www.bannockburnrovers.com.au
Rovers Coaches and Mangers Information Pack –
Season 2017
Season Start Date – 1st April 2017 (Mixed)
2nd April 2017 (Girls only)
TRAINING TIMES AT BANNOCKBURN OVAL
Wednesdays – NSFA
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U11s – 4.30pm – 5.30pm
U12s Mixed – 5.30pm-6.30pm
U12G Heyman – 6.45pm – 7.45pm
U14s – 6.30pm – 7.45pm
U16s – 6.30pm – 8:00pm
WO30/M35/M45 – 7.30pm – 8.30pm
Thursdays – T3
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U6s and U7s – .4.15pm – 5.00pm – arrive 4.00pm
U8s: 5.00pm – 5.45pm – arrive 4.45pm
U9s: 5.45pm – 6.45pm – arrive 5.30pm
U10s: 6.45pm – 7.45pm – arrive 6.30pm
TRAINING DATES OVER HOLIDAYS REMINDER:
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Wed 29th & Thurs 30th March – training as per normal time slots.......NO BOOTS.
(games on 1st April (mixed) and 2nd April (Girls))
April 5th & 6th –training on (games on 8th (Mixed) & 9th (Girls) Apr)
Mon April 10th – SCHOOL HOLIDAYS COMMENCE
April 12th & Apr 13th – NO TRAINING
April 19th & 20th - training as per normal time slots (games 22nd (Mixed) & 23rd
(Girls) April)
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GRASSROOTS COACHING
NSFA encourages all Miniroos coaches to have/obtain, as a minimum, a
Grassroots Certificate.
We will be hosting one of these at Bannockburn Oval – Monday 3rd April, however
there are other courses the NSFA are holding that are available for you to book
into:
Click here to register for either the Bannockburn Oval course
Click here to register for other Grassroots or Coaching Skills courses available.
TEAM OFFICIAL REGISTRATION (MANAGERS & COACHES)
ALL team officials (i.e. coaches, managers, assistants, game leaders, instructing
referees and accredited Men’s and Women’s Club official referees) in ALL age
groups MUST register using the My Football Club website.
PLEASE ENSURE YOU UPLOAD A PHOTO – THIS IS MANDATORY.
The process to register is similar to registering as a player. When a person goes to
the website at http://www.myfootballclub.com.au/ and clicks “Register Now”
he/she will have 4 options:Player Registrations
Coach Registrations
Referee Registrations
Volunteer Registrations.
Coaches should click Coach Registrations and ALL other officials should click
Volunteers.
A number of options will be available. If you have an existing FFA number please
use for ALL related roles.
Photos of officials must be loaded onto My Football Club website at time of
registration.
Most current Miniroos regulations can be found here.
Most current Competition Regulations can be found here
All Coaches & Managers are also required to sign a WWC form. Sarah Hunziker will
liaise directly with you this evening.
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GAME REGULATIONS
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U6 – U7 play 4x4 (no goalkeepers), squads of 8 – 12 split into 2 teams
adjoining fields.
U8 – U9 play 7x7 (with goalkeepers) in teams of 7 – 10 on single fields.
U10 – U11 play 9x9 (with goalkeepers) in teams of 9 – 12 on single fields
U12s – U15 – play 11x11 (with goalkeepers) in teams of 11 – 16 (Max 5 subs)
on 80x60
Miniroos Regulations can be found here
Competition Regulations can be found here.
IMPORTANT: Changes to regulations for 2016(U8-U11, G12)
GAME FIXTURES
All fixtures will be listed on the NSFA website prior to the commencement of the
season.
Game scores will be published for all competitions on the NSFA website with the
exception of MiniRoos due to the non-competitive nature of those games. It is,
however, imperative that MiniRoos team managers continue to enter the match
results each week by logging into the managers login using their password and
team name. This is required for team grading purposes.
Kirsty Pearce (Club Secretary) will email each of you separately your team list and
your login password details.
Team Managers U6-U11
For Miniroos U6-U11, team managers will need to print out team Match Cards via
the so that you have a record of your players on game day should this be required
for an insurance claim or other purposes.
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click here for Match Cards for U6s & U7s Miniroos
click here for March Card for U8s - U11s Miniroos
Miniroos Regulations 2016
The U6-U11 age groups are regraded every 5 weeks based on the results entered.
