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www.majurajsc.org.au June 26 2009

Majura Pitch Newsletter of Majura Football Club

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Farewell Jim Hayes

Profile of a Coach

Majura Coach Offer

Player Profile:

1.Ben Basser-Silk

2.Grace Basser-Silk

Pee Wees a changing

Under 7’s update.

Ref’s Whistle.

Clothing Store

News in brief.

Latest Match Reviews

Send your news, articles,

player profile and match

reports and season review to

[email protected]

Majura Football Club

For the record: We’ve changed our name, and thanks to Nick

Samaras, Canberra Weekly, for our new logo. Hope you like it.

The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) runs

football across the World, Australia now plays in the Asian Football

Confederation (AFC) , and of course in Australia our game is governed

by Football Federation of Australia (FFA) and locally by Capital

Football.

So in line with most other clubs across Australia we have changed our

club name.

But either way: Football or soccer we know what you mean.

Majura Football Club Captains (See page 10)

Majura FC is delighted to announce Michael Hicks and Lindsay

McAllister as our 2009 Club Captains.

Michael Hicks, President Rhonda Parkin and Lindsay McAllister

How many Coaches does your team have?

Parents please DON’T tell the players where to run, when to pass,

where to stand (positions) or what to do – that’s the Coach’s job.

Your advice puts pressure on your child and all the other children.

Please DO support our teams, encourage everyone and be positive.

Does it matter if our children make a mistake in football?

Please DON’T yell out things like ‘Big Kick’, ‘Just kick it’, ‘pass it’, ‘boot

it’ or variations on that theme – it doesn’t help our players in anyway.

And if you’d like to Coach, we’d love to have you next year. (Adapted

from FFA handbook)

Front Page

News in brief.

Volunteers’ Salute

From 10 to U 11’s

Majura Challenge

The Majura Quiz

Player Profile:

Lauren Keir

Patrick Maher

World Cup Launch

Club Captains

All your Match

Reviews, 9,10,

11,13 & 15

Kanga Cup

Robbie Hooker visit

World Cup Bid 2018

Majura helped launch

the Aussie bid for 2018

at Parliament House

recently.

Kevin Rudd, Frank Lowy

and a Majura Parent

were among the key

speakers. Who was she?

Answer: In the quiz



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Farewell Jim Hayes

Meet the Coach

Majura Coach Offer

Player Profile:

1.Ben Basser-Silk

2.Grace Basser-Silk

Pee Wees a changing

Under 7’s update.

Ref’s Whistle. Koala’s

MJSC Clothing Store

News in brief.


News in Brief:

Volunteers: CAN YOU HELP NOW?

Contact Rhonda Parkin: [email protected] for all

positions.

We urgently need:

Treasurer:

We use the MYOB package and can give you training for the last 7

weeks of the season.

Web Master:

We need someone to update and maintain our website.

Trophy Admin:

Could you join our trophy committee. No meetings involved and it

can be done from home ( we need someone to get updated team lists

from all managers to send to Trophy Link).

Thank you Chris Brown Chris has done a wonderful job as

Treasurer and Webmaster. Chris is unable to continue due to

personal reasons. We thank him for all his commitment and input

during his time at Majura FC.

Will your child play football at Majura for the

next five years, or more?

Are you going to stand and watch when you are really itching to get

involved? Thought about coaching your child but never played the

game? Why not get involved with your child’s development, and learn

a new skill while you’re at it?

Many parents come to football through their children. Use the skills

you bring from the games you played. Maybe you played Basketball,

Netball, AFL or Rugby, so why not bring those skills to a junior team

today!

Pee Wees for Girls

Any girl aged 4, 5 or 6 can still register for our special girl only

programme.

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Front Page

News in brief.


From 10 to U 11’s

Majura Challenge

The Majura Quiz

Player Profile:

Lauren Keir

Patrick Maher

World Cup Launch

Club Captains

All your Match

Reviews, 9,10, 11,13

& 15

Kanga Cup

Robbie Hooker visit



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Under 7’s Training

Former Technical Director Paul Whittingham takes a group of Under

7 boys/girls for skills training right after their Saturday morning

game.

