THE ILLAWARRA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LTD. Registered Office: Fraternity Bowling & Recreation Club, 11 Bourke St Fairy Meadow 2519 Postal Address: PO Box 195, Fairy Meadow 2519 Telephone: (42856929) Fax: (42855625) Affiliated To Football N.S.W. PO Box 6146, Baulkham Hills B. C. 2153 Telephone (02 88144400) Office Hours are Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm. Website: www.footballillawarra.asn.au E-mail: [email protected] HANDBOOK 2009 CONTENTS Office Bearers Affiliated Organisations 2009 Meetings Proposed Calendar Club Details Illawarra Soccer Referees Assn General Information Professional Players & Retained Players Disciplinary Information Past Winners Premier League Draw (including Bert Bampton Cup) District Leagues Draw.(including Bert Bampton Cup) Division One Draw Finals Formats Want to know the results? www.footballillawarra.asn.au after 6pm Saturday. 1 MESSAGE FROM EDDY DE GABRIELE - PRESIDENT Welcome to the 2009 season I said last year that 2008 was to be earmarked as one of the most important seasons for football here in the Illawarra and certainly that era of great change and anticipation has dawned. This year, around June 2009, the unification of football in the region is to be legally implemented under the official name of Football South Coast (Association). The IFA Board, in conjunction with the IAFA, will become the Men’s Football Council and we will continue to lay the strong foundations that will secure the long term future and sustainability for all men’s football in this region. Our game and competitions are becoming more attractive to players and the business community. This year we have introduced the Illawarra Mercury as the naming rights sponsor of the Premier League and we welcome back Illawarra Credit Union and Peoplecare as sponsors of our District Leagues. These three sponsors are joined at the platinum sponsorship level by #10 Teamwear (Dixon Sports) and Spartan Sports. Our associate sponsors are the Edmen Group, Micon - Office National and Corrimal Leagues Club. These companies are helping us provide our players, and future players, with the strongest possible platform for their potential development to the highest possible level. And we thank them for their amazing support. Already 2009 brings a new style of competition, new member clubs, new format, a major new sponsor who wants to be involved with our rising product and brand and many new options for players to satisfy their hunger for football. We continue to focus our policies for growth strategies towards our grass roots District and Amateur League competitions which will form the basis for most of our growth. This will provide us with one of the strongest semi-professional and amateur regional football competitions in the State and one which allows our juniors to progress through their respective competitions into our leagues before embarking on State and ultimately to an A-League team here in the Illawarra region. The future for Illawarra men’s football looks very strong and exciting. We, as a football community and as an Association, look forward to accepting this much higher level of community, social and corporate responsibility through our clubs and their officials’, players’ and supporters’ behaviour and conduct at every game and every ground throughout the Illawarra. To the players, officials and fans, I hope you enjoy a successful and memorable 2009. Eddy De Gabriele President 2 2009 IMPORTANT DATES General Meetings of all Clubs will be held at The Fraternity Club, 7.00 pm on the following dates: April 14, June 9, August 10, October 12 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 30 November 2009 (subject to Auditors Compliance timing) Alternate Date - 14 December 2009 Board of Directors' Meetings January 12, 4.30 - 6.30pm May 11, 4.30 - 6.30pm September 14, 4.30 - 6.30pm February 9, 4.30 - 6.30pm June 9, 12.30 - 2.30pm October 12, 4.30 - 6.30pm March 9, 4.30 - 6.30pm July 13, 4.30 - 6.30pm November 9, 4.30 - 6.30pm April 14, 4.30 - 6.30pm August 10, 4.30 - 6.30pm December 7, 12.30 - 2.30pm Presentation Night – Friday 30 October 2009. (6.30pm) Villa D’oro Function Centre, North Wollongong Action shot from the 2008 Bampton Cup final 3 THE ILLAWARRA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LTD. OFFICE BEARERS 2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: Mr. Eddy DeGabriele - 0419244388 Vice President: Mr Milco Stojanoski - 0407251618 Treasurer: Mr Bruce Cunningham - 0414544338 Directors: Corporate Governance Director: Mr Tom Clark – IFA Office 42856929 Ms Nicki Bowman Mr Claude Cuda - 0438281692 Mr Peter Dent - 0431950690 Mr Emilio Gigliotti - 0415722711 Mr Paul Mahanidis - 0418466209 Mr John Walker - 0417044654 Publicity Manager Tony Harper 0417710134 Administration Officers: David Naylor – Manager: 0404046929 Heather Rowles 42856929 Fax 42855625 David’s email: [email protected] Address for all correspondence: IFA PO Box 195, Fairy Meadow 2519 PATRONS: Corrimal Leagues Club, Mr David Campbell, Mayor of Kiama, Fraternity Bowling & Recreation Club LIFE MEMBERS: Messrs., Gordon Lewis, Neville Arrowsmith, Jock Hamilton, Tony McDonald, Barry Scott, Harry Brown, George Naylor, Neil Kemp, John Walker, Mavis Naylor, Emilio Gigliotti, Otto Bader, Peter Dent, Alan Walton, Paul Mahanidis, Albert (Bert) Bampton* ,Frank Isedale* John Positti*, Les Isedale*, Jock Smith* Peter Banks*, Frank Shuttleworth*, Helmut Vogel* * denotes deceased. OTHER OFFICE BEARERS/COMMITTEE Auditors: Shepherd, Miller, 2 Regent St, Wollongong Judiciary Board: Messrs. – Rex Leighton, Paul Positti, Wayne Bradford, Doug Hearne Appeals Board: Messrs. – Michael Grew, Murray Dribbus, Chris Sheppard, Doug Tarrant General Purposes Tribunal – Craig Osborne (Chairman), Josh Bignell, Martin Culleton, Tom Stewart, Adam Barlow AFFILIATED ORGANISATIONS Midweek Soc. Assoc.(BHP) Secretary: Mr. Rudi Horvath, P.O. Box 331, Warilla 2528 (Ph. 42 968354). Leisure Coast Soccer Assoc. Secretary Mr Ken Temple, Flat 2/5 Virginia St Wollongong 2500 (Ph. 42275402) Illawarra Amateur Football Assoc. – Email: [email protected] OTHER FOOTBALL ORGANISATIONS WCFC. P.O. Box 448, Figtree 2525 Email: [email protected] Illawarra Junior Football Assoc. PO Box 265, Figtree 2525 Email: [email protected] Illawarra Women’s Football Assoc., PO Box 34, Figtree 2525 Email: [email protected] Illawarra Stingrays Email: [email protected] 4 Ground Inspection Team Illawarra Football Association Inspectors Unit Director: Claude Cuda, 2009 Board of Directors Director: John Walker Paul Mahanidis, John Walker, Portfolio Allocations Members from the Football Emilio Gigliotti, Peter Dent & Community to be Nominated Bruce Cunningham Eddy De Gabriele Corporate Governance President Director: Nicki Bowman Claude Cuda Peter Dent Milco Stojanoski Bruce Cunningham Tom Clark Competitions Events Vice President Treasurer Technical Portfolio Director Portfolio Director Marketing & Publicity - Portfolio Director Finance & Administration Portfolio Director Directors Assisting: Directors Assisting: Directors Assisting Portfolio Director Directors Assisting: Claude Cuda, Emilio Gigliotti, Paul Mahanidis, Tom John Walker & Paul John Walker (Publicity) & Paul Mahanidis Director Assisting Nicki Bowman* & John Walker Clark & Emilio Gigliotti Mahanidis Nicki Bowman* & Eddy De Gabriele Sponsorships) Eddy De Gabriele ( 5 Competition Management Identification of Events MARKETING PUBLICITY Finance Reports Comp. Rules & Regs Competition Operation Planning Details Revenue Generation Weekly League Info for Mercury Budget Reviews Tribunal Matters Regular Match Scheduling Cost Submissions Branding & Logo Ensure Clubs Web Sites are Stats Compliance Status National/State Tie-In Special Match Scheduling Venue Selection Criteria Sponsorships focused Revenue Reports Disciplinary Codes Finals Structure Event By Event Plans Sponsors Contact Produce Weekly Newsletters HR Policies & Staff Reviews IFA Policies League Structures Calendars Planning Marketing Plans Weekly Contact with All Media Admin Procedures Grievance Procedures League Entry Criteria VIP Lists Prospectus Use Web Site for Info Delivery Records Mgt Constitution Review Rep Games Special Events Brochures Function Attendances QA & Forms Mgt Protocols Creation Grounds Assessments Links/Invite to Other Advertising Create Football Meeting Point Process Templates Assoc. Training Manuals Security at Games Assoc/Clubs Other Assoc Contact Football Public Surveys & Stats Job Descriptions Officials Inductions Rules & Regs. – Applicat. MCs/Special Guests Organise TV Ads Press Releases Office Protocols Club Operating Manuals Match Of Day Schedules Attendances (Members) Leads Media Networks Standard Formats Club Directors Roles/Resp. Referee Appointments Futsal Operations Develop Competition Create a “Football Page” in Corres. Templates Club Inductions Referees Liaison & Rep NOTE FOR FUTSAL: Awards Mercury Develop Sponsors Develop Authorities Registration Rules 2009 Implementation Bruce Cunningham Advertising Plan All Outbound Documents Coaching Standards Schools Program responsible for Revenue Office Relocation Project (Note: Assisting Portfolio Football Unification Project Disaster Mgt Criteria Recording, Auditing, Home of Football Project Director, Publicity Manager: Office Inductions Risk Management Venue Selection Reporting & Tracking (Eddy & Claude Assisting) Tony Harper) Futsal Revenue Sentencing Guidelines Referee Rep (with Tom) Referee Rep (with Claude) Career Paths IFA sponsors 2009 Platinum Sponsors Naming rights sponsor of the Illawarra Premier League Naming rights sponsor of an Illawarra District League