SA Footy

zedman wrote:

jo172 wrote:Realise the League's hands were tied, but some sad looking 6 team U18 divisions.

flinders park have two teams??

shouldnt they be sharing?

Had two teams last year too.

Given the notorious difficulty of fielding an under 18 team it's pretty bloody impressive in my view. Good luck to them.

jo172 wrote:

zedman wrote:

jo172 wrote:Realise the League's hands were tied, but some sad looking 6 team U18 divisions.

flinders park have two teams??

shouldnt they be sharing?

Had two teams last year too.

Given the notorious difficulty of fielding an under 18 team it's pretty bloody impressive in my view. Good luck to them.

First club ever to have 2 under 18s teams as well. Second team was competitive as well.

Nah, I reckon SMOSH W/L had two U18 teams about 5 or 6 years ago (and now ironically, have none)

Footy Chick wrote:Nah, I reckon SMOSH W/L had two U18 teams about 5 or 6 years ago (and now ironically, have none)

Maybe because they'd be 23-24 now.

carey wrote:

Footy Chick wrote:Nah, I reckon SMOSH W/L had two U18 teams about 5 or 6 years ago (and now ironically, have none)

Maybe because they'd be 23-24 now.

When are you going away again?

Footy Chick wrote:Nah, I reckon SMOSH W/L had two U18 teams about 5 or 6 years ago (and now ironically, have none)

according to saafl history dating back to 2007 it says otherwise.

Unfortunately, there are less and less teenagers playing footy in the northern suburbs (we don't have issues like college footy etc), they just aren't playing. The school I work at in the north has four games of soccer going at lunchtimes and maybe 2-3 kids kicking a footy to each other. We had an 18s last year but with 8-10 coming up the seniors, and the next grade of juniors as U14s, there just wasn't the numbers.

12 years ago I remember having Salisbury, Salisbury West, Eastern Park, Smithfield and Central United in an U17N comp. Played U15s against Salisbury North and Elizabeth as well in the old CDJFL. The times, they are a changin'.

Pag wrote:Unfortunately, there are less and less teenagers playing footy in the northern suburbs (we don't have issues like college footy etc), they just aren't playing. The school I work at in the north has four games of soccer going at lunchtimes and maybe 2-3 kids kicking a footy to each other. We had an 18s last year but with 8-10 coming up the seniors, and the next grade of juniors as U14s, there just wasn't the numbers.

12 years ago I remember having Salisbury, Salisbury West, Eastern Park, Smithfield and Central United in an U17N comp. Played U15s against Salisbury North and Elizabeth as well in the old CDJFL. The times, they are a changin'.

Agree

I run a sports and ref centre and year by year our social soccer teams and junior soccer teams are growing and growin and that is with very little marketing.

One part of this i think especially in the northern suburbs is with the influx of immigrants they just aren't interested in Aussie rules despite the attempts to give them the opportunity.

Throw in factors like affordability, parents working 7 day rosters, society not liking to be in an uncomfortable state (cold wet winter) it's getting harder and harder for all sporting clubs to attract players to start with

Imho Aussie Rules can't go decade after decade losing the junior participation war and expect to remain the peak sport in this country forever

Kernahan has done some work in this area
Around 60% of junior footballers don't go on to play U18's
Maybe the AFL should address that with their $Bn instead paying more to the current players

Jimmy_041 wrote:Kernahan has done some work in this area
Around 60% of junior footballers don't go on to play U18's
Maybe the AFL should address that with their $Bn instead paying more to the current players

But girls are playing so pump the dollars into that and put our head in the sand about all other leagues and age groups.

Footy Chick wrote:

Look Good In Leather wrote:

the milky bar kid wrote:RIP - LGIL posting "it's not amateur" every week

Reality has finally been accepted - yay!

State Amateur Team gone too and a new rep jumper for the League

I suppose the league decided it needed to move with the times which happens when a competition is increasing in size as against reducing

Less is more

whufc wrote:

Pag wrote:Unfortunately, there are less and less teenagers playing footy in the northern suburbs (we don't have issues like college footy etc), they just aren't playing. The school I work at in the north has four games of soccer going at lunchtimes and maybe 2-3 kids kicking a footy to each other. We had an 18s last year but with 8-10 coming up the seniors, and the next grade of juniors as U14s, there just wasn't the numbers.

12 years ago I remember having Salisbury, Salisbury West, Eastern Park, Smithfield and Central United in an U17N comp. Played U15s against Salisbury North and Elizabeth as well in the old CDJFL. The times, they are a changin'.

Agree

I run a sports and ref centre and year by year our social soccer teams and junior soccer teams are growing and growin and that is with very little marketing.

One part of this i think especially in the northern suburbs is with the influx of immigrants they just aren't interested in Aussie rules despite the attempts to give them the opportunity.

Throw in factors like affordability, parents working 7 day rosters, society not liking to be in an uncomfortable state (cold wet winter) it's getting harder and harder for all sporting clubs to attract players to start with

Imho Aussie Rules can't go decade after decade losing the junior participation war and expect to remain the peak sport in this country forever

Huh? Soccer fees are outrageous.

I heard a figure around $600 a season for a junior club in the western suburbs.

HH3 wrote:I heard a figure around $600 a season for a junior club in the western suburbs.

$880 for a junior at a soccer club near me

Brodlach wrote:

HH3 wrote:I heard a figure around $600 a season for a junior club in the western suburbs.

$880 for a junior at a soccer club near me

Yeah but at least they get acting and diving lessons included

Footy Chick wrote:

Brodlach wrote:

HH3 wrote:I heard a figure around $600 a season for a junior club in the western suburbs.

$880 for a junior at a soccer club near me

Yeah but at least they get acting and diving lessons included

Might even see a goal scored now and then!

Get to play female rules every game

the N.E.M.J.A use to have a big rotation of umpires each year i know in the last 2 years it had dropped now with the merge i expect more to fall away

Brodlach wrote:

HH3 wrote:I heard a figure around $600 a season for a junior club in the western suburbs.

$880 for a junior at a soccer club near me

Try $400 a qtr for swimming plus GST.
Swims 8 hrs max a week over 5 sessions.
GST came in 6 months ago.
Add tournaments on that cost, $11 a swim, swim for 2 mins tops over 3 events.
Government bangs on about getting kids active instead of getting fat, how about subsidizing people that have an interest in keeping fit at 12 ffs.

Computer Crashed wrote:Try $400 a qtr for swimming plus GST.

Haha yep! Baby swim classes at Clovercrest State swim are $87 per month, or $20 for a casual visit..