Mainland Premier League

From tonight Nelson Mail, Mark Johnston to switch codes.:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/sport/9662041/Suburbs-lose-leading-star-to-rugby

Training has restarted at Selwyn , great turn out & some new faces !! More to follow

Come on then messy. Names please.

anyone go to any interesting meetings in the last week or two? 

I might be slow off the mark (well my team mates would certainly say that) but just found out they're giving a mens U23s league a go again. I understand the point of it but can't see how they will they get the teams necessary to form a league.

Jordan halligan is playing for tech this year (probably the first year in his life he hasn't been coached by his old man); good for him.

A few players switching clubs/guesting for others with U17s boys and girls Auk tournament coming up

Hawks gearing up for their 50th anniversary

New GM

Interesting. The owner of the business that has won the GM contract at Halswell is also contracting work for Mainland on formulating policy development and review on junior rep teams:  Mainland contract

The new league is an u21 league with the allowance of 5 overage players, mainly setup to provide a place for div 1 clubs with a reserve team, ie chch utd

U23 with 5 overage allowed.

That was May last year. Hope that work has been completed by now and meter is not still running in addition to already high wage bill at MF. Halswell's president also contracts for MF. What keeps their own staff busy, especially during the summer?

PDL: 7 x Chch MPL clubs plus which other club?

2013 PDL = now called "Reserves", 2014 PDL = U23 + 5 Overage allowed. On basis of what happened previous year, think FC stays there don't they?

Ok but who is the 8th reserve grade club?

2013: 6th Div2, 6th Div3, 9th Div4. In saying that, likely they have gained a few quality players now they have moved into MPL, which should also bring standard of their PDL team up. Sounds like Selwyn's pre-season well up in numbers and quality Chris?    

Coastal pre-season tournament draw is out, with 6 teams entered as no Uni or Nelson.  Round robin with games at Linfield and English Park. Thoughts on the winners?  

I'm picking Coastal :-)

Picking Coastal to do what?

Win.

Yes as above, round robin format, each team plays each other once with a couple of all dayers at English Park which is nice. 

It's on their website FYI: http://coastalspirit.co.nz/coastal-spirit-pre-season-tournament/ 

Yamamoto (not sure which one, both maybe) to Bay$

Jordan moved back to Nomads for a few weeks last season.... and then promptly left again!

Apparently the FC Twenty 11 PDL coach will be unveiled tonight ta training. State secret otherwise.

Also, am i correct in thinking Tsteo is back in the FC house now?

From fb:

Waimak United are pleased to formally announce STEVE BAILEY
as the new Division One head coach.
Steve comes to North Canterbury from the UK,
with both a footballing and physiological training background.
...
Steve is keen to see players at preseason trainingwho are keen to be part of the senior squadcompeting in both Division One and the new PDL league (Reserve team). 18th grade players also looking to
break into these squads should also attend. The squad has upcoming preseason fixtures and those training will be involved in these matches, as he looks to build the squad for the 2014 season.

Preseason training for players intending to play:
18th grade, Senior Reserves, and Senior First team
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30pm, at Kendall Park,
New and returning players welcome

Rumour going round that it's perhaps Western who aren't fielding a team in the WPL.  Just a rumour, but what else is this forum for?

Western won reta Fitzpatrick last year, that would be a surprise.

More of a surprise that they won Reta.

Who has been trying to proach Western players then?

Parklands

Parklands promoted to WPL on what basis? Their coach wanted to be there?