IJFA requires a coach to be accredited with a Junior License (Level 1). If you do not hold this accreditation you will be titled “Manager.” The next course is available next week (and has limited spaces) over four evenings from Monday 12th March to Thursday 15th March from 6pm to 9pm. The next is Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th from 9am to 4pm at Coledale. The cost is $115 and will be reimbursed in full by the club upon completion. See Wayne this evening to register. Coaches are required to be a financial member of the Club. If you have not yet joined please let us register you now for $2.00.
We recommend as a coach or manager you encourage another parent to assist as “manager” or “team manager’s assistant” if one has not nominated. There may be circumstances which prevent you from attending a training session or match. The assistance offered by this person may allow you to better focus on the skill development of the kids and in some instances bring significant skills in coaching themselves. Please have them see the committee to complete the appropriate application and Child Protection Form.
Child protection is the most critical responsibility we all have. You will be provided important information on this along with Coach/Player Code of Conduct. Our Child Protection Officer is Marilen. Please refer any matters of concern to Marilen or the committee. Please ensure we actively patrol proper respect of the goal posts.Please report any matters of concern to ground marshals or the committee.
We have certain requirements placed on us by our Insurers. Please advise the secretary of your training locations day’s and times. Please note that Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Quarry Soccer grounds are usually very busy days as the Senior Club also trains later in the evening.
Please ensure that players have shin pads and boots for every training session and match. Without these they will be unable to play. We will be asking parents to attend each training session. If a parent is unable to stay the coach MUST have a contact number at which the parent can be reached at all times (i.e. mobile) in the event of an injury to their child or that coaching is cancelled early due to weather or other circumstances. This assumes the coach has a mobile phone and is happy to undertake this. This will be up to each coach. Parents will be asked to confirm the coach’s attendance prior to leaving players.
Please arrive at least 30 minutes prior to match start. If you are playing at home on the early game please encourage a couple of parents to arrive a little earlier to assist with erecting the goal nets. Please remove the nets if you are the last match for the day on that particular ground. Please ensure that Team Sheets are completed accurately for all teams Graded and RooBall at least 15 minutes prior to the match start. Graded coaches are to ensure team sheets are signed at the end of each match. The pink copies of team sheets when playing away need to be returned to Dawn Power at the next week’s home game. Graded coaches need to phone the secretary on 42323305 with the games result for away games by 5.00pm on the game day. The Club is fined for incomplete or unsigned team sheets or late advice of game results.
For Graded Coaches during games, please ensure you remain within any designated coaching box or within 5m of the half way line on the side designated by the ground marshal. Please obey all directions of Ground Marshals. Refer any match day disputes or issues to the Ground Marshal or Club secretary.
Copies of IJSA By-Laws (Section 2) relating to Graded competition playing rules and match procedures and RooBall (Section 3) playing rules and match procedures are attached. Please ensure you are familiar with the rules and match day procedures.
We are very keen to lift the profile of Junior Soccer in Kiama. Kids are lucky to have numerous sporting opportunities in town and we want to ensure that we have the best profile to encourage existing players to continue through the playing ranks with Kiama and new players to want to become part of a great team sport. Match reports will be featured weekly in the Kiama Independent. The match reports may work on a roster basis and we will advise details in due course. Please encourage some or all parents to have an input in this regard. Please submit a match report by e-mail to our Publicity Officer Mark Myers at mbmyers@bigpond.com by 5.00pm Sunday. Font. Times Roman. Size 12.
Our monthly club newsletter “On The Ball” will advise upcoming events and other important information. We will advise by e-mail when newsletters are available for collection. They can be collected from the room above the canteen in the team pigeonholes. This room is generally open on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and Saturday and Sunday mornings on game days. Please ensure prompt collection and distribution. Please get into the habit of regularly checking for information in the pigeonholes.
Kiama Junior Soccer Clubs’ monthly general meetings are mostly held on the first Monday of each month at Kiama Leagues Club at 7.30pm.A representative from each team is required to attend the monthly general meeting. The Club will award a pizza night prize to the value of $150 to the team with the best attendance record at the general meetings. Subject to a draw if there is a tie. Committee member’s attendance at meetings does not qualify for this promotion. We value your feedback and assistance with the successful operation of the club.
Sunday 11th March | Coach the Coaches (gear hand out) Soccer grounds – 2pm |
Monday 12th march | Level 1 (Junior Licence) Coaching Course 4 nights 6-9 at Warilla. |
Saturday 17th March | Level 1 (Junior Licence) Coaching Course 2 days 9-4 at Figtree. |
Saturday 31st March | IJSA Gala Day Weekend ( Compulsory for Graded Teams) |
Sunday 1st April | IJSA Gala Day Weekend ( Compulsory for Graded Teams) |
Monday 2rd April | Monthly General Meeting (Kiama Leagues Club – 7.30pm) |
Saturday 14th April | Round 1 Games |
Sunday 15th April | Round 1 Games |
Thursday 19th April | Bobby Charlton Holiday Soccer School |
Friday 20th April | Bobby Charlton Holiday Soccer School |
Monday 7th May | Monthly General Meeting (Kiama Leagues Club - 7.30pm) |
Sunday 20th May | Kiama Under 10 Knockout |
Monday 4th June | Monthly General Meeting (Kiama Leagues Club - 7.30pm) |
Saturday 16th June | Evening Spectacular |
Monday 2nd July | Monthly General Meeting (Kiama Leagues Club - 7.30pm) |
Monday 6th August | Monthly General Meeting (Kiama Leagues Club - 7.30pm) |
Monday 3rd September | Monthly General Meeting (Kiama Leagues Club - 7.30pm) |
Monday 15th October | 2007 Annual General Meeting |
Monday 5th November | Monthly General Meeting (Kiama Leagues Club - 7.30pm) |
Monday 3rd December | Monthly General Meeting (Kiama Leagues Club - 7.30pm) |
Each Coach will need e-mail access themselves or access to a parent with e-mail access. This is our preferred method of communication given team numbers and needs checking regularly. Please advise any changes of address promptly.
