News

Wellington are playing host to 5 matches in the upcoming Fifa U20 World Cup. This is an awesome opportunity to watch emerging football talent on a World Stage in our own backyard. The first match in Wellington is rapidly approaching on 30th May – so if you haven’t already done so – buy your tickets now !

OJFC came 2nd overall at the Kapiti Coast United Easter Tournament held at Mazengarb Park, Paraparaumu. Grades 10-14 were represented by Onslow teams and Onslow won the individual Grade 11 and Grade 12 competitions. Please see the Tournaments page for more details.

We are very proud as a club to announce that Clayton Lewis, who is an ex-Onslow Junior Football Club member, has just been named in the full All Whites Squad to play in Korea shortly.

In addition to this fantastic news is that Clayton and Noah Billingsley have both been named in the NZ U20 squad to play Uzbekistan in early April. Noah played for Onslow from Nursery Grade through to Grade 14.

This is a fantastic achievement by both players.

Trials for the 2015 streamed teams have now finished. A big thank you, to all of the players that attended the trials for the 2015 season, to Russell and Milan to ensure the trials actually happened, to the Grade Coordinators for the smooth running of the trials, to the independent selectors for giving up their spare time to assess the talent on display, and finally to all of the parents for ensuring that the players were at the right place and at the right time.

Capital football are also running a goalkeeping skills course running for 6 weeks on Fridays from the 1st May 2105 at Memorial Park in Petone. They are looking to recruit 16 children from the U8 & U9 age group and a further 10 from the U10 & U11 age group. For further information email Des Buckingham at des@capitalfootball.org.nz.

Please visit the Becoming a Coach page for more details on other coaching courses.

Last year Nicki Sutherland asked if OJFC members could donate old pairs of football boots and to bring them along to last years Prize Giving. As a result numerous pairs were donated, and last week Nicki visited a Cannons Creek school who were the receiver of the donated boots. This is the experience in Nicki’s words:

“Last week another mum and I took all of the donated boots out to the 2 schools in Cannons Creek with whom we had made contact. At the first school, the hall was packed with about 100 kids of all ages patiently lining up in shoe size order to try on a pair of boots – all with hope & nerves on their faces. You should have seen how happy they were when they were matched with a pair that fitted – they were so excited and thankful. Of course we ran out of sizes and the kids who missed out were gutted – but still respectful and happy for the other kids. We had put half aside for the second school, but given the level of organisation and eagerness at the first, we felt compelled to keep going until almost every child had boots – which didn’t leave many for the second school. We’ve promised to make them our focus next year.

The morning was a huge success, with every child individually saying thank you and telling us what they were going to do with the boots. The level of excitement and gratitude was very humbling. The teachers have asked us to pass on thanks to everyone who donated, and next year we will roll this out across other clubs for sure. Its making a real difference.”