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President’s Welcome Football News Volunteers needed Under 7/8 Photo Jackson Clement McNee travels. Mejura Mums Poetry Meet Referee Alex Martens
Welcome Majura Players/Parents and friends
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Hi Majura Players/Parents and friends
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Thank you for all your support in getting the season off to a successful start. With over 1200 players it can be a challenge to get players on the right field at the right time for every game.
Axel DebenhamLendon v Fed Pollies Thank you Canberra Olympic Capital Football
You will have noticed we have introduced a few changes to the Pee Wees. These changes are in line with the FFA guidelines in an attempt for players to have more touches on the ball every week. Our young game leaders are doing a fantastic job of implementing the changes. Thank you for your positive feedback and we hope you will continue to support our young leaders. The Club is totally reliant on volunteers for its smooth operation and we always appreciate anyone who can give us some of their precious time on a regular basis to undertake one of the many tasks each week. If you’d like to help in any way I would be glad to hear from you. I am usually around every Saturday so please feel free to come up and say hello and pass on any ideas on how we can continue to improve the Majura Football Club. The Committee hopes you all continue to enjoy your football whether you are playing or supporting. Regards Ashley Jackson President, Majura FC
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President’s Welcome Football News Volunteers needed Under 7/8 Photo Jackson Clement McNee travels. Mejura Mums Poetry Meet Referee Alex Martens Help for Coaches Football Quiz Axel DebenhamLendon v Fed Pollies Thank you Canberra Olympic Capital Football
Don’t forget June Long Weekend All age groups play games as normal.
Football News Pee Wees. We’ve introduced some changes to the Pee Wees this year. A little more focus on skills and individual player development as outlined in the FFA Curriculum. The young leaders are learning and doing a great job. The feeback from parents and players has been excellent. We’re sure all our players will benefit in coming years. Kai Thornton, Majura U15 and Will Hunter, Olympic U16 are in the ACT U15 train-on development squad - they’re training for the U14 Nationals in Coffs Harbour in October. Ali Cook had a great U13 Nationals in April and in the National Futsals in January. This time she’s been selected in the ACT U15s and will head to the Nationals in Coffs Harbour in July. Good luck Ali. Will Roberts has been selected in the ACT first U10 Development squad for boys. There is a big training component to this program with FFA sanctioned Skills Coaches working on individual skill development as the squads’ main focus. Other age groups are expected to start soon. Kanga Cup has over 90 teams entered including many Majura teams. Stephen Spencer is our Kanga Cup organiser, please let him know if your team is entered. Matildas have made the front cover of 442 football magazine ahead of the World Cup - starts late June, live on SBS. It’s the first time this magazine has ever had women on the cover in 17 years of publication in any country.
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Volunteers wanted now! President’s Welcome Football News Volunteers needed Under 7/8 Photo Jackson Clement McNee travels. Mejura Mums Poetry Meet Referee Alex Martens Help for Coaches Football Quiz Axel DebenhamLendon v Fed Pollies Thank you Canberra Olympic Capital Football
Did you know: Canberra player Steven Lustica just signed a 4 year deal with Croatian side Hadjuk Split.
Majura is a volunteer run club - and we need all the help we can get to get our children on the field. So if you have a little time and would like to help out please contact vpadmin@majurafc.org.au as soon as possible.
Volunteer Roles 1. Volunteer Co-ordinator - Time required 1 hour per week. We require someone to email and if neccessary phone the various teams on roster duty for Canteen, Set-up and Barbecue for the following Saturday. The rosters are all complete we just need someone who can inform/remind the duty teams who is on each weekend. 2. Can you pave our Barbecue area? Our Barbecue area needs repaving. If you are able to help - please contact vpadmin@majurafc.org.au 3. Bookkeeper - 1-2 hours per week - Can you help? 4. Admin Assistant - we require someone for 2 hours a week to undertake a small number of admin tasks per week. The role mainly involves sorting through emails and distributing the information to the appropriate person in the club. 5. Equipment Support - I extend an open invitation to anyone who would like to share the Equipment Officer role with me. There is not too much happening now that the season is underway but it would be great to share the responsibility, as “many hands make light work”! Interested ? Email me: Jo Chilver equipment@majurafc.org.au THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU A big thank you to all the teams that have had ‘set up’ duty so far this season. They have been prompt and turned up in good numbers so that the fields are being set up in 90 minutes or so. Thanks also to Rob J and the U7s for packing away the PeeWee goals so beautifully last Sat AND to the teams that carried the larger goals over to the containers. All this help means Ashley and I only spend an hour packing up the bigger goals and the end of the day. We both really appreciate everyone helping out. Jo Chilver, Equipment Officer
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Hands up who likes Majura FC Nice ploy from the President Ashley Jackson but not everyone is convinced. A bit more work to do Ashley! Clockwise from top left: Ashley Jackson, Club President with Under 7 Boys and Girls, Hannah Baker - is she better than her oldest sister Eliza thumbs up from Hannah. Shall we dance? Alex Fieg looks on as the dance begins. Foxes v Dingoes U8 team ine-up Under 7 Age Coordinator and Coach Rob Janssens and VP Football Rainer Reuss enjoying a moment at Dickson Oval on Saturday morning
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Football In Central America and Mexico President’s Welcome Football News Volunteers needed Under 7/8 Photo
Jackson Clement McNee , Majura U13 Open Div 1 writes about his recent trip to South America and how football can opne doors around the world. Football is a game played everywhere. It is played in poverty stricken areas and rich areas, and Central America is a good example because when I went there for holidays over Christmas I played some kids who had 20 different Messi shirts and some kids didn’t even have shoes.
