Junior Football May Update – Season highlights and more

🏉 Our junior football program is off to a flying start in 2025, with strong participation, great coaching, and plenty of community support! 🏉

✅ Early Season Highlights

U9, U10, and U12 teams have hit the ground running, with two rounds complete and everything running smoothly thanks to committed coaches and team managers.
Under 14 and 16 jumper presentation and parent info night was a huge success, with great feedback from families – thanks to Scotty and Hammy for making it happen!
All three U14 teams have started strong with a fantastic group of kids, coaches, and families. A big shout out to Ben Jarman, who’s doing a top job as age group coordinator.
U16s are off to a solid start and are working through grading matches. Thanks to Tony Lee for all of his hard work.

👏 Special Thanks

Matty Leith for sorting bibs, cones, and equipment tubs for our juniors.
Jock for building extra goalposts – they’ll be put to use this weekend at Friers.

👨‍🏫 Welcome to Our New Coaches

We’re excited to welcome a fantastic group of new coaches to the junior program:
Nick Waters, Aaron Fitch, Benny Gray, Brad Jones, Simon Hill, and Justin Moran.

🔍 Key updates and callouts

Mother’s Day Training Night (now Thursday, 15 May)
Big Freeze — Team Sock Sponsorship. We’re nearly there, with only a few teams still needing sponsorship for their team MND socks!
Concussion Professional Development — an opportunity for all parents and players. Details to come.
Senior players are providing — Thanks to Scotty for driving this initiative.
Wellbeing Officer volunteer — We are seeking a couple of nominations for our junior football Wellbeing Officers. Andrea Douglas leads a team of volunteers. Anyone interested should contact me.

Wrap-up
We’re building something special this season, and it’s thanks to the collective effort of our coaches, volunteers, families, and players. Here’s to a strong year ahead for our junior Saints!

Go Saints!

Simone Segrave
Junior Football