By Steve Fleming
The Yarra Valley Soccer Club is recruiting players! If you have a love for, or even just an interest in, the world game you will want to come along to Registration Day this Wednesday 16 February at 5pm. This will be the Club’s first community event since the construction of the new pavilion at Millgrove Recreation Reserve started late last year. A sausage sizzle and drinks will be available.
The club is developing the Under 8s and women’s teams this year and is particularly excited to see an upsurge in interest from junior girls following on from the Women’s Asian Cup and leading into the Women’s World Cup in 2023. We hope that many more girls and young women make the leap and join the sport that 500,000 women and girls are already playing in Australia.
“We’ve had some girls come and play for us from the age of 13 and have seen their skills develop rapidly as a result,” said Neil Langmaid, the women’s team coach.
On the YVSC FaceBook page, Roxy Van Velp Fernand describes her experience.
“I started playing for Yarra Valley because my brother Sam was playing at the club and I quickly fell in love with the game,” she said
“There are a few things that make the club special; the community aspect and the kind and welcoming culture around the grounds”.
The Club is also looking at expanding by including an Under 8 team this year.
Under 10’s coach, Steve Fleming said the team would help the club be increasingly competitive and successful and help kids develop their skills.
“We noticed an obvious skill difference when we played teams from larger clubs and made a decision to start training juniors from the age of 6,” he said.
“We encourage families with children in Year 1 and Year 2 to come down and give soccer a try, and hopefully find that they love the game as much as we do”.
The competition allows for mixed teams from Under 8’s through to Under 14’s so the club encourages boys and girls to join.
Senior players are also encouraged to register by 16 February and an online option is
available at yarravalleysoccer.org.au for anyone unable to make it to Millgrove on Wednesday.
