Juniors - born 2014 - 2018

Age Groups for Juniors are as follows:

• 8th Grade - born 2018
• 9th Grade - born 2017
• 10th Grade - born 2016
• 11th Grade - born 2015
• 12th Grade - born 2014

Please note 8th grade (previously Small Whites) & 9th Grades will be undergoing some changes with New Zealand Football's Whole of Football 2.0 plan. 8th & 9th Grade - we are working together with some local clubs to provide a rotating format on Saturday mornings. More information to follow once confirmed.​​​​​​​

Junior Development Programme - please find more information on our website (HERE) and answer the relevant question in the registration form if you're interested in this programme. The balance of the total programme fee will be invoiced seperately once numbers / teams are confirmed.

Training & Game Times / Locations

Trainings take place at Opaheke Sports Park (or in some cases McLennan Park)

NRF provides fixtures for 10th - 12th gamedays. Teams play on a home and away basis between 8.00am-1.30pm on Saturday mornings. 

Game Days (Saturdays) teams travel around South Auckland / Franklin area for away games and play at McLennan Park for home games.

Game Days starting Saturday 2nd May

(no games Kings Birthday Weekend 30th May, Matariki Weekend / School Holidays 11th July - all subject to change by NRF) 

Gear Required:

• shinpads (compulsory for safety)
• long royal blue socks 
• royal blue soccer shorts
• boots (no metal sprigs)    
• Playing shirt (provided by the club for the season - please only wear this for game days not trainings and please take care of it)

These items can be purchased through our FootballHQ Club Shop (which is the best place to find a range of sizes) and on advertised registration nights (see HOME page)

Club jackets and hoodies etc are also available through the online club shop - HERE

What happens after registration:

Once registered you'll receive email updates about team allocation evenings and season draws once they are confirmed.

When Team Allocation takes place a Coach and Manager for each team will need to be found from within the parent / family group of the team. Some existing teams have returning parent coaches.

Communication:

General communication will be emailed and posted in the Junior Facebook group (Junior & Youth Facebook Group) and on the main club Facebookpage. 

Draws can be found on the NRF website under NRF Auckland Junior Competitions. Team Coaches and Managers are responsible for checking where and when each team is playing and informing the team. Fixtures are confirmed Friday evenings so make sure there have been no changes.

Cancellations are generally communicated from NRF to club admin and posted on the NRF Facebook page as soon as a decision between NRF & the Auckland Council has been made (in the case of bad weather throughout the week). Coaches & Managers of affected teams will be emailed to share the information with their teams. This can sometimes happen as late as early Saturday morning.

If you don't hear anything, assume it's ON!

Please do not contact club admins to ask if sessions are on prior to these times as we won't know and our phones get tied up, stopping us from getting updates out.