Football Federation Tasmania waved goodbye to one of its finest contributors on Saturday with Lauren Hargrave officiating her final game before departing for Canberra. Following the game she was given a guard of honour by the South Hobart and Kingborough players in recognition of her efforts.
Lauren has been an official with Football federation Tasmania for 10 years, where she has progressed on to the W League AR panel since the 2016/2017 season.
She has proved to be a valuable member of the Referee technical committee, championing both the pathway for female officials and supporting…
The FFA Coach Development team would like to inform coaches that the all new "Home of Coaching" page hosted on the FFA PlayFootball website is now officially live. Our goal is to provide all coaches with the support to develop their knowledge in providing players, regardless of ability, age, gender or background, a positive football experience that they can enjoy and value.
To visit the new site, please click on https://www.playfootball.com.au/coach.
This site will be updated weekly with new content covering:
Session Plans for all ages and coaching ability
Video content (discussions…
Some of the most talented junior footballers in the country are set to descend upon Devonport this weekend with the 2018 National SAP festival to be staged at Valley Road.
The event, which will showcase some of the best under 12 and 13 players in the country, will feature 21 teams from around Australia in three days of nonstop footballing action taking place from Friday 23 February to Sunday 25 February.
The aim of the festival is to provide young players in this age group a high level of competition to demonstrate their skills they have been developing over the past 3-4 years.…
Football Federation Tasmania is highly encouraged by the pronouncement from FFA regarding the potential for A-League expansion ahead of the 2019-2020 season.
The intention to expand the A-League to 12 teams now offers the very real chance for a Tasmanian side to transform the A-League into a truly national competition and FFT President Bob Gordon believes that everything is in place to make that a reality.
“We’re thrilled with FFA for putting expansion of the A-League front and centre on the agenda and with the opportunity that now provides Tasmanian Football. At a time when…
Football Federation Tasmania today introduced Bob Gordon as the new President of FFT at a Media conference whilst at the same time confirming that CEO Mike Palmer is set to move on from his position on March the 16th.
Mr Gordon joined the Football Federation Tasmania Board in April of 2017 and is a hugely experienced chief executive and non-executive board member. He has spent 40 years in the forestry and natural resource sector and was appointed a Forestry Tasmania Commissioner in 1991, before going on to be the managing director and CEO of Forestry Tasmania in 2006. He is currently a…
With one more sleep until the State Election, it is timely to look back on all the work that has been done by clubs to support Football Federation Tasmania’s Infrastructure Review. The process came from a positive President’s discussion at the 2017 AGM where it was agreed that the development of club infrastructure would now become the number priority going forward.
The Board of FFT was very happy to action the request of Club Presidents and formed an Infrastructure Working Group led by Jim Lange and Daniel Hanna with the support of FFT CEO Mike Palmer. During the middle of 2017 the…
Football Federation Tasmania regrets to advise that following an investigation, three clubs have been found in breach of FFT Summer Cup Eligibility Rules from the weekend's games.
The rules governing player eligibility (2.0 Player Eligibility) state "to be eligible to compete in a final, a player must have played at least one match in that Division during the round robin." Section 2.0.1 Penalty For Breach of Player Restriction rules states "Where a club is to be in breach of the Player Eligibility rules, the offending team will be deemed to have lost the match by forfeit and will be fined $…
Hobart Zebras will be aiming to continue their winning ways and claim their fourth consecutive trophy as they prepare to defend their crown in the Summer Cup final against South Hobart on Friday night.
Following last season's treble, the Zebras have picked up right where they left off by advancing to another final courtesy of their nail biting 1-0 win over Taroona in the Semi Final. In a pulsating game that went from end to end, new recruit Lucy Johnson scored the game's only goal midway through the second half and from there they held on.
The draws for the Statewide Cup competitions were held on Thursday afternoon at KGV Football House. The draws for first round and quarter final games were as follows.
Statewide Women's
First Round
Game 1: Ulverstone v Beachside
Game 2: Devonport v Kingborough
Game 3: Northern Rangers v Clarence
Game 4: University v South Hobart
Quarter Finals
Northern Rangers/Clarence v Devonport/Kingborough
Olympia v Launceston City
Taroona v Hobart Zebras
University/South Hobart v Ulverstone/Beachside
Statewide Under 20's
First Round
In a rematch of the 2017 decider Olympia FC Warriors will meet Glenorchy Knights in the Lakoseljac Cup Round of 16. The marquee match up was the biggest of an intriguing set of fixtures drawn out to be played on Monday 2 April.
