聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 A group of 18 interested community members came together on Wednesday, March 2, to discuss the re-emergence of the Carlyle Cougars Senior Men鈥檚 team. Carlyle has been without a senior men鈥檚 team for three years and past members of the team have been missing being in the action, while the community has been missing the winter activity which used to bring many together.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Out of the those members that attended on March 2, a total of 10 volunteered to be part of the board, with positions to be sorted out as they move forward and find their footing, beginning with a group effort in re-establishing the senior team.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭hanks for showing up tonight,鈥� Dallas Lequyer, a former player and one of the main driving forces behind wanting to bring the Cougars back stated at the meeting. 鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to revive the Cougar team and initial talks that I鈥檝e had within the community support this. It seems everybody wants to see this happen and with that support I think we can move forward.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淏efore we have a functional team though, we need a functional board. The players shouldn鈥檛 have to worry about taking on that role, which is part of what happened three years ago. A board is key in making this happen.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Lequyer has talked to quite a few interested local players, which was important to those at the meeting, and has found in discussing the re-emergence of the team with business owners in the community that there is potential for sponsors and support of the team, which made the importance of finding a board the top priority.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 After listening to the interest in the community from players, supporting businesses, and the want for the team to form again led to the interest of seven individuals volunteering to be on the board. Although board positions were not completely decided, the group has a good start and will be moving forward with the reformation of the team.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Volunteering for the board were Deb Chalis, Brian Hagel, Dean Lequyer, Mike Brown, Todd Brady, Wade Robertson, Jared Riddell, Kirk Himmelspach, Steve Mossing, and Dallas Lequyer.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Cougars have already taken to social media and can now be found on Twitter @CarlyleCougars and on Facebook by searching for, Carlyle Cougars.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 For more information regarding the re-emergence of the team, as positions within the executive are determined, contact is Dallas Lequyer.