Why not discuss with Paul what he’s offering and see if it suits your

child. (10.30am Saturday on the oval.)

Under 6-Under 10’s

Teach the Individual – Tactics will come later.

• Don’t worry about tactics or team strategies

• Encourage the players to express themselves, to try and

dribble rather than always passing the ball.

• U6-U10’s is the time for the player to learn how to master the

ball. He/she needs to feel comfortable running with it,

receiving etc. This should be the main focus of your training.

(Grassroots Coaching, FFA.)

Win a Nintendo Wii.

Canberra City, our partner Senior Club has a

Nintendo Wii Starter Pack, to be raffled at Canberra

City Men's PL Home Games.

How can you get a free ticket?

Next home game: Sunday, 28 June 2009 Canberra

City v Tugg Utd Hawker Encl 3pm KO.

MFC Clothing

MFC clothing is now available from 9.00am to 11.30am each Sat, look

for the signs to the shop on the oval near the committee room

building. If teams would like something the shop does not stock,

please ask Paul Cook as he may be able to source it for you.

Please support our Sponsors:

The Athlete’s Foot, Link Web Services, Essential Soccer, Yowani

Country Golf Club,JV Financial Group, VIISUM, Grindestone Australia,

Office PCS, Kanga Cup, Capital Football

FFA Technical Plan

The new Football

Development plan is

online at

www.footballaustralia.

com.au

Find out where you

child fits in the plan!

Front Page

News in brief.


From 10 to U 11’s

Majura Challenge

The Majura Quiz

Player Profile:

Lauren Keir

Patrick Maher

World Cup Launch

Club Captains

All your Match

Reviews, 9,10,

11,13 & 15

Kanga Cup

Robbie Hooker visit



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Volunteer of the Month.

Mick Eddleston.

“Mick Eddleston is a wonderful resource for the club, thank you

Mick!”

I have seen Mick over the years, coaching many teams and always

with enthusiasm. When Canberra City first had to have a U18Premier

Pathway League team my son Henry was in Mick’s Team, he was 16

at the time. I gained a lot of respect for Mick’s ethics and skills.

When I decided to do the referees’ course with my other son John, I

contacted MFC to say we would be available to ref if they needed us,

but that we were very junior and would need lots of assistance and

there’s Mick again!

Mick’s the ref Co-ordinator as well as coaching Canberra City U16PPL

and who knows how many other teams!

Mick reassured us that the course would have us ready to go at

reffing, gave us some profiteroles at a pre-season get together and

said see you tomorrow! Mick gave us the confidence to do the job,

which is exactly what we needed.

Louise Burgess, Club Referee.

Vale Lesley Redman:

Majura Life Member Lesley Redman passed away recently. Lesley

was an active volunteer for many, many years with the club.

“Lesley always had a smile on her face, she was never unhappy. That

was our Lesley. Majura Commitee and friends would like to extend

their condolences to Lesley’s family and friends,” said Club President

Rhonda Parkin.

Footy talk

Football at Majura is

one of the first team

sports our children

play.

Help make it a great

experience for them.

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News in brief.


From 10 to U 11’s

Majura Challenge

The Majura Quiz

Player Profile:

Lauren Keir

Patrick Maher

World Cup Launch

Club Captains

All your Match

Reviews, 9,10,

11,13 & 15

Kanga Cup

Robbie Hooker visit



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Warriors Under 11 Douglas Warnock gives a

players view on moving from Under 10’s to Under

11’s at Majura.

This has been a fantastic year so far for my soccer as I have a very

good team and we work together and play hard.

At the start of the season, I was a bit scared because I didn’t know

about how trials would go and what would happen or whether I

would get put into the team that I wanted.

Trials

The trials are not scary but they are a bit nerve racking before you get

there because you do not know what to expect.

