George Tsamouras Football Journey

Best wishes from all at the Club go to Blair Newham, an Olympic “Old Boy,” who has just been announced as the Newcastle Jets Under 17 Head Coach, that in 2020 will participate for the first time in the NSW NPL U18 Competition.

Blair has co-coached our Under 16 NPL Youth team in 2018 (Grand Final winners) and 2019 (Semi- Finalists) and had been elevated as co-coach of our Under 18s next year. His passion and dedication to the game plus his undoubted coaching skills has alerted the Jets, who offered Blair this great opportunity to hone his skills at a much higher level.
He leaves with the blessing of all at the Club.

Source: Tom Tsamouras

Newcastle Olympic FC is proud to announce that “old boy” Glen Chapman will be joining our Senior Coaching Staff for the 2020 season.

Glen joined Olympic as a player in 1992, our first year in NNSW 1st Division. He was the first player to play 100 1st Grade games for Olympic in 1st Division and captained us to our first Grand Final win in 1998.
Glen is a highly respected, ex-player and coach, who has held a number of both Senior and Junior coaching position in the Hunter.
Glen runs his own very successful business, and is now at the stage where he can commit more towards his other passion, football. Having worked previously with our Head Coach, Peter McGuinness, Glen will be a valuable addition to the club’s Coaching staff.
Welcome back, Chappy!!!!!
Glen Chapman
Olympic Career (1992-1999)
Played 119
Goals 30
source: Tom Tsamouras

Newcastle Olympic FC will again be holding their popular Annual January School holidays 4 Day Coaching Clinic at Darling Street Oval, Hamilton in the last week of the January School Holidays( Monday 20th January to Thursday 23rd January inclusive.)

The Clinic is open to all registered footballers aged between 5 year to 14 year in the Hunter. Improve your football skills, make new friends! If you have any inquiries, please contact the Club Secretary Con on 0423221352.
All details and an application form, plus all contact inquiries can be found on this link.

Newcastle Olympic summer coaching clinic

Source: Tom Tsamouras

Football’s place as the number one club-based participation sport in Australia has been confirmed, with the release of the latest AusPlay survey by Sport Australia.

In the year to June 2019, 1,853,600 people played football in Australia comprising 1,084,200 adults and 769,400 children.

There was an impressive 18.2% growth in the number of children aged 14 years or under playing the game and Football Federation Australia (FFA) Chief Executive David Gallop AM said he wasn’t surprised by the results of the survey.
“The data from Sport Australia backs up the findings from our own National Participation Report and demonstrates the popularity of our sport for people of all ages from the under 5s to the over 75s.
“Football is a game for everyone, no matter what your background or ability. FFA and the State and Territory Member Federations have worked extremely hard to drive participation growth by broadening the football offering way beyond the traditional outdoor 11-a-side winter season.
“Across the country, there are now programs of Walking Football for the over 50s, Multicultural programs for new arrivals and CALD communities, female-only programs including Soccer Mums and the increasingly popular small-sided summer football.”
Gallop added “These impressive participation numbers are being complemented by a clear career pathway for boys and girls at youth level, through to the senior national teams. This is backed up by the landmark Collective Bargaining Agreement announced yesterday, that closes the gender pay gap between the Caltex Socceroos and the Westfield Matildas, providing further inspiration to those looking to play football and emulate their heroes – as the numbers show, there has never been a better time to play football.”
Northern NSW Football (NNSWF) CEO David Eland congratulated the thousands of volunteers at the grassroots throughout Northern NSW for providing opportunities for people of all ages in their respective communities to enjoy football.
“More people played football in 2019 in Northern NSW than in any other season. The number of players participating in traditional club-based competitions has increased by 14% since 2015 and the number of registered female players has soared by a staggering 23% during the same period.”
Eland added, “NNSWF’s new strategic plan identifies Inclusion and Diversity and Women and Girls as priorities. It’s therefore vital that all levels of government support our efforts to increase the number of people pursuing healthy and active lifestyles by investing more in football facilities which are safe, welcoming and fit for purpose.”
The participation growth comes as football enjoys an exciting month ahead with national teams of all ages and both genders in action at home and abroad.
This week, the Westfield Young Matildas (U-19 Women) reached the semi-finals of the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship in Thailand and are one win away from the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2020TM.
The Joeys (U-17 Men) qualified for the knock-out stages of FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019TM.
The Young Socceroos (U-19 Men) have travelled to Chinese Taipei ahead of their three Group H qualification matches for the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship.
A record crowd is anticipated this Saturday (9th) when the Westfield Matildas (Senior Women) play their first game since the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019TM against Chile at Bankwest Stadium, Parramatta. They then travel to Adelaide for a second fixture against the South American nation on Tuesday (12th) at Coopers Stadium.
The Caltex Socceroos (Senior Men) travel to Amman this week to face Jordan in their fourth Round Two match of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM Qualification.
A fantastic month of football is finished off in style as the Pararoos (senior men’s team for athletes with cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury or symptoms resulting from a stroke) play their first international on home soil since the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. Canada are the opponents at Cromer Park in Sydney on Saturday 30 November.

source: https://northernnswfootball.com.au/

source: Tom Tsamouras

Hamilton Olympic will host Newcastle ALL STARS Indigenous Football Teams in a series of Training Match’s at Darling St Oval on Saturday 12 October.

