Carlisle soccer refs, it’s time to mark your calendars for the 11th Annual Iowa Referee Academy to be held at Wartburg College in Waverly, IA on Saturday, February 25th.

This is a great opportunity to learn from the best, get connected with other referees in Iowa AND get all your certification hours for the year in one day. That means NO EXAM NECESSARY when you recertify next December.

You may pre-register for the Academy by performing the following actions:
- Go to the Iowa Referee Committee (IRC) Website at http://www.iowareferees.org/
- Click on the Calendar Tab
- Go to February
- Click on �Iowa Referee Academy XI� in the February 25th cell
- Follow the Instructions to Register to Attend as either an Iowa or out-of-state Referee.

(As you pre-register, you will have the opportunity to purchase an Academy T-Shirt, make a monetary donation to the Academy, and select a Group (Color) for the presentation sessions so that you can stay with your kids throughout the day if you want and not get separated from them.)

More information may be found by clicking on ‘About’ under the IA Ref Academy Tab.

Talk to other referees to find out who you can ride with. make it a road trip with your fellow Carlisle referees”

We had another great year at the Des Moines Arts Festival. Nice weather on Friday night and Sunday afternoon meant there was a good crowd. Saturday night’s cool temps didn’t scare anyone away, either. 

Total tips for the beef and wine tent staffed by Carlisle Soccer volunteers totaled $1422.11!  That’s nearly $400 more than last year! And we still are weeks away from receiving 15% of our sales for the weekend.

Thanks to all those who gave their time, energy and enthusiastic support to our efforts, including: Joel Pech, Joshua Baxter, Suzie Stewart, Ken Sadler, Melissa Sadler, Joe Fortelka, Ellen Towne, Ricardo Alverio, Gaylene Rick, William Rick, Regina Overton, Steve Overton, Mark True, Suzanne VanVeen, Kevin VanVeen, Paul Gruber, Dixie Staecker, Tom Staecker, Jake Whipple, Vicki DeMoss, Paul DeMoss, John Kamerick, Tiffany Kamerick, Marek Sobieszkoda, Clint Smalley, Melody Jutting, Dan Jutting, Dawn Payne, Brian Payne, Kyle Brown, Mellannie Brown, Connie Larson, Michele Manders, Cheryll Polley, Brownie Polley, Krista Beck, Mark Beck, Brendie Polka and Bill Polka. And we can’t forget the tireless work of our director of fundraising, Lisa Wilson, who managed the whole process.

Please keep your calendars open next year. We don’t have an exact dates but the Arts Festival is usually the last weekend in June. We appreciate all our volunteers did for our club and look forward to having you help again in the future.

We are really trying to raise a lot of funds within the next few months to get help get our irrigation in the ground. So, if you have any ideas or are willing to help in our fundraising efforts please let Lisa know.