The aim of Football Connect is to provide football playing opportunities for people with para and or intellectual disability, who are not interested in or may not yet be ready to play mainstream football.
Click on a program below to find out more!
ALL ABILITY LEAGUE presented by Summerland Football
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.
Football-Connect Futsal Fives
‘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
- Registration is open and completed online through MyFootballClub For assistance with registration please refer the the How to Register Guide.If you have any issues when registering please contact Merryn Brown.
Football-Connect CP Football Program
CP 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 1:30 – 3:00pm
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
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.
Program Sessions/Dates:
- 2nd June 10:30am – 12:30pm
- 30th June 10:30am – 12:30pm
- 28th July 3:00pm – 5:00pm
- 18th August 3:00pm – 5:00pm
- 15th September 3:00pm – 5:00pm
- 13th October 3:00pm – 5:00pm
- 17th November 6:00pm – 7:30pm
- 8th December 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Days: Saturday
Location: National Hockey Centre, 196 Mouat Street Lyneham ACT 2602
For more information on how to get involved in playing, coaching, refereeing or volunteering please contact Ashleigh Sykes.
In addition to the programs detailed above, Football Connect has created pathway programs to assist players looking to go further with their football or transition from the All Ability League to the Junior and Senior mainstream leagues. Football Connect has partnerships with both Special Olympics and Para Football to ensure players have the opportunity to try out for and participate in their events such as National and State tournaments, and program participants have gone on to play for the ParaRoos and represent Australia at the Special Olympics World Summer Games.
For more information on this, or anything relating to AWD Football, please contact Merryn Brown through email at merryn.brown@capitalfootball.com.au, or by phone on (02) 6189 2211.
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