The 2012 season is upon us and now is the time to commit to the Northern Rangers.  The committee have worked hard during the off-season and will continue this effort to ensure NRFC have a successful 2012.  Please read the president's message below, download the attached files and be sure to register for 2012 as soon as possible.

Go to http://www.myfootballclub.com.au/ to register as a player.  Registration is relatively straight-forward and the attached guide is available if necessary.  To be eligible to play in this weekend's Hudson Cup you must be registered by 11:55pm Wednesday 8th February. All registration fees must be paid by the 6th of April 2012.

Attachments:

2012 NRFC Football Calendar (Provisional)	[2012 NRFC Football Calendar (Provisional) - as at 1st Feb. Subject to change.]	130 Kb
2012 Merchandise order form	[2012 Merchandise order form]	98 Kb
2012 Insurance Info	[2012 Insurance Info]	151 Kb
2012 Guide for registering as a player	[2012 Guide for registering as a player]	938 Kb

This is your chance to represent Northern Rangers at the A-League Match between Melbourne Victory and Gold Coast United in the half time Cross bar challenge.

Each Club in Tasmania has been given the opportunity to nominate one player who will compete in the challenge on behalf of their club for a signed Melbourne Victory Strip and the nominated player receives free entry to the game also.

So our intra club challenge will take place on Wednesday (25^th of Jan) prior to training at 5:40 sharp to decide who shall represent Northern Rangers.  You must be present prior to the competition kicking off and you can not join half way through.

This is open to anyone in the club including Seniors, Reserves, Under 18s, Women’s and League One players.  Just turn up to compete.

Good Luck.

Mel Cuschieri and Rod Fulton have decided to bring the Under 18 Preseason training forward due to the interest already shown so the Preseason dates and times for 2012 are as follows.

Every Monday and Wednesday afternoon from the 16th of January starting at 4:30pm to 6:00 pm at the NTCA No 2 Ground. Please bring sand shoes.

Steve Hudson Cup has been entered for our Under 18s which starts on the 12th of Feb, so this will serve as a good preparation for this.

Any questions, please call Mel on 0438 033 595 or Rod Fulton on 0437 746 794.

If you are thinking about playing football for Northern Rangers in 2012, then it’s time to dust of the boots and head down to the NTCA.

Northern Rangers are extremely excited to announce some changes to the 2012 Women’s Coaching structure.  Jaime Foskett has elected to step aside as the Women’s Coach to allow Andrew Langley to take over as Women’s Coach, and Jaime will take over as team Manager and represent the side to the clubs Committee.

Following the Northern Rangers AGM in November, the club is pleased to announce the office bearers for the 2012 season.

Mark Jefferson takes over as only the clubs third president, after Mark Ackerly decided to step down after a decade as the clubs president.  Marshall Pooley stays on as the clubs Director of Finance, while Luke Connors was re-elected as the clubs Vice President, but this will be his final year on the board.  Brendan Lichtendonk moves back into the club Secretary Role, and Todd Hingston will complete the board portfolios as the new Public Relations Director.

With the 2012 season fast approaching Northern Rangers have moved to firm up their plans for the 2012 Season, appointing a coaching team to lead the group through the 2012 campaign.

Three time George Dale Winner Todd Hingston joins the clubs leadership group, working closely with Gabriel Tams and Marshall Pooley.

For the three it will be their first time in such positions, but the club is excited at what the trio will bring to the side at a leadership level with some fresh thinking  All have played under Roslan Sa’ad and Adam Whitemore, and all are keen to see the current brand of football the club has adopted, continue and improve into the future.

Training will commence on Monday the 9^th of January 2012 at the NTCA from 6pm, and continue every Monday and Wednesday from there on, unless otherwise stated on the clubs website.  Friday sessions will again feature from late January at Churchill Park from 6pm to 7pm.

Additional preseason fitness work will include Monday evening runs from Monday the 21^st of November, the group will be leaving from the Launceston Rugby club car park, and all intending players are encouraged to attend.

On the Women’s front, the club has appointed Jaime Foskett to lead the Women into a new era of football as he looks to take discipline to a higher level amongst the Women’s ranks.  He will be assisted by Jacquie Latham who joins the club after some time away from the game.  Jacquie has extensive experience and accolades at State level with NSW and WA and the club looks forward to what she will bring to the Women’s team.  Their training schedule will be announced soon.

Under 18s will this year be lead by Mel Cuschieri and Rod Fulton.  Both of these men have had great experience at junior level, and will focus on preparing the under 18’s for promotion through the clubs ranks.  The Under 18 training will most likely start in late January, but anyone who is keen, is encouraged to join the seniors from the 9^th of January.

If you are interested in playing or getting involved with the club in 2012, please send the club an email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Todd Hingston backed up his 2009 and 2010 league Best and Fairest George Dale Medals with another fine effort securing the award again in 2011, sharing the accolade with a fine player in Mark Baker from Prospect Knights.  Both players polled 20 votes to  win the honour.

Chris McKenna from Devonport was the raging hot favourite to win the award, but missed out by just 1 point, and would have been a worthy winner also, but in the eyes of the referees. Mark Baker and Todd Hingston were adjudged the leagues best players.

In another coup for the Rangers, and a first for the club, Yitay Towns won the Under 18s league best and fairest award, following a fine season taking 20 votes to win the award 4 points clear of his nearest rival.  His efforts have been outstanding and defiantly a player to watch in 2012, at the tender age of 15, Yitay has a lot of promise in front of him.

The Northern Rangers best and fairest count has been conducted with the main award going down to the wire yet again.  With one game to play Andrew Nicholson, Patty Lanau-Atkinson, Derek Schipper and Scott Murray were all in the race to win the award, however Murray was unable to play that last fixture so was officially out of the running.

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