Costs for community teams?
· The cost for a girls metro player, U13-17 will be $540
NB/ This is the registration costs for North Star. In addition to these costs there is a $50 volunteer levy and the Affiliation costs/Insurance to Football QLD ~$80.50
What do I get for my fees?
Included in the fees is an 22 week season –
· 2 training nights, 1 game
· 2-5 weeks of pre season training
· Trophy and team photo
· Break up celebration day
There are a lot of costs to run a football club. This includes.
· Water charges
· Electricity – field lights, clubhouse & canteen
· Referee fees
· Football equipment (balls, bibs, cones, goals, corner posts,)
· Ground works (mowing, line making, fertilising, aeration, herbicide)
· Annual ground rehabilitation works (top soil, turf, aeration, fertiliser etc)
· Repairs and maintenance (electrical, lighting, plumbing, car park potholes, fences, water tanks)
· Maintenance of clubhouse facilities & office equipment
· Football department programs, pathways and administration
· Technical Director wages
· Coaching wages
· Coaching licences
· Council rates
· Council lease fees
· Waste collection
Can I get a discount on my fees? – Fair Play vouchers
North Star Football club is a participating club in the Queensland Government's ‘Fair Play Voucher’ programme. Parents, carers or guardians can apply for a voucher valued up to $150 for their child to be used towards their fees. The fair play voucher program is due to open 24th January. We ask that you pay for your fees in full & once the window opens & you receive your voucher, email it to us & we will provide you with a refund.
Or, if you have the voucher before you register, Majestri, our club registration system, now allows members to upload their vouchers into the system from within their registration checkout.
Please click here https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/sports/funding/fairplay for more details and eligibility.
Why do I need to pay a volunteer levy?
North Star FC is entirely run by volunteers. These volunteers are parents like yourself with kids at the club and full time jobs. We invite all families to volunteer. For approximately every 10 hours you volunteer you will get your $50 volunteer levy back. There is also the option to earn more than the $50 volunteer levy. The more help you can give the club the more you will be reimbursed. There are a number of roles including coaching, managers, committee roles. Please email info@northstarfc.com.au if you would like to volunteer for a role.
Season schedule and key dates
· January - February
Registration time. Players can not start training until they are registered and insured through FQ/Squadi·
· Monday 5th February
Under 13 – Alissa's team will return to training
· Tuesday 6th February
Under 14 – Rodney’s team will return to training
Under 17 – Hugo’s team will return to training·
· February 17th-25th
Grading sessions for U13 teams. Across 2 weekends teams will play 4 games against local clubs to determine best division for the team
· First game of the season – Sunday 10th March
· Last game of the season – Sunday 1st September
Training days and times
U13 Team –
U14 Team –
U17 Team – Tuesday 5.30-7pm, Thursday
Games days
Games are predominantly played on Sundays. They can be anytime from 8.30am to an afternoon game.
Rainy weather
Unfortunately from time to time rainy weather does cancel training. We assess the fields at approx. 3pm on rainy days and information about closures is released between 3-4pm. Each day our fields are filled with teams training. Therefore it is difficult to reschedule. There may be an option for a Friday catch up session or a school holiday catch up session.
Uniforms
Uniforms are not included in the registration costs. Players will be required to purchase a shirt, shorts and socks. These items can be reused the following year. Therefore we haven’t included them as part of the registration costs. We hope this then keeps costs down for families.