Walking Football!
We're excited to welcome back Walking Football to Ted Horwood this Sunday. As well as hosting, we'll be having a come and try session. Everyone is welcome!
Walking Football is gender and age inclusive. Men and women of any age are welcome to come and give it a go. Register by clicking the “Register Here” button below or just turn up. Share this with anyone who might be interested. You don't have to be registered in Winter comp to give it a go this weekend- it's open to all!
Game kicks off at 11am, so get there earlier and let us know you'd like to play. See you there!
Ladies Night at Ted Horwood!
Join us on Friday night 26th May in support of Female Football Week. It’s Ladies night at Ted Horwood.
O30L div 1 and 2 will be kicking off at 6.20pm TH2 and TH3.
We’ll have canteen and BBQ facilities open and fun for the kids.
HFI inflatable goals will be at the ground.
Everyone is welcome. Come along and support our ladies! #GoBaulko
National Volunteers’ Week
Today marks the start of National Volunteers’ Week. As a community based club we are run entirely by volunteers. It’s rewarding, challenging, exhausting, relentless work for enormous benefit to over 1,000 BHFC members.
From our competitions to our celebrations, from our website to our uniforms, our canteen to our field marking, our grading to our trials, from mentoring to our committees, it’s all done by volunteers. It’s those selfless members who see a need and pitch in and get the job done. Whether their passion is football, volunteering or mateship, our members are the life blood of our club.
It's hours preparing training sessions, sitting through meetings, planning and implementing, reviewing and modifying. It’s rosters, draws, schedules and timetables. Grading, trials, re-scheduled games etc etc… It’s 11 months of work for a 6 month competition. For every person who has mowed our lines, measured out fields, participated in working bees, set up goals, emptied our bins…. Coached, managed, cooked, cleaned, built, planned, served, supervised, coordinated, administered, guided or inspired. It’s all of you who are the Baulko army of volunteers. We thank you and we know sometimes it’s not easy, but it is so very rewarding. Thankyou for every job you do.
During this week we thank our volunteers and extend an open invitation for you to join us. Everyone is welcome.
WE LOVE OUR VOLUNTEERS! #GoBaulko
No Respect, No Game
NO RESPECT, NO GAME
Football NSW, HFI and BHFC would like to remind everyone involved within our game of their responsibility in creating a safe, inclusive and supportive environment during football activities.
Football NSW has a zero-tolerance stance for this type of behaviour and will continue to impose strict sanctions on those that do not comply.
The support and safety of our referees, our team officials and our players is paramount.
Following the incidents coming out of last weekends’ Premier League match played within the Bankstown District Amateur Football Association (BDAFA), we’re extremely appalled at the behaviour shown and inflicted on a Referee by a spectator. HFI strictly does not condone such behaviour and would again like to reiterate that these acts of violence are not tolerated within our Association.
As a result of this incident, and as a show of solidarity for our Referee network, we have asked our teams to participate in a 30 second round of applause for all matches that have HFI Referees allocated. This will include both teams standing around the centre circle together with Referees positioned on the halfway line intersect.
What this means for us is that prior to kick off, we will take our position on the halfway line/centre circle intersect with both teams either side spread around the centre circle, where the teams will partake in a 30 second round of applause to show their support for for HFI Referees."
HFI Youth Coaching Clinic
Open to all participants that are currently enrolled at high school, tafe or university participants will complete the course having complete a community coaching certificate. This year Hills Football have expanded the offerings across two holiday periods. In the April holiday period participants can achieve a Skill Training Certificate and in July participants are able to achieve a Game Training Certificate. Both courses will be delivered in an intense 2 day program. Participants will gain a deeper understanding about session design, session structure, what and how to coach, age appropriate information, and game day.
Date: Tues 11 and Wed 12 April
Time: 9:30am – 3pm
Location: Bella Vista Public School, Free Settlers Drive
Cost: $100 per participant
Registration link: https://education-ffa.sportingpulse.com/Entry/?EID=26662
More information at: https://hillsfootball.com.au/youth-coaching-clinic-back-for-2023/
WSW Ultimate Matchday Experience
A one off special event not seen before! Be part of a behind the scenes event between Hills Football and Western Sydney Wanderers. Experience the WSW v Melbourne Victory game as never seen before. Pregame enjoy presentations and Q&A with highly qualified WSW coaches. The content is tailored to suit coaches at all levels of the game, and experience the atmosphere pitch side. During the game enjoy the included food and drinks package plus other half time activities.
Date: Sat 15 April
Time: Arrive 4:30pm. Match kick off at 7:45pm.
Location: Commbank Stadium, Parramatta
Cost: $150 per participant ($125 per participant if 5 or more members sign up from the same Club).
Registration link: https://forms.gle/WHimQ8id8xaeMwUN7
More information at: https://hillsfootball.com.au/hills-football-and-wsw-ultimate-matchday-experience/
Law 4 - Player Equipment
See information below regarding Player Equipment, eg earrings, rings, necklaces etc…
Trials Week 3
See Week 3 Trials draw and information by clicking on the Trials Week 3 button below.
