ABYSA announces community partners at John B. Lewis Soccer Complex

October 22, 2013


The Asheville Buncombe Youth Soccer Association (ABYSA) is proud to announce four community sponsors at the John B. Lewis Soccer Complex (JBL).  Biltmore Estate, Mission Children’s Hospital, Mission Health, and Ingles Markets have partnered with ABYSA to ensure long term, sustainable field development at the John B. Lewis Soccer Complex at Azalea Park.  
The second largest youth soccer organization in North Carolina, ABYSA has continued expansion of recreation soccer with more than 4,500 registrations and offers competitive soccer, outreach, financial aid, and summer camp programming to over 5,000 families and 1,200 adult players.  

Biltmore Estate has signed on as Field Sponsor; Mission Children’s Hospital as Scoreboard Sponsor; Mission Health as Field Lighting Sponsor; and Ingles Markets as Concessions and Pavilion Sponsor.  

 
“Our large and vibrant soccer community depends on us for well-maintained, quality facilities,” says Mike Rottjakob, executive director of ABYSA, “and these sponsors at JBL will help us continue to offer this quality of life and economic asset to over 6,000 players and 500,000 park visitors each year.  The community benefit provided by these great partners is big and meaningful.”