Coaches Mentor

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Krywula as Coaches Mentor for Season 2024.

Andrew brings 15 years playing & 15 years coaching experience.

He will be supporting our coaches from U8s right through to the Senior program.

2024 sees the biggest investment the club has made in coaching across the board. For the first time our Senior Men have 4 coaches for the State League program. We have also appointed Alex Phung & Cameron Emery as Junior Boys coaches as we look for a more structured pathway between the Junior & Senior programs.

Meanwhile in the Junior Girls program Carl Valeri & Vince Ryan continue in their roles as our girls continue to develop ready for the return of the Senior Womens program.

Supporting our coaches is a vital and another way to ensure we are getting the most value for our players to allow them to be the best versions of themselves.

Keep an eye out for Andrew at training!

2024 Womens Team

Gisborne Soccer Club regrets to inform that due to the low number of interested players we are unable to field a Womens team in 2024.

We remain committed to fostering the growth of female football within our club, we are pleased to have strong number in our Junior program which acts as a pathway to the return of Senior football, to which we anticipate will be in 2025.

Gisborne SC proudly continues to facilitate the strong “Gisborne Tillies” program, enabling Women who wish to stay engaged with playing the game but not at a competition football level.

Cameron Emery, who was appointed our Womens coach for Season 2024, will remain at the club, he moves to the vacant Junior Boys U15’s role (our Junior Girls already have their coaches appointed) and will take the reins of the Womens team upon its return in 2025.

Waitlist Closed

Gisborne Soccer Club has experienced strong growth once again in 2024. We are so excited to have close to 400 boys and girls from u8s to u18s playing this year and on their pathway into our successful Seniors Program. In addition to that, we run a hugely popular MiniRoos KickOff non-competitive program for 4-7 year olds, and in 2024 are running our inaugural Intra Club Program for 7-9 year olds.

All competition teams are now complete and we are unable to accept any more players. Expressions of interest for the 2025 season will open later this year. Please follow our social media pages on Facebook and Instagram to keep informed of when that opens, likely to be between September and November.

Waitlist - Season 2024

For parents or guardians to register their interest in having their child play soccer for Gisborne Soccer Club in the 2024 season. Please complete one form for each child you would potentially like to join the club.

Gisborne Soccer Club is a community club that offers soccer for all ages, whilst ensuring development and progression pathways are available for talented and ambitious players. Gisborne has a proven track record of developing their junior players through to the senior first teams and beyond.

Gisborne Soccer Club will have competitive footballing options for children from ages 6 up to 17, played on Sundays with training sessions midweek evenings. Non-competitive "U7s introduction to football" classes (ie ages 5, 6 and a few 7s) are run on Saturday mornings. For enquiries relating to the non-competitive program please do not complete this form, instead please email minirooskickoff@gisbornesc.com 

AGE GROUPS DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS:

For information about Senior Pre-Season sessions please visit the relevant pages on this site.

New Boys U18s Coach

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Alex Phung as the Boys U18s Coach for Season 2024.

Alex has held previous coaching roles at East Kew FC.

We extend our congratulations to Alex on his appointment and wish him well for the upcoming season and beyond.

Player Grading for our U18 Boys, along with all our Juniors & MiniRoos, will commence next week.

Player Grading

Gisborne SC will be holding Season 2024 Player Grading sessions in November for Junior & MiniRoos players.

The aim of these sessions is to ensure we have players allocated to the correct teams to ensure the best environment for your child to excel and improve their game.

The sessions are:

All sessions are for both Girls & Boys, they will be allocated separate areas of the pitch on the day.

Please arrive 30mins before the session starts to be signed in and allocated a number.

If you are looking for your child to play at Gisborne in 2024 please fill in an Expression of Interest as places in teams are limited. To participate in Grading Session you MUST complete the EOI form.

EOI’s closed November 5, 2023.

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UPDATE (27/11/2023):

If you missed the aforementioned sessions are are still interested in your child playing in 2024, we invite you to join our wait list via the button below. Please note there is no guarantee a spot will become available. The wait list is for competition football only (Sunday games).

Non-competitive "U7s introduction to football" classes (ie ages 5, 6 and a few 7s) are run on Saturday mornings. For enquiries relating to the non-competitive program please do not complete this form, instead please email minirooskickoff@gisbornesc.com 

AGE GROUPS DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS:

For information about Senior Pre-Season sessions please visit the relevant pages on this site.

Fixtures Announced

2023 Fixtures

Fixtures for the Sunday competitions have been announced, please note they are subject to change so please check your fixtures on a regular basis.

