FSC WIN NETWORK WINTER ACADEMY

FSC is one of the few association in NSW to have its own Academy.  The Junior Academy is for both boys and girls aged 6 to 12 years field players and 10 to 15 years goal keepers.

It is a development program aligned to FFA pathways, aimed at players who can train intensively with FSC highly experienced coaches.  

Academies are provided across a number of geographic locations including Wollongong (Central), Barrack Heights (Southern) and Bulli (Northern) 

The Academy also provides specialised coaching for Goal Keepers at Wollongong (Central) on Monday night only and is offered during all term Academies.  During Spring and Summer Academy an additional Goal Keeper Academy is offered at Barrack Heights (Southern) on Thursday night.  

Please note below the dates of our Academy for the coming 2016 season:  

(Start and finish dates are subject to change & notice will be given for any changes)

Winter Academy 2016 18 July - 8 September

Spring Academy 2016

10 October - 7December

The Academy is run generally, over 8-10 sessions/weeks.

FSC WIN Network Junior Academy is run at three (3) locations as below

Northern Academy - 2016

Venue:     Bulli Park, Bulli 

Days:       Monday & Wednesday - Boys & Girls mixed Academy (Summer & Spring)

               Monday Only - Boys & Girls mixed Academy  (Autumn & Winter) - Places are limited

Times:      5.30pm to 6:45pm

Coaches:   Paul Jones, Paul Robaard, Lily Dillinger, Michael Panozzo, Alan Sheldrick

Southern Academy - 2016

Venue:     Barrack Heights Sports Field, Barrack Heights

Days:      Monday - Boys & Girls mixed Academy

              Thursday - All Girls Academy (Spring & Summer only)

              Thursday - Goal Keeper Academy (Spring & Summer only)

              Thursday - Boys & Girls mixed Academy (Spring & Summer only)

Times:     5pm to 6.15pm

Coaches:  Michael Southwell, Matt Hood, Brendon Fotheringham, Jason Jovanovski, Daniel Naumovski, Paul Southern (GK)

Central Academy - 2016

Venue:     Kooloobong Oval, Keiraville

Days:       Monday - Goal keeper Academy

              Monday or Wednesday and/or Monday & Wednesday - Boys & Girls mixed Academy

Times:     5.00pm to 6.15pm

Coaches:  Alex Waters, Anastasia Srbnovski, Phil Saudners, Paul Robaards, Scott Regent, Neil Mineeff, Paul Southern (GK).

REGISTRATION PROCESS

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

Winter Academy registrations - are now open - click HERE to register

Please click Step by Step Guide for instructions on how to register using myfootballclub system.

It is important to note that payment is required prior to the commencement  however, we understand that in some cases this may be difficult and ask that payment be made no later than 2 weeks into the Academy.  All players will be marked off by the coaches.

Please click on the link and take a moment to read the policy regarding attendance and wet weather for the FSC WIN Network Junior Academy. ACADEMY ATTENDANCE & WET WEATHER POLICY 2016

PAYMENTS

Winter Academy cost are as follows;

1 session per week for 8 sessions/weeks on Monday or Wednesday $160

2 sessions per week for 16 sessions/weeks $320

As part of FSC Academy it is compulsory that all children participating wear the Football South Coast Academy uniform. The FSC Junior Academy uniform is available for purchase from our office at a cost of $85 which includes; Training Shirt, Training Short and Socks. These garments can be purchased and collected from the Football South Coast Office.

For all the children that have been participating in our Academies who have the gear already and would like additional gear the cost is as follows; Training Shirt $40, Training Short $35 and Socks $10.

Optional FSC Hoodie can be ordered for $50. 

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

myfootballclub online payment (credit option - not compulsory) 

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: ACA Surname

Credit Card Payment

Phone 4285 6929 to make a credit card payment over the phone -(please note visa/mastercard 2% surcharge) 

Become a referee - new course

Football South Coast is holding another level 4 referee course. For the referee to start their refereeing in Summer football comp 2016

You need to be 13yr before the 14th Oct 2016

You must have completed the LoTG on FNSW web https://laws.myfootballclub.com.au/ and bring the certificate to the day.

