May 2011 Majura Newsletter

Newsletter www.majurafc.org.au May 2011In this Issue

President’s Welcome

Part 1: Football

Football NewsCoerver In-SeasonKanga CupPee WeesBorneo UpdateOlympic NewsTweet your goal12 & 13 Boys/GirlsQuiz TimeQuiz Answers

Part 2: Admin:Majura Fair GoDress CodeField /BBQ RostersFixturesKO TimesReferees FeesMerchandise

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See you on SaturdayWelcome to Majura FC 2011

I’d like to thank everyone for their outstanding support in the lead up to the season. With94 teams, over 1200 players and thousands of parents and supporters there is a lot of workfrom a lot of people to get teams on the field.

We aim to provide all our players with opportunities to improve their skills. We haveintroduced changes to the Pee Wees game format for the 5/6 Age Group and many U7teams are now meeting after school to train and play during the week.

We have also utilised Paul Jones Goalkeeping Academy and Coerver Coaching to assistplayers who would like further development..

And if you’d like to contribute in some way to Majura FC please contact myself or aCommittee member (Blue Coat on match days). We love ideas but we need more peopleto implement them!

I’d encourage everyone to read the list of administration items in this newsletter to ensureeverything goes smoothly for your son/daughter during the season.We hope you will continue to support your players, coaches, refs, volunteers andcommittee in the Majura way.Best wishes for the season, enjoy the football.Ashley JacksonMajura FC President

Favourite team: BarcelonaFavourite player: Lionel MessiBest player in your team: Jodie KirknessSchool: Campbell HighOther sports: NoneBest Aussie player: Tim CahillFavourite female player: Mia Hamm (USA)Pre-Match food - Rice dishWhat you enjoy about football - working with a teamand doing the individual skills in a game.How many years have you been at Majura? This ismy sixth year.Favourite Band - The wombats.

Player Profile: Erin Hyde (U13 Div 1 Captain)

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Football News, Football News, Football News

Will Hunter, Ben Basser-Silk and Grace Basser-Silk all represented theACT in Futsal at the Futsal Nationals in January.

Ali Cook was also at the Futsal Nationals and then went on to score at theU13 outdoor National Championships last week in Canberra. Grace Maherwas also in the team. The U13 Girls team will stay in the top group at nextyears Nationals as a result of their performances. No mean feat when youconsider they had to play teams from NSW Metro, Victoria Metro and SouthAustralia.

Kai Thornton won a “Pele pack” from Australia’s favourite footballmagazine FourFourTwo. Don’t know Kai? He’s the one with the Pele boots!

U10 Open took out top honours at the recent Woden Valley Lightningtournament. Not bad for a team who had never played outside of DicksonOval. Clearly the practice on our weeds has helped their team play! Welldone to all.

Not to be outdone Jason Thornton’s U11 Open Red also gained top honoursat the Lightning tournament with Chris Kemp’s U11 team putting in somegreat performances as well.

Under 12 recruits: Mika Leslie has joined the club from Colorado, USA.And she scored her first goal in Australia at the Lightning tournament whileher Dad nipped to Woolies to buy her a hair clip. Don’t worry Dad we thinkshe’ll score again this year! Actually she did in her very next game.

And if you think Majura players have to travel too far to play, Mika had totravel seven hours for a game occasionally and games often started at 7.30amin the USA!

And Yvonne Fafungian has signed up after arriving from Papua NewGuinea. Yvonne had a wonderful Lightning tournament enjoying her firstcompetive game of football.










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You only Tweet when you’re winning, or so thefooty chant goes.

Ever asked the question: DID YOU WIN? WHOSCORED?

Ask no more! Majura Coaches, Managers, Parents orPlayers can now tweet @majuraresults after everygame. How to tweet Majura Results

Just tell us the team, results and scorers and a best onground. Then we can check all the Majura resultsevery Saturday night - no matter what age group!

Coerver Cup 2011May 29 Sunday atNorthbourne OvalCLICK FORAPPLICATION FORM

Majura FC/Coerver In-Season.Majura use Coerver to run In-season and Pre-season programs for technical skills training. Thisis a user paid program.Majura/Coerver In-season is run at DicksonWednesday starting May 11, 4.30pm - 6pm. Forall the details go to In-Season program for all ourplayers.

