Girls Football

We are pleased to announce Hollie Leona as our new Girls Football Development Manager for 2024 and beyond. Hollie has been a coach at Ellerslie AFC and member of the Womens First Team for a number of years. She is currently in the process of completing her NZF B Coaching Licence.

Hollie will work in conjuction with Ryan Shiffman (Director of Coaching & Womens Head Coach). 

For queries regarding girls football, please contact Hollie Leona.

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2024 Season

2024 will be another exciting year for our Girls and Womens Programme. Off the back of 2023, where our Womens team qualified to compete in the New Zealand National League competition in what was a momumental achivement in the Club's long history. This year they will aim to qualify again through competing in the NRFL Womens Premier League with a mirrored Reserves league. 

Our U14s and U16s will compete in their respective NRFL grades while we continue to focus our efforts on the growth of girls teams in the grades below. 

Keep up to date throughout the year by following us on our dedicated girls pages on Facebook and Instagram 

New Girls only Tamaki League

The final piece of the puzzle for female football - a league for our youngest players to thrive in - find out more about this here: https://tamakileague.co.nz/girls-only-leagues

Trials

Trials will be held in February and March 2024. See the calendar for trial dates for girls.  We encourage all girls to attend trials to help us get numbers and teams right. Trials will be overseen by a group of assessors.  Go to the trials page for more information. 

Season

Under 7s - Under 9s

• Girls can choose to play in either an all-girls team or in a mixed team of girls and boys. Teams in these grades play in an Ellerslie in-house competition at Michaels Ave Turf Field on Saturday mornings. 

Under 10s - Under 13s

• Teams in the Under 10s competitions and above play in Auckland-wide competitions. For most grades, there will be grading games at the start of the season.  Based on their results, teams are put into their divisions for a championship competition. Teams in the Under 7-9's will play in the Ellerslie in-house competition.
• Our staff carefully consider which competition each team plays in to optimise their development. 
• Girls play on a Saturday morning during the season.  The younger girls play early and playing times get progressively later for the older players. 

• Games are not played on any weekends in the April school holidays, the middle and last weekend of the July holidays, but games are usually scheduled on King's Birthday weekend.

Under 14s - Under 16s

• Top graded teams play in a competition that includes Auckland and Hamilton teams on Saturday mornings. You can find out more about our top graded teams on our Talent Pathway page. 
• Our staff carefully consider which competition each team plays in to optimise their development. 
• For community teams, games are not played on any weekends in the April school holidays, the middle and last weekend of the July holidays, but games are usually scheduled on King's Birthday weekend.
  
  
  

Coaches & Managers for teams

Each team needs a coach and manager. We are always looking for volunteers who are keen to fill these roles. You provide a vital link between the club and the team. This will help with planning. We are working hard to make sure we have coaches in place for our 2023 season. We also encourage our older youth and our senior women to coach younger teams and this is something that the Club and teams are very supportive of.  If you would like to be involved in coaching a team this year, please e-mail Ryan Shiffman. 

As a coach of a girls’ team, you can attend coaching courses run by Ryan, specifically for coaches of girls’ teams and also receive mentoring and coaching support from Ryan. 
Click here to get more information. 

Register to Join in 2024

Information on Subscriptions, Uniforms, Playing Format, Rules and other information is available by clicking on the appropriate grade on our home screen