Course Date: Monday 4th July 2016 (School Holidays)

Time : 9:00 till 4:00pm (lunch provided)

Venue : Judy Masters Oval , Balgownie

Cost : 2 part payment. $160 first payment (includes Course\Flags\Whistle\Cards\Uniform\LoTG

                                                $90 in 2017 as a returning referee for Winter

                Payment must be received before attendance to the course (no payment on the day)

What to Wear: you will need be outside, and will have on field activities. bring Water and be prepared if it rains

FSC will need a minumum of 25 applicants to hold the course. Closing date for applications is 27th June 2016

Registration Process.

www.myfootball.com.au

Register Now, then Register Now

Register as a referee

Login (use your player FFA number)

verify your details are correct. mobile and email (please don't use your parents)

Step 1

Club : Football South Coast Referees

Step2

Referee, and change from assessor to referee, and juniors. Confirm

Step 3

Package: Summer Football

Step 4

Add package

Next

Acknowledge All

Next

Payment, either complete online (keep copy of reciept) or pay at FSC offices

Answer additional questions

Done

THIRROUL JFC CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF FEMALE TEAMS

ALL GAMES OFF THIS WEEKEND FOR THIRROUL JFC (Sat 4th & Sun 5th June)

UPDATE FROM FSC as of 8.20am:

JUNIOR'S

All Junior Games cancelled this weekend.

MEN'S FOOTBALL

ALL SATURDAY GAMES ARE OFF (District and Premier League) for the weekend. 

WOMEN'S FOOTBALL

Games postponed will be scheduled next weekend on Sunday (or possibly Monday)

COMMUNITY LEAGUE

ALL Community League matches are off for this weekend. 

As next weekend was a spare weekend, all matches will be auto-rescheduled to next Saturday (pending ground availability).

THUNDER RACE NIGHT FUNDRAISER

GIBSON PARK OPEN

THURSDAY 2nd June, Council have opened the grounds for training but the areas marked in RED are OUT.  Stop your Coach or Manager if they try to go in these areas.  PLEASE be careful in all areas that are on a playing field.  THANK YOU.

Gibson Park Closed/Revised Wet Weather Policy

Gibson Park and all Wollongong Council grounds are closed for training until further notice. An updated version of the Football South Coast Wet Weather Procedures and Communications for determining whether matches are played or not is at the bottom of this website.

Thunder Youth Cup quarter-final draw

Thunder Youth Grade team has been drawn to play Woonona at Hume Oval, Picton on Monday, June 13 in the quarter finals of the Youth Cup.

Thirroul made it to the final eight after beating Warilla 1-0 last Sunday. The semi-finals are scheduled for Sunday, July 10.

Thunder Race Night Fundraiser details announced

Due to the success of last year's Thunder Race Night, we are doing it all again.  This time it is to raise funds for drainage improvements on Field 2. (Field 1 drainage improvements are scheduled for the end of the season).

If you would like to sponsor a race for $100 or buy and name a runner(s) for $10 each, please email events@thirroulfootball.com.au

Telstra grant buys new nets and defender men

Thirroul JFC is pleased to announce that the club has used a $1200 grant from Telstra to buy a set of new nets and some defender men for training.

A huge thanks to Jason D'Arcy, our Under 16.2 team manager, for applying for the Telstra Kids grant on behalf of Thirroul JFC.

Jason's son Jack is pictured here with the nets and some of the defender men, which will be available for all of our teams to use at training.

Thirroul JFC would like to thank Telstra for their support of grassroots and community sporting clubs like ours.

THIRROUL JFC 2016 THUNDER RACE NIGHT

Thirroul JFC will again host the Thunder Race Night on Saturday, June 4 at the Bowlo. Further details soon.

