Quw’utsun FC

Quw’utsun FC (Cowichan) is a grassroots all Indigenous soccer club. We play year round, having 1 men’s team and 5 youth teams. Focussed on Futsal & Soccer.

[Angela Sterritt 📘 @AngelaSterritt]

TW for the original headline (it’s not mine and I changed it for twitter).

RCMP apologize to Indigenous teen's family, saying investigation was never closed

https://t.co/1yJYDy2CpW

[Angela Sterritt 📘 @AngelaSterritt]

A 15-year-old Indigenous girl was found on a trail under pallets, garbage, and cardboard.  The police are calling this “noncriminal.”
https://t.co/ciA9wlZmIk

[Quw’utsun FC @FcQuw]

@CPLWoodenSpoon Thank you💙

[Quw’utsun FC @FcQuw]

@CdnFootyMK It really is sad. I don’t know where the resources will come from to repair this. The effects of this senseless act will have ripple effects. People can be so ignorant.

[Quw’utsun FC @FcQuw]

Couldn’t agree more!

[The Province @theprovince]

Brendan Quarry: Has sports become the pandemic's sacrificial lamb? https://t.co/4nHreTMOW2

[Quw’utsun FC @FcQuw]

@CookStreetUtd We don’t expect to see it open anytime soon up here. The First Nation communities are keeping things pretty locked down, we were lucky to be given the green light to bring teams to our fields. It’s been closed since March here. We dream of the day 🤩😅.

[Quw’utsun FC @FcQuw]

I’m going to say it’s really frustrating to have beautiful fields that are unable to be used during the dark months. It’s been 10 weeks since we’ve been able to train and are unable to use fields that all seem to be booked by our neighbour. Covid has made shared space tricky too.

[Quw’utsun FC @FcQuw]

@CookStreetUtd When life gets back to normal and things open back up one day... you guys are always welcome to come get a Futsal scrimmage in up here!

[Quw’utsun FC @FcQuw]

@CookStreetUtd We have our own indoor facility, but it’s shut down due to COVID. This is what the inside of the building next to our fields normally looks like 😫. It’s filled with Quw’utsun youth, men and women from open until close. We miss it!

[Quw’utsun FC @FcQuw]

Our masks came in tonight and they turned out GREAT!!

[Quw’utsun FC @FcQuw]

@CoachLaxton We’ve played on it a few times and it’s a beautiful field, but yes, quite narrow.

[Quw’utsun FC @FcQuw]

Have any clubs recently installed a turf field and could provide a general idea of the cost behind such a project?

[Quw’utsun FC @FcQuw]

@CoachLaxton We are looking go reach out to them, as we are friends with a few involved. What I have heard is that island fields are a big pricier 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Quw’utsun FC @FcQuw]

@CookStreetUtd It sounds like a huge chunk of money, but potentially something that other local organizations could also make use of and therefor have rental income 🤷🏻‍♀️🤔

[Quw’utsun FC @FcQuw]

@noname_actual We normally use indoor space, unfortunately this heat it’s been a hard no from facilities (including our own gym which is next to our field).

[Quw’utsun FC @FcQuw]

@DDaveyspencer That’s what I was basing my argument on 😅. I feel like that’s been well over 10 years

[Quw’utsun FC @FcQuw]

@DDaveyspencer Any chance you know much about the lifespan of this investment? I’ve heard rumours that they need to be redone every 10 years, but don’t see any substance behind that?

[Quw’utsun FC @FcQuw]

@CPLWoodenSpoon I have DM’d you :)