FFA National Junior Championships - Under 13 Girls and Under 13 Boys

The FFA National Junior Championships for 2010 will begin on Easter Monday, 5 April 2010 and the Under 13 years Boy and Girls competition will be held in the ACT. The draw has been released by the FFA and is listed below - so clear your diary and treat yourself to a "festival of Football"!

I can't recommend this competition too highly. It's the one chance we all have to make some assessment of the standard of Football in Australia at this age group. Is the FFA's new National Curriculum making an impact?

The ACT teams have been well prepared by Capital Football and their Coaches, parents can see the end to a lot of hard work for all concerned, so let the games begin. Remember, its all about "development". Do everything you can to make the young players, all of them, feel good about what they are doing. Only positive things from the sideline - no criticism please. The game belongs to the players. Let the game be the teacher.

The ACT teams who will participate are as follows:

ACT Girls Under-13 FFA National Championships Squad: Hayley Armstrong, Emma Bestek, Freya Brent, Brigette Calabria, Caitlin Cantrill, Julia De Angelis, Jessica Giovinazzo, Mikaela Goldstein, Hiwot Johnstone, Ruth Kravis, Melissa Leary, Edwina Nelson, Siena Senatore, Madelyn Whittall, Phoebe Worth, Georgina Worth, Clea Porteous Borthwick (standby), Hollie Massey (standby)

ACT Boys Under-13 FFA National Championships Squad: Nathan Alferink (gk), Sam Brown (gk), Jack Elliott-Dunn (gk), Amir Adam, Anthony Giorgi, Daniel Hearle, Niko Kresic, Jed Lloyd, Sam McLachlan, Adrian Macor, Thomas Milicevic, Thomas Nikolovski, Brady Nixon, Andre Saleh, George Timotheou, Mark Tokich, Niko Ujdur, Lewis Bates (stand by player), Osman Fofanah (stand by player), Will Laird (stand by player), Shaun Neuss (stand by player), Simon Noveski (stand by player), Dominic Soriano (stand by player)



For the detailed draw see below.

ACT FIXTURES

GIRLS’ UNDER-13

Monday 5 April v Queensland (10.30)
Monday 5 April v New South Wales Metro (13.30)
Tuesday 6 April v South Australia (08.30)
Tuesday 6 April v Northern New South Wales (15.30)
Wednesday 7 April v Victoria Metro (08.30)
Wednesday 7 April – All Stars Match (13.30)


BOYS’ UNDER-13

Thursday 8 April v New South Wales Metro 2 (08.45)
Thursday 8 April v New South Wales Country (13.45)
Friday 9 April v Northern Territory (09.45)
Friday 9 April v Victoria Country (13.45)
Saturday 10 April v Tasmania (10.45)
Saturday 10 April – All Stars Match (13.45)



Location : All matches takes place at O’Connor Enclosed, Pedder Street, O’Connor