All correspondence should be sent to -: The Secretary, Kiama Junior Soccer Club,
8 Cedar Ridge Rd, Kiama, NSW, 2533. Ph. 42323305. Fax. 42324406
mobile 0418 234249. e-mail. macpac@hotkey.net.au
Scheduled for Sunday 20th May and is an annual tradition. We will need assistance on this day with a number of duties and it is a great fundraiser for the Club. Any assistance available from coaches and parents of other teams would be greatly appreciated.
The Club will be having only one social night in the 2007 season on the 16th June, but the intention is to make it a beauty. Based on the feedback from last year, tickets will be in high demand.
The night will be at Kiama Leagues Club and will feature a live show and then a top quality band.
It is hoped that parents will get behind the Club on this one and make it both a successful night and one to look forward to repeating in the following years. Watch the newsletters for further details.
During the night there will be raffles and activities with some great prizes.
Get your team together and make a table!
We are very fortunate to be continuing our alliance with Bobby Charlton Soccer Schools (BCSS) locally for this season. This is one of the best soccer skill schools available in the world. BCSS cater for all levels of soccer ability and is not just for advanced players.
We have a BCSS school available exclusively to Kiama Junior Soccer during the April school holidays on Thursday 19th April and Friday 20th April. Sessions will run for 4 hours on either morning or afternoon sessions depending on the age groups. We anticipate spaces will fill quickly and is open to ages U8 through to U15. The cost is at a large discount to usual pricing at only $70 per child. Registration forms were included in player/parent information on registration days or download forms from the web.
Please direct enquiries and registrations including payment (payable to KJSC) to Effie Gray, Ph 42378745 or email philandeffie@ozemail.com.au
Check out more info at www.bobbycharltonsoccerschools.com.au
We believe you will find this the best value for money soccer school your child has attended.
Club Sponsors
We have again been proactive in seeking sponsorships for this season and have been successful in securing several. Our sponsors will be promoted in a number of ways, which should be highly visible. We seek your support to acknowledge these arrangements with parents at every available opportunity.
Each team will be required to appoint 2 people as ground marshals probably on a couple of occasions during home matches. We will draw up a team roster that will be emailed to you and posted on the web. These folk will be required to wear an orange fluoro vest and undertake some basic duties including direction of parents and players around the grounds and possibly team card checks. They will be required to attend for the full mornings match roster. Information and assistance will be provided to these folk.
We seek your assistance in promoting parents to support our canteen. It is a valuable source of revenue to the Club. We have arranged staffing of the canteen without the need for team volunteers.
The draw will be available on our web site. There is a link from each match location to give you address and map locations. This should be very helpful.
Our web site “kiamajuniorsoccer.com” proved to be the most valuable source for information distribution last season. It will have all draw details, ground availability updated weekly and club news. It will be upgraded throughout the season and will be our main communication tool. We envisage that each team will have a team page which they can update with match reports and team information. Please ensure that we only identify players by first names on these pages.
Our information line can be accessed throughout the year on 82303406 (local call cost). This will be updated weekly or more frequently if necessary to promote upcoming events and important information. It supports multiple incoming callers and can be accessed on game days where there are concerns with weather conditions. We will update the line as early as possible in these instances. We encourage you to promote this number to all parents.
We are likely to receive invitations throughout the season for a number of events. Most are scheduled below. Further details can be gained from the calendar on the IJFA web site. We will advise relevant teams when invitations are received and will leave it to each team to decide on their interest. We would however like to see each graded team participate in one Graded Gala Day/Knockout. The Roo Ball days are great fun and we would encourage parents to participate in one if possible.
Date | Event |
17/03/2007 | Coniston U13 Knockout |
18/03/2007 | Coniston U13 Knockout |
31/03/2007 | IJFA Gala Day. Compulsory for all Graded Teams. |
1/04/2007 | IJFA Gala Day. Finals & Grand Finals- Balgownie |
22/04/2007 | Coniston U6 Rooball Day |
29/04/2207 | Dapto U7 & U9 Rooball Day, Warilla U13 K/O |
6/05/2007 | Albion Park U6,U7 Rooball,Russel Vale U8 Rooball Warilla U12 K/O |
9/05/2007 | Oak Flats U11 Knockout |
13/05/2007 | Warilla U9 Rooball, Lakeside U7 Rooball |
20/05/2007 | Kiama U10 K/O, Warilla U14 K/O, Dapto U6,8 Rooball |
27/05/2007 | Shellharbour U7 Rooball |
3/06/2007 | Albion Park U8,9 Rooball |
15/07/2007 | Warilla U6,7 Rooball |
Thank you in advance for you valuable contribution this year. Please do not hesitate to contact any of the committee if we can be of assistance with your coaching/
