Welcome to the first E-News
for 2010. I hope many of you are still enjoying a relaxing break however
it is
also time to start preparing for the 2010 football season. Kick-off is
still a
couple of months away but the enrolment process begins at the end of the
month
and trials are being organised for those grades that will be selecting
streamed
teams.
In this newsletter:
·
Enrolments for 2010
·
Streamed team
trials
·
Important notice - Transition from Club to College
football
·
Important Dates for 2010
·
Two new Life members of the Club
·
How to unsubscribe from e-news
·
Further information
Enrolments for 2010
Enrolments for 2010
will once
again use the ClubHub online system available through the website - http://www.onslow.org.nz. Enrolments open on the 27
January and close on
the 17 February. Players enrol using our online system and
subscriptions are also paid online via credit card (Visa or Mastercard)
using a
secure payment system. Please ensure you enrol during the specified
enrolment
period as there is no guarantee that late enrolments can be
accommodated.
PLEASE NOTE that
your player enrolment will not be accepted
by the Club until paid in full.
Streamed team trials
Trial dates and
details for
grades 9 and up will be available soon on the website under Football
->
Grade Trials. In the meantime the provisional trial dates are:
Sat 20/Sun 21 Feb –
Trial
Weekend # 1
Sat 27/Sun 28 Feb –
Trial
Weekend # 2
Sat 6/Sun 7 Mar –
Trial
Weekend # 3
Please mark your
diaries and
we will provide you with further information once we have confirmation
of
ground availability. During the enrolment process players will be
provided with
an option to register their interest in trialling for a streamed team.
This
information will be forwarded to the relevant Grade co-ordinator.
Important
notice – Transition
from Club to College football for 2010
In 2009, changes
were made to
ensure that Capital Football and College Sport were not running separate
competitions for the same age groups. There is now only one competition
provider for each age group:
·
Grades
7-14:
Capital Football runs club-based competitions
·
Grades
15 and
above: College Sport runs competitions for colleges.
Therefore once they
reach
Grade 15, players can only play for their colleges in College Sport
competitions.
PLEASE NOTE that
College Sport
does not offer competitions for Grades 13 and 14 – these age groups can
only play
in the club-based competitions run by Capital Football. (Although
some colleges enter teams in these
competitions, we strongly recommend players continue to play for Onslow
Junior
Football Club through Grades 13 and 14 to gain maximum benefit from the
club
environment.)
We advise the
situation for
2010 in greater detail below:
BOYS
-
Boys
born in 1995
(or earlier) play for their colleges (i.e. all Grade 15 competitions are
now
run by College Sports).
-
Boys
born in 1996
(or later) should continue to play for Onslow Junior Football Club.
GIRLS
-
Girls
born in 1994
(or earlier) play for their colleges. (i.e. all competitions for this
age group
are now run by College Sports)
-
Girls
born in 1995
are able to continue playing for Onslow Junior Football Club one year
below
their age-grade, if they wish, in the Grade 14 Saturday competition
-
Girls
born in 1995
or later who attend College may play for both the Onslow Junior Football
Club
(Saturdays and/or Sundays) and their college (mid-week).
-
Girls
born in 1996
(or later) should continue to play for Onslow Junior Football Club.
- Onslow JFC girls may enrol
for
either the mixed-grade Saturday competitions or the
Girls-Only-Sunday-League,
or both.
Important dates for
2010
As noted
previously online
enrolments will open on January 27 and will close on February 17. Please
ensure
you enrol promptly to allow our grade co-ordinators plenty of time to
organise
teams.
The 2010 season
will start on April
17 for all Grades (7-14) including JPL/Promo.
It is expected that the
Club
Nursery grade will start on Sunday 9 May with the coaches’
induction
a week earlier, on Sunday 2 May.
A calendar of key dates
will
soon be available on the club website.
Two
new Life members of the Club
The AGM in October
confirmed
two new life members of the club. Both have dedicated many years of hard
work
to Onslow football and deserve our thanks and recognition.
Brian
Rusbridge was recognised for 19 years of dedicated service to the Club
in a
number of roles including gear coordinator, Grade coordinator,
Secretary,
Administrator, Club Captain and Deputy Club Captain. Thanks also to
Alison for
her support of Brian and the great work she herself performed for the
Club over
the years.
Dave
Welch was recognised for his 11 years of service. He has been a grade
coordinator of every grade, treasurer and proved invaluable in his role
as communications
coordinator and IT supremo.
How to
unsubscribe
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sent to the Club email list, if you no longer want to receive these
emails from
the club, then you will need to unsubscribe. This is done by sending an
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to enews-unsubscribe@onslow.org.nz.
You will then be required to confirm your un-subscription by replying
to the email that you get back in response. This is an automated process
performed by the mailing list software. The process is explained on the
Club
website (www.onslow.org.nz)
under Club -> Mailing List.
Parents who will
be enrolling children for the 2010 season are encouraged to stay
subscribed to
this newsletter as it will be our primary method of communication with
you.
Further
Information
Key information
including
contact details for the 2010 committee will soon be available on the
website
and this is always the first place you should check for information.
However if
required you can email me at football@onslow.org.nz. Please do not reply
to this email as it is automatically generated.
Enjoy the rest of
the summer.
Emma (OJFC
Communications Coordinator)
