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PO Box 302
Thirroul, NSW, 2515
Australia
secretary@thirroulfootball.com.au
Thirroul Junior Football Club has more than 400 juniors in teams from Under 6s to Under 18s. The club's aim is to foster football by creating an environment for our Thunderbolts players where success is judged - not by winning - but by having fun, improving skills and participating in a club that is active within the community.
Thirroul JFC has more than 600 players from Under 6s to Senior Men's and Women's teams. The club's aim is to foster football by creating an environment for our Thunderbolts players where success is judged - not by winning - but by having fun, improving skills and participating in a club that is active within the community.
Gibson Park and all Wollongong Council grounds are closed for training until further notice. An updated version of the Football South Coast Wet Weather Procedures and Communications for determining whether matches are played or not is at the bottom of this website.
Thunder Youth Grade team has been drawn to play Woonona at Hume Oval, Picton on Monday, June 13 in the quarter finals of the Youth Cup.
Thirroul made it to the final eight after beating Warilla 1-0 last Sunday. The semi-finals are scheduled for Sunday, July 10.
Due to the success of last year's Thunder Race Night, we are doing it all again. This time it is to raise funds for drainage improvements on Field 2. (Field 1 drainage improvements are scheduled for the end of the season).
If you would like to sponsor a race for $100 or buy and name a runner(s) for $10 each, please email events@thirroulfootball.com.au
Thirroul JFC is pleased to announce that the club has used a $1200 grant from Telstra to buy a set of new nets and some defender men for training.
A huge thanks to Jason D'Arcy, our Under 16.2 team manager, for applying for the Telstra Kids grant on behalf of Thirroul JFC.
Jason's son Jack is pictured here with the nets and some of the defender men, which will be available for all of our teams to use at training.
Thirroul JFC would like to thank Telstra for their support of grassroots and community sporting clubs like ours.
Thirroul JFC will again host the Thunder Race Night on Saturday, June 4 at the Bowlo. Further details soon.
Football South Coast will hold a school holiday coaching clinic for 5-13 year old boys and girls at Gibson Park on Monday, April 11 to Thursday, April 14. The coaching clinic will run from 9am to noon each day.
The children will be separated into age groups or ability and can be grouped with their friend/s.
Please note: make sure your child/children have a ball, bring along fluid and a snack if required.
Each session focuses on particular skills and games that reinforce the new skills which have been learnt.
We run Holiday Clinics each holidays and you might just find your child not wanting to go home! They will suprise you with all the new skills they have learnt! We have received many thank you's and lovely emails from people saying how much their children had learnt, including children from elite academies. There are skills for all different players.
Technique Control and Tricks: Learn how to do "the Maradonna spin" or the "Cruyff Cut ". Curve and dip a ball, scissor forward and many other ball mastering techniques.
What to wear and what to bring
All registered players will receive an FSC holiday clinic training shirt to wear to the sessions. Boots or Runners are required, Shin pads are compulsory. They may want to bring a snack and must bring lots for fluid and put on some sunscreen, especially for the hot days during the summer holidays.
Payments
The cost for the 4 day coaching clinic is $95
Please note an additional $5 insurance fee is applicable to any player who is not a registered outdoor winter football player.
All participants receive an FSC School Holiday Clinic training shirt with their registration, that can be collected from the FSC Office prior to attending the clinic.
FSC offer several alternatives for payments, they are as follows;
Payment online via myfootballclub registration:
Payment can be made through the myfootballclub registration process, please note a surcharge applies.
Payment in Person:
Football South Coast Office, 11 Bourke Street, Fairy Meadow at the Fraternity Club near the Futsal Courts; Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
Direct Payment (EFT):
Account Name: Football South Coast
BSB: 641-800
Account No: 200744102
Reference: HC Surname
Credit Card Payment
Phone 4285 6929 and the staff of FSC will be happy to take your credit card details over the phone (please note visa/mastercard 2% surcharge)
Registration Process
All registrations are required via www.myfootballclub.com.au for existing and new participants.
It is important to note that payment is required prior to the commencement of the Clinics.
