THIS IS WHY SAP IS SO IMPORTANT - DID YOU MISS OUT ON BEING SPOTTED BY KELLY CROSS?

SECOND SAP FESTIVAL TO SHOWCASE TOP YOUNG AUSSIE TALENT

Football Federation Tasmania (FFT) is holding it’s second Skills Acquisition Phase (SAP) Fest this weekend at Aurora Stadium in Launceston, bringing together some of the finest young footballers from across Australia for a two day tournament.

12 interstate teams will take part from Victoria, Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and South Australia, in a weekend of player development and football games in a Football Federation Australia (FFA) endorsed non-results based festival.

The SAP Fest will also include the SAP Programs from Tasmania’s Victory League clubs: South Hobart, Northern Rangers, Devonport and Olympia FC Warriors, as well as FFT’s Skilleroos and Skillerettes programs.

Such is the significance and the growth of the event, FFA has sent down Assistant National Technical Director Kelly Cross to observe the standard of the age groups, Cross will also assess a national pilot project being run at the festival for a modified competition format for the Under 12 age group.

The weekend will focus on youth development and will provide an opportunity for coaches and players to link up with other coaches and players from around the country.

FFT Technical Director Spencer Prior was excited ahead of the second FFT SAP Fest.

“Following on from last year’s successful festival, we have gone ahead with it again and it is a great way to start the year for this age group.

“I would like to see this as part of the national calendar in the future,” said Prior.

“Aurora Stadium is a fantastic venue with arguably the best surface in the country and ideal to host a nationally significant festival of this nature,” he added.

FFA Assistant Technical Directory Kelly Cross endorsed what he said is a well-organised event that is aligned with the National Football Curriculum.

“This event was a huge success last year, and I am convinced it will continue to provide a valuable football experience for all young players in the Skill Acquisition Phase of development from the four corners of Australia.”

“This Festival was initiated by FFT, and FFA is delighted to support it,” Cross said.

The Festival kicks off on Saturday March 1 with games from 9:00AM to 5:00PM across two whole days at Launceston’s Aurora Stadium.

WANT TO BE A PART OF LAUNCESTON CITY FC SAP PROGRAM - COME ALONG TO MITSUBISHI PARK TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS 6PM - 7PM - SEE YOU THERE!

Do you want to play for Australia??

Do you want to represent the North in SAP Festivals??
Do you want to represent Tasmania as a Skilleroo??
Are you going to be the next Socceroo or Matilda??

If you do you need to come along to the Launceston City SAP Program this Tuesday 18th Feb at Royal Park, Seaport end, 6pm - 7pm and Thursday 20th Feb Churchill Park down the back 6pm - 7pm - bring your mates!!

 

Season 2014 will soon be here!

Registration Days:

 

Online registration has started! Go to www.myfootballclub.com.au to register now. We can accept children who turn 5 through to 17 in 2014 to play the great game. 

Registration fees for 2014 are $150 for each player. The fee increase covers the rise in cost of the Meander Valley Council Ground Hire, Rates & Insurance for our clubrooms, plus our Electricity bill is set to triple as we now have to pay to use the newly installed lights.

 

We will hold two information days in February - Saturdays 8th &15th - 10 am till 3 pm each day. We need volunteers who wish to help on these days. This year we want you to register online - if you register online with full payment by 28th February 2014 you will go into the draw to win your Registration Fees Back. (This prize is the full refund of one player registration fees only, does not include shorts or socks, sponsorship or any other amount)

Need help registering? Go to www.westsidedevils.com - registration page for more information.

 

The Adidas Westside Devils Club Jacket $50 will be available for purchase at the informations days. Adidas Socks and Shorts will be available to purchase - Socks $10, Shorts $20 - you will also be able to pay for these when you register online and collect on registration day or from Route 66, 143 Charles St, Launceston - bring your receipt showing payment. 

(Route 66 has stock available now!)

 

Westside Devils (Club of the year 2013) is the club to be with in 2014 - tell your friends!

