Next generation on show in Coffs Harbour
The next generation of potential Westfield Matildas will be on show in Coffs Harbour from this weekend at the Westfield National Youth Championships for Girls 2009.
There will be 318 players from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern NSW, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia competing at the annual tournament at BCU International Stadium in Coffs Harbour.
FFA CEO Ben Buckley acknowledged the importance of these Championships in the FFA talent identification program.
“While the Championships are not the only means of being spotted as a player with potential, this tournament is an important component of our talent identification for young players and will be the basis from which we select future national teams.
“As a member of the Asian Football Confederation, we have more opportunities than ever to participate in high quality opposition that benefits the entire football family in Australia.
“High quality opposition helps us to improve our own standards, quality of play, coaching and facilities; and as the quality of the national teams improves, the impact will be felt down the line to the grassroots players which gives us better standards of competition as a well as a larger pool of potential players for the Westfield W-League and the national teams all the way to the Westfield Matildas.
“I-ve no doubt that the Westfield National Youth Championships for Girls will be yet another highly competitive, entertaining and successful tournament as it has been in previous years,” concluded Buckley.
FFA would like to thank Northern NSW Football for their work in hosting the tournament once again.
Click on the links below for the full draw of both the U15 and U17 competitions.