Under 6s and Under 7s Gala Day

SCHOOL HOLIDAY COACHING CLINIC AT GIBSON PARK

Football South Coast will hold a school holiday coaching clinic for 5-13 year old boys and girls at Gibson Park on Monday, April 11 to Thursday, April 14. The coaching clinic will run from 9am to noon each day. 

The children will be separated into age groups or ability and can be grouped with their friend/s.

Please note: make sure your child/children have a ball, bring along fluid and a snack if required.

Each session focuses on particular skills and games that reinforce the new skills which have been learnt.

We run Holiday Clinics each holidays and you might just find your child not wanting to go home! They will suprise you with all the new skills they have learnt! We have received many thank you's and lovely emails from people saying how much their children had learnt, including children from elite academies.  There are skills for all different players.

Technique Control and Tricks: Learn how to do "the Maradonna spin" or the "Cruyff Cut ". Curve and dip a ball, scissor forward and many other ball mastering techniques.

What to wear and what to bring

All registered players will receive an FSC holiday clinic training shirt to wear to the sessions. Boots or Runners are required, Shin pads are compulsory. They may want to bring a snack and must bring lots for fluid and put on some sunscreen, especially for the hot days during the summer holidays.

Payments

The cost for the  4 day coaching clinic is  $95

Please note an additional $5 insurance fee is applicable to any player who is not a registered outdoor winter football player.

All participants receive an FSC School Holiday Clinic training shirt with their registration, that can be collected from the FSC Office prior to attending the clinic.

FSC offer several alternatives for payments, they are as follows;

Payment online via myfootballclub registration:

Payment can be made through the myfootballclub registration process, please note a surcharge applies.

Payment in Person: 

Football South Coast Office, 11 Bourke Street, Fairy Meadow at the Fraternity Club near the Futsal Courts; Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

Direct Payment (EFT):

Account Name: Football South Coast

BSB: 641-800

Account No: 200744102

Reference: HC Surname

Credit Card Payment

Phone 4285 6929 and the staff of FSC will be happy to take your credit card details over the phone (please note visa/mastercard 2% surcharge)

Registration Process

All registrations are required via www.myfootballclub.com.au for existing and new participants.

It is important to note that payment is required prior to the commencement of the Clinics.

All participants will be marked off by the coaches.

Registrations for April clinic now OPEN - please click HERE.

Mel Bond: Daughter, Sister, Friend, Thunderbird

It is with heavy hearts and great sadness that we inform our families of the passing of Mel Bond - Daughter, Sister, Friend and Thunderbird.
There are no words at this time that feel adequate to express our community's loss.
Our hearts go out to the Bond family.

THIRROUL JFC TO CELEBRATE FEMALE FOOTBALL WEEK

Thirroul Junior Football Club will celebrate Female Football Week by hosting a tournament for Under 16-18s Girls teams in the Football South Coast competition at Gibson Park this Sunday.

The tournament, which has been sanctioned by Football NSW as an official event of Female Football Week, brings together some of the best young women's teams from those age groups in the South Coast region for a day of pre-season action.

Eight teams from Albion Park, Bulli, Coledale, Woonona and Thirroul will compete for the Thunderbirds Cup in a round robin-style format, in which they will each play a minimum of two games.

An article about the tournament has been published on the Football NSW website and Facebook page.

The tournament has also been listed in Football NSW's calendar of events for Female Football Week.

Thirroul JFC coaching co-ordinator Brad Walter said the club was pleased to host an event associated with Female Football Week.

"This is a great initiative by Football NSW and the FFA as the interest in the game among young girls and women at our club and within the Illawarra area is absolutely booming," Walter said.

"The number of girls playing for Thirroul JFC is now almost half the club's 450 junior players and the Thunderbirds will this season have an Under 21s Youth Grade team for the first time, as well as three senior women's teams.

"With the Westfield Matildas qualifying for the Olympics, that growth is only going to get bigger."

Thunderbirds Cup

Sunday, 13th March 2016

Thomas Gibson Park, Thirroul, NSW 2515

Kick-off: 9am

Final: 2pm

MINIROOS COACHING EXPO

Thirroul JFC will host a FREE coaching expo for coaches, managers and parents of Mini Roos players at Gibson Park on Sunday, March 20. Everyone who takes part will get a Grassroots Coaching Certificate. To register, see below.

https://education-ffa.sportingpulse.com/event.asp?ID=13583

Mini Roos: Meet Your Team

Grading: U12s, U13s, U14s Girls, U12s Girls.

Thirroul JFC is pleased to advise grading trials at Gibson Park for the following teams:

* Under 12s: 4.30pm Wednesday, February 24

* Under 14s Girls: 2pm Saturday, February 27

* Under 12s Girls: 3.30pm Saturday, February 27

* Under 13s: 4.30pm Monday, February 29. 

All players are required to wear boots and shin pads, and should bring a drink bottle.

Please arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time so the grading session can start on time.

Thirroul JFC wishes all players a great season in 2016.

JUNIOR COACHING COURSES

At Thirroul JFC we encourage all of our coaches to have the appropriate coaching qualifications.

For those interested in coaching the club's Mini Roos and Graded Junior teams this season, the following courses are available:

February 27th & 28th at Harry Graham Park, Figtree

* GAME TRAINING CERTIFICATE (Under 13s to U17s)

* SKILLED TRAINING CERTIFICATE (Under 9s to U13s)

March 20 at Gibson Park, Thirroul

* GRASSROOTS COACHING CERTIFICATE (Under 6s to U9s)

Here is the link for more information:

http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-4704-0-0-0&sID=317601

GRADING UPDATE: U16s, U12s, U13s & U14s

GRADING UPDATE: U16s, U12s, U13s & U14s

Please not the following changes to the scheduled grading trials listed in the information booklet handed out at registration:

* Under 16s - 3pm Saturday, 13 February

* U12s Mixed - 4.30pm Wednesday, 24 February

* U12s Girls - TBA

* U13s Mixed - TBA (this has been postponed from 17 February)

* U14s Mixed - TBA (this may no longer be necessary)

Junior Competition Rounds

This is a proposed schedule of competition rounds for 2016 only and is subject to change so please check Football South Coast website, TJFC website, team coach or manager to confirm match details.

