It's time again for the famous Samford Rangers Spring 6-A-Side commencing on the evening of Wednesday October 5th and running every Wednesday for 8 weeks through to November 23rd.

To avoid disappointment register early!!!!!

Registrations are now available for the open age (15+) Mixed, Men's and Over 35's competitions.

The cost is just $70 per player for the entire 8 weeks (2 games per week) and is open to the public, not just club members.

If you are playing in a Men's & Mixed $115 for the 8 weeks and is open to the public, not just club members.

So spread the word and let’s get a heap of teams entering! There is also the option of entering as an individual and we will try to place you in a team.

All games will be refereed and the canteen & bar will be open.

Registrations need to be in by Friday September 30 to give us a chance to put the draw together, so register early to avoid missing out.

Any queries please contact Thomas McGrow on 0413 597 491 or pres@samfordrangers.org.au

Refer to the rules of competition here: http://www.samfordfootball.org.au/6-a-side.html

​Australian Futsal Association (AFA) is a proud sponsor of Samford Rangers Football Club. For every Samford player that registers at an AFA center your club will receive financial sponsorship.

The Summer Futsal Season is due to kick-off from late September to mid September and time is running out to register. 

For any competition questions contact regional manager Lisa Davy at lisadavy@australianfutsal.com or call 0408 872 973.

You can also contact Thomas McGrow 0413 597 491 if you are interested in playing and we will help facilitate the process of putting a team together.

SRFC Teams will play at Brendale, South Pine Sporting Complex and sign on fees are $260 all inclusive - paid direct to AFA.

REGISTER NOW & DON'T MISS OUT!!!


Monday Night - U15-16 Youth Men 15 - 21, Social Mens 15 - open
Thursday Night - U13-14, Mens B Grade & Social Mens
Friday Night - U6, U7, U8, U9, U10, U11, U12

For more information go to http://www.australianfutsal.com/region2/QldClubs/SouthernQueensland/Brendale.aspx

THERE WILL BE NO 6-A-SIDE FOR CHILDREN BELOW 15 YEARS OLD AT SAMFORD THIS SUMMER.

This is our supported program for football for kids over the summer.

In countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Spain and Portugal young football teams stay together to play Futsal in the off season.

This year AFA is partnering with local clubs to provide the same opportunity for the development that players in Argentina, Brazil, Spain and Portugal have enjoyed for many years.

Futsal is a fast game that helps players develop their skills and confidence at an accelerated rate.  Internationally renowned players, such as Cristano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi played Futsal growing up. Ronaldo honed his natural ability by playing Futsal “During my childhood in Portugal, all we played was Futsal," he said. "The small playing area helped me improve my close control, and whenever I played Futsal I felt free. If it wasn't for Futsal, I wouldn't be the player I am today."

​Sunshine Coast Masters 2016
 
Hi All, the Sunshine Coast Masters tournament is on between 21st to 23rd October this year. We have booked in a teams in the Over 35’s and Over 45’s.  This is not limited to current Samford Rangers Players – so if you know others that might be interested can you please let them know.
 
Michael Morahan (Mountain Men) is organising our group this year.  He need to know who is planning to go and who would like accommodation booked (at the Beach Club Resort in Mooloolaba).
 
If you plan to go can you please let Michael Morahan know with the following details:
Name, Age, and Y/N accommodation required.
 
Please respond to Michael at morahanm@gmail.com

Samford Rangers is holding our 2nd Skills Development Block at Samford Parklands commencing this Monday.

Rinichi Mikami, Director of Go Zamurai Academy will be running the five sessions with the
assistance of Coaches,Tom, Brendan, Stu and Mark.

The focus will be on Skills Development for players of all levels. The aim of the program is improve fundamental football skills and abilities and advance understanding of the game. There is no cost involved in this program. 

Block 2
July 25th, August 1st, August 8th, August 15th and August 22nd.

Under 8,9,&10s please arrive at 5:20pm to start at 5:30pm sharp. Finish time, 6.25pm.
Under 11 & up please arrive at 6:20pm for a 6:30pm start. Finish time, 7:30pm.

Sessions are open to Miniroos U8 up and all Juniors .  

THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO REGISTER for BLOCK 2, but all players must sign in on the attendance sheet/s for each session, which will be found on the table outside the canteen.



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Trying to organise dinner on a training night - forget it! The Wednesday night BBQ at Parklands is open from 5pm
Burgers $6, Sausage Sizzle $2, All Softdrinks $2.
Don't forget to rug up - it's getting chilly.

 The Samford Rangers FC is proud to have donated to the #ScoreForDaniel Day 2016.

Samford Rangers are proud to be a part of 2016 "Score for Daniel" Saturday 21st May.
The club has pledged a donation and would like to invite Samford Soccer families to support this fantastic foundation.  Just look for the donation tub at the canteen and throw your spare change in !

Football Queensland are working with the Daniel Morcombe Foundation to launch a state-wide Score for Daniel Weekend. The Score for Daniel initiative was started by Football Gold Coast in 2015 and was designed to get clubs and the football community to talk about child safety and protection.

It's great to be able to announce that Pizza Capers Samford have come on board as a club sponsor.  All U6, U7 & U8 teams will receive a "player of a week" certificate and FREE pizza voucher with no conditions (i.e. the parents don't have to buy anything to receive the gift.

Samford Rangers FC now have our own Smartphone App. It'll keep you up-to-date with your favourite team's fixtures, ladder, announcements and much more.

To get the full features of your teams App you need to download Team App onto your smartphone. Download Team App here (http://teamapp.com/app). Its 100% FREE.

Launch Team App.
Then:
1. Sign-up to Team App. You'll be sent an email to confirm your registration.
2. Log in. Then search for Samford Rangers FC and request access to group(s) that apply to you.
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Samford Rangers FC would like to farewell and thank both our Director of Football, Garry Bromfield, and Technical Director, Arno Tretter.

Both Garry and Arno have been long-serving contributors to the development & growth of our Football Club over the last 15 years, between them having coached all Junior age groups as well as both Senior Mens and Womens teams.

Returning in 2013, after two years away, Garry and Arno worked hard on the club's strategies to turn around the decline in players that we had seen, particularly in the Junior competitive teams.  Over the last 3 years, we have seen our numbers grow by 27% to nearly 600 players as we have focused on achieving the club's goal of fielding 2 teams in each junior age group so that we can bridge the gap and provide a pathway from junior to youth and senior football as well as recently fielding teams in under 15’s girls and boys and under 18’s. We have also put strategies in place around coaching designed to develop the skills of our local Samford players through the junior years so that they will compete at a high level within the Football Brisbane senior competitions.

Garry and Arno have demonstrated a real commitment to our Football Club providing guidance and knowledge to our volunteers and coaches and directly to many of our young footballers through running our popular School Holiday Clinics and Summer Development Program. They were also key figures in the introduction of our successful Samford Rangers Pre-Season Challenge Cup Competition for our Senior Teams.

Their efforts have helped to bring growth and stability to both the junior and senior football programs building a solid foundation for the future success of all areas of the Club.
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Following lengthy deliberation the Management Committee have decided to move in another direction and would like to thank Garry and Arno for helping to improve our Club, they now leave us well placed for the future challenges ahead.

Due to popular demand, the Wednesday night BBQ will be starting up again this week at the Miniroos training at Parklands.  We'll have snags, burgers and drinks available.

Many thanks to Shane and Michelle Heeney.

The 2016 club training schedules and field allocations are now available online.

http://www.samfordfootball.org.au/training.html

Teams, please start conforming to this from today.

Thanks you.

​Damian Davies

The fixtures for our U6, U7, U8 and U9 teams in the in-house hub with Dayboro, Mitchelton and Pine Hills are now available.  

Navigate to Season 2016 > Fixtures & Results > In-house Miniroos Hub

Football Brisbane have advised that they will have the first 3 rounds for U9 Rangers and all U10 and U11 teams published on thewashingline.com by lunchtime tomorrow Mar 1.

Navigate to Season 2016 > Fixtures & Results > Football Brisbane

You can also access the fixtures via our new app for your mobile phone just go to 
https://samfordrangersfc.teamapp.com and install the app from the App Store or Google Play.
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