Once you get there, you are just playing the same old game with the

same old people that you have been playing with the last few years.

Some of us were moved around a bit. Some were moved from higher

to lower and some were moved from lower to higher groups.

But it was really all about playing the best that you could. You must

remember to talk and let the selectors know that you are there. You

have to turn up to trials otherwise you will get into division 3.

Games

One of the different things this year is that we get to travel to

different clubs to play. This is good because you get to see other

teams that I have never played against and I might even see friends

on other soccer teams.

The games may be a bit harder but that means more fun for you

because you don’t just win all the games easy as cake.

Training is essential now that you are in U11s because you will be

playing people at your own level and training is more fun because

everyone is at a level like you.

Allocation day

Allocation day is nerve racking too because you don’t know which

team you are going to get into. But the great thing is that because of

the trials everyone is playing at a similar level to you no matter what

division you get into. I really wanted to be put into a good team but I

also wanted my friends to be in my team.

Only one of my friends got onto my team, but I knew that rest of the

team anyway.

Special thanks to Doug Warnock. Check out and support the

Warriors and all our Under 11 team games (Kick-off Sat 12.30)

A-League season 5

starts in August.

W-League and

Canberra United

start October.

Socceroos next

game is against

Ireland, in Dublin

(August)

Front Page

News in brief.


From 10 to U 11’s

Majura Challenge

The Majura Quiz

Player Profile:

Lauren Keir

Patrick Maher

World Cup Launch

Club Captains

All your Match

Reviews, 9,10,

11,13 & 15

Kanga Cup

Robbie Hooker visit



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Farewell Jim Hayes

Meet the Coach

Majura Coach Offer

Player Profile:

1.Ben Basser-Silk

2.Grace Basser-Silk

Pee Wees a changing

Under 7’s update.

Ref’s Whistle. Koala’s U10

MJSC Clothing Store

Coaching Tip

News in brief.


Take the Majura FC June Challenge:

How many Juggles can you do?

Majura Challenge: For ANY players, ANY age, from 3 to 70.

Challenge: How many juggles can you do by Presentation Day? Tell

your Coach as you improve. Depending on what level you are at

here’s a simple guide.

1.Bounce the ball on your right knee and catch it. 2.Bounce the ball on

your left knee and catch it. 3.Vary this and aim to do it THREE times

using both knees. (Great for strength training for 7-10 age yrs.)

4. Bounce the ball in front of you and then kick and let the ball bounce

each time....until you can get to 10 bounce and touch, bounce and

touch on both feet.

5. Gradually experiment with knees and feet and occasionally instead

of letting the ball bounce each time, try and keep it up.

6. Once your muscles, strength and touch develop you’ll be flying!

And then you can start flicking off your shoulder, head or anywhere

you like. Good luck!

Coaching Point: Agility, Passing/Receiving

Body position is crucial when we are receiving the ball. Most players

should usually take the ball with their instep, left or right, unless they

are Ronaldo in which case do

whatever you like!

Place two goals 10/15 metres

apart.

Player 1 and 2 start either side of

the same goal.

Player 1 passes the ball through the

goal to player 2.

Player 2 runs to the other goal and

passes to player 1.

They turn and head back to the

other goal.

Remember to change sides so both

feet are used.

Extra Challenge: Which team scores most goals in given time.

(Forfeit a goal if players hit a cone/post.)

Football Tip No 2 (Mini Football at Majura Coaching Tips.) Choosing the correct foot to receive the ball is critical. It will help you

to put yourself in the best position to play the next ball or change

direction.

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News in brief.


From 10 to U 11’s

Majura Challenge

The Majura Quiz

Player Profile:

Lauren Keir

Patrick Maher

World Cup Launch

Club Captains

All your Match

Reviews, 9,10,

11,13 & 15

Kanga Cup

Robbie Hooker visit

Coach: Do you need

some advice, or

maybe want to check

something out?

Majura has many

trained experienced

Coaches.

