PuBlisHer anD eDiTor-in-cHieF
puBLIsHer's LETTER
IGNACIO ESTEFANELL
managing ParTner DAVE BROWN
eDiTor SHEILA ASCROFT
conTriBuTing WriTers
Garth Gittens, Sanjeev Parmar, Kwarme
Welcome to Ottawa's new premier
Telemaque, Colin McCurdy, Sandy Mackie,
Ian McIlwain, Steve Spence, Derek Dunn, Sue
soccer magazine
Brown, Tim Baigent, Stephen Handel CAT(C),
Jim Koukounaras, George Bennett, Sophie
Lecot-Hearn, Dave Hall, Canada Soccer
SOMETHinG FOR EvERyOnE!
Association, Dileep Korah
conTriBuTing PHoTograPHers
Hargreaves Photography (Ottawa Fury),
Welcome to what will be the 1st of many great issues. This is amazing and we want to talk about it.
Freestyle Photography, Ottawa South United,
Kickabout has come a long way in just a few short months. We’re certainly off to a good start with this issue;
Paul Brown, Ignacio Estefanell, Algonquin
From day one we knew we would be in for a sprint and some of the City’s leading soccer authorities have lent
Thunder, Kanata Soccer, NCISL, Ottawa
now as I write this - a smile spread across my face - I feel their voices to the tips, drills, opinion pieces and articles
Internationals, Internationals Nat-Cap,
Canada Soccer Association, F.Scott Grant
as if we have accomplished something special that I am that you’ll find inside. We’re even holding a great contest
sure all of you will enjoy. where readers can win Adidas Europass balls, the official
aDVerTising inQuiries
Kickabout Ottawa Magazine is an independent
The name Kickabout is British slang for the word match ball of Euro 2008, see inside for details.
publication published seasonally every four
scrimmage. Funny enough, I picked it up while playing Kickabout will be coming out every four months, and months and distributed FREE at sports stores;
in the parks of Buenos Aires. I chose it for the name of as we begin to build for our second issue, I would like to
tournaments and sports domes all over the
the magazine because at the end of the day, despite the encourage all of you to get involved. There is room for
region, as well as at 100 other locations. For
advertising queries, please contact:
glitz and glamour of the professional leagues, soccer, at everybody, whether you play in your backyard or under
Contact: Dave Brown
its heart, is a communal game. the stadium lights we want to hear your stories and e-mail: Advertising@KickAbout.ca
However, it is here in Ottawa, as I traveled from park publish your pictures, so don’t hesitate to contact us. If
Tel / fax: 613-860-8687
to park, that I realized, for the first time, just how diverse there is one thing I’ve learned in putting this magazine conTriBuTions
soccer really is. Our fields are filled with Canadians from together it is that there is no shortage of stories to tell.
Kickabout Ottawa Magazine welcomes story
all walks of life enjoying the game and, even though it may In fact, this magazine is not the work of any one
and photo contributions. All photos should
ideally be shot as high resolution digital images
sound hokey, we really are all speaking just one language individual and I would like to take a moment to thank all
or otherwise scanned at 300dpi resolution
while on the pitch. To this day, I remain grateful for the of you who have made this possible. Unfortunately, there and burned onto a CD-ROM or e-mailed.
generosity and openness that I continue to encounter on just isn’t the room to name everyone, but there are some
No unsolicited contributions will be returned
these fields. contributions that simply have to be acknowledged.
unless accompanied by a self-addressed
stamped envelope. Publisher assumes
The goal of the magazine is to capture this diversity Foremost, Dave Brown, my partner in crime and the
no responsibility for return of unsolicited
and to celebrate it. We want to promote soccer, at all true brains behind our little operation deserves special manuscripts, photographs or artwork.
levels, here in the Ottawa area. And there is much to mention, as do George Brown and Chris Henderson…
Publisher may publish any and all
capture; Ottawa is a hub for soccer, with approximately thank you guys for all of your assistance…we did it. To the
communications with Kickabout Ottawa
Magazine, and may edit for clarity and
50,000 registered players in the EODSA (Eastern Ontario rest of you, you know who you are and I look forward to
style. Copyright 2008. All rights reserved.
District Soccer Association) and thousands more in the seeing you all on the pitch. Reproduction of any materials published
Outaouais. Even better is the fact that the game is being
in Kickabout Ottawa Magazine is expressly
enjoyed by both males and females at almost proportional ignacio Estefanell
forbidden without consent of the publisher
unless otherwise agreed between partners.
levels. This city is home to some of the most successful
Printed in Canada.
teams in the Province and in some cases the Country.
CoNTrIBuTors
reaD DigiTal issue online
Bill michalopulos is 'founding' president of
Dominic oliveri is the assistant coach with the Now you can go to www.kickabout.ca to see a digital
Ottawa South United. He is a two-
Ottawa Fury Senior Women’s Team. Dom also version of this print issue. The bonus is that you'll also
time western Canadian youth club
represented the Ottawa Fury and Canada
see live videos of great soccer moments plus much
champion and has coached
at the 2007 Super Y League Olympic
more. As well, all the links to groups, tournaments and
competitve girls/boys teams
Development Program National Camp
advertisers are live weblinks back to their
for 11 years top levels.
as a Staff Coach. He holds a Provincial
respective websites. Enjoy!
B licence.
Derek Dunn is a freelance
sophie lecot-Hearn
magazine writer for Kickabout
currently manages the
and other related magazines.
Dome at Louis-Riel. She
A multiple award-winning
graduated with a full scholarship
journalist and designer he can be
in sport management, has won such
found researching and writing for
awards as All American Scholar-Athlete
local and national publications.
(3rd team) in 1998. She currently holds a
Provincial B licence.
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