Playing AFL - Sydney - North Shore

[Norris Lurker]

To Dylan, best advice I can give you is to check the Clubs section on the Sydney AFL website. You'll get some details on each of the clubs; and some contact details for clubs in your area.
Best thing you can do is make a few phone calls, talk to people at the clubs and make your own decision where you'd best fit in - depends on your personal circumstances, and what may be the best club for one person may not be the best club for another.
Good luck.

[northernspy]

If this forum is as bad as you make out why don't you take your own advice and don't read it

I read it for a laugh - and most of the tripe that is associated with your "name" is some of the funniest.

I certainly wouldnt read it for advice or reliable information.

[Pace To Burn]

In all honesty, this message board is nothing but detrimental to footy in sydney.

A guy gets on and asks a simple question of where to play and he gets almost 2 pages of negative drivel (barr a few helpful posts)

IMO this entire forum should be locked untill every member can have their identity verified. Only then would we have serious and beneficial debate about sydney footy rather than a site full of rubbish.

As for where to play in Sydney - best you do your own research. Check websites, ask around but DONT READ THIS FORUM!

I read it for a laugh - and most of the tripe that is associated with your "name" is some of the funniest.

I certainly wouldnt read it for advice or reliable information.

Sorry but i wouldnt imagine that your real name is Northernspy

So all everyone on here does is bag everyone from other clubs, so you come on here bagging other posters about them doing it, makes sense

[northernspy]

Just playing this ridiculous game

[The Purse]

it can be fun

[The Purse]

Cant believe you havnt been contacted already..By East Coast Eagles..They want everyone in sydney playing for them, will pay big bucks too!!! even if you cant get a kick, Reputation is enough. and of course must be computer literate and able to concentrate on long video nights.(Of bull@@@@)

remember me, people in glass houses shouldnt throw stones, have it on good authority, that the blues pay quite handsomely?

I dont think anyone on this forum would deny east coast pay players, along with easts, dockers, pennant hills and other clubs in seasons past however, to pass one we are only club that does would be a lie.

I thought wasnt appropriate to pass on players names on here, however this source from within c/town has provided a bit of information which shows , if true show there are some good funds being paid there too.

A big spend to finish 5th (Lucky it is now a final 5) and they will have to recruit another 5 or 6 minimum next year to cover this years recruits if they leave or next year at best. Unfortunately they have little depth with the reserves struggling in 2nd division and an U18 team that is almost back to being unable to field a full team.

Reality of this Remember me is that whilst it is good to knock clubs who do pay, look in your back yard too, also look at the lower levels of your club which arent getting attention, at least most of the clubs i mentioned above including east coast have some depth to go with there spending.

North shore too whilst not known for player payments, have a better junior system and reserves than c/town.

No doubt will fuel the fire there, but I think it is unfair to state one club is only spending funds when this is not the case.

[unconfuseme]

... the most disturbing thing about what has happened at C'town is not that their Magoos get belted by 20 + goals regularly, but that they cant fill an u/18's team every week!!

... their junior comp, in probably one of the largest catchment areas in Sydney for junior sport, has shrunk embarrassingly to about 3 clubs, and none of them has more than 4 teams!!

But hey, their senior side will play finals this year, and they can get away with charging $5 to get into their ground ... so they must be doing something right!

[tara]

... the most disturbing thing about what has happened at C'town is not that their Magoos get belted by 20 + goals regularly, but that they cant fill an u/18's team every week!!

... their junior comp, in probably one of the largest catchment areas in Sydney for junior sport, has shrunk embarrassingly to about 3 clubs, and none of them has more than 4 teams!!

But hey, their senior side will play finals this year, and they can get away with charging $5 to get into their ground ... so they must be doing something right!

Is it Campbelltowns responsiblity to improve the junior participation rates bearing in mind the AFL has paid empoyees who are suposed to doing just that?

[Norris Lurker]

Etta's numbers may be correct, maybe not - but anyone who's been on this board for any length of time knows that there have been some bull@@@@ numbers thrown around for player payments in the past.
And even if the numbers are correct, I'm not entirely comfortable with seeing a club's player payment schedules posted on here.

Anyway, can we get the discussion back to finding a club for Dylan. Otherwise I'll be forced to perform lockage.