Jackson Clement McNee travels.
Jackson takes on homeless guy from Peru in Venice Beach LA, California. (L/R)
Mejura Mums Poetry Meet Referee Alex Martens
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Help for Coaches Football Quiz Axel DebenhamLendon v Fed Pollies Thank you Canberra Olympic Capital Football
Former Majura Pee Wee Kahlia Hogg is now a Young Matilda. The Young Matildas are preparing for their Asian Cup qualifers later in the year.
First when we left Australia, and after 13 hours, we landed in L.A where I met a poor man called Franc who lived on Venice Beach and he must of seen my Barcelona shirt and so just threw a football at me and we just juggled for half an hour and as a few Americans walked past they called me Beckham and Donovan. It was Awesome until we started kicking at a wall and some guy came and got angry at us and told us to move. It was sad seeing him going back to sleep on the beach with his football.
Jsckson in La Sabana Park, San Jose, Costa Rica
COSTA RICA Next was Costa Rica we stayed at San Jose and a hotel called Don Carlos where we asked the person at the desk if there was a football field, he said it was called La Sabana and kids came down every Saturday. So the next day (Saturday) we went to La Sabana and there were games everywhere and people all different ages and I just started juggling and as soon as I did that people invited me to come play and they played for about two hours, and these guys were aged from 11 to 35 and they were all very skilful. They could dribble, pass and they all had good touches.
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Jackson Clemet McNee Majura U13 Open Div 1 continues his football journey through Central America. Panama Panama was my favourite country for football because just around the corner from where we were staying there was a cancha (football field) and from 3pm to 7pm every day the kids played football and I showed up and played football with them. My parents would want to leave to go sightseeing or eat dinner, but the kids would say “no, necesitamos (we need) Jackson” and I had to stay for four hours. It was a synthetic field and every kid would be so passionate every time the ref said something they didn’t like they would be pretty much crying but when they scored a goal they be taking their shirts off screaming like they just won a World Cup. In Panama I learned lots of Spanish and can say things like; handball, corner, header, and goaloso (a fabulous goal). So Panama was the best footballing country. Jackson in his favourite country for football. Panama. Jackson shows the locals a thing or two on the cancha. (L/R) Mexico Mexico was a bit disappointing I was expecting to play football everyday but I only played it once.
Majura FC Committee meetings are on the first Monday of every month at the Clubhouse 7.30pm.
But we did end up going to see a football match between Pumas and Monterray which was really good but we ended up sitting on the wrong side of the stadium. We accidently sat with the away teams supporters and there were cops standing everywhere. There were more cops then Monterray fans.
All welcome.
So in conclusion Central America is a really good place to go to if want to have a holiday and still play lots of football.
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Eighteen Majura Mums President’s Welcome Football News Volunteers needed
Majura Mums play for our Senior Club Partner Canberra Olympic. With our former TD Paul Whittigham at the helm they are in good hands - or are they?
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Jenny Clement - mother of Jackson (see earlier article) has clearly caught the football and writing bug from her son!
Jackson Clement McNee travels.
Eighteen Majura mums signed up as a team
Mejura Mums Poetry Meet Referee Alex Martens
by Jenny Clement
At first practice, a few strained their hamstrings, then there were 15 15 Majura Mums faced their first match feeling rather green
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Despite their victory, two got KO’ed and then there were thirteen
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13 Majura Mums continued to play with two reserves on the shelf
Axel DebenhamLendon v Fed Pollies
One mum did a specky tumble and then there were twelve
Thank you Canberra Olympic Capital Football
12 Majura Mums despite muscle spasms took to the field again Two more did their quads in and then there were only ten 10 Majura Mums thought the soreness would soon abate But two mums twisted ankles and then there were eight
All the Matildas World Cup games are live on SBS in July. That’s the good news. Bad news? They are in Germany so 1am kick offs! Ouch!