Launceston City Football Club Victory League:

Urgent Accommodation Needed!! Permanent accommodation is required for 2 international players (one from Rotterdam, one from Korea). Preferably the accommodation would be as a billet or boarder or alternatively in a granny flat or in a share house situation. Please contact Mick Egan 0409 234 603 or Kurt Reynolds 0457 360 483 . These players will be part of the V League team. So if anyone can help please contact Mick or Kurt ASAP.

 

The Victory League starts with a HUGE day of Football at Mitsubishi Park 29th March 2014 - put this in your diary now!! 

The first game starts at 10am with others at 12pm, 2pm, 4pm and then the V League match Launceston City Vs Northern Rangers at 6pm.

This will be a great day and we would like you all to attend - it will a Black and White theme - further information will be sent out soon!

Westside Devils Junior Soccer Club Committee for 2014

President - Michael Hancox                            Vice President - Austin Fagan

Secretary - Cathy Hancox                                Treasurer - Sharon Parker

Registrar - Louise Lucas         Committee Member - Andrea Hanson

Committee Member - Simon Tennant  Committee Member - Paul Mischis

Committee Member - Colin Ayton  Committee Member - Mick Egan

 

Contact details are listed on our website www.westsidedevils.com

 

If you have any questions on any of the topics above please contact Michael Hancox on 0448 888 648 or michael@recycledrelix.com.au

 

Here's to a great 2014 Season!

LAUNCESTON CITY DEVILS TO RUN SAP PROGRAM

FFT kickoff SAP Programs

Football Federation Tasmania (FFT) is pleased to announce the commencement of an exciting new Skills Acquisition Phase (SAP) Program that is to be implemented by selected clubs in 2014.

The program is a national initiative being rolled out through Football Federation Australia across the country, with Tasmania the third state to implement the program.

All clubs within Tasmania were invited to apply for licences to run a SAP Program in their club; following the application process nine clubs have been selected and issued with SAP licences: Launceston City, South Hobart, Devonport City, Tilford Zebras, Olympia FC Warriors, Northern Rangers, Kingborough Lions, Glenorchy Knights and Nelson Eastern Suburbs.

The nine clubs selected for licences will manage specific SAP Programs, in which each selected club will bring together a squad of talented players from the ages of Under 9’s to Under 12’s, to train together twice a week.

FFT Technical Director Spencer Prior was proud to launch the programs; Prior believes the Programs will significantly aid development of players within Tasmania.

“This (SAP Programs) is something that will help underpin development within the Skill Acquisition phase, to upskill players on the four core skills,” Prior said.

“We will be working with the clubs and we will make sure the coaching is of a standard to develop a bigger pool of talented players that can feed into the Skillaroos and NTC programs.”

All eight Victory League clubs were granted licences for SAP Programs with Nelson Eastern Suburbs also given a licence.

“We are delighted to have Nelson on board as their application was outstanding and this shows if the clubs have the right models in place, it is not exclusive to the Victory League,” said Prior.

The programs will see better identification opportunities for talented players and more focused development inline with the National Curriculum.

FFT will be holding regular SAP festivals for Under 10’s to 12’s from these club programs to be used for identification, the programs will run for 36 weeks in each club with four major non-results based festivals scheduled across the year.

“We will be monitoring the progress of these players on a regular basis through SAP festivals, where all the licence holders will bring teams to play in a non-results based festival that will be used as part of creating a coaching fraternity.”

“These festivals will be the major talent identification process that FFT will use for players to come into the talented pathway,” said Prior.

Prior believes the programs will supply talented players for the Victory League as well as FFT’s talented player pathway.

“Should players not come into FFT’s pathway we now have the Victory League to provide opportunities, which is an excellent top tier competition within Tasmania.”

The newly appointed head of the Skills Acquisition Phase, Anthony Alexander will oversee Coach development within these programs to ensure standards are consistent across the state.

LAUNCESTON CITY DEVILS DEVELOPMENT SQUAD CONTINUES DURING TERM 4

LCDDS has now been in place for 2 years and the youth squad continues to train on Tuesday afternoons at Royal Park in central Launceston. A squad of 16 players attend the weekly training session which is conducted by LCFC Head Coach, Kurt Reynolds, who is an FFA accredited Skill Acquisition Trainer & A Licence coach.

