School soccer at Coromandel Valley is off to a fantastic start this season. We have registered four teams with the Southern Districts Junior Soccer Association and we are really impressed with how well our teams have been working together from the outset.

A warm welcome to our new U8 team and families and welcome back Coach Rob Nadin (Charlie’s dad)! We hope you are enjoying yourselves so far.

Our U9s had a head-start this season as Blackwood Primary invited us to a ‘friendly’ on Saturday 11 May and they have had some great matches already. It is exciting to see how this team is continuing to develop their skills and confidence under the calm guidance of Coach Dave Merritt (Tyler’s dad).

Our U10 team is our biggest team and they are working hard and learning to adapt to a full-size pitch. Enormous thanks to Coach Paul Cocks who started the boys this season and who has volunteered countless hours already marking the pitches at Frank Smith Park. Welcome back Coach Richard Thiele (Lukas’ dad) who will be taking over from Paul for the rest of the season.

Finally, we are delighted to have joined forces with Belair Primary to form a Coromandel-Belair United Seniors team! As we were both low on numbers, this last-minute idea from Belair has been paying off in spades. We welcome five players from Belair and are lucky enough to have two coaches – Sally Smith (Matilda’s mum, from Belair, and also a Coro old scholar!) and Morgan Chris (from Coro), who is very kindly volunteering his time even though he doesn’t have a child playing. We truly have a wonderful community.

Our sincere thanks to our team managers Taryn, Nikki, Brianna and Geoff for their work behind the scenes each week, and to Lisa Kemp who worked with us and volunteered many hours of admin before the season started.

Jessie Wildenauer & Judy Schober

Soccer Coordinators