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ROUND NINE
Was a very successfull weekend for the Club football with Under 11's, 13's, 15's & Girl's Youth recording very strong wins over their opponents leading into the second half of the draw. The Under 9's played a make up game with some Under 10's with some strong play and solid tackles from our young group whilst the Under 10's fell just short (in size and on the scoreboard) against a much bigger Highland Hawks team. The Under 10's were assisted by some very committed young Under 9's who helped out on the day

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Are you age 12 or Under. Would you like the opportunity to be named NAB Auskicker of the year and attend the 2009 AFL Grandfinal. If the answer is yes - Check out this website

NEXT WEEKEND

Complete Draws
Auskick Draw, Under 9 Draw, Under 10 Draw, Under 11 Draw, Under 13 Draw,
Under 15 Draw, Girls Youth Draw

Ground Information
Home Ground - Jock Brown,
Northern Tigers - Hollymount Park,
Wollongong Lions - North Dalton Park,
Figtree Roos - Figtree Park Figtree,
Port Kembla Dockers - King George Oval Port Kembla,
Dapto - Reed Park Dapto,
Albion Park - Croome Road Sporting Complex Albion Park,
Kiama - Bonaira Oval Kiama
Highland Hawks - Loseby Park Bowral

Reminder to parents.
All Council grounds including our Home ground of Jock Brown oval are Non Smoking

AUSKICK
Auskick parents are reminded that each Club is an Auskick Centre open to anyone registered. If an Auskick child has an older brother/sister playing at another ground they are welcome to join the Auskick session at that ground instead of having the family split between two grounds.

GIRLS / WOMEN IN AFL
Girls are permitted to play in the youth competition up until under 13's. After under 13's a seperate competition is conducted. The draw is incorporated with the Club draw information

CLUB SOCIAL GOLF - FUNDRAISING DAY
The Club has released the details of the Fundraising Golf day. Follow this link for the details. Remember teams and money in by July 7th - Game day Sunday July 12th

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Wet Weather Process

The Club has the authority to allow play on the home ground, when they are closed by the Council due to wet weather, provided an AFL Risk Assessment is carried out and found to be acceptable.

Current Wet Weather expectation - Ground Open

During periods of wet weather a risk assessment will be conducted by 6:30pm on the Friday evening prior and the result posted here on the website and on our SMS service by 7pm. Should the ground be satisfactory, but further rain expected, a further assessment may be conducted at 7am on game day depending on the distance to be traveled by our visiting team.

For training a decision will be made by 2pm on the day

The Club also has an SMS wet weather messaging service for when you do not have access to this site. Simply type in ssjafc and send the message to 19922767 and an updated message will be returned to you. This is a premium service that will cost you 55cents for the message
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2009 Playing Costs
The costs of participation have been set for 2009. Both Auskick (Under9) and Juniors will have a registration cost of $70. With Auskick the cost includes the Auskick pack provided by the AFL - Details available here

During registration the Club will provide the opportunity to purchase socks & shorts at bulk purchase costs. The prices for shorts and socks are considered bargain prices if you try and purchase locally and was undertaken due to the difficulty obtaining locally and to keep the team presentation uniform for our competition games.

The $70 registration fee covers the cost of League affiliation fees, Insurance, playing guernseys, playing and training equipment and council fees for use of grounds. As an indication the cost per player in 2007 was $79 making the support we receive from our sponsors and our fundraising activities so essential. Please support them whereever possible

Considering playing in 2009
If you’re 5 to 8 years old, you can take part in the Auskick Rookie program. This will help to develop your basic skills and participate in modified games.

If you’re 9 to 12 years old, we’ve created the Auskick Pro program where you can build on your existing skills through games and activities, getting you ready to participate in the Youth age groups.

Playing times are normally as follows with all games played on Saturday except Southern Highland Hawks, Dapto & Port Kembla who play on Sundays
The under 9's and 10's commenced at 8:45am
Under 11's and Auskick at 9:45am
Under 12's at 11:30am.
The under 13's at 12.55pm