Just when Coach Paul thought the mums would run away in fright The fitness and training kicked in and the mums were in full flight GO MEDUSAS!
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Meet our Referee: Alex Martens President’s Welcome Football News Volunteers needed Under 7/8 Photo Jackson Clement McNee travels. Mejura Mums Poetry Meet Referee Alex Martens Help for Coaches Football Quiz Axel DebenhamLendon v Fed Pollies Thank you Canberra Olympic Capital Football
Alex Martens is an U13 Open Div 1 player. And she has justed started refereeing. Alex shares her thoughts: “I started refereeing this year and went to a couple of meetings and learnt a lot about refereeing Soccer. I thought I could get some more pocket money and save up for things that I wanted. I started reffing the young age groups and sidelining older games because I’m not quite confident to my age or above. I’ve learnt more rules about Soccer and my parents come and watch me on the sidelines and give me tips and pointers.” Thank you Alex and please support Alex and all our Referees during the games.
Coaching Majura: Check out all Capital Football courses here. Rob Janssens and myself, Eamonn Flanagan - with advice and guidance from Capital Football U13 Coach and Woden Valley TD Colin Johnstone - put together a suggested training plan for Under 7 open recently. This plan would work for U7, 8 or 9’s with some tweaking at the older end. Of course there are heaps more skills and excercises your players can do - but for many coaches knowing what to focus on this week, next month or next year is often not so simple. We hope this guide assists a little. Struggling with what to Coach? contact publicofficer@majurafc.org.au and we’ll see if we can get someone to assist.
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Majura Quiz: How well do you know football?
President’s Welcome Football News Volunteers needed Under 7/8 Photo Jackson Clement McNee travels. Mejura Mums Poetry Meet Referee Alex Martens Help for Coaches Football Quiz Axel DebenhamLendon v Fed Pollies Thank you Canberra Olympic Capital Football
Kanga Cup. Is you team ready? Registration Date has closed but you might still get in. Go to www.kangacup.com for all your information.
A different quiz focus this month – all about the football you play. A/ What formation does the FFA recommend for your age group. Choose one. 1. 1-3-3 2. 1-3-2-3 3. 1-4-3-3 B/ What formation does your team play? 1. One of the above 2. A different one 3. I don’t know C/ Does your coach rotate your players? Yes/No D/ Do you and your team mates get equal time? Yes/No E/ How many players in an 11-a-side midfield? 2, 3, 4 or 5? F/ In 11 a side what shape is the midfield? Pair, Straight line or Triangle? G/ When your team has a corner where are your four defenders? 1/ Always in line on the halfway 2/ At least one wide player is pushed up to the very edge of the box 3/ Further back than halfway H/ How often does your goalkeeper roll or pass the ball out? 1/ Almost always 2/ Occasionally 3/ Never he/she kicks it really long and/or down the middle I/ Why should the keeper mostly roll or side foot the ball out in football? 1/ To give our team a chance to develop our skills? 2/ So our team is guaranteed to get the ball. 3/ He/She shouldn’t. We need to catch the other the team out and get it down the field as far as possible J If you play how Futsal, how often does your Futsal goalie simply roll the ball to a defender? 1/ Never 2/ Rarely 3/ Always or nearly always
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Kofi is our hero!
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K 1. 2. 3. 4.
What happens when your keeper boots the ball or throws it long in Football or Futsal? Our star striker controls it on his/her head and swivels and scores everytime We fight for possession with the other team It mostly goes out down the other end It is usually booted back high down the field
L 1. 2. 3.
Team shape means? The shape our formation lines up in, at kick off, goal kicks and generally when the game is in play. It’s talking about the shape of all our bodies The size of our coach!
M. Body shape in football means? 1. Am I fit enough to play? 2. The position my body should be in to receive a pass N. If I want to improve my skill I should: 1. Practice on my own 2. Watch more sport on telly 3. Wait for training and just do what the Coach says O. Can defenders ever attack? 1 - Never 2 - Not in our team 3 - Our wide players are always pushing forward at every opportunity. P. What are the characteristics that make a good number 10? 1 - Skill and vision 2 - Great tackling and running 3 - We don’t have a number 10 role.
Former Majura U7 Kofi Danning scored the only goal in the Young Socceroos recent 1-0 win over Germany.
Q. Where would you find a Number 2 on the 11-a-side game? 1 - Mostly sub 2 - Left side of defence 3 - Right side of defence 4 - Right forward.
And he’s just signed for Brisbane Roar.
Still with us? Well done! Go to the next page for all the answers and see how well you know football.
