South Coast Wolves Newsletter #2

Welcome to all new players and parents.

Clubs News

·         As you have probably seen in recent media releases our new club name is the “South Coast Wolves”. The new name sees the return of the well recognised Wolves brand and also supports unification of football in the Illawarra region under the unification body, South Coast Football. Our new strips will also carry the South Coast  Football brand on the sleeves.

·         Our very valued Gold and Silver sponsors, Illawarra Coal and Toshiba TMIEC have again agreed to support our Junior Club for the 2010 season

·         The arrangements with WIN stadium have been completed and we can confirm that all club Youth and Senior home games will be played at WIN. There is also the possibility that some 18s games will also be played here. This is a major coup for the club and the ground is already being touted as the best prepared ground in the NSW Premier League. Of course everybody is aware that construction of the new revamped Western grandstand will commence later in the year.

·         Discussions are still in progress on a proposal for combining some Illawarra District League games and Wolves games at WIN in another show of support to the unification of South Coast Football.

·         Work is currently in progress on the refurbishment of the Keira High school bottom grounds to again provide training facilities for our junior teams. The grounds are already starting to look better and should be in good condition ready for training to commence on the grounds early in the new year.

·         Further good news is that the current Wollongong FC website will be maintained and we are currently in the process of rebuilding and training people to be able to maintain the site. It is our intention that in the New Year this will become the central point of all our club communications. Check out the latest news as a sample of things to come. 2010 teams will be added very shortly.

·         If anybody has website experience and would like to assist please let us know. 

2010 Training 

·         Please note that there have been some changes to venues for the start of training next week.  Please check below to ensure that you are at the right place. 

U/13     Tuesday 12/1/09 at Keira Oval at 9.30 am

U/14     Monday 11/1/09 at Keira Oval at 5 pm

U/15     Monday 11/1/09 at Keira Oval at 9.30 am

U/16     Tuesday, 12/1/09 at Keira Oval at 9.30 am 

Please note the following regarding training:- 

·         All players must be at training venue 30 mins prior to the start time.

·         All training sessions are CLOSED.  Parents are to drop players off to the coach or manager and return at the cessation of training.  Please ensure that you do not drop your child off without the coach or manager being present. 

Fees

·         Thank you to all players and parents that made registration day and committed there initial $1000 deposit. This has put the club in a good cash flow position and has allowed the purchase of our new strips and training equipment as well as funding refurbishment of our training grounds.

·         We are very aware that this cost is a substantial financial burden on parents particularly at this time of the year and we thank everybody for the excellent response. As far as we are aware we still have the 2^nd lowest fees in the Premier League.

·         Just a reminder that all fees must be completed in full by our gear collection date of 13 February, 2010.

Any outstanding payments that are not received will result in players not being available for the first competition date being 27 February, 2010. Unfortunately due to issues in past years this has been agreed as a club policy and coaches have agreed that this will be enforced.

·         Fee payments can be made directly to Cynthia at the Fraternity football offices.  

Playing Strips / Clothing

·          We are proud to announce Dixon Sports as our new strip supplier for the next 3 years after kindly coming on board will a 3 year

sponsorship deal to supply new strips, balls and training equipment to both the Junior and Senior club.       

·         The new strip and apparel is of high quality and I’m sure that we will be one of the best outfitted clubs in the league.

·         WE WILL BE HOLDING A GEAR COLLECTION DATE AT THE SOUTH COAST WOLVES OFFICE AT THE FRATERNITY

CLUB ON SATURDAY,  13 FEBRUARY, 2010 FROM 9.00 AM TO 11.00 AM.  GEAR WILL ONLY BE HANDED OUT IF ALL

OUTSTANDING REGISTRATION PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

·         Just a reminder that sizing of Black pants at, Lowe’s Menswear at Shellharbour needs to be completed by 8 JANUARY, 2010.

The pants will then be supplied as part of the kits.

·         It is very much appreciated by the club that players that have been with the club for several years and do not require additional new

pants are not obligated to order. Of course this is voluntary and we thank those that support the club. 

Coaches and Team Managers

·         Coaches and Team Managers have almost been completed and preseason training should have commenced for all teams.

