So is Tweed Heads, should they by in the Newcastle youth NPL 🤷 away day to Byron Bay.Originally Posted by Izzy
There needs to be a reasonable expectation of proximity for participation (I don't believe an 8-10hour round trip fits within that expectation)
You'll notice FNSW doesn't include Albury/Woodonga in their Sydney comp simply because they are part of the federation...they just administer a local competition for those guys, why can't Coffs have this? 🤷
No way.
I fully support ALL NNSW areas in this comp. Evidence shows that the level displayed is more than worthy & adds to the comp.
NNSW just needs to get the travel & schedule to best fit. Safety is paramount but travel cannot made shorter unless the fantasy Vfast train comes through within the week.
Travel cannot be made shorter, so therefore, they should have their own local competition 🤷
They produced quality players before being in the local NPL, they can still produce quality players not in the local NPL..
And without introducing the risks associated with fatigue, poor weather and road conditions, etc
Wouldn't worry too much about one person's opinion who clearly aren't even aware that teams outside of Sydney (and in one case outside of Football NSW), compete and clearly don't care about improving football in the region.
I wouldn't mind a trip to Byron, good weekend away.
Sydney's Youth NPL 1 has a team in Wollongong (1hr 18mins from central Sydney). Newcastle is 2hrs away from central Sydney...hardly comparable to the 8-10 hour round trip we're taking about for Coffs Harbour
You are right though, I have no ability to reverse the silly approach that is in place
As for developing footballers, it's unsurprising that in the past we had more success transitioning footballers to higher levels than we have today constantly chasing the next shiny change
If you're taking 5 hours to drive to Coffs, then you're one of those drivers that goes 15 under and holds everyone else up.
Logan Shambrook would not be at the Mariners or in the Joeys today if it wasn't for the current set up.
Coffs had players who represented Australia, and at Joey level too, and as young professional footballers, before Logan and before this change...so debatable what role being in the Newcastle comp for, I guess two years, had toward this outcome
There are quite a lot of players locally who come up from Gosford, hence the 10 hours
Perhaps they could play in their local competition.
Especially true for Coffs Harbour...glad we came to a consensus
Indeed so I expect you to be pulling out your children from any PYL teams and registering them in the local competition, while those of us who aren't aren't going to complain about something we have voluntarily joined can continue on our merry way.
Problem in your logic is that Newcastle's NPL competition is my local competition...nice try though
That's where you're wrong champ, the local competition is the interdistrict competition that is managed by Newcastle Football, Macquarie Football and Hunter Valley Football.
This is important. Many cases over the last two seasons where games have been scheduled in Coffs on weekends where big events are on up there, leading to no accommodation being available, or in peak holiday times where a 3 night minimum stay is required. Nnswf need to liaise with Coffs tourism & other sports when completing their draw. It?s a simple fix.
See, now we're moving away from that consensus we just had...that will never do
Pre requisite for inclusion in Newcastle's youth NPL, should be having a Snr team in the Newcastle's NPL competition...if they don't expect seniors to make the trip, they shouldn't expect juniors too
This happened many years ago, a complete waste of time, their seniors were useless
Have the referees all lost their squadi passwords? Hardly any results entered after games today.
How stupid are the fixtures. We all know March is as hot a as a nuns. But the twats at NNSW? persist in putting on midday games.
Jaffas Edgeworth 1sts was at a terrible time. Couldve played at 7pm but nah.
Only 3 div 1 and 1 div 2 fixture on Saturday and I know that the 15, 16 & 18s were called off in div 2 because of the heat.
Maybe you have jumped on this a bit early.
There are also a number of fixtures with no referees (bet that's only in div 2), so getting results entered will take time.
So they reffed themselves? Probably had a better game.
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