Borneo (current U12 G) 2012 updatePlanning is well underway for Majura’s 2012 overseas tour. Fundrasing, including araffle is about to start.Borneo Cup organiser, former Socceroo Scott Ollenrenshaw is currently extendinginvitations to girls teams from many Asian countries as well as other Aussie states.

Kanga Cup 2011

Nominations for the21st Kanga Cupclose on 28th May!

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I’m a Coach - but what do I do at training?

There are many people at Majura who can assist with ideas, plans and suggestions.

Coaching children at the end of a day can be hard, very hard on a cold winter night. But itcan be very rewarding and heaps of fun.

1. Be organised. Have a plan. Every week! And review what worked, what didn’t.

2. Get some parent support at training. They can assist with crowd control or even thetechnique in the younger age groups - even one extra parent can be a great help.

3. Take a FFA grassroots course - it’s free. Go to Capital Football Coaching

4. Email: [email protected] and we’ll aim to get someone to assist you.

5. And view the game on Saturday and the thirty minutes before as a training session andyour players will continue to improve from whatever level they are at.

Canberra Olympic: Our Senior Club

Majura FC now has clear pathways for our boys and girls into Senior football; and evenMajura mums have formed a team and are playing under the Olympic banner in 2011.

With many Majura boys progressing to Canberra Olympic u16 men’s team in 2011 andour girls playing in U18 women’s team for the first time, all of our players can nowbenefit from this partnership. And we’ll keep you updated as we progress it.

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Team Preparation

Goals Galore: In Girls pre-season match.

U13s Girls Div 1 Coach Felipe Flores was happywith the run. He had to nip off to play ACT Men’sPremier League (for Cooma) in the afternoon but hestill had time to ref a little, put the nets up and coachhis team!

For the record the U13 won 6-4 with the front row inthe photo revealing all the goalscorers on the day andmaybe one or two more snuck in!

Both teams have been training twice a week for some time - U12s as a whole squad, 30girls, since February - including the trials. And both teams have played a number offriendlies and the Lightning tournament.

By the time the season starts both teams will have played around eight games - that’s half aseason of a sixteen week Capital Football season - so teams and players should be well-prepared come Saturday.

Player Preparation

Food for thought: Watch our players in 2011

Player enjoyment, confidence and esteem in football comes from a good skill base. Footballis often a child’s first sport in Canberra. If they get a good experience and enjoy it they maywell stay active in sport, not just football, in years to come.

In 2011 more of our players are possibly better prepared for the season than ever before.

Majura Summer football saw 85 players aged 5-13 take to the ovals, followed by manymore playing Futsal, and others taking part in Capital Football HPP and Coerver CoachingAcademy programs. Over 50 players joined the Majura FC/Coerver pre-season program,and teams in U10, 12, 13 and 15 have all been training and/or taking part in the Lightningtournament.

With changes to Pee Wees 5/6 focusing on a little more individual ballwork, and U7midweek training/playing in 2011 we can expect to see a rise in the development andconfidence of our younger players.










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U13 v U12

U13 Coach Paul Cook gives a lastfew words of wisdom to his chargesin their half-time team talk on theweekend.

They took on Majura U12 Open in afriendly at Dickson on Saturday.

As expected the older boys set thepace with a 7-2 result. Both sides arelooking good for a another season offootball.

Best wishes to all on the weekend.

U12 Boys + Coach Charles Saleh after their trial against Majura U13










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Referee fees – U7 U8 & U9s

50% of the fee is to be paid by each team, in U7s U8s & U9s. The club suggests youcollect it from parents at the start of the season for the full season.

Photography: Permission Please

Before taking photos Majura FC suggests permission is gained from parents/carersfor every child.

Team Strips:Unless permission has been given by the Equipment Officer, all uniforms/strips must bekept together. Suggest drawing up a roster within your team to take turns to wash it.

Pride in Majura:Dress Code Majura, it’s the rule.

Wearing the official club colours while playing forMajura FC is a Junior League rule. Previously we havehad some players (all ages) wearing black/dark blueshorts or different coloured socks and skins. Thereferees can pull them up on anything that is notofficial club colours and not let them play if they wish.1. Majura team colours are Team Shirt, Blue Shortsand White Socks.2. Jewellery.No jewellery is allowed except for close/soft fittinghair clips. We suggest girls/boys don’t get ears piercedduring the season as sleepers/studs will be required tobe taken out.

