Fun Football (7th & 8th Grade) Season Information
Welcome to the Wellington United Junior Fun Football season for 2018. Fun Football is for players in Grades 7 & 8 (born 2011 and 2010).
Here is a summary of key dates and how we will run the Fun Football program this year. The first Skills Development Session (training) will be on April the 5th, with the first Saturday Game Day on April the 7th.
Game Days
Festival Days
Skill Development Sessions (Training)
We are really excited about our Skill Development Sessions this season, and think we have a fantastic offer for our players. The sessions will be Indoors at ASB Sports centre (except for the first 2), and we will have a Professional Coach leading them.
Dates/Times and Locations:
All Grade 7 & 8 players are welcome, and will train together. The kids will go through 4 fun footballing activities, based on Station Rotation, and we will always finish the session with some small sided games. The Professional Coach and team coaches will lead these activities.
We will be looking to have a weekly theme and skill focus, which will be a core footballing skill we are focusing on. We welcome parents to support their children to practice these skills and provide encouragement and praise when the kids demonstrate this during a game We will share what we are working on each week with you.
Teams and Coaches
Each team will have a designated coach, who will work with the players on Game Days and at the Skill Development Sessions. We are always looking for more volunteers to coach and manage teams, so please let us know if you are interested in getting involved.
We will place players into teams before the first game day of the season and will advise parents of this.
Grade Coordinator
We are very lucky to have Glenn Tassicker as the Grade Coordinator for Grade 8 this year, and Rosalie Hill for Grade 7.
Glenn and Rosalie will send out a weekly communication to parents, advising of skill development focuses and Game Day draw information. They will also send parents any other important notices we need to share.
Uniform
The uniform for Wellington United club teams is:
Players will also need:
These can be purchased from Kilbirnie Sports and Football Central. They also have a special offer on for Juniors
Contact Information
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact either Niall Jessiman, Jamie Maxwell, Glenn Tassicker or Rosalie Hill, and we will be happy to talk with you. We are really looking forward to seeing you all at the start of the season
Thanks,
The Fun Football Team
Wellington United Junior Football
Here is a summary of key dates and how we will run the Fun Football program this year. The first Skills Development Session (training) will be on April the 5th, with the first Saturday Game Day on April the 7th.
Game Days
- Game Days are on Saturdays
- Grade 8 starts at 9:15am
- Grade 7 starts at 9:30am
- We are trialing doing an extra 15 minutes with Grade 8 this year, to allow for more focus on skill development. We’ll monitor how this goes over the first few weeks and may review this.
- The first game day of the season is the 7th of April
- Games will take place at Newtown 2 (the park just above the Athletics Track at Newtown Park)
- We will start each game day with some short activities designed to warm up, work on skills and team building. This will build upon what players have been working on in training during the week.
- The players will then play 3 x 12 min games and finish at 10:30am
- In both grades, teams play 5-a-side, with no goalkeepers, and on a small pitch
- We are going to trial finishing Game Days with a short Club BBQ (weather dependent) for all Grade 7 and 8 kids that want to stick around and have a well-earned snack! Each team will rotate around responsibility for the BBQ, so it will be great to have all parents and players involved in helping out
- We will email out playing regulations and other information closer to the start of the season
Festival Days
- Every 3rd week (Saturday) will be a Festival Day, where we will either host or travel to other clubs in Southern Wellington
- The other parks for Festival days are Miramar Park and Wakefield Park (Island Bay)
- First Festival Day is the 5th of May
- Expect the starting time to be different to our normal start time (though still in the morning)
Skill Development Sessions (Training)
We are really excited about our Skill Development Sessions this season, and think we have a fantastic offer for our players. The sessions will be Indoors at ASB Sports centre (except for the first 2), and we will have a Professional Coach leading them.
Dates/Times and Locations:
- April 5th and 12th, 4-5pm (Thursday) at Wakefield Park
- April 30th onwards (school hols excluded), 4-5 pm (Monday) at ASB Sports Centre in Kilbirnie
- Please ensure your child has suitable indoor shoes for these sessions
All Grade 7 & 8 players are welcome, and will train together. The kids will go through 4 fun footballing activities, based on Station Rotation, and we will always finish the session with some small sided games. The Professional Coach and team coaches will lead these activities.
We will be looking to have a weekly theme and skill focus, which will be a core footballing skill we are focusing on. We welcome parents to support their children to practice these skills and provide encouragement and praise when the kids demonstrate this during a game We will share what we are working on each week with you.
Teams and Coaches
Each team will have a designated coach, who will work with the players on Game Days and at the Skill Development Sessions. We are always looking for more volunteers to coach and manage teams, so please let us know if you are interested in getting involved.
We will place players into teams before the first game day of the season and will advise parents of this.
Grade Coordinator
We are very lucky to have Glenn Tassicker as the Grade Coordinator for Grade 8 this year, and Rosalie Hill for Grade 7.
Glenn and Rosalie will send out a weekly communication to parents, advising of skill development focuses and Game Day draw information. They will also send parents any other important notices we need to share.
Uniform
The uniform for Wellington United club teams is:
- Royal Blue Nike shorts
- Royal Blue Nike socks
- Club shirts are provided by us (NOT to be worn at training sessions)
Players will also need:
- Football boots
- Shin pads - compulsory and are to be worn under the socks
- Suitable indoor shoes for when training sessions move to ASB Sports Centre
These can be purchased from Kilbirnie Sports and Football Central. They also have a special offer on for Juniors
Contact Information
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact either Niall Jessiman, Jamie Maxwell, Glenn Tassicker or Rosalie Hill, and we will be happy to talk with you. We are really looking forward to seeing you all at the start of the season
Thanks,
The Fun Football Team
Wellington United Junior Football
