PHFC Select Teams Parent Information, 2025
General Information about weekly training
All players are to wear shin pads and football boots for all training and games and bring a water bottle.
All Select Team players are expected to commit to training twice per week, with their team.
Training shirts will be distributed to all players by HOFs, as soon as they are available.
All Players need to be registered on the PHFC website and Squadi before they resume training.
Select Team Official Training Start Dates
- All U9-17 Girls Select teams start training on Tuesday, January 28. Training will then be Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
- All U13-18 Boys teams start training on Tuesday, January 28. Training will then be Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
- All U8-12 Boys/Mixed Select Teams start training on Wednesday, January 29. Training will then be Monday and Wednesday evenings.
- Timing of training for each team can be found here >> In addition, select teams partake in the below specialist sessions on training nights.
- PHFC Skills Academy is available on Thursdays for any U6-12 player during Term 1, 2 and 3 ($60 per term- 8 sessions per term). Click here for more details >>
Specialist Sessions
Specialist Sessions include Ball Mastery Sessions and Strength & Conditioning Sessions and Goal Keeper Coaching.
Please see the schedule below. Please note that for some teams, this will occur directly prior to or directly following training. For other teams, it will occur inside the regular training timeslot. See the schedule of specialist sessions below.
Please be patient as this process gets underway in the first few weeks of training for our teams.
Select Team S&C, Ball Mastery and GK sessions |
BM and S&C sessions are 15 mins duration. All players in select teams attend these, with their team Coach or AC. GK sessions are 30 mins. Only designated GK's (Full Time or Part Time) to attend. Location is listed in brackets for each session. |
Age group | S&C | BM Session | GK coaching |
U8 boys | | Mon 5:45 (F2) | Wed 6:15pm (F1) |
U9 boys | Mon 6:15 (F4) | Mon 5:00 (F2) | Wed 6:15pm (F1) |
U10 boys | Wed 6:15 (F4) | Mon 6:15 (F2) | Wed 6:15pm (F1) |
U11 boys | Wed 6:00 (F4) | Mon 6:00 (F2) | Wed 5:45pm (F1) |
U12 boys | Mon 6:00 (F4) | Wed 6:00 (F4) | Wed 5:45pm (F1) |
U13 boys | Tues 5:00 (F4) | | Tues 6:15pm (F4) |
U14 boys | Tues 5:45 (F4) | | Tues 5:45pm (F4) |
U15 boys | Tues 5:45 (F4) | | Tues 5:45pm (F4) |
U16 boys | Tues 5:00 (F4) | | Tues 6:15pm (F4) |
U18 boys | Tues 6:15 (F4) | | Tues 5:45pm (F4) |
U9 girls | With coaches | Tues 5:45 (F4) | Tues 6:00pm (F4) |
U10 girls | With coaches | Tues 6:00 (F4) | Tues 6:00pm (F4) |
U11 girls | With coaches | Tues 6:00 (F4) | Tues 6:00pm (F4) |
U12 girls | With coaches | Thurs 6:00 (F4) | Tues 6:00pm (F4) |
U13 girls | With coaches | Thurs 6:00 (F4) | Tues 6:00pm (F4) |
U14 girls | Tues 6:00 (F4) | | Tues 5:30pm (F4) |
U15 girls | Tues 6:00 (F4) | | Tues 5:30pm (F4) |
U17 girls | Tues 6:00 (F4) | | Tues 5:30pm (F4)
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S&C coaches are Fraser Barden (U9-12 boys) and Ryan Fisher (U14-17 girls and U13-18 boys).
GK coaches are Lucas Marciniak (U13-18 boys and U8-17 girls), Michael Smith and Parker Smith (U8-12 boys, U13-18 boys and U8-17 girls)
Pre-season 2025- Key dates
Practice Matches
Sunday February 23- U13-18 Practice games vs Bardon (Venue and Times TBA)
Sunday March 2- North Star Academy Challenge Carnival- All U8-12 Boys select teams and U9-11 girls select teams will be entered (8am- 2pm).
Saturday March 8- U8-12 Internal Practice Games (At PHFC, 8am, 9am or 10am)
March 9- U13 Grading games commence and then continue to run each Sunday in March
March 9- U14-18 First fixture. Season commences, with games mostly played on Sundays.
Saturday March 15- U8-12 Practice Games vs Virginia (Times and Venue TBC).
Saturday March 22- U8-12 Practice games vs Bardon (Times and Venue TBC).
Saturday March 29- PHFC U6-12 Season Launch. Internal Practice Games for all U6-12 teams. (Times TBC)
No other training during school holidays (April 5 - April 20).
Training recommences on Monday April 21.
The season for U6-12 teams will begin officially on April 26.
Key People for Select Team families at PHFC
Football Director | Luke McKenna luke@pinehillsfootball.com |
Technical Director | John Sowter |
Heads of Football | Marco Lucente (U6-9) Alan Gardiner (U10-12) Stitch Jones (U13-18) Kellie Butler (Female Football) |
Technical Development Coaches
| Kevin Crawford (U6-12 Boys and U13-18 Boys) Jason Tomins (U6-12 Boys and U8-17 Girls) |
Skills Academy Coaches | Ryan Fisher and Aaron Langford |
Skills Coaches | Keeley Cawte (U8-12 Girls) Eddie Feather and Tim Hanlon (U8-12 Boys) |
Goalkeeper coach | Lucas Marciniak (U13-18 boys and U8-17 girls), Michael Smith and Parker Smith (U8-12 boys, U13-18 boys and U8-17 girls) |
Strength and Conditioning Coaches | Fraser Barden (U8-12 Boys) Ryan Fisher (U13-18 Boys) |
Club Registrar and Administrative enquiries | Kerrie Graf info@pinehillsfootball.com |