OVERVIEW

Conducting a Knights of Columbus Soccer Challenge encourages an active athletic lifestyle with our youth, provides an opportunity to teach sportsmanship, teamwork and overall good character.
 

RECOGNITION

Recognize everyone participating by presenting the included participation certificates to all who compete and school/council champion certificates to your school's/council’s division winners. With advance planning, local Knights of Columbus councils, District or State leadership can work with you in providing a special award for each division winner. Example: 1st Place in Each Division to receive a $25 GC to Jamba Juice, etc. All runner's up to receive participation certificates.

SCORING

Each participant will be given 15 penalty kicks. Points will be awarded depending upon the area of the scoring zones through which the ball passes. For example, after the player’s 15 penalty kicks, his/her scores are 5/10/20/5/5/5/5/10/10/5/20/5/10/5/5, his/her total score would be 125.  A score of 125 would be marked on the entry form/score sheet. Normal rules of soccer regarding penalty kicks apply for all levels of competition.  Penalty kick violations include stepping on or over the line prior to the kick, and any contact made with the ball counts as a kick. Scorers should record shots made and missed according to the instructions on the entry form/score sheet. It is also recommended that multiple scorers be assigned to each goal for scoring accuracy and comparison. All scores should be verified before the next contestant is allowed to shoot. The use of video tape recording is not recommended to resolve questions on final determination of scores should be decided by the scorers and the scoresheets.

SUGGESTED TIMETABLE & SUGGESTED QUICK PLANNER

• September: Work with you KofC partners to order a complete program kit for your school.
• October/November: Implement Soccer Challenge into your School's PE curriculum. 
• November/December: Final stage to complete all rounds of competition on all levels. Suggested completion before the third week of December. Soccer Challenge Finals for all finalists in all divisions competed followed by an awards presentation. Invite Knights to help with presentation and awards.

RECAP OF BENEFITS

1. Program materials and guidelines, including certificate templates are all provided for you.
2. Criteria and program pre established, ready to go from the box!
3. Encourage an active athletic lifestyle with our youth, provides an opportunity to teach sportsmanship, teamwork and overall good character.
   
4. 1st Place awards to be provided to you (requires advance communication and planning) by the Knights of Columbus. 
5. DFY application and score sheets, plan execution of competition and all supporting materials provided for your School!
6. School winners move onto District and/or State finals where additional awards and prizes are available. Coordinated and executed by Knights.
7. KofC to promote contest online, in the Hawaii Catholic Herald and other platforms to provide maximum exposure to the competition and the School.
8. Support throughout the process for this Faith Filled Fun program