[email protected]

and your query will be passed

to those that can assist, and

don’t worry it’s not me☺



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Farewell Jim Hayes

Meet the Coach

Majura Coach Offer

Player Profile:

1.Ben Basser-Silk

2.Grace Basser-Silk

Pee Wees a changing

Under 7’s update.


MJSC Clothing Store

Coaching Tip

News in brief.


Majura Quiz time. 1 correct answer gains you 1 goal.

0 goals Maybe try and look at the answers first in future!

1-5 goals Great you’ve made the bench

6-12 goals You’re in the starting eleven. Awesome work

13-15 goals You’re a football expert...Fox Sport here you come!

Questions:

1. Which World Cup is Australia bidding to host?

2. Who scored for Australia in their recent 2-1 over Japan?

3. Who is the only Canberra-born Socceroo to have played in

most of the recent World Cup Qualifiers?

4. Canberra United’s new Coach is?

5. The previous Canberra United Coach who recently visited

Majura Under10’s is?

6. Name one, of the two, Majura Club Captains?

7. Where will Australia play in the 2010 World Cup?

8. If a team mate shouts “square,” when you have the ball in

football?

She means: A) you’re boring, B) your shirt is ruffled, C) the

direction to send the pass.

9. What colour shirt do Canberra United play in?

10. Name the Majura male representative player selected in ACT

Boys Schools representative side. (Clue he’s a keeper).

11. ABC 666 Radio Host 9-12 each weekday morning is also a

Majura parent. Who is she?

12. Who was the Majura Parent who helped launch the World

Cup bid recently along with the Prime Minister, Lucas Neill

and co?

13. A “SCROSS” in football is bad shot, a cross come shot, or a

back pass.

14. What is the new Majura Club name?

15. Who is the Socceroos Coach?

Answers on next page.

Front Page

News in brief.


From 10 to U 11’s

Majura Challenge

The Majura Quiz

Player Profile:

Lauren Keir

Patrick Maher

World Cup Launch

Club Captains

All your Match

Reviews, 9,10, 11,13

& 15

Kanga Cup

Robbie Hooker visit

“Unfortunately,

experience has shown us

that the teaching of

technique is all too often

neglected, with emphasis

placed instead on the

instruction of team

tactics and physical

condition.”

‘FFA Coaching’



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Player Profile: Lauren Keir

Age: 12

Team: Majura Under 13 Open Div 1

Coach: Damian Page

Best player on your team? All of us!

Favourite position: any defence position

Favourite A/W League player: Caitlin Munoz

Favourite Australian player: Caitlin Munoz

Favourite international player: Jamie Carragher (Mr Liverpool) /

David Beckham (Mr Cool)

Favourite A/W-League team: Canberra United Women

Favourite international team: Liverpool

Favourite football shirt: My Socceroos shirt

What do you like best about football? Having fun and beating the

boys

Is it football or soccer? both

Best pre-match meal: Nutri Grain

Best half time snack: drink - water

Best advice anyone ever gave you in football: Have fun, play hard

and never give up

If you weren’t playing football what would you be doing? Playing

touch, oz-tag or futsal

Sideline pass?

Did you criticise

your ref or thank

him/her today?

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News in brief.


From 10 to U 11’s

Majura Challenge

The Majura Quiz

Player Profile:

Lauren Keir

Patrick Maher

World Cup Launch

Club Captains

All your Match

Reviews, 9,10,

11,13 & 15

Kanga Cup

Robbie Hooker visit



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Player Profile: Patrick Maher

Age: 12

Team: Majura Under 13 Open Div 1

Coach: Damian Page

Best player on your team? All of us!

Favourite position: centre back/defender

Favourite A-League player: Archie Thompson

Favourite Australian player: Lucas Neill

Favourite international player: John Terry

Favourite A-League team: Newcastle Jets

Favourite international team: Chelsea

Favourite football shirt: My Newcastle United shirt, my uncles old

Manchester City shirt and my Majura shirt

What do you like best about football?

