games. This problem was mentioned at the Friday managers meeting and reasons given at that time. After a comment by the tournament chairman no discussion ensued.

Meeting adjourned at 7:00 pm