Western Pride FC is the PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues club of Football Ipswich and Brisbane's Western Corridor.

We run Skill Acquisition Program (U10/U11 boys and girls) and PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues program (U12-U16 boys, U13-U15 girls and Senior Women) trials in October 2016 to select teams for the fifth season of the PlayStation 4 NPL in 2017, the highest level development competition for young footballers in Australia.

Please find trial dates and detailed info complemented with our mission and youth development focus statement below.

ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM: https://goo.gl/forms/3GKEM4HaGXP21gCG3

SAP BOYS AND GIRLS

Under 10/Under 11 SAP Boys and Girls trials

Date: 11^th October (Tuesday), 13^th October (Thursday), 18^th October (Tuesday), 20^th October (Thursday), 25^th October (Tuesday), 27^th October (Thursday)

Time: 5:30pm (registration at 5:15pm)

Venue: Kippen Park (Enid Street, Goodna, 4300 QLD)

PS4 NPL GIRLS

Under 13 Girls

Dates: 10 October (Monday), 12 October (Wednesday), 17 October (Monday), 19 October (Wednesday) , 24 October (Monday), 26 October (Wednesday).

Time: 5:30pm (registration at 5:15pm)

Venue: Kippen Park (Enid Street, Goodna, 4300 QLD)

Under 15 Girls

Date: 11^th October (Tuesday), 13^th October (Thursday), 18^th October (Tuesday), 20^th October (Thursday),  25^th October (Tuesday), 27^th October (Thursday)

Time: 5:30pm (registration at 5:15pm)

Venue: Kippen Park (Enid Street, Goodna, 4300 QLD)

Women & Under 17 Girls

Dates: 10 October (Monday), 12 October (Wednesday), 17 October (Monday), 19 October (Wednesday) , 24 October (Monday), 26 October (Wednesday).

Time: 7:00pm (registration at 6:45pm)

Venue: Kippen Park (Enid Street, Goodna, 4300 QLD)

PS4 NPL BOYS

U12  Boys

Phase 1

13^th August (venue: Briggs Road Sporst Complex) at 2:30pm; 20th August, Saturday (Kippen Park) at 2:30pm.

Phase 2

3rd September (Kippen Park) at 2:30pm; 10th September (Kippen Park) at 4:00pm trial game against CQFC U12 (arrive at 3:00pm).

Venue: first trial in August at Briggs Road, all other trials a Kippen Park (Enid Street, Goodna, 4300 QLD)

Further trials may be advertised in October for U12 boys if required.

Under 13 Boys

Dates: 10 October (Monday), 12 October (Wednesday), 17 October (Monday), 19 October (Wednesday), 24 October (Monday), 26 October (Wednesday).

Time: 5:30pm (registration at 5:15pm)

Venue: Kippen Park (Enid Street, Goodna, 4300 QLD)

Under 14 Boys

Date: 11^th October (Tuesday), 13^th October (Thursday), 18^th October (Tuesday), 20^th October (Thursday),  25^th October (Tuesday), 27^th October (Thursday)

Time: 7:00pm (registration at 6:45pm)

Venue: Kippen Park (Enid Street, Goodna, 4300 QLD)

Under 15 Boys

Dates: 10 October (Monday), 12 October (Wednesday), 17 October (Monday), 19 October (Wednesday) , 24 October (Monday), 26 October (Wednesday).

Times: 7:00pm (registration at 6:45pm)

Venue: Kippen Park (Enid Street, Goodna, 4300 QLD)

Under 16 Boys

Date: 11^th October (Tuesday), 13^th October (Thursday), 18^th October (Tuesday), 20^th October (Thursday),  25^th October (Tuesday), 27^th October (Thursday)

Time: 7:00pm (registration at 6:45pm)

Venue: Kippen Park (Enid Street, Goodna, 4300 QLD)

Western Pride FC’s Mission

Please consider the following statements when you make a decision about your child's footballing future and trials.

• Western Pride Football Club is a representative club only dedicated to providing elite player development with an individual focus.
• Western Pride FC remains true to its original mission to provide a pathway for young players to state and national representative teams and Hyundai A-League Youth squads.
• Western Pride is the only PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues club which puts youth player development ahead of the first team's trophy cabinet – we believe any future first team success should be based on players developed by our youth system.
• Our mid-term vision is to earn a position in the highest professional league in Australia with sport and political decision makers already identifying Ipswich and Brisbane's Western Corridor as a genuine football hub and expansion area.
• We enjoy great support of the Ipswich City Council along with local businesses to enable us to keep our fees reasonable while providing four contacts per week to our athletes over 40 weeks.
• We are very keen to work with our community clubs and let them host their own SYL or divisional level teams. Our elite PlayStation 4 NPL players enjoy plenty of field space and a quality training and playing surface due to the low traffic and limited number of teams using our excellent facilities at Briggs Road, Flinders View throughout the year.
• Western Pride FC Technical Director Gabor Ganczer has recently who completed all his course work at the AFC Pro Diploma, the highest coaching qualification available, and he holds a UEFA A Licence whit working experience on international level.

 

 

TRIAL INFO

Wet Weather and What To Bring

Wet weather cancellation policy: we will provide updates on any trial cancellations on the Western Pride FC's Facebook (www.facebook.com/wpfc2012) page before 2:00pm on the trial day.

Please arrive 15 minutes early to sign in at the registration desk.

Wear appropriate football apparel and bring your own shin pads, water bottle and sunscreen for the trials.

Selection process

The first few trials are always centred around small sided games as we are looking for players who stand out at least in two out of the four core skills (1st touch, passing/striking, running with the ball, 1v1). We also examine whether a player is coachable and committed to their long term goals.

Our selection is based on the combined views of our selection panel made up of the team coach, Technical Director, appropriate specialist coaches (eg goalkeeping coach) and, for older age groups, our Senior Head Coaches.

The key areas which influence our selection are the player's technical ability/skills, decision making and development potential. We believe pure physical attributes are not a reliable indicator in which to judge players at a time their bodies are still developing.

Our preferred communication method is via email due to the large number of players looking to trial.  

Successful players will be provided with detailed individual feedback.

We can only select 16 players and a maximum of 7 shadow players in each PlayStation 4 NPL junior age group (U12-U16).

We select only 12 players for each Skills Acquisition Phase teams (U10/U11), however there is a possibility this may rise to 24 should we have the opportunity to run a second team in a given age group.

Players who are not selected are usually good players but someone may be better at this certain stage of their development.

We advise players who don't earn selection to join our community clubs where they can work on their functional game skills and tactical insights in an environment where we can monitor their development.

If you don't find answers above to your questions, please contact Gabor Ganczer, Western Pride Techncial Director on td@westernpridefc.com.au

 VENUE

Kippen Park

Enid Street, Goodna 4300 QLD

(Please note, trials will be undertaken at the ground of our community partner club Western Spirit as our academy fields at Flinders View are under end-of-season maintenance.)

ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM:

https://goo.gl/forms/3GKEM4HaGXP21gCG3