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2006 Grand Final Series

In overnight announcements Football Federation Australia are again piloting a course of change for the management of Football across the country.

In the first announcement the FFA have advised that they will introduce National Regulations which will govern the management of Football from local leagues to the A-League commencing in January 2007. These regulations have been lodged with FIFA for their approval and are set for implementation in the new year.

FFNC General Manager Matt Kelso remains optimistic at this time but stated “the big test for us at zone level will be the dissemination of the regulations and how FFA plan their implementation. From our perspective we would like to have these details at the end of this season so we can organise our annual seminars and run education campaigns for our club administrators. We don’t want to be playing catch up in February.”

In the second FFA announcement the National Coaching Accreditation System has been overhauled which will have a direct impact on the coaching courses FFNC will operate in 2007.

The new system should provide club coaches a more affordable and attainable FFA accreditation, however at this stage only details concerning the advanced courses have been made public.

Workers FC caused the upset of the season in miserable conditions at Richards Oval on Saturday when they demolished Byron Bay 5 - 2.

Banging in five unanswered goals in the first half Byron were left shellshocked and bedraggled as their hold on the Tursa Premier League slipped from their grasp. A couple of late goals saved some embarrassement for the Rams but this is one game they will want to forget.

In other sensational results Maclean destroyed Thistles 9 - 1 at Wherrit Park and moved to the top of the table for the first time this year. For Thistles this will have alarm bells ringing, as they must fix their defence if they are to escape relegation.

In other results Rovers managed to scrape past Ballina 1 - 0 at a muddy Saunders Oval, Casino held Lennox Head to a 1 - 1 draw and showed they are not a spent force just yet, and Goonellabah halted Stars recent good run of form with a 1 - 0 win.

Tuesday night Ballina battled hard against Bryon in a local derby in the first installment of the Rams catch up games. With the Seahorses fighting relegation and the Rams keen to get back on top of the ladder the 1 - 0 win to the Byron proved to be a little disappointing. The match promised a lot but didn’t really live up to expectations and leaves the Seahorses still clinging to survival.

In difficult conditions last weekend Burringbar again showed that they have the fortitude to take out the First Division Title with a tough 1 - 0 win over fellow contenders South Lismore.

By all accounts Souths pushed the Bandits all the way but were unlucky not to have picked up anything from their trip north. The big positive for the hoops was a return to form following their midweek mauling by the Bangalow Bluedogs.

Unfortunatley for the Dogs they were not able to capitalise on their midweek result being held to a 2- 2 draw by Alstonville. This result allowed Tweed Heads to again push for the second promotion spot and will now set up a cracker on Sunday when Tweed meet Bangalow in what could be their season decider.