ABOUT JUNIOR FOOTBALL

2025 WINTER SEASON INFORMATION AND REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN

COMPETITION INFORMATION

Stokes Valley Junior Football caters for children between the ages of 4 and 17 and of all abilities. There are both mixed and girls only grades from U7 grade and above.

MIXED LEAGUES

First Kicks

For boys and girls turning age 4-6 this calendar year

First Kicks is a fun introductory level to the basics of football, it's all about doing activities, drills and games with the ball and having fun while doing so. Symon our Director of Junior Football runs the sessions and asks for assitance from parents to help run little games towards the end of the session. If you are keen to help out with our First Kicks, please let us know stokesvalleyjfc@gmail.com.

When: Friday evenings 5pm - 6pm
Where: Delaney Park, George Street, Stokes Valley

Fun Football (U7 & U8)

U7 Grade Mixed - boys and girls turning 7 this calendar year
U8 Grade Mixed - boys and girls turning 8 this calendar year

All players will be placed into a team with friends or children from the same school as best as possible. The aim is for 6-8 players per team. 

Trainings: 1 training per week (day & time TBC)
Games: games are played on Saturday mornings
Capital Football arrange 'Fun Festivals' every 3 weeks for these grades where they will play 4 x 12 minute, 5-aside (no goalkeepers) games against other clubs at one location in the Hutt Valley. The other weeks will be either in-house games (vs each other) or arranged games between other local clubs. Draws are released week-to-week.
Festival Draws can be found here on Festival weeks.

Mini Football (U9 & U10)

U9 Grade Mixed - boys and girls turning 9 this calendar year
U10 Grade Mixed - boys and girls turning 10 this calendar year

All players will be placed into a team at the beginning of the season after the Grade Assessment Sessions.

Trainings: 1 training per week (day & time TBC)
Games: games are played on Saturday mornings
All games are within the Hutt Valley region.
The team will play 2 x 25 minute, 7-aside games (incl Goal Keepers).
The coach will always inform the team of game times & location, but the draws will also be found here.

Mini Football (U11 & U12)

U11 Grade Mixed - boys and girls turning 11 this calendar year
U12 Grade Mixed - boys and girls turning 12 this calendar year

All players will be placed into a team at the beginning of the season after the Grade Assessment Sessions. 

Trainings: 1 training per week (day & time TBC)
Games: games are played on Saturday mornings
All games are within the Hutt Valley region or any teams entered in the Regional League will play in the wider wellington Region.
The team will play 1 x 50 minute 9-aside game (incl Goal Keepers).
The coach will always inform the team of game times & location, but the draws for the Hutt Valley Competition will also be found here and the Regional League draws can be found here.

Youth Football (U13 & U15)

U13 Grade Mixed - boys and girls turning 13 this calendar year
U15 Grade Mixed - boys and girls turning 14 & 15 this calendar year

All players will be placed into a team at the beginning of the season after the Grade Assessment Sessions. 

Trainings: 1-2 training per week (day & time TBC)
Games: games are played on Saturday mornings (U13s) and Sundays (U15's) 
All games are played in the wider Wellington Region. The team will play 1 x 60 minute game
The coach will always inform the team of game times & location, but the draws for the Wellington Combined Competition will be found here and the Regional League draws can be found here.

Youth Football (U17)

U17 Grade Mixed - boys and girls turning 16 & 17 this calendar year

All players will be placed into a team at the beginning of the season after the Grade Assessment Sessions. 

Trainings: 1-2 training per week (day & time TBC)
Games: games are played on Sunday mornings
All games are played in the wider Wellington Region. The team will play 1 x 90 minute game
The coach will always inform the team of game times & location, but the draws for the U17 Grades will be found here

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GIRLS ONLY LEAGUES

Girls have the choice to play Mixed, Girls Only or both as the Girls Only League is on a Sunday and Mixed on Saturdays

U10 Grade

For girls turning ages 9 & 10 this calendar year
All players will be placed into a team at the beginning of the season after the Grade Assessment Sessions. 

Trainings: 1 training per week (day & time TBC)
Games: games are played on Sunday mornings
All games are within the wider Wellington region.
The team will play 2 x 25 minute, 7-aside games (incl Goal Keepers).
The coach will always inform the team of game times & location, but the draws will also be found here.

U12 Grade 

For girls turning ages 11 & 12 this calendar year
All players will be placed into a team at the beginning of the season after the Grade Assessment Sessions.

Trainings: 1 training per week (day & time TBC)
Games: games are played on Sunday mornings
All games are within the wider Wellington region.
The team will play 1 x 50 minute, 9-aside game (incl Goal Keepers).
The coach will always inform the team of game times & location, but the draws will also be found here.

U14 Grade 

For girls turning ages 13 - 14 this calendar year
Note: Any players over 14 will also be placed into a team and play in U14 until Capital Football provide an U16 grade. 
All players will be placed into a team at the beginning of the season after the Grading Assessment Sessions.

Trainings: 1 training per week (day & time TBC)
Games: games are played on Sunday mornings
All games are within the wider Wellington region.
The team will play 1 x 60 minute, 11-aside games (incl Goal Keepers).
The coach will always inform the team of game times & location, but the draws will also be found here.

U16 GRADE

For girls turning ages 15 & 16 this calendar year.

All players will be placed into a team at the beginning of the season after the Grading Assessment Sessions.

Trainings: 1 training per week (day & time TBC)

Games: games are played on Sunday mornings.
All games are within the wider Wellington region.

The team will play 1 x 60 minute, 11-aside games (incl Goal Keepers).
​​​​​​​The coach will always inform the team of game times & location, but the draws will also be found here

Coaches

All our coaches are volunteers and we have huge appreciation for their hardwork and dedication over the season, we welcome anyone interested in coaching, managing and/or reffing this season to get in touch with us stokesvalleyjfc@gmail.com. Our coaches are all supported by Symon - our Junior Director of Junior Football and given opportunities to attend coaching courses and upskill.

Ground Information

Venues, Ground Layout and Council ground information can be found here

Game Transfers & Cancellations

Capital Football aims to make any changes to fixtures due to ground availability by 6pm on a Friday or late cancellations on Saturday/Sunday mornings as close to 7am as possible. They will post any cancellations on their Facebook Page and then update fixtures on their website. Our process once notified is to inform our coaches who will in turn also notify their team of any changes.