Northern NSW Football has determined to conduct a series of 6 v 6 games on the small sided courts at its headquarters at the Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility, Speers Point for the first 3 rounds of the competition starting in mid March.
Northern NSW Football has stated that:
• Each team will play a minimum of 2 matches per weekend, meaning a total of 6 matches over 3 weekends.
• Matches will be 2 x 15min halves.
• Ideally teams will play their two matches back-to-back to avoid parents having to stay around the facility for several hours.
• Matches will be scheduled on Saturday and Sunday; however, teams will only be scheduled to play on either Saturday or Sunday on each weekend.
• Matches will be played under Football Fives rules, which will be distributed closer to the start of the season.
• Northern NSW Technical staff will be in attendance at all JDL Fives days.
• Fixtures for rounds 1-3 will be released by 26th February.
Under 11s and Under 12 specifics:
• Further to the above, given the potential size of squads for these age groups –matches will be 6-a-side (6 players each on the field at any time).
• For clubs with 13 or 14 registered players (on PlayFootball) in the under 11s or under 12s, there is an opportunity to split each JDL team into 2 Fives teams to ensure players are getting adequate match time throughout the 3 week period. These teams can be rotated and changed on a game by game basis, there will be no restrictive rules on who can play for each team, other than noting that teams may play at the same time so must be self sufficient.
over 6 games or 12 half games to satisfy appropriate playing time for all players.
