2007 Recipients - Mike and Mary Grevers:

At the recent Eastside Winterfest Volunteer Appreciation Night, EYSA President Don Story presents the 2007 EYSA Ron Bulmer Long Service Award to Mary and Mike Grevers in recognition of both Mike and Mary's many years of outstanding service and dedication to the Eastside Youth Soccer Association.

2006 Recipient - Phil Edington:

Phil Edington served with distinction as the EYSA Equipment Manager from November 1999 until November 2005. He brought order to, and devised a complete system for the ordering, distribution and collection of soccer equipment at Eastside, including the establishment of proper financial records. He was also responsible for setting up our current equipment storage facility at Weaver Park. Phil was known for his strong organizational skills, his patience, his wonderful smile, and his overriding concern that Eastside players have the best equipment that could be provided. When he retired from the position of Equipment Manager, he turned over to his successor a very well-managed area which showed the care that had been given by a very capable, dedicated and effective volunteer.

Contributed by Don Story

At the recent Eastside Winterfest Volunteer Appreciation Night, Don Story presents Phil Edington with the Eastside Youth Soccer Association Ron Bulmer Long-Time Service Award in recognition of Phil's tireless efforts and many years of dedicated service to EYSA.

2005 Recipient - Leslie Sullivan

Don Story presents Leslie Sullivan with the Eastside Youth Soccer Association Ron Bulmer Long-Time Service Award in recognition of her extensive and tireless efforts and many years of dedicated service to EYSA.

2004 Recipient - Charlene Baron

The Ron Bulmer Long Service Award was created to honour its namesake and all those who continuously give to Eastside for the betterment of our kids. They are Eastside volunteers who give of their time, energy, and knowledge for many years. Ron volunteered for years - coaching, organizing, bingos and as a board member.

This year's recipient follows in Ron's footsteps. She has three children and has been active in the zone since the oldest was in U12 - 8 years or so. Her contributions have been many and varied:

• She has managed teams for many years - often more than one at the same time. I have seen coaches almost reduced to tears when she moves up an age group.
• She has been an Eastside Tournament volunteer and organizer since its inception.
• Eastside Website developer, organizer and contact.
• Eastside Newsletter publisher - and under a major deadline each season.
• Eastside Team Directory Publisher
• Eastside Board member
• She set up, and maintains a huge spreadsheet that tracks all Eastside players and their information. You know how crowded registration night is? Well, imagine organizing all those names and addresses etc. - and doing it in a short turn around time - and breaking it down so that everyone has the list they need.

The one constant that seemed to come up again and again from many different people, was that no matter what she was doing - she was doing it with the best interests of the players at heart. I cannot image a greater compliment!

In volunteering for so many jobs over so many years, it is staggering to add up the number of our players that benefited from her dedication.

As a zone, we cannot function without dedicated volunteers. We all try to do our part to lighten the load and Eastside appreciates all its volunteers, no matter what or how much you do. There are, however, a small number that go above and beyond what is typical. The Ron Bulmer Long Service Award honours these volunteers.

To this year's recipient, Charlene Baron, Eastside says THANK YOU! We are proud you are part of our team.

Congratulations and All the Best, Charlene - may your coffee always be hot!!

Contributed by Elisabeth Miller

Leslie Sullivan (right) presents Charlene Baron with the Eastside Youth Soccer Association Ron Bulmer Long-Time Service Award in recognition of her extensive involvement and many years of dedicated volunteer service to the youth in our zone.

2003 Recipient - Beverly Lackie

Bev Lackie has been involved as a volunteer with youth soccer for almost 10 years. Bev, along with her husband Hal, first became involved coaching Mini soccer and then moved onto Youth Soccer (through girls U13 and U15). Over the years, Bev has managed numerous teams, from U13 Girls Div. 2 to the current U18 Girls Div 1 team. Bev served as the Coordinator for the Under 18 Girls group for two years, and also served on the Eastside Board of Directors as the Girls' Coordinators’ representative. Bev's unwavering commitment to youth soccer has also been demonstrated by her constant willingness to help out wherever she saw a need, from working at registration to arranging for food for 40 hungry coaches at our fall evaluations. Throughout, Bev's motivation always has been to provide our youth with a positive soccer experience.

2002 Recipient - Bill Rafoss

Bill Rafoss was a member of the original board of directors of Eastside Youth Soccer Association from 1996 until 2001, serving two terms as President in 1998 and 1999.
Bill wrote the constitution for Eastside Youth Soccer Association and our first Rules and Regulations and Code of Conduct. Both Bill and his wife Janine, a founding member of Eastside soccer, managed their two sons' teams, taking teams to Nationals in 1999 and 2000 - the first two Eastside teams to go to Nationals.
Bill also served on the SYSI discipline committee for five years, was a Team Manager for the Provincial Under 18 All Star Team in 1998 and more recently, he has worked with the University of Saskatchewan Men's Huskie Soccer team.

2001 Recipient ­ Ron Bulmer

Ron Bulmer was instrumental in developing youth soccer in the Eastside zone from 1988 through 2001. He was one of the original Board members when EYSA was first formed and served as its President for several terms. Ron oversaw the transition of Eastside from a community soccer club to a Zone Association.

Under the SYSI structure. Ron coached soccer for many years and also served as bingo coordinator for Eastside Soccer.

Mike Grevers (left) presents Ron Bulmer with the first Eastside Youth Soccer Association Long-Time Service Award in recognition of many years of volunteer service to the youth in our zone.