MiniRoos in the Wet

MiniRoos in the Wet : All you need to know

MiniRoos in the wet is a 16 week program starting Mid September which is designed to provide an opportunity to play football all year round. We know how passionate you are about our sport and we want to celebrate your passion by arranging football all year round. In MiniRoos in the wet competition, we’ve got football for all.

Season Information:

The season is going to be 16 weeks long with 2 parts: pre-Christmas and post-Christmas. Pre-Christmas season will go from mid-September to mid-December comprising of 9 weeks and post-Christmas season will go from mid-January to end-February with another block of 7 weeks.

A half season registration is available if you only wish to play for one half only, but you must choose which block you play in, pre-Christmas or post-Christmas.

Playing Kit:

Teams are required to wear matching playing kits. Players may wear their existing club kit if they wish to do so. If there is clash in playing kit, the away team will be provided with bibs by MiniRoos Administrator.

What do players get?

Players who are registered for MiniRoos in the wet will get following:

Stadium venue pitches under lights
Player insurance
All equipment provided
Game Leaders (if available)

Competition Schedule:

Week 1: 20th September

Week 2: 27th September

Week 3: 18th October

Week 4: 25th October

Week 5: 1st November

Week 6: 8th November

Week 7: 15th November

Week 8: 22nd November

Christmas and New Year Break

Week 9: 10th January

Week 10: 17th January

Week 11: 24th January

Week 12: 31st January

Week 13: 7th February

Week 14: 14th February

Week 15: 21st February

Week 16: 28th February

MiniRoos in the wet is short format football for MiniRoos with 5-a-side competition. MiniRoos in the wet is divided into 4 different age categories:

Under 4 and 5
Under 6 and 7
Under 8 and 9
Under 10 and 11

All games will be played at Darwin Football Stadium under lights. Game times will be confirmed once team registrations have been finalised.

The National MiniRoos Playing Format and Rules will be used, but the game times will be changed to 15-minute halves. More information about the MiniRoos Format and Rules can be found here:

https://www.playfootball.com.au/sites/play/files/2018-01/14701_football_aldi-miniroos-collateral_playing-formats-rules.pdf

**Under 4 and 5 will be having "come and try session" for the period of week 1 to week 9. Its $5 a session for MiniRoos Come and Try session for what we call MiniMinis. Please register your kid for MiniMinis via (http://bit.ly/fntminiminis). Please email Paula for more information on MiniMinis.

Team registration for MiniRoos in the Wet:

All MiniRoos players must register to participate in the MiniRoos in the wet as this is a different competition than the dry season.

Players need to register to the club “FFNT Socials” in the correct package via Play Football registration platform via (http://bit.ly/MiniRoosFNT ) and submit 1 team nomination form per team. The team nomination form (download here) must be submitted by team manager before COB 16 September 2019 to admin@footballnt.com.au.

Registration fees for MiniRoos in the wet (per person):

Full Season:

Under 6/7 : $130
Under 8/9 : $130
Under 10/11 : $130

Half Season:

Under 6/7 : $80
Under 8/9 : $80
Under 10/11 : $80

Please note $100 Sports Voucher are accepted.

Wet Weather Policy:

Games will only be cancelled due to severe weather (lightning or cyclone) and will be at the discretion of the FNT Staff. Games will be played in the rain. No refunds will be given for games cancelled due to weather.