Just to correct any ... misunderstanding ;) All players (and officials etc) at an FFSA affiliated club are covered to participate in any and all official club events * (providing they are "registered" with the club in question). That includes all training activities . So, as far as I am aware ...

I worry that the drive to concentrate resources on a smaller and smaller pool of identified talent will (if it isn't already) restrict the opportunity for more kids to play football (and younger adults too). Every initiative I read about seems to involve clubs being told to take in fewer kids ...

I worry that the drive to concentrate resources on a smaller and smaller pool of identified talent will (if it isn't already) restrict the opportunity for more kids to play football (and younger adults too). Every initiative I read about seems to involve clubs being told to take in fewer kids ...

...however, there is a big push to keep it industrial or bigger developers are already whispering in the Government's ear to get hold of it... Those developers might well turn out to be your friend? More houses -> More residents -> More Services required -> Recreation is a Service -> Football is a ...

Read this on the Rochedale Rovers site.....Seems NPL in Brisbane is having teething problems as well. I like the system on the surface though, Clubs with licenses having catchment areas and working with the clubs in that area. http://www.rochedalerovers.com/images/stories/2013_Docs/memostrikers.pdf ...

Before looking at the constitution, you should look at the type of "legal entity" that your club is based on. Most - that are officially incorporated - will be not-for-profit organisations, owned by their members. It's that ^^^^ where a lot of the problems start. ( Note : If it is not legally ...

Sets up a big Hills derby for Saturday, then. Hahndorf got to get something* and hope Lion do them a favour as they host Angkor. Shame I'm elsewhere, should be a competitive game to watch at Pine Avenue ;) If that works out, best of luck in what will be a relegation decider (I think?!) at Angkor for ...

Yes, most of them do. With us playing Saturday's we are hoping to offers those who can't or dont want to play Sundays the opportunity to play Saturdays. Hmmm ... long course of learn-to-read needed by me, I think. Saturdays ... (Still ... won't be short of the odd friendly for pre-season, nice and ...

Well, you won't be short of local derbies playing around there!

That said, best of luck with it; hope it all goes well

Always sad to see issues like this at any club - Running one successfully is a great deal of work for a lot of people - Always a shame for them when stuff like this happens.

That said: Do washing in public not your dirty do

^^^ Makes sense from everyone's point of view ;)

Just for giggles really ...

http://www.footballnews.com.au/forum/vi ... =7&t=67740

... when I read the OP in this topic I did think I had a very very very bad case of deja vu ... and I do too!

;)



(An extra half hour at Lords ... had to find something to keep me awake)

Unfortunately some clubs have this attitude of eliteness & use the success (or apparent) of their senior teams to justify junior fees. Could you imagine a club that decided that the most important area of invesment is their juniors lets invest in them & then the seniors should be able to take care ...

Oh I do love this topic ... I miss it when it's not somewhere near the top of the board. This debate will continue until the cows come home. Perhaps clubs can answer these three questions. 1. Is the % of your income that is invested in junior development achieve the necessary outcomes of player ...

gunther wrote:he cant even teach....i seen those kids finger paintings and they suck

These finger painting kids ... which club do they play for?!

thepetulantmagpie wrote:Sure was, the First team never had a win last season despite all the talent we had.
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Genuinely didn't know that; no wonder you were all so happy after last Saturday's game

I know it's been a tough old start to the season, up Pine Avenue way ... but ...

their previous league win recorded in round 16 of 2011

Are you sure it's been that long!?

;)






Congrats to the 'Pies - Good to see you finally up and running

Yeah it was a desert early in the year no doubt. At the moment its ok though as we have had a heap of rain. Geography is one of the bigger issues for us as well. As soon as our younger players leave school and go to uni they end up moving to town. A few stay and play for us for a few years but very ...

Yeah there is definitely others struggling as well as us. Hahndorf also have had a hard time and lost a lot of players. Mt Barker (who play collegiate league) played us in a friendly. Their coach told me they had 85 registered players and were filling 5 teams. Thing is the young guys are actually ...

My (former) club play Shaun United most pre-seasons ... So hey Shaun, hope you're well? There seems to be a couple of Hills clubs struggling for numbers, this season; something in the air/water up here, maybe? That said, I'm fairly sure that for another couple based up here, things have gone the ...

My word ... http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jomYO84zCd4/0.jpg I don't know about Brett ... More like hair needs ... (That photo / this joke might not travel too well ... But I don't care :P ) I'm missing the famous music ... we need to be able to embed and auto-play youtube sound clips on 'ere ... sort it ...

I think, whatever else, a club - and especially the coaches and more especially the committee - has a duty of care to its members/players. If they believed that playing any game, against any team, was - in their opinion (because it is their 4rse) - likely to result in their people getting hurt (and ...

Great report as ever, cheers for posting :) Oppelaar; I think the footie phrase of choice on such occasions, is, "nice for the lad" ;) Points to the home side in another Hills derby - and a big 3 points too, given the state of the table - Well done the Bridge (great point for the Birdwood lot at Uni ...

The pitch markers come in white, dark blue, yellow and red. Boxes of 25 include the installing tool or the tool is available at $13.50 each. Cost of markers is $7.50 each plus GST - depends how many corners, 18 yard box corners etc you want done. Works great - can easily see the markings. (Just for ...

Do you mean this sort of thing? http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/underground-utility-locator-accessories/electrical-power-testing/test-instruments/greenlee/ecatalog/N-ke5Z1z13hkd?Ndr=basedimid10071&sst=subset They are just radio transmitters, the deeper they have to be, the more powerful you need ...

Well done on another informative and well written report, tpm. Congrats on the 100-up :) Tough ol' season for 3 of the 4 Hills-based D3 teams, so far this season, it seems? (although I don't think last Saturday's games are recorded on the SAASL website, as yet? ... it's only half way through the ...

Your club should have a "constitution" (or just a set of rules) All members you recruit should have signed up to abide by those rules, when they paid their subs (they did pay, right?!), each year The rules should include not abusing fellow members, not dissing the club in public and blah blah blah ...

Hahndorf 0 West Beach 0 (duration 1 min) Hahndorf kicked off strung three passes together before West Beach intercepted only to give it back, the subsequent back pass was misdirected resulting in a 50/50 contest that ended with a sickening injury. Hahndorf idol PetulantMagpie suffered a broken leg ...

... Star Club membership for all clubs will become compulsory ... Really?! Wow. Any SAASL Teams with JUNIORS attached should be wary. Star-Clubs isn't too bad (not too much work), if you don't have U18 (or other "high risk groups") at your club. But it is a lot of work if you do have Juniors (or ...

Would FFSA sanction it? They don't let the mens clubs play against SAASL teams in pre season games, are they likely to let the women? Whilst they won't sanction it, it is "allowed" to happen; we're not quite at the Chinese-Football-Authorities Stage, just yet. As a CSL (FFSA affiliated) Club, we ...

Yes, it's a difficult question - and I agree what a parent wants for their 10-year-old (and pays to get) might well not turn out to be what that 10-year-old wants for themselves, when they reach 17/18 years-old. But I think it is the best - probably the only - measure parents can use, for weighing ...