The dates include some matches that may be scheduled for Friday nights where grounds have suitable lighting.

ROUND          DATE
Round 1          Apr 1-3
Round 2          Apr 8-10
Round 3          Apr 22-24
Round 4          Apr 29-May 1
Round 5           May 6-8
Round 6           May   13-15
Round 7           May 20-22
Round 8           May 27-29
Round 9           June 3-5
Round 10/11     June 10-13
Round 11 (WET WEATHER ROUND)
Round 12          June 17-19
Round 13          June 24-26
Round 14          July 1-3
Round 15          July 15-17
Round 16          July 22-24
Round 17          July 29-31
Round 18          August 5-7
Round 19          August 12-14
Round 20          August 19-21 (WET WEATHER ROUND)

SEMI FINAL      August 26-28 Graded ONLY
FINAL               September 2-4 Graded ONLY
GRAND FINAL   September 9-11 Graded ONLY

PLEASE NOTE:
(Apr 15-17) - NO GAMES—SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
(Jul 8-10) NO GAMES—SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FOR 2016
Easter:                Friday-Monday, 25-28 March
ANZAC Day:        Monday, 25 April
Queen’s Birthday: Monday, 13 June

THUNDERBIRDS ANNOUNCE 2016 COACHING TEAM

Thirroul JFC is pleased to announce Corey Haines-Gross as Thunderbirds first division coach for the 2016 season.

Corey, who was assistant coach last season, will work with Adam Ward and a coaching team which also includes John Paegle, Todd Yarrow and Oscar Pruks.

John Cropper has also been appointed to the role of Mentor: Coaching and Development, and he will work with all teams across the club.

At this stage it is anticipated that John Paegle will coach the Thunderbirds Youth Grade team playing in a new Football South Coast competition for players aged 16 to 21, while Todd Yarrow will be in charge of second division.

A final decision will be made once the club has a better idea about playing numbers and whether there are three or four Thunderbirds teams this season.

Training for the women's teams has begun and is at 6pm each Monday and Wednesday at Gibson Park.

Thirroul JFC would like to thank last year's coaches, Brad Matiuscenko, Alex Matiuscenko and Jonathon Tobin, for their time, effort and commitment.

Under Brad, the First Division team qualified for the 2014 grand final and were semi-finalists in 2015, while Jonathon's Third Division team were League Champions last season.

Unfortunately, they were unable to commit to coaching roles again this year but the club is excited about the upcoming season under Corey and our senior women's coaching team.

THUNDER PRE-SEASON FRATERNITY CUP

The Thunder's season is set to officially start with the Fraternity Club Cup pre-season competition beginning on 18th February.

Thirroul has been drawn in Group A of the District League Conference, and will play Bellambi, Helensburgh and Berkeley Sports over consecutive weeks.

The top team in each Group advances to the Conference semi-finals, along with the best second placed team of the three Groups within the Conference.

The first round of the Bert Bampton/Youth Cup has also been scheduled for 19th March, a week before the first round of the District League.

Youth Grade will also play in the PeopleCare Fernhill Cup, with the Thunder's first match against Port Kembla on Monday, 2nd February at 6.55pm.

Thirroul's other pool matches are against Cringila on Saturday, 6th February at 2.45pm and Fernhill on Saturday, 20th February at 12.15pm.

FRATERNITY CLUB CUP POOLS

Premier League

Group A – Cringila, Woonona, Picton, Shell Cove

Group B – Wollongong Olympic, Port Kembla, Albion Park White Eagles, Tarrawanna

Group C – Bulli, South Coast United, Wollongong United, Kemblawarra Fury

District League

Group A – Bellambi, Thirroul, Helensburgh, Berkeley Sports

Group B – University FC, Oak Flats, Kiama, Fernhill

Group C – Wests Illawarra, Corrimal, Balgownie, Warilla

More information about upcoming matches and the season schedule will be posted on thirroulfootball.com.au as it becomes available.

Thunder Youth Grade - PeopleCare Fernhill Youth Cup 2016

The Thunder's Youth Grade will have their first hit out under new coach John Cropper in the PeopleCare Fernhill Cup, with the team's opening match against Port Kembla on Monday, 2nd February at 6.55pm.

Thirroul's other pool matches in the PeopleCare Fernhill Cup are against Cringila on Saturday, 6th February at 2.45pm and Fernhill on Saturday, 20th February at 12.15pm.

The quarter-finals are on Saturday, 27th February, with the semi-finals and final to be played on Saturday, 5th March. 

See the draw here.

2016 TJFC Information Pack

Please check out the 2016 TJFC Information pack for useful information about our club and the upcoming 2016 season, and also how you can volunteer to help our great club.

Read the pack here.

Thirroul Junior Football Club Registration 2016

Dylan Ryan - Liverpool Academy

Thirroul's Dylan Ryan is about to embark on every footballer's dream, when he heads to Liverpool on January one to take up a spot at the Premier League giants Football Academy.

Thirroul's Dylan Ryan is about to embark on every footballer's dream, when he heads to Liverpool on January one to take up a spot at the Premier League giants Football Academy.

Posted by WIN News Illawarra on Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Ryan signs with Liverpool

Every young Thirroul Player should look at this. Well done Dylan

http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/3592393/simply-red/?cs=302#disqus_thread