Quote Originally Posted by onthebench View Post
South Cardiff, Adamstown , Charlestown , ages 15s and 17s , many other people at the trials witnessed this as well , some people even spoke to the selestors about this , they were not the parants of the children not selected , just surprised in what they witnessed , i agree some kids have a bad day and not trial well and get in by reputation .
Ok.... Can only talk of situation at CCB but here goes
Did you contact coach prior ??? At CCB all coaches mobiles were on website months prior. The purpose of this was to encourage contact prior to trails, tell the coach about your kid, current club, highest level played, position etc.
did your child have previouse NPL experience ?? If so chances are coach would have some memory of him so would draw from that
Also As I have discussed previously a number of existing players are offered positions prior to trials. To secure them these positions are offered based on player performance, attitude , training etc over the previous season
CCB were no different kids were offered and accepted positions so number if spots maybe as in our case 6 not 16 as you may have thought

Also pick your mark CCB 15's is a pretty good team, U/14 grand final winners so competition for spots was hot
But as I said previously I can't believe three clubs overlooked your child's ability and development potential ???