Welcome to Pine Rivers AFC

Celebrating 52 Years of football in Pine Rivers

Contact: secretary@pineriversathleticfc.org.au

Return to Training Rules

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From : https://footballqueensland.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FQ-Return-to-Training-Infographics.pdf

Football Brisbane - Return to Training Hub

Our club is closely following all the advice issued by Football Brisbane, and working with all our partners to ensure we can return as soon as possible. Rather than duplicate the existing information from Football Brisbane, we will maintain a link to it.

Please click to review the fantastic hub that Football Brisbane have in place to ensure you're aware of the guidelines.

Season Update - Getting back on the pitch

Dear Members,

We are heading towards the news we have all been waiting for…the season is about to start!!!

Stage 2 of the lifting of restrictions will see us being able to return to the field for training. This will look a little different to what we are used with restrictions in place to ensure that all members of our club are protected. As these details are still being finalised, we will send another email in regards to when your training sessions are and how these will look ensuring that our club complies with expectations.

We understand that we have been through difficult times and we certainly want the restart of our season to run smoothly. At this point, we need to ensure that all of our members are keen to get on the park (expected season kick off around 26th July – but this is yet to be confirmed). Football Brisbane is still to confirm exact dates however at this point we are looking at the following scenario:

• Competitive teams starting their season around 27th July and playing through to possibly the first week in November

• Mini Roos kicking off approximately 27th July (Could be 12th ) The length of their season is still under discussion and will be announced as soon as possible however preference is for a 15-18 week season

What we need is to parents to contact us as soon as possible to advise the following:

• Intent to play this season

• Preference for Mini Roos Season length

• Shirt Size (All players will be provided with a training shirt)

We would also like to advise our families that our payment plans will restart on the 1st June. If you need to make any adjustments to your plan, please contact our Treasurer, Brad Stanton, to discuss your concerns. We are aware of the current stresses facing our families and will strive to assist all of our families during this time.

We are excited to be returning to the pitch soon and look forward to seeing you around the club soon.

Julie Gordon

Club President

COVID-19 Update 02 May 2020

To all our Valued Members,

Whilst it may look as though we won’t be enjoying a Football Season this year, it seems that there is a light at the end of a very dark tunnel.

Australia as a whole have taken like ducks to water to social distancing and if this continues, it looks as though we will all be back on the park before you know it, however it will look very different to what we are used to.

Members of our Committee have been attending Webinars with Football Brisbane who are still confident that a full season of fixtures, with occasional midweek games for some age groups, will still be possible with a likely kick off time of Mid-July extending through to Mid-October. Whilst this is later than normal, it will allow us to enjoy their 2020 season. We are hopeful that training will be able to start sooner, hopefully in June however there are no set dates and we continue to communicate with Football Brisbane in regard to this.

As a Committee, we understand the financial hardship many of our families are currently faced with. We are working on a plan to reduce fees for all of our families and will advise you of this as soon as we have worked out a few issues.

We are all missing our football, our football friends and are looking forward to the day we receive the news that we are all waiting for, that our season can finally kick off.

We are weathering the storm of the unchartered waters and as life begins to return to normal, so will our Football season. We encourage you all to download the Government Covid19 app to assist in being able to get our season started.

Thank you all for your patience during these difficult times.

Julie Gordon

President

ATTENTION COACHES

IT'S NOT TO LATE

Exciting news from Football Brisbane! They have partnered with SportsSessionPlanner.com to provide 3 MONTHS FREE ACCESS to the online platform!

Created by Regional Director of Coaching, Martin Docherty, the platform allows you to create sessions and clone existing sessions.

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: Janet Alexander

Secretary: Linda Lee-Grant

Treasurer: Brad Stanton

Club Support: Rebecca Bowles

Football Ops: Vacant

Uniforms Brooke Rhoades

Referee Co-Ordinator: Andrew Foster

Sponsorship Janet Alexander

Junior Coordinator Adrian Tynan

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.

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.

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.