Football Far North Coast’s planned Summer Youth League will provide local clubs an outstanding opportunity to recruit young players and develop them into seniors capable of playing at the top end of the FFNC senior men’s and women’s competitions.

FFNC General Manager Matt Kelso believes the concept is an opportunity the clubs must respond too, “for the last two to three years we have seen a decline in the numbers at under 16 & 15 level and that obviously filters through to the senior teams. Clubs playing in FFNC’ Premier League and Newton Denny Chapelle First Division as well as the Southern Cross Credit Union Women’s Premier League need to keep recruiting to maintain strong player rosters. The Summer Youth League provides the opportunity to build up their clubs with a strong youth platform. The same opportunity is also there for clubs not presently represented in the top two leagues. If they have aspirations to move up a division and build their senior club this is an opportunity not to be missed.”

Competitions for both males and females aged 15 to19 will be operating with the league commencing on Friday 17^th October and concluding on Friday 19^th December. With fixtures scheduled for Friday nights the players can still be involved in the traditional summer sports.

Opportunities for talented players don’t stop with the league either as the A-League is expanding to include a youth league and the commencement of the W-League further extends our local players chances at moving into professional football. “We deliberately followed the trend for youth football as we see the moves at the professional level enhance our own leagues and for a young player aged 15 or 16 they respond tremendously well to this type of developmental league. All coaching staff must be FFA Licensed further enhancing the development process for players, Kelso said.”

Time is running out though with applications closing on August 15.grab your application now!!!

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