| Good evening everyone |
| and thank you for coming to the Soccer Club meeting. |
| It's good to see so many parents and children here tonight, |
| and I know you're looking forward to a great football season. |
| Now I'd like to take a few minutes to tell you about some changes to the Soccer Club for the coming season. |
| Now, this season we'll be playing all our matches for both the junior and senior competitions at King's Park, |
| instead of Royal Park, which was used last season. |
| Now, for meetings, we're going to use the clubhouse in King's Park, |
| and the next meeting will be held in the clubhouse on the 2nd of July. |
| As usual, we hope to begin the season with a picnic next Saturday at the clubhouse. |
| Please try and come to the picnic as it's always good fun. |
| In the last week of the season, we usually have a dinner and presentation of prizes to the players, |
| and more information about this will be given to you later in the season. |
| This season we have more teams than ever. |
| We hope to have ten teams, instead of five, in the junior competition |
| and they will play on Saturday mornings, beginning at 8.30 a.m. |
| Training sessions will be held in King's Park on Wednesday afternoons for the juniors |
| and they will be wearing red shirts again this year. |
| In the senior competition, there'll be four teams, same as last year, |
| and their games will be played on Saturday afternoons starting at 2.30, |
| oh, no sorry, it will be a 2 o'clock start, |
| and the training session for seniors is planned for Sunday afternoons. |
| Now I'd like to introduce you to the new committee for the Soccer Club for this season. |
| Firstly, let me welcome Robert Young, the new President, |
| who will manage the meetings for the next two years. |
| Robert's son has been playing football with the club for over five years now, |
| and many thanks to Robert for taking on the job of President. |
| Next we have Gina Costello, she's the treasurer, |
| and she'll collect the fees from you for the season. |
| Please try and give Gina your fees as early as possible in the season, |
| as the club needs the money to buy some new equipment. |
| Then there's David West who has volunteered to be the club secretary, |
| and one of the many jobs he'll have is to send out newsletters to you regularly. |
| If you have any information that may be useful, |
| please let David know so that it can be included in these newsletters. |
| Also, I'd like to introduce you to Jason Dokic who is the Head Coach. |
| For all the new members here tonight, this is the third year that Jason has been with us as Head Coach, |
| and we're very lucky to have such an experienced coach and former player at our club. |
| He will continue to supervise the teams, at training sessions and on match days. |
| Now, before we finish and have some refreshments, |
| does anyone have any questions they'd like to ask the new committee? |