Eight Greater Nashua Elks Soccer Shoot Champions, led by 12-year-old Jack Barbour of Hollis, the defending 2009 Elks Regional U12 Champion, will be traveling to Dover on Oct. 2 to compete in the 2010 New Hampshire Elks Soccer Shoot Championship.

Barbour will be joined by 10-year-old Christian De Penasse of Merrimack and six Nashua youths – 9-year-old Ryan Santoro, 7-year-old Eliot Mason, 12-year-old Abigail Pike, 10-year-old Shardeia Spearman, 8-year-old Jaimee Conmy and 7-year-old Ahana Thapa. The contest will be held at the Dover Elks Lodge’s soccer field complex. Registration begins at 9 a.m. The Shootout kicks off at 10.

The U8 and the U10 champions will compete in the Five Goal Soccer Shoot with the each kicking 15 shots for a score. U8s will kick from a distance of 15 feet and the U10s from 18 feet with the five goals ranging from 48 inches wide down to 17 inches wide.

The U12 and the U14 champions will kick from 36 feet at a Grid Goal with assorted size openings that will be attached to the front of a regulation 24-foot soccer goal. Contestants will have 15 kicks for score.

The eight Greater Nashua Elks Soccer Champions will be competing against their respective area champions from throughout the state of New Hampshire for the Sate Elks 2010 Soccer Championship on Oct. 2. with the state’s U8s, U10s, U12s and U14s winners advancing to the Area One Regional Soccer Shoot competition in Portsmouth the weekend of Nov. 5-7. Actual contest day will be on Saturday, Nov. 6.

The Greater Nashua Soccer Champions, their families and friends are invited to attend the New Hampshire State Elks Soccer Shoot Championship in Dover on Saturday and participate in the awards luncheon following the competition.