The young players need guidance, Coach Surjan is the man for this job. He has been doing it for 7 years and puts in a lot of time and energy to bring the kids skill level up. With patience, a balance of constructive criticism and strong encouragement.
Parents receive a roster for the season which includes rotation of jobs. Jobs such as suppling oranges and lollies for half time, collecting the shirts after the game and washing them all ready for next weeks games, when its a home game someone does the siren. All jobs contribute to the overall performance of the team and running of the game.
Sunday mornings is for bringing the family down, finding a good spot to fold out the chair, sit back, relax and enjoy the game.
The young players need guidance, Coach Surjan is the man for this job. He has been doing it for 7 years and puts in a lot of time and energy to bring the kids skill level up. With patience, a balance of constructive criticism and strong encouragement.
Volunteers Behind the Game
By Charlie Cann
From the outside looking in junior football clubs look like a well run establishment but most people aren't aware of the time and effort that goes into running a club. Before the season even starts all hands on deck with registration, equipment, uniforms and fixtures needing to be organised. Volunteers are the people that keep clubs running and allow for young players to enjoy the game.
The West Australian Football Commission needed to rezone Kardinya Junior Football Club into the South Fremantle District. The rezone would mean that most teams would be split over different clubs and travel large distances for junior football games. A group of parents decided to see if there was any way that the teams could stay together.
Winnacot Oval was free and after getting permission from all parties in 2004 Winnacot Kats were born.
The effort and time that is put into running a club is why volunteers need to be a certain kind of person to do the job. It isn’t until kids reach a higher level within the sport that people receive payment for doing their job. For now those people that put their hands up that really need to be acknowledged. Children pay to play but people volunteer for them to play.
The coaches, team managers, first aids, water boys, runners, goal umpires are all volunteer and contribute to game day running smoothly. All of these people are the reason why young kids are able to play a game that is loved by many around Australia.
Edward is the goal umpire for the Winnacot Kats and has been doing it for 6 years. At one stage he wanted to be a goal umpire, now he just does it for fun. Over the years he has gained a following of supporters that wait for Winnacot to get a goal to see flags fly.
Football is a winter sport but some days Perth doesn’t like to follow the weather schedule, one of those days was today. The grass is green, the sky is blue, its a good day to kick the footy with you.