Welcome to Minchinbury Jets Soccer Club for the 2023 winter season. After a couple of seasons affected by Covid and last season being affected by rain, we look forward to the 2023 season running without interruption. The 2023 season is planned to be an 18 round season starting early April and running through to August, with finals in early September.

We invite all 2022 season players, coaches & managers to register with our club for the 2023 season. Online registrations open on Wednesday 4th January. Please register as early as possible to ensure that you have a place in a team.

Registrations

Dribl Registration System

As per 2022, Blacktown Association is using the Dribl registration system.

FFA Numbers

If you have played, coached or managed previously you will have an FFA number. Players who played in the Blacktown Association in 2022 will have their FFA number in their Dribl account and will not need to provide it. Players new to Minchinbury who have played in another association previously will need to contact Playfootball to obtain their FFA number. The link to their support desk on their website is: https://support.playfootball.com.au/support/solutions/articles/22000244363-participant-how-to-locate-an-ffa-number

Players who have not played before will have an FFA number assigned to them by Blacktown Association once the registration is processed by the club.

How to Register

Before you log in to register, you will need to have a few things ready to register. These are:

1) A photo to upload – this should be a head and shoulders photo like a driver’s licence photo. Please note that no caps or sunglasses are to be worn in the photo

2) An Active Kids Voucher number (if you are a school aged child eligible for one).

3) Your FFA number (if new to the association in 2023).

4) For coaches, managers and officials – a working With Children Number.

To make it easier for you, we have a link to the Dribl registration portal on our club website, www.minchinburyjets.com. Once on our club homepage please click on the “Register Today” tab at the top of our home page

For New Players

Click on the “Create Account” button. This will take you to the Dribl registration portal.

If you have not previously registered in Dribl you will need to enter your details and create a password and click on “Create an Account”. You will then receive an email from Dribl to verify the account. Click on “verify account”. Once you have verified your account you will be able to log into your account and register. Please note that if you have multiple family members registering, you will only need to create one account as multiple family members can be registered under one account.

For Returning Players and Players with a New Account

Click on the “Sign In” button on the Club Webpage. This will take you to the Minchinbury page in Dribl where you will be able to register with Minchinbury Jets

Payments

Once you have registered online you have two options for payment. The first is to pay us online as part of the online registration process. The second is to print out your invoice and bring it along to one of our Club Information Days. When full payment is received, the club will accept your registration. Please note that all registration fees must be paid in full before the club can process a player’s registration. The club will not register any player who is not fully paid up or has an outstanding Active Kids Voucher. The club also has Zip Pay facilities for anyone requiring a payment plan

NSW Government Active Kids Program

The NSW Government will continue the Active Kids Program in 2023 and is offering a $100 voucher to any child between the age of 5 and 18 who is attending full time school in NSW. Parents can apply for their child’s vouchers through Service NSW. Our club website www.minchinburyjets.com has a link to Service NSW that can be accessed by clicking on the “AKV" button.

Please get your Active Kids Voucher number before you log on to register as it will be required when registering. Please also be aware that once a registration is fully paid for there is no refund of payments if an Active Kids Voucher is provided afterwards.

Registration fees

This season, we return to “normal” registration fees without the “Covid rebates” that were applied to 2022 registrations. In addition to this, our parent bodies – Blacktown Association, Football NSW and Football Australia – have all increased their fees this season by a total of $20. To help offset this rise, the Minchinbury Jets SC committee has agreed to absorb $10 of the increase so that our members will only have a $10 increase to their fees this year. The registration fees for 2023 are:

Ages 5 - 7 $220*

Ages 8 – 11 $225*

Age 12 $250*

Ages 13 -16 $255*

Age 17 $275*

Age 18 $295*

*Players are eligible for the $100 Active Kids voucher if they are full time school students.

Age, 19 and 20, All Age, Over 30 Women & Over 35’s $400

Premier League $410

All registration fees include all weekly match / referee fees and a club fund raising levy. No further match fees or fund raising will be required during the season.

Club Information Days and Payment of Fees

We will be holding 4 Club Information Days. These are to help finalise the registration of players and officials and for player registration fee payments. Our Club Information Days will be held at Minchinbury Reserve, Minchin Drive, Minchinbury (our home ground) on the following days:

Saturday 28th January; 4th February; 11th February; and 18th February from 9:00am to 2:00pm.

Meet The Coach Day

Every year, the club holds a “Meet the Coach” day for our MiniRoos (ages 5-11) where we organise the players into teams and ask for volunteers to help coach and manage the teams.

Our “Meet the Coach” Day will be held on Saturday 26th February. The times for this will be:

5’s, 6’s and 7’s – start at 9:00am

8’s and 9’s – start at 10:00am

10’s and 11’s – start at 11:00am

We ask that everyone arrive 15 minutes prior to their start time to get their name checked off.

Grading for Junior Comp Teams

Grading of junior comp teams (ages 12- 17) will depend on the number of teams that we have in each age group and how many new players sign up in our junior comp teams. If numbers are like last season, we will get the teams together for a “Meet the Coach” (date and times to be confirmed). If grading trials are required, they will be run in the first week of March.

Uniforms & Club Gear

Playing Shirts

Playing shirts are provided to all teams free of charge. These are given to your team manager at the start of the year and must be returned at the completion of your last game in 2023. Players who don’t return their shirt will be declared unfinancial and excluded from club presentations.

Other Uniform Items and Club Gear

The club will have shorts and socks and other club gear available for purchase and collect at our club registration days and throughout the season. You can also order and pay for your gear online at any time throughout the season through our club website www.minchinburyjets.com and have it ready for pick up at registration days or training sessions.

Please note that all uniforms must be paid for in full at the time of purchase

Method of Payment

To help with your registration & uniform payments our club can accept payments via cash, cheque, EFTPOS (from savings accounts) and credit card (MasterCard & Visa only). The online registration system will accept Mastercard and Visa card payments only. A small surcharge is applicable on all registration payments made through the Playfootball website.

Coaches & Managers

As always, the club cannot function without the help of our volunteer coaches & managers. We invite all adults involved as parents or players to consider helping as a coach or manager. The club will help provide training and ongoing support for these positions. All coaches and managers can register online through the same process as players or can come down to our registration days to register. If you wish to apply for a coaching or team management position, you must present a suitable photo ID and must complete the appropriate “Working with Children” paperwork.

Club Newsletter

During the season the club emails out a newsletter to all players and team officials. This helps to keep everyone in touch with what is happening with your club. We ask that if you change your email address, please email the club secretary at steveandkerrib@bigpond.com with your new email address so we can ensure that you are kept up to date with the latest club news.

Sponsorship

Our club has enjoyed the support of many valued sponsors over the years. We would like to thank all of them for their support and hope to continue our association over the 2023 season.

If you would like to become involved in our club as a sponsor please contact our Club Sponsorship Coordinator, Daryl Walker on 0418 122 001, for further information. Sponsorship packages start from as little as $500 per season

Queries & Club Website

If you have any queries regarding anything covered in this letter, or any matter concerning local soccer, our club or the Blacktown Soccer Association, please feel free to check out our website (www.minchinburyjets.com) or contact either our Club Registrar, Sam Dannawe on 0412 467 261 or our Club Secretary, Stephen Bradbury on 0419 170 717. We would be happy to hear from you.