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My guess is it's just ground access - Cooks Hill and New Lambton both play at shared grounds, and summer season doesn't end until 31 March.

Looking at last season's results, Olympic are clearly the best in the youth grades, followed by Magic. Adamstown do better than you might think, and Lambton are in the mix. Charlestown, Edgeworth...

Harker is council owned, but managed by the (Wests dominated) New Lambton Ovals Board, along with Kentish, Ford, Lewis and Regent Park.
One of the recommendations is to get rid of Park committees -...

I couldn't find the Herald article, but it refers to a discussion paper for the Newcastle council's strategic sports plan. A couple of quotes:

Sport Specific recommendations - Football (soccer):...

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https://macquariefootball.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2019/05/REGULATION-E-2019.pdf

New Lambton's Registration info

I agree that $215 is steep for Under 6, especially when neighbouring clubs are $50 cheaper. Interesting that the club takes the most from their youngest players.

13's was nil-all. Edgy better in the first half, Buds in the second.