Does this prevent Valentine from meeting the NPL criteria? The fact that "their" ground is not available for the duration of the season?
And does Baxter meet criteria? Last time I was there it was terrible. Valentine juniors would be a much better option imo
Why is everyone writing Toronto Awaba off ?
A quick check of the draws shows the realities of shared community facilities... Darling St and Ulinga also have cricket this weekend. We have tenure at Cahill for winter, as do cricket for summer. This is just a unusually early start. The surface at Baxter is much improved and is used for all our pre season trials and as the home for the WPL.
Valo Junior grounds have not been available since December due to ground works finished last week, with Rye Grass due to go in sometime over the next month
My predictions;
Cooks Hill 2-2 Cessnock
Belmont Swansea 2-1 Singo
West Wallsend 0-2 Kahibah
Lake Macquarie 1-1 Toronto
Valentine 4-1 Wallsend
Lyall Peacock is another shard ground, Stags prefer Sunday, Scorpions prefer Saturdays, so only 4 Weekends this year with 2 games.Originally Posted by zzzzzzzzzz
Home game in Round 2, then a break till Round 8 - Winter Grass...
Cooks Hill 1 - 3 Cessnock
Belmont Swansea 3 - 1 Singo
West Wallsend 1 - 1 Kahibah
Lake Macquarie 3 - 2 Toronto
Valentine 5 - 1 Wallsend
Cooks Hill 1-0
Singleton 2-1
Kahibah 3-0
Lakes 3-1
Draw
Cooks Hill 1 Cessnock 2
Belswans 2 Singleton 0
Kahibah 3 West Wallsend 1
Lake Macquarie 2 Toronto 0
Valentine 6 Wallsend 1
Cooks Hill 2 Cessnock 4
Belswans 3 Singleton 2
West Wallsend 2 Kahibah 1
Lake Macquarie 2 Toronto 0
Valentine 5 Wallsend 0
Why??
Not following.
Sometimes Zico you go off on a tangent as the red mist descends when it comes to me
Cessnock 4 Kurri Kurri 0
Anyone wish to comment on the inclusion of 17s into NewFM?
Is it a good thing (for player development),
or a bad thing (now 4 games in one day - longer day, more damage to fields)?
How are some clubs going to find the players?
Can't speak for any other clubs but Toronto have done quite well. Basically a whole team of the Juniors 15s have come over. 4/5 of these players already have played some 23s and a few played some first grade. There is lot of potential in this group.
I would think the three new clubs should have strong 17's given they are big junior clubs.
Be interesting to see which established clubs can be strong in this age group.
My tips for the 17s comp in order:
Lakes
Valo
Kahibah
Wallsend
Cooks Hill
Thornton
Toronto
Cessnock
Belswans
Singleton
West Wallsend
Based purely on their perceived quality of their junior development programs and feeder systems.
(Apologies in advance if Ive written off teams that have a development program that I don't know about!)
Wallsend 4th ???? really. comp must not be strong
CCB U/15's, so 14 yo boys beat them 5-1 a couple of weeks ago................stinkin hot day with only 2 subs...........
I know...........trial only but just saying............
I believe Lakes 17 NEWFM have about 10 players and the coach from Magic's 16A side last year that finished 1st and lost only once
Word is that the Federation are unable to provide referees to all U17's games so have told clubs they need to supply club referees and linesman for those games. Hardly seems appropriate to install a competition when you can't provide officials to marshal it.
and these guys have been training 3 nights and sundays since before xmas...............
So considering this is probably the only football comp to have started this weekend in the Hunter exactly how can they not be able to rustle up refs??
Bit of a concern going forward when the NPL starts and every other comp starts
NPL Youth comp starts this weekend..............so there goes the best ref's.............................
Last edited by Why Blue; 06-03-2015 at 09:34 AM.
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