Dear Club Delegate,
NRFA is proposing a series of Junior Development days for FFNC players in the under 9, 10
and 11 age groups. Male and Female.Sundays seems to be the most appropriate day and
the proposed dates are listed below.
April 30th
May 28th
July 23rd
August 27th &
September 10th
Format would be as follows:
Under 9’s, 7 a side (best for development)
Under 10’s and 11’s, 9 aside.
The simple aim is: - to provide players additional development opportunities, specifically
more game time in a challenging environment.
Options for nominating teams may be:
A select team from each age group or
Nominate your club team (within each age group).
The above will be dependent on how many teams you have in each age group, which won’t
become evident until your registrations are finalised.
Additional to the above will be space restrictions at each club, which may or may not result
in each club nominating one team per age group. Of course, this will be determined by the
number of clubs interested in participating.
No doubt you will be asking yourself what NRFA has to gain from the proposal? Quite
simply:-
• Forming closer relationships.
• NRFA wish to see Junior and Youth football improve within the FFNC zone. We see
this as step 1 in local clubs and NRFA forming closer relationships in terms of player
development across the zone.
• NRFA will nominate our under 9 and 10 teams. More football = increased
development.
Game times etc would be determined based on the number of participating clubs. Ideally,
we would be looking at each team playing 3 x 20-minute games (at a minimum) Start time
approx. 8:30 am and finished by 1:00pm at the latest.
Referees would be provided by the host club. Senior players, Youth players etc.
NRFA will host the first day at The Cavanbah Centre, Byron Bay, April 30th. Post April 30th
participating clubs who wish to host will be placed on a roster. In terms of logistics (I.e. set
up) I would like to propose that all clubs assist the host club in terms of set up. This may be a simple as one volunteer from each club arriving at the host club one (1) hour before start
time, to assist with set up.
In terms or resources (portable goals, footballs, cones, etc) we may need to assist each
other in terms of sharing. E.g. some clubs may need some extra portable goals to set up
fields? Teams can bring their own footballs and I am sure each team will have their own
cones etc. If you need goals NRFA can co-ordinate.
Please discuss this proposal at your next committee meeting and get back to me with your
desire to participate. This will allow me to plan the next step.
I have forwarded this proposal to the larger clubs within the FFNC zone, however NRFA does not wish to alienate smaller clubs. All are welcome. If you know of other clubs who may be interested, please encourage them to contact me and I can add them to my contact list.
Yours in Sport,
Gavin Whitney