Gallery Rd1

Fixtures Announced

2022 Fixtures

Fixtures for the Sunday competitions have been announced, please note they are subject to change so please check your fixtures on a regular basis.

Update on Junior and MiniRoos grading

Having finished grading last weekend and assessed offline during the week, our graders and coaches met this morning to agree the best way to form our Junior and MiniRoos squads and teams this season.

We made great progress and whilst there are a couple of corners left to round off, we decided what we think makes most sense to aim for and we're ready to make offers to all kids that graded. We intend to do this age group by age group over the next week or in a few cases, possibly two, so please be patient. However we believe we can make a sensible offer of a team to join for everyone that graded - which is good news and is always our intention as a community club. With about 2 months until the season starts though, we're keen to get people joining as members and training commenced asap.

Below are the teams we think we can form assuming everyone who graded wants to join:

Girls

U8 potentially 1 team

U10 1 team

U11 1 team

U13 2 teams (including some U12 girls)

U15 1 team

U18 potentially one team

Boys

U8 3 teams

U9 1 team

U10 2 teams

U11 1 team

U12 1 team

U13 3 teams (including some U12 boys)

U14 1 team

U15 1 team

U17 1 team

Most of these have coaches assigned but not all so if you are keen to take on a role, please let us know. You will be welcomed and fully supported by a very enthusiastic and collaborative set of volunteer coaches and of course our Junior and Mini Roos coaching coordinator Paul Bryan.

General questions below most welcome.

Thanks

GSC Committee

Junior & MiniRoos Grading Sessions

We will be holding our final 2 grading sessions on Sunday January 30 & Sunday February 6, times listed below.

These sessions are for everyone who is looking to be part of our Junior & MiniRoos squads in 2022, it enables us to ensure each player is in a team that best enables their individual development, as well as ensuring we enter our teams in to the competitions that bests suit abilities.

Register your interest here to receive email reminders about the upcoming season.

Times are as follows:

MINIROOS

BOYS

U8’s 10:00am - 11:00am
U9’s 11:00am - 12:00pm
U10’s 12:00pm - 1:00pm
U11’s 11:30am - 12:00pm

GIRLS

U8’s 9:00am - 10:00am
U9’s 9:00am - 10:00am
U10’s 10:30am - 11:30am
U11’s 10:30am - 11:30am

JUNIORS

BOYS

U12’s 9:00am - 10:00am
U13’s 9:00am - 10:00am
U14’s 10:00am - 11:00am
U15’s 11:00am - 12:00pm
U16’s 11:00am - 12:00pm
U17’s 1:00pm - 2:00pm
U18’s 1:00pm - 2:00pm

GIRLS

U12’s 9:30am - 10:30am
U13’s 9:30am - 10:30am
U14’s 10:30am - 11:30am
U15’s 10:30am - 11:30am
U16’s 12:00pm - 1:00pm
U17’s 12:00pm - 1:00pm
U18’s 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Sponsor Visit

Recently two of our Youth players popped in to Priceline Gisborne to thank them for being a front of shirt sponsor as well as assisting the club immensely with First Aid supplies.

We cannot thank you enough for your ongoing support.

Coaching Coordinator Appointed

We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Bryan as GSC's Junior and Mini Roos Coaching Coordinator for 2022. A new role for next season, Paul will be seeking to help all of our coaches from U7s up to U18s, both girls and boys, in:
- designing/planning training sessions,
- sharing coaching theory issued by FV and FFA,
- leveraging opportunities available to coaches to improve their coaching capabilities and in turn the quality of coaching our kids get at Gisborne; and
- generally helping us to install a culture that seeks not just to get the kids out there playing but also to educate them in the best way we can about how to play the game.

A Vets player with his own kids at the Club and a lifelong enthusiasm for the game, we are confident his personable nature and keenness to help will be a benefit to all our coaches and in turn, our kids learning to improve and love the game.

Welcome Paul!

Junior & MiniRoos Grading Sessions - Update

Due to inclement weather which sees our pitches under water, along with a Covid-scare at the club, we are postponing tomorrows grading session.

We will still be holding the session on November 28, please see below for each teams times.

These sessions are for everyone who is looking to be part of our Junior & MiniRoos squads in 2022, it enables us to ensure each player is in a team that best enables their individual development, as well as ensuring we enter our teams in to the competitions that bests suit abilities.

Register your interest here to receive email reminders about the upcoming season.

