Survey

After the first year of running our Friday evening minimoas programme we ran a survey to which we had 37 respondees.The survey asked a range of questions.

Fridays -The feedback was a majority preferred Fridays. Due to the year on year growth of the club, and with an expected membership of 935 players we do not have the field space or carparking to play our Minimoa programme at the same time as Junior football. The programmes also utililses the same space and equipment and with the lack of sufficent storage the club could not operate either programme efficently.

Therefore Friday evenings will continue for the foreseeable future.This is becoming more common place around the country as football continues to grow realatve the majority of other codes. Papamoa FC grows 7% per year.

Timing - Based on the survey responses we have made the following changes. Players turning 4 to 6 years old in 2025 will start at 4.00pm and finish at 4.50 pm.  Players turning 7 will begin at 5pm and finish at 6pm.

Length of sessions-The feedback was that the younger age bands preferred a shorter time period to stay engaged so for 2025 we have made the decision that players turning 4 to 6 will run 50 minutes rather than 60 minutes,

Skills Hub Programme-The club has developed a Skills Hub Programme for this age band which will run on Monday evenings for those that would like an additional traning session. Details can be FOUND HERE

Season Start and Finish-The feedback was that starting the season earlier and finishing the season earlier was the preference. Numbers drop off in July and it becomes more difficult to run a consistent programme as team numbers vary greatly. It is commonplace that the younger the member the more likely they will not turn up due to inclement weather(which does effect how the programmes run)

Start Date - 21st March // End Date - 27th June.

Session Breakdown Every Friday

March

21st & 28th 

April

4th & 11th 

Public Holidays are closed - 18th Easter & 25th Anzac Day 

May

2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th 

June

6th, 113th & 27th

Public Holiday are closed - 20th Matariki

Equipment/Playing Kit

• To participate in the MiniMoa sessions all players must have Club shirt, socks and shorts (Parents are responsible for purchasing the club kit) and Shinpads. Players can choose whether to use plastic moulded boots or sandshoes. Details on how to purchase club kit can be FOUND HERE

MemberShip Fees

Players have 2 options when registering to play. These are  A, selecting the full payment option or B, selecting Time payment( players will select the inital time payment fee then our club book keeper will then re occur this invoice in our accounting programme called Xero a further 2 times. Time payment options incur an administration fee.

Teams

The club does its best to try and keep teams together as players age but it must be noted that

* as players age and teams get larger and move on to larger fields being 5 a side, 7 a side, 9 a side and to 11 a side then teams must change.

* some players do not continue and 

* new players to the club must be accomodated

* players registering later are harder to accomadate to existing teams as allocation of teams does begin as registrations come through. It is more likely you will have a larger group of previous players in a team if you register early

The field map has been amended since 2024 due to the growth of the club and development of the clubrooms. Minimoas will run on fields 5, fields 7D and 7E, and 12A/12B and 12C