Juniors
Kanga Cup - U-15 Girls win Final; U-14 Boys finish close to reaching Final
Coastal Spirit sent an U-14 Boys and an U-15 Girls team to the Kanga Cup in Canberra, Australia in July. The U-15 Boys were in Pool A with 4 Australian teams: Belnorth (4-2), Brindabella Lightning (7-1), Woden Valley (4-0) and Colo SFC (1-4), in the playoff group Coastal Spirit lost to Adelaide City 1-3 and beat Gungalin Strikers 7-2Although missing out on reaching the Final, they won their Cup's Fair Play Award. The U-15 Girls were in Pool A with 4 Australian teams: Gladesville Ravens (1-0), Tuggeranong Comets (12-0), Belnorth (10-0) and Tuggeranong Meteors (19-0). In the semi-finals CSFC beat Tuggeranong Jillaroos 8-0 and won 6-0 in the Final v Feng-Si JHS (Chinese Taipei).
More Kanga Cup info | U-14 Boys Kanga Cup results | U-15 Girls Kanga Cup results | CSFC Reports
Japan Cup reps
Four Coastal Spirit players have been selected for the Canterbury U-12 squad to play in the Japan Cup:
- Ben Stroud
- Oliver Lidstone>
- Allan Morrison
- James Visser
2009 Holiday Coaching Programme: 6-9 July
Coastal Spirit FC runs Holiday Coaching programmes open to any CSFC junior player aged 5 - 14 years.
More information and registration form
Junior grade changes
For some Junior grades there has been a need for Mainland to rejig the competition. Ranging from 10th to 19th grades, your competition may have changed. Use this link to find more information.
CSFC 2009 Federation Reps
Congratulations to Tournament winners: Mainland U-14 Girls and Mainland U-15 Girls
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The Coastal Spirit FC Management and Club are proud to announce to the following players have been selected to represent Mainland Federation at the 2009 National Football Championships:
Under-14 Girls
- Haley McKnight
- Laura Merrin
Under-15 Girls
- Sarah Terris
- Isla Smith
- Chloe Jones
- Kathryn Van Empel
- Sorren Henderson
- Ashleigh Ward
- Melanie Cameron
- Mollie Cairns
- Jemma Dockerty
Under-16 Girls
- Hannah Wong
- Nicole Merrin
Under-14 Boys
- Iain Davidson
- Jayden Booth
- Taylor Catlow
- Aaron Spain
- Kaz Koyama
- Eli Wilson-Kelly
- Connor Lidstone
- Matt Baker
- Josh Wright
Under-15 Boys
- Cory Mitchell
Under-16 Boys
- Tristan Nicol
- Ali Nazari
- Daniel Palethrope
- Jacob Fitzgerald-Kearns
- Theo Manuel
2009 Volunteer Junior Coordinator Required
Coastal Spirit FC is looking for a dedicated person to take control (responsiblity for the development and day-to-day running) of our junior in-house grades for midgets (5th-8th grade) based at Bexley.
Responsibilities for this position:
- Allocation of playing fields
- To ensure draws (fixtures) and results are managed effectively
- Positive Communication reporting to Junior Club Captain.
- Management of team selections on a weekly basis to ensure the players are rotated regularly
Please contact Gareth Turnbull for more information.
2009 Junior Kick-off times
Kick-off times for junior grades [52kB PDF]
2009 Coaching Criteria
In line with Coastal Spirit's philosophy to be the leaders, we have designed a coaches' development pathway that will ensure that all of our coaches are firstly striving towards a greater goal, but are also suitably qualified to be coaching the teams that they are responsible for.
Download the criteria: 2009 Coaching Criteria [90kB PDF].
Coaching Resources
Coastal Spirit FC offers our coaches a wide range of coaching resources. Reach our on-line coaching resources through the following link:
Coastal Spirit FC Coaching
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