Playing in a team and long kicks

Is it football or soccer? Football and soccer

Best pre-match meal: Sausage Roll

Best half time snack: drink - gatorade

Best advice anyone ever gave you in football: Watch the player as

much as you watch the ball

If you weren’t playing football what would you be doing?

Playing any sport with friends

Front Page

News in brief.


From 10 to U 11’s

Majura Challenge

The Majura Quiz

Player Profile:

Lauren Keir

Patrick Maher

World Cup Launch

Club Captains

All your Match

Reviews, 9,10, 11,13

& 15

Kanga Cup

Robbie Hooker visit

Next newsletter: August.

Send your match reviews and

photos

to:[email protected]

Please ensure you have

permission from every player in

the photo. Thanks.



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Majura Launch Australia World Cup Bid.

Majura Parent Irene Mantinaos. Irene gave a great speech for all

the football parents, players and fans at the World Cup launch live on

Fox Sports. Lucas Neill, Kevin Rudd and Frank Lowy were a few of

the other speakers!

Majura Stars Katherine and Lucy Spencer with Socceroos Lucas

Neill.

Perk of the job? Majura Committee Member/Parent Stephen

Spencer interviews Socceroos keeper Mark Schwarzer at the launch.

Quiz Answers:

1 2018 and 2022, 2 Tim Cahill, 3. Carl Valeri, 4 Ray Junna, 5 Robbie

Hooker, 6 Lindsay McAllister, Michael Hicks 7, South Africa, 8 Pass it

along an imaginary side of a square. 9 Green 10 Jason Elliot Dunn 11

Alex Sloane 12 Irene Mantinaos 13 A cross come shot. 14. Majura

Junior Football Club 15 Pim Verbeek

Majura Representative Players:

Two Majura boys have been selected in the Primary/High Schools

representative teams. Woohoo!

Good luck to Jason Elliot Dunn and former Majura Junior Andre Saleh.

They’ll head to Adelaide in August to take on the other State and

Territories.

Front Page

News in brief.


From 10 to U 11’s

Majura Challenge

The Majura Quiz

Player Profile:

Lauren Keir

Patrick Maher

World Cup Launch

Club Captains

All your Match

Reviews, 9,10, 11,13

& 15

Kanga Cup

Robbie Hooker visit

Under 10 after

match talk

“Any more Jellies?”



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Farewell Jim Hayes

Meet the Coach

Majura Coach Offer

Player Profile:

1.Ben Basser-Silk

2.Grace Basser-Silk

Pee Wees a changing

Under 7’s update.


MJSC Clothing Store

Coaching Tip

The Majura Quiz

News in brief.

All your Match Reviews

Club Captain: Michael Hicks

Michael plays for the U18 Div 3, White team. The team is made up of

friends who wanted to play together for fun in their final season of

junior soccer.

Michael started with Majura in 1999 as an U9 Shark, and has played

every year since, except for 2008 when he had a severe break to his

right arm.

This did not stop him from being involved in the club as he agreed to

be the Saturday coach for the u18 div 3 team (which he would have

played in) when no-one would step forward to coach.

Michael’s highlights include Captain of the undefeated under 12

Premiers, under 13’s Coaches & Managers award and under 14’s

players’ player.

Michael is proud to have been selected as this year’s Club Captain and

is looking forward to visiting Majura, and meeting the Pee Wees and

other teams, in his Club Captain’s jumper.

Michael has an older brother David and identical twin sisters Kylie

and Rebecca, all who have donned the Majura colours.

Club Captain: Lindsay McAlister

Lindsay McAlister, U16G, started with Majura in 2001 as a 7 year old.

She has been with the same team of girls coached by Marcello Solar

for most of that time and was named Players’ Player in both 2004 &

2005.

Lindsay is in her second year of coaching. Lindsay and Tess

Hemmings are coaching the U10 Girls Twisters. Both are finding

coaching very rewarding as they watch the enjoyment and team spirit

that the younger girls show as they develop their skills.

