Northern NSW Football’s Emerging Jets 12 and 13 boys are flying down to Tasmania today for the National Skill Acquisition Program (SAP) Festival in Devonport. The boys will be playing against teams from Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria and the ACT.
The event is held at Valley Road, home of Tasmanian National Premier League Club Devonport City Strikers. The Festival will be running from Friday 4th March through to Sunday 6th March 2016.
“It is important for the Emerging Jets Program, as a whole, that we continue to benchmark ourselves against players of a similar age group from around the country. The SAP Festival in Tasmania is a great opportunity for us to do this in a development based environment,” said Ryan Campbell, Emerging Jets Head Coach of Skill Acquisition.
“There are no scores recorded as well as there being no overall winner of the festival. Which is great as the players are able to express themselves and show their abilities as individuals to the National Technical Staff, while the coaching staff are able to assess the progress of their sides against high quality oppositions.”
“I am very much looking forward to seeing our players on the National stage and being able to gain valuable feedback on the players as they continue their development,” Campbell concluded.
Emerging Jets Matches
Friday 4th March
12.00pm 13 Boys v Tasmania South
12.00pm 12 Blue v SA Blue
1.00pm 12 Red v Hobart Zebras
3.00pm 13 Boys v Victoria Blue
4.00pm 12 Blue v Olympia Lions
5.00pm 12 Red v ACT Yellow
Saturday 5th March
9.00am 13 Boys v ACT
9.00am 12 Red v SA Red
12.00pm 12 Blue v ACT Yellow
12.00pm 13 Boys v SA Blue
3.00pm 12 Red v ACT Blue
4.00pm 13 Boys v SA Red
4.00pm 12 Blue v Northern TAS
Sunday 6th March
10.00am 12 Blue v ACT Blue
12.00pm 13 Boys v Victoria White
12.00pm 12 Red v SA Blue
3.00pm 13 Boys v Tasmania
3.00pm 12 Blue v Hobart Zebras
3.00pm 12 Red v Olympia Lions
Team Line Ups
13 Boys
Jacob Zissis
Jaxon Abdilla
Pat Bond
Damon Green
Will Ingram
Andy Kinkade
Jay Kitcher
Clancy Muddle
Elliot Page
Tom Parkes
Oliver Rich
Finnegan Todhunter
Caleb Trowbridge
Adam Zervas
Coach: Keelan Hamilton
12 Boys Blue
Liam Beazley
Jagger Wholert
Xander Woweries
Sam Donohoe
James Reid
Luke Taylor
James Cresnar
Ben Grant
Jerick Loachaivaj
Ben van Dorsson
Coach: Clayton McSeveney
12 Boys Red
Jimmy Shanahan
Dom Archbold
Kierry James
Nicholas Kacev
Lachlan West
Kai Karaka
Archie Goodwin
Cooper Larkin
Oscar Crakanthorp
Kayden Soper
Coach: Ryan Campbell