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Girls Youth - Premiership winners
The Shellharbour Swans Youth Girls won the Youth Girls grandfinal 3.7.25 over Figtree Roos 3.5.23 in what was a controversal finish. Due to a scoring error the game was initiallly declared a draw and extra time played which was won by Figtree. A review has been conducted by the Regional Committee and the correct decision announced yesterday with the team to receive their trophy and premiership medals at the Regional Grandfinal for other grades at North Dalton Park on September 12th - at the completion of the Under 11's grandfinal.
The Club Committee is very proud of the Girls Youth team. They have faced a year of many distractions on and off the field which they have dealt with as the mature young ladies they are. On the field they have remained focused on enjoying their footy and getting the most out of their sport and have come away with the ultimate prize. We would particularly like to thank them for the manner which they conducted themselves with the controversy surrounding the grandfinal result. Their coaching team, parents and family supporters should be very proud of their professional footy team comprising individuals who maintain great sportsmanship with maturity beyond their years.
3 of the girls will now go away to Melbourne representing the Club in the NSW/ACT National Team to play in the National competition commencing on September 7th. They are Talarah Bell, Emma Carberry & Melanie Hampton. We wish them well and trust they will enjoy the experience

Under 11's through to Grand Final
The Shellharbour Swans Under 11's team continued their winning way with a strong win over Minor Premiers Kiama last Sunday and have now booked a spot in the grandfinal to be played on September 12th at North Dalton Park. Their opponents will be the winners of the Preliminary final to be played on Father's day at Kiama between Kiama and Wollongong Lions.
As always there was great rivalry between the Swans and Kiama with a great 3rd quarter from the Swans the difference between the two sides.

Prelimary Final - Father's Day - Special note for Auskick, Under 9's & 10's
Reminding everyone that all Auskickers are invited to the annual Auskick Regional Gala Day to be held this Sunday. Sept 5 at Bonaira Oval, Kiama.Starts at 9am and will run for around 1 hour.This is always a fun day and celebrates another season of footy and in many cases the very first season for some of our little ones. Children DO NOT need to be in a club group, they are more than welcome to attend with their families irrespective of whether anyone else from their club is attending.The children will be placed in groups together and there will be no modified AFL game in this session - just little fun games and a few skill drills.Plus - there's also going to be a jumping castle and giveaways for every child attending.We also invite any children and families who may be looking at Auskick for next season to come along and give it a try. There is no experience needed and it's all about fun. So any current Auskickers are encouraged to bring a friend.

The Under 9's and 10's will participate in a non competitive modified game

CLUB PRESENTATION
The Club presentation day will be held at Killalea State Park, Shellharbour (follow this link for map reference) on Sunday 19th September 2010 commencing at 11am. As it is the week after the finals and week preceeding the school holidays this is a once only opportunity and will be on, under cover if necessary, in sunshine, rain, hail, sleet, snow, wind, floods - you name it - its on

Details are as per the attached flyer and the key dates to remember are - forms (flyer) returned by 19th August - must be booked by 7th September for catering purposes

There will not be an AGM prior to this event so we will go straight into the presentation.

AFL COMMUNITY CLUB
The AFL has launched a new website which provides a great deal of information for everyone and anyone involved in AFL to get a better understanding of the game. If you are involved or are thinking of involvement in the game this site has information for players, officials, umpires, volunteers and spectators. Follow this link for some great information

 

Considering playing in 2011
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.

Playing times are normally as follows with all games played on Sundays
The Auskick and Under 10's commence at 8:30am
Under 9's and 11's at 9:29am
Under 13's at 11:55am.
The under 15's at 1.15pm
Girls Youth 2.58pm
Players are reminded to be at the ground 1/2 hour before kick-off

Ground Information
Home Ground - Jock Brown,
Northern Tigers - Hollymount Park,
Wollongong Lions - North Dalton Park,
Figtree Roos - Figtree Park Figtree,
Port Kembla Dockers - King George Oval Port Kembla,
Dapto - Reed Park Dapto,
Albion Park - Croome Road Sporting Complex Albion Park,
Kiama - Bonaira Oval Kiama
Highland Hawks - Loseby Park Bowral

Reminder to parents.
All Council grounds including our Home ground of Jock Brown oval are Non Smoking

AUSKICK
Auskick parents are reminded that each Club is an Auskick Centre open to anyone registered. If an Auskick child has an older brother/sister playing at another ground they are welcome to join the Auskick session at that ground instead of having the family split between two grounds.

GIRLS / WOMEN IN AFL
Girls are permitted to play in the youth competition up until under 13's. After under 13's a seperate competition is conducted. The draw is incorporated with the Club draw information

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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 OPEN ( training 12/8/2010)

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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2010 Playing Costs have been set
The costs of participation for 2010 are as follows. Both Auskick (Under9) and Juniors will have a registration cost of $70. With Auskick the cost includes the Auskick pack provided by the AFL - Details available here

During registration the Club will provide the opportunity to purchase socks ($10) & shorts ($25) at bulk purchase costs. The prices 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 $70 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 2007 was $79 making the support we receive from our sponsors and our fundraising activities so essential. Please support them whereever possible