TAOS SPORTS ALLIANCE MEMBERS
Town of Taos
Taos Municipal Schools
Taos Youth & Family Center
Taos Soccer
New Mexico Sports Authority
University of New Mexico Men's Soccer
University of Wisconsin Men's Soccer
Taos Hockey
Taos Lacrosse
Taos Solar Spike
Check out the University of New Mexico Men's Soccer schedule with Taos graduate Patrick Pacheco.
Taos Eco Park is being constructed the Summer of 2010! See the future of Taos Sports...
Taos Eco Park Master Plan
EVENTS
Taos Eco Park - Grand Opening, Fall, 2010
Taos Youth Hockey Thanksgiving Weekend Classic - Winter, 2010
NCAA Men's Soccer Invitational Tournament - Spring, 2011
Taos Sports Alliance (TSA) is currently meeting with Taos Cycle Club to brainstorm an effective method of organizing bicycle races in Taos. The goal of TSA and TCC is to have a professional race in Taos by this fall, to be the first annual, and keystone of many races to come.
TSA has been working with the Taos Hockey League, mirroring the good deeds and hard work of Brian Greer in his development of the most successful youth amateur sports program in Northern New Mexico. TSA hopes in the near future to provide Mr. Greer with assistance in the management and promotion of his teams and his tournaments nationwide.
TSA has been working the Taos Youth Soccer League, using it as an example organization for the purpose of understanding the various events, tournaments, camps, and clinics that could be developed here in Taos.
TSA is working with Athletic Director James Branch and Baseball Coach Mark Montoya to maximize the number of games, tournaments, and events that could be brought to Taos in affiliation with Taos Municipal Schools as a part of the New Mexico School Districts statewide.
TSA is working with amateur adult baseball directors Marty Remaly and Norm Cutliff to develop opportunities for adult baseball to develop tournaments, camps, clinics, and events in Taos.
All events will be managed and maintained on the master calendar on this website. Dates, times, the description of the events, and the use of which facilities will be made available online to the public. The website will be updated timely to accurately display the current events that are to happen.
WHAT WE DO
Mission Statement:
The Taos Sports Alliance (TSA) was established to advance youth amateur sports in Taos, New Mexico. The TSA sees team and individual sports, athletic events, and extracurricular activities as the root to developing a solid foundation for our children to grow into successful adults who contribute to a positive future for everyone. The purpose of the TSA is to unite community members from various organizations providing activities, pooling the limited resources of Taos, to make every individual organization better cater to the growth and development of the individual child. TSA sees the special qualities of Taos as a magnet to bring youth tournaments, camps, and clinics to Taos exposing the youth to a better understanding of the world around them, exposing them to each of their capabilities to achieve and grow.
The TSA is running a multi-faceted front at the moment as an infant organization:
FRONT One: TSA was developed in anticipation of the building of state-of-the-art athletic facilities in Taos. TSA has taken, as one of its responsibilities, to keep track of and make recommendations to the Town and School in each of the projects on how they can work together to get the best possible facilities with the financial capabilities that are currently available to each entity. TSA was instrumental in the development of the Joint Powers Agreement between the Town and School to maximize the use of the each entity’s assets. TSA has also been paying particular attention to the actions of the school board in the use of the bond money allocated to building athletic facilities to ensure that the school district gets the best product giving our youth best facilities, which would also be attractive to the promoting events, tournaments, camps, and clinics to come to Taos. TSA has been working with the Town specifically, giving advice and guidance on the best method of building the Eco Park. TSA, through several of its volunteers, gathered data available at a local hockey tournament over the course of one weekend. TSA then took the data through several other volunteers and developed an economic study that the Town is now using as part of its financing for the very athletic facilities the TSA will help manage.
FRONT Two: TSA is currently developing a plan to master calendar and organize all events, tournaments, games, and activities to maximize the use of the facilities. TSA has been working to ensure that our youth organizations are free from barriers to the use of the facilities available. TSA is currently developing a policy to ensure the cooperation between the Town, School, and County to allow for each youth organization to take all possible resources and use them to their advantage. It is the purpose of TSA to be the organization through which all athletic events are organized to ensure no conflicts exist in the use of the facilities, and to prey upon vacant opportunities to fill them with new and different activities, events, tournaments, and games.
FRONT Three: TSA is in the early stages of developing an approach to attract State, Federal, and Private grant monies that it can use to help its affiliated organizations.
WHO WE ARE
The Taos Sports Alliance is an umbrella organization that is affiliated with every youth organization in Northern New Mexico who seeks that connection. It is the goal of the TSA to assist in the organization of events, tournaments, camps, and clinics for every youth organization that seeks our assistance. The TSA is a group of concerned citizens who have the drive and capability to take volunteers, public servants, government and school resources and put them together to make the vision of an organization come to fruition.
The TSA started in a discussion amongst concerned citizens and public servants such as Town Council Member Gene Sanchez, Mayor Darren Cordova, School Board Member Arsenio Cordova, School Board Member Lorraine Coca-Ruiz, Thomas Tafoya, Horsefly Editor Bill Whaley, Jeff Northrup, Elen Archuleta, Brian Greer, Norman Cutliff, Coach James Branch and Taos County Commissioner Dan Barrone. This group of "in tune" citizens observed the changing climate of our local political bodies in light of our dimming economic future, and saw a chance to unite political bodies to benefit Taos as a whole, tearing down old and unnecessary dominions of power to look to the betterment of the children of Taos, and the future of Taos.
TSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Justin Lea
Vice President: Brian Greer
Treasurer: Mark Yaravitz
Director: Hank Friedman
Executive Director: Joel Israel
GET INVOLVED
If you want to know more about Taos Sports Alliance, we encourage you to attend our Board meetings the 3rd Tuesday of each month, at 5:00 p.m., Taos Youth and Family Center.
Taos Sports Alliance welcomes its partners, sponsors, supporters and prospective members to join in developing character and discipline of all participants with teamwork and fair play of all sports.
Phone: (575) 779-0635
Email: info@taossportsalliance.com
NEWS
Taos Eco Park is being constructed the Summer of 2010! See the future of Taos Sports…
Taos Eco Park Master Plan