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 SAFC Newsletter – January 2026

PRESIDENTS REPORT JANUARY 2026

Welcome to 2026!

Since the last newsletter the club has been pretty busy with meetings. The Football and Social Committees have been in full swing arranging events, the calendar is filling fast. Training numbers have been encouraging, a few new players came to town recently and trained with the rest of the players. By all accounts the vibe around the training groups is positive.

I want to take this opportunity to welcome the new players, their families and friends to Souths. We know you will enjoy our club and create long time friends along the way. To the South players coming back to play, thank you. Help SAFC reach a record number of Memberships In 2026!! 

Congratulations to Bronte Munzer and Marcus Gill who have been selected as the B grade and U18 Coaches respectively. Ethan Gade is an assistant to Marcus. This is a good initiative for Ethan to learn the ropes and move up the rungs as time progresses. Our seniors are in good hands with Adam, Bronte and Marcus. Congratulations to the re appointed junior coaches. 

The Committee has had their first meeting of the year. We are working on a few things, and we will keep you up to date with how these progress. We have a couple of areas we are focusing on. One is tidying up how we connect with new and existing sponsors, the proposals we offer will be presented in a more professional way and in a way that will nurture our partnerships. The other area is the club structure, highlighting what roles we need and approaching people to put into those roles. It’s about getting the structure right. Apart from the normal positions eg: President, Secretary, Treasurer and Committee that fill themselves there are numerous other roles or tasks that require someone to oversee. 

A few of those roles have been finalised and Job Descriptions will be attached to those roles. Volunteer Co Ordinator – Mick Kerin 

Football Director/ Vice President – Mark Horner 

Social Media/Communications – Georgia Irvine/Judith Barnett 

Website/History/Grants – Mark Shirley 

A more comprehensive structure will be finalised over the next month, we anticipate putting it up on the notice board for you to look at.  As has been the theme over recent times the club needs help, there are roles and tasks that we need help with across the club. If you think you have a particular skill that would benefit the club and would like to help, please don’t hesitate to contact me or any Committee member. 

As has been mentioned numerous times we want a lot of people doing little jobs rather than not many people doing a lot of jobs (share the load). We are always keen to hear people’s ideas. You will probably hear it a lot and I might keep putting it in the newsletter, if we think about what we do today, can we strive to do it better tomorrow. If we do that then we will be the best we can be.

 This year will have it’s challenges that’s a given, it is how we deal with the issues that will determine us. Please keep up the support for the teams and the club, become a member, become involved. 

‘’Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning’’ Albert Einstein