JUNIOR INFORMATION
Thank you for choosing to play at Old Boys’ this season.
We welcome you as a new family or as a returning family and hope you will have an enjoyable season with us with lots of fun, excitement and most of all great football.
At all times please be encouraging and supportive. Praise your children and other children, including the opposition.
Above all have fun and play fair.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Registrations for 2024 are now closed. Any late enquires please contact: juniors@oldboysafc.co.nz
GRADE INFORMATION
All teams will be formed and parents contacted as soon as the registration process closes.
Junior players are only eligible to play in the grade which fits their age group. All coaches and managers are volunteers and we couldn’t run our junior section without them. We greatly appreciate their support and their time that they give freely. They will contact you when they have been advised of their team. It is entirely up to the coach and the team whether they have training or not, and when and where that training might be.
The grades relate to the age players turn during the calendar year 2024 (not their school year):
First Kicks = turn 5 or 6 in 2024 (More Info)
Fun Football = turn 7 or 8 in 2024 (More Info)
9th Grade = turn 9 in 2024
10th Grade = turn 10 in 2024
11th Grade = turn 11 in 2024
12th Grade = turn 12 in 2024
13th Grade = turn 13 in 2024
14th Grade = turn 14 in 2024
15/16th Grade = turn 15 or 16 in 2024
PLAYING GEAR
Fun Football to 16th grade players are required to wear the following uniform:
– Club Shirt (provided by the club)
– Club Shorts
– Club Socks
– Boots and Shin pads
All players provide their own boots with moulded studs or cleats only (no metal sprigs) and shin guards.
To view the range of playing gear and merchandise available, please click HERE
Although you are unable to purchase gear directly from the club, shirt, sock and short samples are available to view at the Clubrooms if you are unsure of the right size.
MERCHANDISE SUPPLIERS
Old Boys’ items such as shirts, shorts & socks can be purchased via the club’s shop.
KICK OFF!
The 2024 season for Fun Football to 16th grade is scheduled to kick off on 4th May.
First Kick will run on Monday evenings during Term 2 only.
Weekly draws will be posted on the Football Southland website prior to each Saturday’s game.
You will be advised the time, the field and which team you are playing against.
This will also be posted outside the clubrooms and pitch layouts will also be available.
We acknowledge that sometimes players will be away during some weekends and that some teams may be light on player numbers.
We will ask opposition coaches to lend one or more of their players so that the numbers on the field are evenly balanced.
This, of course, is a request not just for those weekends but for every weekend as it is no fun for anyone involved in a lopsided game.
CANCELLATIONS
In the event that we have to cancel games due to ground closures or bad weather.
Please check the Football Southland Facebook Page.
Or alternatively you should listen to More FM Southland 89.2
TEAM PHOTOS
Provided free to every player at the end of the season.
GET INVOLVED
We have a small team of parents and the Junior Coordinator who are volunteering their time to effectively run the Junior grades. Our objective is that football should be fun.
We also need lots of parental involvement. Parents can be involved in coaching, or managing a team (which is a different role). Parents can also be involved in supporting the coaches, by helping running skills sessions, or trainings, or even just keeping the balls ready on game day when they go out of play allowing more game time.
Generally the more successful and enjoyable teams have lots of different people involved and helping the coach.
If you wish to help in some way, please indicate this on your online enrolment or by letting the Junior co-ordinators know.
The club and Football Southland supports coaches through coach education sessions and other training aids.
Our junior committee works incredibly hard to make your participation in the Junior OB’s a successful and enjoyable experience. If you are interested in volunteering or helping out with various tasks for Old Boys then please email juniors@oldboysafc.co.nz for further information.
ADMINISTRATION
We will keep you informed throughout of important dates coming up.
We hope we have managed to cover a few points which may assist you and once again thank you for choosing Old Boys’.
Have a great season.
If anyone has difficulty with fees, questions regarding registration or any other general queries then please contact the Club Junior Coordinator at juniors@oldboysafc.co.nz
If you are a Junior Coach then you need to visit the Junior section of the New Zealand Football website.
It is a fantastic resource for coaching material including manuals, handbooks and videos. All free!!
Click Here to be brought direct to the NZF website.
GALLERY
Click here to view photos of seasons present and past.