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President’s Welcome Football News Volunteers needed Under 7/8 Photo Jackson Clement McNee travels. Mejura Mums Poetry Meet Referee Alex Martens Help for Coaches Football Quiz Axel DebenhamLendon v Fed Pollies Thank you Canberra Olympic Capital Football
Majura FC boys captain Axel Debenham-Lendon part of the Capital FC team that took it to the Federal Pollies team. The picture was taken at 7.45am last Thursday morning featuring the Capital FC team and the Fed Pollies team after the game at the Senate field. The photo features Axel Debenham-Lendon who is the Majura FC boys captain (third from the left in the back row), Senator Kate Lundy (who plays for Canberra Olympic masters) and her daughter Annabel (in the black on the far right) from the Canberra Olympic under 18s. Senator Stephen Conroy featured fifth from left in the front row is also a former Majura/Downer Olympic junior.
Check out all the Quiz Answers:
Quiz Answers: 0-5 points - nice!
How well do you know football?
Points in brackets. A. U8/9 1-3-3 (2 ) 2. U10/11 1-3-2-3 (2) 3. U12+ 1-4-3-3 (2)B 1 (2) C Yes (2) D Yes (2) E 3 (2) F Triangle (2)
16+ better than your coach?
6-15 on the way. 25+ You get football!
G 2 (2) 3 (-1) H 1 (4) I 1 (2) 2 (2) 3 (-1) J 1 (-2) 2 (-2) 3 (5) K 1 if this happens is his/her name Messi if so get 10 points for knowing Messi, L 1 (2) M 2 (2) N 1 (2) O 1 (-2) 2 (-2) 3 (5) P 1 (2) 2 (-2) 3 (-2) Q 3 (2)
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Thank You Canberra Olympic FC President’s Welcome Football News Volunteers needed Under 7/8 Photo Jackson Clement McNee travels. Mejura Mums Poetry Meet Referee Alex Martens
Canberra Olympic is our Senior Club Partner and we continue to improve our links and partnership. Majura FC young players were delighted to receive a gift of 1200 junior balls recently from Canberra Olympic. The balls have been used to assist with introducing more skills base learning and development in our Pee Wees program. And a number of our U13 Open team were Ball Boys and Ball Girls at the recent Canberra Olympic v Monaro Panthers Men’s Premier League Game.
Help for Coaches Football Quiz Axel DebenhamLendon v Fed Pollies Thank you Canberra Olympic Capital Football
Don’t miss: Watch Australia v New Zealand, this Sunday and then take on Serbia in two games next week.
Latest Match Report: Monaro Panthers 1 - Canberra Olympic 3 At the Riverside Stadium the home team, Monaro Panthers, were beaten 3-1 by Canberra Olympic who struck three times after the half-time break to win the match. Elia Salloum scored with his first touch of the ball to give Olympic the lead in the 61st minute before a brilliant goal by Robbie Shroder had Olympic in firm control. A third goal, struck by Daniel Barac nine minutes from time sealed the points before the Panthers scored a consolation from Mark Shields, his tenth goal of the season, from the penalty spot. MATCH STATISTICS Monaro Panthers 1 (Mark Shields 86’ (pen)) Canberra Olympic 3 (Elia Salloum 61’, Robbie Shroder 65’, Daniel Barac 81’)
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Updates from Capital Football President’s Welcome Football News Volunteers needed
Referees have been reminded of the rules below, hopefully they will be consistent and crack down on ‘illegal’ skins. Skins and Undergarments:
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Undergarments (skins) shorts must be the same colour as the primary colour on the player’s shorts.
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Undergarment shirts (skins) must be the same colour as the primary colour on the players shirt.
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Skin colour undergarments cannot be worn. This should be enforced during the equipment check.
Meet Referee Alex Martens Help for Coaches
Any player found wearing the wrong skins should be asked to remove them before they enter the field of play.
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Please remind clubs that skins that are not primary colour as their shorts are not allowed to be worn.
Axel DebenhamLendon v Fed Pollies
Players that refuse to remove their skins if do not meet the correct requirement will be cautioned.
Thank you Canberra Olympic
Sigourney Dunk, Referee Manager Capital Football
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No swearing please! Majura asks all Coaches and Parents to enforce our Zero Tolerance of bad language on the field. Thank you.
Pelé Sports Player of the Month for June. Has anyone from your club stood out in May? They could have: * Shown exemplary sporting conduct during a match * Performed an individual feat of some note * Been a great team player * Done something exceptional for your club or football in general If you think you know a winner, please send us their name, contact details and a brief description (no more than 100 words) of why your nominated person should be the May winner of the Pelé Sports Player of the Month. Nominations should be sent to: media@capitalfootball. com.au with the subject: Pelé Sports Player of the Month -- June