An initiative of the Westside Devils Junior Soccer Club and in conjunction with Victory League club Launceston City FC, the program has grown to include over 40 players throughout the season.

"It is fantastic that the clubs have taken this initiative and have the vision to grow the development program in the future."
commented LCDDS Head Coach, Kurt Reynolds.

The program is totally aligned with the FFA National Football Curriculum and is a clear indications of Launceston City FC's commitment to embrace a strong junior and youth development policy relative to it's Victory League status.

LCDDS committee members are committed to building on the quality of the program, the facilities and package provided and most importantly the football content. The program is open to all aspiring young footballers in northern Tasmania and is part of a clear pathway for young players to play at the highest level in the state.

" Our objective is to provide the highest quality Development Squad in the state. This is a very professionally run product with the absolute focus on the football content. We are seeing significant advancement in the players technical abilities from this program". added Reynolds.

Further details regarding the LCDDS can be found onwww.westsidedevils.com or http://www.launcestoncity.com/

WESTSIDE - CLUB OF THE YEAR 2013!

WE DID IT!!

WESTSIDE DEVILS JSC WON CLUB OF THE YEAR 2013!!

At the NTJSA's 40^th Anniversary dinner Westside Devils

was recognized as the club who consistently performed to the

highest level over the 2013 Season both on and off the field.

Leading the way with Online Registrations and Coaching Accreditations, 

Westside Devils stood out as the only club to

develop their players past the normal coaching level with the

 Launceston City Devils Development Squad.

Coached by Kurt Reynolds, “A” Licence Coach,

FFT Skills Acquisition Trainer and newly appointed Head Coach

of the Launceston City Football Club Victory League team, 

our players are coached by the best in the North of the State.

This Skills Acquisition Program defines a clear pathway to

 Launceston City FC and our players playing the great game

into their 20's and beyond.

To achieve this award we do have to acknowledge the huge efforts

of our Westside Committee, the Coaches and the Parents

who all help to make Westside Devils the great club it is.

A huge thank you to our Sponsors who have enabled

Westside Devils to kit out our teams in the Adidas Strip.

For the committee, our motivation week in, week out, is for our Players

to look professional, enjoy playing the great game, and continually

 improve their skills by giving them the tools and the opportunity

 to play to the best of their ability.

Here's to Season 2014!

LCDDS Training & V LEAGUE Training starts tonight @ ROYAL PARK

All players involved in the 2013 Victory League squad, the NPL squad and the U18 squad are welcome to attend. Numerous new players to the club will also be in attendance.

It is important that any player aspiring to be selected in the LCFC Victory League squad attend the full component of training and training matches provided between now and season commencement.

Please find hereunder confirmation of our training schedule from next week:

Tuesday 5th November - Royal Park (Seaport end)
4.45 to 6.00pm = LCDD Squad (U12 upwards)
6.30 to 8.00pm = LCFC Victory League Squad

Thursday 7th November - Churchill Park
6.30 to 8pm = LCFC Victory League Squad

Tuesday 12th November - Royal Park (Seaport end)
4.45 to 6.00pm = LCDD Squad (U12 upwards)
6.30 to 8.00pm = LCFC Victory League Squad

Thursday 14th November - Churchill Park
6.30 to 8pm = LCFC Victory League Squad

Tuesday 19th November - Royal Park (Seaport end)
4.45 to 6.00pm = LCDD Squad (U12 upwards)
6.30 to 8.00pm = LCFC Victory League Squad

Wednesday 20th November - Churchill Park
6.30 to 8.00pm = LCFC Victory League Squad

Thursday 21st November - Churchill Park
6.30 to 8pm = LCFC Victory League Squad

Saturday 23rd November - KGV Park, Glenorchy, Hobart
6.30pm KO
LCFC Victory League Squad v Korean Squad

A similar program of training beyond this date will continue until week ending 20th of December where a 10-12 day pause in training will take place over the Christmas/new year period.

The LCFC Victory League squad for 2014 will be selected and announced in mid March 2014.