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The new boys and girls Under 8 competitions will launch in May this year<\/p>\nJunior football in northern Tasmania is poised for significant growth, with new Under 8 competitions for boys and girls launching in May.<\/p>\n
The Northern Tasmania Junior Football Association (NTJFA) announced the new competitions following a comprehensive review undertaken with AFL Tasmania late last year.<\/p>\n
The review outlined an ambitious vision to position northern Tasmania as a national leader in junior football participation per capita.<\/p>\n
NTJFA President Josh Nast said the new competition would create genuine growth across the region.<\/p>\n
The new boys and girls Under 8 competitions will launch in May this year<\/p>\n
\u201cIt gives families another entry point into our game, and the continued expansion of the girls\u2019 pathway is an opportunity we should all be excited to build together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The competitions will run on Sunday afternoons during Term 2 at Kings Meadows High School, with most NTJFA clubs participating alongside some external clubs.<\/p>\n
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NTJFA President Josh Nast said the new competitions will enable growth of junior participants<\/p>\n
Players will compete under the AFL\u2019s recommended junior rules, designed to engage children regardless of their football ability or experience.<\/p>\n
All participating clubs will also operate NAB AFL Auskick centres, including all-girls programs, to create a clear pathway from grassroots programs into community football.<\/p>\n
Nast said the initiative would help create lasting memories for young players.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m reminded of my time as a club president, watching the excitement in our children\u2019s eyes as they pulled on their club colours for the first time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery time we give young children a chance to pull on their club colours and play in an environment that suits their stage of development, we\u2019re setting them up for long-term success.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new format aims to encourage more clubs to field entry-level teams and strengthen the junior football pathway across Tasmania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Junior football in northern Tasmania is poised for significant growth, with new Under 8 competitions for boys and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-548864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}