Lindsay is also an accredited referee.

Lindsay was at work when the President rang to inform her that she

had been selected as Club Captain but rather than telling her the good

news her parents just told her that Rhonda wanted to see her the next

day about her coaching.

Lindsay assumed that she was going to be in some sort of trouble

(with Rhonda? Surely not!) and was very surprised and excited when

Rhonda told her the good news!

Lindsay says she is looking forward to visiting the field in her new

Club Captains'jumper to watch the mini's play."

Front Page

News in brief.


From 10 to U 11’s

Majura Challenge

The Majura Quiz

Player Profile:

Lauren Keir

Patrick Maher

World Cup Launch

Club Captains

All your Match

Reviews, 9,10, 11,13

& 15

Kanga Cup

Robbie Hooker visit

From the Coach

Under 7-10 players.

Don’t worry about

tactics or team

strategies

This is the time for the

player to learn how to

master the ball. (FFA)



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Majura Under 9: Swordfish

In the photo we have (not in order) Shuggie , Haggis, Race-car,

Snowman, Lochy, Sparky, Ronaldo, Nickname and Sean Connor. They

do have real names but I like the names I’ve given them better. The

parents are a great bunch as well.

The Under 9 Swordfish are a fantastic bunch of kids who continue to

show that they do really listen to what I am trying to teach them at

training.

They amaze me sometimes during games when they play the ball

wide, then down the line, then over to the front of goal in a few easy

moves , a bit of work on the finishing and “Bob’s your coach”.

Bob Parkin

Coach – U9 Swordfish

Under 10: Focus on Tsunamis.

After 5 weeks of football, and 5 defeats, mostly by narrow margins,

the Tsunamis won. Clearly the half-time chill out is the go. Good work

Coach, and good work girls.

Front Page

News in brief.


From 10 to U 11’s

Majura Challenge

The Majura Quiz

Player Profile:

Lauren Keir

Patrick Maher

World Cup Launch

Club Captains

All your Match

Reviews, 9,10,

11,13 & 15

Kanga Cup

Robbie Hooker visit

Like a Saturday lie-in?

Did you know Bob Parkin

and Jacko are at Majura at

6am every Saturday

setting up the ovals for us

all.



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Under 11’s Girls Teams update. (Red, White

and Blue)

Red Team: Majura 1 Woden Valley 1.

Lucy Spencer on the ball for Majura Under 11 Red team.

It was a game that had everything – great tackles, players running

until they could hardly breathe, end to end passing and a goal that

cannoned in off the cross bar after a series of passes that went from

one end of the field to the other.

No, definitely NOT the World Cup qualifier but the Majura 11 Girls

Reds playing Woden at Mawson earlier this month.

The game between the competition’s two undefeated teams ended 1-

1, with parents on both sides applauding the superb football from all

the girls, and pleading with the ref to call off the match before a

winning goal was scored in a match that neither team deserved to

lose.

Under 11s is often the most exciting year at Majura as it’s the year we

finish our intra-club comp and players take on teams from rival clubs.

For the 11 girls this has produced some great matches and wonderful

football. The Reds under coaches Paul Macor and Rob Janssens are

so far undefeated.

Over 1200 players

play football at

Majura FC.

Thanks to all our

volunteers for

making it happen.

Front Page

News in brief.


From 10 to U 11’s

Majura Challenge

The Majura Quiz

Player Profile:

Lauren Keir

Patrick Maher

World Cup Launch

Club Captains

All your Match

Reviews, 9,10,

11,13 & 15

Kanga Cup

Robbie Hooker visit



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The Whites:

Coach Jacqui has her Whites performing superbly. The Whites have

lost only one match, an unlucky defeat against a Grammar team

fielding its strongest side due to the school not being entered in the

Red comp.

The Blues.

Mim Soboslay-Moore, and Keelin Howe both scored their first and

second goals for Majura in only their second season. And they were

both delighted to inform last year’s Assistant Coach Heather Fitt of

their prowess. Great work Mim and Keelin.