Times are as follows:

MINIROOS

BOYS

U8’s 10:00am - 11:00am
U9’s 11:00am - 12:00pm
U10’s 12:00pm - 1:00pm
U11’s 11:30am - 12:00pm

GIRLS

U8’s 9:00am - 10:00am
U9’s 9:00am - 10:00am
U10’s 10:30am - 11:30am
U11’s 10:30am - 11:30am

JUNIORS

BOYS

U12’s 9:00am - 10:00am
U13’s 9:00am - 10:00am
U14’s 10:00am - 11:00am
U15’s 11:00am - 12:00pm
U16’s 11:00am - 12:00pm
U17’s 1:00pm - 2:00pm
U18’s 1:00pm - 2:00pm

GIRLS

U12’s 9:30am - 10:30am
U13’s 9:30am - 10:30am
U14’s 10:30am - 11:30am
U15’s 10:30am - 11:30am
U16’s 12:00pm - 1:00pm
U17’s 12:00pm - 1:00pm
U18’s 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Junior & MiniRoos Grading Sessions

We will be holding 2 grading sessions in November, as well as a 3rd in February (date TBC). The 1st session will be on November 14, the 2nd on November 28. Please see below for each teams times.

These sessions are for everyone who is looking to be part of our Junior & MiniRoos squads in 2022, it enables us to ensure each player is in a team that best enables their individual development, as well as ensuring we enter our teams in to the competitions that bests suit abilities.

Register your interest here to receive email reminders about the upcoming season.

Times are as follows:

MINIROOS

BOYS

U8’s 10:00am - 11:00am
U9’s 11:00am - 12:00pm
U10’s 12:00pm - 1:00pm
U11’s 11:30am - 12:00pm

GIRLS

U8’s 9:00am - 10:00am
U9’s 9:00am - 10:00am
U10’s 10:30am - 11:30am
U11’s 10:30am - 11:30am

JUNIORS

BOYS

U12’s 9:00am - 10:00am
U13’s 9:00am - 10:00am
U14’s 10:00am - 11:00am
U15’s 11:00am - 12:00pm
U16’s 11:00am - 12:00pm
U17’s 1:00pm - 2:00pm
U18’s 1:00pm - 2:00pm

GIRLS

U12’s 9:30am - 10:30am
U13’s 9:30am - 10:30am
U14’s 10:30am - 11:30am
U15’s 10:30am - 11:30am
U16’s 12:00pm - 1:00pm
U17’s 12:00pm - 1:00pm
U18’s 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Fixtures Announced

2021 Fixtures

Fixtures for the Sunday competitions have been announced, please note they are subject to change so please check your fixtures on a regular basis.

Boys 16 Pre-Season

PART 3 STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

As part of our ongoing commitment to delivering an elite sporting experience Gisborne SC has partnered with Elite Wellbeing to develop and deliver a Strength and Conditioning program for our U16A Boys team.

Our first session was conducted on Tuesday 12th February led by Craig Mottram.

Craig’s expertise in this area is unparalleled having competed on the world stage at the most elite level for over 16 years, and now having translated those experiences into training programs for elite sporting clubs and athletes.

Our first session was telling and we could see the boys improve over the course of our first 2 hours together, we look forward to working with Craig for the rest of this season, and beyond.

Boys 16 Pre-Season

Part 2 Leadership and Values

At Gisborne SC we have actively pursued a program for the past season to provide as much support to our young athletes and their mental wellbeing and preparedness as possible.

On 6th February this continued this objective with a presentation from SALT – Sport and Life Training for our U16A boys team with a focus on Leadership and Team Values.

Under the expert guidance of presenter Dave Burt we explored leadership as a responsibility for everyone, and discussed what some of the key values of this team would be.

The boys were extremely engaged in the discussion and come up with their own set of team values, headlined by RESPECT.

The team will continue to work to ensure that both individually and as a collective they accept the responsibility and leadership required to demonstrate these values throughout the season.

Boys 16 Pre-Season

Part 1 Injury prevention

Gisborne SC Boys 16A kicked off their pre-season under the guidance of Internationally Certified Chiropractic Sports Practitioner Dr. Brayden Allen with a key focus on Injury Prevention.

As a club one of our highest priorities is to promote the well-being of all of our members, one of the key areas we can support our players is to ensure they take every step possible to avoid injuries.

Dr Brayden Allen

The program which is being implemented has been proven on a worldwide scale to reduce injury rates by 45% and decrease lost time to injury by 30%. The boys have totally embraced the program and we look forward to enjoying the results as the season progresses.

Based on the FIFA 11 Injury Prevention Program, our pre-season preparation falls into line with our Mens program as we look to ready these boys as our next generation Senior players.