A timely reminder for management of concussion in players. As GHFA does not have an association specific policy, we defer to the FNSW policy, which in turn refers to the current FFA policy “FFA National Concussion Guidelines” a link to which can be found on the GHFA website here: http://www.ghfa.com.au/policies.html The key recommendations are: Any athlete with a suspected concussion

 “There was a game? I was too busy enjoying Beecroft’s Gala Day…wine, biscuits and cheese…” Sunday 1 July, the sun shone for our annual Back to Beecroft Day. A day of celebration of community football, especially our Women’s teams at Beecroft. The morning kicked off with the U14/2s displaying some very adept football skills and a pretty impressive 4-0 win

You may have seen that Construction has begun on the new Cheltenham Community Facility at Cheltenham Oval. Construction timeline 1.Removal of vegetation: early April – to be complete by the end of April 2018 2.Excavation works: to be complete by end of April 2018 3.Building of structures: to be complete by the end of July 2018 4.Building finishing works: to

Professional Coaching with Nathan Grey for all teams u9s and up returns in 2018. Each session runs for 1 hour and Nathan will only undertake 3 slots per night but has offered 4 possible slots. Therefore if the 4pm slot is taken, the 7pm is not available and vice versa. All the coach of your team needs to do is think

Council has a SMS lights on/off procedure for Cheltenham Oval. At present the following committee member numbers are known to the system, if the lights have not been turned on please call or SMS one of the following numbers and ask for the lights to be turned on: Chairman Peter Nimmo 0419 449 730 Secretary Jeff Pike 0431 978 368

This year EVERYONE (Coaches and Managers) who is involved with children i.e. people under 18, will need to get a Working with children check. As a volunteer-this should be free. go to this site: https://wwccheck.ccyp.nsw.gov.au/Applicants/Application and apply for a WWC by filling out the online application. Take the number supplied with your selected photo ID to your nearest Roads and Maritime

Coach education and Development in 2018 offered by GHFA for your information GHFA Coach Education. Use links in the PDF to submit enquiries or view on the website http://www.ghfa.com.au/index.php/coaching

Key dates for Beecroft Football Club: Registrations open in MyFootballClub, Wednesday 3 January Active Kids Rebate – from 31 January 2018, parents, guardians and carers can apply for a voucher at Service NSW Registration Day, Sunday 4 February Grading Days, minis and juniors, Sunday 11 February Coaches and Managers information evening Monday 12 March, 7:30pm Beecroft Bowling Club Trials, where