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Posted July 12, 2011 00:45 · last edited March 18, 2021 06:10

wrt my players decision to go to APFA rather than stay with his club, the way junior football works here in Wellington is that the junior club competition run by Capital Football ends at Grade 14 (the year they turn 14).  He finished G14 with me last year.  Thereafter they play for their college in the school competition.  He was at St Pat's town, with no gaurantee of a good development environment.  As it turns out this year St Pat's have a great 1st XI coached by Stu Jacobs, so that wouldn't have been a bad thing.
 
Of course he would've been looking at also playing in the competive mens league, either seniors and/or in the U21 or U17 Cap Football have set up for Sunday afternoons.  But Onslow JFC have no senior club, so there was no natural progression.  He probably would've ended up playing for Wests, as he was in the Ole Academy here run by Nate Winkel and many of those players play for Wests.
 
That would've been OK from a development perspective, but APFA seemed to have the full package: good coaching, good players, full time residential programme, connections into NZ Football and pathways for overseas trials etc.  And all on a scholarship.
 
What he had here would have been a mish mash of school, part time academy, senior club and Cap/NZ Football.  All of which he had to pay for.
 
 
Stevel2011-07-12 12:46:02

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wrt my players decision to go to APFA rather than stay with his club, the way junior football works here in Wellington is that the junior club competition run by Capital Football ends at Grade 14 (the year they turn 14).  He finished G14 with me last year.  Thereafter they play for their college in the school competition.  He was at St Pat's town, with no gaurantee of a good development environment.  As it turns out this year St Pat's have a great 1st XI coached by Stu Jacobs, so that wouldn't have been a bad thing.

 
Of course he would've been looking at also playing in the competive mens league, either seniors and/or in the U21 or U17 Cap Football have set up for Sunday afternoons.  But Onslow JFC have no senior club, so there was no natural progression.  He probably would've ended up playing for Wests, as he was in the Ole Academy here run by Nate Winkel and many of those players play for Wests.
 
That would've been OK from a development perspective, but APFA seemed to have the full package: good coaching, good players, full time residential programme, connections into NZ Football and pathways for overseas trials etc.  And all on a scholarship.
 
What he had here would have been a mish mash of school, part time academy, senior club and Cap/NZ Football.  All of which he had to pay for.
 
 
Stevel2011-07-12 12:46:02