SAW
Years ago
Junior Team Numbers
Without wanting to be seen as stirring the pot against Centrals and Mavericks, I have just looked through the number of junior teams they have nominated for Winter. They are 17 and 14 respectively whereas most other clubs are around 40ish (Woodville 30/West 36).
What is particularly more disturbing for Centrals is that of those 17 teams only 5 are entered into the U14 and younger age groups. This is in total for boys and girls. How can a clube reasonably expect to survive in the current environment with that level of participation and with so few younger kids coming through?