Rooball is a version of football in which the rules have been modified for children up to the age of nine. Children as young as five (the Pee Wees) participate in weekly games and skills sessions over the winter season to have fun while gaining valuable soccer experience.

The Pee Wee age group is for all children turning five this calendar year. This is a good age to start as we combine some training with small sided games all within an hour time slot each Saturday. Peewees start at 10.30am each week. It is loads of fun and the kids really enjoy the chance to have a kick each week.

As the children get older, the field sizes increase and the rules change slightly. This is to introduce them slowly to the laws of football which govern the matches played by the older Small Sided Games (SSG) & Competitive teams.

Belnorth is an all volunteer club and draws its coaches and managers from within the parents involved in the club, if you are able to help please email your registrar. All current coaches and managers will be emailed by the end of January.

Please ensure that you sign up for the newsletter at the top left of this page to stay in touch with all the information and weekly newsletters that are published during the actual playing season.

Uniforms – All players at the club require Belnorth socks and shorts, which can be purchased from Rebel Sport at Westfield Belconnen. Make sure that while you are there you sign up for the Season Pass card and link the card to Belnorth. Our club then gets 5% of all sales made by participants which helps keep fees down by allowing us to purchase equipment for the club. Shin pads and soccer boots of any brand and colour will also be required.

The numbered playing shirts are owned and maintained by Belnorth. They are distributed to team management after team selections have taken place. It is club policy that these shirt sets are returned to the coach or manager after each game so that the sets can be maintained and so that shirts don't go missing. Team management will normally arrange a washing roster.

Team placements - Players in the U5 (Peewee) to U9 ages do not take part in grading - these teams are allocated by the registrars. For any new players to the club we will do our best to put them into a team that they request to play in, but only if there is a vacant position. We have a strict policy of having a maximum of seven players in each team for the Peewees to U7s and a maximum of ten players for the U8s and U9s. We will not displace existing team members to make way for special requests.

Your child stays in the same team from Peewees to U9 unless you make a specific request to change teams and then only if there are alternative vacant positions available. All teams are mixed in Rooball and we try to make sure that there is a good mix of girls and boys together.  Once players move into the U10s, then teams are graded and split into boys & girls teams.

Any requests for these age groups can be sent to your relevant registrar.

Teams will be announced on the website in the last week of March and all players will be contacted by their respective coaches/managers.

The coach and/or manager are responsible for contacting each of their team members to inform them of what is expected of them during the season, including training times (if they have them – generally only U7s and above will have a formal training session during the week for about an hour).

Game times - Each year the following age groups play at these times each Saturday: U6s and U7s at 9am; U8s at 9.40am and U9s and Peewees at 10.30am. The games always take place at Kaleen on Diamantina Cres behind Kaleen High School.

Season start & finish - The season usually starts the first or second week in May and will finish in early September.

Other Useful Links

• Game Draws
• Grounds Maps will help you locate your fields once you have consulted the draw.
• For field set-up guidelines please click here.
• For timing of the games and other useful points for each age group click here.
• The Coaches and Managers Handbook will also be useful to all parents who wish to understand club operations.

If you have any questions please email your relevant registrar.