Photo: Under 13 JacksonMcNee in club colours in 2010.










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Match Day Information

Game times, draws and fixtures: All draws are on the website.

Please recheck the draws very carefully. There continue to be significant changes and ifyou do not check carefully, you may end up missing a match. All games can be found herehttp://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-8284-0-0-0&a=COMPS

Please note, teams in 10 Girls, 12 Open and 15/2 Girls have friendly games in place ofbyes. See the full list here http://www.capitalfootball.com.au/site/comp_junior.php

Majura Fair Play:

Majura has always encouraged a love of the game and a fair go for all it’s players.

All players have paid the same fee - so they should all get fair game time. In most casesevery player should be allowed and encouraged to play in every position - ie goals,defender, midfield and forward. No matter what the result.

There maybe some differences as players get older around 13+ but until then, your starstriker in U10 may turn out something quite different in an older team.

Socceroo Captain Lucas Neill started life as winger! Didn’t help him much in the WorldCup as the Germans flew past him did it!

So please give that 9 year old defender a go up front - she may well turn into a strongskillful attacking forward as a 15 year old. But she won’t if she never gets a chance! Andof course your best striker will make a great defender - once they’ve learnt!

Your Referee is always right

Majura FC has a strong behavioural code for all our members.

When Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney swears on the field, he gets banned fromplaying.

So no swearing at the Ref, or any official. You can’t play the game without a Ref can you?And would you come back if you got abused every week, or even once!

Coach/Parent rage is a huge problem at junior sport in Canberra, in Australia. Let’s alltake responsibility for our players, our coaches and our parents.

We ask all Majura members to support our Refs. Remember it’s only a game and it’ssupposed to be fun for everyone.

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The Majura Quiz. - it’s tough but you can do it?

1. What formation does the FFA curriculum prescribe for U8/9 (7 a -side.)

2. How many teams does Majura have in 2011 - nearest 5 will do.

3. Who is Majura’s Senior Partner Club?

4. How many players on a football team (adults games.)

5. Where did the Socceroos come in the Asian Cup.

6. Who will host the Asian Cup in 2015 - Australia or China?

7. How many votes did Australia get for their World Cup bid?

8. Matildas go to the World Cup in July - which country are hosts?

9. Name any Canberra United star who played at the last World Cup?

10. Name a Majura girl who made the ACT Under 13 squad.

11. Where are the Majura U12 Girls going in July 2012?

12. Which two ex-Man Utd players have been linked with the MelbourneVictory job?

13. Who won the A-League Grand Final and how many people watched thegame in the stadium? (To the nearest 5,000)

14. Name the three Aussie football teams who will go to a World Cup in2011?

15. Which former Majura player MIGHT get to go?

Extra-Time -dig deep. Who do the Aussies (men) play at the start of theirOlympic qualifiers in June?

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Quiz Answers

1. 1-3-3, 2. 94, 3 Canberra Olympic,

4. 11, 5. Runners-up, 6. Australia 7. 1,

8, Germany, 9. Caitlin Munoz, Sally Shipard, Lydia Williams. 10. Ali Cook,Grace Maher

11. Borneo, 12 Dwight Yorke, Roy Keane, 13. Brisbane Roar - 50,000.

14. Matildas, Mens U20 and U17. 15. Kofi Danning Sydney FC and YoungSocceroo U20.

Extra Time: Yemen

Merchandise Majura.

Please let all your coaches (and through them, parents) know that if players need shorts orsocks, Majura will be selling uniform items for the next three weeks, at the clubhouse atthe following times:

i. Tuesday 5:30 – 6:30

ii. Thursday 5:30 – 6:30

iii. Saturdays 8:30 – 10:00 (after this time basic items like shorts and sock can still bepurchased at the canteen)

Roster for field set up, canteen and BBQ.

All parents are volunteers of the club - and as such everyone is expected to set the fields upor run the canteen/bbq one weekend each season.

If you can’t do it, discuss it with your team manager and/or swap with one of the other1200 player and 3,000 plus parents. If everyone assists the fees can continue to be kept aslow as possible.








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