Illawarra Division of the AFL Greater Sydney Junior competition on the South Coast of NSW
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Sydney Swans Supporters Group
The Illawarra based Sydney Swans supporters group are meeting this Sateurday evening at the Master Builders Club Wollongong to watch the Swans Collingwood game as a group. Check Information
Girls / Womens AFL in the Illawarra
There has been a determined effort to get a Girls / Womens competition happening in the Illawarra. A couple of try out days have been very successfull. If you are interested in participating register your interest here.
CLUB PRESENTATION DAY
Our club presentation day will be held on Sunday September 21st 2008 with a full list of activities available here. There will be a minimal catering fee of $2 per person (player, sibling, friends, parents, aunts, uncles or Grandparents). For catering purposes everyone should e-mail their coach and advise how many will be attending from their group of family & friends asap ___________________________________________________________________________________________
Round 16 was a tough final round for the Club with wins for the Under 10's & 13's against the strong Northern Tigers outfit whilst the 9's & 11's were defeated on Sunday by the Highland Hawks and the Under 12's beaten by the Northern Tigers on Saturday For full results go to "Match Day"
Next weekend is the first round of the final series with the Under 10's having earned a week off break before joining in the second week. Our newly formed Under 12's have missed out on the finals but will be back next year with a years extra experience behind them.
Semi Final Round Saturday August 23rd.
All games will be played at Figtree oval Figtree
Need a lift - talk to your coach
Players are reminded that we would like them at the ground 1/2 an hour before start time
9am - UNDER 9's - Shellharbour Swans V's Albion Park Crows
10:20am - UNDER 11's - Shellharbour Swans V's Northern Tigers
10:25am - UNDER 13's - Shellharbour Swans V's Nothern Tigers
Considering playing in 2009
If you’re 5 to 8 years old, you can take part in the Auskick Rookie program. This will help to develop your basic skills and participate in modified games.
If you’re 9 to 12 years old, we’ve created the Auskick Pro program where you can build on your existing skills through games and activities, getting you ready to participate in the Youth age groups.
For further information please use the following link - Club Information
Playing times are normally as follows with all games played on Saturday except Southern Highland Hawks who play on Sundays
The under 9's and 10's commenced at 9am
Under 11's and Auskick at 10am
Under 12's at 11:30am.
The under 13's at 12.55pm
Speaking costs - The 2008 Registration and participation costs were
Auskick Rookie Level 5-8 year old = $50 registration fee which includes the NAB Auskick pack (refer registration documentation).
Auskick Pro level 9 - 12 year old = $60 registration fee plus $15 for Club shorts and $5 for Club socks Total $80 (Packaged the lot $75) The $20 for shorts and socks are considered bargain prices if you try and purchase locally and was undertaken due to the difficulty obtaining locally and to keep the team presentation uniform for our competition games.
The $60 registration fee covers the cost of League affiliation fees, Insurance, playing guernseys, playing and training equipment and council fees for use of grounds. As an indication the cost per player in 2006 of these costs was $61 making the support we receive from our sponsors and our fundraising activities so essential. Please support them whereever possible
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Wet Weather Process
The Club has the authority to allow play on the home ground, when they are closed by the Council due to wet weather, provided an AFL Risk Assessment is carried out and found to be acceptable.
Current Wet Weather expectation - Ground currently open
During periods of wet weather a risk assessment will be conducted by 6:30pm on the Friday evening prior and the result posted here on the website and on our SMS service by 7pm. Should the ground be satisfactory, but further rain expected, a further assessment may be conducted at 7am on game day depending on the distance to be traveled by our visiting team.
For training a decision will be made by 2pm on the day
The Club also has an SMS wet weather messaging service for when you do not have access to this site. Simply type in ssjafc and send the message to 19922767 and an updated message will be returned to you. This is a premium service that will cost you 55cents for the message
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Used Playing and Training Equipment
To assist parents with participation costs we have re-introduced our boots barrel again this year. As one of the costly items of playing and the likelyhood that the boots will only fit for 1 year we are calling for any used boots that no longer fit to be donated to the boots barrel so they can be passed on to other players. Likewise if your child needs new boots check with the barrel to see if there is a pair available for you. Should you have any other equipment that you could donate to the barrel please let us know. Offers to donate or requests should be directed to the Canteen Organiser. We would also point out that there are a number of items not collected from the lost property box last year that will automatically go in the barrel unless claimed. Once we have a list available it will be available in the members section of the website
