We wish our GV Suns players, parents, supporters and friends a safe and fun easter break.
- Training for all junior squads continues Tuesday 4 April.Please advise your team manager if you are away.
- Our SAP squads do not train during the school holidays and will recommence Tuesday 17 April.
- And we won't be publishing a newsletter next week.
Sporting Chance Assistance Grants - are you eligible?
 You may be eligible for a Sporting Chance grant to assist with payment of your GV Suns fees.
Families with players aged 18 years or under who are resident in Greater Shepparton and have a current Health Care Card may apply for Sporting Chance grants of up to $80 per child. Families may apply direct via http://www.thecommunityfund.com.au/ or can supply their Health Care Card number to Shaban Mehmet or Maria Sepe before 9 April 2018 for the club to apply on your behalf.
For more information, please go to the website above or speak to Shaban or Maria.
Junior and SAP uniforms - Update
Valley Sport - free holiday clinics
 Over the Easter school holidays Valley Sport is offering free netball, golf and tennis clinics for school age kids. For more information visit Valley Sport's facebook page or website.
SJSA season begins 21 April
Our SJSA friends will begin their winter competition 21 April. Earlier this week SJSA advised they still have room for some more teams particularly in the Under 8s (Grade 2) and Under 10s (Grade 3 & 4).
If you know of anyone who may be interested please encourage them to contact Jodie on 0490838073 or via SJSA's facebook page.
The SJSA fixture should be confirmed over the easter break.
Have your say - FFV Survey
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Match Reports
 Under 12s
Tommy Giuliani
Sunday’s
 U12s
Paul Nieuwenhuizen
The focus for the under 12s over the last few weeks has been working on their core skills - 1v1, dribbling, kicking the ball & controlling the ball, and continued improvement in these areas.
Over the last few games we have worked on trying to play the ball out from the back rather than just kicking the ball long. While the boys endeavoured to execute the team task with varying success, they need to remain focused on the task set and learn from any errors made, rather than slipping back into old habits of just kicking the ball long.
It was great to see the boys on the weekend remain positive despite results not going their way. The other positive from the weekend, was the continued narrowing of the gap between the GV Suns and the established Melbourne teams.
 U13s
Shaban Mehmet
The team task on Saturday was to play out from the back to get into middle 3rd in possession. I was fortunate enough to take this great group of boys for the weekend and I'm pleased to say there is progress being made.
The work these boys are putting in is fantastic. Pre match I asked the boys to come up with thee playing out from the back scenarios (and demonstrate them on the white board) to execute in the first half. I was so impressed with the results and answers these boys came up with. We had approximately 25% success rate in the first half in playing out from the back. We have some football problems to address now.
At half time I asked the boys to review the scenarios they came up with pre match but now with some solutions to our football problems. Our second half success rate in playing out from the back was around the 40% mark. The boys understanding of the team task here was great, now they have to develop the confidence in themselves and each other to do so on a more consistent basis.
U14s
Tommy Giuliani
It was an exciting win on Sunday for our 14s against South Melbourne. It was also very well deserved.
These boys are training well at the required intensity and have worked hard on their football conditioning. We looked very organised in possesion on Sunday and the players must take all the credit for executing our game plan so well. Our back 4 played a higher line when we didn’t have possesion and refused to allow any half spaces between our back 4 and defensive mids for SouthM to play in. Our pressing was sharp and when we won the ball back our mids played our attackers in beautifully with well weighted diagonal passes for our attackers to get in behind their back 4. We were able to turn them around continuously in the first half with fast effective ball movement and fast transitions.
However again we conceded too many goals which is an ongoing theme with these boys so we need to tighten up further. So in the coming week we will frame our sessions around being even more compact in defence, eliminating silly fouls that hurt us and our set up at free kicks.
 U15s
Glen Wilson
During
U16s
Paul Nieuwenhuizen
During the week at training we worked on winning the ball back quickly and then effectively moving the ball forward. Before the game the boys were reminded about staying in control and working together to encourage rather than criticise each other when things go wrong.
We started the game well putting pressure on our opponents which resulted in a couple of turnovers that allowed us to score a few early goals. This resulted in the boys relaxing and playing some good football while still applying pressure on Heidelberg. A lapse just before halftime saw Heidelberg pull back a goal.
At halftime the boys were congratulated for sticking to the team task and reminded not to get ahead of themselves.
The second half was very much end to end with a flurry of goals from both teams entertaining the spectators. However, despite our ascendency, we had two players sent off due to a spur of the moment decision and lack of discipline.
Despite a fantastic result, our lack of humility resulted in some behaviour that was unnecessary at the end of the game. The boys were reminded that whatever the outcome that we always “Win with humility, lose with grace, and do both with dignity”.
I hope everyone enjoys the Easter break and comes back refreshed.
 U18s
David Davkovski
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