13s – Coach - Alfredo Esteves,  Manager – Frank Belsito        

14s – Coach – Mark Vinton, Manager - Terry Lackenby

15s – Coach – Justin Standen, Manager – Craig Thompson

16s – Coach - Dino Muratovic, Manager TBC

18s – Coach – Peter Willis, Manager TBC

We still do not have Team Managers for the Under 16 and Under 18 teams.  If there is any parent interested in taking up these positions, could you please contact Cynthia as soon as possible.  

Junior Games

·         Junior games 13-16s will be played at Elizabeth Park, Bellambi on Saturdays

·         The 18s will generally play on Saturdays with the Juniors as in previous years but will also probably play some games on Sunday’s at WIN stadium with the Seniors. Final arrangements are still being made.

·         The following trial games have been confirmed:

Sunday Jan 24^th vs Apia (all grades) – venue still to be arranged

Sunday Feb 7^th vs Blacktown – Elizabeth Park (13’s-18’s)

Sunday Feb 14^th vs Sutherland – Seymour Shaw – (13’s-18’s)

Sunday Feb21st vs Marconi – Elizabeth Park – (13’s-18’s)

Physiotherapy

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·         Negotiations for providing a preferred Club Physiotherapist for all our junior players, is still being completed. It is hoped that an announcement can be made in the very near future.

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Junior Committee Members

·         The Junior Committee is pleased to welcome John Morlando, Sharon McGeown, Dennis Day and Brett Patterson to the committee for 2010 who join Jim Isabella, John Fish, Martin Littler, Ivan Ferraro, Warwick Young and Jenny Lewis.  We are still looking for a committee member from the Under 15’s and should anyone be interested, please contact the office on 42833379 to advise. 

Canteen

·         Apart from sponsorship the funds generated from our canteen is our major form of income. As stated in our previous newsletter we are very lucky to have a fantastic canteen coordinator in Jenny Lewis. However we still need a small number of people that are willing to help Jenny to run the canteen successfully particularly on game days. If you can help Jenny please let Cynthia at the office no who will put you in contact with Jenny.

·         A canteen roster will be developed by each age Team Manager to cover the canteen and BBQ duties for each home ground.  

Sponsorship / Fundraising

·         As everybody is aware it is a difficult task to gain sponsorship and fundraising dollars for community based clubs. We are very lucky to have two very valuable Junior club sponsors in Illawarra Coal and Toshiba TMIEC. In order to continue to consolidate and improve our club assets we are always looking for fundraising and sponsorship support. We are hopeful that one day we can secure our very own junior training and playing facility.

·         The junior committee would like to put together a fundraising committee that will work together to continue to provide smaller funds that will assist in the operation of the club and ultimately feed back into developing our young foot balling talent.

·         If you are willing to help please contact Cynthia at the main office.  

Junior Club Photographers

·         We require a number of budding photographers that would be willing to take photos at junior games throughout the season. Photos are used to send to the Illawarra Mercury, post on the website and to make team DVD’s that are played on presentation night and distributed to players.

·         Unfortunately two of our photographers from last year no longer have players in Junior teams and will not be available. At this stage we have two parents that have kindly offered to assist with taking photos of the 15s to 18s teams however we are still looking for parents in the 13s to 15s age groups that can assist with the younger teams. This can be a very rewarding roll so if you may be interested please call Cynthia at the main office, who will put you in contact with the relevant people. Tuition will be provided if required.  

Support Roles

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·         The club is still looking for people that may be interested in helping out in the following areas:

Managing website 

Publicity Officer – providing information to local media.

Ground maintenance – anybody that can help out with mowing, watering and general maintenance of our training facilities

Match Day Helpers – assist with coordination / running of match days at Bellambi

If any other form of assistance can be provided we are always looking for new ideas and support for running our Junior Club. We are trying hard to build up community ownership and would welcome any form of help, support or ideas on how we can improve our club as a whole. Please contact any of the current Junior Committee member if you think you can help. Many hands make light work.

Contact

For any matters dealing with the operation of the Junior Club please contact Cynthia in the Office who will distribute information to the relevant club personnel. Contact :  Cynthia Cuoco - 42833379             

Finally, the committee would like to thank you for your continued support and wish you all a safe and prosperous 2010.