03/28/2024
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The Bladen County Soccer Association will be hosting a College ID Camp at East Bladen High on March 17.

The following colleges will be represented: Mount Olive, Winthrop University, St. Andrews, and Cape Fear Community College. Other schools may be added in the coming weeks.

Registration form

Registration starts at 9 a.m. on March 17th. Players are encouraged to register before the day of the Camp. Spots are limited. Forms need to be printed and the bottom section mailed or emailed to jbraynor1203@email.campbell.edu.

All checks should be made payable to Bladen County Soccer Association College ID Camp. Forms and checks should be mailed to BCSA – Jay Raynor at 4087 Hwy 701 S, Clarkton NC, 28433.

Cost is $80 for pre-registration and $95 the day of the camp. Schools who send 5 or more players to the ID Camp will receive a $10 discount per player reducing the fee to $70. All players must pre-register to receive that discount.

Campers will receive a camp t-shirt. The Camp will include two training sessions for field players and goal keepers, 11 v 11 scrimmages, and a recruiting talk/question and answer session.

This is an amazing opportunity for kids of Bladen and surrounding counties. To bring rebuttable colleges to our area and put kids in front of them for identification purposes is extraordinary.

Players and parents will also learn what it takes to be recruited and the recruiting process. A lot want to be recruited but don’t know what it entails or how to go about it.

There are kids in this area who can absolutely play at the next level. Bladen County has players who have played or are currently playing college soccer. Those players will tell you that it’s all about exposure. Bringing a College ID Camp here will help increase that exposure for those potential college bound players.

This College ID Camp combined with our travel program is BCSA’s way of making sure our players have exposure. We want our players to continue playing the game and have opportunities for earning a higher education. The BCSA will be looking to make grow this as an annual event.

The BCSA will also look to do the same kind of event for girls soccer in the fall /winter months.

For more information contact Jay Raynor at 910-876-0003.

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