Island Bay United Junior Football Club

Junior registrations close tonight and team allocation for the U9-U12 competitive/academy teams are taking place this Thursday and next Tuesday at our normal Academy trainings.

For those who attend trainings but don’t want to be selected for a competitive/Academy team, we will still hold normal training alongside.

TEAM ALLOCATION
Thursday 21 March & Tuesday 26 March
U9 & U10 // 3:30-4:30pm
U11 & U12 // 4:30-5:30pm

If your child could attend both, that would be amazing - Thank you!

Please reach out to the Junior Coordinator if you have any questions.


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This is absolutely great news for our club, our young players and our community!

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Island Bay United is excited to announce a new partnership with the Wellington Phoenix as they look to grow their Pre-Academy Centre (PAC) programme in Wellington's southern suburbs.

In partnering with the Nix, IBU will join a wide network of clubs across the country who have adopted the PAC programme over the past two seasons.

The PAC programme is targeted at players in the skill acquisition phase (ages 9-12) and looks to build on their key skills and confidence to take the next step in their football journey. PAC clubs utilise the Phoenix’s pre-academy training programme and development centre - an online platform to support the development of players and coaches.

We see this as a fantastic opportunity to strengthen the connection between our community club and the Phoenix. This partnership will provide our talented young players a pathway into the Phoenix youth academies and beyond.

IBU Director of Football Stuart Jacobs and Junior Head Coach Leo Villa will continue to lead Island Bay United's Talent Development Programme, Junior Academy, Girls Only and Junior Social Programmes with the PAC overlay for players, coaches and parents to be introduced this term. More information will follow as we implement this.

Island Bay United is excited at the possibilities in our new relationship with the Wellington Phoenix and look forward to a long and successful partnership together.

Academy team allocations will take place for U9-U12 on Tuesday 26th March and Thursday 28th March - Details to follow.

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Make sure you go and give New World Island Bay a follow and tag your team! 🍊🍫

Launching The Shark Academy 🦈

The Shark Academy will provide a dedicated and focused training environment which supports player development.

The Shark Academy will run two times per week and while still being a fun environment, it will help the players during the skills acquisition process. Providing them with the opportunity to develop their technical abilities.

We encourage all players to attend in term one to see how they enjoy the new environment.

While we encourage all players to attend the two trainings in term one, we understand this is a new request and if it’s not possible then please contact the Junior Coordinator to advise.

We will be holding Skill Builders for our younger juniors (U5-U8) on Monday & Girls Only will continue to be run on Fridays.

Please register via your Friendly Manager (information on our website)

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📣 JUNIOR ACADEMY LAUNCHING IN 2024 ⚫️🟡

Lots of work has been going on behind the scenes since the season finished.

More information to come.

❌ Summer Skills is cancelled today ❌

✅ TDP is still on ✅

Junior & Youth Summer Skill Sessions
Tuesday 10th October - Friday 15th December

Leo Villa and the junior coaching team of are ready to go. Sign up via your Friendly Manager login or our website.

Current U12s have the option to try out TDP (Talent Development Programme) with coach Tomás Godoy Fouquet or join the U11s in their training.