If you have checked this site and  and have not heard of any cancelations from a team or club official then your game is ON.
       The Hornsby Shire Grounds are handed over GHFA at 2pm on Friday. The GHFA then makes the decision on whether to cancel any or all games by 7:00 am         Saturday morning.

    Both Hornsby Shire Council and the Pennant Hills Soccer Club  have the authority to close grounds for training
Ground closures will be posted on the this web site. Alternately contact a club official or ring the Councils Wet Weather Line on  9847 6764

    If you are the Home Team ie. the first team on the Draw then you must take the team sheet after the match and post it to GHFA PO Box 223, Eastwood NSW 2122 on the Monday after the game (or the next day if played on Monday)

    When you sign the team sheet at the end of the game check what the referee has put as the score. If there is a problem sort it out .
The GHFA receive the score from both teams and the referee and if one does not agree it is deemed as a wrong result and a fine is the imposed.

The hardest job in any soccer match is that of the referee. Through their own choice they provide an essential part of our game. This choice is made easy when a smile and a thankyou are given after their efforts.

Pennant Hills Soccer Club enjoys a reputation for fair play and fair dealings throughout the Association and our community. The fair manner with which we treat our referees is second nature to most of us. The following items have been provided to remind us all of our obligations in respect to our match officials.

• Referees at all times, before, during and after matches are to be treated with the utmost of respect and curtesy.

• They are to be thanked after each match and teams are to shake the referees hand and provide a cheer for their assistance.

• We encourage actions that result in commendation and praise of a referee. This includes personally thanking the referee or informing a member of our Committee for further commendation action.

• If you wish to criticise a referee there is ONLY one course of action that you may take.

That is to direct your comments to any member of our Committee for further action. The Club has a formal avenue by which complaints are dealt with properly and quickly.

• Under no circumstances are you to converse with a referee if your comments are of a potentially abusive, negative or untowards nature. This includes comments from the sidelines during the course of a match.

• If a player or official is found to have abused or offended a referee the club may impose a ban from playing or participation.

• If a spectator associated with our club is found to have abused or offended a referee then that person may be requested to cease attending club matches.

• It is also expected that anyone observing this behaviour will remind the offending person of their responsibility and/or report the matter to a member of our Committee.

• Everyone is reminded that there is recourse available to younger referees under the Child Protection Act for instances that are of an abusive or offensive nature.

Pre-Season

• Once the registration letter is circulated :

Return previous year’s player ID cards to the registrar

Encourage last year’s players to register on time.

• After registration day, contact the Age Manager or Registrar for guidance on :

Contacting prior-year players who have not (yet?) registered

Organizing collection of outstanding forms, money, photos, proof of age.

Ensure all players are told times/ places of grading day, training and trial matches.

Keep registrar informed of changes in team personnel and gradings.

• Coach to pick up training equipment as directed

• Ensure all registered players check the team rego form; return this to the Age Manager

• Attend the Coaches’ and Managers’ information night Training times will be negotiated and finalized then, so speak to parents at grading day re their preferences (and yours!).

• Organize a team ring-around list, for passing messages (especially re wet weather).

Prepare a roster for washing the team shirts each week. (Shirts preferably returned to coach or manager on training night.)

• Encourage all players to bring a named drinking water bottle to matches and training.

Ensure all players are given a list of the time and place of each match, once the interim and full draws are available.

During the Season

• Ensure sufficient players are available for each match. Plan ahead for school holiday matches. Note that new players can be registered at GHFA in U9+ until the last Friday in May. New players can be registered in U6 to U8 at any time.

Never allow an unregistered player to participate.

Also, under FIFA rules, no player can play without shin pads.

GHFA insurance requires that no player wear a cap with a stiff peak. Eye glasses may be worn at the referee’s discretion, but they must have plastic lenses, no sharp corners, and be securely fastened.

• Ensure players and parents are aware they should get to each game with sufficient time to warm up, get into team shirt,  and receive instructions.

• (U/9+) ensure photo ID cards are available at each match. (As a back-up, at least one other parent should carry a list of all players’ ID numbers.) Fill out Official Team Sheet for referee before match. (Remember the team listed first on the draw is the “home” team who supplies the sheet and is listed first; regardless of match location.) Numbers on the team sheet (which can be altered from those printed) are to match the numbers on each player’s back. Original sheets must be used (ie no photocopies).

Ensure the referee enters the correct score at the conclusion of each match (noting correct “home” team), and then sign the Team Sheet. If there is no referee, the home team sends the sheet to GHFA (via Bob Browne in our case).

• U/6 to U/8 and some other matches will need to organize referees and linesmen at the start of each game, when no paid officials are available. U/9+ can see whether a referee is allocated by looking from each Wednesday at the referees’ website which is the Uncovered Games link on our home page.

• Coach and Manager to wear armbands during each match (else club fined). Only armband-wearers are allowed on the field, and then only at the referee’s invitation.

• After the match submit your score and match report  onto the Penno website. For U/9+ the score is passed to GHFA (we are fined if it is late or wrong).

• See the Penno website for other information, at www.penno.com.au.

• If there has been heavy rain during the 24 hrs before your training session, check web site that the grounds are open. Council will fine us for using a closed oval.

If Saturday matches are cancelled, or training is cancelled for the entire week, the coaches’ ring-around will be started. News may also be available on GHFA’s web site www.ghfa.com.au which also has all match results; or wet weather recorded phone messages for Hornsby Council 9847-6764 or Ryde Council 9952-8244. Note though that after 2pm Friday any ground closures are GHFA’s decision, not Councils’

• Arrange a roster of parents (2 per hour) from your team to staff the canteen at the Penno oval on your designated Saturday during the season.

• Players can play for Penno in a higher Division or Age up to 5 times in a year. (Upon the 6^th time, they can not return to the lower team.) U9+ players playing “up” must take their ID card and have the reverse endorsed with the date and team played for (leave plenty of room for 15 possible upgrades over the card’s 3-year lifespan).

A player can only be downgraded if agreed by GHFA before the 4^th comp. game.

• Registered players can not play Association Football for another club or representative team without GHFA permission (school competitions are not FIFA-sanctioned Association Football and hence are OK). A Penno team playing (say) a trial game against a school team needs to notify GHFA so that insurance will apply.

• Apart from Premier League, Penno club policy is that all available team players will receive equal field time, except that Coaches have discretion to depart from this during semi-finals. Equality can be achieved each match, or alternatively over a longer period if a roster is kept.

• Keep committee informed of team issues, problems or changes; including change of

any player’s address or other contact details.

• Be enthusiastic! Help players to do their best and enjoy themselves. Placate parents.

Ensure barracking is positive, not critical. Never criticise referees or the opposition

during a match or in the hearing of players. Always speak highly of the Registrar.

End of Season

• Encourage all players to attend presentation day. Attend presentation day yourself.

• Return all equipment and have it signed off. Return Photo ID cards to the Registrar.

• Encourage players to return next year.

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    All lost Property that is handed in will be stored at the canteen and can be collected when the Canteen is open

When a player receives a red card it is important that at the end of the match the infringement code is obtained from the Referee.

Look up the code which is available in Quick Links to determine the penalty.

It advisable for the player and a team or club official to attend the P&D at Christie Park on the following Tuesday night for all infringements other than a player receiving 2 yellow cards

Contact your Age Manager or a club official who can advise you on the best course of action.