Season - 2022 Preseason & Payment Reminder

On behalf of the committee Minchinbury Jets Soccer Club committee, I would like to welcome all of you to the 2022 season. Whilst we will still have some COVID-19 conditions in place for year, this season promises to be a return to a more normal type of soccer season. Good luck for the season ahead. We hope that you all have fun and enjoy your soccer this year. Yours in soccer The Minchinbury Jets Soccer Club Committee Additional Registration and Payment Day We have scheduled an additional registration and payment day for this coming Saturday, 19th February at Minchinbury Reserve from 9:00am to 2:00pm. You will be able to pay your registration fees and register on the day. Players will also be able to purchase uniforms from our uniform shop on the day. Age groups are filling quickly, so we advise players who have not yet registered to go to our club website www.minchinburyjets.com and click on the link to register straight away. 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. This year we will also be holding a free sausage sizzle for the players and parents to help welcome you to the 2022 season. 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 As we have only 1 team in each junior comp age group (ages 12- 16), we will get the teams together for a "Meet the Coach" on Saturday 26th February. Times for the Junior Comp Team Meet the Coach Day are 12's &13's - start at 1:00pm 14's, 15's, 16 Boys and 16 Girls - start at 2:00pm Senior Teams Get Togethers We will be getting our All Age Men, All Age Ladies, Over 30 Women and Over 35 Men together during the first week of March. You will be contacted by text message to advise the date and time. The Premier league are already organised and training and do not require a meeting. The 2022 Season This year all teams except the Premier League are scheduled to play 18 rounds. Round 1 will kick off on Friday 1st April for our Overs 35 Men and Over 30 Women, Saturday 2nd April for our MiniRoos (5-11 years) and Junior Comp (excluding the 16 Girls), and Sunday 3rd April for our All Men, All Age Ladies and Our 16 Girls. Our Premier League and Premier League 21's is scheduled to play 21 rounds and will kick off their season on Saturday 12th March. We look forward to seeing you all out on the field enjoying your soccer. Coaches and Managers Meeting Our club will be holding a coaches and managers meeting next Tuesday 22nd March starting at 7:00pm. The meeting will be a briefing on what will be happening this season and run through the electronic match sheet that is in place for the 2022 season. We ask that one team official from each team attend if possible. If your team is training on Tuesday, night we ask that the manager attend the meeting. Outstanding Registration Fees All players must have their registration fees paid in full to be eligible to play in round 1. The payment cut-off date for round 1 for the Premier League is Sunday 28th February. The payment cut-off date for round 1 for all other teams is Friday 11th March. Whilst players may pay us after these dates, we cannot guarantee that they will be eligible to play in round 1 as Blacktown Association requires time to process registrations and have players on team sheets. Payments can be made by at our registration days, our Meet the Coach Day, by paying over the phone to our Treasurer, Steve Elcock, or by direct bank deposit into the club's account. For details for direct deposit please contact our Treasurer, Steve Elcock on 0413 515 313 or our club president, Stephen Bradbury, on 0419 170 717. The Draw The draw for the competition is still being worked on by Blacktown Soccer Association. The draw for the first few weeks of the season should be available by late March. We will advise you when the draw is available. Do You Know Your Team, Coach and Manager? In a club with around 400 players, it is difficult for our committee to be able to manage every player on an individual basis. Whilst we will make every effort to help our members, the committee is often busy on weekends and training nights organising games and other club activities. Some of our committee members also have kids who play or are coaching and managing teams. Ideally, all players of all teams should be aware of their team and have contact details of both the team coach and manager. If you do not have their contact details, please ask them, we are sure that they will be happy to provide them to you. The same goes for training. All teams will be assigned training times and areas in which to train. These will remain the same throughout the season. There should be no players looking for their teams on their training nights. Are Your Contact Details Up to Date? All our team coaches and managers have player lists with contact details of their player. This information is drawn from your player registration records. We know that mobile numbers and email addresses can change from time to time. We ask that if you do change any of your details (including your address details) that you advise your team's manager so that they can update their contact list and then advise the club so that we can update our records. Club Website This season we have a new website and new website address. Our new website address is www.minchinburyjets.com. If you have any suggestions for the website or our Facebook page, please send an email to the club through the email contact address on our website and the committee will consider your suggestion. The website contains links to the Blacktown Soccer Association website and contains all that you need to keep up with the latest in our club. Wet Weather Information In the event of wet weather, we will contact your team coach and manager as soon as we are made aware of ground closures. Our club website also has information on ground closure. Alternatively, you can call the Blacktown Council wet weather line on 9839 6575 or check out the Blacktown Council website on www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au. Players are asked to contact their team officials if they are unsure of ground closures. Please do not assume that matches are cancelled just because it's raining. Club Newsletter If you have changed or updated your email address, please email your new email details to Stephen Bradbury at steveandkerrib@bigpond.com and we will update your details to ensure that you receive the weekly newsletter and stay up to date with what is happening in the club. Please be assured that your email address will not be published or given to any other party. That's all for now. Please feel free to offer any contributions to the next issue of our newsletter. Any contributions can be emailed to Stephen Bradbury at steveandkerrib@bigpond.com Have a great weekend! 16/02/22