All participants will be marked off by the coaches.
Registrations for April clinic now OPEN - please click HERE.
All matches in the opening round of Football South Coast Women's Competitions this weekend will commence with a minute's silence to to honour the memory of Thirroul Thunderbirds player Mel Bond.
Mel, who was the goalkeeper and captain of last year's league winning Division 3 team, has been a valuable member of the Thirroul Football Club and wider football community and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
All four senior Thunderbirds teams will play their opening round matches of the 2016 season at home on Sunday.
12.30pm: Division 3 v Oak Flats W3
10am: Youth Grade v Oak Flats Falcons
12pm: Division 2 v Woonona 2
2pm: Division 1 v Woonona 1
The Under 12s, Under 13s, Under 16s and Under 17s Girls teams will also play at Gibson Park on Sunday, along with the Under 17s Boys.
Thirroul JFC has created a Mel Bond tribute page on this website.
Gibson Park is closed for training today - Wednesday 30th March 2016
It is with heavy hearts and great sadness that we inform our families of the passing of Mel Bond - Daughter, Sister, Friend and Thunderbird.
There are no words at this time that feel adequate to express our community's loss.
Our hearts go out to the Bond family.
Thirroul JFC's long serving registrar Debbie Crawford was recognised for her contribution to the game with a Club Volunteer Award at last Saturday night's Football South Coast season launch.
Debbie has been a very active member of Thirroul JFC for over thirty years and is often the first person most of us have met when they join the club.
Up until only very recently, when she retired, she has been doing this while holding down a full time job. In the 1980’s when her sons started to play football Debbie took on the role of Canteen Coordinator.
In 1992 she became Club Registrar and continues to participate in that role to this day. Debbie has been the Club Registrar for Thirroul JFC for nearly a quarter of a century.
In that time the club has grown from approximately 180 junior players to around 650 players in 2016, participating in junior, men’s, women’s and amateur football.
Debbie has taken in her stride the added complications of multiple strands of football, plus the changes to the registration process in that time. It’s incredible to think how many registrations Deb has processed in that time.
For her long-time commitment and contribution, Debbie has been awarded life membership of the club.
She’s also been Ground official on Saturday mornings for many, many years and served on the Club’s Executive with distinction. She has also acted as District Delegate to junior’s and women’s when required.
Debbie Crawford is one of the “faces of football” in our club and community, a great ambassador for our sport and a very worthy recipient, who should be recognised for her profound contribution to our sport in the Illawarra.
She is probably responsible for encouraging a lot of us to become involved in our community. An amazing woman with a kind, warm heart. Congratulations Debbie on an award that is thoroughly deserved.
The tournament, which was part of Football NSW's Female Football Week celebrations, featured eight teams from Albion Park, Bulli, Coledale, Woonona and Thirroul.
Despite the hot conditions and the fact it was the first hit out of 2016 for most teams, the standard of football was high and kept the crowd entertained throughout the day.
Albion Park Under 18s beat Coledale Under 16s and Thirroul Youth Grade before triumphing 2-0 over Bulli Under 16s in the final.
Last year's winners, Woonona Under 16s, won the Thunderbirds Plate after recovering from a loss to Thirroul Youth Grade in their first match to beat Coledale Under 16s before coming from behind to edge out Thirroul Under 17s 4-2 in the final.
Earlier, Thirroul Under 16s and Youth Grade teams won their first games against Woonona teams to advance to the Cup semi-final but the Under 16s lost 4-2 to Bulli, while Youth Grade were eliminated by Albion Park.
Thirroul JFC would like to thank everyone who made the day a success, including the other teams for the spirit in which they played, those who volunteered in the canteen and on the BBQ, the referees without whom the tournament couldn't have gone ahead and the officials who ensured the fields were ready for games.
Thirroul Junior Football Club will celebrate Female Football Week by hosting a tournament for Under 16-18s Girls teams in the Football South Coast competition at Gibson Park this Sunday.
The tournament, which has been sanctioned by Football NSW as an official event of Female Football Week, brings together some of the best young women's teams from those age groups in the South Coast region for a day of pre-season action.
