Spots are filling fast but if you get in quick there are limted places available at the Football Far North Coast’ successful Hot Shots Clincs for players aged 6 to 12 this July School Holiday’s.

View the Hot Shots Clinic Entry Form NOW!!!

With the option to do a full day or two full days the Hot Shots experience will benefit the whole family.

Mum and Dad can have a well earned break while the kids get involved in a full days worth of football activities.

And don’t forget that each participant will recieve an exclusive Hot Shots training kit.

Family discount also available contact FFNC for further details terms and conditions on 66 25 1444.

Results from Armidale 24th of June are as follows:

FFNC U-12 North v Tamworth 2-0

FFNC U-12 North v Armidale 6-0

FFNC U-12 South v Tamworth 2-0

FFNC U-12 South v Armidale 6.0

FFNC U-13 v Northern Inland 1-1

FFNC U-14 v Northern Inland 1-1

FFNC U-15 v Northern Inland 3-2

FFNC U-14 Girls v Northern Inland U-15 Girls 1-0

FFNC U-16 Girls v Northern Inland U17 Girls 2-0

A great set of results and a huge achievement to come back from Armidale without any losses. All players, managers and coaches should be very pleased with their efforts.

Check out our latest poll and vote for how you think Viduka and his merry band of Socceroos will perform at this years Asian Cup.

The Socceroos Asian Cup campaign starts on July 8 when they face Oman, then continues against Iraq (July 13) and Thailand (July 16).

They will qualify for the next phase by finishing in the top two.

All games will be telecast on Foxtel.

South Lismore has returned from the road trip north brimming with confidence after a solid 1 - 0 win over Tweed Heads in round 9 of the Newton Denny Chapelle Championship.

The Celtics went into the match as underdogs having lost to Tweed three times already this season, but they stuck to a determined game plan and frustrated the home side into error.

A late goal to G Gough was enough to restore some green pride as recent results had cast them adrift of the top three and the much vaunted promotion spots.

Lismore Thistles also capped a great weekend taking advantage of the Tweed slip up with two solid wins over Woodburn and Uki. These results now give them a 4 point buffer over the leagues quiet achievers Pottsville Panthers.

Goals to Thistles veterans Darren Beardow and Steve Morrissey proved enough to overcome the inconsistent Woodburn who turned in one of their best performances to date.

The Panthers though are starting to show they are real contenders for the title with another emphatic win over Murwillumbah Saints, running in 5 unanswered goals.

In other top five action, Alstonville moved closer to the top with a hard fought 3 - 2 win over early pace setters Tumbulgum. In a spiteful clash, seeing 6 players booked, Villa prevailed over an at times desperate Rangers outfit.

At the foot of the table Casino proved too resilient against Uki in what has been termed a gentlemen’s match. Both sides played attractive and patient football in an atmosphere of goodwill and great sportsmanship.

In Round 10 action Tweed Heads will need to return to good form if they are to take anything from their meeting with Woodburn. The Wolves are shaping up as one of the danger teams of the Newton Denny Chapelle Championship, having already accounted for South’s.

South Lismore and Pottsville will feature in the Northern Districts match of the round when they take on second placed Pottsville at the Panthers den while in the Southern Districts feature match Thistles will have to be very careful against an improving Alstonville.

Bottom of the table Uki and Murwillumbah will meet up in a game that will most likely decide the wooden spoon, and Tumbulgum should be to strong for Casino at Breckenridge Field.

Lennox Head Sharks moved three points clear at the top of the Southern Cross Credit Union WPL after a solid 3 - 0 win over their closest championship rivals Byron Bay.

With both teams going into the match tied on 20 points and with a solid head to head record the outcome was expected to be close.

But the Sharks dominated the game with some high tempo defending and good use of possession. Lead by the quality of Martene Wallace and the attacking ability of Abigail Allardyce the Sharks controlled the game and ran out worthy winners.

Byron’s usually dominant trio of Argent, Johnstone and Hopley were kept quiet through great efforts of the Sharks Sophie Towner and Amanda Brett.

Tweed based sides Burringbar and Tumbulgum had a more forgettable weekend with the Bandits unable to field a team due to work commitments handing a forfeit to Workers FC and Rangers going down 5 - 0 to a fast improving Richmond Rovers.

Rangers had shown in earlier rounds that they could contain Rovers and most pundits were not expecting this type of lopsided outcome.

Rover’s advantage was well deserved through a brace to Baker Pearce with Whitney McNall capping a player of the match performance with a great goal as well. For Rangers Brook Brehaut was the best on field in an overall disappointing performance.

Looking ahead to the weekend Rovers will again face the formidable prospect of traveling to Lennox hoping to continue their good form while Workers FC will have a chance to make some ground up on Byron Bay, hoping that they have not recovered from their weekend loss.

The pick of the round though is at the bottom of the table with all eyes on the local Tweed derby between Tumbulgum and Burringbar. Rangers will have a great chance to distance themselves from the Bandits and maintain a top five position. For the Bandits they will be just hopeful of getting a full team of fit players on the park and establish some credibility in this league.

Football Far North Coast will be running a junior licence course at Byron Bay Football fields on July 10th and 11th.

8.30-4.30  on both days.

16 hour course.

Course fee $125. Registar now 6625 1444 or 0437 251 452

We advise that the FFNC Development Squad camp at Singleton has been cancelled due to poor weather.

Development Camps in Port Macquarie and Armidale will go ahead as scheduled.

current as at 3.30pm Friday 8th June

FFNC Representative Squad and Development Squad Training has been cancelled due to wet weather at the following venues;

Ballina/Lennox Head - closed

Bangalow - closed

Brunswick Heads - closed

Alstonville - closed

Italo Stars - closed

ALL OTHER LISMORE VENUES STILL OPEN FOR TRAINING

updated 2.30pm 6/6/07

Lennox Head trio of Abigail Allardyce, Amanda Brett and Sophie Towner created a piece of history with a hat trick each as the Sharks recovered from last weeks stumble with an emphatic 10 - 1 drubbing of Burringbar in round 8 of the Southern Cross Credit Union Women’s Premier League.

The result continues a tale of woe for the Bandits who have been hit with injuries and consistently fail to get a full squad together each week. Coach Ralf Van de Scheur must at this stage be pulling what’s left of his hair out as he desperately tries to turn things around.

The shining light was the tremendous performance of goal keeper Jessica Raso who did her best to stem the Lennox tide but the Sharks were in scintillating form and their was little Raso could do.

Again the top three sides controlled the tempo of the league with second placed Byron Bay downing a spirited Richmond Rovers 4 - 1.

Byron can certainly count themselves fortunate as the end result did not truly reflect the balance of the match. Rovers came out with plenty of intensity typified by the outstanding performances of Fallon Campbell and Cindy MacKenzie.

A fine goal to Hayley Muller certainly gave Rovers plenty of hope that they could squeeze out a result but fine finishing from the Vixens quartet of Johnstone, Argent, Dunsmore and Siewert proved to big a hill to climb.

Plenty of positives though for Rovers to tale away from this game.

Lismore Workers stayed in touch with the leaders with a solid 4 - 0 win over Tumbulgum Rangers.

Rangers were unlucky in this one as an own goal certainly didn’t help their cause. Goals to Sheree Coubrough, Jess Davidson and Shani Lauf rounded out a reasonable Workers performance.

With the long weekend to rest up, interest for the girls should turn to the Matilda’s outing in Coffs Harbour on Sunday afternoon as they take on Asia’s highest ranked women’s team DPR (North) Korea in an Olympic qualifier from 3.00pm.