Whitecaps London are excited to announce information regarding Shine the Light 2024:
Registration NOW OPEN - Shine the Light 2024.
Shine the Light registration for 2024 is now live. https://www.whitecapslondon.com/shine2024
The tournament dates are August 31-Sept 2 (Labour Day Weekend) at North London Fields/ Windermere Complex. Exciting updates - Shine the Light for 2024 1) We have moved the tournament date to Labour Day weekend. We’ve done this to accommodate the many Ontario Cup qualifying rounds, throughout the month of May, June and July. The Ontario Summer games are taking place the August long weekend at the same facility we hold the Shine the Light. We have also had many requests over the years to move the tournament to a long weekend. Labour Day weekend it is…. We are super excited. 2). Tiers. We have added a GOLD level and BRONZE level tiers to increase the satisfaction of competition among the teams. 3) North America. The tournament has now been approved to welcome teams from the USA. We will be marketing the tournament to clubs located in the state of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York. if you have any networking with teams across the United States, please feel free to send them the tournament info, package, or website link. About the Shine the Light Soccer Tournament.
Shine the Light is an ALL-GIRLS Soccer tournament hosted in London Ontario. The premise behind this ALL-GIRLS tournament is to support the actions and programming behind many initiatives of keeping girls in sport. Ontario Soccer and Respect in Sport has made this a key principle in the growing of the sport while raising awareness of Human Trafficking and Abuse Against Women. "A Strong Tournament...with a Strong Message."
Our tournament takes place in London on August 31-Sept 2 (Labour Day Weekend) at North London Fields/ Windermere Complex.
We have teamed up with London Abused Women’s Centre and named the tournament after their cause named SHINE THE LIGHT. Proceeds from the tournament will be donated to the SHINE THE LIGHT Campaign.
A little bit about Shine the light. www.lawc.on.ca
The goals of the Shine the Light on Woman Abuse campaign are to raise awareness of men’s violence against women by turning communities purple for the month of November; to stand in solidarity with abused women and support them in understanding that any shame and/or blame they may feel does not belong to them but to the perpetrators of their abuse; and to raise the profile of the community agencies that can provide abused women with help as they attempt to live their lives free from violence and abuse. Purple is a symbol of courage, survival and honour, and has come to symbolize the fight to end woman abuse.
A little bit about Whitecaps London: www.whitecapslondon.com
Whitecaps London is a club located/based in Southern Ontario that is part of Ontario Soccer, OPDL and League One Reserve Leagues. We provide a high-performance player pathway providing opportunities for talented youth in Southern Ontario.
Details from Shine the Light 2023
Ontario Soccer Article:
SHINE THE LIGHT SOCCER TOURNAMENT SEES A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS
https://www.ontariosoccer.net/news_article/show/1283388
Rogers TV London:
The games are archived on our website and Youtube (it is all one big clip that has both games):
Website link: https://rogerstv.com/show?lid=12&rid=9&sid=8926&gid=637488
Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI1mVB55lYk
Links to photos:
Photos Credit for this link - David Ivan Rodenhiser - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-FJ6QvLnycCZspd-oDdEccqvv4e-qvR-?usp=sharing . https://twitter.com/drodenhi1
Players of the Game
Day 1 - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1--Fwr2tLG6my0BXucP-uZgaIitCtpj8P?usp=sharing
Day 2 - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-512IS_MS6O5BLqTvOPiMH-13Wo1htmb?usp=sharing
Day 3 - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-EaNWpj7b2fW_HAog0k85CH1fvKl5v6s?usp=sharing
General Photos
Day 1 - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Qx2Ouufj_4-MpSPwBnKXCJgp4d9wrtME?usp=sharing
Day 2 - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-0bnLSHXJyjK57jLTctNeaf-vDWxh-ZS?usp=sharing
Day 3 - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-BIl5PV1wqZvLvtli199ZfQ_XO5ynXs7?usp=sharing
For more information about The London Abused Women's Centre. https://www.lawc.on.ca/
Podcast with Jennifer Dunn. The executive director of the centre on our Podcast.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ViqwO86GKLa1Ca4y9dq1c?si=C9idLaEVQ2u7bOOBd_dwQg
Thank you to our 2023 Sponsors:
•The London Abused Women’s Centre
•The City of London and Grounds Staff
•All the Volunteers at the Tournament
Sponsors
The Beckett Project
Toosties – Shoe Market
Gatorade
Nothers Trophies
Source for Sports - Team Works
The City of London Sports Tourism London
Dippin Dots
The Snack Bar Company
Sweet Candy Shop
"A Strong Tournament...with a Strong Message."