The same Charlestown Azzuri that had a Wpl side but cut the program only weeks out from the season leaving alot of the girls with no where to play? Seems about right
The same Charlestown Azzuri that had a Wpl side but cut the program only weeks out from the season leaving alot of the girls with no where to play? Seems about right
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Likely NL will now get 8 games at Arthur Edden, but zero chance of them joining Jaffas. NL are too aspirational to do that. We had 4 game days scheduled there, I am assuming they will take them over.
Council decided 8 womens game days were what the field could handle in addition to Jaffas Senior and Youth.
So NNSW gave NL 4 and Merewether 4...
At some point if Jaffas does apply for the WNPL, NL could have a problem.
Last edited by late_to_the_game; 15-02-2021 at 11:16 PM.
Merewether did have discussions with Jaffa's, and it could have worked well if NCC could have helped with training facilities. When you bring in the womens programs you are nearly doubling the number of teams at the club. Chris S is a very good guy to deal with.
Merewether has been turning away all age teams for years to manage the load on the fields, now we will say yes to fill the gap. We have added at least 2 teams so far. Merewether has about 500 interdistrict players.
Last edited by late_to_the_game; 15-02-2021 at 11:17 PM.
Have heard Maitland are having similar headaches to other clubs who bring in WPL.
Not enough training facilities to cater for everyone. Surely this is a problem council needs to address
Why, they should have thought of that before bringing them in. Lots of other clubs looking for more space for players that get told thats their problem.
Next they will complain there is too much wear and tear on the pitch.
Or did they just bring the women in to use as a bargaining chip to enhance their facilities?
Every club, community through NPL has ground space issues. If you knowingly outgrow your capacity, thats not everyone else's problem. Divert some of the player payments into upgrades, dont stick your hand out and expect council to fix it.
It’s a juggling act sometimes with late changes to what part of the field we train on but it hasn’t been too bad. Currently have plenty of room behind maitland hospital ( which has no lights so will be on the move once it gets dark earlier think we are heading to maitland park), have secured one night a week at another clubs ground to help with the load.
Due to two players being offered Jets Academy spots Azzuri/Merewether U15 Grand Final winning team is looking for two players. If interested check out the Azzuri facebook page for details.
Due to late player movement Maitland WPL U/17’s are in search of a GK. If you know of someone who is interested get them to contact me on 0421646037. Cheers Cal
So there was a question in the NPL thread looking for predicted table at the end of the year. Anyone game to go on the record with their WPL 1st grade predictions?
1. Broadmeadow Magic
2. Newcastle Olympic
3. Adamstown
4. Maitland
5. Charlestown
6. Warners Bay
7. Mid North Coast
8. New Lambton
my predictions above, new to the world of WPL football so ill just have to wait and see how she pans out. I think Maitland will be the dark horse this year since taking over the licence from Thornton
What's happened to New Lambton? Won the comp in 2019 but have completely nose dived?
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Hi Aegon,
It’s been tough on New Lambton. They lost their coaches, then their best players when Olympic and Magic came into the comp.
The new coach is pretty inexperienced at WPL level but is doing their best with what they have.
It’s the same old problem for New Lambton, do great work developing players but can’t compete with those NPL clubs when they decide they want to get involved in WPL as well.
It will be a tough season for the Eagles.
A