[floppinab]

Is it Campbelltowns responsiblity to improve the junior participation rates bearing in mind the AFL has paid empoyees who are suposed to doing just that?

Make an interesting point there tara. I believe it's both. Certainly the AFL have a role to play but often they are focussed on things that may not be the same priority for senior clubs (i.e. Auskickers versus partication in high schools), and of course for the club to attract local juniors they must create a profile in the local community with ideally the first port of call surely being the local junior clubs.

Some senior clubs do it better than others and it will often depend on the staff/coaches involved and they of course change from year to year. And of course with resources for senior clubs thin on the ground prioritise time with junior clubs is a fair way down the to do list. As someone involved in junior footy for the last 10 years I would love to see more involvement from our associated senior club. The AFL will even fund senior club players (albeit to a very small extent) to conduct clinics with junior clubs and at schools.

[tara]

Make an interesting point there tara. I believe it's both. Certainly the AFL have a role to play but often they are focussed on things that may not be the same priority for senior clubs (i.e. Auskickers versus partication in high schools), and of course for the club to attract local juniors they must create a profile in the local community with ideally the first port of call surely being the local junior clubs.

Some senior clubs do it better than others and it will often depend on the staff/coaches involved and they of course change from year to year. And of course with resources for senior clubs thin on the ground prioritise time with junior clubs is a fair way down the to do list. As someone involved in junior footy for the last 10 years I would love to see more involvement from our associated senior club. The AFL will even fund senior club players (albeit to a very small extent) to conduct clinics with junior clubs and at schools.

I cant talk for Town (although I dont know they have had Auskick at half time at at least one of the home games) but in the past three years we have had fairly heavy involvement with our junior clubs - we do not receive reimbursement for this - we have received as you say a small amount of funding for being involved in school clinics though.

Unfortunately the junior participation rates that are reported for the South Western Region may be somewhat inflated when you consider how poorly many of the local clubs are fairing at present with their numbers.

Given the limited resources available to local clubs I believe that most are doing what can be reasonably expected of them therefore it stands to reason that those paid to promote the game at a junior level up here are failing or have another agenda that they are working towards

[Pace To Burn]

remember me, people in glass houses shouldnt throw stones, have it on good authority, that the blues pay quite handsomely?

I dont think anyone on this forum would deny east coast pay players, along with easts, dockers, pennant hills and other clubs in seasons past however, to pass one we are only club that does would be a lie.

I thought wasnt appropriate to pass on players names on here, however this source from within c/town has provided a bit of information which shows that , if true show there are some good funds being paid there too.
A big spend to finish 5th (Lucky it is now a final 5) and they will have to recruit another 5 or 6 minimum next year to cover this years recruits if they leave or next year at best. Unfortunately they have little depth with the reserves struggling in 2nd division and an U18 team that is almost back to being unable to field a full team.

Reality of this Remember me is that whilst it is good to knock clubs who do pay, look in your back yard too, also look at the lower levels of your club which arent getting attention, at least most of the clubs i mentioned above including east coast have some depth to go with there spending.

North shore too whilst not known for player payments, have a better junior system and reserves than c/town.

No doubt will fuel the fire there, but I think it is unfair to state one club is only spending funds when this is not the case.

Dont know who your source is Etta, but unfortunately for you and any credibility you may have had he is completely off the mark with these figures. There is no-one at our club on $400 a game and there certainly isnt 6 more on $200 a game. Oh and by the way that is a fact cause i have seen ,if not signed all the contracts and have a copy of all player payments on my computer.

[northernspy]

Hey all,

I have no idea if I'm posting this in the right forum,

Obviously not

[floppinab]

therefore it stands to reason that those paid to promote the game at a junior level up here are failing or have another agenda that they are working towards

Could talk for a month about that one but suffice to say I agree wholeheartedly!!!

[Coastal Boy]

Dont know who your source is Etta, but unfortunately for you and any credibility you may have had he is completely off the mark with these figures. There is no-one at our club on $400 a game and there certainly isnt 6 more on $200 a game. Oh and by the way that is a fact cause i have seen ,if not signed all the contracts and have a copy of all player payments on my computer.

Thats sad if no one at CT is on $400 per game. Sad for the state of the league. IMO this would mean the league really is a basket case and has retarded by 20 years.