Close Menu
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
  • Read Our Newspapers Online
    • Read the Latest Western Port News
    • Read the Latest Mornington News
    • Read the Latest Southern Peninsula News
    • Read the Latest Frankston Times
    • Read the Latest Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News
  • Competition
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
Trending
  • On the run for mental health
  • Taste loss for single use coffee cups
  • Release for trapped kangaroo
  • Grassy bowl clearing a borderline ‘error’
  • Record penalty for labour hire firm
  • Fatal collision in Red Hill
  • New rules may lead to NDIS housing
  • Vape warning after extreme reaction
Facebook X (Twitter)
MPNEWSMPNEWS
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
MPNEWSMPNEWS
Home»Sport»Junior footy looks to reconnect after covid
Sport

Junior footy looks to reconnect after covid

By Liz BellMarch 28, 2022Updated:March 29, 2022No Comments2 Mins Read
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email
CAPTION: Coach Marc Bressan revs up participants from the MPJFL Academy. Picture: Supplied

COMMUNITY sport is about to make waves on the Mornington Peninsula again, with the Mornington Peninsula Junior Football League in the process of building its numbers and reconnecting with schools for a great season ahead.

The league’s administrator, Ben Lawrence, said sport had taken a huge hit over the last few seasons, and the league was in a fight to keep participation rates at a steady number.

It is about to roll out a project called the MPJFL School Network, which involves interacting with schools to promote the benefits of playing organised community sport.

Mr Lawrence said the MPJFL was a community-focused organisation committed to creating positive experiences for junior participants, and tangible participation outcomes for clubs, like it has done for 51 years.

“As we come out of covid, our league and our clubs are always looking for new players to sign up and play football within the MPJFL,” he said.

The league is made up of 14 clubs that stretch across the peninsula and offers age groups from under 9s (starting at 7) to under 17s boys and under 18s girls.

Mr Lawrence said playing organised community sport came with many benefits for children and young adults, teaching important life skills and greatly impacting on participants physical, emotional, social, and mental health.

“To be proactive and try to stimulate registrations, we are launching the ‘MPJFL School Network’, which is a program that has been offered to all schools in the Mornington peninsula region,” he said.

“The MPJFL School Network is our way of establishing relationships with schools on the Mornington Peninsula and we are extremely excited to roll it out in the coming weeks.”

Mr Lawrence said the ‘School Network’ was the starting point in having more interaction with schools, and provided schools at no cost with promotional material, MPJFL footballs, facilitation of a coaching workshop for PE department staff, and a three-week curriculum-based program labelled the ‘MPJFL Footy Carnival’, which will lead into Round 1 and hopefully generate interest.

“This is an extremely important time period for community sport, and we need to ensure that kids in our region are getting active and playing organised sport,” he said.

Anyone looking for a club, or wanting more information about playing footy, can visit www.mpjfl.com.au/clubs

First published in the Mornington News – 29 March 2022

Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

Related Posts

Painting a championship portrait

December 4, 2023

Myatt puts opponents on notice

November 27, 2023

Sharks circle the Kangaroos, rain stops play

November 27, 2023

D-day looms for Frankston Pines

November 20, 2023
Add A Comment

Comments are closed.

Peninsula Essence Magazine

Click here to read

November 27, 2023
Peninsula Kids Magazine

Click here to read

November 30, 2023
Council Watch

‘Dialogue’ terminated over flag

November 28, 2023

Transparency backed, but ‘secret’ talks stay

November 28, 2023
Letters to the Editor
Interview

Rolls Royce-driven life worth recording

November 13, 2023
Property of the Week

105 Quinns Parade, Mt Eliza

November 28, 2023
100 Years Ago This Week

Frankston shooting case – Accused committed for trial

December 4, 2023
Menu
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
About

Established in 2006, Mornington Peninsula News Group (MPNG) is a locally owned and operated, independent media company.

MPNG publishes five weekly community newspapers: the Western Port News, Mornington News, Southern Peninsula News, Frankston Times and Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News.

MPNG also publishes two glossy magazines: Peninsula Essence and Peninsula Kids.

Facebook X (Twitter)
© 2023 Mornington Peninsula News Group.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.