PJFC Newsletter, Issue #15 - July 18, 2025
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Welcome back to footy! Welcome back! We hope everyone enjoyed a mid-season break and we look forward to seeing our community as you filter back to the club for training tonight and the resumption of games this weekend. Due to lower numbers, some age groups have combined training, which is a great chance for the kids to have a run with some new faces. Thank you to the coaches facilitating these sessions! A very big shout out to our Team Managers who have been doing an amazing job juggling team numbers and ensuring that our teams hit the ground in good shape this weekend. This is an enormous job and we are very grateful for the pivotal role our TMs play within our Club. |
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Victorian Selection A huge congratulations to Nick Wright, from our U15 Boys Holmes team, who has been selected into the Victorian U15 team. This is a huge achievement and we are very proud of Nick, his dedicated approach to his football and his special contribution to our Club over a number of years. Our Director of Coaching (and Nick’s past coach) Wayne Oswald has some specific reflections on this honour and Nick’s journey to this point. “Nick is an example of a young talented player committing to a continuous improvement journey mindset. During our season together Nick challenged his attitude toward his training preparation and performance. He accepted game day roles outside his comfort zone and by season end was comfortably in the top three key defenders in the comp. Nick adopted a no icing approach to his coach/player relationship. He constantly asked questions on his performance and applied the open, honest feedback to his training and game. Perhaps the most outstanding and at the same time unique aspect of Nick's strive for excellence is his ability to turn what some perceive as a mistake into a "learning opportunity" No doubt Nick will be seeing his Big V selection as a learning opportunity on his exciting football journey. A huge well done to Nick, this is an honour that is very well deserved!”  |
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Interim Training Schedule Changes Next week, 25 July we have some changes to training allocations to account for disruptions at Orrong Romanis and team photos. The full training allocation can be found online right here, but keep an eye on your team WhapsApp chat for your relevant information. Our full training schedule for the remainder of the season will be released soon. FYI…. The Melbourne Rugby Union Club will be running an event at Orrong for the Lions Tour in Melbourne. This will run all day on Friday the 25th of July, so no PJFC training at Orrong will take place on this night. |
 PJFC x Melbourne Demons Training Session We have a last minute but wonderful opportunity for our U8-13 kids to attend a one-off training session with some Melbourne Demons players this coming Tuesday 22 July, 5-6pm at Toorak Park. The focus will be on fun, with plenty of photo and autograph opportunities along with the chance to play some games and have a kick with the AFL players. Specific players in attendance are not yet confirmed but it is sure to be a great experience for our PJFC players. Older kids are most welcome to come long to watch and grab a photo. |
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Team Photos We will be holding team photos across our 25 July and 1 August training nights. Please make sure players wear their full team uniform to training on your allotted night. Team photo time slots will be communicated through your Team Managers, so please keep an eye on your team chats. |
U16 O'Connor rocking their TS4A socks pre-break!
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Friday Night Dinners We are excited to welcome a new business to the PJFC Community. Treat Catering will be providing Friday night dinners starting this Friday with lasagne and jam donuts will be for sale in the bar from 5pm. This is the perfect opportunity to tick off family dinner with a delicious and wholesome offering from Treat. We look forward to growing this offering for the remainder of the season. Tonight’s Menu:
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Save The Date - PJFC Parents Party Friday August 8 - Please save the date and join us for the ‘PJFC Parents Party’ including a chance to say thank you to our sponsors. It is a great opportunity to get our parent community together and have some fun at our Toorak Park home - make sure you book a babysitter and get ready for the post training session celebration! |
 TeamSports4All Raffle We are entering the final week of our special Team Sport 4 All raffle, raising funds for this very important cause and importantly offering up the rights to the Presidents car park for the remainder of the season!! The raffle winner will be drawn next Friday 25 July. You can enter online with tickets only $10! TeamSports4All do a wonderful job supporting less fortunate families with registration fees, uniform, equipment and transport, ensuring all children have access to sport and the great social, emotional and physical benefits that playing team sport provides. |
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Mater Dei Friendly Game In the holidays, PJFC hosted a group of girls from the Mater Dei College AFL Academy. Whilst it did seem most of Melbourne was elsewhere, it gave our girls a chance to play in a blended team across age groups. Wonderful leadership was demonstrated by our older girls and determination and confidence from our younger crew - 11yo Pip Noonan gets a special mention for stepping in! Fun was the goal and Mater Dei were fully on board. A huge thank you to all the volunteers who helped out on the day. We could not have pulled this off without you and it was a warm fuzzy moment of what community sport is about.  |