Football Connect

The All Ability League runs in conjunction with the mainstream Junior League from May through to September yearly. Local football clubs have partnered with Football Connect to ensure all players are linked with and play for a Canberra football club.

2018 Pre-Season

The objective of the preseason program is to allow new and existing players to be introduced to football, participate in fun training sessions with our specialist coaches and meet new friends. It is run over four Saturdays usually between April-May.

2018 Dates:

• Saturday May 5, 12, 19, 26

2018 Season Schedule

The league will consist of eleven rounds from May through to September with a break for the school holidays and Kanga Cup. Football Connect will be entering teams in the Kanga Cup during the holidays, so players will have the chance to represent the ACT and compete in Australia’s largest international youth football tournament in the southern hemisphere. Matches will be played at the Hawker Football Centre and local football club home grounds on Saturdays between 9-10:30am.

2018 Dates:

• Season (Rounds 1-5): June: 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30
• Break for School Holidays and Kanga Cup
• Season (Rounds 6-11): July 28, Aug: 4, 11, 18, 25 & Sept 1
• Presentation: Sept 8

Program Information and Registration

Dates: Saturdays May through to September
Times: 9.00am-10.30am
Location: Hawker Football Centre, Walhallow St Hawker
Ages: 6-Open
Cost: $40 Pre-Season only (four weeks), $70 All Ability League only (12 weeks) or $90 All Ability League and Pre-Season (16 weeks plus club presentation day). Registrations are done online through MyFootballClub
How To Register Guide

If you have any issues when registering please contact Merryn Brown.

‘Futsal Fives’ introduces everyone to the five-a side indoor version of football in a fun, fast paced and friendly environment. Futsal Fives runs for seven weeks and is open to players with special needs/all abilities and requires no previous experience. Participants take part in drills/activities and games.

It is also an opportunity for senior players to practice and impress the coaches before selections for the National Futsal Championships athletes with a disability team.

2018 Information:

• Venue: Radford College
• Time: Saturday Mornings 10am – 11am,
• Dates: Oct: 13, 20, 27, Nov: 3, 10, 17 & 24

Paralympic football is a seven-a-side modified version of the game for players with cerebral palsy and other neurological conditions.

The program runs in the months leading up to the 2018 National CP Football Championships held in October and is ideal for those players looking to further their football.

Program/Session Dates:
July: 22 & 29
August: 5, 12, 19 & 26
September: 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30
October: 7
Day: Sunday
Venue: Hawker Football Centre (enclosed field, Walhallow St, Hawker)

National CP Football Championships
Wednesday October 10 – Sunday October 14
Valentine Sports Park, Meurants Ln, Glenwood NSW

Powerchair Football is a team sport designed and developed specifically for electric wheelchair users. These participants include persons with quadriplegia, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, head trauma, stroke, spinal cord injury and other disabilities.

Powerchair Football combines the skill of the wheelchair user with the speed and power of the chair itself, to participate in a challenging game that is similar in many respects to mainstream football. The game is usually played in an indoor centre. Two teams of four power chair users attack, defend, and spin-kick in an attempt to score goals.

Capital Football has successfully run two development days in Canberra along with the assistance of the Australian Powerchair Football Association and is now looking to implement more regular games and training sessions during 2018. We are purchasing spare chairs and the required equipment for our participants and hope to have a location for our games soon! For more information on how to get involved in playing, coaching, refereeing or volunteering please contact Ashleigh Sykes.