The purpose of this proposal is to formally name the Niskayuna Soccer Complex building the Dave Bundy Memorial Clubhouse.

David Bundy has served Niskayuna as a physical education teacher and coach since 1968. In the 1970’s, Dave was instrumental in developing the first organized soccer teams in the Town of Niskayuna. Dave was a pioneer, traveling to local tournaments with elementary students before the Capital District Youth Soccer League was even established. Since the kids didn’t have uniforms, Dave would have the kids wear the same colored shirts and would use electrical tape to fashion makeshift numbers. In the late 1970’s, when the Capital District Youth Soccer League was formed, Dave chartered the Niskayuna Soccer Club and thus created one of the first formally organized town “travel teams” in the area. The club has continued to grow and serve more youth each year. In the 1980’s, Dave established the Niskayuna Soccer Day Camps to help improve the soccer skills of the children in our town. These camps have affectionately become known to many young soccer players as “Bundy Camp.”

Today, because of the foundation laid down by Dave Bundy, the Niskayuna Soccer Club hosts hundreds of CDYSL games annually. The club also hosts the Niskayuna Soccer Club Tournaments, events that annually attract thousands of soccer enthusiasts from all over the Northeast.

Over 30 years after he began, Dave continues to take an active role in the club as a coach, a mentor of new coaches, and a trusted advisor. Through the years, Dave’s philosophy of individual development through fairness, sportsmanship and dedication to sport has created one of the most successful “community based” soccer clubs in the Northeast. To be sure, Dave’s involvement has been one of the greatest assets to the development of the youth of Niskayuna and an inspiration to those who work with our youngsters.

To acknowledge Dave’s dedication to the youth of Niskayuna, we propose that the town name the Niskayuna Soccer Complex building the Dave Bundy Memorial Clubhouse. As the clubhouse is the anchor to the Niskayuna Soccer Complex, so to has Dave Bundy been an anchor to Niskayuna Youth Soccer.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey Ormsbee

Niskayuna Teacher and Soccer Coach

Jonathan McKinney

President – Niskayuna Soccer Club