⚽️ 9.30am Newcastle All Star Women’s v Adamstown WPL

⚽️ 11.30am Newcastle All Star Men’s v Hamilton Olympic

⚽️ 1.30pm Newcastle All Star Men’s v Hamilton Olympic

Full canteen facilities will be operational on the day.

Source: Tom Tsamouras

HOFC Senior NPL teams celebrated the end of the 2019 season with the club’s Annual Presentation Night at The Greek Taverna Newcastle.

Thank you to our special guests for attending this evening.
Chris Turner and Ben Homer from BarTV Sports Football.

Congratulations to the following award winners.

Major Awards
U18s- Player’s player: Steven Theacos & Daniel Ball-McKinnin
U18s- Player of the Year: Callan Fry

U20s- Player’s Player: Bodhi Deamer
U20s- Player of the Year: Bodhi Deamer

1st Grade- Player’s Player: Kyle Hodges
1st Grade- Mathew Austin Perpetual Player of the Year: Kyle Hodges

Golden Boot:
U18s: Vince Unie
U20s: Jared Muller
1st Grade: Shinichi Kawachi & Scott Pettit

Most Improved: Tim Stewart

Clubman of the Year: Kyle Hodges

BRUCE MORROW AWARD 2019 Rising Star: Jared Muller

Jim Papas Perpetual Trophy: Anthony Walshe

source: Tom Tsamouras

Players, Coaches, Managers and families are all welcome.

• Saturday, 21^st September, 2019

• Greek Community Hall, Skelton Street, Hamilton 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start.

• Dress code for players-dress pants or smart jeans and CLUB POLO SHIRT. (No shorts or hats)

• Meal provided for Players/ Coaches/ Managers at no cost.
• Other guests, $20 for adults, including meal. Soft drinks/ water will be provided on the night.
• ADULTS, Bring your own alcohol, (BYO) as there will be none for sale at the Hall.
• RSVP for catering to Heath Stewart registrar@hamiltonolympic.com.au no later than Tuesday, 17^th September, 2019

Source: Tom Tsamouras

🏆 Under 20s Olympic 2-0 Jets Academy
Goal scorers:
⚽️ Conner Henderson
⚽️ Jared Muller (Pen)

Source: Tom Tsamouras

1:00 pm – 20 Years Grand Final

Newcastle Jets – 18 Years vs. Hamilton Olympic FC

The Under 20s Grand Final sees the Newcastle Jets feature in the club’s second match of the day, and while they’ll enter this one as heavy favourites, Hamilton will be confident they can nail out another upset win and take the championship crown for the second year in a row.

The Jets dominated Lake Macquarie City in the Semi-Finals, pouring out an 11-1 aggregate win and lead the competition in both offensive and defensive stats totalling 65 goals whilst conceding just 19.

Olympic toppled the Premiers of the competition in the Semi-Finals though, keeping Broadmeadow scoreless over the two legs to win 1-0 on aggregate. They have managed to do fairly well in the big games as well having attained seven points when competing against the other top four sides.

When the two sides met in the regular season, the Jets won out in rather comfortable fashion with 3-0 and 3-1 victories but with stars such as Kane Treble, Jakob Cresner and goalkeeper Jez Murray, who have all had a heap of First Grade experience, along with their go-to scorer Jared Muller who has scored 10 this year, it would be silly to write them off.

Two of the main goal-scorers of the competition come from the Jets squad though – Nick Martinelli who has scored 16 from 17 games and Blake Archbold who has notched up 11 from 14 – as well as one of the stronger and more resilient defenders in the league in Patrick Bond.

Much of the team who will feature against Olympic were the same side that pulled out a tremendous 7-1 Grand Final win in the 18 Years game last year, while seven of the same Hamilton side which won the 20 Years Championship in 2018 will play in this year’s edition.

The underdog tag is clearly something Olympic have embraced in this year’s finals and while they have their work cut out for them against a top-quality and highly structured Jets team, a shock could be on the cards if they can continue their clean sheet streak.

Source: Tom Tsamouras