wibbler wrote:
Stevel wrote:
But Onslow JFC have no senior club, so there was no natural progression.
Back in the dim, distant past, I played for both Johnson Villa and Onslow JFCs (in different seasons). Each club had a progression to North Wellington seniors (the reason for 2 separate junior clubs was that the boundary between Wgtn JFA and Mana JFA passed through the middle of North Wgtn's player catchment area). Has Onslow since seceded from North Wellington?
I think theoretically there is a link between Onslow JFC and NW seniors, but I've been coaching at Onslow for the last 10 years and have coached players right from Nursery Grade to Grade 14 and out the door to college and I've never seen that link be anything other than theoretical. If any Onslow junior goes on to play for NW seniors it won't be because of any bonding that occured while they were at Onslow. As far as Onslow juniors are concerned, North Wellington players are rivals. Or less than that, as NW don't often have teams in the top junior leagues.
That's probably enough reminiscing though, as this is a Mainland League thread.