Welcome to Pine Rivers AFC

Celebrating 52 years of football in Pine Rivers.

Contact: secretary@pineriversathleticfc.org.au

Season 2020

Its football time again! Time to dust off the boots and wash those shin pads ready for another season. Pine Rivers Athletic Football Club needs your help in upholding our fine tradition of family oriented club and inclusiveness of all families, officials and players. Sign up and enjoy another season in 2020

Registrations Day will be held at the Clubhouse on Friday 17.01.2020 from 6pm to 8pm and Saturday 08.02.2020 from 0900 am to 12pm

Please ensure you start your registration process with this site first AND than also register with Football Brisbane at https://www.footballbrisbane.com.au/. YOU DO NOT PAY ON THE FOOTBALL BRISBANE SITE. ALL PAYMENTS OR PAYMENT PLANS THROUGH PINE RIVERS ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB WEBSITE.

Training Session Under 11s to Under 12s

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Training session for all Under 11 to Under 13s this Thursday, 20th February 2020 from 5.30pm to 6.45pm.

Bottom field Wendy Allison Park.

Please wear your football gear and bring a water bottle.

All enquiries to Julie 0421 676 833

Under 12 Grading Games - Saturday 22nd February 2020

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Our Under 12s will have grading games this Saturday, 22nd February 2020.

Game 1 - 9am Vs UQFC

Game 2 - 10.20am vs Grange Thistle

Game 3 - 11.40am vs Redcliffe PCYC

All games will be held at Talobilla Park, Klinger Rd Kippa Ring

Please contact Julie 0421 676 833 if you are not able to make it.

We need nominations for Coaches and Managers

Welcome to the 2020 Season, we have the players and now we need the Coaches and Managers to help organise the team and teach the kids to enjoy the game of Soccer.

Two forms are required to be completed to apply for these roles. A Volunteer Reward Info Pack and Application Form and a Blue Card form. Two forms of ID need to be presented with the Blue Card form for a Committee Member to sign off.

Please refer to the Team Manager Job Description. The Coach Job Description will be available shortly.

For information and returning forms contact secretary@pineriversathleticfc.org.au.

Once your position has been confirmed and your Blue Card received, you will log onto the Club website and you will see all of the team players and officials and contact details and you can email your team directly through the site. A Team Page for Match Reports is available. FB Game Day - Virtual Match Reports - need to be submitted by Competitive Division Team Manager.

New Season and New Committee Members

The Club held it AGM last Saturday and the following volunteers have been elected to the Committee. Please come up and say hello to the Committee. We are looking forward to continuing the family oriented club and hope the everyone has a great season in 2020. Any suggestions or feedback will be gratefully received by the Committee.

President: Julie Gordon

Vice President: Vacant

Secretary: Linda Lee-Grant

Treasurer: Brad Stanton

Club Support: Rebecca Bowles

Football Ops: Joel Chamberlain

Uniforms Brooke Rhoades

Referee Co-Ordinator: Andrew Foster

Sponsorship Janet Alexander

Please remember the above are volunteers and they work, if you need to contact them please do so after business hours. Their phone numbers and email addresses can be found under Contact.

Courier Mail Article about the Club

Here is a copy of the news article from the Courier Mail and it will also be published in the Pine Rivers Press newspaper probably next week.

Keen volunteers seek to form ‘super slick’ football club in Pine Rivers

It is all hands on deck at a fresh-faced football club keen for growth in the north of Brisbane.

Marcel Baum, Pine Rivers Press

Subscriber only

February 7, 2020 10:15am

Pine Rivers Athletic Football Club women's team players Allison Banks, Amy Barter and Keir McEwan having a good time on the pitc

PASSIONATE volunteers are determined to “re-establish faith” in a football club with big plans.

Pine Rivers Athletic Football Club (PRAFC) will host its season sign-up day on Saturday.

It comes as the club mounts an ambitious campaign for greater exposure and the appointment of fresh faces in senior management.

“We want to re-establish faith in the club,” club fundraiser and sponsorship co-ordinator Janet Alexander said.

“It is overwhelming but the people are very passionate.

“They have been involved with the club for a long time.

