Football Club

Mother Nature saved one of her specials for the start of the Club's season, a bit of a paradox, pouring rain and smiling faces do not normally go together.  It will be a safe bet that if it happens again in the middle of winter things will be different!

The rain poured down from halfway through the
Under 13's game until half time of the Seniors game.  The Under 13's game was abandoned but with no rain and a strong wind advantage Lilydale's Seniors put a winning score on the board in the third quarter.  A win in the Under 16's and a loss to the Reserves made it a good start for the year.

The Under 13's coaching situation has been resolved, they now have 3 coaches, Peter Tuthill, Larry Venn and Phillip Chick.  By sharing it about they expect to have at least one person at each training session and game.

The Auskick Day on the 5^th April was notable by the lack of parents but it did confirm what we have always known, 'the kids with the best concentration do the best, the ones who fool around produce erratic
results'.

Some feed back from parents about what they expect the Club to do for their children would be handy, we would be kidding ourselves if we accepted the absence of parents to be caused by the belief that everyone was satisfied with what the Club is doing.  The Club is not satisfied itself, the shortage of active workers means that we are only doing a portion of what is possible.  The strike rate of people who make public statements about giving the Club a hand and then not turning up is about one in four, one turns up, four do not!

In this modern age, everyone must be registered, if you are not registered there is nothing to show that you are a member of a team, and unless you are a member you are not covered by Insurance.  Forget what
everyone knows or does not know (locally) when the crunch comes some one sitting at a computer in
Melbourne or Sydney (or even overseas perhaps) will make the decisions not the Locals.   It is not a case of liking the system but knowing how it works and
working with it because it is not likely to get any
better.

For Junior/Under Age registrations, parental consent is also required, maybe Johnny Bloggs should be at Auntie Mary's, not at Football training and that is why his
parents have not seen any forms.   It took 3 or 4 forms before one Under 16's player was organised, but in the under 16's if you are not registered and age verified you cannot play, any club playing an unregistered player is fined.  If this happens in the Seniors or Reserves the game is lost and given to the opposition regardless of the score.