The Rainier Challenge Tournament is proud to be celebrating its 16th year of competitive soccer for boys and girls around the Pacific Northwest. You are cordially invited to join us this coming Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-26, 2008.
Please look around our site, see what we have to offer and join us for a great weekend of soccer. Feel free to contact us with any questions. We’re here to help.
If you don’t find answers to your questions, or if you are interested in having your entire soccer club play at the Rainier Challenge, please contact Charlie Dent, our Tournament Director at charliedent@gmail.com before applying to the tournament.
We take great pride in hosting one of the Pacific Northwest’s highest quality soccer tournaments. As always, we strive to make this a fun, family event. We look forward to seeing you in Puyallup this spring.
Latest News
Updated May 9, 9:25 am: Happy Friday, everyone. No time to visit this morning. We're proofreading schedules and checking them twice for conflicts. Still on track to publish today. When we do, you'll find them on the Schedules and Scores page. Managers, I'm sending you an update via e-mail this morning. Have a great weekend.
Updated May 8, 8:30 am: Good morning, kids. Brushing aside the cobwebs in the FC Royals and FC United catacombs, I discovered that the club typically published the tournament schedules two weeks before the event. I’m happy to report that we’re on track to publish tomorrow evening despite losing Riverside Elementary on Tuesday and yesterday abandoning our plan to play at Chief Leschi. The grass at Chief Leschi is growing only slightly faster than the 12 stray hairs on the top of my head. So, now all of the U-11 kids can play on the lush, green grass of the WPFC fields.
How the nice turn of events? I was sitting alone in my imaginary dugout, when it occurred to me that I needed to get up off the bench, pick up the phone and go to the bullpen for my ace scheduler, Dave Miller. He thought he was out, but I pulled him back in with the promise of some Rainer Challenge swag and a new Fox 40 whistle. Top man, that Dave! If you see him at the fields, take a moment to say thanks and offer to buy him a delicious elephant ear served fresh from the good folks at Duris.
Now that we’re back on track, the updated to do list looks a lot nicer, after highlighting the completed items:
1. Complete draft of revised master game schedule.
2. Try to solve game conflicts for the 24 coaches who are coaching 2 or more teams in the tournament. [In process]
3. Hatch a plan to get one of those snappy, new T-mobile Crossfire jerseys. Long sleeve XL, please.
4. Feed and groom Henry Robicheau’s alpacas.
5. Publish a little coffee and restaurant guide for places near the WPFC Complex. Click here to get it.
6. Publish a little coffee and restaurant guide for places near Keithley Middle School. Click here to get it.
7. Publish a 1-page Registration Checklist for the hardworking managers. Click here to get it.
Updated May 7, 8:05 am: Good morning, gang. Remember Ghostbusters 2? Not the one with the StayPuft Marshmallow man. The other one where the Ghostbusters discover that New York is once again headed for doom, with a river of ectoplasmic slime bubbling underneath the city and a really old dude trying to possess Dana’s baby? Yeah. I liked that one. Anyway, the Ghostbusters realize that there is so much negative energy in the city that the slime can only be destroyed by an equal amount of positive energy. So, they slime up the Statue of Liberty, bring her to life with some tunes and a wave of positive energy sweeps across the good people of the Big Apple. Yesterday was like that for me. Some very nice people sent me some very positive messages, and so we’re back on track.
The Rainier Challenge Welcomes Korum for Kids as a Presenting Sponsor
WPFC is proud to announce that we have entered into a sponsorship agreement with Korum for Kids Foundation for the 2008 Rainier Challenge. Over the last 16 years, the Rainier Challenge has grown into one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier soccer tournaments. "Today is a great day for WPFC," said Charlie Dent, Tournament Director. "We are honored to have a presenting sponsor as outstanding as Korum For Kids Foundation. Together this partnership will take our biggest annual event to an even greater level."
Among the activities planned for the Memorial Day Weekend tournament, attendees will have an opportunity to guess the correct number of soccer balls inside a car furnished by Korum Motors of Puyallup. The first three people to guess the correct number of soccer balls will win an iPod shuffle, and all donations will benefit Korum For Kids Foundation.
Questions?
If you don’t find answers to your questions on our website, or if you are interested in having your team or soccer club play at the Rainier Challenge, please contact Charlie Dent, our Tournament Director at charliedent@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you in 2008, and we promise to do our best to make this one of your best tournament experiences.
Important Dates
Dates of Play: May 23-26, 2008 (Friday - Monday)
Sponsorship Opportunities
The Rainier Challenge offers you two ways to advertise your business and support the tournament and the kids who play in it:
- Become an official tournament sponsor (click here for more)
- Advertise in our tournament program (more info coming soon)
Why purchase a sponsorship package? A sponsorship guarantees that your company will be noticed. Your company logo could be displayed on our website, in our tournament program, on signs at our field complex and much more. For more detailed information about our sponsorship packages, please click here.
Awards
The winning team in each championship game will receive a trophy. In addition, each player on the roster of the winning team will receive a Champions Medal. Each player on the runner-up team will receive a Finalist Medal.
General Information
If you have any questions, please call us at (253) 627-3086 or send us an e-mail message to charliedent@gmail.com.
Contacting the Rainier Challenge via Regular Mail
All mail to the Rainier Challenge should be sent to:
Rainier Challenge Tournament Director
1202 E. "D" St., Suite 202
Tacoma, WA 98421