Phoebe Flynn went one better, knocking in two goals in her very

first season.

The Blues have a number of girls who have never played football

before but Coaches Katya and Nadine from our under 15s girls have

done a superb job inspiring the team. After a few weeks finding their

feet the Blues scored their first goal in round 3 before a stunning 5-0

win in only their fourth match.

Stephen Spencer (11 Girls co-ordinator)

Majura Under 13 Girls

Coach: Brendan (BJ) Cook

Majura 3 Radford 0

The season has had a slow start for the U13G Div 1 team...that’s how

last month’s report started. Not a win or a goal to boot. But not only

have they won but I was there to see their first goal!

Sideline Comment.

My son has played for

two years and I never

realised just how much

volunteer work goes into

organising and coaching a

team.

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From 10 to U 11’s

Majura Challenge

The Majura Quiz

Player Profile:

Lauren Keir

Patrick Maher

World Cup Launch

Club Captains

All your Match

Reviews, 9,10,

11,13 & 15

Kanga Cup

Robbie Hooker visit



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Majura playing Radford on the biggest football pitch in the world,

were pressing hard and you could sense a goal.

When Emma Kirk sent a high ball in there appeared little danger for

the tall Radford keeper. But the bounce on our wonderfully hard

drought ridden pitch was so high that no-one could have caught it.

First goal and nice one Emma.

And did the Coach smile! He’s still smiling.

The season has had a slow start for the U13G Div 1 team with the full-

size pitch initially taxing the players' power and stamina. Half the

team has not played for a Majura Div 1 team before but the potential

is certainly there for some good results.

Hard work on fitness and technique in training sessions with Coach

BJ Cook is starting to pay off with a good win last week with goals

from Emma Kirk, Breanna Orrell and Claire Bailey. The team is

starting to move away from defensive play and pick up on scoring

chances.

Majura U15 Div 1 (Majura One)

Majura U15 Div 1 (Majura One) are heading to Kanga Cup! The

team formed this year and has been finding its feet with the full range

of outcomes so far this season - win, draw and loss. Spirits and

expectations are high and the team is looking forward to playing

some interstate teams

Warwick McDonald (MJSC U15 Div 1 Manager)

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Canberra kids, or just a

team to support?

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Membership and bring

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the Capital.

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Front Page

News in brief.


From 10 to U 11’s

Majura Challenge

The Majura Quiz

Player Profile:

Lauren Keir

Patrick Maher

World Cup Launch

Club Captains

All your Match

Reviews, 9,10,

11,13 & 15

Kanga Cup

Robbie Hooker visit



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Majura at the Kanga Cup:

Good luck to all our Majura Kanga Cup team.

I know, I know, it’s about the taking part, but I’ll take a win as well.

Last years Majura Under 13’s made headlines in the Canberra Times

winning the trophy in a thrilling penalty shootout.

And they’re back to defend their title. Go you Hurricanes.

Assistant Matildas Coach Robbie Hooker visits

Majura U10’s.

.

U/10 girls teams Storm, Tornadoes and Whirlwinds were delighted

to have ACTAS Coach and former Canberra United Coach Robbie

(Hooksie) Hooker take them through a recent training session.

The girls had a great time and really learnt a lot.

Robbie told them that if they really wanted to make it into the

Matilda’s or any elite team they needed to spend 10,000 hours

over the next ten years practising. The girls calculated that this

meant at least 2.5 hours practise a day – that’s a lot! For a parent

that’s obsessive compulsive!

Footy Talk:

Central Coast

Mariners are

expected to play two

A-League games in

Canberra this year.

Check out

www.capitalfootball.com.

au for all the local

information

Front Page

News in brief.


From 10 to U 11’s

Majura Challenge

The Majura Quiz

Player Profile:

Lauren Keir

Patrick Maher

World Cup Launch

Club Captains

All your Match

Reviews, 9,10,

11,13 & 15

Kanga Cup

Robbie Hooker visit

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