{"id":309,"date":"2008-04-01T08:50:29","date_gmt":"2008-03-31T22:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ballinasoccer.com.au\/juniors\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T04:50:42","slug":"juniors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ballinasoccer.com.au\/?page_id=309","title":{"rendered":"Junior Divisions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ballinasoccer.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MiniRoos-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4447 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ballinasoccer.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MiniRoos-photo-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"MiniRoos\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ballinasoccer.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MiniRoos-photo-300x198.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ballinasoccer.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MiniRoos-photo-1024x676.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.ballinasoccer.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MiniRoos-photo-768x507.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.ballinasoccer.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MiniRoos-photo.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Welcome to the  <!--auto_year-->season of soccer!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The club would like to encourage<strong> all players to utilise ONLINE REGISTRATION <\/strong>for the  <!--auto_year-->season.\u00a0 Online registrations open from 1st February  <!--auto_year-->through the following link:\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.playfootball.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PlayFootball.com.au<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">f you need assistance registering <strong>online<\/strong> please contact our Junior Registrar <strong>Lisa Coady<\/strong> on 0401 583 310\u00a0 or\u00a0 <strong><a class=\"moz-txt-link-abbreviated\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"mailto:registrar@ballinasoccer.com.au\" rel=\"noreferrer\">registrar@ballinasoccer.com.au<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The NSW Government\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Active Kids\u00a0Program<\/strong> continues again this year, which gives parents\/guardians of all eligible school enrolled children 4.5 to 18 years old, residing in NSW, the opportunity to apply for a voucher (up to $50) that can be used to reduce (or eliminate) the cost of their child&#8217;s playing registration.\u00a0 Apply for an Active Kids voucher <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.service.nsw.gov.au\/transaction\/apply-active-kids-voucher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Vouchers will need to be entered in the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.playfootball.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PlayFootball<\/a><\/span> website when registering online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As always we are looking for volunteers to help Coach and Manage our Junior players.\u00a0 If you can help our club in any way please let our Junior Registrar Lisa know via her contact details above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>**All Registration fees are required to be paid before playing any games.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Registration Fees for <strong> <!--auto_year--><\/strong> are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 209.6px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\">DIVISION<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 352px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">YEARLY\u00a0FEE<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 209.6px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5, 6, 7\u00a0 years<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 352px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0$ 100.00<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 209.6px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8, 9, 10, 11\u00a0 years<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 352px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0$ 130.00<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 209.6px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">12, 13, 14, 15, 16\u00a0 years<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 352px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0$ 170.00<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 209.6px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">17, 18 years<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 352px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0$ 240.00<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As from January 2018, Football NSW has made a change to the <strong>Working With Children Check<\/strong>\u00a0(WWCC) policy by adding additional requirements as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;For the 2018 season and beyond, the following participants are required to obtain a WWCC and provide their WWCC Number to their club, association, branch, centre or referee branch:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All paid persons working with children under 18 years of age;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All coaches, managers working in a paid or volunteer role with children under 18 years;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All technical directors working in a paid or volunteer role with children under 18 years;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All referees (except those under 18 years of age);<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All committee members of organisations with participants aged under 18 years of age;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All Member Protection Information Officers; and<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Persons in any other child related roles not listed unless exempt. &#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ballina Soccer Club will comply with the advised changes to WWCC policy as directed by Football NSW to include the above amendments of who is required to have a working with children check.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The following are links to our <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ballinasoccer.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Ballina-Soccer-Club-WWCC-Compliance-Statement-Feb2018.pdf\">Compliance Statement<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ballinasoccer.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Ballina-Soccer-Club-WWCC-information-Feb2018.pdf\">Information<\/a> for coaches and others requiring a WWCC on the process and the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ballinasoccer.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Ballina-Soccer-Club-WWCC-Policy-Feb2018.pdf\">Ballina Soccer Club Working with Children Check Policy<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For updated information that answers some Q&amp;A that coaches and other interested parties may have, see the following link from\u00a0Football NSW:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/footballnsw.com.au\/protection-and-safety\/working-with-children\/\">https:\/\/footballnsw.com.au\/protection-and-safety\/working-with-children\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>IF YOU ARE COACHING, TEAM MANAGER, COMMITTEE MEMBER OR WILL REGULARLY VOLUNTEER ON WEEKENDS<\/strong> such as in the canteen etc <strong>IN  <!--auto_year--><\/strong>, you need to start the process of getting a Working With Children Check. 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