“We have far to go but with more hands it becomes easier and small wins along the way are very encouraging.

“I am doing this for my son and the community and because I think it is worth it.”

Mrs Alexander said there was a groundswell effort taking place at Wendy Allison Park.

Pine Rivers Athletic Football Club looks to build on past success. Here the 2018 men's team celebrates its semi-finals win.

PRAFC took over from Pine Rivers United Sports Club in 2018 after the latter ran into financial difficulty.

“We basically had to build our membership from the ground up,” Mrs Alexander said.

“And we’re looking for about 200 new members this season.

“We’ve just elected a new president at our AGM who has a long history with the club.

“We also have a new treasurer and we are doing marketing with an Instagram page for first time.

“We are trying to get more of a presence in the community to encourage people to engage more with physical activity.

“And we’re about to commence a campaign with the community to display their businesses on banners around the field and hopefully gain some revenue for the club.”

Residents interested in signing up can participate in free football drills on Saturday or see how much oomph they can muster with their strikes with a speed radar on hand.

“We ultimately want to be super slick like Albany Creek Excelsior Football Club which has around 1000 members,” Mrs Alexander said.

“Currently we only have one men’s and one women’s team.

“And we are keen to attract more girls because it is no longer just a boys sport.”

Football fans can sign-up from 0900am to 12pm at the PRAFC clubhouse.

What does your registration fee cover?

Pine Rivers Athletic Football Club uses the fees paid each season to pay for the following:

National Registration Fee for each player (FFA)
- State Registration Fee - Football Queensland for each player
- Competition Affiliation fees
- Player Insurance
- Individual Player Trophy for all Mini Roos
- Team Trophies for Junior Players (3 trophies per team, recipients nominated by coaches and players)
- Game Jerseys – use throughout the season
- Referee and linesmen fees for the Competition Season
  (Please note: fees for friendlies prior to the start of the season may not be included in the cost)
- Repairs and replacement of Game Jerseys as required
- Director of Coaching Fees
- Coaching Education
- Public Liability Insurance
- First Aid Equipment and supplies
- Lease of Fields from Pine Rivers United Sports Club
- Maintenance and purchasing of coaching/playing equipment (cones, bibs, portable goals, ladders, pump, nets, corner posts, linesman flags etc)
- Electricity for fields’ lighting usage.
- Mowing and Weeding of all fields
- Weekly Line Marking costs
- Administration Costs

At PRAFC we understand that circumstances change and/or children and adults change their minds about playing for a season or at which club they want to play. Please refer to the PRAFC fees policy for full details on the refund policy.

Do you need help with your child's fees?

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Coaching Clinic available.

Are you interested in learning to coach, or upskilling from last year. Football Brisbane is running the below clinics.

Please see below links to upcoming community coach education courses which will be conducting at Mount Gravatt, Pine Hills and Taringa.

Miniroos 5^th February 5pm start REGISTER HERE: https://education-ffa.sportingpulse.com/event.asp?ID=21577

Miniroos Pine Hills 7^th February REGISTER HERE: https://education-ffa.sportingpulse.com/event.asp?ID=21655

Skill training course Taringa Rovers Saturday 8^th February REGISTER HERE: https://education-ffa.sportingpulse.com/event.asp?ID=21428

New Sin Bin Rules for 2020

PRAFC is looking for Club Referees and a Referee Coordinator

Fri 1 Mar 2019, 10:00 AM

Interested in learning and earning?

PRAFC is looking for Mini Roos Game Leaders and Club Referees for the Junior and Senior Competitions.

Details on the Referee information page.

Submit a Volunteer Application to show your interest.

Referee Coordinator

We are also looking for someone to volunteer to be the Referee Coordinator.

Volunteer Rewards on offer.

Submit a Volunteer Application to show your interest.

Outstanding Registration are due NOW

Outstanding registrations need to be paid now.

Emails have been sent to anyone with outstanding registration. Payment is to be finalised asap.

If your registration is not paid in full or you have not entered into a repayment plan by presentation day we will withhold any trophies until debt is finalised.

Please contact the Treasurer on treasurer@pineriversathleticfc.org.au or 0417 738 099 after 6pm.