Eight teams from Albion Park, Bulli, Coledale, Woonona and Thirroul will compete for the Thunderbirds Cup in a round robin-style format, in which they will each play a minimum of two games.
An article about the tournament has been published on the Football NSW website and Facebook page.
The tournament has also been listed in Football NSW's calendar of events for Female Football Week.
Thirroul JFC coaching co-ordinator Brad Walter said the club was pleased to host an event associated with Female Football Week.
"This is a great initiative by Football NSW and the FFA as the interest in the game among young girls and women at our club and within the Illawarra area is absolutely booming," Walter said.
"The number of girls playing for Thirroul JFC is now almost half the club's 450 junior players and the Thunderbirds will this season have an Under 21s Youth Grade team for the first time, as well as three senior women's teams.
"With the Westfield Matildas qualifying for the Olympics, that growth is only going to get bigger."
Thunderbirds Cup
Sunday, 13th March 2016
Thomas Gibson Park, Thirroul, NSW 2515
Kick-off: 9am
Final: 2pm
Thirroul JFC will host a FREE coaching expo for coaches, managers and parents of Mini Roos players at Gibson Park on Sunday, March 20. Everyone who takes part will get a Grassroots Coaching Certificate. To register, see below.
Congratulations to Thirroul Thunderbirds players Amanda Allnutt and Asha Hodgins on their selection in the Football South Coast All Stars team to play Illawarra Stingrays on Wednesday, 2nd March.
The full FSC Women's All Stars squad is: Brittany Ring (Albion Park), Kendall Vaughan (Albion Park), Letisha Cable (Olympic), Emi Skopal (Olympic), Lisa Tolson (Balgownie), Josie Iorianni (Kiama), Shenae Bruce (Fernhill), Mel Ireland (Woonona), Amanda Allnut (Thirroul), Kristina Janeska (Port Kembla), Elise Battin (Olympic), Kristina Giorgio (Berkeley), Tanaya Davis (Albion Park), Vanessa De Freitas (Berkeley), Faith Atkins (Albion Park), and Asha Hodgins (Thirroul). Coach: Umberto Sorrentino (Wollongong Olympic).
The match kicks off at 6pm at Crehan Park, Cringilla and will be followed by the clash between FSC All Stars Men and Wollongong Wolves.
The team selected to represent Football South Coast Mens is: Hayden Durose (Olympic), Bradley Jardine (Woonona), Daniel Ferraro (APWE), Jack Keating (Cringila), Ben Brooks (Wollongong United), Billy Tsovolos (Wollongong United), Guy Knight (Bulli), Denis Stojic (South Coast United), Sam Davies (Bulli), Mitchell Delturco (Dapto Dandaloo Fury), Zac Mazevski (Port Kembla), Tommy Skara (South Coast United), Jake Morlando (Tarrawanna), Isaac Lee (Shell Cove), Chris Smith (APWE), and Kieran Morris (Bellambi). Coach: Oliver Vrtkovski (Wollongong United).
Thirroul JFC is pleased to advise grading trials at Gibson Park for the following teams:
* Under 12s: 4.30pm Wednesday, February 24
* Under 14s Girls: 2pm Saturday, February 27
* Under 12s Girls: 3.30pm Saturday, February 27
* Under 13s: 4.30pm Monday, February 29.
All players are required to wear boots and shin pads, and should bring a drink bottle.
Please arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time so the grading session can start on time.
Thirroul JFC wishes all players a great season in 2016.
At Thirroul JFC we encourage all of our coaches to have the appropriate coaching qualifications.
For those interested in coaching the club's Mini Roos and Graded Junior teams this season, the following courses are available:
February 27th & 28th at Harry Graham Park, Figtree
* GAME TRAINING CERTIFICATE (Under 13s to U17s)
* SKILLED TRAINING CERTIFICATE (Under 9s to U13s)
March 20 at Gibson Park, Thirroul
* GRASSROOTS COACHING CERTIFICATE (Under 6s to U9s)
Here is the link for more information:
http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-4704-0-0-0&sID=317601
