Summary
Okanagan Challenge is a Canadian soccer team based in Kelowna, British Columbia. Founded in 1995, the team plays in the Pacific Coast Soccer League (PCSL), an amateur league with teams in British Columbia.
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| Full name | Okanagan Challenge | ||
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| Founded | 1995 | ||
| Stadium | Apple Bowl | ||
| Capacity | 2,314 | ||
| Chairman | Eric Tasker | ||
| Manager | Kelly Wolverton | ||
| League | Pacific Coast Soccer League | ||
| 2019 | 4th | ||
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The team plays its home matches in the Apple Bowl at the Parkinson Recreation Area, where they have played since 1995. The team's colours are red, black and white.
History edit
The club was founded in 1989 as a registered not-for-profit society with the aim of providing a level of senior soccer not previously available in Kelowna.
The team competes in the Pacific Coast Soccer League. In the club’s first twenty years we are proud of several achievements – finalists in the 1995 play-offs, league champions and play-off winners in 1997 and 1998, finalists 2004 play-offs and semi-finalists in 2005. In its twentieth year the Challenge won the regular 2009 PCSL season title, the post-season title and the John F. Kennedy Cup. The Kennedy Cup is a tournament between the best British Columbia, Oregon and Washington State men's teams. In 1998 the Challenge was chosen as Kelowna’s Athletic Team of the Year, and runner-up in 2010 at the Kelowna Civic Awards.
The club has been involved in summer soccer camps for many hundreds of youth players almost every year since 1992.
Well-known players and coaches of the team have included Ian Bridge, Shaun Lowther, Pat Onstad and Rob Friend, who have all been Canadian National Soccer Team members.
The team usually comprises ten to fifteen local players augmented by four to seven players from out of town.
Year-by-year edit
| Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs | Open Canada Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 4 | PCSL | 2nd | Did not qualify | |
| 1996 | 4 | PCSL | 4th | Did not qualify | |
| 1997 | 4 | PCSL | 1st | Did not qualify | |
| 1998 | 4 | PCSL | 1st | Did not qualify | |
| 1999 | 4 | PCSL | 4th | Did not qualify | |
| 2000 | 4 | PCSL | 5th | Did not qualify | |
| 2001 | 4 | PCSL | on hiatus | ||
| 2002 | 4 | PCSL | 7th | Did not qualify | |
| 2003 | 4 | PCSL | 9th | Did not qualify | |
| 2004 | 4 | PCSL | 4th | Did not qualify | |
| 2005 | 4 | PCSL | 3rd, South | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2006 | 4 | PCSL | 9th | Did not qualify | |
| 2007 | 4 | PCSL | 6th | Did not qualify | |
| 2008 | 4 | PCSL | 10th | Did not qualify | |
| 2009 | 4 | PCSL | 1st | 1st | Champions |
| 2010 | 4 | PCSL | 3rd | 2nd | |
| 2011 | 4 | PCSL | 4th | 1st | |
| 2012 | 4 | PCSL | 9th | Did not qualify |
Honors edit
- Sheila Anderson Memorial (Challenge) Cup Winners 2011
- John F. Kennedy Trophy (Kennedy Cup) Winners 2009
- Sheila Anderson Memorial (Challenge) Cup Winners 2009
- PCSL Champions 2009
- PCSL Champions 1998
- PCSL Champions 1997
- Sheila Anderson Memorial (Challenge) Cup Winners 1998
- Sheila Anderson Memorial (Challenge) Cup Winners 1997
Head coach edit
Kelly Wolverton
Stadiums edit
- Apple Bowl; Kelowna, British Columbia (1995–2012)
Average attendance edit
External links edit
- Official website