Capital Football Summer 20s League - It's On Again!

Captal Football have asked for expressions of interest from Clubs for the purpose of particpating in the 2010/2011 Summer 20's League competition. Good news!

You may recall that Capital Football put the initial Summer 20s (for Men Under 20 Years of age) on at very short notice. It was a terrific initiative, if a bit hurried, but it provided a much needed Football competition for young players between the main 2009 and 2010 seasons. To their everlasting credit, four Premier League Clubs stepped up to the mark and fielded teams:

• Canberra FC
• Woden Valley FC
• Belconnen United
• Tuggeranong United

It was a highly entertaining competition, played in good style by young players, playing at age. The games were played at Hawker on the new Tiger Turf surface, making for good football in all conditions. You would have been hard to please if you didn't find considerable pleasure in the football played by most of our best Under 20 players.

The initial Summer 20's was won by Woden Valley FC and after a hard 2009 PL season, it was just the tonic:

Hey, why not make it a condition of play that the teams play 1-4-3-3? Make it a real development opportunity and pick a team to represent the ACT at an invitational fixture against an A League Youth team? The winning Coach gets the honour of coaching the representative team. This is a red hot opportunity to do something for this age group outside normal club competition. How about Capital Football providing a new Club Summer 20s badged strip for each particpating team - now that would help a lot!

There is no excuse for any Premier League club not fielding an Under 20 team in this year's Summer 20s.

Now, what about Women's Football in the off season - what's the plan?