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.

Minutes silence for Mel Bond at all FSC Women's Games

All matches in the opening round of Football South Coast Women's Competitions this weekend will commence with a minute's silence to to honour the memory of Thirroul Thunderbirds player Mel Bond.

Mel, who was the goalkeeper and captain of last year's league winning Division 3 team, has been a valuable member of the Thirroul Football Club and wider football community and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

All four senior Thunderbirds teams will play their opening round matches of the 2016 season at home on Sunday.

12.30pm: Division 3 v Oak Flats W3

10am: Youth Grade v Oak Flats Falcons

12pm: Division 2 v Woonona 2

2pm: Division 1 v Woonona 1

The Under 12s, Under 13s, Under 16s and Under 17s Girls teams will also play at Gibson Park on Sunday, along with the Under 17s Boys.

Thirroul JFC has created a Mel Bond tribute page on this website.

GIBSON PARK CLOSED FOR TRAINING - Wed 30th March 2016

Gibson Park is closed for training today - Wednesday 30th March 2016

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.

Football South Coast honour for Thirroul JFC Registrar Debbie Crawford

Thirroul JFC's long serving registrar Debbie Crawford was recognised for her contribution to the game with a Club Volunteer Award at last Saturday night's Football South Coast season launch.

Debbie has been a very active member of Thirroul JFC for over thirty years and is often the first person most of us have met when they join the club.

Up until only very recently, when she retired, she has been doing this while holding down a full time job. In the 1980’s when her sons started to play football Debbie took on the role of Canteen Coordinator.

In 1992 she became Club Registrar and continues to participate in that role to this day. Debbie has been the Club Registrar for Thirroul JFC for nearly a quarter of a century.

In that time the club has grown from approximately 180 junior players to around 650 players in 2016, participating in junior, men’s, women’s and amateur football.

Debbie has taken in her stride the added complications of multiple strands of football, plus the changes to the registration process in that time. It’s incredible to think how many registrations Deb has processed in that time.

For her long-time commitment and contribution, Debbie has been awarded life membership of the club.

She’s also been Ground official on Saturday mornings for many, many years and served on the Club’s Executive with distinction. She has also acted as District Delegate to junior’s and women’s when required.

Debbie Crawford is one of the “faces of football” in our club and community, a great ambassador for our sport and a very worthy recipient, who should be recognised for her profound contribution to our sport in the Illawarra.

She is probably responsible for encouraging a lot of us to become involved in our community. An amazing woman with a kind, warm heart. Congratulations Debbie on an award that is thoroughly deserved.

Albion Park win Thunderbirds Cup

Albion Park Under 18 Girls won the second annual Thunderbirds Cup  at Gibson Park on Sunday.

The tournament, which was part of Football NSW's Female Football Week celebrations, featured eight teams from Albion Park, Bulli, Coledale, Woonona and Thirroul.

Despite the hot conditions and the fact it was the first hit out of 2016 for most teams, the standard of football was high and kept the crowd entertained throughout the day.

Albion Park Under 18s beat Coledale Under 16s and Thirroul Youth Grade before triumphing 2-0 over Bulli Under 16s in the final.

Last year's winners, Woonona Under 16s, won the Thunderbirds Plate after recovering from a loss to Thirroul Youth Grade in their first match to beat Coledale Under 16s before coming from behind to edge out Thirroul Under 17s 4-2 in the final.

Earlier, Thirroul Under 16s and Youth Grade teams won their first games against Woonona teams to advance to the Cup semi-final but the Under 16s lost 4-2 to Bulli, while Youth Grade were eliminated by Albion Park.

Thirroul JFC would like to thank everyone who made the day a success, including the other teams for the spirit in which they played, those who volunteered in the canteen and on the BBQ, the referees without whom the tournament couldn't have gone ahead and the officials who ensured the fields were ready for games.

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