LSBTV heads downtown to check out Pacific FC's new head office and storefront! We also chat with PFC's first signing, Kadin Chung and Josh Simpson.
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Friday, November 16, 2018
Now Accepting 2019 Memberships
It's time to Support Local Soccer!
Become a Member of the Lake Side Buoys for 2019 and get some awesome swag, like this exclusive membership scarf!
Head to our Join Us page for more info!
Friday, November 9, 2018
VanIsle GotGame Tryouts 2018
Check out our coverage of the #GotGame Tryouts here on Vancouver Island! We chat with Alex Bunbury, Josh Simpson, Rob Friend, Michael Silberbauer, James Merriman and two players who made the final cut.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
LSBTV Heads to Minnesota
As we enter uncharted territory here on the Island, specifically, trying to figure out how to grow our small Supporters' Group from our PDL roots to our Canadian Premier League future, it's important to learn from those who have gone before.
Lake Side Buoys TV sent a crew down to Minnesota to see if we could learn anything from the Dark Clouds, an SG with a similar history to our own, who are now supporting a pro team.
Here's what we found out:
Lake Side Buoys TV sent a crew down to Minnesota to see if we could learn anything from the Dark Clouds, an SG with a similar history to our own, who are now supporting a pro team.
Here's what we found out:
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
A Letter from the President
For over nine years, the Lake Side Buoys have had the great honour to support local soccer in Victoria the best way we know how: loudly, vocally and with great enthusiasm.
Our goal is and has always been to foster excitement for the sport we're passionate about. We bring our friends to the pitch and make new ones while we're there, uniting fans under our banner to support our team. We have always taken every opportunity available to grow our numbers and our voice with varying degrees of success over the years.
In keeping with that spirit, we are very excited to support the newest addition to Victoria's soccer landscape - the new Canadian Premier League team, Pacific FC.
Playing at Langford's Westhills Stadium - the very same pitch where the Lake Side Buoys were formed and home of the "lake" that gave us our name - Pacific FC promises to provide an experience that Vancouver Island has been lacking: a professional sports team of our very own.
Going forward, the Lake Side Buoys will be the broad tent that welcomes everyone, doing all we can to further supporter culture and enhance the game day experience. The Board of Directors have been hard at work restructuring our organization in preparation for the inaugural CanPL season and we'll have many exciting announcements to make in the near future. Does this mean that the Lake Side Buoys will be discontinuing our organized game day support of the Victoria Highlanders?
While the USL Premier Development League may have just been re-branded as the USL League Two, the Lake Side Buoys are still very committed to the idea of #Path2Pro. Our soccer fortunes, as an island, a region and a country, will rise or fall based on our ability to foster and develop the talent within our communities. For years, the Lake Side Buoys have organized our Supporters' Choice Player of the Year Award, contributed to (and occasionally held on to) the Juan de Fuca Plate competition, provided noise, chants, tifo, smoke and support, all for the benefit of our beloved Highlanders.
While every fan on Vancouver Island is greatly anticipating Pacific FC's kickoff early next year, it is my pledge as President of the Lake Side Buoys to continue our commitment to supporting local soccer by never allowing us to forget where we came from. It is our privilege to be the home of supporters for both Pacific FC and the Victoria Highlanders, following our teams as they lead us into a new future.
You are invited to join us.
Our goal is and has always been to foster excitement for the sport we're passionate about. We bring our friends to the pitch and make new ones while we're there, uniting fans under our banner to support our team. We have always taken every opportunity available to grow our numbers and our voice with varying degrees of success over the years.
In keeping with that spirit, we are very excited to support the newest addition to Victoria's soccer landscape - the new Canadian Premier League team, Pacific FC.
Playing at Langford's Westhills Stadium - the very same pitch where the Lake Side Buoys were formed and home of the "lake" that gave us our name - Pacific FC promises to provide an experience that Vancouver Island has been lacking: a professional sports team of our very own.
Going forward, the Lake Side Buoys will be the broad tent that welcomes everyone, doing all we can to further supporter culture and enhance the game day experience. The Board of Directors have been hard at work restructuring our organization in preparation for the inaugural CanPL season and we'll have many exciting announcements to make in the near future. Does this mean that the Lake Side Buoys will be discontinuing our organized game day support of the Victoria Highlanders?
Absolutely not.
While the USL Premier Development League may have just been re-branded as the USL League Two, the Lake Side Buoys are still very committed to the idea of #Path2Pro. Our soccer fortunes, as an island, a region and a country, will rise or fall based on our ability to foster and develop the talent within our communities. For years, the Lake Side Buoys have organized our Supporters' Choice Player of the Year Award, contributed to (and occasionally held on to) the Juan de Fuca Plate competition, provided noise, chants, tifo, smoke and support, all for the benefit of our beloved Highlanders.
While every fan on Vancouver Island is greatly anticipating Pacific FC's kickoff early next year, it is my pledge as President of the Lake Side Buoys to continue our commitment to supporting local soccer by never allowing us to forget where we came from. It is our privilege to be the home of supporters for both Pacific FC and the Victoria Highlanders, following our teams as they lead us into a new future.
You are invited to join us.
- Jason Armond
President, Lake Side Buoys
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