There were two all NPL affairs drawn, with Kingborough Lions hosting the team quickly becoming everyones ‘dark horse’ in Launceston City down at the Den. Whilst in the other, it’s Clarence United who will be playing host to South Hobart. After winning 5 Lakoseljac Cup titles from 2008-2015 South have relaxed their monopoly on the trophy in the past couple of seasons…
The 2018 NPL Tasmania and PFD Women's Super League seasons are set to launch this weekend. The action all gets back underway on Friday night at North Hobart Oval with a massive double header between Hobart Zebras and South Hobart. The Super League will kick things off at 5:45pm before the NPL game at 7:45pm.
Check out the fixture list below to see your nearest game this weekend.
NPL TASMANIA
Friday 16 March
Hobart Zebras v South Hobart, North Hobart Oval, 7:45pm
Saturday 17 March
Launceston City v Kingborough, Buckby Land Rover Park 1, 2:00pm
FFT will be holding trials for the following representative squads in the coming weeks. Players who are interested in participating in these programs are invited to attend these trials.
Defending champions South Hobart dropped more points as they were held to a 2-2 draw by the Kingborough Lions at Darcy Street on Saturday afternoon. Report
Hobart Zebras 4-2 Northern Rangers
Hobart Zebras rallied from a 2-0 half time deficit despite being down to 10 men from the 12th minute mark to overrun Northern Rangers and claim a stunning 4-2 victory. Report
Launceston City 4-1 Clarence
Launceston City have continued their perfect start to the season with a 4 – 1 win over Clarence United at Buckby Landrover Park. City were dominant…
A devastating attacking display from the Hobart Zebras stunned the defending champions South Hobart and saw them claim a 5-3 win on the opening night of the NPL TAS season. Report
Launceston City 1-0 Kingborough
Launceston City left it until the dying minutes before their 2017 Rising Star winner Noah Mies rose to head home and secure a 1-0 win over the Kingborough Lions at Buckby Land Rover Park. Report
The Devonport Strikers began their season firing on all cylinders as they downed Clarence United 7-0 at Valley Road. Michael Holden had a hat-trick…
The Women in Sport Coaching Scholarship (WCS) is a partnership between Womensport & Recreation Inc. (WSRT) and Tasmanian Institute of Sport (TIS) aimed at providing quality coaching opportunities to women and increasing the number of female coaches in Tasmania.
The WCS will target individuals who might not otherwise be able to access high quality coach education and development opportunities due to financial constraints or those who are from rural communities.
The WCS provides not just financial but also mentoring support to the successful applicant through the opportunity to gain…
Football Federation Tasmania is pleased to have partnered with My Game Guru to help deliver a simple and accessible technology solution to assist with game schedules, wet weather updates and notifications.
The My Game Guru App will be a key source of timely information updates around game times and dates, wet weather ground cancellations and general game day reminders.
FFT will be utilizing the app as a key form of communication during the 2018 Season, especially during periods of wet weather. All players and parents are encouraged to download the App. You simply need to ‘Add a team’…
FFT is seeking expressions of interest from coaches who meet the required criteria for the following positions with the State Girls teams for 2018:
Head Coach U17 Girls (NTC) NTC Head Coach Position Description
Head Coach State U15 Girls U15 State Coach Position Description
Head Coach State U14 Girls U14 State Coach Position Description
State Youth Goalkeeper Coach GK Coach Position Description
State Team Manager Team Manager PD State
Position descriptions and application process can be found by clicking on the links.
The Member Federations join Football Federation Australia (FFA) in welcoming the announcement by FIFA on the terms of reference for a collaborative working group to review football’s representative congress in Australia.
The Member Federations have nominated the following four (4) representatives:
▪ Football New South Wales
▪ Football Federation South Australia
▪ Football Federation Victoria
▪ Football West
Football Federation Tasmania along with the rest of the Member Federations are committed to working with FIFA, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), FFA and all…
