District Five Sports and Activities
Council Mission Statement
To create recreational opportunities for our
citizens that enhance the
image of the area
and promote citizen involvement with a
strong sense of pride in the community while
striving
to increase the social, cultural, and
physical well-being of all its residents.
HISTORY
•
Formed as District 5 Youth Football
Association more than 11 years ago
• originally we had less than
200
participants
• Currently we have 458 participants in
football/cheerleading only
•
The success of the league was based on the
structure. The League is led by a Board of
Directors (not coaches).
• Other sports coaches have mentioned
wanting to form a youth league with the
same structure as the football
league.
• In March of 2010 we met to join the
following sports under the same umbrella:
Wrestling
Volleyball
Basketball
Cheerleading
The combination led to the formation of the
District 5 Sports
and Activities Council
Formed a new Non-profit Corporation
We have
a goal to form a unique partnership
with District 5 Schools, surrounding Towns,
and Spartanburg County.
Developments
• Six D5 SAC Board Members visited North
Augusta in April 2010
• Gained Support from surrounding towns:
• Land donation from Lyman for
parking/fields
• Potential use of the Lyman Armory
• Field grant from Wellford (old Florence Chapel)
• Storage location from Duncan (house beside the water park)
• Duncan Police Chief provides all of our criminal
background checks and provides security at events
• Lyman Police Chief is an advisor to the Volleyball League
• Cooperation from Middle Tyger Community
• Center with office space.
• Mock Trial Team to be partnered
with DR Hill
• Middle School in August, 2011.
• Adult Mentoring program at DR Hill Middle
•
School and Florence Chapel Middle School.
• Cooperate partnership with Nike Team Sports and Dick Sporting Goods
• In June of 2010 the youth baseball and softball of District Five approached our group to join D5SAC.
•
We have met with Stacy Beeler of the Westside Boosters (District 6 area youth baseball/softball group)
–
Partnership with field use (Academy Park)
– Play games against Westside Boosters “Cavs” in the Spring
of ’11
• We have developed a new website
• In less than a year we have grown from
2 sports and 458 participants into
9 sports teams and 1300 participants
•
Football 400
• Volleyball 40
• Wrestling 40
• Cheerleading for football 70
• Basketball
180 registered with 1st game set for Jan 2011
• Basketball cheerleading 45
• Baseball/softball –
700
• Track and Field (spring of 2011) - 50
Youth Football
400 participants in grades
1-6
Flag League for grades 1-2
Tackle JV league for grades 3-4
Tackle Varsity league for
grades 5-6
Youth Cheerleading
• 70 Youth football cheerleaders
• 45 Youth basketball
cheerleaders
Youth Wrestling
Youth Volleyball
First year youth volleyball program
40 participants
Includes Grades 3-6
Youth Basketball
180 participants in first year program
Grades: 1-6
Games are played at the Byrnes
Gym every Saturday morning
Youth Baseball
Over 500 participants
4yr old – age 14
Partner with Westside Boosters to
play “Cavs”
in April
Youth Softball
Over 200 participants
Age 6-14
GOALS
Full-time
Employee with assistance from
the local towns
Infrastructure to obtain grants
Property acquisition for
fields
Recreation Center/Parks/ Trails
DREAMS
Community Pride
“Systems Theory”
We all rely on independent systems to function together.
How can we make a better community?
1. Family -
the primary nurturers of children.
2. Medical care - children need medical care. Healthy
children make good citizens.
3. Education - an absolute requirement that enhances all
other functions. Educated children make good citizens.
4. Recreation – children need more exercise. We can
ensure healthy active citizens with our programs.
Healthy
citizens make good citizens.
5. Government/law enforcement- law abiding citizens
make for a better community.
D5 SAC interconnects 4 of the 5 components to community
development with no additional taxes/costs. We want our
area to be as strong and vibrant as possible.