COMPETITION AGE GROUPS (U12 to M45)
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The competition age group draw will be published to all clubs at the beginning of
the season for U13 to M45.
U12s will play in two Gala Day style grading days to determine final composition of
the divisions. These will be held on Saturday 8th and Saturday 9th April. The full
season U12 draw is expected to be published soon after those Gala Days.
TEAM MANAGERS FOR U12-M45
U12 – M45 competitions, team managers will be required to print out team ID
sheets via the managers login. Team managers will need to upload a photo of
each player.
Team managers will be required to pre-print their half of the match card from the
managers login and bring it to each match.
You will be asked to 3 things when you login: Email ID: (your email address)
Password: Your team name e.g. for U7 Oar – password would be Oar
Team Name: (select your team from the drop-down list)
Once you have logged on, the home screen is:
Click on Club Shirts and assign shirt numbers to each player (shirt numbers are not
required for U6-U11).
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ELECTRONIC MATCH CARDS – U12 AND UP
For competition age groups the NSFA use to Electronic Match Cards for all
competition teams U12 and up (not including girls comp).
Instructions on how to enter results can be found here.
WET WEATHER
Wet Weather decisions for weekends are generally not made until Friday. Councils
and schools assess their grounds and advise NSFA which grounds are unfit for
play. Sometimes Councils will close grounds for the Saturday but leave them open
on Sunday. NSFA's policy is to play as many matches as possible on any ground
that is left open by councils and schools.
The principle method of communicating information on ground closures is via the
NSFA website. The website message is also repeated on Facebook and
Twitter. The wet weather phone line will also be updated if grounds are closed
1900 957 016 (Please note this call is 83 cents per minute. A higher rate applies to
calls from mobile phones or payphones).
If in doubt, you can also check Ku-Ring-Gai Council website for sportsground
closures.
MANAGERS & COACHES DUTIES
Kit
One duty of a Manager is keeping the kit list and ensuring it is all returned at the
end of the season. If there are any queries regarding any part of the kit please
contact your age coordinator or the Equipment Officer.
Open Communication
An important aspect of a team manager is keeping the lines of communication
open between players, parents, coach and from the club which includes:
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Letting the team know who needs to be where and when on Saturdays, any
updates on cancelled / moved training, agreeing and putting scores into
system
Coordinate rostering of particular game day e.g. oranges/parent referee or
specific training activities.
Familiarise yourself and the parents with the rules of the game which can be
found under http://www.bannockburnrovers.com.au/teams.html (Password
is ‘season2017’ and then clicking on the appropriate age group.
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Record scoring for game.
Decide how you would like to contact the players/parents and arrange details
accordingly.
Teamer.net is a great way to get email/SMS out to all players about training,
games, cancellations and any team event. NB: Check SPAM when first setting up.
Player of the Match - Trophy
Purchasing a Player of the Match trophy is a great way to keep the kids
incentivised to try hard each week. Player of Match can also bring oranges each
week (easy way to avoid another roster)
Hornsby Trophies - $7- $9 - player of match trophy
Address: 103 Hunter Lane, Hornsby NSW 2077
Phone:(02) 9482 3337
Forfeits
All forfeits need to be notified via a form to the Club Secretary. Please print and fill
it in and email it back to the Club Secretary.
Coaches
The coaches’ role is to constantly look for ways to improve their team and improve
the skills of the individual players by giving players the correct skills, proper
conditioning, game knowledge and self-confidence. A coach should NEVER
referee a game.
WORKING WITH CHILDREN
All people who hold positions of responsibility need to be aware that they are
responsible for the children in their team/care. They need to be seen to be above
reproach.
As a requirement of football nsw the club needs to have documentation to ensure
that we have followed procedures and done the best we can to ensure that we
don't have people with a dubious past working with our children.
Coaches or managers with their own child in a team only needs to sign a member
protection declaration or has the option to go to the kids guardian and get a
working with children number which does a complete police and court history
check. All T3, NSFA / outside providers will need the wwc number.
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All committee, coaches, managers, and suppliers will need to have provided a
wwc number or have signed a declaration by April 1st to be compliant.
Should an issue with a child arise the president and member protection officer
need to be advised as there are procedures of notification that need to be
followed.
QUESTIONS??
HAVE A GREAT SEASON!
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