Trials Week 2
See Week 2 Trials draw and information by clicking on the Trials Week 2 button below.
Extreme Heat Warning
Teams please make wise choices and stay safe. The FNSW Heat Policy is attached for you .
Trials Week 1
The trial draw for the first weekend of trials (10/11/12 March) has been placed on the club website. Click below to see it:
The monthly club meeting is on Zoom this Monday 6th March at 7:30pm. Please join the meeting to learn more about the trials:
https://rsmau.zoom.us/j/92997877046
Each team is required to send a manager or coach to the meeting.
For more information, visit the Trials webpage at the button below
Interim Training Schedule
There is no training at Ted Horwood from Monday 27th Feb - Fri 3rd March.
The following week (from March 6), our interim training schedule will begin with the attached roster. Council closes fields 2 and 3 during March for re-seeding of the fields.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
U12 Mixed Grading Reminder
All players registered in the U12 Mixed competition are asked to attend an extra grading session on Tuesday Feb 21. Thanks
Tom Newhouse Funeral
Members are advised the funeral for Tom Newhouse OAM is:
Monday February 13th, 2pm in the Garden Chapel at Castlebrook Cemetery Rouse Hill.
Following the service there will be a wake at Baulkham Hills Sports Club from 3pm.
Members are asked to wear their club shirt and club colours as we farewell Tom and celebrate his life well lived.
VALE Tom Newhouse
Today is a very sad day for our club as we advise members of the passing of Tom Newhouse OAM. Tom was part of the very fabric of Baulko as someone who made a significant contribution in our club’s growth. Tom came to Baulko in 1966 and served our club for more than 50 years, being instrumental in the development of football in the hills area over many decades.
Tom was introduced to a love of the roundball by his father’s commitment to the game in the Granville district as a young child. Jack Newhouse was a Life Member of Granville & District Soccer Football Association, having first been involved in the Association in 1906. Anyone who knew Tom knew just how important his father’s legacy in football was to him. Tom, like his father, built an incredible legacy for community football.
Tom’s early football was at various GDSFA clubs both as a player and referee. In 1957 however, he and Sheila moved to Baulkham Hills, and that’s when we at Baulko struck gold! Tom joined Baulko just a few short years after the inception of the soccer division (1962). The fledgling Baulkham Hills Soccer Division welcomed Tom’s inimitable enthusiasm.
For some 50 years Tom continuously held at least one Executive, Committee or Service role in the soccer division of the original Baulkham Hills Sporting Club, now Baulkham Hills Sports.
Tom’s Honour Roll of Executive duties is extensive. He still holds the title of longest serving executive member of the soccer/football division. He was Secretary /Treasurer (1967 – 1971), President (1972 - 1976), Registrar (1977 – 2007), Assistant Registrar (2008- 2009) and Club Service Record Archivist (1978 - 2018).
Tom not only assisted in the formative years of the club through his administrative duties, he also contributed to the Club’s playing success in a variety of practical ways. For more than 30 years, beginning in 1966, Tom coached teams ranging from Under 10’s to the BHFC Premier League. Tom also coached Baulko’s first ladies team in 1969, which included his sister-in-law, and wife Sheila.
For many, memories of Baulko soccer/football are inextricably linked with Tom: clearing fields, gala days, car rallies, service awards… the list is long. Everything from the pre-season 10 pm dashes to Tom’s place with a fist full of cash and list of names, hoping to get teams in before registration cut off, or the familiar Friday afternoon pick up of oranges and Roundball Reviews from Tom’s verandah.
As a much loved and respected clubman, Tom’s name is forever linked to our club as patron of our Junior goal difference award. For his extensive service to the club, Tom was awarded the Soccer Division’s first Life Membership in 1980. In the soccer division’s 40th year, 2002, Field 4 at Ted Horwood Reserve Baulkham Hills was dedicated in honour of Tom, being formally named: “Tom Newhouse Field”. Tom was recognised at an association level as GDSFA Club Person of the Year winning the Laurie Ferguson Award in 2001. He is also the patron of the GDSFA Super League championship trophy named in his honour.
The list of awards bestowed on Tom is extensive. Not just club awards and association awards, he has also won State awards and two national awards: ‘The Australian Sports Medal’ in 2000, and his Order of Australia medal, received in 2002. All of these awards recognised the incredible contribution he made to the football community over many decades.
Long after he left committee Tom remained our official service record archivist. A job he did for more decades than any of us are able to calculate. Our best guess is that he had been collating the service records since 1978.. He was diligent in his calculations and right til his last years, as in decades previous, calculated all the records ‘by hand’ with his trusty HB pencil and wooden ruler in one hand, and red pen in the other. No fandagle computer nonsense for Tom! Even more remarkable than the time he took to pour over each player’s record was his ability to recall detailed player histories including coaches and titles for the majority of long term players. He took geat pride in serving our club and thoroughly enjoyed presentation every year until recently, awarding service awards to both juniors and seniors.
