Ready for football in 2023? Registration for Avalon Soccer Club is now open!!! Come and join the best club on the Beaches and play at the beautiful Careel Bay in 2023. We have teams from U6 through to Over 45, for boys, girls, mixed, men and women.
Register to play for Avalon Soccer Club HERE.
2023 Registration Guide
Try Football Open Day
We are opening the doors at our club house at Careel Bay on Sunday 5th February 10:00am – 3:00pm.
We’ll have the BBQ running, a skills session for the little ‘uns, and have the club shop open for the first time this year. If you have any questions about playing with Avalon, registration issues (or would just like to meet us) then come along!
Registration Setup
There are currently 2 registrars:
Jacinta Newcombe
Mens U12 – O45 & Juniors/Girls U6-U11 registrar@avalonsoccerclub.com.au
Amie Stylianou
Womens W12-WO35 registrar2avalonsoccerclub@gmail.com
When asked to email information to the registrar please choose the relevant
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LOCKED IN FOR NEW SEASON
Following Monday evening’s AGM, the Avalon Soccer Club is delighted to confirm the make-up of it’s Executive Committee to take the club forward into the 2023 season.
President John Kowtan (JK) was re-elected unopposed to continue a near 25 year association with the club as a player, coach, committee member and President. Stuart Randall will serve as Vice President of the club and Competition Secretary for 2023, replacing Mark Thain who stepped down at the end of the season.
On the women’s side of the club, Jud Harrison will serve as Senior VP with Anthony Ritchie moving to women’s Youth VP. All remaining EC members have returned to their roles for the new year. We thank all departing committee members for their service and wish them well for the future.
On the General Committee side, vacancies currently exist for a MPIO, Media Manager, Sponsorship Manager, and two Assistant Registrars, as well as a handful of age coordinator
2022 CLUB AWARD WINNERS
After a navigating another disrupted season, the club was thrilled to host in-person presentation days for our Juniors and Seniors plus a committee dinner to honour our 2022 Perpetual Award Winners. Here’s a list of the recipients that join our honour roll:
Junior Trophies in Boys/Girls Mixed (Saturday) Comp & Girls (Sunday) Comp
Junior Goalkeeper of the Year (Michael Carroll Trophy)
WINNER = Petra Van Der Wallen (W15/1)
Junior Comp. Manager of the Year
WINNER = Samantha Flew (U13/2)
Junior Comp. Coach of the Year
WINNER = John Coleman (U16/2)
Junior Girls & Senior Ladies Trophies
Junior Girls (Sun. Comp) Best & Fairest Player (Mia Waters Trophy)
WINNER = Zara Williams (W13/2)
Senior Ladies (Open & U18’s) Player of the Year
WINNER = Sophie Cazalet (W18/3)
Senior Ladies Golden Boot of the Year
WINNER = Samantha Howes (WAL2B)
Ladies Comp. (W12-W16) Coach of the Year
WINNER = Marino Festa (W15/1 & W18/3)
Senior Women Coach of the Year
WINNER = Sam Abbas (WAL2B)
Junior Boys & Senior Men’s Trophies
Junior
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
To all our Avalon Soccer Club members, I hope everyone is safe and well, and enjoying the off-season.
On the back of two challenging years of Covid, this year we had to endure the wettest football season that I could remember. Everyone involved with the club and the community have been very resilient and patient. We are all hoping for a bigger, better and dryer 2023!
Now that the curtains have closed on our 2022 football season, I wanted to extend a thank you to our fantastic managers, knowledgeable coaches, generous sponsors, tireless volunteers and the positive and determined attitude of our players. From our juniors to our senior teams and everyone in between, the attitude, mindset and competitive spirit within our Avalon community has been second to none.
A special mention to all our sponsors starting with our major sponsor LJ Hooker, Brown Bros Skip Bins, Besteam Sport, 3D Automation, Lejen Marine,
A MESSAGE FROM THE CLUB
To all our Avalon Soccer Club members
I hope everyone is safe and well, and managing to cope with this extended lockdown, the 3rd in the last 18 months that we have experienced here in Avalon.
This has been an incredibly challenging time for everyone in the community and everyone involved with the club. We all hoped that restrictions would ease to the point that we’d be able to complete the season. However it was not to be.
As the curtains close on our 2021 season I wanted to extend a thank you to our fantastic managers, knowledgeable coaches, generous sponsors, tireless volunteers and the positive and determined attitude of our players. From our juniors to our senior teams and everyone in between, the attitude, mindset and competitive spirit within our Avalon community has been second to none.
All 2021 players will have received an email from MWFA confirming that 2022 fees will be
2021 SEASON AWARDS: NOMINATIONS OPEN!
Despite the premature end to the season, we still want to honour those who have made a difference in 2021. So we are delighted to offer you the chance to nominate for our Perpetual Awards (for competition teams U12/W12 and above), proudly supported by LJ Hooker that recognise key contributions in our teams. Send your nominations in to president@avalonsoccerclub.com.au from this list of categories:
The deadline for nominations is SUNDAY 19th SEPTEMBER. As we are unable to hold a presentation day this season the winners will be announced on our website and socials on FRIDAY 24th SEPTEMBER and the names added to the honour roll of the club and names engraved on the trophies in the clubhouse.
AL1S RUN TO MELBOURNE!
With no football for the rest of the season, our Mens AL1 squad are running to Melbourne! Not literally of course, but we’re living in tough times right now and the team want to support the local mental health charities within the Northern Beaches, club community partner One Eighty Inc. and Lifeline Northern Beaches.
You can support Rob and the boys right here!
https://www.mycause.com.au/p/259442/avalon-soccer-club-al1
ONLINE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
With thanks to our major partner LJ Hooker we are delighted to release an online coaching/development program for our junior players to stay active and hone their skills during lockdown.
While our plans this year have been disrupted we believe it’s vitally important for the kids to keep learning the skills and continuing their development.
We’d love to showcase some of our players and their skills across our socials! Send your videos in your Dev Squad or Avalon gear into media@avalonsoccerclub.com.au or tag us on Facebook or Instagram!
You can access the training plan here.
The videos referenced in the document can be found here.
2021 SEASON ABANDONED
Please see below official communication from the MWFA. We thank all our members for their patience during these difficult times and we hope everyone stays safe and we can return bigger than ever in 2022.
Dear Registered 2021 MWFA Players, officials and referees,
Firstly, the MWFA Board and staff, our 17 Clubs and the MWFRA sincerely hope that you are all keeping safe, healthy and happy throughout this Pandemic that continues to challenge us all.
This season, despite the challenges of 2020, saw our player number grow to 19,865 players, an increase of 1,400 players, which is an all-time record. However, the reality is that the current lockdown orders are in place until August 28 at the earliest. Even if the NSW Government was to end the lockdown on that date, indications from Football NSW are that the NSW Government will (quite rightly) follow last year’s plan in easing restrictions in a staggered
STAY AT HOME ORDER EXTENDED
You will have by now seen that the Premier has announced that the existing State Government restrictions that apply to Greater Sydney and those that apply to Regional NSW will now extend until midnight on Friday 16 July.
As a result, football remains suspended within Greater Sydney, and the existing restrictions will continue to apply to football until midnight 16 July.
A reminder of the current restrictions:
No matches will be played.
No team training is permitted at Careel Bay.
No players involved in training activity will be covered by the Personal Accident insurance.
Club meetings must be held via zoom / online video platform.
Make-up development/select training sessions are cancelled.
We are keeping in contact with the MWFA and Football NSW and will ensure we keep our members updated on information we receive related to roadmaps and timelines out of the lockdown.
Stay Safe.