Our Preschool soccer program was designed to keep the younger siblings of our Miniroos kids busy while the Miniroos were training. It is all about having fun, learning new skills and new friends.

Delivered by our homegrown coaching team CST. The Preschool program is for kids 3-5 years old. It starts the development of their initial soccer skills through fun activities and soccer based games.

Included with registration costs - A training ball and a training shirt. Kids are recommended to wear active wear and runners.

When rain is forecast or it is actually raining always assume that training or your game is on until told otherwise.

In the case of small amounts of rain, it is still safe for games to go ahead, and sometimes even more fun for the kids. So pack a towel for the car after the game, an umbrella for spectators and head to your game.

Notifications of Cancellation

The club will notify team managers after Ryde Council has updated the sportsground status on their website. In some situations, the club will elect to cancel training even though the council keeps the grounds open, if it is deemed necessary to preserve the fields for games on the weekend.

Website Link: Ryde Sportsground Status

Weekday play and afternoon/evening training and games

In the event of rain, the Wet Weather information line will be updated weekdays by 9am and 2pm respectively.

If the allocated sportsgrounds are closed for day sports (i.e. schools), a decision by Council officers will be made by 2pm as to whether the sportsgrounds will be reopened for afternoon and evening training.

Winter weekend competition

For Saturday:

Council ground staff will assess sporting fields using the Council matrix (see matrix criteria below) on Friday afternoon for Saturday competition with a decision to be communicated to sporting clubs and associations by 2pm.

In the case of overnight rain (i.e. between 2pm Friday and 8am Saturday) the decision on suitability of grounds for competition games will need to be made by the hirer. (In this situation notification might come from the club to the team managers, or by the association through the DRIBL app.

Communications to sporting clubs and associations will be via the Sportsground Status page and Council Wet Weather phone line.

For Sunday:

Council ground staff will assess sporting fields using the Council matrix on Saturday afternoon for Sunday competition with a decision communicated to sporting clubs and associations by 4pm.

In the case of overnight rain (i.e. between 4pm Saturday and 8am Sunday) the decision on suitability of grounds for competition games will need to be made by the hirer.

Communications to sporting clubs and associations will be via the Sportsground Status page and Council Wet Weather phone line.

Note: There may be situations where Council may close the sporting fields for both Saturday and Sunday competitions (winter season) on Friday afternoon. This will be when there has been a significant amount of rain for a number of days prior to the weekend.

Statement of Intent

We are committed to providing a caring, friendly and safe environment for all our members so they can participate in sport in a relaxed and secure environment.

Bullying of any kind is unacceptable in our club.

If bullying does occur, all club members should be able to tell and know that incidents will be dealt with promptly and effectively. We are a TELLING club. This means that anyone who knows that bullying is happening is expected to tell the club welfare office.

What is Bullying?

Bullying is the use of aggression with the intention of hurting another person. Bullying results in pain and distress to the victim.

Bullying can be:

Emotional being unfriendly, excluding, tormenting (e.g.threatening gestures)

Physical pushing, kicking, hitting, punching or any use of violence

Racist racial taunts, graffiti, gestures

Sexual unwanted physical contact or sexually abusive comments

Homophobic because of, or focussing on the issue of sexuality

Verbal name-calling, sarcasm, spreading rumours, teasing.

Cyber All areas of internet ,such as email & internet chat room misuse Mobile threats by text messaging & calls Misuse of associated technology , i.e. camera &video facilities

Why is it Important to Respond to Bullying?

Bullying hurts. No one deserves to be a victim of bullying. Everybody has the right to be treated with respect. Members who are bullying need to learn different ways of behaving. The club has a responsibility to respond promptly and effectively to issues of bullying.

Why is it Important to Respond to Bullying?

Bullying hurts. No one deserves to be a victim of bullying. Everybody has the right to be treated with respect. Members who are bullying need to learn different ways of behaving. The club has a responsibility to respond promptly and effectively to issues of bullying.

Objectives of this Policy

All club members, coaches and volunteers and parents should have an understanding of what bullying is.

All club members, coaches and volunteers should know what the club policy is on bullying, and follow it when bullying is reported.

All players and parents should know what the Club policy is on bullying, and what they should do if bullying arises.

As a club we take bullying seriously. Players and parents should be assured that they will be supported when bullying is reported.

Bullying will not be tolerated.

Signs a person is being bullied

A person, especially a child, may not always ask for support when being bullied. They may feel afraid, ashamed or embarrassed and that the person they tell will think they are weak. Victims of bullying may think that they deserve to be bullied or are 'dobbing' by telling someone what is happening to them.

The following are signs that a person may be being bullied:

Finds excuses for not wanting to attend training or games (e.g. feeling sick, has an injury, has too much work to do) or talking about hating their sport;

wants to be driven to training or matches instead of walking;

regularly the last one picked for team or group activities;

alienated from social or shared activities;

has bruising or other injuries;

becomes uncharacteristically nervous, worried, shy or withdrawn;

clothing or personal possessions are missing or are damaged;

repeatedly 'loses' money or possessions;

suddenly prone to lashing out at people either physically or verbally.

Procedures

Report bullying incidents to the club Member Protection Co-Ordinator, member of the club committee or an adult you can trust.

In serious cases parents will be informed and asked to come in to a meeting to discuss the problem.

If necessary and appropriate, police will be consulted.

The bullying behaviour or threats of bullying will be investigated and the bullying stopped quickly.

An attempt will be made to help the bully (bullies) change their behaviour

If mediation fails and the bullying continues the club will initiate disciplinary proceedings according to the club constitution.

FURTHER ASSISTANCE

NSW Police – In an emergency dial Triple Zero (000)

NSW Police assistance line – 131 444

Family & Community Services – Child Protection Helpline 132 111

NSW OCG – Working with Children Check – 02 8219 3777

Football NSW State Member Protection Officer – 02 8814 4400

Encourage players and accept results without disappointment.

Never ridicule or yell at a player for making mistakes or losing the game.

Players are involved for their enjoyment, not for their parents or spectators.

Volunteers deserve your respect and consideration.

Eliminate verbal and physical abuse from all sporting activities.

Play by the rules.

Respect officials.

Abuse of opponents or officials is not allowed in any sport.

Treat all players the way you would like to be treated yourself.

Play for the “fun of it” and not just to please parents, spectators and coaches.

Respect the rights, dignity and worth of all players, coaches and officials.

Accept defeat with dignity and don’t seek excuses for defeat or blame the referee or anyone else.