So well known in the local area, be it at the shops or at a playing field, Tom couldn’t walk further than a few metres without someone calling out: “Hey Tom! Great to see you mate!” In recent years, as Tom’s health declined, a visit to Ted Horwood Reserve always roused him. Most recently last year, when once again he was wheeled around his home fields his memory became clear and the images of his past once again filled his thoughts. He stood to once again walk on the field and touch the goals. His happiness was tangible.
We at BHFC, owe Tom Newhouse an enormous debt of gratitude for all he did to promote the sport locally, build our club, and influence the many generations of players who have benefitted enormously from his unselfish and ceaseless service to Baulko.
We extend to his wife Sheila, his son Brad, daughter Jenny and their families our deepest sympathies. From all at Baulko we thank Tom for everything he did for us, he will be missed by many and remembered fondly forever in the story of our club.
“Baulko to Win!” *
Vale Tom Newhouse
(*Tom’s sign off at the end of every report for decades.)
Instructional Referee Applications
Welcome to the 2023 season! The season will kick off on the 31st of March.
Baulkham Hills Football Club (BHFC) has a proud history of preparing strong, confident, skilled Instructional Referees (IRs) who continue through to referee with the Hills Football Association. IRs referee small-sided youth games (U8 through to U11) under supervision of experienced referees.
2023 Application
BHFC executive are inviting registered players to show an expression of interest to participate in the 2023 IR program.
BHFC encourages both boys and girls to consider and apply for the IR program. Those wishing to participate must:
- Be registered players with BHFC, and
- Be 12 years of age on before 1 April 2023.
Instructional referees who participated in the 2022 season must still apply.
Applications close Sunday the 22nd of February 2023
Participation in the IR program is contingent on successful completion of mandated training sessions.
Please note that due to restrictions in the number of IRs required each season, not all applicants can be accepted into the program.
Next Steps
Please fill the application form located here (https://forms.office.com/r/22sUSPNncq)
Attend one of the instructing referee courses held by the association. The dates and course information can be found here (https://www.playfootball.com.au/referee/find-a-referee-course). Please select “Instructing Referee” as the course.
The courses posted here are theory only. The dates for the practical will be available once the theory courses are completed.
Due to a change in Hills refereeing policy both “theory and practical” courses need to be completed for new IRs and “practical only” for returning IRs
Also please note the courses are being held in early February with no plans to extend. We recommend that you do the course regardless of being accepted by BHFC. The course is free.
A further information night will take place at our club after registrations are completed and our IR team has been selected. This meeting will be for both IRs and their parents as we will go through pay procedures, game day appointments, what we ask of the parents etc.
BHFC Instructional Referee Administrators
Over the past 5 years, Mary-Elizabeth has assisted Jim in running and organising the IR programme. Mary-Elizabeth’s real workload has increased over the past year and has decided to take a very deserved break from this role, we would like to thank her for all her effort over the past 5 years and wishing her all the best in 2023 and beyond.
For the 2023 season, I will be helping Jim with the Instructional Referee programme. I’m currently a player and referee of many years so hopefully I can help fill the shoes of Mary-Elizabeth.
Both Jim and I are looking forward to 2023 season and looking forward to working with you all.
Kind Regards,
Jim Moreland – Referee Coordinator – jmoreland@bigpond.com
0417 465 814
Jason King – BHFC MiniRoo Referees – bhfc_miniroo_referees@outlook.com 0413 023 637
GRADING 2023 UPDATE
IMPORTANT: We have had to make changes to our grading timetable. Please check your session times carefully.
* All players should be registered prior to grading.
Register Here
* All juniors will need to grade
* If you can't attend grading contact us
* If you don't attend grading and don't notify us you wont be placed in a team.
Girls:
* Girls turning 8 or 9 yrs old in 2023 attend 8 - 9yrs sessions
* Girls turning 10 or 11 yrs old in 2023 attend 10 - 11yrs sessions
* Girls turning 12 or 13 yrs old in 2023 attend 12 - 13yrs sessions
* Girls turning 14 or 15 yrs old in 2023 attend 14 - 15yrs sessions
* Girls turning 16, 17 or 8 yrs old in 2023 attend 16 - 18yrs sessions
Seniors:
* Seniors do not grade.
* Teams are formed among mates.
* Senior team managers who have not contacted Cath, contact her asap to advise your team will be competing in 2023.
* New players are welcome. If you don't have a team let us know and we'll place you in a team. Don't just register and presume we know your intentions. Keep us informed of where you are playing or if your teams need extra players.
* Scheduled times on the timetable are reserved for senior teams 'meet and greets' rather than grading.
2023 Registration Now Open!
We're back!
We're looking forward to a great 2023! See you all soon. #GoBaulko
Registration link, FAQs and a step by step guide to registration can all be found at:
https://bhfc.club/registration-2023